The problems of getting around the city of Dar es Salaam IELTS Reading Answers with Explanation

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IELTS Reading Practice Test - The problems of getting around the city of Dar es Salaam

The problems of getting around the city of Dar es Salaam

Dares Salaam in Tanzania is one of the fastest growing cities in Africa. Its population has increased eightfold since 1980 and swells by half a million people every year. United Nations projections anticipate it will become a megacity within seven years as its population passes 10 million, reaching 13.4 million by 2035. Daniel Hoornweg for the Global Cities Institute forecasts the city could be home to an incredible 73.7 million people by 2100.
Today, four out of five of its people live in single-storey informal settlements on the spreading edges of the city, where the journey to and from the centre regularly takes over two hours. It can be longer if rain turns the dirt roads to mud.
Even in the middle of the day, traffic frequently slows to a stop without warning. It is not unusual for cars and minibuses to queue for 20 minutes at a key intersection. A single suburban rail line serves residents in a few areas to the south but is tiny in the context of the wider city. Outside the centre many rely on boda boda (motorbike taxis) to navigate the narrow side streets and potholed mud roads that make up much of the metropolis. Their safety record is scandalous.
Dar es Salaam's reliance on four arterial roads into the city is a legacy of the colonial government that planned the city at the start of the 20th century to cater for a population of 35,000. Most of the current growth is made up of young people arriving from the countryside to find work, and as the population has exploded, Dar es Salaam has grown around those four highways. Nearly all the expansion is happening on the periphery, and nearly all takes place informally without any agreed strategy.
But Dar es Salaam is pinning its hopes on a solution that could offer a different model for Africa's megacities, giving them an alternative to a future controlled by the private car. Unlike many cities on the continent, Dar es Salaam isn't trying to build a metro. It has chosen a less exciting but cheaper and more achievable method: the bus.
The DART bus rapid transit (BRT) system runs on bus lanes separated from other traffic, mostly in the middle of the road to reduce stoppages. Ticket purchase and control takes place at stations prior to boarding and the buses are step-free, which means the entire route is accessible to people using wheelchairs or who are travelling with baby buggies.
'The new buses are much, much better,' says Paulas George, a young IT worker. He takes the bus every day and it has cut his journey time by two-thirds. He says it is not perfect, though, complaining that drivers often refuse to turn on the air conditioning to save fuel.
That is not the only problem. A shortage of buses after a serious flood at the main depot during the rainy season means the system is carrying 200,000 people a day - half the expected capacity. Smartcards can't be used as the mechanical readers aren't working either, forcing passengers to buy individual paper tickets for every journey. Each is printed with a scannable QR code, but there are no scanners. Staff stand by the gates and tear tickets as people enter. As a result, queues are considerable at peak times.
Morogoro Road to the north-west of the city was phase I of the BRT project. Phases II and Ill will install bus lanes along Nyerere Road to the south-west and Kilwa Road to the south. Construction on both routes is due to start imminently. Phase IV, towards Bagamoyo in the north, is in the preliminary design stage. 'Much of the city will have access to a world-class transport system within the space of a few years,' says Chris Kost, the Africa director of ITDP (the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy). All phases are being planned to high standards and, once complete, a third of city residents will be within a short walk of the BRT network.
The ITDP regrets Africa's obsession with metros. 'With a metro, an international firm will often just parachute in its own system,' says Kost. 'Bus rapid transit allows existing stakeholders to get involved. That's what we did in Dares Salaam and what we're planning in Nairobi, where the bus bodies will be built in the city and local operators will look after tickets, fare collection and IT ... Bus rapid transit has been transformational for Dares Salaam. For millions of people in African cities, this is their best hope of ever being connected.'

The population of Dar es Salaam is rising more rapidly than was previously predicted.

True

False

Not given

GIẢI THÍCH CÂU 1

Định vị

Paraphrasing

Câu hỏi: The population of Dar es Salaam is rising more rapidly than was previously predicted. Đáp án: Not given

So sánh với bài đọc: The population of Dar es Salaam is rising = Its population has increased eightfold since 1980 and swells by half a million people every year more rapidly than was previously predicted >< not mentioned

Giải thích chi tiết

✅Step 1: Phân tích câu hỏi

Simplified: The population of Dar es Salaam is rising more rapidly than was previously predicted .

Ý câu hỏi: Dân số thành phố này hiện đang tăng nhanh hơn so với một dự đoán trước đó. => Câu hỏi có ý so sánh giữa dự đoán cũ và thực tế/bản dự đoán mới.

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✅Step 2: Locate bằng chứng

Dựa vào từ khoá đặc biệt khó paraphrase là Dar es Salaam / population, ta định vị được đoạn quan trọng là:

“Its population has increased eightfold since 1980 and swells by half a million people every year. United Nations projections anticipate it will become a megacity within seven years as its population passes 10 million, reaching 13.4 million by 2035. Daniel Hoornweg for the Global Cities Institute forecasts the city could be home to an incredible 73.7 million people by 2100.”

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✅Step 3: Đọc câu bằng chứng theo Linearthinking

Its population has increased eightfold since 1980 and swells by half a million people every year .

United Nations projections anticipate it will become a megacity within seven years as its population passes 10 million, reaching 13.4 million by 2035 .

Daniel Hoornweg forecasts the city could be home to (...) 73.7 million people by 2100 .

Ý của câu: Bài đọc cho biết:

dân số Dar es Salaam đang tăng rất nhanh,
Liên Hợp Quốc có dự đoán cho năm 2035,
một chuyên gia khác có dự báo cho năm 2100.

Nhưng bài chỉ đưa ra các dự đoán, chứ không nói rằng tốc độ tăng dân số hiện nay nhanh hơn hay chậm hơn so với một dự đoán trước đó.

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✅Step 4: Compare meaning with meaning

Câu hỏi nói: Dân số Dar es Salaam đang tăng nhanh hơn so với dự đoán trước đây.

Bài đọc nói: Dân số thành phố tăng rất nhanh, và có các dự đoán cho tương lai: 13.4 triệu vào 2035, 73.7 triệu vào 2100.

⇒ Như vậy, bài đọc không cung cấp thông tin so sánh giữa: thực tế hiện tại và một dự đoán trước đó.

✅ Đáp án: NOT GIVEN

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❌ Những đáp án “bẫy”:

True: Bẫy skim/scan: thấy các cụm như “increased eightfold”, “half a million people every year”, “73.7 million by 2100” rồi nghĩ ngay là “ồ, tăng nhanh hơn dự đoán”. => Sai vì bài chỉ cho thấy tốc độ tăng lớn và có dự báo tương lai, chứ không nói nhanh hơn dự đoán cũ.

False: Bẫy khác: nghĩ ngược lại rằng vì bài không nói “nhanh hơn”, chắc là “không nhanh hơn”. => Sai vì False cần bài đọc phải nói điều ngược lại rõ ràng, ví dụ:

tăng chậm hơn dự đoán trước đây,
hoặc dự đoán trước đây đã đánh giá quá cao tốc độ tăng.

Ở đây bài không nói nhanh hơn cũng không nói chậm hơn. Vì thiếu thông tin so sánh, đáp án phải là Not Given.

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