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1. SECTION II: LEXICO-GRAMMAR (4 points) Part 1: Choose one word or phrase which best completes each sentence. Circle its corresponding letter A, B, C, or D to indicate your answer. 26. He didn’t get high score in the contest. He wishes he his parents’ advice. A. had takenB. has takenC. tookD. would take 27. Our English teacher asked us . A. if or not we had done our homework B. whether or not we had done our homework C. what had we done our homework D. had we done our homework 28. In the past, most people believed that the world’s resources could never be . A. run out B. come over C. got off D. used up 29. Scientists are warning that we have to focus on developing alternative sources of energy, since we may fossil fuel before the end of the century. A. run out of B. get into C. make up for D. come up against 30. She tried to finish the writing assignment today she could hand it on time. A. whereas B. even though C. so that D. in order 31. My mum has taught me knitting, embroidering, mending, and she knows. A. wheneverB. whateverC. howeverD. whichever 32. I was feeling anything but in my new apartment in the suburb of the city. A. comfortB. comfortable C. comfortablyD. comfortless 33. He’ll never pass his driving test he takes some more lessons. A. unlessB. if onlyC. providedD. if 34. The price of houses in this city over the past five years. A. has doubled more than B. has much more doubled C. has more doubled than D. has more than doubled 35. We were surprised to see her driving, she when we first met her. A. got used to driving B. didn’t use to drive C. was used to drivingC. used to drive 36. the money was spent on clothes. A. SomeB. A few ofC. A little ofD. A few 37. David learned to play the violin when he was at . A. an university B. the university C. university D. a university 38. I think we should make a greater effort to our traditional handicraft villages. A. preserveB. storeC. arrangeD. keep 39. A(n) is someone who does skilled work or someone who is skilled in making things with their hands. A. artisan B. artist C. creator D. workman 40. Teenagers with fitting are more likely to succeed in reaching them. A. resultsB. intentionsC. goalsD. desires 41. Charles suggested for a walk, but no one else wanted to. A. having gone B. go C. to go D. going 42. Most countries want to preserve their cultural _ and pass it on to their children. A. history B. heritage C. civilization D. background 43. Dong Van rocky highland Geopark _ became a member of the Global Geopark Network in 2010. A. publiclyB. generallyC. officiallyD. informally 44. _ she made a greater effort, they would have preserved their traditional handicraft. A. Should B. Were C. If D. Had 45. She's a bit down because she's got to take her exams again. A. in the ears B. in the dumps C. in the souls D. in the motion Part 2: Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. 3
2. Ask any adult over forty to make a (46) between the past COMPARE and the present and most will tell you that things have been getting steadily worse for as long as they can remember. Take the weather for example. Everyone remembers that in their (47) YOUNG the summers were (48) hotter, and that winter always CONSIDER included abundant falls of snow just when the school holidays had started. Of course, the food in those days was far superior too, as nothing was imported and everything was fresh. (49) was negligible, the EMPLOY money in your pocket really was worth something, and you could buy a SIZE (50) house even if your means were limited. And above all, people were somehow nicer in those days, and spent their PURSUE free time on innocent (51) making model boards and COLLECT tending their stamp (52) rather than gazing at the television screen for hours on end. As we know, this figure of the past simply cannot be true, and there are plenty of statistics dealing with health and (53) PROSPER ____which prove that it is not true. So, why is it that we all have a (54) TEND ____ to idealize the past and to be so (55) of the presents? CRITISIZE Your answer: 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. Part 3. Read the text below and look carefully at each line. There are ten mistakes in the text. Identify each mistake, write it down and give your correction. 1 Neanderthals, who were once believed to be primitive cavemen, may have 2 lived as recent as 28,000 years ago, according to the recent research on 3 some bones finding in cave in Croatia. They probably also mixed with 4 modern humans. Previously, scientists think that Neanderthals had died 5 out about 34,000 years ago, they came into contact to modern Homo 6 Sapiens. But an national team has been doing tests on the Neanderthal 7 bones, since their discovering in the 1970s. The team has found that the 8 bones are many more recent. Professor Smith, the leading of the research 9 team, has said that this new evidence shows Neanderthals will probably 10 have mixed with humans during the thousands of years they lived together. 11 He has also pointed of that most early modern Europeans have some 12 features that we are able to explain unless humans had Neanderthal 13 ancestor. Your answer: Line Mistake Correction Line Mistake Correction 56 61 57 62 58 63 59 64 60 65 SECTION III: READING (6 POINTS) Part 1: You are going to read a series of interviews where people talk about their jobs and what they have learned while listening to people. For questions 66-75, answer by choosing from the people in the article (A-F). The people may be chosen more than once. When more than one answer is required, these may be given in any order. Which of the people states the following? People do strange things when they don’t know they are being watched. 66. Some people make great efforts to improve themselves. 67. I’d like to have lived my own life differently. 68. 4
3. Making a small mistake can have serious consequences. 69. A sense of humour is not the most important thing in a life partner. 70. It is in your own best interests to tell the truth. 71. A relative of mine behaved foolishly. 72. Well-known people sometimes behave badly. 73. The things you expect to make you happy may not. 74. 75. Advice for a happy life We asked a number of people, whose jobs involve listening to other people talking, what they felt they had learned about what makes people happy with their lives. A-The cab-driver I’ve been driving my cab for 30 years now people are definitely getting more miserable. They want to have everything now and get upset when they can’t have the latest huge tally or the smartest house or car. But you can be just as happy in a small house with a small TV or even without one! For me the important thing is to remember what really matters and to live life for today. There’s not much point in working so hard just to get more things if you’re too tired and too stressed to enjoy them. Better spend time playing with your kids before it’s too late. I certainly wish it wasn’t too late to listen to my own advice! B- The lawyer If you’re going to live a happy and organized life, then you have to open your post! I come across so many people who don’t open half the things that come to them because they think they might contain bills. Sometimes they actually have cheques in them or job offers. Brown envelopes aren’t only bad news! People who behave like this may be good company because they are fun-loving but they are so disorganised that they often spend far too much on shopping, gambling or drink. Never marry someone who doesn’t open their post! C- The beautician I think it would make a lot of women happier to know that most women are much hairier than people think. No one has the perfect body- believe me, I see naked people everyday and I know what I’m talking about. The people who look great have usually spent a lot of time and money getting that way. Clever clothes and make-up can hide a great deal. Mind you, I guess I shouldn’t say this but happiness is what makes people really beautiful, I think. Someone with a lovely face and a gorgeous figure and a miserable expression is much less attractive than a plain girl who’s happy. D- The concierge The advice I would give people is never, ever do anything embarrassing in a lift these days. There’s always someone watching you on CCTV. I’ve seen men looking at themselves in the mirror and tying their scarves in half a dozen different ways to see which looks best. And I’ve seen much worse but I won’t tell you about that. I see lots of things happening in my block of flats. All sorts of comings and goings. Someday I could sell a lot of stories to the newspapers if I had a mind to as some well-known politicians and media figures live in the more expensive penthouse apartments. They don’t seem to behave nearly as well as the people up there used to when I first started this job. E- The nurse The advice I’d give is never to take up smoking. It’s an evil habit and it causes so many illnesses and makes others much worse. My own grandfather had two heart attacks before he managed to give up smoking. He’s had years of ill-health that could so easily have been avoided. Of course, when he was young people didn’t know quite what a dangerous habit it was. But there’s no excuse now. I’ve never even tried should I? The latest research all suggests that life is better for non-smokers in all sorts of ways. I’m glad to say that there is also recent research that shows that chocolate is good for your health. Now that’s the kind of research I’d like to see more of! F- The policeman For me what matters is to pay attention to the little things. Do that and you should have a happy life. If you make even a tiny driving mistake you can cause a serious accident. If I make a small error in my paperwork, it can cause chaos in legal case. The other thing is that people should be honest. I’d say that six out of ten drivers that I stop on the roads give me a false name 5
4. and you can always tell that they’re lying. It’s the hesitation in the middle that gives the game away. Then they’re in more trouble than they were before. So as my grandmother used to say, honesty pays. Your answer: 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. Part 2: Read the following passage then choose the best answer to fill in the gap by circling its corresponding letter A, B, C or D. Many students in the UK (76) doing a gap year before going to university. Critics question whether it is a just a long glorified holiday or if it's really (77) _ doing. Does it (78) help students in their careers? Some educational establishments do encourage students to take a gap year and recommend that students (79) advantage of the opportunities available. However, most of them would prefer it if the students (80) some kind of voluntary work instead of just having a holiday. There are numerous organisations which organise these (81) for students and it's a good idea to check them out online. One of the main advantages is that it's a great way to get to know more (82) different cultures and, for many, it is also a painless way to learn another language by speaking to local people. Volunteers who stay in local homes say that they get the chance to experience local culture and customs and, in (83) , to try a variety of food which they wouldn't otherwise have tried. When I was 18 years old, I had set (84) my on going to work in Africa for a year, but unfortunately my parents wouldn’t let me go and insisted that I went to university immediately. I'm 49 years old and still haven’t had my gap year! Maybe one day I'll get (85) to doing it. 76. A. think B. believe C. regard D. consider 77. A. valuable B. worth C. affordable D. beneficial 78. A. actually B. currently C. absolutely D. certainly 79. A. get B. have C. take D. make 80. A. made B. did C. worked D. acted 81. A. travels B. journeys C. trips D. voyages 82. A. of B. from C. than D. about 83. A. common B. particular C. individual D. specific 84. A. heart B. mind C. thoughts D. plans 85. A. over B. about C. around D. through Part 3: Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE word in each space. Write your answers in the answer box below. Stress problems are very common. The American Psychological Association's 2007 "Stress in America" poll found that one-third of people in the United States report experiencing extreme levels of negative stress. In (86) , nearly one out of five people report that they are experiencing high levels of negative stress 15 or more days per month. Impressive (87) these figures are, they represent only a cross-section of people's stress levels at one particular moment of their lives. When stress is (88) as something that occurs repeatedly across the full lifespan, the true incidence of stress problems is much higher. (89) "stressed out" is thus a universal human phenomenon that affects (90) everyone. What are we talking about when we discuss stress? Generally, most people use the word stress to (91) to negative experiences that leave us feeling overwhelmed. Thinking about stress exclusively as something negative gives us a false impression of its true nature, however. Stress is a reaction (92) a changing, demanding environment. Properly considered, stress is really (93) about our capacity to handle change than it is about (94) that change makes us feel good or bad. Change, after all, is (95) to stay and stress is in large part what we feel when we are facing it. Your answer: 6
5. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90. 91. 92. 93. 94. 95. Part 4: Read the following passage then do the task followed Social housing in Britain A. During the past 20 years in Britain there has been a significant decrease in the number of social homes in the housing stock, down from 5.3m to 4.8m. The proportion of social housing has fallen from 29% to 18% during the same period. This is largely due to the policies of Margaret Thatcher's government during the 1980's which forced local councils to sell homes under market price to existing tenants under a 'right to buy' scheme and prevented them from building new houses. New social homes were then to be paid for by central government and managed by local housing associations. B. Next month, the government is expected to announce a significant increase in the Social Housing Department's £1.7 billion annual budget and also intends to make the application process for social housing simpler. The additional £2 billion will build about 50,000 new houses each year at current building costs. Still more houses could be built if subsidies were reduced. C. The UK government is hoping that the extra investment will improve the housing situation. Britain with her increasing population builds fewer new houses than are needed, with a shortfall of 100,000 a year according to Shelter, a housing charity. The result is a boom in house prices that has made owning a home unaffordable for many, especially in London and the south of England. Key public sector workers, such as nurses and teachers, are among those affected. D. In order to increase the social housing stock the government is using a process known as planning gain. Town councils are increasing the amount of social housing developers must build as part of a new building project and which they must give to the local housing association. Even without the financial support of central the government, some local councils in England are using planning gain to increase the proportion of social housing stock. In expensive Cambridge, the council wants 25% of new housing to be social; the figure is 35% in Bristol, while Manchester is planning 40% over the next twenty years. E. Will this housing policy create new sink estates? Hopefully, not. Housing planners have learnt from the mistakes of the 1960s and 1970s when large council housing estates were constructed. Builders have got better at design and planning mixed-use developments where social housing is mixed with, and indistinguishable from, private housing. Social housing developments are winning design awards - a project in London won the Housing Design Award — though it is true that some council estates that now illustrate some of the worst aspects of 1960s architecture won awards at the time. F. The management of social housing stock has largely moved from local councils to housing associations. Housing associations look after the maintenance of the existing housing stock, getting repairs done and dealing with problems like prostitution and drugs while employing estate security and on-site maintenance staff. One significant change is that planners have learned to build smaller housing developments. G. The significant drawback of social housing still remains: it discourages mobility. What happens to the nurse who lives in cheap social housing in one town, and is offered a job in a region that does not provide her with new social housing? The government wants to encourage initiative but is providing a housing system that makes it difficult for people to change their lives. Public-sector workers are increasingly being priced out of London and other expensive parts of the country and, as a result, are unable to take advantage of opportunities available to them. Task 1: Choose the correct heading each paragraph from the list of headings below. i. Still difficult to move around ii. Councils give way to housing associations iii. Increased spending iv. The cost of moving home v. A shrinking supply vi. Learning from the past vii. Public-sector workers squeezed out viii. New demands on developers 7
6. Example: Paragraph A v 96. Paragraph B 97. Paragraph C 98. Paragraph D _ 99. Paragraph E 100. Paragraph F Example: Paragraph G i Task 2: Decide whether the following statements are True (T), False (F) or Not Given (NG). 101. During the Thatcher years, there was a block on building social homes. 102. The housing problem in London is worse than in the rest of southeast England. 103. Local authorities are starting to depend on the 'planning gain' scheme. 104. One way to make social housing more successful is to make it similar to private housing. 105. Local councils are unable to deal with crimes committed on social housing land Your answer: 96. 97. 98. 99. 100. 101. 102. 103. 104. 105. Part 5: Read the following passage then choose the best answer by circling its corresponding letter A, B, C or D. There are many African tribes but, for many people, the Masai are the most well-known. They are famous for their bright red clothing and their ceremonies with lots of music and dancing. Probably, one of the most colorful ceremonies is the festival of "Eunoto," when the teenage boys of the Masai become men. Eunoto lasts for many days and Masai people travel across the region to get to a special place near the border between Kenya and Tanzania. The teenage boys who travel with them are called "warriors". This is a traditional name from the past when young men fought with other tribes. At the beginning of the ceremony, the teenagers paint their bodies while their mothers start to build a place called the "Osingira," a sacred room in the middle of the celebrations. Later, the senior elders from different tribes will sit inside this place and, at different times, the boys go inside to meet them. Later in the day, the boys run around the Osingira, going faster and faster each time. The teenagers also have to alter their appearance at Eunoto. Masai boys' hair is very long before the ritual but they have to cut it off. In Masai culture, hair is an important symbol. For example, when a baby grows into an infant, the mother cuts the child's hair and gives the child a name. At a Masai wedding, the hair of the bride is also cut off as she becomes a woman. And so, at Eunoto, the teenage boy's mother cuts his hair off at sunrise. On the final day, the teenagers meet the senior elders one more time. They get this advice: "Now you are men, use your heads and knowledge." Then, people start to travel back to their homes and lands. The teenagers are no longer warriors. They are adult men and now they will get married and have children. Later in life, they will be the leaders of their communities. 106. What is the passage mainly about? A. The ceremony that marks the beginning of Masai boys' adulthood B. The journey by Masai teenage boys to the festival of Eunoto C. The importance of Eunoto in African people's lives D. The reasons for the Masai's popularity over other African tribes 107. The word "them" in paragraph 3 refers to . A. different tribes B. their mothers C. the boys D. the senior elders 108. The word "alter" in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to . A. differ B. change C. maintain D. distinguish 109. According to the passage, what do the teenage boys do at Eunoto? A. Painting their bodies B. Receiving new names C. Changing their clothes D. Fighting with other tribes 8
7. 110. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE? A. The Masai teenage boys are given advice from senior elders before attending Eunoto. B. The Masai teenage boys will become adults and get married after attending Eunoto. C. Eunoto lasts for a day across the region between Kenya and Tanzania. D. Eunoto is the ceremony for both Masai teenage boys and girls. SECTION IV. WRITING (5 points) Part 1. Your city is going to organize Mid-Autumn festival. In about 80-100 words, write a letter to invite your friend Long in another province to come to enjoy. Your letter should include the time, place, activities of the festival. [You MUSTN’T write your name, address, school name in your letter.] Dear Long, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Yours, Minh Part 2. Nowadays more and more people enjoy traveling. In about 150 words, write a paragraph about the advantages of traveling. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9
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