Each word / phrase can be used ONCE ONLY.. SECTION 3: READING CLOZE 10 marks blank with ONE suitable word only.. What word is used in the passage to mean "a .... Fill in the blank with o
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SECTION 1: VOCABULARY (20 marks)
that follow Each word / phrase can be used ONCE ONLY
-. -1 My wife has a
job at a chemist's
2 I'm not sure if thc new tax is
a good idea after all
3 We haven't
thought of going abroad for a holiday bcciJuse my husb,lnd
is afraid of flying
\\'ith good c1dvicc They tell theirpatients to cat t~lC right kind of food and to exercise daily
5 lie was in
aLa large number of men
6 When he retired from his job the director:
him \vith a clock
7 My sister had a baby daughter, and she is my first
8 Smoking is very bad habit, which many people find diffjcult to
9 it was raining heavily he went out without a raincoat.
10 No child the age of sixteen wii! be admitted to th is film
11 Do you knmv what time the train
to Ii0chiMinh Cit.\"?
12 You go to the dentist's before your tooUwchc get \\"(>rsc.
]3 We have
of time to catch the train so there's no need to rush
]4 you do better \vork than this, you \\,on't pass the exam.
15 Many doctors
ophthalmologists C:Jreeyc specialists
in only on(~ kind of medicinc For eX~JmpJc,
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in a \\'id,-~ range of occupations and many of them arc classed as self-employed Examplesarc the hairdresser " rho has set up a shop in one room of the house, the freelance book-keeper \\.ho docs the accounts for other small businesses, the woman who holds clothing orTLlppen\"~in' p~1rti('s, and the anist who takes on freelance work from various publishingcomp,-In\l's
People \\'h(1 work on a freelance basis 'hire out' their skills to anyone who will pay them Afreelance photographer for inst,.mce, may eithcr be contracted to do a specific job for anewspaper or may even take photographs of events on the chance that he/she nm sellthem
The number of people in Britain \vho arc elassed as self-employed rose by 52% between1YH1 and 1q91 from 2.2 million to 3.3 million people - and most of them work on their o\vn(i.e they do not employ other people) in many cases these are peopJe who have been faced
\\'ith redundancy and who have used their savings or their redundancy payments, or takenadvanlagesof one of the government schemes to setup on their own
I What is the ONE main idea of the passage?
2 Do all se1f-emplo cd people own property and stock?
3 Nole down two of the examp1cs of self - employment mentioned in the passage')
4 I !cm docs a frcclanccr rnDkc a lJVing?
-employment What are they?
\\/hat docs each of the rol1c)\ving underlined words or phrases refer to?
7 " and many afthem are classed as self-employed." (puragr8ph 1)
H " rose by 52fY, between 1981 cmd 1991 from 2.2 million to 3.3 million people
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Another ch8nge has been caused by the f8ct people arc Jiving longer nowadays, and manyold people Jive alone foIl owing the death of their partners As a result of these changes in thepattern of peop)c's lives, there are many households which consist of onl.v one person or oneBdu]t and children Members of a family - grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins _
kecp intouch, but they see less of each other than they used to This is because people often moveaway from their home tcm,'n to work, and so the famiJy becomes Scattered
In generaJ, each generation is keen to become independent of parents on estC1blishing itsown family unit, and this fact can lead to social as \ e]J as geographical
differences withinthe larger family group
11 Docs a typicaJ British family have 4 members?
12-13 What arc the major causes of many changes in British family life'?
14 What has the new law resulted in?
15 Ilo\\' does the pattern of British people's lives change?
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] 6 Did members of a f8mily see each other 1css often than they do now?
17 What is the cause of sociaJ and geographicaJ
differences within the larger family group?
\Vhat docs each of the foJIov.'ing underlined words or phrases refer to?
] 8 "Some of these have been caused by new laws and others are the result of changes III
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20 What word in the passage means includes/is composed o.P
SECTION 3: READING CLOZE (10 marks)
blank with ONE suitable word only
Dolphins and whales have larger (1)
evidence that they arc able (2)
than us. There is considerable
communicate with each other and show
dolphins consider them to be truly intelligent Some (6)
that they (7)
environment (8)
a diffcrcnt cven be more intelligent than us Because their
non- all their needs they have developed (9)
material way But they (10) still being.hunted and killed
PART 2: WRITING
SECTION 1: CONTROLLED WRITING (15 marks)
Example: my aunt / born / England/ now / shc / live / Pcrth / Australia
Dcar Sir,
1 My wife / I / now / plan / holiday / next summer
2 We / like / go / Italy/ two weeks
3 Holiday / begin / ,July 15'" / we / return / July 29"'.
4 My wife / dislike / travel / coach / we wish / go / air.
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1 I'm always nervous when I travel by air
6 After fighting the fire for twelve hours, the firemen succeeded in putting it out
7 We didn't go on holiday because we didn't have enough money
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10 He is said to have been in the French Foreign Legion
People
SECTION 3:TRANSLATION (15 marks)
1 Ngon ngu cua khoa hQc la ngon ngu chung cua c(>ng dong quoc te.
2 May di$n toan d6ng m(>tvai tro quan trong trong xa h(>ihi$n dai vi no phl,lc Vl,lcon ngLioi trong nhieu JTnhvt,ic.
6 In thc past it was mistakenly thought that natural resources might never be used up
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9 Cars, besides polluting the air, arc the cause of many accidents that kill or injure thousands of people a year 10 One of the arguments in favour of life entertainment and that you can engage in in a city is that you don'1 have to any cultural activities of your choicc go f<lr for
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4 My sister I IS' years oldl want I spend I year I
England.
5 She Inot Imind I look I children I and I good Ihousework
6 She I go I university I next year Istudy EngEsh .
Instruction: 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 You '\vill be askcd a lot of questions at the
intcrvicv./
They
2 Tom said:" Ann has bought a neW car
Tom said that
3 In spite of not having eaten for 24 hours, I didn'l t"ecl hun~n
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SECTION 3: TRANSLATION (15 marks)
1 Hay nhan tai chuc mung chan thanh nhat cua tal doi yal thanh cong cua anh lrong hQc ki yua qua.
2 Tv dau den cuoi hqe kj, and da chung to Sl! cham chTva thong minh cua anh
3 Ngon ngG cua khoa hQc la ngon ngG chung cua c<)ng dong qUae Ie.
4 May di$n toan dong mQt va; tro quan trQng trong xa h(>i hi$n dai vi n6 phuc Vl,Jcan ngU6'i trongnhieu ITnh vl,J.c
5 Thanh pho Ho Chi Minh co Dan so khoilng mual trlau nguai EJay co the la mot trong nhung Ihanh ph6 pMt trien nhanh nh;ft thir giai.
6 Despite many difficulties and challenges, Vietnam has g8incd some significant economicachievement in the past year
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7 A recent Japan B<:mk for International Co-operation (JBIC) survey ranked Vietnam as theworld's fourth most attractive investment marketplace
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1 Firemen
.severa} people from the top /loor of the bl.'!zing bUilding
2 Her parents were very worried because she \vas .
. so J<1tc that night
3 She can't get home
she has no money
4 I shaH do the job to the best of my
5 "I'll you at 6 o'clock." said Alison.
6 I've put Mr Benson's paper in your green file,
is on \'Our desk
7 They talked for three days before finally
to a decision
, \Vh} don't you try the b,mk')
10 You wilJ spend at least one year working abroad
11 Could you lend me some money? I am very
of C<lsh ;It the moment
12 I knew him
I \vas a child
13 It was difficult to
a date whicR \vas convenient for everyone
14 He was very upset by the
of his t<:ngJish examination.
15 It's long time since he last saw his brothers and sisters.
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-SECTION 2: READING COMPREHENSION (30 marks)
1 According to the P8SSagc, what is meant by fashion?
2 What docs $30 billion refer to?
3 What word is used in the passage to mean "a
,
4 Write the question for the following answer?
all have their fashion house~ there." refer to ?
Besides the daily newspapers, there are a number of Sunday newspapers, many of which arcconnected with the "dailies", though not run by the same editor and staff The Sund8.y' papersare larger than the daily papers and usually contain a greater proportion of articles concernedwith comment and general information rather than news The nationul daily and Sundaypapers have enormous circulations (the largest in the world) running into several millions ofreaders in ccrtain cases
6 Are thc Sunday papers the same as the daily papers?
7 What is special about the cont.cnt of Sunday papers?
8 What is the largest number of readers the national daily and Sund,ay papers may have?
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Practice test 5
9 What does the word "lbg fIgilies" refer to?
10 Find the word in the passage that has the same meaning as "many'?
The lessons 8re: reading, writing, the English language, English literature, EngJish history,geography, scicncli, Nature stud}', drmving, painting, singing, physical training
11 What arc the three main types of educational institutions'?
14 Are state schools free'?
IS When do pupils have hulidays'?
Human telephone operators wm be replaced by talking computers These computers willrecognisc speech, ask us what information we need, access the information from a database,and convert it to speech If you want to book a flight or pay a bill by phone, you will interactwith a talking computer to do so Human telephone operators will be used onl)' for morecomplex operations such as dealing with complaints or so~ving problems
16 What will happen to human teJephone operators?
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17 Why are thcse computers referred to as talking computers?
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18 Will wc still need human telephone operators in the future?
19 Fill in the blank with one ~uitable word froID the passage
Talking computers will not compJctely human tclephone opcrutors.
20 What word is used in the passage to mean' to change from one form to another form?
SECTION 3: READING CLOZE (10 marks)
blank with ONE suitable word only
if hecould meet him at the airport The friend wrote back to say that he \\'ould be there So Tom
,,\'a~ surprised \vhcn he (4)
the airport to find that his friend had not
a short while and then because he had
a slight headache, \vent into the restaurant (6) had a cup of strongblack coffee After that he felt (7) better. lie bought a couple ofmagazines at the bookstall and v,,'ent to the lounge to (8) them.
He had just started to read his magazines when his friend arrived, with a young lady Tom's
PART 2: WRITING
SECTION I: CONTROLLED WRITING (lOmarks)
Example: my aunt / born / I,ngland/ now / she / live / Perth / Australia
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SECTION 3: TRANSLATION (15 marks)
Translate the following sentences into English
1 Chi sau khi t6i dQc bai lu~n cua t6i Ian thll hai thi t6i moi nh~n biet t6i da bo s6t m9t so diem quan trQng.
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5 Cae m$t hang xuat khau ella Vietnam gan day da tang rat nhanh.
Translate the fonowing sentencesinto Vietnamese. 6 Whether life in the countryside is better than that in the city dependson each individual's point of view .
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7 Whenever you are, speaking and laughing arc always considered bad manners
8 Thanks to the invention of the labour-saving machines, the housewives spend Jess time doing housework, have freedom and more leisure time
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9.' We arc proud of our country's achievements in the fields of economic and cultural development
.
10 In the past, it was mistakenly thought that natural resources might never be used up
This is the end of Practice test 5
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PRACTICE TEST 6 PART 1: VOCABULARY AND READING COMPREHENSION
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-are developing
surf the internet
\
1 [f the person
interesting information you will find on the \veb!
of new technology.
7_ It was a very long because there was a lot of traffic on the road.
8 The company " three new sales staff for its Hanoi office.
he spoken English of all our employees.
1 L I am sorry, but you too quickly for me Could you slow down a little?
12 Don't go into his office _ he an important report at the moment.
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14 Thc of copying and printing the document bikes about two minutes.'
]5 They promised to send us the goods
two weeks.
SECTION 2: READING COMPREHENSION (30 marks)
Instructions: the reading consists of two passages Read each passage carefully and then answer the questions that follow Write your answers in the provided space.
Passage 1
Businessmen, consumers, and governments depend on loans Businessmen often borrow money from banks that lend money to buy more equipment or to improve their business Consumers sometimes need to borrow money, too Most people harrow mODc.y'from the bank when they buy a car or a house, Governments also borrow money to improve industry and agriculture in their countries Anyone who borrows money must pay interest i.e they often pay
a certain amount monthly The borrower must return the principal, which is the money that was borrowed.
Peoplc can usc the money they do not need right now to earn interest too Banks pay interest
on saving accounts Then banks can use the money Intercst rates vary on different kinds of savings accounts Usually, the longer the bank uses the money, the higher the rate of interest.
1 How can businesses get money to expand production?
2 What common bank customers are mentioncd in the passage?
3 What does interest mean to a borrmver?
5 What docs principal mean in this context? (Paragraph 1; Line 6)
6 What docs that in "money from banks that lend money to buy "(paragraph 1; Line 21 refer to?
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1 What docs the passage tel1 us about?
SECTION 3: READING CLOZE (IO marks)
Instructions: complete the following passage with the missing word Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word ONLY.
More (l) half a million British people have a second home in another country Many buy old (2) in the south of France, or in Tuscany, in the north of Italy The