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ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEST
Time: 45 minutes
I LISTENING
1 Listen to FIVE short conversations Choose the main topic of each
conversation Circle A, B or C You will listen TWICE.
A Festivities in the past
B Technology in the past
C Pastimes in the past
A Childhood hobbies
B Favorite pastimes
C Childhood memories
A A visit to one’s hometown
B One’s hometown scenery
C Changes to one’s hometown
A Girls’ education in the past
B Girls’ duties in the past
C Girls’ values in the past
A Health care development
B Strange healthcare practices
C Ways to cure headache
2 Listen to Mrs Blue Hair giving advice to two teenagers who call the helpline You will listen TWICE.
For questions 1-3, fill each gap with NO MORE THAN THREE words.
1 The competition at Minh’s school is
2 & 3 Minh has to compete in both _ and activities
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4 Minh’s parents expect him to do excel T F
5 Minh doesn’t want to become an excellent student T F
6 Minh has taken pride in any work that he does with all
II READING
1 Read the following passage and answer the questions Circle A, B or C.
Promotion of learning and respect for teachers are among the traditional values
of the Vietnamese people In the old days, it was commonly believed that a
teacher's position was higher than parents' and only lower than the king's In
many communes and villages, rich people invited teachers to stay in their houses
to teach their own children and those from other families To become a mand
arin, a candidate had to have excellent learning achievements and gained high marks in competitive exams The first such exam for civil administrators
was conducted in 1075.
For nearly one thousand years, Vietnamese people learnt Chinese characters
and used them for writing, but pronounced them in a different, Vietnamese way
Besides the use of Chinese characters, the Vietnamese people adapted such characters to invent an ancient Vietnamese script for writing and expressions Many valuable works of literature and history were kept for the future generations thanks to the script This development and preservation strengthened an
awareness of national independence and ensured that the Chinese did not
assimilate the Vietnamese people
1 What is the passage mainly about?
A Educational values of Vietnamese people
B Vietnamese education in the past
C Scripts in Viet Nam's education history
2 According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true about teachers?
A They were highly respected in the society
B They used to live in the students' homes
C They would become civil administrators
3 What can the word "conducted" be best replaced by?
A organized
B managed
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4 What does the word "them" in paragraph two refer to?
A years
B people
C characters
5 Which of the following is said about the ancient Vietnamese script?
A Its characters were totally different from the Chinese characters
B All Vietnamese valuable literary works were written in this script
C It promoted a sense of national independence among Vietnamese
2 Read the following passage Match the paragraphs with the headings.
1 In adolescence, teens experience so many physical and psychological changes that they may not know how to deal with Many boys feel obsessed with their voice or appearance Girls feel annoyed with unwanted spots on their faces
2 As teens reach adolescence, they have more friends and come in contact with many more people They now have to learn to interact socially and they may find it is not easy to adjust in the complicated world or to gain social acceptance
3 Many teenagers start to have emotional feelings for another boy or girl, or feel the need
to be loved If a teen fails to get love from the one he/she likes or loves, they may find it is hard to get over the painful experience
4 Pressures to do well academically can be a source of stress If teens are academically strong, they can perform well If not, they suffer from endless stress
5 Being under pressures of a number of things, teenagers become constantly anxious If they are unlucky to fail in anything, they may fall into the feeling of doubt and low self-esteem
List of Headings
A Academic stress
B Low self-esteem stress
C Stress due to physical or physiological changes
D Social stress
E Stress due to romantic relationships
III WRITING
1 Write a paragraph (100-120 words) about a traditional custom that is no longer practised in Viet Nam.
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- What people used to do
- Why they stopped doing it that way
- What they do instead nowadays
2 Your friend is going to finish his junior secondary school Her mother told you via the phone that he is now experiencing a stress Write a letter to him to give him some advice on how to deal with the stress You should write 100-120 words You should start with the following opening:
Dear Thai,
You are going to finish your junior secondary school, so you must be working very hard
I know you may feel very stressed as I do now However, I think there are several ways
we may do to deal with this First,
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1 Choose the word which is stressed in each sentence Circle A, B or C.
1 Isn’t Mai a singer?
2 You are tired, aren’t you?
3 Are you happy? - Yes, I am
4 Wasn’t reading your favourite activities at school?
5 - I am late?
- No, you aren’t We haven’t started yet
2 Choose the best option to complete each sentence Circle A, B or C.
1 I used _ of becoming a singer
A dream B to dream C dreaming
2 He _ smoke that much; he smokes about 20 cigarettes a day now
A didn’t use to B didn’t used to C never use to
3 I wish I _ enough money to buy a new computer; this has been so slow
A have B will have C had
4 I wish I _ to meet you again!
A never had B would never have C was not having
5 I wish I _ here with you I’d rather be anywhere else right now
A am not sitting B didn’t sit C was not sitting
3 Choose the best option to complete each sentence Circle A, B or C.
1 He becomes very _ in French after three years in Paris
2 We need more projects to _ cultures of ethnic minority groups
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4 Moving to France was a big thing, but I could finally _ to the new
environment
5 In the past many people were _; they couldn’t read and write
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Đáp án
I LISTENING
1 Listen to FIVE short conversations Choose the main topic of each
conversation Circle A, B or C You will listen TWICE.
1 C 2 A 3 C 4 A 5 B
2 Listen to Mrs Blue Hair giving advice to two teenagers who call the
helpline You will listen TWICE.
1 fierce 2 academic 3 extra-curricular 4 T 5 F 6 F
II READING
1 Read the following passage and answer the questions Circle A, B or C.
1 B 2 C 3 A 4 C 5 C
2 Read the following passage Match the paragraphs with the headings.
1 C 2 D 3 E 4 A 5 B
III WRITING
1 Write a paragraph (100-120 words) about a traditional custom that is no longer practised in Viet Nam.
For the last decades, Tet has been celebrated differently from the past In the past, Vietnamese people used to make traditional sticky rice cakes on Tet
holiday Several days before Tet, we used to buy all the necessary ingredients, and then gathered to make and cook the cakes It took up to 10 or even 12 hours
to make the cakes Today, as people become busier and services more
convenient, they prefer to buy the cakes instead of making them We also used
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2 Your friend is going to finish his junior secondary school Her mother told you via the phone that he is now experiencing a stress Write a letter to him to give him some advice on how to deal with the stress You should write 100-120 words You should start with the following opening:
2 Your friend is going to finish his junior secondary school Her mother told you via the phone that he is now experiencing a stress Write a letter to him to give him some advice on how to deal with the stress You should write 100-120
words You should start with the following opening: Dear Thai, You are going to finish your junior secondary school, so you must be working very hard I know you may feel very stressed as I do now However, I think there are several ways
we may do to deal with this First, you should learn to relax because a calm mind makes us stable Second, we should take pride in any work we can do with our best even though we may not come best Moreover, because we have to work harder, we may lack sleep So you can stop your work for a day to have a sound sleep, or at least we should not stay up too late Most importantly, sometimes we may need to bear in mind that failure is not the end of the world Finally, if you stay calm and believe in yourself, you will get rid of all that unwanted feelings Hope you spare some time to relax and write to me soon Love, Mai
IV LANGUAGE FOCUS
1 Choose the word which is stressed in each sentence Circle A, B or C.
1 A 2 B 3 C 4 A 5 B
2 Choose the best option to complete each sentence Circle A, B or C.
1 B 2 A 3 C 4 B 5 C
3 Choose the best option to complete each sentence Circle A, B or C.
1 B 2 C 3 B 4 A 5 C