Full name: ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEST Class: Time: 45 minutes I. LISTENING Task 1. You will hear three short conversations. There is one question for each conversation. For questions 1 to 3, circle the right answer A, B, C or D. You will listen to the recording TWICE What is the girl going to get Joe for his birthday? A A book B A CD C A video game Where are they meeting? A Ice cream parlor B The mall C The movie theatre Where will she put the flowers? A On the TV B On the coffee table C On the windowsill D A shirt D The cinema D On the dining table Task 2. Listen to five people answering the question: Is the world becoming a better place? For questions four to eight, match the speakers with what they say Speaker A The world is getting worse because it’s easier for people to get access to weapons Speaker B The world is becoming a better place thanks to the Internet and globalization Speaker C The world is becoming both better and worse in respect of different areas of life Speaker D The world will become a better place despite wars and diseases Speaker E The world seems to become worse because people get more information about what is happening II. LANGUAGE USE Match the following statements and questions with the appropriate intonation patterns Look out! A rising intonation 10 What you want? B falling intonation 11 Why not? Choose the best option A, B, C or D to complete the sentence 12 Maybe we could get a big house if we could get a job A better B more good C best D as good 13 His father _ to take us to the airport A talked B advised C offered D complained 14 She has _ her portrait framed and it's up on the wall of her living room A got B made C let D taken 15 He wanted to have some parts of his body , which made his mother really annoyed A pierce B be pierced C pierced D to be pierced 16 The quicker we the task, the sooner we can go home A will complete B complete C completed D are completing Choose the best answer to complete each sentence by circling A, B, C, or D 17 Over the last couple of years, Google Maps has been rated the most strongly recommended app that most frequently gets updated A navigator B navigation C navigating D navigated 18 Being friendly and easy to talk to, he is regarded as one of the most managers A approaching B approachable C approached D approach 19 The river used to be famous for its great of freshwater fish, but now very few species are found there A diversify B diversity C diverse D diversification 20 The new theory has combined Darwin’s theory of natural selection with genetic factors to explain how evolution occurs A evolution B evolutionary C evolve D evolutionarily 21 A lot of money is being spent on protecting species from the threat of extinction A endangered B dangerous C dangerously D danger III. READING Read the passage about the topic of endangered species and do the tasks that follow In northeast India, there is a war being fought. However, it is not a war between countries or groups of people. It is a war between animal and man. Assam, India is covered in rainforests which are home to a wide range of wild animals. There are rare monkeys, deer, tigers, and a large number of elephants. Assam had few people in the past, which meant that the animals were left alone in the forest. Nowadays, the population of subsistence farmers is increasingly rapidly. These farmers have to make new farm fields just to feed their families. When they begin cutting down the forests, conflict erupts In January 2008, villagers in Assam woke up in the middle of the night to a horrible vision. An enormous group of elephants suddenly attacked their village destroying crops and over 100 houses. They also killed an elderly man who was asleep at the time. No one would dream of such an attack in the past, but they are becoming much more common. In Assam alone, hundreds of people and hundreds of endangered elephants have died in this conflict. The government of India cannot find an easy solution to the problem, so villagers continue to take the law into their own hands. They use poisons, traps, and electrical fences to protect their farmland and kill the elephants. The elephants gather together and fight back This problem is occurring not just in India. In poor nations such as Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Kenya, this same cycle of violence takes place. Rather than hunters, the real threat to large animals like the elephant is farmers. When desperately poor farmers lose their crops to the elephants, it is a disaster for their entire family. With the number of people in the world increasing so fast, is there any space left for creatures like the elephant, or will they disappear from the wild forever? For questions 22 – 26, circle the correct option (A, B, C or D) 22 Where did the incident take place? A In Bangladesh B In Sri Lanka C In India D In Kenya 23. Which animals are there in Assam? A. Deer, elephants, monkeys, and tigers B. Reindeer, elephants, monkeys, and tigers C. Deer, elephants, monkeys, and lions D. Bears, elephants, monkeys, and tigers 24. The word “erupts” in paragraph is closest in meaning to _ A increases B decreases C breaks in D breaks out 25. Which of the following is NOT mentioned about the incident in January 2008? A. The elephants destroyed crops and houses B. The elephants took the farmers’ possessions away C. The elephants killed a sleeping person D. The elephants attacked the villagers at night 26. The word “entire” in paragraph is closest in meaning to A tired B tiring C whole D partial For questions 27 – 31, fill in each gap with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER from the text. Write your answers in the given spaces 27. The rainforests of Assam are home to a wide range of 28. When villagers in Assam start cutting down the forests, occurs 29. The elephants destroyed crops and over in Assam in January, 2008 30. The villagers of Assam continue to take the law into their own hands because the India’s government cannot find to the problem 31. The to large animals is farmers rather than hunters IV. WRITING 1. For each of the questions 32 36, complete the new sentence so that it means the same as the given one. Write the missing words in the given spaces An example has been done for you 0. The number of young people working on farms has decreased sharply > There has been a sharp decrease in the number of young people working on farms 32. “You should find out more information about the company offering the vacancy,” Jane said to me > Jane advised _ 33. “I’ll pick up your nephews and nieces from the nursery,” Peter said to Mai > Peter offered 34. “I’m afraid I can’t tell you the salary of the sales staff because it is confidential,” the interviewer said to me > The interviewer refused 35. Because the subjects at university were not relevant to the real world, I cannot apply that knowledge to my current job > If _ 36. The Descendants of the Sun has very high average viewer ratings. Many local TV platforms have paid a lot of money to hold the exclusive rights to stream it > The Descendants of the Sun has such _ 2. Write a short essay (of about 200 words) on the following topic: What should be done to protect endangered species? Give reasons and/or examples to support your points Write your response within the given space V. SPEAKING Role play: Your friend wants to buy her mother a birthday present. She asks you for advice Make a conversation with him/her. In your conversation, you should talk about: what present he/she should buy the reasons why he/she should buy/ meaning of the present INTERVIEW (5 minutes) The examiner greets students and invites them to take a seat Questions for Students A & B: Can you introduce yourself, please? The examiner says: “Now I’d like you to talk together about the following question: What should we do to protect endangered species?” [Two students talk to each other in 34 minutes] The examiner says: “Thank you. This is the end of the speaking test.” Topic Development (Individual): Each candidate is given a topic and he/she has to give a speech on that topic. The candidate has one minute to prepare his/her response and two minutes to speak Give a speech on the following topic. You may use the suggested prompts There are several ways to protect endangered species from the threat of extinction You will have one minute to prepare and two minutes to talk The end manual page break Đáp án I. LISTENING 1. D 2. A 3. C 4. B 5. A 6. E 7. D 8. C Audio script: Task 1 (Questions 1 to 3) There are three questions in this part. You will hear three short conversations. There is one question for each conversation. For questions 1 to 3, circle the right answer A, B, C or D. You will listen to the recording TWICE Now you have thirty seconds to look through the questions (pause – 30 seconds) Are you ready? Let's start Woman or Man (người dẫn – narrator): Conversation 1: What is the girl going to get Joe for his birthday? Boy: What are you going to give Joe for his birthday this year? Books again? Girl: No, not again this year because I cannot find any books that suit his taste. How about a video game? Boy: I heard that his father already bought him one. How about the new CD of his favourite rock band? Girl: That’s too expensive, I’m afraid. What about you? Boy: I bought him a pair of jeans from the local shop Girl: Ah, I know, I’ll get him the white shirt to go with the jeans. It’s on sale in the local shop Woman or Man (người dẫn – narrator): Now you are listening to the recording again Boy: What are you going to give Joe for his birthday this year? Books again? Girl: No, not again this year because I cannot find any books that suit his taste. How about a video game? Boy: I heard that his father already bought him one. How about the new CD of his favourite rock band? Girl: That’s too expensive, I’m afraid. What about you? Boy: I bought him a pair of jeans from the local shop Girl: Ah, I know, I’ll get him the white shirt to go with the jeans. It’s on sale in the local shop Woman or Man (người dẫn – narrator): Conversation 2. Where are they meeting? Boy: Where shall we meet tonight? In front of the cinema or the theatre? Girl: I don’t like either of them. They are too far from my house. How about in front of the mall? Boy: It might be a little too noisy and crowded, I’m afraid. Let’s choose the ice cream parlor. It’s not too far, and we can eat and talk together Girl: OK, let’s meet there Woman or Man (người dẫn – narrator): Now you are listening to the recording again (pause – 5 seconds) Boy: Where shall we meet tonight? In front of the cinema or the theatre? Girl: I don’t like either of them. They are too far from my house. How about in front of the mall? Boy: It might be a little too noisy and crowded, I’m afraid. Let’s choose the ice cream parlor. It’s not too far, and we can eat and talk together Girl: OK, let’s meet there (pause – 5 seconds) Woman or Man (người dẫn – narrator): Conversation 3: Where will she put the flowers? Woman: Where should I put these flowers? On the TV? Man: Oh no, the water might cause damage to the TV. How about in the kitchen, on the dining table? Woman: It might take up too much space there, I think. How about the windowsill or the coffee table? Man: Let’s choose the former. It will receive more sunlight there. And then we won’t have to worry about the children breaking it Woman: OK, I’ll put it there. Thank you Woman or Man (người dẫn – narrator): Now you are listening to the recording again (pause – 5 seconds) Woman: Where should I put these flowers? On the TV? Man: Oh no, the water might cause damage to the TV. How about in the kitchen, on the dining table? Woman: It might take up too much space there, I think. How about the windowsill or the coffee table? Man: Let’s choose the former. It will receive more sunlight there. And then we won’t have to worry about the children breaking it Woman: OK, I’ll put it there. Thank you (pause – 5 seconds) Task II Audioscript: Woman (người dẫn – narrator): Task 2 (Questions 4 to 8) There are five questions in this part. Listen to five people answering the question: Is the world becoming a better place? For questions four to eight, match the speakers with what they say. You will listen to the recording TWICE Now you have thirty seconds to look through the questions (pause – 20 seconds) Are you ready? Let's start Interview one Is the world a better place? Well, I do think so because of the Internet, globalization and the growing interest in intercultural communication so people are now more interested in one another before that people were more introverted and inward looking especially in island countries (pause – 5 seconds) Interview two I think the world is becoming a worse place. It seems like, you know, weapons are becoming more advanced and you know people aren't getting along any better. So with everyone having access to all these weapons, maybe we probably won't be here much longer (pause – 5 seconds) Interview three Is the world becoming a better or worse place? That's a very, very difficult question. I'm not really sure of the answer, but I am sure because of the increases in communications and technology far more people are now aware of all the bad news that happen in the world, compared to say, a hundred years ago, the world may seem like a worse place, but maybe that's just because we are better informed (pause – 5 seconds) Interview four I think this world is becoming somewhat a better place in respect to technology advancements. And with technology advancements and medications, many diseases now can be cured faster and better. However, many wars still break out like in Syria, Iraq and Afganistan. There are civil wars as well, which are not very good, but I think we can overcome these bad things and the world will become a better place (pause – 5 seconds) Interview five I think the world is becoming a better place in some areas and a worse place in other places. When it comes to technology, and advancements, it is definitely better. When it comes to humanity and being better people, I think in many areas it's getting worse. I think many people nowadays are more concerned about themselves than about other people’s welfare Woman (người dẫn – narrator): Now you are listening to the recording again (pause – 10 seconds) Woman (người dẫn – narrator): You now have one minute to answer your questions and transfer your answers to the answer sheet II. LANGUAGE USE 9. B 10. B 11. B 12. A 13. C 14. A 15. C 16. B Choose the best answer to complete each sentence by circling A, B, C, or D 17 B 18 B 19 B 20 A 21 A III. READING 22. C 23. A 24. D 25. B 26. C 27. wild animals 28. conflict 29. 100 houses 30. an easy solution 31. real threat IV. WRITING 1. For each of the questions 32 36, complete the new sentence so that it means the same as the given one. Write the missing words in the given spaces 32. Jane advised me to find out more information about the company offering the vacancy 33. Peter offered to pick up Mai’s nephews and nieces from the nursery 34. The interviewer refused to tell me the salary of the sales staff because it was confidential 35. If the subjects at university had been relevant to the real world, I could apply that knowledge to my current job 36. The Descendants of the Sun has such high average viewer ratings that many local TV platforms have paid a lot of money to hold the exclusive rights to stream it 2. Write a short essay (of about 200 words) on the following topic: Sample writing: Over the past decades, the number of extinct species keeps increasing. This certainly leads to biodiversity imbalance that will cause unexpected consequences to our life on the planet. To protect endangered species, I strongly believe that we should protect the wildlife habitat and avoid purchasing things made from endangered species For one thing, wildlife habitat needs to be protected. These days the greatest threat that faces many species is the widespread destruction of habitat. A lot of activities such as logging, oil and gas drilling, and overgrazing result in habitat destruction. To be safe, wildlife animals must have places to find food, to shelter, and to raise their young Besides, each individual can also help to protect the endangered species by refusing to buy stuff made from the threatened or endangered species. Sometimes souvenirs available for sale in places of tourist attractions are made from animals that are nearly extinct. These souvenirs can be the products of tortoise shells, ivory, coral, tiger fur, crocodile skin and so on By boycotting these things, we partially help to deter killing endangered animals To conclude, maintaining the wildlife habitat and boycotting products made from endangered animals are really practical measures to protect them from becoming extinct. Hopefully, more and more governments and individuals will see the need to protect these vulnerable animals and join hands to create a better world for all living things V. SPEAKING ... 22. C 23. A 24. D 25. B 26. C 27. wild animals 28. conflict 29. 100 houses ? ?30 . an easy solution ? ?31 . real threat IV. WRITING 1. For each of the questions? ?32 ? ?36 , complete the new sentence? ?so? ?that it means the ... hundreds of people and hundreds of endangered elephants have died in this conflict. The government of India cannot find an easy solution to the problem,? ?so? ?villagers continue to take the law into their own hands. They use poisons, traps, and electrical fences to protect their ... 1. For each of the questions? ?32 ? ?36 , complete the new sentence? ?so? ?that it means the same as the given one. Write the missing words in the given spaces 32 . Jane advised me to find out more information about the company offering the vacancy 33 . 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