It is extremely irritating and even physically disturbing to the viewer and ,to my mind,it is very offesive to the speaker as well.That is the point I really want to make here.A cultur[r]
(1)A24 SECTION I: LISTENING
A-Listen about Ali and Bob and then complete the chart
Ali Bob
a doctor
speak to people on the radio speak three languages too busy
have a daughter
B-Listen again and decide whether these statements are true (T) or false (F) 1- Ali is a scientist and comes from Switzerland
2- She works only three days a week but she can speak more than two foreign languages 3- Ali likes skiing and ice- skating
4- Bob doesn’t live in English now
5- bob has a lot of free time to travel every day
Your answers:
1 2 3 4 5
C-Listen again and fill the suitable words or phrases that you hear to complete the Blank Bob isn’t an (1)……… he’s a flying (2)…………Every day ,from a.m to 10 a.m He speaks …(3)………… ,then he flies to help them.he works (4)… non stop but he loves his job he(5)
………….he has no free time.
Your answers:
(2)SECTION II: LEXICO - GRAMMAR A- choose the correct answers:
1-Our journey across the country was ardous
A.costly B.boring C.exciting D.tiring
2-Will she attend the party ?
She said she ……….if she could finish her work in time
A.would B will C did D does
3-stop ………….about the bush,James !Just tell me exactly what the problem is
A.rushing B.hiding C.beating D.moving
4-Take a seat,………
A.will you B.don’t you C.shall you D.won’t you
5-Did you pass the entrance examination ?
No,I didn’t I ………it if I had studied harder
A.have passed B.could have passed C.could pass D.passed
6-According to the communications theory after the message leaves the sender,he …… controls it
A.not longer B.none longer C.longer doesn’t D.no longer
7-To check for acidity,one had better ……… litmus pape
A.use B.using C.to use D.usefull
8-A good counselor would rather that the patient ……….his or her own decisions after being helped to arrive at a general understanding of the alternatives
A.makes B.making C.will make D.made
9-It was Tom …….helped us
A.whom B.that C.which D.who
10-They have particularly obejected ……….swimsuit rounds in competitions where the contestants parade dressed only in swimsuits and high heeled shoes
A.on B.to C.for D.at
B-Read the text and decide for each gap if you need to add nothing ( the zero article) ,a /an or the
In 1642 (1) ……….General Assembly of Virginia solemly passed (2) ………Law declaring tobacco (3) ………only valid currency in (4)…… colony (5) ……….tobaccothen remined (6) …….basis of Virginian Currency for over (7)……… century.This was not such (8)……strange aberration as it might seem (9) …… history shows that virtually anything scarce,durable and desirable can become (10)…………money Your a nswer:
1)……… 4)……… 7)……… 10)…………
2)……… 5)……… 8)………
3)……… 6)……… 9)………
C-Complete each of the following sentences with an appropriate form of the word in block capitals.Write your answers in the space provided
1-Ants and bees are described as…… insects.( INDUSTRY) 2-This matter is very ……….Don’t discuss it outside the office (CONFIDENCE)
3-I think it’s very …… of him to expect us to work overtime every night this week (REASON) 4-Many ………families have to live in hotels ( HOME)
5-He was very …… of the work he had done (PRIDE)
6-You can always rely on Barbara.She is very……….( DEPEND)
7-He was not a particularly good teacher,but his students loved him because he had such a lively………… ( PERSON)
8-By July 2000,sixty –one provinces and cities throughout Vietnam had completed the programes of “……… (8)of Primary Education” and “………(9) Eradication”( UNIVERSAL – LITERATE)
10-A person who doesn’t look at you is expressing lack of …….or is shy ( INTERESTING)
(3)1………… 6-………….
2……… 7-………….
3………… 8-………
4……… 9-……….
5……… 10-………
D-In most of the following text,there is one unneccessary word.It is either grammatically incorrect or does not fit in with the sense of the text.For each number line 1-15 ,find the unneccessary word and then write the word in the space proviced Some lines are correct.Indicate these lines with a tick ( )
Since the time immemorial we have put our trust in a good night’s the sleep to help us look and feel better.And with good reason : Sleep
restores the body ,builds out muscles,strengthens bones and the 1-……… immune system and helps with skin cells to regenerate.But just 2-……… how much sleep we really need is a matter of debate Back in 3-……… the th century King Alfred the Great was the first to decide that a 4-……….
third of the day- eight hours- should be spent in asleep.Though 5-……… we still use Alfred’s idea as a yardstick,but we all find the sleep 6-……… patterns which suit us best.While it’s true that too much or too 7-……… little of sleep can cause headaches,drowsiness,lack of energy 8-……… and irritability,it’s the quality of sleep or rather than the quantity, 9-……… which are matters.Since man’s earliest days ,all sorts of medicines 10-…… and drugs has been tried to achieve deep,untroubled sleep 11-……… However,to get away from artificial methods,the exercising during 12-……… the day and avoiding such indigestible food,cafeine-filled drinks 13-……… and alcohol just before bedtime can help you to sleep better.And 14-……… the right environment is very important.You need to be in 15-……… darkness,warm – but not too warm – and comfortable
E- put each verb in parentheses into an appropriate form
It ( 1) ……….(be) a long day ,but by o’clock the children (2)………(go) to bed They(3)………clear) away the supper things and now they (4)……….(look) forward to a couple of hours in front of the
television.Unfortunately the film (5)……(be) rather boring.Jim soon (6)….(fall) asleep and Sue (7)………(start) to think about all her work.She (8)…… (be)………… sure she (9)……(hear) a noise outside the window, so she (10)…… (look) up.A shadow (11)………(move) slowly through the garden Her heart (12)…… (race) She (13) …… (turn)out the light so that it (14)……(can) see better.There (15)……….(be) nobody there.But she (16)…… (see) that it (17)…………(snow) earlier that evening,and across the grass there (18)…….(be) a line of footprints A fox (19)…….(walk) across right in front of their window, and now it (20)……(look) at her from the far corner of the garden
Your answers:
1)……… 6)…………. 11)………… 16)………….
2)………. 7)………… 12)………… 17)…………
3)……… 8)…………. 13)……… 18)…………
4)……… 9)…………. 14)……… 19)………….
5)……… 10)………… 15)………… 20)…………
F-Identify the mistake in each sentence:
1)It is estimated that in Europe about 1,000 various books were be created per year before the invention of A B C D the printing press
2)For cancer treatment ,the diseased cells must be killed while their healthy neighbors are leaving unharmed A B C D 3)It is not imperative that your signature appears on your identification card
A B C D
(4)against him own D
5)Albert Einstein was such brilliant a scientist that many of his colleageagues had to study for several years A B C D in order to form opinions about his theories
Your answers:
1-……… 2-……… 3-……… 4-……… 5-……….
SECTION III: READING:
Part choose the best options to complete the following passage: ANGER ON THE ROADS
The anger that descends on people when they get behind the steering of a car used to be (1)………as a joke.but the laughter is getting noticeably quieter (2)………that the problem has become increasing widespread
(3)……….in the traffic jam,with family cars inching their (4)……….past,the driver of a fast sports car begins to lose his temper (5)……….the capabilities of his car,there is nothing he can do.The (6)……… is anger
Many people live in (7)…… of losing control.This is true of many situations but driving is a good
example.People think that the car might not start,it might break (8)…………,or someone might run into it.Before anything even happens,people have worked themselves up into a (9)………of anxiety.And when something does happen,they ‘re (10)……….to explode.In fact,it’s their very anxiety about losing control that (11)………them lose control
This isn’t to (12)…….that all offenders have psychological problems or drive powerful sports car.In fact,most of them are (13)……… ordinary human beings who have no history of violence.There is (14)…… somethingdeep in our nature that (15)…….when we start up a car engine
1 A.found B.thought C.treated D.intended
2 A.once B.even C.since D.now
3 A.Set B.Stuck C.Held D.Fixed
4 A.path B.way C.course D.route
5 A.However B.Besides C.Although D.Despite
6 A.outcome B.event C.issue D.effect
7 A.worry B.fright C.fear D.concern
8 A.up B.down C.out D.off
9 A.state B.condition C.feeling D.case
10 A.good B.prepared C.near D.ready
11 A.causes B.leads C.makes D.forces
12 A.inform B.say C.tell D.announce
13 A.purely B.fully C.exactly D.perfectly
14 A.openly B.directly C.clearly D.frankly
15 A.excites B.awakens C.disturbs D.upsets
Part 2:Read the passage and answer the questions which follow by choosing the best suggestion.
There is distinct cadence to an English sentence,with the voice falling on the last word to indicate that it is the end of the utterance.Nowadays,on television,more often than not a speaker is cut off in mid-sentence.You always know it because the voice is still rising.The bit of the sentence that one hears may make perfectly good sence in itself,but one knows that the speaker simply has not finished making his point
It is extremely irritating and even physically disturbing to the viewer and ,to my mind,it is very offesive to the speaker as well.That is the point I really want to make here.A culture of rudeness has spung up on British television in the past two or three years.Allowing people to speak,to have their say,is one of the essential points of good manners and respect for other people.Talking while other people are talking ,interrupting them, turning one’s back on them before they have finished –these are heinous crimes against courtesy
(5)This culture of rudeness is not, however , a matter of broadcasters being deliberatedly and ostentatiously rude.It reflects a disagreeable dose of one self- importance, no doubt, but it also springs to some degree from a proper pursuit – that of reporting clearly and briskly what people such as politicians have got to say on a subject of interest.But it treats people who are on television as mere inert material to be chopped up and pasted into the bulletin as required This seems to me a classic case of the medium itself being the message – and a very bad message too
Viewers not see politicians as scraps of copy 10 be used as needed They accept the illusion of television ,and regard them as people ,whom the television personnel are treating like dirt.The bulletins send a message that it is nevertheless perfectly all right to treat people like this.After all ,is it not the great figures of television who are doing it: That is the way bad behaviur spreads and grows
Questions
1- What has the writer noticed about people who are speaking on television? A They have come to expect to be interrupted
B They try to make sure they are allowed to finish what they are saying C They frequently show their annoyance at being interrupted
D They are denied the chance to complete statements they are making 2- The writer suggests in the third paragraph that many news items A are meant to show the expertise of the broadcasters
B would be better without politicians in them C make little sense to many people watching them D contain things which are not really relevant 3- What does the writer believe about broadcasters ? A They spend too little time preparing programmes
B They are not really sure what impression they want to create C They not care what people think of their programmes D They are acting partly out of honourable intensions 4- The writer says that viewers believe that
A what they see on television has little relevance to them B broadcasters have the wrong attitude to politicians C the standards of broadcasting in general have fallen D politicians are not all the same as each other 5- What is the writer’s main theme in the passage ? A the loss of good manners in British life
B the way in which conversations should be conducted C the ill- mannered behavour of British broadcasters D The reactions of viewers when they watch TV
Part 3:You are going to read an article about people who have a very strange gift.Seven paragraphs A-H the one which fits each gap (1-6) there is one extra paragraph which you not need to use There is an example at the beginning (0)
A.One such ,the physcist Sir issac Newton wrote that,for him,each note of the musical scale correspondd to a particular colour of the spectrum:when he saw a colour,he sometimes heard the note.And the philosopher John Locke reported the case of the blind man who claimed that he had had a revelation of what the colour scarlet looked like when he heard the sound of the trumpet for the first time
B Interestingly, he stated that his wife and son both have the gift of colour hearing and that their son’s colour sometimes appear to be a mix of those of his parents.For example ,the letter m, for him was pink ,and to his wife it was blue and in their son they found it to be purple
C the scheme of colours that he recommended for each aged group was intended to reflect a child’s stage of development The younger children had pink/red,while the older ones had yellow /green
(6)E the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle agrued that the five senses were drawn together by a “ common sense” located in the heart.Later we see that the anatomical drawings of Leonard Da Vince reflect the 15 th century belief that the senses have a common mechanism
F When their tutor asked them to draw what they “ saw” when they heard a note rise and fall on the clarinet,their imagines included lips,lines and triangles.One even drew a house nestling amid hills
G he casually remarked to her that the colours of the letters were all wrong.It turned out that she could also see the letters in different colours and that she also heard musical notes in colour
H Apparently ,green helps people relax,whereas red is good for getting people to talk and produce
ideas.However,too much colour can have a different effect from the one intended- excess red brings out our aggression, for example ,while too much green markes staff lazy
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LISTENING TO COLOUR
Colour has a deep impact on each and everyone of us In both offices and factories,shops and homes, the management of colour is used to improve the environment
(0)……… H………
In the early part of the twentieth century Rudolf Steiner studied these effects of colour on individuals.He developed a theory from which he produced colour schemes for a learning environment
(1)………
Although learning to integrate information from different senses is vital,for the majority of people sight ,tough,taste,smell and hearing are fundamentally separate.Yet there is evidence ,some anecdotal,some more scientific, to suggest that they are,in fact, linked.This idea of sensory unity is a very old one
(2)………
In more modern times, many individuals have reported experiencing what is normally felt through one sense via another and have described occasions when experiences of one sense also trigger experiences of another.Many respected scholars have reported the linking of the senses,known as synaesthesia
(3)………
More recent studies include the case of a girl who associated colour with the notes of bird song There was also a boy who felt pressure sensations in his teeth when cold compresses were applied to his arms.Among a group of college student it was found that more than 13 percent consciously summoned up images of colour when they were listening to music ,claiming that this made the experience more enjoyable
(4)……… The author Vladimir Nabokov was once interviewed for a magazine article He told the story of his “ratherfreakish gift of seeing letters in colour”
(5)……… In his autobiography ,he remembered the time when he was seven years old.He was using old black and white alphabet blocks to build a tower,while his mother was watching
(6)………
This gift for seeing letters or hearing music in colour is not yet understood There are probably more people out there who have the gift,but feel embarrassed or awkward about admitting it
Your answers:
1)……… 3)………. 5)………
2)……… 4)………. 6)………
SECTION IV: WRITING:
A-Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence(s) printed above it
1-“You were cheating” said Nam to Lan
Nam accused……… 2-The fox was unsuccessful in reaching the grapes
The fox tried in……… 3-We have a six o’clock deadline for this work
(7)I am not……… 5-If there is an emergency ,ring this number
In ……… 6-I would love to be rich and famous
If only……… 7-You need to have your hair cut
Your hair……… 8-We ‘d better buy a new computer
it’s time……… 9-It’s possible that he got my letter
He might……… 10-It’s your duty to this work
You……….`
B- Make all the changes and additions necessary to produce a complete sentences about Jack London
1-Jack London /life and writings/represent American/ love/ adventure
……… 2- Jack London /born/San Francisco/1876
……… 3-He /quit/ school/ fourteen/become /sailor
……… 4- He /travel/good/deal/during/short/lifetime
……… 5- He/ travel/many/place/Europe/United States/Far East
……… 6-1897/Jack London / 21 /year/old/gold/discover/Alaska ……… 7-He / answer /call /adventure
……… 8- He /take/ part/ famous/ “gold rush”
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9-experiences/wild / northern/ country/ provide / material/ many/ later /stories/ novels ……… 10-best- known/ novels/ include / the Call of the Wild/ The Sea – Wolf
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C – In 200 or 250 words,write about your birthday party that you had many good memories