A neighbourhood noise study · B2. Keep the requested person, time, place or amount attached to the correct event. Separate supported claims from what the evidence leaves unknown. No mention does not prove absence. Use the reason actually given; a plausible reason from outside the text is not enough.
Listen to the original English recording, answer the questions, then open the transcript to check the evidence. These related questions use the same recording; the level is an editorial guide, not a certified result.
Listen to the original English recording, answer the questions, then open the transcript to check the evidence. These related questions use the same recording; the level is an editorial guide, not a certified result.
Keep the requested person, time, place or amount attached to the correct event. Separate supported claims from what the evidence leaves unknown. No mention does not prove absence. Use the reason actually given; a plausible reason from outside the text is not enough.
The doors open at eight. The class starts at nine.
Use the reason actually given; a plausible reason from outside the text is not enough. Keep the requested person, time, place or amount attached to the correct event. Separate supported claims from what the evidence leaves unknown. No mention does not prove absence.
We meet inside because it is raining.
Look for evaluations and reservations; do not turn a positive fact into unconditional approval.
The writer likes the idea but asks for one change.
Listen to the original English recording, answer the questions, then open the transcript to check the evidence. These related questions use the same recording; the level is an editorial guide, not a certified result.
What a small set of sensors can tell us
Keep the requested person, time, place or amount attached to the correct event. Separate supported claims from what the evidence leaves unknown. No mention does not prove absence. Use the reason actually given; a plausible reason from outside the text is not enough.
The doors open at eight. The class starts at nine.Use the reason actually given; a plausible reason from outside the text is not enough. Keep the requested person, time, place or amount attached to the correct event. Separate supported claims from what the evidence leaves unknown. No mention does not prove absence.
We meet inside because it is raining.Look for evaluations and reservations; do not turn a positive fact into unconditional approval.
The writer likes the idea but asks for one change.Keep your first attempt, check the evidence and try another question. A follow-up on the same material does not prove transfer to a new text.
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Keep the requested person, time, place or amount attached to the correct event. Separate supported claims from what the evidence leaves unknown. No mention does not prove absence. Use the reason actually given; a plausible reason from outside the text is not enough.
The doors open at eight. The class starts at nine.Use the reason actually given; a plausible reason from outside the text is not enough. Keep the requested person, time, place or amount attached to the correct event. Separate supported claims from what the evidence leaves unknown. No mention does not prove absence.
We meet inside because it is raining.Look for evaluations and reservations; do not turn a positive fact into unconditional approval.
The writer likes the idea but asks for one change.Opening an answer records help for that question.
What a small set of sensors can tell us
The supported answer is “Sound levels, without recording conversations.”. Evidence: “The devices measured sound levels; they did not record conversations.”. Compare the alternative “The content of conversations after residents gave consent.”. This reverses the relationship stated in the passage. Compare the alternative “Sound only when a delivery had been entered on the schedule.”. This incorrectly limits recording to scheduled deliveries. The study also captured equally high peaks when no delivery was scheduled. Check the source wording “some equally high peaks occurred when no delivery was scheduled.” against the question and the claim “Sound only when a delivery had been entered on the schedule.”.
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The supported answer is “A fixed conclusion would undermine the investigation’s purpose.”. Evidence: “If we had already decided what the result must mean, the measurements would have been little more than decoration.”. Compare the alternative “The team had established that complaints were unrelated to actual sound levels.”. This reverses the relationship stated in the passage. Compare the alternative “The original complainants no longer wanted the evening deliveries investigated.”. This adds a specific detail that the account does not provide; plausibility is not textual evidence.
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The supported answer is “No; the speaker explicitly distinguishes a limited conclusion from dismissing complaints.”. Evidence: “it is not a claim that the complaints were unimportant.”. Compare the alternative “Yes; a recommendation is meaningful only if it demands the general ban.”. This reduces the argument to two opposing alternatives that the speaker or writer explicitly rejects. Compare the alternative “The speaker treats readings as sufficient grounds to overrule residents’ experiences.”. This reverses the relationship stated in the passage.
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The supported answer is “Complainants and main-street windows were overrepresented.”. Evidence: “People who had complained were more likely to volunteer, and most available windows faced the main street.”. Compare the alternative “Recruitment produced a balanced sample of homes throughout the district.”. This extends a qualified finding into a claim without exceptions. Compare the alternative “Most volunteers had not previously complained about noise.”. This reverses the relationship stated in the passage.
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The supported answer is “They revealed other possible sources besides deliveries.”. Evidence: “road repairs and a late public event were among the sources.”. Compare the alternative “They identified deliveries as the source of each individual high reading.”. This extends a qualified finding into a claim without exceptions. Compare the alternative “They supplied enough information to replace further recordings.”. This makes one indicator sufficient on its own, although the passage calls for a broader assessment.
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The supported answer is “As a guide to further investigation, not a final resolution.”. Evidence: “We are treating the first study as a guide to better questions, not a final answer to every dispute about noise.”. Compare the alternative “As sufficient evidence to select a district-wide evening ban immediately.”. This recommends acting before the further evidence or safeguards requested in the passage are available. Compare the alternative “As a more objective replacement for residents’ accounts of disturbance.”. This makes one indicator sufficient on its own, although the passage calls for a broader assessment.
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The supported answer is “It hid short but disruptive periods.”. Evidence: “A single daily average was easy to compare, but it concealed short periods that people found particularly disruptive.”. Compare the alternative “It combined private speech with environmental sound readings.”. This substitutes a different outcome for the one that was measured or reported. Compare the alternative “It gave too much weight to the selection of main-street volunteers.”. This substitutes a different outcome for the one that was measured or reported.
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The supported answer is “It would conceal a judgement about the relative weight of disturbances.”. Evidence: “that would have hidden a judgement about how much weight to give each kind of disturbance.”. Compare the alternative “It would conceal the main-street imbalance in the volunteer sample.”. This substitutes a different outcome for the one that was measured or reported. Compare the alternative “It would make the timing of a loud peak impossible to record.”. This substitutes a different outcome for the one that was measured or reported.
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The supported answer is “Discussion of delivery routes and loading practices.”. Evidence: “Our report recommends discussing changes to delivery routes and loading practices before choosing a general time ban.”. Compare the alternative “Selecting the ban first and then testing which routes comply with it.”. This recommends acting before the further evidence or safeguards requested in the passage are available. Compare the alternative “Removing the side-street recordings so the sample is more consistent.”. This reverses the relationship stated in the passage.
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The supported answer is “Test quieter loading at two businesses and measure again.”. Evidence: “The next stage is a trial of quieter loading at two businesses, followed by another round of measurements.”. Compare the alternative “Republishing the daily average without collecting another set of measurements.”. This reverses the relationship stated in the passage. Compare the alternative “Introducing the full evening ban before the loading trial begins.”. This confuses two stages of the account: the initial situation and a later check or decision.