Read the following notice/advertisement and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 1 to 6.
SUNRISE SUMMER ENGLISH COURSE
Do you want to make the most of your summer holiday? Sunrise Language Centre is (1) ____ a new four-week course for teenagers aged 15 to 18.
The course (2) ____ on speaking confidence, exam skills and creative writing, and each class has (3) ____ than twelve students, so everyone gets plenty of practice.
Lessons are taught by teachers (4) ____ have worked with teenage learners for at least five years. (5) ____, students take a placement test on the first day so that classes match their level exactly.
Places fill quickly every year, (6) ____ early booking is strongly recommended.
Question 1.
Read the following notice/advertisement and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 1 to 6.
SUNRISE SUMMER ENGLISH COURSE
Do you want to make the most of your summer holiday? Sunrise Language Centre is (1) ____ a new four-week course for teenagers aged 15 to 18.
The course (2) ____ on speaking confidence, exam skills and creative writing, and each class has (3) ____ than twelve students, so everyone gets plenty of practice.
Lessons are taught by teachers (4) ____ have worked with teenage learners for at least five years. (5) ____, students take a placement test on the first day so that classes match their level exactly.
Places fill quickly every year, (6) ____ early booking is strongly recommended.
Question 2.
Read the following notice/advertisement and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 1 to 6.
SUNRISE SUMMER ENGLISH COURSE
Do you want to make the most of your summer holiday? Sunrise Language Centre is (1) ____ a new four-week course for teenagers aged 15 to 18.
The course (2) ____ on speaking confidence, exam skills and creative writing, and each class has (3) ____ than twelve students, so everyone gets plenty of practice.
Lessons are taught by teachers (4) ____ have worked with teenage learners for at least five years. (5) ____, students take a placement test on the first day so that classes match their level exactly.
Places fill quickly every year, (6) ____ early booking is strongly recommended.
Question 3.
Read the following notice/advertisement and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 1 to 6.
SUNRISE SUMMER ENGLISH COURSE
Do you want to make the most of your summer holiday? Sunrise Language Centre is (1) ____ a new four-week course for teenagers aged 15 to 18.
The course (2) ____ on speaking confidence, exam skills and creative writing, and each class has (3) ____ than twelve students, so everyone gets plenty of practice.
Lessons are taught by teachers (4) ____ have worked with teenage learners for at least five years. (5) ____, students take a placement test on the first day so that classes match their level exactly.
Places fill quickly every year, (6) ____ early booking is strongly recommended.
Question 4.
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Read the following notice/advertisement and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 1 to 6.
SUNRISE SUMMER ENGLISH COURSE
Do you want to make the most of your summer holiday? Sunrise Language Centre is (1) ____ a new four-week course for teenagers aged 15 to 18.
The course (2) ____ on speaking confidence, exam skills and creative writing, and each class has (3) ____ than twelve students, so everyone gets plenty of practice.
Lessons are taught by teachers (4) ____ have worked with teenage learners for at least five years. (5) ____, students take a placement test on the first day so that classes match their level exactly.
Places fill quickly every year, (6) ____ early booking is strongly recommended.
Question 5.
Đăng ký miễn phí để làm cả 40 câu, AI chấm và phân tích ngay.
Read the following notice/advertisement and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 1 to 6.
SUNRISE SUMMER ENGLISH COURSE
Do you want to make the most of your summer holiday? Sunrise Language Centre is (1) ____ a new four-week course for teenagers aged 15 to 18.
The course (2) ____ on speaking confidence, exam skills and creative writing, and each class has (3) ____ than twelve students, so everyone gets plenty of practice.
Lessons are taught by teachers (4) ____ have worked with teenage learners for at least five years. (5) ____, students take a placement test on the first day so that classes match their level exactly.
Places fill quickly every year, (6) ____ early booking is strongly recommended.
Question 6.
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Read the following notice/advertisement and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 7 to 12.
DISCOVER THE OLD QUARTER: FREE WALKING TOUR
Every Saturday morning, local guides (7) ____ a free walking tour of the historic Old Quarter.
The two-hour tour starts at 8 a.m. (8) ____ the fountain in Market Square and takes visitors past the oldest buildings in the city.
Guides share stories (9) ____ have been passed down through generations of local families. Comfortable shoes are recommended, (10) ____ most of the route is on cobbled streets.
The tour is free, but donations are (11) ____ welcomed to support the city's heritage projects. Groups of more than ten people should (12) ____ up in advance by email.
Question 7.
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Read the following notice/advertisement and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 7 to 12.
DISCOVER THE OLD QUARTER: FREE WALKING TOUR
Every Saturday morning, local guides (7) ____ a free walking tour of the historic Old Quarter.
The two-hour tour starts at 8 a.m. (8) ____ the fountain in Market Square and takes visitors past the oldest buildings in the city.
Guides share stories (9) ____ have been passed down through generations of local families. Comfortable shoes are recommended, (10) ____ most of the route is on cobbled streets.
The tour is free, but donations are (11) ____ welcomed to support the city's heritage projects. Groups of more than ten people should (12) ____ up in advance by email.
Question 8.
Đăng ký miễn phí để làm cả 40 câu, AI chấm và phân tích ngay.
Read the following notice/advertisement and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 7 to 12.
DISCOVER THE OLD QUARTER: FREE WALKING TOUR
Every Saturday morning, local guides (7) ____ a free walking tour of the historic Old Quarter.
The two-hour tour starts at 8 a.m. (8) ____ the fountain in Market Square and takes visitors past the oldest buildings in the city.
Guides share stories (9) ____ have been passed down through generations of local families. Comfortable shoes are recommended, (10) ____ most of the route is on cobbled streets.
The tour is free, but donations are (11) ____ welcomed to support the city's heritage projects. Groups of more than ten people should (12) ____ up in advance by email.
Question 9.
Đăng ký miễn phí để làm cả 40 câu, AI chấm và phân tích ngay.
Read the following notice/advertisement and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 7 to 12.
DISCOVER THE OLD QUARTER: FREE WALKING TOUR
Every Saturday morning, local guides (7) ____ a free walking tour of the historic Old Quarter.
The two-hour tour starts at 8 a.m. (8) ____ the fountain in Market Square and takes visitors past the oldest buildings in the city.
Guides share stories (9) ____ have been passed down through generations of local families. Comfortable shoes are recommended, (10) ____ most of the route is on cobbled streets.
The tour is free, but donations are (11) ____ welcomed to support the city's heritage projects. Groups of more than ten people should (12) ____ up in advance by email.
Question 10.
Đăng ký miễn phí để làm cả 40 câu, AI chấm và phân tích ngay.
Read the following notice/advertisement and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 7 to 12.
DISCOVER THE OLD QUARTER: FREE WALKING TOUR
Every Saturday morning, local guides (7) ____ a free walking tour of the historic Old Quarter.
The two-hour tour starts at 8 a.m. (8) ____ the fountain in Market Square and takes visitors past the oldest buildings in the city.
Guides share stories (9) ____ have been passed down through generations of local families. Comfortable shoes are recommended, (10) ____ most of the route is on cobbled streets.
The tour is free, but donations are (11) ____ welcomed to support the city's heritage projects. Groups of more than ten people should (12) ____ up in advance by email.
Question 11.
Đăng ký miễn phí để làm cả 40 câu, AI chấm và phân tích ngay.
Read the following notice/advertisement and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 7 to 12.
DISCOVER THE OLD QUARTER: FREE WALKING TOUR
Every Saturday morning, local guides (7) ____ a free walking tour of the historic Old Quarter.
The two-hour tour starts at 8 a.m. (8) ____ the fountain in Market Square and takes visitors past the oldest buildings in the city.
Guides share stories (9) ____ have been passed down through generations of local families. Comfortable shoes are recommended, (10) ____ most of the route is on cobbled streets.
The tour is free, but donations are (11) ____ welcomed to support the city's heritage projects. Groups of more than ten people should (12) ____ up in advance by email.
Question 12.
Đăng ký miễn phí để làm cả 40 câu, AI chấm và phân tích ngay.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the best arrangement of utterances or sentences to make a meaningful exchange or text in each of the following questions from 13 to 17.
Question 13. a. Interviewer: "We're pleased to offer you the position. Can you start next Monday?"
b. Candidate: "Yes, I can. Thank you so much for this opportunity."
c. Interviewer: "Great, we'll send the contract by email this afternoon."
Đăng ký miễn phí để làm cả 40 câu, AI chấm và phân tích ngay.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the best arrangement of utterances or sentences to make a meaningful exchange or text in each of the following questions from 13 to 17.
Question 14. a. I am writing to confirm that I would like to accept the internship position at your media company.
b. Dear Ms. Tran,
c. Thank you again for this opportunity, and I look forward to starting on 1 July.
d. Please let me know if there are any documents I need to prepare before then.
e. Best regards, Minh
Đăng ký miễn phí để làm cả 40 câu, AI chấm và phân tích ngay.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the best arrangement of utterances or sentences to make a meaningful exchange or text in each of the following questions from 13 to 17.
Đăng ký miễn phí để làm cả 40 câu, AI chấm và phân tích ngay.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the best arrangement of utterances or sentences to make a meaningful exchange or text in each of the following questions from 13 to 17.
Question 16. a. Hi Lan, would it be possible to move our meeting to 3 p.m.? I have another call running late.
b. Sure, 3 p.m. works fine for me, no problem.
c. Great, thanks so much, I'll update the calendar invite right away.
d. No worries, just let the rest of the team know as well.
Đăng ký miễn phí để làm cả 40 câu, AI chấm và phân tích ngay.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the best arrangement of utterances or sentences to make a meaningful exchange or text in each of the following questions from 13 to 17.
Question 17. a. As a result, many companies now use chatbots to answer common customer questions instantly.
b. Artificial intelligence has changed the way businesses communicate with their customers.
c. However, complicated problems are still usually passed on to a human member of staff.
d. These programs can understand simple requests and reply within seconds, at any time of day.
Đăng ký miễn phí để làm cả 40 câu, AI chấm và phân tích ngay.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 18 to 22.
The bicycle, one of the simplest machines ever invented, has a much longer history than most people imagine. The earliest ancestor of the modern bicycle, (18) ____ in Germany in 1817, had no pedals at all, so riders simply pushed it along the ground with their feet.
For more than forty years, nobody found a practical way to add pedals to the design. (19) ____ pedals finally fitted to the front wheel, turning the clumsy wooden machine into something people could actually ride for pleasure. This new version was nicknamed the "boneshaker" because of its rough ride on the cobbled streets of Paris.
Engineers spent the following decades trying to make cycling safer and more comfortable. (20) ____ the frame and wheels became, the more ordinary people were willing to try the new machine, and by the 1880s bicycles with equal-sized wheels, rubber tires and a chain drive had appeared. (21) ____ finally turned cycling from a dangerous stunt into an everyday means of transport for millions of workers.
Today, more than a century later, the bicycle remains one of the cheapest and most environmentally friendly forms of transport, (22) ____ it is looked after properly and ridden with care.
Question 18.
Đăng ký miễn phí để làm cả 40 câu, AI chấm và phân tích ngay.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 18 to 22.
The bicycle, one of the simplest machines ever invented, has a much longer history than most people imagine. The earliest ancestor of the modern bicycle, (18) ____ in Germany in 1817, had no pedals at all, so riders simply pushed it along the ground with their feet.
For more than forty years, nobody found a practical way to add pedals to the design. (19) ____ pedals finally fitted to the front wheel, turning the clumsy wooden machine into something people could actually ride for pleasure. This new version was nicknamed the "boneshaker" because of its rough ride on the cobbled streets of Paris.
Engineers spent the following decades trying to make cycling safer and more comfortable. (20) ____ the frame and wheels became, the more ordinary people were willing to try the new machine, and by the 1880s bicycles with equal-sized wheels, rubber tires and a chain drive had appeared. (21) ____ finally turned cycling from a dangerous stunt into an everyday means of transport for millions of workers.
Today, more than a century later, the bicycle remains one of the cheapest and most environmentally friendly forms of transport, (22) ____ it is looked after properly and ridden with care.
Question 19.
Đăng ký miễn phí để làm cả 40 câu, AI chấm và phân tích ngay.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 18 to 22.
The bicycle, one of the simplest machines ever invented, has a much longer history than most people imagine. The earliest ancestor of the modern bicycle, (18) ____ in Germany in 1817, had no pedals at all, so riders simply pushed it along the ground with their feet.
For more than forty years, nobody found a practical way to add pedals to the design. (19) ____ pedals finally fitted to the front wheel, turning the clumsy wooden machine into something people could actually ride for pleasure. This new version was nicknamed the "boneshaker" because of its rough ride on the cobbled streets of Paris.
Engineers spent the following decades trying to make cycling safer and more comfortable. (20) ____ the frame and wheels became, the more ordinary people were willing to try the new machine, and by the 1880s bicycles with equal-sized wheels, rubber tires and a chain drive had appeared. (21) ____ finally turned cycling from a dangerous stunt into an everyday means of transport for millions of workers.
Today, more than a century later, the bicycle remains one of the cheapest and most environmentally friendly forms of transport, (22) ____ it is looked after properly and ridden with care.
Question 20.
Đăng ký miễn phí để làm cả 40 câu, AI chấm và phân tích ngay.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 18 to 22.
The bicycle, one of the simplest machines ever invented, has a much longer history than most people imagine. The earliest ancestor of the modern bicycle, (18) ____ in Germany in 1817, had no pedals at all, so riders simply pushed it along the ground with their feet.
For more than forty years, nobody found a practical way to add pedals to the design. (19) ____ pedals finally fitted to the front wheel, turning the clumsy wooden machine into something people could actually ride for pleasure. This new version was nicknamed the "boneshaker" because of its rough ride on the cobbled streets of Paris.
Engineers spent the following decades trying to make cycling safer and more comfortable. (20) ____ the frame and wheels became, the more ordinary people were willing to try the new machine, and by the 1880s bicycles with equal-sized wheels, rubber tires and a chain drive had appeared. (21) ____ finally turned cycling from a dangerous stunt into an everyday means of transport for millions of workers.
Today, more than a century later, the bicycle remains one of the cheapest and most environmentally friendly forms of transport, (22) ____ it is looked after properly and ridden with care.
Question 21.
Đăng ký miễn phí để làm cả 40 câu, AI chấm và phân tích ngay.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 18 to 22.
The bicycle, one of the simplest machines ever invented, has a much longer history than most people imagine. The earliest ancestor of the modern bicycle, (18) ____ in Germany in 1817, had no pedals at all, so riders simply pushed it along the ground with their feet.
For more than forty years, nobody found a practical way to add pedals to the design. (19) ____ pedals finally fitted to the front wheel, turning the clumsy wooden machine into something people could actually ride for pleasure. This new version was nicknamed the "boneshaker" because of its rough ride on the cobbled streets of Paris.
Engineers spent the following decades trying to make cycling safer and more comfortable. (20) ____ the frame and wheels became, the more ordinary people were willing to try the new machine, and by the 1880s bicycles with equal-sized wheels, rubber tires and a chain drive had appeared. (21) ____ finally turned cycling from a dangerous stunt into an everyday means of transport for millions of workers.
Today, more than a century later, the bicycle remains one of the cheapest and most environmentally friendly forms of transport, (22) ____ it is looked after properly and ridden with care.
Question 22.
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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 23 to 30.
A new study by a European labour research institute has found that nearly one in five workers under the age of thirty-five now earns at least part of their income through short-term, task-based jobs rather than a traditional full-time contract. Researchers call this growing pattern the "gig economy", a term that covers everything from food delivery and ride-hailing to freelance design and online tutoring.
The report concludes that while the gig economy has opened up valuable opportunities for flexible income, governments and platform companies still need to agree on basic protections, such as a minimum hourly rate and access to some form of insurance, if this way of working is to remain sustainable for the millions of people who now depend on it.
Question 23. What is the passage mainly about?
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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 23 to 30.
A new study by a European labour research institute has found that nearly one in five workers under the age of thirty-five now earns at least part of their income through short-term, task-based jobs rather than a traditional full-time contract. Researchers call this growing pattern the "gig economy", a term that covers everything from food delivery and ride-hailing to freelance design and online tutoring.
The report concludes that while the gig economy has opened up valuable opportunities for flexible income, governments and platform companies still need to agree on basic protections, such as a minimum hourly rate and access to some form of insurance, if this way of working is to remain sustainable for the millions of people who now depend on it.
Question 24. According to the study, what proportion of workers under thirty-five earn income from gig work?
Đăng ký miễn phí để làm cả 40 câu, AI chấm và phân tích ngay.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 23 to 30.
A new study by a European labour research institute has found that nearly one in five workers under the age of thirty-five now earns at least part of their income through short-term, task-based jobs rather than a traditional full-time contract. Researchers call this growing pattern the "gig economy", a term that covers everything from food delivery and ride-hailing to freelance design and online tutoring.
The report concludes that while the gig economy has opened up valuable opportunities for flexible income, governments and platform companies still need to agree on basic protections, such as a minimum hourly rate and access to some form of insurance, if this way of working is to remain sustainable for the millions of people who now depend on it.
Question 25. The word "flexibility" in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ____.
Đăng ký miễn phí để làm cả 40 câu, AI chấm và phân tích ngay.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 23 to 30.
A new study by a European labour research institute has found that nearly one in five workers under the age of thirty-five now earns at least part of their income through short-term, task-based jobs rather than a traditional full-time contract. Researchers call this growing pattern the "gig economy", a term that covers everything from food delivery and ride-hailing to freelance design and online tutoring.
The report concludes that while the gig economy has opened up valuable opportunities for flexible income, governments and platform companies still need to agree on basic protections, such as a minimum hourly rate and access to some form of insurance, if this way of working is to remain sustainable for the millions of people who now depend on it.
Question 26. The word "this" in paragraph 4 refers to ____.
Đăng ký miễn phí để làm cả 40 câu, AI chấm và phân tích ngay.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 23 to 30.
A new study by a European labour research institute has found that nearly one in five workers under the age of thirty-five now earns at least part of their income through short-term, task-based jobs rather than a traditional full-time contract. Researchers call this growing pattern the "gig economy", a term that covers everything from food delivery and ride-hailing to freelance design and online tutoring.
The report concludes that while the gig economy has opened up valuable opportunities for flexible income, governments and platform companies still need to agree on basic protections, such as a minimum hourly rate and access to some form of insurance, if this way of working is to remain sustainable for the millions of people who now depend on it.
Question 27. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true about gig workers?
Đăng ký miễn phí để làm cả 40 câu, AI chấm và phân tích ngay.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 23 to 30.
A new study by a European labour research institute has found that nearly one in five workers under the age of thirty-five now earns at least part of their income through short-term, task-based jobs rather than a traditional full-time contract. Researchers call this growing pattern the "gig economy", a term that covers everything from food delivery and ride-hailing to freelance design and online tutoring.
The report concludes that while the gig economy has opened up valuable opportunities for flexible income, governments and platform companies still need to agree on basic protections, such as a minimum hourly rate and access to some form of insurance, if this way of working is to remain sustainable for the millions of people who now depend on it.
Question 28. Which of the following best paraphrases the underlined sentence (shown in bold) in paragraph 2?
Đăng ký miễn phí để làm cả 40 câu, AI chấm và phân tích ngay.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 23 to 30.
A new study by a European labour research institute has found that nearly one in five workers under the age of thirty-five now earns at least part of their income through short-term, task-based jobs rather than a traditional full-time contract. Researchers call this growing pattern the "gig economy", a term that covers everything from food delivery and ride-hailing to freelance design and online tutoring.
The report concludes that while the gig economy has opened up valuable opportunities for flexible income, governments and platform companies still need to agree on basic protections, such as a minimum hourly rate and access to some form of insurance, if this way of working is to remain sustainable for the millions of people who now depend on it.
Question 29. It can be inferred from the passage that ____.
Đăng ký miễn phí để làm cả 40 câu, AI chấm và phân tích ngay.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 23 to 30.
A new study by a European labour research institute has found that nearly one in five workers under the age of thirty-five now earns at least part of their income through short-term, task-based jobs rather than a traditional full-time contract. Researchers call this growing pattern the "gig economy", a term that covers everything from food delivery and ride-hailing to freelance design and online tutoring.
The report concludes that while the gig economy has opened up valuable opportunities for flexible income, governments and platform companies still need to agree on basic protections, such as a minimum hourly rate and access to some form of insurance, if this way of working is to remain sustainable for the millions of people who now depend on it.
Question 30. Which of the following best summarises the passage?
Đăng ký miễn phí để làm cả 40 câu, AI chấm và phân tích ngay.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 31 to 40.
The review also examined why volunteers keep contributing, often without any payment. The most common reason given was a simple sense of purpose: participants said that logging a single sighting made them feel personally connected to a much larger research effort. Online platforms and mobile apps have made this connection easier than ever, turning a walk in the park into an opportunity to submit data with a few taps on a screen.
The authors conclude that citizen science is no longer a minor add-on to professional research but an increasingly indispensable source of data, particularly for questions that require observations across huge areas or long periods of time. They argue that with better training and more careful quality checks, the contribution of citizen scientists could grow substantially further within the next decade.
Question 31. Where in paragraph 2 does the following sentence best fit?
"Because professional scientists could never visit every garden, coastline or night sky on their own, this network of ordinary observers effectively multiplies the reach of modern research many times over."
Đăng ký miễn phí để làm cả 40 câu, AI chấm và phân tích ngay.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 31 to 40.
The review also examined why volunteers keep contributing, often without any payment. The most common reason given was a simple sense of purpose: participants said that logging a single sighting made them feel personally connected to a much larger research effort. Online platforms and mobile apps have made this connection easier than ever, turning a walk in the park into an opportunity to submit data with a few taps on a screen.
The authors conclude that citizen science is no longer a minor add-on to professional research but an increasingly indispensable source of data, particularly for questions that require observations across huge areas or long periods of time. They argue that with better training and more careful quality checks, the contribution of citizen scientists could grow substantially further within the next decade.
Question 32. The phrase "an afterthought" in paragraph 1 could be best replaced by ____.
Đăng ký miễn phí để làm cả 40 câu, AI chấm và phân tích ngay.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 31 to 40.
The review also examined why volunteers keep contributing, often without any payment. The most common reason given was a simple sense of purpose: participants said that logging a single sighting made them feel personally connected to a much larger research effort. Online platforms and mobile apps have made this connection easier than ever, turning a walk in the park into an opportunity to submit data with a few taps on a screen.
The authors conclude that citizen science is no longer a minor add-on to professional research but an increasingly indispensable source of data, particularly for questions that require observations across huge areas or long periods of time. They argue that with better training and more careful quality checks, the contribution of citizen scientists could grow substantially further within the next decade.
Question 33. The word "this" in paragraph 3 refers to ____.
Đăng ký miễn phí để làm cả 40 câu, AI chấm và phân tích ngay.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 31 to 40.
The review also examined why volunteers keep contributing, often without any payment. The most common reason given was a simple sense of purpose: participants said that logging a single sighting made them feel personally connected to a much larger research effort. Online platforms and mobile apps have made this connection easier than ever, turning a walk in the park into an opportunity to submit data with a few taps on a screen.
The authors conclude that citizen science is no longer a minor add-on to professional research but an increasingly indispensable source of data, particularly for questions that require observations across huge areas or long periods of time. They argue that with better training and more careful quality checks, the contribution of citizen scientists could grow substantially further within the next decade.
Question 34. According to the passage, what did the review find about the astronomy projects mentioned?
Đăng ký miễn phí để làm cả 40 câu, AI chấm và phân tích ngay.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 31 to 40.
The review also examined why volunteers keep contributing, often without any payment. The most common reason given was a simple sense of purpose: participants said that logging a single sighting made them feel personally connected to a much larger research effort. Online platforms and mobile apps have made this connection easier than ever, turning a walk in the park into an opportunity to submit data with a few taps on a screen.
The authors conclude that citizen science is no longer a minor add-on to professional research but an increasingly indispensable source of data, particularly for questions that require observations across huge areas or long periods of time. They argue that with better training and more careful quality checks, the contribution of citizen scientists could grow substantially further within the next decade.
Question 35. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a weakness of citizen-science projects in the passage?
Đăng ký miễn phí để làm cả 40 câu, AI chấm và phân tích ngay.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 31 to 40.
The review also examined why volunteers keep contributing, often without any payment. The most common reason given was a simple sense of purpose: participants said that logging a single sighting made them feel personally connected to a much larger research effort. Online platforms and mobile apps have made this connection easier than ever, turning a walk in the park into an opportunity to submit data with a few taps on a screen.
The authors conclude that citizen science is no longer a minor add-on to professional research but an increasingly indispensable source of data, particularly for questions that require observations across huge areas or long periods of time. They argue that with better training and more careful quality checks, the contribution of citizen scientists could grow substantially further within the next decade.
Question 36. Which of the following best paraphrases the underlined sentence (shown in bold) in paragraph 3?
Đăng ký miễn phí để làm cả 40 câu, AI chấm và phân tích ngay.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 31 to 40.
The review also examined why volunteers keep contributing, often without any payment. The most common reason given was a simple sense of purpose: participants said that logging a single sighting made them feel personally connected to a much larger research effort. Online platforms and mobile apps have made this connection easier than ever, turning a walk in the park into an opportunity to submit data with a few taps on a screen.
The authors conclude that citizen science is no longer a minor add-on to professional research but an increasingly indispensable source of data, particularly for questions that require observations across huge areas or long periods of time. They argue that with better training and more careful quality checks, the contribution of citizen scientists could grow substantially further within the next decade.
Question 37. The word "indispensable" in paragraph 5 is OPPOSITE in meaning to ____.
Đăng ký miễn phí để làm cả 40 câu, AI chấm và phân tích ngay.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 31 to 40.
The review also examined why volunteers keep contributing, often without any payment. The most common reason given was a simple sense of purpose: participants said that logging a single sighting made them feel personally connected to a much larger research effort. Online platforms and mobile apps have made this connection easier than ever, turning a walk in the park into an opportunity to submit data with a few taps on a screen.
The authors conclude that citizen science is no longer a minor add-on to professional research but an increasingly indispensable source of data, particularly for questions that require observations across huge areas or long periods of time. They argue that with better training and more careful quality checks, the contribution of citizen scientists could grow substantially further within the next decade.
Question 38. It can be inferred from the passage that ____.
Đăng ký miễn phí để làm cả 40 câu, AI chấm và phân tích ngay.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 31 to 40.
The review also examined why volunteers keep contributing, often without any payment. The most common reason given was a simple sense of purpose: participants said that logging a single sighting made them feel personally connected to a much larger research effort. Online platforms and mobile apps have made this connection easier than ever, turning a walk in the park into an opportunity to submit data with a few taps on a screen.
The authors conclude that citizen science is no longer a minor add-on to professional research but an increasingly indispensable source of data, particularly for questions that require observations across huge areas or long periods of time. They argue that with better training and more careful quality checks, the contribution of citizen scientists could grow substantially further within the next decade.
Question 39. Which of the following best summarises paragraph 4?
Đăng ký miễn phí để làm cả 40 câu, AI chấm và phân tích ngay.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 31 to 40.
The review also examined why volunteers keep contributing, often without any payment. The most common reason given was a simple sense of purpose: participants said that logging a single sighting made them feel personally connected to a much larger research effort. Online platforms and mobile apps have made this connection easier than ever, turning a walk in the park into an opportunity to submit data with a few taps on a screen.
The authors conclude that citizen science is no longer a minor add-on to professional research but an increasingly indispensable source of data, particularly for questions that require observations across huge areas or long periods of time. They argue that with better training and more careful quality checks, the contribution of citizen scientists could grow substantially further within the next decade.
Question 40. Which of the following best summarises the passage?
Đăng ký miễn phí để làm cả 40 câu, AI chấm và phân tích ngay.
Question 15. a. After that, an editor checks the facts and corrects the language before the article is published.
b. Every day, a reporter chooses a story and begins gathering information from reliable sources.
c. Once enough details have been collected, the reporter writes a first draft of the article.
d. Finally, the finished article appears online or in the printed newspaper for readers to see.
e. The reporter then interviews people who are directly involved in the story.
According to the report, the main attraction of gig work is flexibility. Workers can choose when, where and how much they work, which makes the arrangement especially appealing to students, parents with young children and people who already hold another job. Many respondents said that they had taken up gig work specifically because it let them fit paid tasks around childcare, study or a second career. The study also found that digital platforms, which connect workers directly with customers through an app, have made it easier than ever to start earning money with almost no upfront training or investment.
However, the researchers warn that this flexibility comes at a cost. Gig workers are usually classified as independent contractors rather than employees, so they typically receive no sick pay, no paid holiday and no guaranteed minimum income. Nearly sixty percent of the gig workers surveyed reported that their monthly earnings varied so much that budgeting for rent or bills was a constant source of stress. Some workers also complained that platforms could deactivate their accounts without warning, leaving them with no income and no clear way to appeal the decision.
According to the report, the main attraction of gig work is flexibility. Workers can choose when, where and how much they work, which makes the arrangement especially appealing to students, parents with young children and people who already hold another job. Many respondents said that they had taken up gig work specifically because it let them fit paid tasks around childcare, study or a second career. The study also found that digital platforms, which connect workers directly with customers through an app, have made it easier than ever to start earning money with almost no upfront training or investment.
However, the researchers warn that this flexibility comes at a cost. Gig workers are usually classified as independent contractors rather than employees, so they typically receive no sick pay, no paid holiday and no guaranteed minimum income. Nearly sixty percent of the gig workers surveyed reported that their monthly earnings varied so much that budgeting for rent or bills was a constant source of stress. Some workers also complained that platforms could deactivate their accounts without warning, leaving them with no income and no clear way to appeal the decision.
According to the report, the main attraction of gig work is flexibility. Workers can choose when, where and how much they work, which makes the arrangement especially appealing to students, parents with young children and people who already hold another job. Many respondents said that they had taken up gig work specifically because it let them fit paid tasks around childcare, study or a second career. The study also found that digital platforms, which connect workers directly with customers through an app, have made it easier than ever to start earning money with almost no upfront training or investment.
However, the researchers warn that this flexibility comes at a cost. Gig workers are usually classified as independent contractors rather than employees, so they typically receive no sick pay, no paid holiday and no guaranteed minimum income. Nearly sixty percent of the gig workers surveyed reported that their monthly earnings varied so much that budgeting for rent or bills was a constant source of stress. Some workers also complained that platforms could deactivate their accounts without warning, leaving them with no income and no clear way to appeal the decision.
According to the report, the main attraction of gig work is flexibility. Workers can choose when, where and how much they work, which makes the arrangement especially appealing to students, parents with young children and people who already hold another job. Many respondents said that they had taken up gig work specifically because it let them fit paid tasks around childcare, study or a second career. The study also found that digital platforms, which connect workers directly with customers through an app, have made it easier than ever to start earning money with almost no upfront training or investment.
However, the researchers warn that this flexibility comes at a cost. Gig workers are usually classified as independent contractors rather than employees, so they typically receive no sick pay, no paid holiday and no guaranteed minimum income. Nearly sixty percent of the gig workers surveyed reported that their monthly earnings varied so much that budgeting for rent or bills was a constant source of stress. Some workers also complained that platforms could deactivate their accounts without warning, leaving them with no income and no clear way to appeal the decision.
According to the report, the main attraction of gig work is flexibility. Workers can choose when, where and how much they work, which makes the arrangement especially appealing to students, parents with young children and people who already hold another job. Many respondents said that they had taken up gig work specifically because it let them fit paid tasks around childcare, study or a second career. The study also found that digital platforms, which connect workers directly with customers through an app, have made it easier than ever to start earning money with almost no upfront training or investment.
However, the researchers warn that this flexibility comes at a cost. Gig workers are usually classified as independent contractors rather than employees, so they typically receive no sick pay, no paid holiday and no guaranteed minimum income. Nearly sixty percent of the gig workers surveyed reported that their monthly earnings varied so much that budgeting for rent or bills was a constant source of stress. Some workers also complained that platforms could deactivate their accounts without warning, leaving them with no income and no clear way to appeal the decision.
According to the report, the main attraction of gig work is flexibility. Workers can choose when, where and how much they work, which makes the arrangement especially appealing to students, parents with young children and people who already hold another job. Many respondents said that they had taken up gig work specifically because it let them fit paid tasks around childcare, study or a second career. The study also found that digital platforms, which connect workers directly with customers through an app, have made it easier than ever to start earning money with almost no upfront training or investment.
However, the researchers warn that this flexibility comes at a cost. Gig workers are usually classified as independent contractors rather than employees, so they typically receive no sick pay, no paid holiday and no guaranteed minimum income. Nearly sixty percent of the gig workers surveyed reported that their monthly earnings varied so much that budgeting for rent or bills was a constant source of stress. Some workers also complained that platforms could deactivate their accounts without warning, leaving them with no income and no clear way to appeal the decision.
According to the report, the main attraction of gig work is flexibility. Workers can choose when, where and how much they work, which makes the arrangement especially appealing to students, parents with young children and people who already hold another job. Many respondents said that they had taken up gig work specifically because it let them fit paid tasks around childcare, study or a second career. The study also found that digital platforms, which connect workers directly with customers through an app, have made it easier than ever to start earning money with almost no upfront training or investment.
However, the researchers warn that this flexibility comes at a cost. Gig workers are usually classified as independent contractors rather than employees, so they typically receive no sick pay, no paid holiday and no guaranteed minimum income. Nearly sixty percent of the gig workers surveyed reported that their monthly earnings varied so much that budgeting for rent or bills was a constant source of stress. Some workers also complained that platforms could deactivate their accounts without warning, leaving them with no income and no clear way to appeal the decision.
According to the report, the main attraction of gig work is flexibility. Workers can choose when, where and how much they work, which makes the arrangement especially appealing to students, parents with young children and people who already hold another job. Many respondents said that they had taken up gig work specifically because it let them fit paid tasks around childcare, study or a second career. The study also found that digital platforms, which connect workers directly with customers through an app, have made it easier than ever to start earning money with almost no upfront training or investment.
However, the researchers warn that this flexibility comes at a cost. Gig workers are usually classified as independent contractors rather than employees, so they typically receive no sick pay, no paid holiday and no guaranteed minimum income. Nearly sixty percent of the gig workers surveyed reported that their monthly earnings varied so much that budgeting for rent or bills was a constant source of stress. Some workers also complained that platforms could deactivate their accounts without warning, leaving them with no income and no clear way to appeal the decision.
Citizen science, the practice of inviting members of the public to help collect or analyse scientific data, has grown enormously over the past two decades. What began as a handful of bird-counting projects run by local nature clubs has expanded into a global movement involving millions of volunteers, from schoolchildren photographing insects in their gardens to retired engineers classifying distant galaxies from a laptop at home. Universities, museums and even space agencies now regularly design research projects around this kind of public participation, treating volunteers not as an afterthought but as an essential part of the research team.
A recent review of more than two hundred citizen-science projects found that the approach delivers real scientific value rather than merely keeping amateurs entertained. [I] Volunteers have helped astronomers identify new types of star clusters that automated computer programs had overlooked. [II] In ecology, long-term datasets built almost entirely by volunteer observers now allow researchers to track how bird migration patterns are shifting as the climate warms. [III] Several of the studies reviewed had already led to peer-reviewed papers in respected journals, a sign that the data volunteers produce is taken seriously by the wider scientific community. [IV]
Despite these encouraging findings, the researchers point to some persistent weaknesses. Data quality can vary widely between volunteers, so many projects now rely on artificial intelligence to check submissions or ask several volunteers to confirm the same observation before it is accepted. Projects can also struggle to keep volunteers engaged once the initial novelty wears off, and participation tends to be higher among people who already have some scientific background, which raises questions about how representative the data really is. Even so, several of the projects in the review reported that a small percentage of highly active volunteers accounted for the majority of the useful data collected.
Citizen science, the practice of inviting members of the public to help collect or analyse scientific data, has grown enormously over the past two decades. What began as a handful of bird-counting projects run by local nature clubs has expanded into a global movement involving millions of volunteers, from schoolchildren photographing insects in their gardens to retired engineers classifying distant galaxies from a laptop at home. Universities, museums and even space agencies now regularly design research projects around this kind of public participation, treating volunteers not as an afterthought but as an essential part of the research team.
A recent review of more than two hundred citizen-science projects found that the approach delivers real scientific value rather than merely keeping amateurs entertained. [I] Volunteers have helped astronomers identify new types of star clusters that automated computer programs had overlooked. [II] In ecology, long-term datasets built almost entirely by volunteer observers now allow researchers to track how bird migration patterns are shifting as the climate warms. [III] Several of the studies reviewed had already led to peer-reviewed papers in respected journals, a sign that the data volunteers produce is taken seriously by the wider scientific community. [IV]
Despite these encouraging findings, the researchers point to some persistent weaknesses. Data quality can vary widely between volunteers, so many projects now rely on artificial intelligence to check submissions or ask several volunteers to confirm the same observation before it is accepted. Projects can also struggle to keep volunteers engaged once the initial novelty wears off, and participation tends to be higher among people who already have some scientific background, which raises questions about how representative the data really is. Even so, several of the projects in the review reported that a small percentage of highly active volunteers accounted for the majority of the useful data collected.
Citizen science, the practice of inviting members of the public to help collect or analyse scientific data, has grown enormously over the past two decades. What began as a handful of bird-counting projects run by local nature clubs has expanded into a global movement involving millions of volunteers, from schoolchildren photographing insects in their gardens to retired engineers classifying distant galaxies from a laptop at home. Universities, museums and even space agencies now regularly design research projects around this kind of public participation, treating volunteers not as an afterthought but as an essential part of the research team.
A recent review of more than two hundred citizen-science projects found that the approach delivers real scientific value rather than merely keeping amateurs entertained. [I] Volunteers have helped astronomers identify new types of star clusters that automated computer programs had overlooked. [II] In ecology, long-term datasets built almost entirely by volunteer observers now allow researchers to track how bird migration patterns are shifting as the climate warms. [III] Several of the studies reviewed had already led to peer-reviewed papers in respected journals, a sign that the data volunteers produce is taken seriously by the wider scientific community. [IV]
Despite these encouraging findings, the researchers point to some persistent weaknesses. Data quality can vary widely between volunteers, so many projects now rely on artificial intelligence to check submissions or ask several volunteers to confirm the same observation before it is accepted. Projects can also struggle to keep volunteers engaged once the initial novelty wears off, and participation tends to be higher among people who already have some scientific background, which raises questions about how representative the data really is. Even so, several of the projects in the review reported that a small percentage of highly active volunteers accounted for the majority of the useful data collected.
Citizen science, the practice of inviting members of the public to help collect or analyse scientific data, has grown enormously over the past two decades. What began as a handful of bird-counting projects run by local nature clubs has expanded into a global movement involving millions of volunteers, from schoolchildren photographing insects in their gardens to retired engineers classifying distant galaxies from a laptop at home. Universities, museums and even space agencies now regularly design research projects around this kind of public participation, treating volunteers not as an afterthought but as an essential part of the research team.
A recent review of more than two hundred citizen-science projects found that the approach delivers real scientific value rather than merely keeping amateurs entertained. [I] Volunteers have helped astronomers identify new types of star clusters that automated computer programs had overlooked. [II] In ecology, long-term datasets built almost entirely by volunteer observers now allow researchers to track how bird migration patterns are shifting as the climate warms. [III] Several of the studies reviewed had already led to peer-reviewed papers in respected journals, a sign that the data volunteers produce is taken seriously by the wider scientific community. [IV]
Despite these encouraging findings, the researchers point to some persistent weaknesses. Data quality can vary widely between volunteers, so many projects now rely on artificial intelligence to check submissions or ask several volunteers to confirm the same observation before it is accepted. Projects can also struggle to keep volunteers engaged once the initial novelty wears off, and participation tends to be higher among people who already have some scientific background, which raises questions about how representative the data really is. Even so, several of the projects in the review reported that a small percentage of highly active volunteers accounted for the majority of the useful data collected.
Citizen science, the practice of inviting members of the public to help collect or analyse scientific data, has grown enormously over the past two decades. What began as a handful of bird-counting projects run by local nature clubs has expanded into a global movement involving millions of volunteers, from schoolchildren photographing insects in their gardens to retired engineers classifying distant galaxies from a laptop at home. Universities, museums and even space agencies now regularly design research projects around this kind of public participation, treating volunteers not as an afterthought but as an essential part of the research team.
A recent review of more than two hundred citizen-science projects found that the approach delivers real scientific value rather than merely keeping amateurs entertained. [I] Volunteers have helped astronomers identify new types of star clusters that automated computer programs had overlooked. [II] In ecology, long-term datasets built almost entirely by volunteer observers now allow researchers to track how bird migration patterns are shifting as the climate warms. [III] Several of the studies reviewed had already led to peer-reviewed papers in respected journals, a sign that the data volunteers produce is taken seriously by the wider scientific community. [IV]
Despite these encouraging findings, the researchers point to some persistent weaknesses. Data quality can vary widely between volunteers, so many projects now rely on artificial intelligence to check submissions or ask several volunteers to confirm the same observation before it is accepted. Projects can also struggle to keep volunteers engaged once the initial novelty wears off, and participation tends to be higher among people who already have some scientific background, which raises questions about how representative the data really is. Even so, several of the projects in the review reported that a small percentage of highly active volunteers accounted for the majority of the useful data collected.
Citizen science, the practice of inviting members of the public to help collect or analyse scientific data, has grown enormously over the past two decades. What began as a handful of bird-counting projects run by local nature clubs has expanded into a global movement involving millions of volunteers, from schoolchildren photographing insects in their gardens to retired engineers classifying distant galaxies from a laptop at home. Universities, museums and even space agencies now regularly design research projects around this kind of public participation, treating volunteers not as an afterthought but as an essential part of the research team.
A recent review of more than two hundred citizen-science projects found that the approach delivers real scientific value rather than merely keeping amateurs entertained. [I] Volunteers have helped astronomers identify new types of star clusters that automated computer programs had overlooked. [II] In ecology, long-term datasets built almost entirely by volunteer observers now allow researchers to track how bird migration patterns are shifting as the climate warms. [III] Several of the studies reviewed had already led to peer-reviewed papers in respected journals, a sign that the data volunteers produce is taken seriously by the wider scientific community. [IV]
Despite these encouraging findings, the researchers point to some persistent weaknesses. Data quality can vary widely between volunteers, so many projects now rely on artificial intelligence to check submissions or ask several volunteers to confirm the same observation before it is accepted. Projects can also struggle to keep volunteers engaged once the initial novelty wears off, and participation tends to be higher among people who already have some scientific background, which raises questions about how representative the data really is. Even so, several of the projects in the review reported that a small percentage of highly active volunteers accounted for the majority of the useful data collected.
Citizen science, the practice of inviting members of the public to help collect or analyse scientific data, has grown enormously over the past two decades. What began as a handful of bird-counting projects run by local nature clubs has expanded into a global movement involving millions of volunteers, from schoolchildren photographing insects in their gardens to retired engineers classifying distant galaxies from a laptop at home. Universities, museums and even space agencies now regularly design research projects around this kind of public participation, treating volunteers not as an afterthought but as an essential part of the research team.
A recent review of more than two hundred citizen-science projects found that the approach delivers real scientific value rather than merely keeping amateurs entertained. [I] Volunteers have helped astronomers identify new types of star clusters that automated computer programs had overlooked. [II] In ecology, long-term datasets built almost entirely by volunteer observers now allow researchers to track how bird migration patterns are shifting as the climate warms. [III] Several of the studies reviewed had already led to peer-reviewed papers in respected journals, a sign that the data volunteers produce is taken seriously by the wider scientific community. [IV]
Despite these encouraging findings, the researchers point to some persistent weaknesses. Data quality can vary widely between volunteers, so many projects now rely on artificial intelligence to check submissions or ask several volunteers to confirm the same observation before it is accepted. Projects can also struggle to keep volunteers engaged once the initial novelty wears off, and participation tends to be higher among people who already have some scientific background, which raises questions about how representative the data really is. Even so, several of the projects in the review reported that a small percentage of highly active volunteers accounted for the majority of the useful data collected.
Citizen science, the practice of inviting members of the public to help collect or analyse scientific data, has grown enormously over the past two decades. What began as a handful of bird-counting projects run by local nature clubs has expanded into a global movement involving millions of volunteers, from schoolchildren photographing insects in their gardens to retired engineers classifying distant galaxies from a laptop at home. Universities, museums and even space agencies now regularly design research projects around this kind of public participation, treating volunteers not as an afterthought but as an essential part of the research team.
A recent review of more than two hundred citizen-science projects found that the approach delivers real scientific value rather than merely keeping amateurs entertained. [I] Volunteers have helped astronomers identify new types of star clusters that automated computer programs had overlooked. [II] In ecology, long-term datasets built almost entirely by volunteer observers now allow researchers to track how bird migration patterns are shifting as the climate warms. [III] Several of the studies reviewed had already led to peer-reviewed papers in respected journals, a sign that the data volunteers produce is taken seriously by the wider scientific community. [IV]
Despite these encouraging findings, the researchers point to some persistent weaknesses. Data quality can vary widely between volunteers, so many projects now rely on artificial intelligence to check submissions or ask several volunteers to confirm the same observation before it is accepted. Projects can also struggle to keep volunteers engaged once the initial novelty wears off, and participation tends to be higher among people who already have some scientific background, which raises questions about how representative the data really is. Even so, several of the projects in the review reported that a small percentage of highly active volunteers accounted for the majority of the useful data collected.
Citizen science, the practice of inviting members of the public to help collect or analyse scientific data, has grown enormously over the past two decades. What began as a handful of bird-counting projects run by local nature clubs has expanded into a global movement involving millions of volunteers, from schoolchildren photographing insects in their gardens to retired engineers classifying distant galaxies from a laptop at home. Universities, museums and even space agencies now regularly design research projects around this kind of public participation, treating volunteers not as an afterthought but as an essential part of the research team.
A recent review of more than two hundred citizen-science projects found that the approach delivers real scientific value rather than merely keeping amateurs entertained. [I] Volunteers have helped astronomers identify new types of star clusters that automated computer programs had overlooked. [II] In ecology, long-term datasets built almost entirely by volunteer observers now allow researchers to track how bird migration patterns are shifting as the climate warms. [III] Several of the studies reviewed had already led to peer-reviewed papers in respected journals, a sign that the data volunteers produce is taken seriously by the wider scientific community. [IV]
Despite these encouraging findings, the researchers point to some persistent weaknesses. Data quality can vary widely between volunteers, so many projects now rely on artificial intelligence to check submissions or ask several volunteers to confirm the same observation before it is accepted. Projects can also struggle to keep volunteers engaged once the initial novelty wears off, and participation tends to be higher among people who already have some scientific background, which raises questions about how representative the data really is. Even so, several of the projects in the review reported that a small percentage of highly active volunteers accounted for the majority of the useful data collected.
Citizen science, the practice of inviting members of the public to help collect or analyse scientific data, has grown enormously over the past two decades. What began as a handful of bird-counting projects run by local nature clubs has expanded into a global movement involving millions of volunteers, from schoolchildren photographing insects in their gardens to retired engineers classifying distant galaxies from a laptop at home. Universities, museums and even space agencies now regularly design research projects around this kind of public participation, treating volunteers not as an afterthought but as an essential part of the research team.
A recent review of more than two hundred citizen-science projects found that the approach delivers real scientific value rather than merely keeping amateurs entertained. [I] Volunteers have helped astronomers identify new types of star clusters that automated computer programs had overlooked. [II] In ecology, long-term datasets built almost entirely by volunteer observers now allow researchers to track how bird migration patterns are shifting as the climate warms. [III] Several of the studies reviewed had already led to peer-reviewed papers in respected journals, a sign that the data volunteers produce is taken seriously by the wider scientific community. [IV]
Despite these encouraging findings, the researchers point to some persistent weaknesses. Data quality can vary widely between volunteers, so many projects now rely on artificial intelligence to check submissions or ask several volunteers to confirm the same observation before it is accepted. Projects can also struggle to keep volunteers engaged once the initial novelty wears off, and participation tends to be higher among people who already have some scientific background, which raises questions about how representative the data really is. Even so, several of the projects in the review reported that a small percentage of highly active volunteers accounted for the majority of the useful data collected.