SECTION A. LISTENING (50 points)
Part 1. You are going to hear a talk. As you listen, fill in the missing information. For questions 115,
write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS in the spaces provided. Write your answers in the
corresponding numbered boxes provided.
A group of green (1) ................ called Rewilding Britain wants to return a large area of Scotland to how
it was a thousand years ago. The group wants forests, and (2) ................., birds and fish to return. One of
the animals the group (3) ................. put back into the (4) ................. is the wolf. This died out in Britain in
(5) ...............after hunters and farmers killed them all. Other (6) ................ that could return to Scottish
mountains, rivers and seas include the lynx (a wild cat), beavers, bison, sea eagles, bluefin tuna and grey
whales. The charities want the government to return (7) ................. of the country to its (8) ............state.
The area it wants is the United Kingdom's cleanest region. It hopes much of this can happen by the year (9)
.......... Not everyone thinks that the (10) .................. like the wolf and lynx is a good idea. Farmers are
worried it would cause them many problems. A farmer's group said it was a crazy idea to bring back (11)
................... to the country because they would start (12) .....................farm animals. They also said that
dams built by beavers would increase the risk of flooding (13) ................., while sea eagles kill lambs.
Rewilding Britain spokeswoman Rebecca Wrigley said: "Re-wilding is really for everyone who cares about
our future." She added: "Our (14) ...................... need us." Ms Wrigley said it was important to re-wild
Britain for, "native forests to regenerate" and to give "the seas a chance to
(15) ................. from industrial fishing". Your answers: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
Part 2: You will hear a man called Toby talking on the radio about his job as an engineer with a
company called Atkins Engineering. You are supposed to do BOTH TASKS AT THE SAME TIME
while listening. You will listen twice.
Question 16-21: Choose the best answer. Write A, B or C in the corresponding numbered boxes.
16. When did Toby get a job with Atkins Engineering?
A. when he was a university student
B. six months after he finished university
C. as soon as he finished university
17. What is Toby working on at the moment?
A. a new airport B. a new motorway C. houses and flats
18. When Toby begin working, he was surprised to spend so much time___________
A. sitting in an office B. talking to other people C. designing buildings.
19. Young people often don't choose engineering because they think ___________
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A. It's hard to get a job B. it's not very well paid C. it's probably boring
20. What is a disadvantage of the job for Toby?
A. he finds it difficult to take holidays B. he works too many hours
C. he can't organise his free time
21. When Toby as at school, what job did he want to have? A. an architect B. a doctor C. an engineer
Question 22- 25: Decide the following statements are True or false. True false
22. Toby wants to work on buildings in the future.
23. Toby mostly works away from the office.
24. Engineering is a popular occupation.
25. Toby has 5 weeks off a year. Your answers: 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25.
SECTION B. LEXICO – GRAMMAR (20 points)
Part 1. Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences. Write A, B, C or D in the
corresponding numbered boxes.
1. On the stairs…………………. a small dark- haired girl.
A. was sitting B. was to sit C. sitting D. having sat
2. ……………. relatively costly, the diesel engine is highly efficient and needs servicing infrequently.
A. Even B. It is C. Even though D. There is
3. Oh, I’m always forgetting ............ these medicines. Is that before or after meal, Ron?
A. when to take B. what I will take with C. on which I should take D. when I take
4. She likes spoiling people’s fun. She is really a ………………..
A. couch potato B. wet blanket
C. hard nut D. cold fish 5. The weather was fine, and
everyone was ………………… the coast . A. going in for B. making for C. joining in D. seeing about
6. You are having problems now but I am sure things will change …………. the better soon. A. on B. to C. by D. for
7. Battie had to bite the ……………. and tell his teacher that he hadn’t done his homework. A. gun B. bullet C. sword D. knife
8. ……………… migrate long distances is well documented. A. That it is birds B. That birds C. Birds that D. It is that birds
9. Such ……………………. that we all felt numb. A. a cold weather was it B. was a cold weather C. cold was the weather D. was cold weather
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Choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the
underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
10. I cannot understand why she did that, it really doesn't add up.
A. doesn't calculate B. isn't mathematics C. doesn't make sense D. makes the wrong addition
Choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the
underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
11. I’d like to pay some money into my bank account. A. withdraw some money from B. put some money into C. give some money out D. leave some money aside
Choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that best completes each of the following exchanges
12 Mum: “How come you didn’t tell me that you would quit the job?”
Helen – “__________”
A. I found the job so interesting. B. Because I am so bored with it.
C. I would love to. Thank you. D. Because I know you would make a fuss about it. Your answers: 1. 3. 5. 7. 9. 11. 2. 4. 6. 8. 10. 12.
Part 2. Read the passage below, which contains 8 mistakes. Identify the mistakes and write the
corrections in the corresponding numbered boxes. Lin e 1
Smoking is one of the most common and dead habits in the world. You have probably seen 2
thousands of cigarettes smoked in your life time, but perhaps not by your family. Eventhough few
3 people smoke today than in the past, one in every four adults still smokes, and there are parts of
4 the world where smoking is increasing. Most people who become regular smokers started when 5
they were young. This is the time to get the facts straight: smoking does no one not good, and it 6
does a great number of harm to health. It also often means giving up a lot later in life, such as the 7
chance to excel in sports, extra spending money, and even years of one’s life. There is many to 8
lose. Most smokers have a hard time explaining why they started- and why they continue. They 9
know it is harmful, and much even know someone who has died for a smoking-related illness, like
10 lung cancer or heart disease. But at the same time, these smokers continue lighting up when they
11 go out for a drink, take a break from work, or hear alarmed news. Some smokers even light up 12
when they learn about the dangers of smoking, because they become worried. Whatever the reason 13
people start smoking, the habit soon loses its attraction. Apart from the obvious health risks, 14 smoking is
an ugly, unpleasant habit. Most people would prefer avoiding a room that someone was 15 filling with
smelly smoke. Your answers: Line Mistake Correction Line Mistake Correction 13 17. . 14 18. .
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SECTION C. READING (70 points)
Part 1. Read the passage and choose the best answer. Write your answers A, B, C or D in the
corresponding numbered boxes.
The combination of music and study has long been a ____________ (1) of disagreement between adults
and children. Parents and teachers alike maintain that silence is important when learning, ____________
(2) youngsters insist that their favorite sounds help them concentrate.
Now a study shows that the grown-ups have been ____________ (3) all along. Psychologists in Florida
tested how fast students wrote essays with and without music in the ____________ (4). They found that the
sounds____________ (5) progress down by about sixty words per hour. “This demonstrates clearly that it
is difficult to ____________ (6) with listening and writing at the same time,” said Dr. Sarah Randall. She
also ____________ (7) to the conclusion that it is a myth that instrumental music is less ____________ (8)
than vocals. “All types of music ____________ (9) the same effect,” she said in her report. “One’s ability
to pay attention and write fluently is likely to be ____________ (10) by both vocal and instrument music,” she added.
Dr. Randall claimed the research____________ (11) that the idea that music could improve performance
was wrong. “ Writing an essay is a complex ____________ (12) . You are recalling information and putting
it in ____________ (13) . An additional stimulus in the form of music is ____________ (14) to distract.But
music is not the only distractor. What is ____________ (15) worrying is that more and more teenagers are
studying in front of the Television.
1. A. basis B. foundation C. source D. reason 2. A. whereas B. unlike C. besides D. despite 3. A. precise B. right C. valid D. true
4. A. setting B. background C. surrounding D. circumstances 5. A. slowed B. reduced C. lowered D. decreased 6. A. manage B. support C. cope D. stand 7. A. reached B. drew C. arrived D. come 8. A. bothering
B. intruding C. distracting D. interrupting 9. A. made B. had C. brought D. kept 10. A. disturbed
B. interfered C. bothered D. shocked 11. A. pointed B. displayed C. demonstrated D. presented 12. A. project B. concern C. scheme D. task 13. A. order B. arrangement C. line D. pattern 14. A. bound B. unlikely C. about D. supposing 15. A. partly B. largely C. particularly D. mainly Your answers: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
Part 2. Fill in the gap with ONE suitable word. Write the answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. LIVING IN SPACE
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A camera that can see through clothes, skin and even walls without X-rays has been developed in what’s
(16)_______ called one of the first great technologcal breakthroughs of the 21st century. The “terahertz“
camera, still in prototype form, is (17)______ rapid development by scientists in Oxfordshire. It is likely to
have many applications, ranging (18)_______medical scanning to identifying concealed weapons on airline
passengers. Unlike with X-rays, patients are (19) ______ exposed to potentially harmful radiation. (20)
_______ ,the camera detects a form of energy waves which are naturally emitted (21)_____ all objects.
The existence of (22) ______ waves has been recognised for a long time, but the technology needed to
capture them on camera has so (23) ______been too complex and expensive. Now a team of scientists has
succeeded in (24)______ a prototype in just three months. The first image (25)______ was captured by the
device revealed the outline of a human hand, clearly visible despite being hidden under a thick book. If
such a device could be mass produced, there could be one in every doctor's surgery, offering a completely
safe new window into the human body. Disease or tissue damage could be detected at a much (26)_______
stage. increasing the chances of successful treatment. The technology will be controversial, (27) _______
, as the camera could reveal body shape beneath clothing (28)_____ the subject's permission, or even
knowledge. Civil liberties groups will, therefore, probably object to its (29)______ used on the grounds that
it invades the individual's (30)____________. Your answers: 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
Part 3. Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to each of the questions. Write
your answers A, B, C or D in the corresponding numbered boxes.
The ability to conduct electricity is one of the key properties of a metal. Other solid material such
as silicon can conduct electricity but only effectively at certain temperatures. Also, some substances such
as salt (sodium chloride) can conduct when molten or when dissolved in water. The ability of metals to
conduct electricity is due to how their atoms bond together. In order to bond together the metal atoms lose
at least one of their outermost electrons. This leaves the metal atoms with a positive charge and they are
now strictly ions. The lost electrons are free to move in what are known as a sea of electrons. Since the
electrons are negatively charged they attract the ions and this is what keeps the structure together.
An electric current is a flow of charge and since the electrons in the sea of electrons are free to move
they can be made to flow in one direction when a source of electrical energy such as a battery is connected
to the metal. Hence we have an electric current flowing through the wire, and this is what makes metals
such good conductors of electricity. The only other common solid conducting material that pencil users are
likely to encounter is graphite (what the ‘lead’ of a pencil is made from). Graphite is a form of carbon and
again the carbon atoms bond in such a way that there is a sea of electrons that can be made to flow as an
electric current. Likewise, if we have an ionic substance like salt we can make the electrically charged ions
flow to create a current but only when those ions are free to move, either when the substance is a liquid or
dissolved in water. In its solid state an ionic substance like salt cannot conduct electricity as its charged ions cannot flow.
Electrical insulators are substances that cannot conduct electricity well either, because they contain
no charged particles or any charged particles they might contain do not flow easily. Water itself is a poor
conductor or electricity as it does not contain a significant amount of fully charged particles (the ends of a
water molecule are partly charged but overall the molecule is neutral). However, most water we encounter
does contain dissolved charged particles, so it will be more conductive than pure water. Many of the
problems that occur when touching electrical devices with wet hands result from the ever-present salt that
is left on our skin through perspiration and it dissolves in the water to make it more conductive.
31. Electrical conductivity is ________.
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A. one of the most important properties of metals
B. one of the key properties of most solid materials
C. impossible for any substance when it is dissolved in water
D. completely impossible for silicon
32. According to the passage, a metal can conduct electricity due to ________.A. the absence of free electrons
B. its atoms with a positive charge
C. the way its atoms bond together D. the loss of one electron in the core of its atoms 33.
The word “outermost” in paragraph 1 mostly means ________.
A. the lightest. B. nearest to the inside. C. furthest from the inside. D. the heaviest.
34. The atoms of a metal can bond together because ________.A. the lost electrons cannot move freely in the sea of electrons
B. electrons can flow in a single direction C. they lose all of electrons
D. negatively charged electrons attract positive ions
35. Salt in its solid state is not able to conduct electricity because ________.
A. it has free electrons B. its charged ions can flow easily C. it cannot create any charge ions
D. it charged ions are not free to move
36. The word “they” in paragraph 3 refers to ________.
A. charged ions B. electric currents C. charged particles D. electrical insulator
37. Water is a poor conductor because it contains ________.
A. no positive or negative electric charge B. only a small amount of fully charged particles
C. only a positive electric charge D. only a negative electric charge
38. We can have problems when touching electrical devices with wet hands because ________.
A. the eater itself is a good conductor of electricity
B. the water dissolves the salt on our skin and becomes more conductive
C. the water contains too many neutral molecules
D. the water containing no charged particles makes it more conductive39. Which of the following is
NOT true according to the passage?
A. Pure water is much more conductive than most water we encounter every day.
B. Graphite is a common solid substance that can conduct electricity.
C. Salt can conduct electricity when it is molten or dissolved.
D. Some materials are more conductive than others.
40. Which of the following could best serve as the title of the passage? A. Electrical Energy B. Electrical Devices C. Electrical Insulators D. Electrical Conductivity Your answers: 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40.
Part 4. The reading passage has eight paragraphs, A-G. Choose the correct heading for paragraphs
A-G from the list of headings below.
The US City and the Natural Environment A.
While cities and their metropolitan areas have always interacted with and shaped the
naturalenvironment, it is only recently that historians have begun to consider this relationship. During our
own time, the tension between natural and urbanized areas has increased, as the spread of metropolitan
populations and urban land uses has reshaped and destroyed natural landscapes and environments.
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The relationship between the city and the natural environment has actually been circular, with
citieshaving massive effects on the natural environment, while the natural environment, in turn, has
profoundly shaped urban configurations. Urban history is filled with stories about how city dwellers
contended with the forces of nature that threatened their lives. Nature not only caused many of the
annoyances of daily urban life, such as bad weather and pests, but it also gave rise to natural disasters and
catastrophes such as floods, fires, and earthquakes. In order to protect themselves and their settlements
against the forces of nature, cities built many defenses including flood walls and dams, earthquake-resistant
buildings, and storage places for food and water. At times, such protective steps sheltered urbanites against
the worst natural furies, but often their own actions – such as building under the shadow of volcanoes, or
in earthquake-prone zones – exposed them to danger from natural hazards. C.
City populations require food, water, fuel, and construction materials, while urban industries
neednatural materials for production purposes. In order to fulfill these needs, urbanites increasingly had to
reach far beyond their boundaries. In the nineteenth century, for instance, the demands of city dwellers for
food produced rings of garden farms around cities. In the twentieth century, as urban populations increased,
the demand for food drove the rise of large factory farms. Cities also require fresh water supplies in order
to exist – engineers built waterworks, dug wells deeper and deeper into the earth looking for groundwater,
and dammed and diverted rivers to obtain water supplies for domestic and industrial uses. In the process of
obtaining water from distant locales, cities often transformed them, making deserts where there had been fertile agricultural areas. D.
Urbanites had to seek locations to dispose of the wastes they produced. Initially, they placed wastes
onsites within the city, polluting the air, land, and water with industrial and domestic effluents. As cities
grew larger, they disposed of their wastes by transporting them to more distant locations. Thus, cities
constructed sewerage systems for domestic wastes. They usually discharged the sewage into neighboring
waterways, often polluting the water supply of downstream cities. The air and the land also became dumps
for waste disposal. In the late nineteenth century, coal became the preferred fuel for industrial,
transportation, and domestic use. But while providing an inexpensive and plentiful energy supply, coal was
also very dirty. The cities that used it suffered from air contamination and reduced sunlight, while the
cleaning tasks of householders were greatly increased. E.
In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, reformers began demanding urban
environmentalcleanups and public health improvements. Women's groups often took the lead in agitating
for clean air and clean water, showing a greater concern than men in regard to quality of life and health-
related issues. The replacement of the horse, first by electric trolleys and then by the car, brought about
substantial improvements in street and air sanitation. The movements demanding clean air, however, and
reduction of waterway pollution were largely unsuccessful. On balance, urban sanitary conditions were
probably somewhat better in the 1920s than in the late nineteenth century, but the cost of improvement
often was the exploitation of urban hinterlands for water supplies, increased downstream water pollution,
and growing automobile congestion and pollution. F.
In the decades after the 1940s, city environments suffered from heavy pollution as they sought to
copewith increased automobile usage, pollution from industrial production, new varieties of chemical
pesticides and the wastes of an increasingly consumer-oriented economy. Cleaner fuels and smoke control
laws largely freed cities during the 1940s and 1950s of the dense smoke that they had previously suffered
from. Improved urban air quality resulted largely from the substitution of natural gas and oil for coal and
the replacement of the steam locomotive by the diesel-electric. However, great increases in automobile
usage in some larger cities produced the new phenomenon of smog, and air pollution replaced smoke as a major concern.
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During these decades, the suburban out-migration, which had begun in the nineteenth century
withcommuter trains and streetcars and accelerated because of the availability and convenience of the
automobile, now increased to a torrent, putting major strains on the formerly rural and undeveloped
metropolitan fringes. To a great extent, suburban layouts ignored environmental considerations, making
little provision for open space, producing endless rows of resource-consuming and fertilizer-dependent
lawns, contaminating groundwater through leaking septic tanks, and absorbing excessive amounts of fresh
water and energy. The growth of the outer city since the 1970s reflected a continued preference on the part
of many people in the western world for space-intensive single-family houses surrounded by lawns, for
private automobiles over public transit, and for the development of previously untouched areas. Without
better planning for land use and environmental protection, urban life will, as it has in the past, continue to
damage and stress the natural environment.
Questions 41-47
The passage has seven sections, A-G. Choose the correct heading for each section from the list of
headings below. Write the correct number, i-x, in boxes 41-47. Three of the headings do not fit.
List of headings i Legislation brings temporary
improvements ii The increasing speed of
suburban development iii A new area of academic interest
iv The impact of environmental extremes on city planning
v The first campaigns for environmental change vi
Building cities in earthquake zones vii The effect of global warming on cities
viii Adapting areas surrounding cities to provide resources
ix Removing the unwanted by-products of city life x
Providing health information for city dwellers 41) Paragraph A ___ 42) Paragraph B ___ 43) Paragraph C ___ 44) Paragraph D ___ 45) Paragraph E ___
46) Paragraph F ___ 47) Paragraph G ___ Your answers: 41. _________ 43. ________ 45. _________ 47. _________ 42. _________ 44. _______ 46. _________
Questions 48-50 Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage?
Write TRUE, if the statement agrees with the information
FALSE, if the statement contradicts the information
NOT GIVEN, if there is no information on this
48. In the nineteenth century, water was brought into the desert to create productive farming land.
49. Women were often the strongest campaigners for environmental reform.
50. Reducing urban air and water pollution in the early twentieth century was extremely expensive. Your answers: 48. ______ 49. ______ 50. _____
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SECTION D. WRITING (60 points)
Part 1. Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first one. Use the word
given in capital letters and the word mustn’t be altered in any way.
1. The bank robbers escaped in a stolen car. (GETAWAY)
The bank robbers…………………………….. …………………….. ………………………….
2. Thomas was not given details of the company's new projects. ( DARK )
Thomas ………………………………………………………………………………..
3. The fox was unsuccessful in reaching the grapes. (VAIN)
The fox .. ……………………………………………….. ……………………………….
4. Everybody made fun of him because he’d his hair cut so short. (MICKEY)
Everybody…………….. ……………………………………. ……………………………..
5. The president arranged for me to use his chauffeur-driven car whenever I liked. (DISPOSAL)
The president…………………………………………………… …………………………….
Part 2. Write a letter of about 100-120 words.
You are going on a short training course at a college abroad. It is a college that you have not been to before.
Write a letter to the accommodation officer and in your letter:
- give details of your course and your arrival/departure date
- explain your accommodation needs
- ask for information about transportation to and from the college and the accommodation fee
Use your name and address as Viet Nguyen – 69 Le Hong Phong Street, Vinh City, Nghe An Province.
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Part 3: Write an essay of about 300- 350 words on the following topic.
Some people believe that studying at university or college is the best route to a successful career, while
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