General Training Reading 2025-02 Test 3 — IELTS General Training Reading Practice Test with Answers

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Choosing Suitable Activities at the Community Center

Read the text and state what activity session each of the individuals should choose based on the information given in the table. Write the correct letter A-I.

Activity sessions available

DAY TIME EVENT

A Monday 13:00-14:30 Cake-making contest. Individual prizes to be won

B Tuesday 15:00-17:00 Healthy cooking class. Learn how to cook fast yet healthy meals.

C Wednesday 19:00-22:00 Open-air 'Black & White' film showing, followed by a chat over cheese and biscuits.

D Thursday 20:00-22:00 Quiz Night. Teams of 3-4. Great team prizes to win.

E Friday 19:30-21:00 Live band playing. Genres from jazz to rock.

F Saturday 7:00 a.m. — 8:00 a.m. Yoga followed by fruit.

G Saturday 15:00-18:00 Wildlife lecture followed by a guided nature walk.

H Sunday 9:30 a.m. — 11:00 a.m. Badminton pairs.

I Sunday 13:00-14:30 Local history talk. Cookies and coffee provided.

1
Justin loves nothing more than catching a classic from the early days of the big screen with other like-minded enthusiasts. People who are keen to discuss what was seen afterward over snacks.
2
Brenda has a keen interest in baked goods of all kinds, including desserts. She is competitive and loves to show off her skills.
3
Sally is an early bird, who is keen to remain in great shape doing gentle activities that are good for her health, ones that keep her mind and body both sharp and toned.
4
Benjamin is a guy who loves to compete and test his wits against others as part of a group of friends. He likes to keep his brain sharp. His specialist knowledge is history and geography.
5
Martin is fascinated and addicted to all games involving nets. He'll be looking to play with his lovely wife against other like-minded couples.
6
Tim is an avid follower of eating well, eating regularly, and eating well-balanced nutritious meals. He is however often pressed for time and would love to find ways to counter that.
7
Daniel loves nothing more than knowledge. He cannot get enough of learning new things about the area where he is. In particular, he has a strong interest in birds and going hiking.

Mobile Phone Policy

Do the following statements agree with the information given in the text? TRUE - if the statement agrees with the information FALSE - if the statement contradicts the information NOT GIVEN - if there is no information on this

8
You may have your phone on and unmuted at work unless you are not in a meeting or conference.
9
You should tell your friends and family about your PixelStream mobile phone use policy.
10
You cannot use your company phone to call your family.
11
Your employer will request your company phone for inspection before you go on holiday.
12
If your car is safely stopped, you must also use your hands-free device.
13
If a police officer gives you a ticket for using your company phone in the car, you will lose your job.
14
You can be fired if you break any rules in this policy.

A Red Nose Bird: Toco Toucan

Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

15
They feed extensively on ............. and other fruit as they do not tend to hunt insects or birds more often
16
The most striking aspect of Toco Toucan is its long yellow ................ which creates the illusion of being heavy
17
As zoo keepers provide a secured and natural atmosphere but unnatural habitat can be risky to those who are ............... in keeping these beautiful birds
18
Life of Toucan bird under............. declines due to diseases.
19
Once they become a pet, their active nature requires .................. to enjoy.

Ailments of Toco Toucans

Which TWO ailments cause painful life of Toco Toucans?

20
Ailment 1
21
Ailment 2

Health and Safety Rules at the Wildlife Park

Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the text for each answer.

22. Children under the age of nine must be accompanied by a ________

24. Never touch any animals unless accompanied by a park ranger on a ________

23. Guests are reminded that it is ________ for any animals to be given food or drink under any circumstance, unless on a guided ranger tour.

25. It is a requirement that all uneaten food items are disposed of in the yellow bins provided. Alternatively, you are required to ________ with you.

26. If medical attention is required, please notify the nearest available park ranger, or use one of the numerous ________ that are highly visible (in purple).

27. Place all recyclable litter in the marked purple circular bins, and other litter can be discarded in the brown square bins located beside them. ________.

Reading Passage 3 — The Rise of AI

A Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been around for some time. It is revolutionizing the industry, upping productivity, and altering the shape of technology. All good stuff, you might say, but since November 2022, when ChatGPT burst on the scene, it meant anyone from CEOs to schoolkids could use generative AI to solve problems, generate content, and answer questions. The number of users rapidly escalated, and more and more AIs emerged. Many generate text; some others create images in a range of styles, from coloring books to photographs. A few even create songs or make videos, and AI's voice-overs are now so realistic that it is hard to distinguish whether the speaker is a real person or not. While the benefits are remarkable, there is a real fear of AI. Nobody truly believes AI will enslave humanity or that it spells doom for the human race, but there are some legitimate concerns

B The most commonly expressed fear is that AI will cause unemployment. AIs can do a wide range of tasks much faster than any human, and they don't need a salary. Digital giant Getronics thinks that they may alter the way we work, but those concerns are unfounded because many jobs require cognitive abilities that AIs simply don't possess and likely never will. While relatively low-level jobs such as data entry might be at risk, the rest of the working population should rest easy in the knowledge that, if anything, AI will help. Maria Wilson, a freelance illustrator, disagrees. Since the launch of image-creating AIs like Hotpot and Imagine, she has seen a downturn in commissions. "I illustrate children's books, and a double-page spread can take anything from a few hours to a week. Given the right instructions, an AI can do the same thing in under a minute." Carla Astley from The Freelancer agrees to a certain extent. "The limitations of AI will be overcome in time, and that means it is inevitable there will be fewer jobs. People will still pay a premium for, say, an original piece of copy-one not written by ChatGPT, but how many firms will pay for that?".

C Another concern that crops up, particularly on social media, is our inability to differentiate between what is real and what is not. Almost everyone has heard of deepfakes. Most are created in fun, like King Charles doing the samba, but they can be malicious or amount to propaganda, and we've seen how fast misinformation can spread online. When stories become more than just comments on Reddit or Twitter because they involve videos of what looks like the president of Ukraine surrendering to Russia or photographs of a bomb exploding in Washington, they are potentially devastating. Such images, indistinguishable from the real thing, are flooding the internet and are not always labeled 'AI-generated' or simply 'fake'. Washington Post's recent search of the term "Gaza" on Adobe Stock found several, including emotive images of wounded and frightened children alone in a bombed-out building. Our brains process images 60,000 times faster than text, and they create a more lasting impression, no matter if we subsequently learn something isn't real.

D There is also a danger inherent in any AI, in that it is only as smart as the data it learns from. There are two issues here. The first is that the material it learns from is not representative of the entire human race. Take ChatGPT; it has learned from books, websites, research papers, and so on, written in English, from primarily American sources. It is automatically aligned with a white, male, middle-class perspective because the sources it learned from were produced by white, male, middle-class people. Of the millions of books published since antiquity, how many were written by women? Or ethnic minorities? Ask ChatGPT a question and its answer will be colored by its 'experiences'. And that leads to the second issue. AIs are constantly learning from what we input into them, which is why there has been a recent furor over AI becoming dumber. In the last two years, users claim that the accuracy and complexity of answers on ChatGPT have declined dramatically.

E In response to this and many other ethical concerns, some groups have established guidelines for the development of AI. Carla Astley welcomes the move but says that governments have to back up voluntary best practices with legislation. The European Union proposed the world's first comprehensive AI law in 2023, and although various aspects of the law will be applied from 2024, it won't be fully operable until 2030. The USA hasn't gone that far, but it has introduced a guide for a society that protects people from the threats posed by AI and "uses technologies in ways that reinforce our highest values". Yet, as Maria Wilson points out, it isn't law, and it isn't global. As AI continues to infiltrate almost every aspect of life at an increasingly rapid rate, a new concern will inevitably arise: can the extremely slow wheels of justice turn fast enough to keep up?

Questions 28–32: Matching headings

The passage has five paragraphs, A-E. Choose the correct heading for each paragraph from the list of headings below.

LIST OF HEADINGS

i. Ethical Issues

ii. Learning difficulties

iii. Multiple intelligence

iv. A threat to livelihoods

v. An uncertain future

vi. Vulnerability to AI truth

vii. The reach of AI

viii. The AI explosion

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Section A
29
Section B
30
Section C
31
Section D
32
Section E

Questions 33–36: Multiple Choice

33
According to the text, no one thinks AIs will
- A. become dumber.
- B. be unbiased.
- C. dominate humankind.
- D. be regulated.
34
According to Getronics,
- A. humans are largely irreplaceable.
- B. moral issues do not outweigh AI's usefulness.
- C. workplaces are unlikely to change because of AI.
- D. AIs are only as effective as the data they use.
35
Maria Wilson fears that
- A. US legislation to protect us from AI is wrong.
- B. she will be unable to keep up with AI.
- C. the way she works will have to change.
- D. She will be redundant.
36
The author thinks AI's visual creations.
- A. save considerable time.
- B. should be clearly labeled.
- C. can spark armed conflict.
- D. needs better laws to avoid confusion.

Questions 37–40: Summary Completion

Since its introduction, AI has transformed various industries by enhancing 37 ______ and reshaping technology, with its capabilities expanding from text generation to creating realistic voice-overs, although it also raises significant concerns despite its 38 ______. One major fear is its impact on jobs. Another is the ability of AI to generate fake visual content in light of the way we 39 ______ and the rapidity with which misinformation spreads. AIs are also subject to bias and diminishing accuracy because the data we input into them come from a limited 40 ______. Efforts to address such concerns through legislation are laudable, but it is doubtful law can keep up with technology.

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Hiện đáp án

1. C
2. A
3. F
4. D
5. H
6. B
7. G
8. FALSE
9. TRUE
10. FALSE
11. NOT GIVEN
12. FALSE
13. NOT GIVEN
14. TRUE
15. figs
16. beak
17. novice
18. captivity
19. toys
20. Hemochromatosis
21. Emaciation
22. fee paying adult
23. strictly prohibited
24. guided ranger tour
25. take them away
26. emergency phones
27. recyclable litter
28. viii
Section A is best matched with viii because it discusses the rapid rise and wide-ranging impact of AI, mentioning how it is 'revolutionizing the industry' and 'altering the shape of technology,' which fits the idea of a 'technological revolution.'
29. iv
Section B matches iv as it focuses on the impact of AI on employment, discussing fears about job loss and how some jobs may be at risk, which aligns with 'the future of work.'
30. vi
Section C is best summarized by vi because it describes the problem of distinguishing real from fake content created by AI, especially deepfakes, which fits 'the problem of authenticity.'
31. ii
Section D matches ii because it explains how AI can be biased due to the data it learns from, and how its accuracy may decline, which fits 'the issue of bias.'
32. i
Section E is best matched with i as it discusses ethical concerns and the need for laws and guidelines to regulate AI, which fits 'the need for regulation.'
33. C
C is correct because the passage says 'Nobody truly believes AI will enslave humanity or that it spells doom for the human race,' meaning no one thinks AIs will dominate humankind. The other options are mentioned as real concerns or possibilities.
34. A
A is correct because Getronics says 'many jobs require cognitive abilities that AIs simply don't possess and likely never will,' meaning humans are largely irreplaceable. Option D is discussed in Section D, not by Getronics.
35. D
D is correct because Maria Wilson says she has seen a downturn in commissions and worries about fewer jobs, meaning she fears she will be redundant. The other options are not her main concern.
36. B
B is correct because the author says AI-generated images are 'not always labeled 'AI-generated' or simply 'fake',' suggesting they should be clearly labeled. Option C is tempting, but the passage only says such images are 'potentially devastating,' not that they will spark armed conflict.
37. productivity
'Productivity' is correct because the passage says AI is 'upping productivity' in various industries.
38. benefits
'Benefits' is correct because the passage says 'While the benefits are remarkable, there is a real fear of AI,' showing concerns exist despite its benefits.
39. process images
'Process images' is correct because the passage says 'Our brains process images 60,000 times faster than text,' explaining why fake visual content is so powerful.
40. data sources
'Data sources' is correct because Section D explains that AI is only as smart as the data it learns from, and that data comes from a limited range of sources.

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