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Taøi lieäu naøy ñöôïc cung caáp taïi Forum Cao Hoïc Kinh Teá : http://caohockinhte.info ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------ÑEÀ THI MOÂN TIEÁNG ANH ( 2 ) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------PAPER ONE : REALDING SECTION A: Questions 1 - 15. Choose one correct word or phrase in the list given to complete each of the following sentences. Each word/phrase is used once only. Sentence has been done for you as an example. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------Formed had enough possibility pre-arrange through debate ability either for neither untrained postpone did applied getting upon so requested how prerequisites knock down due to melted apologize ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------0. Many people were made homeless-----due to------the storm ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------1. I arrived early enough to have some coffee bcfore the class started. 2. She heated the chocolate until it melted then poured it over the cake. 3. Please show me how this machine works. 4. He drives so quickly that I am afraid that one day he will knock down someone crossing the street. 5. They are going to leave for manchester in an hour. 6. Hello. Is that 21035? Please put me through to the manager 7. I didn't go to the cinema yesterday; and I didn't write the composition, either 8. Although he was completely untrained as a furniture-maker, he produced the most beautiful chairs 9. It is nethier too hot nor too cold at this time of the year. 10. I have never had any experience of living in the country. 11. Frank went to the prison last year; so did Bob. 12. Because it ratned very heavily all day they had to postpone the garden party until the following Saturday. 13. To be admitted to this MA course, two requested are needed: a University Degree in Education and four years of teaching experience. 14. The cllild was told to apologize for being rude to his uncle. 15. I am thinking of a/ an possibility of studying abroad. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SECTION B: Read these passages and answer briefly the question that follow. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Passage 1 Taøi lieäu naøy ñöôïc cung caáp taïi Forum Cao Hoïc Kinh Teá : http://caohockinhte.info People who work in the British theater are often very superstitious. The usual good-luck wish to an actor about to go on stage is to say “Break a leg” This may seem to be a rather unkind thing to say to someone who is pro ery nervous. But there is a reason for it. Among actors,.it is thought that wishing for good luck will have the opposite effect. Therefore, by wishing someone bad luck, the person hopes that the actor will actuatly good luck Actors also believe that noisy shoes will bring bad luck. Many theaters have a theater cat because cats are considered to be lucky Bad luck can come from many situations: from saying the last line of the play while rehearsing, to whistling inside the theater. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1. Which group of people are very superstitious? The british theater group 2. What is the good-luck wish? “Break a leg” 3. Why do people wish someone bad luck? Because of its will actrally have good luck 4. What do actors believe can bring good luck? Having a theater cat 5. May whistles by someone watching the play bnng bad luck? Yes, they may ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Passage 2 The Nobel Prize was tablished by a Swedish inventor called Alfred Nobel. He was bom in Stockholm, Sweder in 1833. His father_wac also an inventor. Unfortunately, as a child, he was often very ill, in fact, he was too ill to attend school. stead, Nobel was educated at home by a private tutor. He was, however, a very curious child. He wanted to know and understand everything. He would study a problem until he understood it completely. He would conduct an experiment over and over again until he was satisfied with the result His hard work finally paid off when he invented dynamite. 1 What nationality was Alfred Nobel? : -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1. What nationality was Alfred Nobel? Swedish 2. How ill was he as a child? He was too ill to attenct shool 3. How curious was he? He wanted to know and undertant everything 4. What was the result of his hara work? It paid off finding dynamite Taøi lieäu naøy ñöôïc cung caáp taïi Forum Cao Hoïc Kinh Teá : http://caohockinhte.info 5. Alfred Nobel was very patient. How do you know? -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Passage 3 Bad weather comes in many different forms. One kind of bad weather is the tomado. It is one of the most destructive of all the storms that we have on the eath. A tomado is a long cloud which comes down from the sky. It is shaped like a funnel and consists of wind which whirls around and extremely fast. In fact the wind can reach a speed of more than nine hundred kilometers per hour Weather " scientists are unable to know exactly when a tomato will occur Fortlunately the tomado is not usually very big and it does not last long. There are about two hundred tomadoes annually in the United Staïtes but in some years there are many more. Tomadoes that occur over water are caued waterspouts. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1 What is the tomato? The tomado is one of the most destructive of all the storms that we have on the earth 2. How much can a tomado destroy in comparison to other kinds of storms? A tomado can destroy extremely fast in comparison to other kinds of storms 3. What is the speed of the wind that a tomado can get? Nine hundred ( 900 ) kilometers per hour 4. Is it easy to forecast the tomado? No, it is not 5 . What is the tomado that comes over water caned? It is called waterspouts -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Passage 4 The plane was late and detectives were waiting at the airport all morrning they were expecting a valuable parcel of diamonds from South Africa. A few hours earlier, someone had told the pohce that thieves would try to steal the diamonds. When the plane arrived, some of the detectives were waiting inside the main building while others were waiting on the airfleld. Two men took the parcel off the plane and camed it into the. Customs House. While two detectives were keeping guard at the door, two others opened the parcel. To their surprise, the precious parcel was full of stones and sand! -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1. How long were detectives waiting at the airport? Thet were waiting at the airport all morning 2. What were they expecting from South Africa? They were expecting a valuable parcel of diamonds from South Africa 4. Where did two men take the parcel after the arrival of the plane? Two men take the parcel to the customs hpuse after the arrival of the plane 5. How many detectives opened it ? Taøi lieäu naøy ñöôïc cung caáp taïi Forum Cao Hoïc Kinh Teá : http://caohockinhte.info Two detectives opened it 6. What did they find in the parcel? They found the parcel was full of stones and sand -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SECTION C: Fill in each of the gaps in the passage below with only one suitable word -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------India is the home of tigers, and every year large numbers of people are killed by these animals : the tiger, however, does not usually have the habit of killing and eating human beings . It prefers animals that it finds in the forests. But sometimes, when a tiger has become old and lost some of its teeth, Expecialy when it has been injured, it is no longer strong or quick enough to catch and kill an animal it likes to feed on, it is easier for it to kill human beings, and when it has once tasted human fresh it goes on killing men, women and children for food . --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PAPER 2 : WRITING SECTION A: Make all changes and additions necessary to produce sentences from the following sets of words and phrases. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Example: I 1 get 1 bus / it 1 crowded 1 passengers. Answer: When I got on the bus, it was crowded with passengers --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. We move 1 month ago 1 when 1 Tem be / holiday. We moved a month ago When Tom was on holiday 2. At 1 time we/ not know exactly when 1 where we go. At that time we didn’t know axactly where in when in where we going 3. She love 1 listen 1 live music. She love listening to live music 4. She 1 always take time 1 help 1 students after class. She always take time to hepl the students after class 5. Today / joe take 1 bus 1 tow n / then he get 1 cab 1 come 1 my house. Today, Joe take a bus into town then he get a cab to come to my house 7. First 1 her parents 1 not agree 1 finany 1 accept l her decision. First, her parents didn’t argee but finally the accept her decsion 7. Thank you again 1 extremely 1 pleasant evening Thank you again extremely the pleasant evening 8 . I 1 hope 1 come 1 England 1 next year 1 spend 1 some months 1 Cambridge. I hope I can come to England next year to spent some months in Cambridge 9 . Last Sunday 1 I have / accident 1 when I drive 1 work. Last Sunday, I had an accident when I was driving to work 10. I also 1 like 1 congratulate 1 you 1 excellent 1 score. I would also like to congratulate you on your exellent score Taøi lieäu naøy ñöôïc cung caáp taïi Forum Cao Hoïc Kinh Teá : http://caohockinhte.info --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SECTLON B: Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means- exactly the same as the sentences printed before it. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. haven't seen that man here before. It s the first time, I’ve seen that man here 2. She dldn't hurry, so she missed the train. It, She had hurried, she didn’t have missed the train 3. I'm sony I was rude to you yesterday. I apologize from being rude to you yesterday 4. Your hair needs cutting. It,s time you had your hair cut 5. They'll have to change the date of the meeting again. . The date of the meeting will have take changed again 6. “I don't think John will come", said Bill. Bill doubted If john would come 7. I am sorry that I didn't finish my homework last night. I wish I had finished my homework last night 8. No, please don't tell him. I‘d rather you didn’t tell him 9. Although he had a good salary, he was unhappy in his job. ln spite of the fact that he had a good salary, he was unhappy in his job 10. Because of the rough sea, the ferry couldn't sail The rough sea prewent the ferry from sailing --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECTION C: Translate the following sentences into Vietnamese (if the given sentences are in English) or English (if the given sentences are in Vietnamese). --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Toâi khoâng chaéc laém, nhöng theo toâi keât quaû ñieåm ñaõ ñöôïc coâng boá. I’m not sure but in my opinion the result has been annourrced -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2. Chuùng toâi thöïc söï tin raèng vôùi söï trôï giuùp cuûa Ngaân haøng Theá giôùi, neàn kinh teá Haøn Quoác seõ nhanh choùng phuïc hoài. We do believe that with the assitance of the world bank the korean ecomomics will soon recover --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Troâng anh aáy raát quen. Chaêc chaén laø toâi ñaõ gaëp anh aáy ôû ñaâu roài He looks so Familiar, I must have met him some where --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Caùc saûn phaåm VN gaàn ñaây ñöôïc xuaát khaåu caøng nhieàu sang thò tröôøng Chaâu aâu. Recenthy more and more. The Vietnamese products have been Exported to the European market. Taøi lieäu naøy ñöôïc cung caáp taïi Forum Cao Hoïc Kinh Teá : http://caohockinhte.info --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Haøng naêm vaøo ngaøy muøng 10 thaùng 12, giaûi thöôûng Nobel ñöôïc trao cho nhöõng ngöôøi ñoaït giaûi Every year, on December 10th .The Nobel prizes are awarded to the winners --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Investments are the means by which nations utilize the capital of other nations to build factories and develop mines for their own industrial base. Ñaàu tö laø nhöõng phöông tieän maø thoâng qua noù caùc Quoác gia söû duïng voán cuûa Quoác gia khaùc seõ xaây döïng nhaø maùy vaø phaùt trieån caùc haàm moû ñeå laøm neàn taûng coâng nghieäp cho chính Quoác gia cuûa hoï. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Statistics show that inhaoitants of New York are eight times more likely to be murdcred than those who live in Little Rock, Arkansas. Caùc soá lieäu thoáng keâ cho bieát raèng caùc cö daân ôû New york coù nguy cô bò gieát haïi gaáp 8 laàn so vôùi cö daân soáng ôû Little Rock, Arkansas --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. Everyone wants to reduce pollution. But the pollution is as complicated as it as serious lt is complicated because much pollution is caused by thing that benefit people. Moïi ngöôøi ñeàu muoán laøm giaûm söï oâ nhieãm. Nhöng söï oâ nhieãm vöøa phöùc taïp, vöøa nghieâm troïng. Noù phöùc taïp laø bôûi vì nhöõng gì laøm lôïi cho con ngöôøi thì caøng gaây ra oâ nhieãm nhieàu hôn. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9. If a person can do what he wishes with his own property, time and energy, then economist say that he is economically free. Neáu nhö moät ngöôøi coù theå laøm nhöõng gì anh ta muoán baèng chính taøi saûn, thôøi gian vaø coâng söùc cuûa anh ta thì nhaø kinh teá hoïc cho bieát laø anh ta ñaõ töï do veà maët kinh teá. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10. columbus Day is celebrated on the twelfth of October because on that day of 1492, Christopher Columbus first landed in the Amencas. Ngaøy Columbus ñöôïc toå chöùc kyû nieäm vaøo ngaøy 12/10 bôûi vì cuõng vaøo ngaøy ñoù naêm 1942 Christopher Columbus laàn ñaàu tieân ñaët chaân leân Chaâu Myõ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  ... wanted to know and undertant everything What was the result of his hara work? It paid off finding dynamite Tài liệu cung cấp Forum Cao Học Kinh Tế : http://caohockinhte.info Alfred Nobel was... Translate the following sentences into Vietnamese (if the given sentences are in English) or English (if the given sentences are in Vietnamese) ... after the arrival of the plane How many detectives opened it ? Tài liệu cung cấp Forum Cao Học Kinh Tế : http://caohockinhte.info Two detectives opened it What did they find in the parcel? They found