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THI TUYEN SAU D~I HQC

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DuO'I day la phiin giO'Ithi$u tom tM du truc bai thi tleng Anh cho cac thi sinh dV thi

ky thl tuyen sinh sau dai hQc Phiin mo ta baa gem

(i) Nol dung bili thl

(ii) Lo~i hinh bili taP va muc dlch danh gia

(Iii) So cau, so muc trong tLrng bai tap, va

(iv) Thang diem toi da cho tLrng loai bai taP

Thai gian lam bai la 120 pM! Bai thi gem 2 phiin chinh PART 1 va PART 2

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-Lo{!i hinh bai taP va ml,lc dich danh gia

, PART 1 nham danh gia kM nang SLI' dung

: tieng Anh cua thi sinh trang doc h,eu Tong

· nhom tLr cho san va 15 cau doc lap Mci

i cau chLra mot khoan trong - la tll' hay cum

va sir dung du'O'c tll' vu'ng thich hop thong, qua ngLr canh cho san

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m6'/oong Chu o€! van ban co lien quanoen

hQc, giao dl,Jc v.v NhCl'ngcau h6i oat ra

chinh neu trong van ban, (ii) nam oU'Q'c

giCl'acac Y trong ooan van va van ban, va

(iii) hieu oU'Q'cthai 00 ml,JCoich cua tac gia /

van banI

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I lien quan ThI sinh can vl,in dl,Jng kien thlic

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nhCl' phap, cau truc, tli vl,mg oe tim ra tli

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PART 2 bao gom 3 loai hinh bai thi oU'ac

goi Ii'! CONTROLLED/GUIDED WRITING,

TRASLATION PART 2 nham oanh gia kha nang Slf dung

tieng Anh de trinh bay/ dien d<;Jt y tu'6'ng du'o-i dang viet Day Ii'!bai tap kho, dbi h6i thi sinh phai nam vCl'ng kien thlic v€! ngCl' phap, cau truc va tLmg vl,fng trang tieng

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SECTION 1: ~TSE~TION 1.~6~~O nh6m cac tu rc'Yi,chlfa

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! lien ket vai nhau Trong moi nh6 tu dlfQ'c

haan thanh cau mai ma van giCY nguyen dlfQ'C y.

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dl,mg tieng Anh cua thi sinh qua chuyenI

: l<;Ii Chu, de cua nhCYng cau chuyen dich

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PRACTICE TEST 1 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.

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.

city do you think is Europe's "fashion capital" today

- Milan, Paris or

13 Fashion has become a big business and the top

large fortunes have made

Practice test 1

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

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 other benefits, 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?

9-10 What words in the passage mean

Something that removes a problem .

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 Kingdom Apart 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 English accent, and is the accent usually taught to foreigners Northerners ca1I it the "southern accent"

- with some Scorn.

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

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

in language that non-specialists can understand; Punch, a long

- 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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SECTION 3: READING CLOZE (10 marks)

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

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

the firstpeop1c to travel through the Channel Tunnel Now the three-hour journey from London (2)

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

Euroslar stewards have to be (3) 20 and 35 and physically fit The companytrBins Hll nc\\' stewards, so they don't have to have experience in this kind of (4)

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

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

lovely personality You don't havefiuent English and French tocommurl1cat<' \\'jth the passengers Manuel has to wcar uniform The company pays for his

"We (8)

next train, (9)

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

In Paris at about 11.00 a.m Somctlmcs we have to come back on the

SECTION 1: 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; 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 /

9 children / like / garden / very much /

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"

4 This old man is weak He can't walk far.

The old man is not

The son \vas

5 The mother made the son te]] the whole truth and nothing but the truth

6 Women drive more carefuJJy than men do.

10 Her job js badly' paid so s}l(~ wants to leave the company.

She wants to leave the company.

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SECTION 3: TRANSLATION (15 marks)

Translate the following sentences into English,

1 Co Hoa co nhieu kinh nghiem trong cong viec nay.

2 Co Hoa lam viec a day 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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This is the end of Practice test 1

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SECTION 1: VOCABULARY (15 marks)

Choose the best word/phrase in the box below to complete the sentences that follow.

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-I Can I get information

train times at any station?

a co]d jf }'ou take vitamin C.

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.

12 , is an important part of a free entcrprise system, Each

business tries to make as much money as possible.

]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 heart disease Cheese is bad for'the heart because, like butter and cream, it has a lot of fat The results of research are surprising, and good news for wine lovers everywhere The French are also the biggest wine drinkers in Europe and drinking wine with food reduces the risk of heart attack 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?

/\ couple mn."" not be able to on holiday together.

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

Practice test 2

Passage 3

How important is image? Obviously film stars have to look right for the part, but what about other people in the public eye? For example, do politicians have to think about their appearance, too? Albert Mehrabian studied the effect that speakers have on their audience His research showed that only 7% of the effect depends on what you say; 38% of the effect comes from 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 be divided 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? .

18 Name 1\vo kinds of nationa1 newspapers in Britain?

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

In the popular papers, news tend to be .

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SECTION 3: READING CLOZE (10 marks)

with ONE suitable word only.

When Andrew (1)

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

(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

for you at the airport but you didn't see me!"

PART 2: WRITING

paragraph Follow the example.

Example:

Answer:

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

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

Practice test ::

7 suddenly / phone / ring /

8 voice say / "I / be / glad / you / in Miss White" / '"

means exactly the same as the original sentence.

1 This is the first time he has been to Vietnam.

3 The sea was too cold for us to s\'vim.

The sea was

4 Although the weather was very bad, we went out.

In spite of

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

8 The street \\'as nooded after the heavy rain yesterday', so I did not go to \\'ork.

The f100d prevented

9 The test was less difficult than I thought

The test was not

.

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

The student spent

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Translate the following sentences into English.

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

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.

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

PART 1: VOCABULARY AND READING COMPREHENSION

SECTION 1: VOCABULARY (20 marks)

Instruction: Choose the best word/ phrase in the box below to complete the sentences

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

12 You go to the dentist's before your tooUwchc get \\"(>rsc.

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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SECTION 2: READING COMPREHENSION (30 marks)

Read each passage carefully and the answer the questions that bellow.

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% between

1YH1 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 taken

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?

5-6 Thepussagc dvscrilws t\\'o particular job features of self

-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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Which words/phrases in the passage mean the foHawing

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

society" (Paragraph 1)

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19 "Th.i~_means that there are a lot of one-parent families"? (Paragraph 1)

20 What word in the passage means includes/is composed o.P

SECTION 3: READING CLOZE (10 marks)

Instructions: Complete the following passage with the missing words Fill in each

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 showtheir (3) with sounds. Scientists (4) have worked (5)

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)

Instruction: 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: my aunt / born / England/ now / shc / live / Pcrth / Australia

Answer: My aunt was bom in England, but now she lives in Perth, 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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SECTION 2: SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION (15marks)

'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 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)

Translate the following sentences into English.

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.

Translate the following sentences into Vietnamese.

6 In thc past it was mistakenly thought that natural resources might never be used up

8 Do you think carsshould be banned from the centre of the city to reduce air pollution"

9 Cars, besides polluting the air, arc the cause of many accidents that kill or injurethousands 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.

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

9 He spent all his money He even borrowed some money from me.

SECTION 3: TRANSLATION (15 marks)

Translate the following sentences into English.

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.

Translate the following sentences into Vietnamese.

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

Instruction: Choose the best word/ phrase in the box below to complete the sentencesthat follow Each word / phrase can be used ONCE ONLY.

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,

7 They talked for three days before finally

to a decision

8 l'm sorry I haven't got any

, \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

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

15 It's long time since he last saw his brothers and sisters.

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-SECTION 2: READING COMPREHENSION (30 marks)

Read each passage carefully and the answer the questions that bellow.

Passage 1

Italy's fashion boom began in the 19505 Since then, fashion - clothing, textiles, and footwear_

has become It81/s biggest export industry, worth $30 billion a year Milan is Italy's -fashion

capital' It has been the most important centre for 'ready-ta-wear'

designer fashion since the1970s The top ltaliandcsigners - Armani, Versace, Valentino, Verre - all have their fashion

housesthere

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

period of success'?

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4 Write the question for the following answer?

Annan-i, Varsace Valentino and Verre.

5 What docs "'there" in

all have their fashion house~ there." refer to ?

Passage 2

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?

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'?

State schools mT frct' , and attendance is compulsory Morning school begins at nine o'clock

and lasts for three hours, u0tiJ hulf past four School isopen five days a week On Saturday

and Sunday! therc ;Jre no lessons Therc'rc holidays at ~hrjstmas, Easter and summer InLondon as in all cities I hcre'rc two grades of state schools for those who will go to work atfifteen: primary schools for boys and girls between the ages of five and cleven, andsecondary school~ for children from eleven to fifteen years

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'?

Passage 4

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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-Tili Wu 6n [hi titn Anh

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)

Instructions : Complete the following passage with the missing words Fill in each

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

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 strong

black 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)

Instruction: From the following suggested words and pl1rases in the given sequences, make all the changes and additions necessary to p(oduce sentences, which together make a complete paragraph Follow the example.

Example: my aunt / born / I,ngland/ now / she / live / Perth / Australia

Answer: My aunt was born in England, but now she lives in Perth, Australia.

1 r started work for the company a year ago.

Tai liAu un thi tikn Anh

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.

Translate the fonowing sentencesinto Vietnamese.

6 Whether life in the countryside is better than that in the city dependson each individual'spoint of view

9.' We arc proud of our country's achievements in the fields of economic and culturaldevelopment

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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

PRACTICE TEST 6 PART 1: VOCABULARY AND READING COMPREHENSION

process proced ure \vithin

on the answering machine.

1 [f the person

interesting information you will find on the \veb!

3 Those cars are cheaper because of the

of new technology.

4 Success at the univcrsity

hard work.

5 A measures temperature. What docs a photometer measure?

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.

9 We , our activitics in the South.

10 Our new training programme

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.

]3 We storc information about all our clients on a

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