Chiến thuật IELTS Reading – Dạng 2: Sentence/Note Completion – Excellent Tips for Sentence/Note Completion Questions

Trong bài viết này, IPP sẽ hướng dẫn chiến thuật làm bài dạng Sentence/Note Completion để đạt band điểm cao trong IELTS Reading. 

Chiến thuật IELTS Reading – Dạng Sentence/Note Completion

1. Các bước làm bài dạng Sentence/Note Completion trong IELTS Reading

+ STEP 01:

Phân tích yêu cầu đề bài để xác định đúng số từ mình có thể điền vào trong câu: 

• NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS: điền đúng hai từ 
• NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER: điền tối đa 3 từ và 1 số 

+ STEP 02:

Phân tích câu hỏi nêu ra trong bài đọc, gạch dưới các key words quan trọng. 

Nếu các key words là tên riêng hoặc thuật ngữ chuyên ngành (khó thay thế dùng synonyms), bạn sẽ dễ dàng locating trong bài đọc hơn. 

Ví dụ với các statements sau bạn chủ yếu thấy tên riêng và các từ chuyên ngành: 

1.A large number of companies and big brands are catering for the enhancement of male image by establishing _____________ centers.

2. These operations have been set up with a strong leaning towards ____________. 

3. Jamie Cawley claims that his company’s success in this highly competitive market can be credited to the ____________ tactics.

4. The products and services rendered by Cawley’s company were considered to be ________.

5. Kim Sawyer affirms that the growth in the future market will be achieved through the sale of ________.

+ STEP 03: Scan bài đọc và xác định vị trí cho Q1 => đây là câu đầu tiên của cụm câu hỏi này nên bạn cần chặn đoạn đúng từ câu Q1. Phía dưới Q1 sẽ có đáp án các câu còn lại. => DÙNG FENCING để chặn đoạn. 

• Với bài đọc này, có thể xác định dễ dàng ngay vị trí của [Q3] trước nhờ tên riêng => từ đó tạo cơ sở locating vị trí có đáp án của các câu còn lại trước & sau.

+ STEP 04: So sánh giữa text trong đề, xác định các cụm paraphrasing để đảm bảo mình locating đúng và trích xuất thông tin.

READING TEXT

Over the last decade, many brands and companies try to improve males’ images through the building of such male-only grooming operations [Q1], ranging from male-only spas, boutiques, personal hygiene products, hair and skincare ranges, and male magazines with a strong leaning towards men’s fashion [Q2]. Jamie Cawley, a proprietor of a successful chain of London-based male grooming boutiques, holds that his company’s success in this highly competitive market can be attributed to the ‘exclusivity’ tactics they have employed [Q3], in that their products and services are clearly defined as male-orientated [Q4]. and distinctly separate from feminine products offered by other organizations. However, market analyst, Kim Sawyer, believes that future growth in the market can also be achieved through the sale of unisex products marketed to both genders [Q5]; this strategy is becoming increasingly easy to implement as men’s interest in appearance and grooming has become more of a social norm. 

Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage to complete the sentences. 

1. A large number of companies and big brands are catering for the enhancement of male image by establishing _____________ centers.

2. These operations have been set up with a strong leaning towards ____________. 

3. Jamie Cawley claims that his company’s success in this highly competitive market can be credited to the ____________ tactics.

4. The products and services rendered by Cawley’s company were defined as ___________.

5. Kim sawyer affirms that the growth in the future market will be achieved through the sale of ________.

KEY & EXPLANATIONS

2. Practice test

Questions 01 – 03 [DURATION: 10 mins] 

THE CONTEXT, MEANING AND SCOPE OF TOURISM

A. Travel has existed since the beginning of time, when primitive man set out, often traversing great distances in search of game, which provided the food and clothing necessary for his survival. Throughout the course of history, people have travelled for purposes of trade, religious conviction, economic gain, war, migration and other equally compelling motivations. In the Roman era, wealthy aristocrats and high government officials also travelled for pleasure. Seaside resorts located at Pompeii and Herculaneum afforded citizens the opportunity to escape to their vacation villas in order to avoid the summer heat of Rome. Travel, except during the Dark Ages, has continued to grow and, throughout recorded history, has played a vital role in the development of civilisations and their economies.

B. Tourism in the mass form as we know it today is a distinctly twentieth-century phenomenon. Historians suggest that the advent of mass tourism began in England during the industrial revolution with the rise of the middle class and the availability of relatively inexpensive transportation. The creation of the commercial airline industry following the Second World War and the subsequent development of the jet aircraft in the 1950s signalled the rapid growth and expansion of international travel. This growth led to the development of a major new industry: tourism. In turn, international tourism became the concern of a number of world governments since it not only provided new employment opportunities but also produced a means of earning foreign exchange.

C. Tourism today has grown significantly in both economic and social importance. In most industrialised countries over the past few years the fastest growth has been seen in the area of services. One of the largest segments of the service industry, although largely unrecognised as an entity in some of these countries, is travel and tourism. According to the World Travel and Tourism Council (1992), Travel and tourism is the largest industry in the world on virtually any economic measure including value-added capital investment, employment and tax contributions. In 1992 ‘the industry’s gross output was estimated to be 3.5 trillion dollars, over 12 per cent of all consumer spending. The travel and tourism industry is the world’s largest employer the almost 130 million jobs, or almost 7 per cent of all employees. This industry is the world’s leading industrial contributor, producing over 6 per cent of the world’s national product and accounting for capital investment in excess of 422 billion dollars m direct indirect and personal taxes each year. Thus, tourism has a profound impact both on the world economy and, because of the educative effect of travel and the effects on employment, on society itself.

D. However, the major problems of the travel and tourism industry that have hidden, or obscured, its economic impact are the diversity and fragmentation of the industry itself. The travel industry includes: hotels, motels and other types of accommodation; restaurants and other food services; transportation services and facilities; amusements, attractions and other leisure facilities; gift shops and a large number of other enterprises. Since many of these businesses also serve local residents, the impact of spending by visitors can easily be overlooked or underestimated. In addition, Meis (1992) points out that the tourism industry involves concepts that have remained amorphous to both analysts and decision makers. Moreover, in all nations this problem has made it difficult for the industry to develop any type of reliable or credible tourism information base in order to estimate the contribution it makes to regional, national and global economies. However, the nature of this very diversity makes travel and tourism ideal vehicles for economic development in a wide variety of countries, regions or communities.

E. Once the exclusive province of the wealthy, travel and tourism have become an institutionalised way of life for most of the population. In fact, McIntosh and Goeldner (1990) suggest that tourism has become the largest commodity in international trade for many nations and, for a significant number of other countries, it ranks second or third. For example, tourism is the major source of income in Bermuda, Greece, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and most Caribbean countries. In addition, Hawkins and Ritchie, quoting from data published by the American Express Company, suggest that the travel and tourism industry is the number one ranked employer in the Bahamas, Brazil, Canada, France, (the former) West Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States. However, because of problems of definition, which directly affect statistical measurement, it is not possible with any degree of certainty to provide precise, valid or reliable data about the extent of world-wide tourism participation or its economic impact. In many cases, similar difficulties arise when attempts are made to measure domestic tourism.

Complete the sentences below.

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

Write your answers in boxes 01-03 on your answer sheet.

1. In Greece, tourism is the most important ………..

2. The travel and tourism industry in Jamaica is the major ………… 

3. The problems associated with measuring international tourism are often reflected in the measurement of ………………. 

VOCABULARY LIST

• primitive (adj.): nguyên thủy
• traversing (adj.): đi ngang qua 
• conviction (n.): niềm tin
• wealthy (adj.) aristocrats (n.): quý tộc giàu có 
• civilisations (n.): những nền văn minh 
• phenomenon (n.): hiện tượng
• virtually (adv.): hầu như
• gross output (n.): tổng sản lượng 
• obscured (adj.): bị che khuất 
• fragmentation (n.): sự phân mảnh
• amorphous (adj.): vô định hình
• estimate (v.): ước lượng
• exclusive (adj.): duy nhất, chỉ có một
• commodity (n.): hàng hóa
• statistical (adj.)  measurement (n.): thang đo lường dựa trên thống kê
• domestic tourism (n.): du lịch nội địa

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