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SECTION I: LISTENING (4.0 pts). HƯỚNG DẪN PHẦN THI NGHE HIỂU

 Bài nghe gồm 3 phần, mỗi phần được nghe 2 lần, mỗi lần cách nhau 10 giây.
 Mở đầu mỗi phần nghe có tín hiệu nhạc, mỗi phần cách nhau 30 giây.
 Thí sinh đọc kỹ hướng dẫn và câu hỏi trước khi nghe.

Part 1: Listen to two people telling about cultural problems and decide if each sentence is correct or
incorrect. If it is correct, write (T). If it is not correct, write (F) in the numbered box.

1. Joao knew the woman in the bookstore.

2. The woman looked very upset and moved away when Joao stood next to her.
3. It’s OK to stand very close to other people in the United States.
4. Russians usually give one, three, or five flowers.
5. Tanya was offended by the gift from her co-workers.
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Part 2: You will hear five different people talking about a demonstration. For each question, choose from
the list (A-F) which statement applies to each person. Use the letters only once. There is one extra letter
which you do not need to use. Write your answers in the numbered box.
A. This person did not expect what happened.
B. This person was proved right.
C. This person was prevented from doing their shopping.
D. This person was curious to see what would happen.
E. This person was very embarrassed.
F. This person needed some assistance.
Your answers:
Speaker 1: Speaker 2: Speaker 3: Speaker 4: Speaker 5:

Part 3: You will hear part of a radio programme on which a reviewer talks about a newly published book
about a woman called Natalie Hardcastle. Complete the sentences with ONE WORD.
1. Natalie Hardcastle and her sons lived in a house which had no running water or ………………………
2. Natalie’s childhood dreams of Olympic fame were ended by a riding….………………………………
3. When she met Tony Hardcastle, he was a rich ……………………………..………and a racing driver.
4. Tony’s risky business deals led to financial …………………..leaving Natalie and her family penniless.
5. He went to ………………………..to try to become a racing driver again.
6. Natalie then decided to start a travelling clothes………………..and beauty parlour in the back of a van.
7. At weekends, Natalie travelled to small outback towns in the van, taking her.…………………with her.
8. When Tony returned and made her give up her business, she soon ran out of ………………………….
9. Tony died suddenly in a barroom ………………………….and left huge debts.
10. The book made the reviewer think more positively of her own ………………………………………..
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
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SECTION II: LEXICO-GRAMMAR (5.0 pts)

Part 1: Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence. Write your answer ( A,B,C,or D) in
the numbered box.

1. I was disappointed that the restaurant had ________flowers on the table

A. false B. untrue C. artificial D. forged.
2. Sarah and Michael’s ________seems to make both of them unhappy.
A. connection B. relationship C. bond D. link
3. Anybody found stealing from this shop will be ________
A. prosecuted B.persuaded C. provoked D. persecuted.
4. Grace thinks she is very ________, but I do not think many people like her, really.
A. famous B. known C. recognizable D. popular
5. I glanced at the newspaper and saw that the ________said “President Resigns”.
A. headline B. subtitle C. heading D. chapter.
6. If our flight is delayed, shall we ________ our connection in Los Angeles?
A. drop B. lose C. miss D. lack.
7. The doctor told Bill that he needed ________on his arm.
A. operation B. surgery C. remedy D. cure
8. The judge looked at the ________and reminded him that he had to tell the whole truth.
A. bystander B. witness C. onlooker D. viewer.
9. I think my favorite ________ is probably table tennis.
A. athletics B. exercise C. sport D. gym.
10. The actor, Michael Read , was today ________ with robbery.
A. charged B. accused C. arrested D. suspected

Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Part 2: Write the correct FORM of each bracketed word in the numbered space provided in the column
on the right . (0) has just been done as an example.

The RNLI
The RNLI ( Royal ______(0) (Nation) Lifeboat Institution) is an organization ______1 (depend) of
government control, dedicated to saving lives at sea. The RNLI has an active fleet of several hundred
lifeboats around the length and ______2 (broad) of Britain’s coastline.
Since it was founded in 1824, the RNLI has had an extremely ______3 (signify) impact on maritime
safety, saving over 130,000 lives.
Because the RNLI is not funded by the government, it relies on the ______4 (good) of the public to cover
its costs, its income coming from membership fees and _______5 (charity ) donations. Some people have
raised _______6 (objective ) to this, saying that such an ______7 (value) service should be government –
funded.The lifeboat crews are almost all volunteers . They are generally ______8 (know) by the British
people as being ______9 (example) in their ______10 (self) , frequently putting their lives at risk to save
others.

Your answers: (0) National

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Part 3: Read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of lines are correct, and some have a
word which should not be there. If the line is correct, put a tick (√ ) by the number. If a line has a word
which should not be there , write the word in the column on the right.(0) and (00) have been done as
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Your answers:
THE SECRET OF COMEDY

0. It is often said that the secret of good comedy is timing 0………√………

00. As a comedian myself, I know that’s not true about. The secret 00.....about…….
1. of good comedy is to be funny! I was told that a joke the other 1…….…………
2. day about a man whose his dog has no nose. When asked how 2…….…………
3. it smells, the man replies “Terrible!”.The problem here is 3…….…………
4. that, despite of the joke having a fairly clever punch line, 4…….…………
5. no one finds it a funny. However good your timing is, you 5…….…………
6. can’t make out people laugh at that joke. I get my friends to 6…….…………
7. tell to me jokes all the time. If I’ve never heard them before, 7…….…………
8. and if they make me laugh it out loud, I might consider 8…….…………
9. using them in my comedy act. I am like jokes that rely on 9 …….…………
10. word play ( even though the joke was about the noseless dog 10…….…………
is rubbish!).’ My mum’s from Cuba and my dad’s from Iceland so I guess
that makes me an ice cube.’ Now that‘s classic joke however you tell it.
Comedy is not just to do with timing.

Part 4: Complete each sentence with the correct form of one of the phrasal verbs below. Write your
answer in the numbered box. Each verbs is used only one.

knock off tidy up knuckle down talk over speak out

dive in switch on get across change into take apart

1. Could you send someone to have a look at my computer, because nothing happens when I ________ it
_________.
2. I _______my watch _______ to see what was wrong with it , but I couldn’t put it back together again.
3. One of miracles of nature is the way a caterpillar _______________________ a butterfly.
4. I’ve tried to explain to Sean how I feel several times, but just I cannot seem to _________ my point of
view ________.
5. If you _______________________ your room, then you will be able to find things more easily .
6. I usually _______________________ work at about half five so I am home by 6:30 most nights.
7. As soon as the food was brought out, everyone _______________________ and helped themselves.
8. That’s enough TV! It’s time to _________________________and get on with your homework now.
9. Dave and I ________ the whole thing _______ last night and we have agreed to have separate holidays
this year.
10. All of us who oppose this new road need to ______________against it as loudly and clearly as we can.
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

SECTION III: READING COMPREHENSION (6.0 pts)

Part 1: Read the following passage and decide which answer (A, B, C, or D) best fits each gap. Write
your answer in the numbered box.
For many years, global warming was portrayed in the media as an issue with two sides. Some
scientists argued that global warming was occurring, and others argued that it was (1)_________ .
However, this portrayal was an oversimplification of the debate. Skeptics of global warming,
(2)_________ some scientists, (3) _________ to lingering scientific uncertainties that caused them to
question whether global warming was actually occurring. However, there is now (4) _________ evidence
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that global temperatures are increasing, based (5) _________ direct temperature measurements and
observations of other impacts such as (6) _________ glaciers and polar ice, rising sea levels, and changes
in the life (7) _________ of plants and animals.
As the scientific evidence on rising global temperatures became indisputable, skeptics began to
focus on whether human activities are in fact the (8) _________ of global warming. They argued that the
observed warming could be brought on by natural processes such as changes in the energy (9) _________
by the sun. However, the sun’s influence has been found to have contributed only (10) _________ to
observed warming, particularly since the mid-20 th century. In fact, there is now overwhelming evidence
that greenhouse gas emissions from human activities are the main cause of the warming.

1. A. false B. mistake C. not D. so

2. A. containing B. including C. comprising D. composing
3. A. pointed B. showed C. leading D. indicated
4. A. unacceptable B. invalid C. inconceivable D. undeniable
5. A. by B. in C. from D. on
6 A. fading B. melting C. sinking D. expanding
7. A. cycles B. style C. histories D. expectancy
8. A. reason B. fault C. cause D. result
9. A. emerging B. emitted C. radiating D. production
10. A. slightly B. vaguely C. vastly D. significantly

Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Part 2: Read the following passage and fill the blank with ONE suitable word. Write your answers in
the space provided below the passage.
Many people believe that watching television has resulted in lower standards in schools.
(1._____________), the link between television and printed books is not as simple as that. In many cases,
television actually encourages people to read: for example, when a book is turned into a TV series,
(2._____________) sales often go up.
One study of this link examined six-year-old children who (3._____________) viewing a special
series of 15-minute programmes at school. The series was designed to encourage love of books, as
(4._____________) as to develop the basic mechanical skills of reading. Each programme is an animated
film of a children’s book. The story is read aloud (5._____________) certain key phrases from the book
appear on the screen, beneath the picture. Whenever a word is read, it is also highlighted on the TV screen.
One finding was that watching these programmes was very important to the children. If anything
prevented them (6._____________) seeing a programme, they were very disappointed. What’s more, they
wanted to read the books (7._____________) the different parts of the series were based on.
The programmes also gave the children more confidence when looking at these books. As a result
of (8._____________) familiarity with the stories, they would sit in pairs and read the stories aloud to
(9._____________) other. On one occasion, the children showed great sympathy when discussing a
character in a book because they themselves (10._____________) been moved when watching the
character on television.
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

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Part 3: Read an article about a computer-generated pop star. Seven sentences have been removed from
the articles. Choose from the sentences A-H the one which fits each gap. There is one extra sentence
which you do not need to use. Write your answer in the numbered box.
Young music fans might soon find themselves buying records by a new star called CyberGirl.
CyberGirl is blonde and very attractive. She has the looks of a supermodel, and Fashion magazine has
booked her for the next issue. She has a great voice and looks like a typical pop star in many ways, but at
the same time she is fundamentally different. She is computer generated and doesn’t really exist. Or does
she?
The company behind CyberGirl, Anfield Promotion, has constructed a website for her, and is
working on a pop video for her first single, which will be released next summer. Why is the response to
the virtual pop star so astonishing? CyberGirl has been successfully promoted as an ordinary sixteen-
year- old teenage singer. (1)____________ Teenagers, especially girls, have identified themselves with
CyberGirl who dyes her hair and worries about fashion.
Over the last few months, the CyberGirl website has been visited by over 100,000 teenagers. Fans
can email questions and receive answers from CyberGirl herself. (2) ____________ This gives virtual
pop stars a competitive advantage over mass-marketed artists or boy bands who have very little contact
with their fans.
CyberGirl may not be real, but her creators deny that she is merely a cheap alternative to a real
singer. (3) ____________ “ She’s cool and will never do embarrassing things,” he says. “Virtual pop
stars cannot disagree with their managers because they have different ideas about songs, styles and
marketing policies. With computer generated pop stars, there will be no arguments between stars,
managers and their companies.”
(4) ____________ “Sure she could,” replies Tomlinson. “We’d just project her image on a huge
screen, maybe with a hologram image of her on stage.” He likens the prospect of a cyber creation going
on tour to watching a film in a cinema. “You know the people you see on that screen aren’t real – It’s just
a trick done with lights – but you still get very moved by the experience of watching if it’s done well.”
A French male cyberstar, CyLui, has enjoyed considerable success, with hundreds of emails each
day from teenage girls. (5) ____________ CyLui has also had an amazing number of marriage proposals.
“Fans will treat artificial pop stars as real pop stars provided they like their music,” says Tomlinson. “It’s
encouraging that if fans like the music, they will ignore the fact that the artist is not real.”
Sarah Underwood, Professor of Media Studies at Cumbria University, says we have nothing to
worry about. “It’s like a soap opera obsession that has been around for about 60 years,” she says.
“Viewers identify so closely with the characters in a soap opera that if one of them is in hospital, an
incredible number of people send flowers and chocolates to the TV studios. (6) ____________ The same
applies to fans of artificial artists.”
Rob Cooper of the pop music magazine Musical World has no time for this latest idea: “It’s just
another way for business people to make money from teenagers, and this time the teenagers aren’t even
idolising a real person. (7) ____________ Young people can be really crazy if they’re convinced
something is fashionable.”

A. Could CyberGirl ever go on tour?

B. Research has established that idols must have the same strengths and weaknesses as their fans.
C. The people who do that aren’t crazy – they’re just getting a bit carried away.
D. The fans want to know whether he gets hungry in outer space, and what his favourite cyberfood is.
E. In fact, Tomlinson of Anfield Promotions is convinced that CyberGirl has a great many advantages
over flesh-and-blood acts.
F. The important question is whether or not CyberGirl has been modelled on a real-life person or whether
she is simply the product of someone’s imagination.
G. It’s utterly pathetic, sad and a bit ridiculous, but I’m afraid it will probably work.
H. When asked if she is real, CyberGirl replies enigmatically that she is as real as any of the teen groups
around these days, adding defiantly that at least she is always there for her fans.
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

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Part 4: Read the passage and choose the best answer to each question from the four choices marked (A,
B, C or D).
The Wensley hotels are all about the little extras – and clearly there are enough people willing to
pay for them. At this upmarket hotel chain, you can call on the bath butler if you are just too exhausted to
fill your own tub, or glance through the pillow menu (yes, really, a menu of pillows). At a Colorado ski
resort, your skis are taken to the slopes and your boots warmed each morning. And, at one Rocky
Mountain hotel, you can even borrow a golden retriever to help make walks just that little bit more
authentic.
This, and the decision of many Americans to holiday on their side of the Atlantic in recent years,
has helped Wensley get through a difficult economic period. Of its 50 hotels, 32 are in the US and
Caribbean, and the chain avoided cutting rates by offering “value” packages, such as room and car hire
combined, to keep people coming through the doors.
The company’s president and chief operating officer, Steven Watson, believes that while the
economy has not been in good shape recently, a new generation of travellers, who place great importance
on someone else running their baths, will ensure the chain’s continued success.
The group wants to serve that new generation. Watson believes people still want luxury,
particularly as they are now getting it from fewer and fewer places. “Consumers are much more
demanding, sure they are, and even more so of the hotel industry because they aren’t getting it from the
airline industry, with its cheaper flights and reduced service. And we’re seeing greater affluence. People
are paying less for commodities and more for experiences.”
Things have changed over the 30 odd years that Watson has been in the business. Watson is
obsessed with service. “High-speed Internet access, plasma TVs, better locks on the doors – it just goes
on and on. The service today is vastly better than 30 years ago. The food is better than it was 10 years ago.
The room décor is better, the beds are much, much better; you have a much better experience in your bed
than you used to.” One thing hasn’t changed, though: “It’s still motivating people and encouraging people
so the guests have the best possible treatment.”
This is exactly the sort sentiment you would expect from a family firm. Watson’s three sons all
work for the hotel chain, as does his daughter’s husband. But Wensley hotels is not a family firm. It is
listed on the New York Exchange and its market value is over ten billion dollars. Mr Watson is the largest
shareholder. In total, the Watson family controls about 24 per cent of the group.
He has plans for the chain. “We are looking to do more internationally, both in Europe and Asia.”
He is keen to move to Scotland – “I would love to be in Edinburgh but I don’t know that the market is
robust enough just yet” – and is looking for properties in Ireland and England to convert into country
resorts. The chain is also launching boutique hotels with an Italian jeweller: the first opens later this year
in Naples.
Mr Watson is a busy man – and likes it that way: “My wife will tell you I have been saying I’m
going to retire in five years for the last 20 years. The reason I haven’t retired is because the standard of
living she expects just keeps rising.”
1. What does the writer suggest by the use of “really” in line 3?
A. It is a real menu.
B. This is surprising but true.
C. This is unusual to serve food in bed.
D. They don’t really have a pillow menu.
2. What does “This” in line 7 refer to?
A. the attention Wensley hotels pay to detail
B. the fact that you can borrow a dog at one hotel
C. the fact that enough people are willing to pay for these luxuries
D. the fact that many Wensley hotels are in the US
3. Steven Watson believes that the hotels ……………..
A. will carry on being successful.
B. will be particularly successful during the tough economic period.
C. will fail because the new generation of travellers doesn’t like luxuries.
D. can succeed if it attracts important new travellers.

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 4. What sort of experiences are people prepared to pay for, in Watson’s view?
A. less comfortable flights
B. better service during flights
C. the feeling of being affluent
D. luxuries in hotels
5. What aspect of the hotel business has remained constant, in Watson’s view?
A. If guests are encouraged, they will enjoy their stay.
B. Guests need to be motivated to come to stay in a hotel.
C. Providing good service is the first priority of the hotel staff.
D. Better facilities provide motivation.
6. What is Watson’s attitude towards Edinburgh?
A. He would like to live there.
B. He would like to have a hotel there one day.
C. He wants to move company headquaters there.
D. He doesn’t think there is a market for country resorts.
7. Watson ………………….
A. plans to move to England or Ireland in the future.
B. has converted some of his hotels into resorts.
C. is thinking of selling jewellery in his hotels.
D. is opening new hotels in Europe soon.
8. What impression do we get of Watson’s attitude to his job from the last paragraph?
A. He would like to stop working five years from now.
B. He doesn’t enjoy his job but has to work to support his wife.
C. He likes his job and doesn’t want to stop working.
D. He is annoyed with his wife.
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4.
5. 6. 7. 8.

SECTION IV: WRITING (5.0 pts)

Part 1: Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the
sentence printed before it.

1. I didn’t know about the meeting until Tracy rang

Not until ________________________________________________________
2. I can meet you if you arrive before eleven.
So ______________________________________________________________
3. I lost my keys once before this month .
This is the ________________________________________________________
4. His lights are on so I am pretty sure Dan is at home.
Dan _________________________________________________his lights are on.
5. If you smoke, then stopping can really improve your health.
If you give ________________________________________________________.

Part 2: Use the word(s) given in brackets and make any necessary additions to complete a new sentence
in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence. Do NOT change the
form of the given word(s).

1. Bigger cities have higher crime rates. (the)

The ________________________________________________________________________
2. Accidents are often caused by careless driving.(results)
Careless driving ______________________________________________________________

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 3. England is much bigger than Wales. (nowhere)
Wales is _____________________________________________________________________
4. I think they are largely responsible for what’s happened. (small)
I hold them ___________________________________________________________________
5. Some people will do anything to make money. (lengths)
Some people will _______________________________________________________________

Part 3: Write an essay ( about 250 words) on the following topic:

It is said that smart phones have changed the way many teenagers behave. Do you agree or disagree
with this statement? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own
knowledge or experience.

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