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PART 1: VOCABULARY AND READING COMPREHENSIONSECTION 1: VOCABULARY 15 marks Choose the best word/phrase in the box below to complete the sentences that follow.. Practice test 1SECTION 2:

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PART 1: VOCABULARY AND READING COMPREHENSION

SECTION 1: VOCABULARY (15 marks)

Choose the best word/phrase in the box below to complete the sentences that follow Each word/phrase can be used ONCE ONLY.

1 You missed the beginning of the film

you were latc.

2 She needed to relax

she went on holiday

3 Excuse me Can you tcll me

to get to the Art Gallery please?

waste which goes into the air and rivers.

5 When I saw a thief in the living room I was really

6 we finish eating she takes the plates and glasses to wash them up

7 We don't understand this word! Let's the word in the dictionary

8. arc emergency calls? Call us free on ISO

9 I can't find him

in many fields arc studying ways to increase: food production.

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13 Fashion has become a big business and the top

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SECTION 2: READING COMPREHENSION (30 marks)

Read each passage carefully and then answer the questions that follow.

Passage 1

The ancient Greeks were lucky, it seems 'Their diet of olive oil, garlic, fish, vegetables, and

bread was very healthy They ate very little meat, fat, or sugar The experts today tell us to cat

less meat and morc vegetables, fruit, fish, pasta, brcad, and potatoes Chicken is hcalthier

than beef because it has less fat Garlic, the basis of French aioli, Spanish gambas al ajillo,

Italian bruehetta and Greek tzatziki, also has a good effect on the heart, as well as otherbenefits, which is perhaps why the ancient Greeks ate so much of it So, if you love your heart.add a little more garlic to your diet!

1 What did the diet of the ancient Greeks mainly include?

2 Does beef have more fat than chicken?

today' that many people are turning to one of its most common cures: physical exercise People

of all ages and t)'pes arc exercising: jogging, weight lifting, swimming, and evcn just plain

walking! Is this just a fad, or will it last?

6 !low do people feci when they arc stressed?

A fashion that is not likely to last

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Passage 3

As in other countries, there are a number of different regional accents in the United KingdomApart from Scottish, Welsh and Irish accents, the north, cast, west and southwest of England,

as welI as the Midlands and London, a11 have their distinctive accents 1\t the same time there

is an accent which belongs to no particular region This accent is GlUed the Standj}rd Englishaccent, and is the accent usually taught to foreigners Northerners ca1I it the "southern accent"

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1 I According to the passage, what do other countries and the United Kingdom have incommon?

on events of international, political or economic interest; The SjJeclator, a journal \vithconservative views, which publishes articles 6n many different subjects, including politics; New

- established humorous

magazine which also has serious articles.

16 What are Woman and Woman's Own?

20 Fill in the !§Iank with one suitable word from the passage

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Instructions: Complete the following passage with the missing words Fill in each blankwith ONE suitable word only

ManuRll~odrigucs, 24, a ste\\',Hd on the new l<:urostar trains, one (])

the first

Paris is a1l a d,1Y'S work for him lie says," I have to know both cities rcally well I ha\'(' found some IC)\Tl)" restaurants!"

., bu t t he.\' have to have (5)

10 have an\' quahfic(l1ions, but YOLl have (6)

lovely personality You don't have

"We (8)

next train, (9)

he sta.\'s abroad, so he doesn't have to worry about restaurant bills.

meals (7!

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when we don't have to return until the next day, (101

PART 2: WRITING

SECTION 1: CONTROLLED WRITING (15 marks)

From the following suggested words and phrases in the given sequences, make all thechanges and additions necessary to produce sentences, which together make a completeparagraph Follow the example

Example:

Answer:

my aunt; born; England; now; she; live; Perth; I\ustralia ;

1 this; lovel\ eo1 tage ; be ; 500 years; old;

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6 there / be / two / double bed room / bathroom

/ want / rent / collage /

SECTION 2: SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION (15 marks)

Use the words given to rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the original sentence.

1.She wanted to know if I had studied English for a long time

She asked me"

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Translate the following sentences into English,

1 Co Hoa co nhieu kinh nghiem trong cong viec nay

2 Co Hoa lam viec aday dUQCbao nhieu lau roi? Co ay lam cho cong ty chung toi tU 1991 3 Co Hoa I(\i rat chiu kho Co ay khong ngai lam vi$c ngoai gio, ke c8 ngay Chu nhat

4 Co Hoa co biet ngo(\i ngCi nao khong? Co ay su dung dUQc ca tieng Anh va tieng Phap 5 NhUng co ay thanh thao tieng Anh hem tieng Phap Translate the following sentences into Vietnamese 6 13ritaiTl is too small and crowded to produce all the food its people need In fact, more than half of Uritain's foodstuffs arc bought abroad .

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7 -8 Every British citizen who is cIT1ployed has to pay a weekly' contribution to the national insurance and health schemes An employer also makes a contribution for each of his cmployees

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9-10 Today more of Britain's workers belong to a trade union than in any other major Western country, but this may not be true for much longer because during 1980s the unions lost much of their strength and popularity .

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PART 1: VOCABULARY AND READING COMPREHENSION

SECTION 1: VOCABULARY (15 marks)

Choose the best word/phrase in the box below to complete the sentences that follow Each word/phrase can be used ONCE ONLY.

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-I Can I get information

train times at any station?

6 So where were you yesterday? Well, I

bank I was shopping

7 The meat was

rotten that it had to be thrown away

10 To spend time with my ehi]dren is the most

, job I'vc ('vcr done.

11 I worked full time for twenty years,

after the children were born I didn't

]4 is the most popular country in the world for tourists?

]3 Do you think of yourself

, and other people second?

]5 We must have a computer system that works well,

of the cost

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SECTION 2: READING COMPREHENSION (30 marks)

Read each passage carefully and then answer the questions that follow

Passage 1

Why are the French so lucky? That was the question medical researchers wanted to answer.The French eat much more cheese than other Europeans but they have the lowest rate of heartdisease Cheese is bad for'the heart because, like butter and cream, it has a lot of fat Theresults of research are surprising, and good news for wine lovers everywhere The French arealso the biggest wine drinkers in Europe and drinking wine with food reduces the risk of heartattack And if you're not a wine lover? No problem, a daily aspirin has the same result

I Which country in Europe has the fewest people with heart disease?

6 Do all employees in the same company take paid vacation of the same length?

q, Use the information in the passage to complete the sentence bc1ow.

10 What docs the underlined part in " to coincide with those of one's spouse" rcfer to'?

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How important is image? Obviously film stars have to look right for the part, but what aboutother people in the public eye? For example, do politicians have to think about theirappearance, too? Albert Mehrabian studied the effect that speakers have on their audience Hisresearch showed that only 7% of the effect depends on what you say; 38% of the effect comesfrom your voice; but a huge 55% of the effect comes from your appearance So you don't have

to worry much about contcnt! Your voice and your appearance are much more important.

11 What is the passage about?

14 What does the figure '55%" refer to?

15 What is the conclusion of the study?

London, particularly "Docklands", once part of the port of London. The national papers can bedivided into two main groups: quality papers and popular papers Quality papers like 711e

international news very thoroughly The popular papers tend to makc news sensational, and to

publish "personal" articles which shock and excite

16 What do you know about Fleet Street from the passage?

17 What did Docklands use to be? .

19 If you read The Times, what would you expect to learn from the paper?

20 Fill in the blank with one suitable word from the passage.

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SECTION 3: READING CLOZE (10 marks)

Instructions: Complete the following passage with the missing words Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word only.

When Andrew (1)

(2) anyone therc to meet him 1\ lot of people in uniforms were holding cards

with names (3) them, but they were not waiting for him. It was(4) beautiful Sunday morning and he decided to go to the hotel on his own.Ill' \\cnt out of the airport (5) looked for a taxi A lot ofpeoplc were waiting,

(6) he decided to get the airport bus into Paris The bus stopped in

the city centre quite near his hotel and (7)

(8) \valking towards his hotel with his case a car suddenl:"stopped next to him A woman got out She was (9)

a uniform and was

carrying a card (10) said "Mr Andrew Jones". "Mr Jones", I was waiting

SECTION I: CONTROLLED WRITING (15 marks)

From the following suggested words and phrases in the given sequences, make all the changes and additions necessary to produce sentences, which together make a complete paragraph Follow the example.

Example:

Answer:

my aunt / born / England / now/ she/live / Perth /Australia /

1 Susan / be / nervous / when / come back / home /

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7 suddenly / phone / ring /

1 This is the first time he has been to Vietnam

4 Although the weather was very bad, we went out

In spite of

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5 I arrived late so I didn't meet her.

1 didn't meet her

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6 "Where have you been?" she asked me

She wanted to know

7 She did not work hard, so she failed the final exam.

If she had worked hard

The f100d prevented

9 The test was less difficult than I thought.

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10 The student started writing the essay at 2p.m and finished an hOLir later.

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SECTION 3: TRANSLATION (15 marks)

Translate the following sentences into English.

1 Vi$t nan co dan so hem 80 tri$u nguai

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2 Hem 70% dan so song nha nghe n6ng

3 Gao la n6ng sim ehinh va la m9t trong nhung mij.t hang xuat khau quan trong eua Viet nam

4 Vi$,t ~am la nuae xuat khau gao dung hanh thu nhi sau Thai Lan

5 Nam 1998, Vi$t nam xuat khau 3,8 tri$u tan gao

Translate the following 'lentences into Vietnamese. 6-7 By the year 2007, 98% of the jobs will be in service industries and wi11 require workers who can use computers and other information processing technologies.

8 Japan leads the world in the development of robots They have 12,000 robots working and produce 30,000 per year, most of them, for export

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9-10 In the decade of the 1970s, the United Nations organised several meetings on the human environment to study a serious problem We humans are destroying the \vorld around lIS_ We are using up all our natural resources We must learn to conserve them, or life will be very hard for our children

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