SAMPLE TEST Time: 12 minutes Number of tasks: Part 1: Social Interaction (3’) Let’s talk about your free time activities - What you often in your free time? I often read picture story and listen to music in free time because it help me relax and I feel comfortable after finishing study, sometimes I will play badminton with my younger brother to keep health - Do you watch TV? If no, why not? If yes, which TV channel you like best? Why? No, I don’t watch TV because I am living in boarding house where hasn’t TV Beside I am very busy for learning in school and I spend almost time for finishing homework - Do you read books? If no, why not? If yes, what kinds of books you like best? Why? Yes, I often read book because I feel comfortable and relax after studying Beside I like the story attractive and liquid sentiment of character I see justice and courage Let’s talk about your neighborhood - Can you tell me something about your neighborhood? I am living in small village In there, people grow many lemon tree and longan My neighbor is relative of my parents Near my house have a long river In there, it has fresh country air, beautiful site and food fresh cheap rate I feel happy and fun when I was born and grown up in there - What you like most about it? My neighborhood is very beautiful and I special like the river in front of my house because it very nice as well as fresh country air, beautiful site and food cheap rate People is living near my house is very friendly - Do you plan to live there for a long time? Why/why not? Yes, I plan to live there for a long time because my parents are living in there and I will become a teacher so I want to find work in my neighborhood I really like sensation in there and it is admit my mark childhood Part 2: Solution Discussion (4’) Situation: A group of people is planning a trip from Danang to Hanoi Three means of transport are suggested: by train, by plane, and by coach Which means of transport you think is the best choice? I would like to talk about mean transport for trip from Danang to Hanoi There are three options that I can choose train, plane and coach After consideration, I firmly believe that train is what I choose because of these reasons First, we can save time if we go trip by plane because plane is faster than coach and train but ticket is expensive Although coach ticket cheaper than train ticket but we will be travel sickness In fact, we feel nice and interesting experience when I traveling by train Beside, while we go trip by train we feel more comfortable and safer than plane and coach Train have restaurant car and we can sightseeing but plane is impossible We will worry about traffic accident when trip by coach From the above reasons, I think that train is my best choice for both my friends and me Part 3: Topic Development (5’) Topic: Reading habit should be encouraged among teenagers (thiếu niên) Reading: - Reduces stress - Increases knowledge - Improves memory - [Your own ideas] Reading habit should be encouraged among teenagers because it brings many benefits Firstly, there is no doubt that after hard working or studying we can reduces stress by reading book, magazine, pictures story, comic and so on, we feel comfortable and relax It can help we decompression spiritual Secondly, it is obvious that if we often read book, it help us increases knowledge We will know the phenomenon of life, the human philosophy of good and evil We will know better and understand about around life and social Finally, the habits reading help we improve memory When we often read we can memory knowledge in the book and use it in study and work In conclusion, reading habit are many benefits so it should be encouraged among teenagers - Describe the reading habits of Vietnamese people The reading habits of Vietnamese people are them read newspaper in morning in coffee store and magazine Children often read fairy tale I think that they read anything they want such as: picture story, books about social, people and so on They concern news, information to keep health, the reading habits help them improve knowledge - Do you think it is better for Vietnamese people to read in foreign languages? Yes, I think it is better for Vietnamese people to read in foreign languages because they can improve knowledge about foreign languages such as: vocabulary, grammar, writing and so on Beside it help us know to the culture around in the world are in English - Will technology change the way people read in the future? How? I think that technology will change the way people read in the future They will read anything they want when they use computer or mobile phone Books, information and so on is saved in computer or mobile phone, they will read whenever and wherever which is very convenient They can improve knowledge and accept information which is easy way and nature