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Dong A University The Department of English FINAL TEST 1A (Time allotted: 75 minutes) Subject : Language Number of credit : Type of exam : Closed book Student’s full name: ………………………………………… Class: …………… Designed by: Le Thi Huynh Loc, MA Signature: ………………… Approved by: Nguyen Ngoc Ha, MA Signature: ………………… Mark Examiner’s signature Proctor’s signature Examiner 1:………………… Examiner 2:………………… Proctor 1:……………………… Proctor 2:……………………… Answer Sheet 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 Write your outline here ……………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………… PART 1- LISTENING Section Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer • • • • • Section Tempere students’ game Dates of the game: …… 1……… Cost of taking part: …… 2……… Entry fee including: …… 3………, meals and floor space Hotel …… 4………has a special rate during the game Hotel is close to …… 5……… Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS OR A NUMBER for each answer Natural History day: morning events All events begin at 9.30 You must attend one of these Name of event Dogs might fly …… (8)…… A world in your …… (12) …… I’m not touching that Section affected Illegal Theme or topic …… (6)…… How plants might …… (9)…… Local animal and plant life Type of event …… (7)…… …… (10)…… …… (13)…… Snakes and other …… (14)…… Workshop Location Room 27 …… (11)…… Local park …… (15)…… Complete the FLOW CHART below using the words from the box blunt laughable commonplace luxurious curved ornamental pointed refined simple widely spaced 16th century: forks introduced into France, their use regarded as …… (16)…… 17th century: forks introduced into England, initially regarded as …… (17)…….later used to show that owners were …… (18)…… Late 17th century, new forks with four curved tines, pointed knives banned 18th century, American used knives with …… (19)…….tips and spoons 20th century: growing preference for …… (20)…….styles P a r t : R e a d i n g : R E A D I N G PA S S A G E HOW BABIES THINK The similarities between babies and scientist become particularly vivid when we consider how babies learn about things In science, and even in ordinary life, we look beyond the surfaces of the world and try to infer its deeper patterns We look for the underlying, hidden causes of events We try to figure out the nature of things It’s not just that we human beings can this, we need to it We seem to have a kind of explanatory drive, like our drive for food When we’re presented with a puzzle, a mystery, a hint of a pattern, something that doesn’t quite make sense, we work until we find a solution In fact, we intentionally set ourselves such problems, like crossword puzzles, video games or detective stories As scientists, we may stay up all night in the grip of a problem, even forgetting to eat, and it seems rather unlikely that our salaries are the sole motivation We see this same drive to understand the world in its purest form in children Human children in the first three years of life are consumed by a desire to explore and experiment with objects In fact, we take this for granted as a sometimes exhausting fact of parenting We childproof our houses and say, with a sigh, that the baby is “always getting into things” From the time human babies can move around, they are torn between the safety of a grown-up embrace and irresistible drive to explore Toddlers in the park seem attached to their mothers or fathers by invisible bungee cords: they venture out to explore and then in a sudden panic, race back to the safe haven, only to venture forth again some few minutes later Seen form an evolutionary point of view, children’s exploratory behavior is rather peculiar Not only babies expend enormous energy in exploring the world, their explorations often endanger their very survival The explanation seems to be that, for our species, the dangers of exploration are offset be the benefits of learning The rapid and profound changes in children’s understanding of the world seem related to the ways they explore and experiment Children actively things to promote their understanding of disappearances, causes and categories Fortunately, these aspects of the physical world are so ubiquitous that babies can their experiments quite easily and for the most part safely The cot, the house, the garden are excellent laboratories For instance, we can see babies become interested in, almost obsessed with, hiding- and finding games when they are about a year old Babies also spontaneously carry out solo investigations of the mysterious Case of the Disappearing Object We once recorded a baby putting the same ring under a cloth and finding it 17 times in succession, saying “all gone” each time In our experiments, babies often begin by protesting when we take the toy to hide it But after one or two turns, they often start hiding the toy themselves or give to the cloth and toy to us with instructions to hide it again Eighteen-month-olds, who are not renowned for their long attention span, will play this game for half an hour By the time babies are one or two years old, they will quite systematically explore the way one object can influence another object, for instance experimenting with using a rake to pull a toy towards them The toy itself isn’t nearly as interesting as the fact that the rake moves it closer A key aspect of our developmental picture is that babies are actively engaged in looking for patterns in what is going on around them, in testing hypotheses and in seeking explanations They aren’t just amorphous blobs that are stamped by evolution or shaped by their environment or moulded by adults Complete each sentence with the correct ending in the box 21 Crossword puzzles 22 Salaries 23 Parents 24 Young children 25 The benefits of learning Example: Children’s experiments A may try to prevent exploration B may compensate for the risks that exploration involves C show that our development is determined by evolution and environment D satisfy our need to look for explanations E may be ways of understanding relationships between objects F not always demonstrate the value of exploration G are probably not an adequate reason for exploring H providing insight into successful ways to explore I may alternate attempts to explore with a return to safety The verbs in the box come from the reading passage Complete the sentences below using the verbs in the correct form Use each verb once only carry out endanger shape make take test offset promote underlie seek 26 We generally ……………if for granted that children will grow up with an understanding of the world around them, but we not consider how this comes about 27 A considerable amount of research has been …………… into how babies learn that an object can still exist after it has disappeared 28 Research usually involves first formulating a hypothesis and then …………….it 29 Television programs about children a great deal to …………… understanding of their needs 30 When something strange happens, we try to find an explanation that will ……………… sense of it Passage 2: Choose the correct answer SAVING TIME WHEN COMPUTING Here is the second installment in our monthly “Computing for Business Users” guides A common complaint among computer users is the amount of time they spend waiting for their laptop to start up and perform its tasks Here are some handy tips on how to eliminate some of that waiting time Don’t shut your laptop all the way off between meetings; just put it in the low-battery consumption “Standby” mode Shutting it down and waiting for it to reboot at the next meeting wastes valuable time This way you are ready to start as soon as you arrive Having too many programs in your computer’s Start Up folder really slows things down The solution? Eliminate all unnecessary programs Stop too many programs from running at the same time when you start up the computer Don’t know how? It’s easy if you follow these instructions: click the Start menu, choose Run, then type “madonfig” to launch the System Configuration Utility Next, on the “General” tab, click “Selective Startup” Then go to the “Startup” tab and uncheck any startup items that aren’t necessary These are small but simple changes that you can make for yourself to save precious time Next issues we’ll be looking at extending your battery life 31 Who is this article intended for? A Computer programmers B Business people C Program designers D Professional computer game players 32 What does the article explain? A How to start up your computer B How to improve the speed of a computer C How to change a battery D Where to buy the best computer 33 How often are these computer articles published? A Every day B Every week C Once a month D Twice a year 34 What is the topic of the next article? A Buying a new computer B Making your battery last longer C Computer accessories D Security PART - WRITING I Find a word in the text with the same meaning as each word in the list below 35 method 36 information 37 aim 38 effect 39 connection 40 advantage Tetris is an electronic game invented by a Russian computer programmer in the 1980s The object of the game is to move various falling shapes into position to make horizontal lines The technique for achieving this is relatively simple, but there are many different levels of difficulty within the game Some parents and teachers believe that computer games like Tetris have a negative influence on young people however, according to data published in a US scientific journal, playing Tetris may actually have an unexpected benefit Research suggests that there is a link between Tetris and improved brain efficiency, says Dr Richard Haier of the Mind Research Network in Albuquerque, New Mexico II Write the outline for the following topic Some people think that parents should teach their children how to be healthy and have a balanced diet Others, however, believe that school is the best place to learn this Discuss both these views and give your own opinion The end - ... 17 times in succession, saying “all gone” each time In our experiments, babies often begin by protesting when we take the toy to hide it But after one or two turns, they often start hiding the... is that babies are actively engaged in looking for patterns in what is going on around them, in testing hypotheses and in seeking explanations They aren’t just amorphous blobs that are stamped... using the verbs in the correct form Use each verb once only carry out endanger shape make take test offset promote underlie seek 26 We generally ……………if for granted that children will grow up