HỘI CÁC TRƯỜNG CHUYÊN ĐỀ THI MÔN TIẾNG ANH KHỐI 10

VÙNG DUYÊN HẢI VÀ ĐỒNG BẰNG BẮC BỘ NĂM 2017

TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút
ĐẠI HỌC SƯ PHẠM HÀ NỘI (Đề thi có 10 trang)
ĐỀ THI ĐỀ XUẤT
PART A. LISTENING (50 points)
Section 1. (10 points)
Complete the form below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS OR A NUMBER
for each answer.
STUDENT EMPLOYMENT BUREAU
STUDENT REGISTRATION FORM
Faculty: Science Example
Given name: Charlotte
Surname: (1)__________
Address: (2)__________ Heathfield St.,
Maryland
Telephone numbers:
Home: N/A
Mobile: (3)___________
Number of
hours preferred: (4)____________per week
Employment
experience: (5)______________

Section 2. (10 points)

You will hear a radio interview with a student called Leanne Wilson, who is talking
about her first weeks at university. For questions 6-10, choose the best answer (A, B or
C)
6. What advice does Leanne give about getting to know people in the first weeks at
university?
A. Join a lot of different sports club.

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B. Avoid judging people on first impressions.
C. Make friends with people studying the same subject as you.
7. Leanne chose not to live at home because____________.
A. her parents discouraged her
B. it was too far to travel every day
C. she wanted to be independent
8. Leanne was able to manage financially at university by___________.
A. cutting down on her social life
B. getting an evening job
C. finding ways of economizing
9. What is Leanne’s opinion on attending lectures?
A. It’s not worth going.
B. They are useful as an introduction to the subject.
C. You should make detailed notes.
10. What did she find difficult about university life?
A. being away from her family
B. having to cook for herself
C. getting stressed by work
Section 3. (10 points)
You will hear part of an interview with Paul Wrightsman, the director of “Scubatours”,
a tour company which specializes in diving holidays. Listen and decide whether the
following statements are True (T) or False (F).
11. Fish are inevitably threatened with extinction as a result of tourists visiting coral reefs.
12. Many countries with coral reefs earn most of their income from tourism.
13. Irresponsible tourists might be tempted to damage coral reefs.
14. Tour operators are unable to influence hotels’ environmental policies.
15. Cleaning up the environment in areas with coral reefs is not cost-effective in the long
term.
Section 4. (20 points)

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You will hear a man called Jay Carter talking about his time in the Amazon rainforest.
For questions 16-25, complete the sentences with a word or short phrase.
Experiences in the rainforest
The purpose of Jay's trip to the Amazon was to write an article about the
(l6)___________________which live in the rainforest.
Jay was unprepared for the lack of (17)___________________ in the rainforest.
Jay makes a comparison between the huge noisy insects in the rainforest and (18)
___________________ with wings.
Jay uses the word (19) ___________________ to describe his feelings when he first saw a
jaguar.
Jay says that the average male jaguar has a territory of (20)___________________in size.
When he met the local forest people Jay remembers being offered a very large
(21)___________________ to eat.
Jay says that the forest people have a feeling of (22)___________________ for the jaguars.
Jay explains that in some areas, (23)___________________ regard jaguars as a threat to their
property.
Jay has heard that being in contact with animals such as (24)___________________is a
potential health risk to jaguars.
The (25)___________________ that Jay is now involved in are intended to raise awareness
of the threats to the survival of jaguars.
PART B. LEXICO-GRAMMAR (50 points)
Exercise 1. Choose the correct answer (A, B, C, or D) to complete each of the
following sentences. (20 points)
26.By the time we get to the cinema, we _____ the first ten minutes of the film, so there’s no
point going.
A. will miss B. will be missing C. will have missed D. will have been missing
27.Your essay _____ in on Monday. Why wasn’t it on my desk?
A. should be B. must have been C. should have been D. could be
28.They had _____ seen him for the last ten years and now here he was on their doorstep
with his suitcases.

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 A. not quite B. only just C. no sooner D. hardly
29.The man’s choice to run away virtually _____ to an admission of guilt.
A. resulted B. came C. amounted D. added
30.James has great _____ and could go far in this job.
A. potential B. possibility C. opportunity D. chance
31.The other people in the group all _____ my ideas, which was very disappointing.
A. prohibited B. repelled C. denied D. rejected
32.The global recession has had a major _____ on every economy in the world.
A. crash B. impact C. consequence D. impression
33.The three friends decided to _____ up their own company.
A. make B. get C. set D. put
34.This is Josh, _____ artistic talents are going to astound the world.
A. who B. of whom C. whoever D. whose
35.I recommend that you ______ out the information for the courses online. You’ll find
everything you need there.
A. checking B. to check C. check D. for checking
36.Leona _____ me to take up Pilates and it’s changed my life.
A. advised B. offered C. suggested D. claimed
37.He regrets not _____ a year out to travel before he started working.
A. to take B. being taken C. having taken D. to taking
38.It sounds _____ you are having a great time.
A. if B. like if C. as if D. as
39.The company _____ its waste by over 90% this year.
A. diminished B. reduced C. dwindled D. condensed
40.Is there any _____ of our winning the cup this year?
A. liking B. likeness C. likewise D. likelihood
41.People _____ to be less tolerant of noise, the older they get.
A. bound B. inclined C. tend D. apt
42.The information he gave us was _____ useless. It didn’t help us at all.
A. deeply B. utterly C. extremely D. painfully

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43.You’ll be pleased to know that you are _____ for a scholarship if you wish to apply.
A. entitled B. eligible C. appropriate D. particular
44.It never _____ my mind that he was lying to me.
A. crossed B. racked C. took D. put
45.The children’s diet was _____ in Vitamin C, which has caused a lot of problems.
A. absent B. faulty C. deficient D. missing
Exercise 2. Question 46-55. The passage below contains 10 mistakes. Underline the
mistakes and correct them. (10 points)
Line
1 It is very difficult to succeed in the music business; nine out of ten bands that
release a first record
2 fail to produce the second. Surviving in the music industry requires luck and
patience, but most
3 of all it requires and intricate knowledge of how a record company is functioned.
The process
4 begins when a representer of a company's Artists and Repertoire (A & R)
department visits
5 bars and night clubs, scouting for young, talented bands. After having identified a
promised band,
6 he or she will work to negotiate a contract with that band. The signature of this
recording contract
7 is a slow process. A company will spend a long time to investigate the band itself as
well as
8 current trends for popular music. During this period, it is important that a band
reciprocates with
9 an investigation of its own, learning as much as possible about the record company
and making
10 personnel connections within the different departments that will handle their
recordings.

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Exercise 3. Fill in the blanks in the sentences below with the correct preposition. (10
points)
56. The boy froze in horror as the teacher advanced ____________him, brandishing a large
stick.
57. A classical education is no longer considered by most people to be superior
____________any other kind.
58. Mentally, she ran ____________a range of adjectives to describe the sight in front of her.
59. These days, many students are turning their backs ____________traditional subjects such
as Latin in favour of more trendy options.
60. The teacher sat down and glared____________ the class.
61. Students of foreign languages shouldn’t become too reliant ____________dictionaries.
62. Hard work usually pays off____________ the long run.
63. The invention of the computer has had a major impact ____________learning.
64. I offered my classmate a gift ____________the spirit of friendship.
65. Intelligence will not guarantee you a place at university____________ any means, you
have to study hard too.
Exercise 4. For questions 66-75, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals in
brackets to form a word that fits in the gap. (10 points)
On the question of corporal punishment
We live in civilized times, or so we keep telling ourselves. Yet, the increasing level of
(66.DISCIPLINE)_____________behaviour and violence in schools has led a number of
teachers to start demanding the reinstatement of an archaic and, to most of us (67.HUMANE)
_____________law. They feel that the present laws regarding punishment in schools are
(68.ADEQUATE) _____________to deal with adolescent students who are constantly
(69.OBEY) _____________, leaving teachers feeling exposed and (70.PROTECT)
_____________. As a result, a group of teachers have petitioned the Government to
(71.CONSIDER) _____________the question of permitting corporal punishment in schools.
Although this has caused some (72. AGREE) _____________and debate among Government
officials, the Minister for Education remains (73. FLEXIBLE) _____________on the matter.

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In a moving speech, he started that a return to the age of beatings with the cane would be
totally (74.ACCEPT) _____________, going against the UN convention on the rights of the
child. The problem of (75.ORDER) _____________behaviour should be dealt with in other
ways, since it has been proved that treating violence with violence does not work.
PART C. READING (60 points)
Exercise 1. Choose the option A, B, C, or D that best fits each blank in the following
passage. (15 points)
How do you choose the right job?
A few people decide early in life what they want to do then follow a prescribed path of
training to reach their goal. More often, a young person takes the best job available, and that
(76)___________to a lifetime in a particular field. Of course, both who you know and what
you know are important. Frequently an individual finds a job through a friend, relative or
other helpful person. However, with a university degree the minimum requirement for many
jobs – and advanced training and qualifications a (77)___________in most professional
fields – what you know can be the ticket to a good job.
There is probably no single “right” job for anybody. Out of the (78)
___________20,000 types of occupations available in modern society, there are probably
hundreds that you could perform well and find rewarding. Although circumstances (79)
___________ one’s choices, there are still more possibilities than most people realize.
Chance always plays a part in finding a job you like, but vocational counselors believe that a
person can improve the (80) ___________by analyzing his or her ambitions, interests and
(81)___________. One person may want to earn a lot of money. Others many (82)
___________priority to being active, helping people or having a low (83) ___________of
becoming unemployed. Personal interests, such as love of the (84) ___________or a
fascination with computers, may point the (85) ___________to a job a person enjoys and
respect
76. A. leads B. directs C. conducts D. introduces
77. A. need B. must C. want D. demand
78. A. expected B. assessed C. estimated D. calculated
79. A. shorten B. press C. shrink D. narrow

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80. A. odds B. difference C. angles D. favour
81. A. faculties B. aptitudes C. inclinations D. tendencies
82. A. make B. set C. give D. place
83. A risk B. hazard C. danger D. uncertainty
84. A. outwards B. outside C. outdoors D. outback
85. A. course B. way C. passage D. progress
Exercise 2. Read the text below and think of the word that best fits each space. Use only
one word in each space. (15 points)
Causes of conflict between adolescents and their parents
Some interesting discoveries have been made by psychologists studying conflicts between
adolescents and their parents. One notable feature is that they seldom argue about such major
topics (86)________sex, drugs, or politics. This is surprising, given that great differences
often exist between the attitudes of parents and adolescents on such issues. Researchers
suggest the explanation may be that such topics (87)___________not usually relate to day-
to-day family interaction and are (88)________discussed as they are not directly relevant
(89)__________family life. Instead, parents and children tend to (90)___________out over
everyday family matters such as housework.
Despite the changed that have (91)__________place over the past fifty years, adolescents
appear to have the same kinds of arguments with their parents as their parents had
(92)___________they themselves were young. It seems to come down to the conflict
between the adolescent’s desire for independence (93)_________the parents’ authority.
Teenagers spoke of their right to be free of restrictions, while parents were equally sure of
their right to exert control, backing this up (94)__________referring to the needs of the
family as a whole. Interestingly, both groups could see the other’s (95)_________of view
even though they disagreed with it.
Exercise 3. Read the text and choose the best answer A, B, C or D. (15 points)
Moral Behavior
The dictionary defines morality as “being in accord with standards of right or good
conduct.” The argument over whether our moral behavior is innate of whether it is developed
by our environment and culture has been raging for ages. Many people feel morality is based

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on reason, while others feel it comes from religion or one’s own spirituality. Biologists
believe that humans’ tendency to obey the Golden Rule- “Do unto others as you would have
them do unto you”- is a product of evolution.
■ A) At first, moral behavior seems to oppose the rules of Charles Darwin’s theory of
survival of the fittest and natural selection. ■ B) However, researchers in the field of biology
feel that as animals evolved to live in groups, the propensity to look only after the group’s
success as a whole, every member had to look only after one's own needs had to fade in order
for a group mentality to emerge. ■ C) To ensure the group’s success as a whole, every
member had to look out for the interests of the majority, a concept known as utilitarianism. ■
D) This is a system of beliefs based on what does the greatest good for the greatest number
of people.
A researcher named Jonathon Haidt at the University of Virginia believes that morality
is driven by two separate mindsets-one ancient and one modern. Dr. Haidt declares that the
human mind is unaware of the distinction between the two. The ancient mental system is
based on the emotion behind moral behaviors, which is a type of intuitive sense of what is
right and wrong that evolved before language developed. These are the “gut reactions”
people experience in tough situations that call for quick action. The more modern system of
thought came with the development of language, as people became able to express verbally
why something was right or wrong. The two work together when we are put in morally
compromising situations. When confronted with a moral dilemma, one’s intuition
immediately decides what is right or wrong. Rational thought and judgment about the
morality of an issue follow the decision that one’s emotional reaction already made.
Dr. Haidt identified five areas of moral conduct that are common in most countries and
systems throughout the world, and he describes these as the foundation for all moral
behavior. These moral components conceptualize how people treat others and what is
important in being part of a group. Regardless of their background, religion, socioeconomic
status, or educational level, Dr. Haidt found that the majority of people hold to these moral
concepts. The first moral concept is the prevention of harm. Generally, people believe that it
is wrong to harm another human being or animal for cruel and needless reasons. The second
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people should treat the poor in the same manner as the wealthy, and the weak the same as the
strong. The third moral concept is loyalty to one’s group. This entails a strong devotion to
the values of the group as a whole. People with strong loyalties believe that adherence to the
laws of society is important because it upholds the integrity of that society. The idea of
loyalty is closely interwoven with the fourth moral foundation: respect for authority. People
who value authority believe in the strength of a governing body and a strong hierarchy with
established roles and rules. The fifth concept involves upholding high standards of purity.
This deals with the way that members of a group view their bodies. The idea of purity comes
into play in the standards of cleanliness in society. Daily hygiene routines, eating food that
has not been contaminated in some way, and burial rules and rituals fall into this category.
Dr. Haidt's research concludes that these moral concepts are inherent in our physical
makeup and are learned behaviors, reinforced by our environments from a very early age.
The five moral foundations are interpreted differently from society to society, and people rate
them differently in order of importance. While morality may take different forms across the
many different cultures of the world, it remains true that the basic task of morality,
restraining selfishness, is a part of all humanity's moral behavior.
96. Why does the author mention the Golden Rule in paragraph 1?
A. To contrast moral behavior with immoral behavior
B. To prove that people generally know right from wrong
C. To suggest that evolution shaped morality
D. To define the idea of moral behavior
97. Look at the four squares (■) that indicate where the following sentence could be added
to the passage.
In other words, evolution appears to favour individuals who have learned how to get
what they need in order to survive.
Where would the sentence best fit?
A. 1st square B. 2nd square C. 3rd square D. 4th square
98. According to the passage, morality developed because____________.
A. people learned to communicate using spoken language
B. people had to learn to survive in groups

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C. people were born with the ability to know right and wrong
D. people learned moral behavior from their ancestors
99. Which of the following best expresses the essential information in the highlighted
sentence. Incorrect answer choices change the meaning in important ways or leave out
essential information.
A. The earlier mindset based morality on an inborn, emotional understanding of what is
proper and acceptable.
B. Old-fashioned ways of thinking based goodness on the way a person felt about a situation.
C. Theories about ancient attitudes claimed language was not necessary to determine moral
behavior.
D. Emotions governed the morality of people in ancient times before they developed a way
to communicate.
100. Which of the following is NOT correct about the five moral concepts?
A. They typically develop in sequential order.
B. They serve as the core of all moral behaviors.
C. They vary in importance from country to country.
D. They explain the various ideas that drive moral behavior.
101. Which of the following can be inferred about Dr. Haidt’s five areas of moral conduct?
A. They are disputed in various cultures.
B. Aspects of them appear in the laws of many countries.
C. Many leaders would likely disagree with their loyalty principles.
D. They are based on innate human tendencies.
102. What can be inferred about humanity as a whole based on Dr. Haidt’s moral concepts?
A. Morality is a universal characteristic that applies to the whole world.
B. The natural world plays a major role in the development of morality.
C. Morality is an instinctive characteristic that humans have from birth.
D. People from different cultures will not value the same principles.
103. According to the passage, morality _____________.
A. conflicts with Darwin’s theory of natural selection
B. goes against the dominant authority

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C. seeks to restrict human selfishness
D. includes generosity as an important moral
104. The word entails in the passage is closest in meaning to____________.
A. follows B. produces C. causes D. involves
105. The word This in paragraph 4 refers to____________.
A. a strong hierarchy B. the fifth concept
C. a governing body D. upholding high standards
Exercise 4. Read the text and answer the following questions. (15 points)
ROBOTS
Since the dawn of human ingenuity, people have devised ever more cunning tools to cope
with work that is dangerous, boring, onerous, or just plain nasty. That compulsion has
culminated in robotics - the science of conferring various human capabilities on machines.
A. The modern world is increasingly populated by quasi-intelligent gizmos whose presence
we barely notice but whose creeping ubiquity has removed much human drudgery. Our
factories hum to the rhythm of robot assembly arms. Our banking is done at automated teller
terminals that thank us with rote politeness for the transaction. Our subway trains are
controlled by tireless robo- drivers. Our mine shafts are dug by automated moles, and our
nuclear accidents - such as those at Three Mile Island and Chernobyl - are cleaned up by
robotic muckers fit to withstand radiation.
Such is the scope of uses envisioned by Karel Capek, the Czech playwright who coined the
term ‘robot’ in 1920 (the word ‘robota’ means ‘forced labor’ in Czech). As progress
accelerates, the experimental becomes the exploitable at record pace.
B. Other innovations promise to extend the abilities of human operators. Thanks to the
incessant miniaturisation of electronics and micromechanics, there are already robot systems
that can perform some kinds of brain and bone surgery with submillimeter accuracy - far
greater precision than highly skilled physicians can achieve with their hands alone. At the
same time, techniques of long-distance control will keep people even farther from hazard. In
1994 a ten- foot-tall NASA robotic explorer called Dante, with video-camera eyes and with
spiderlike legs, scrambled over the menacing rim of an Alaskan volcano while technicians
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C. But if robots are to reach the next stage of labour-saving utility, they will have to operate
with less human supervision and be able to make at least a few decisions for themselves -
goals that pose a formidable challenge. ‘While we know how to tell a robot to handle a
specific error,’ says one expert, ‘we can’t yet give a robot enough common sense to reliably
interact with a dynamic world.’ Indeed the quest for true artificial intelligence (Al) has
produced very mixed results. Despite a spasm of initial optimism in the 1960s and 1970s,
when it appeared that transistor circuits and microprocessors might be able to perform in the
same way as the human brain by the 21st century, researchers lately have extended their
forecasts by decades if not centuries.
D. What they found, in attempting to model thought, is that the human brain’s roughly one
hundred billion neurons are much more talented - and human perception far more
complicated - than previously imagined. They have built robots that can recognise the
misalignment of a machine panel by a fraction of a millimeter in a controlled factory
environment. But the human mind can glimpse a rapidly changing scene and immediately
disregard the 98 per cent that is irrelevant, instantaneously focusing on the woodchuck at the
side of a winding forest road or the single suspicious face in a tumultuous crowd. The most
advanced computer systems on Earth can’t approach that kind of ability, and neuroscientists
still don’t know quite how we do it.
E. Nonetheless, as information theorists, neuroscientists, and computer experts pool their
talents, they are finding ways to get some lifelike intelligence from robots. One method
renounces the linear, logical structure of conventional electronic circuits in favour of the
messy, ad hoc arrangement of a real brain’s neurons. These ‘neural networks’ do not have to
be programmed. They can ‘teach’ themselves by a system of feedback signals that reinforce
electrical pathways that produced correct responses and, conversely, wipe out connections
that produced errors. Eventually the net wires itself into a system that can pronounce certain
words or distinguish certain shapes.
F. In other areas researchers are struggling to fashion a more natural relationship between
people and robots in the expectation that someday machines will take on some tasks now
done by humans in, say, nursing homes. This is particularly important in Japan, where the
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of Tokyo have created a ‘face robot’ - a life-size, soft plastic model of a female head with a
video camera imbedded in the left eye - as a prototype. The researchers’ goal is to create
robots that people feel comfortable around. They are concentrating on the face because they
believe facial expressions are the most important way to transfer emotional messages. We
read those messages by interpreting expressions to decide whether a person is happy,
frightened, angry, or nervous. Thus the Japanese robot is designed to detect emotions in the
person it is ‘looking at’ by sensing changes in the spatial arrangement of the person’s eyes,
nose, eyebrows, and mouth. It compares those configurations with a database of standard
facial expressions and guesses the emotion. The robot then uses an ensemble of tiny pressure
pads to adjust its plastic face into an appropriate emotional response.
G. Other labs are taking a different approach, one that doesn’t try to mimic human
intelligence or emotions. Just as computer design has moved away from one central
mainframe in favour of myriad individual workstations - and single processors have been
replaced by arrays of smaller units that break a big problem into parts that are solved
simultaneously - many experts are now investigating whether swarms of semi-smart robots
can generate a collective intelligence that is greater than the sum of its parts. That’s what
beehives and ant colonies do, and several teams are betting that legions of mini-critters
working together like an ant colony could be sent to explore the climate of planets or to
inspect pipes in dangerous industrial situations.
Questions 106-112. The Reading Passage has seven paragraphs A-G. From the list of
headings below choose the most suitable heading for each paragraph.
List of headings
i Some success has resulted from observing how the brain
functions.
ii Are we expecting too much from one robot?
iii Scientists are examining the humanistic possibilities.
iv There are judgements that robots cannot make.
v Has the power of robots become too great?
vi Human skills have been heightened with the help of
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 vii There are some things we prefer the brain to control.
viii Robots have quietly infiltrated our lives.
ix Original predictions have been revised.
x Another approach meets the same result.

106. Paragraph A:_________

107: Paragraph B:_________
108. Paragraph C:_________
109. Paragraph D:_________
110. Paragraph E:_________
111. Paragraph F:_________
112. Paragraph G:_________
Questions 113-115. Complete the summary below with words taken from paragraph F. Use
NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
The prototype of the Japanese ‘face robot’ observes humans through a 113.
____________which is planted in its head. It then refers to a 114._____________of typical
‘looks’ that the human face can have, to decide what emotion the person is feeling. To
respond to this expression, the robot alters its own expression using a number of
115._____________.
PART D. WRITING (40 points)
Exercise 1. (20 points)
A. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the
same as the sentence printed before it.
116. Why didn’t they tell us they were going to sell their house.
 I wish____________________________________________
117. We would not be able to prepare the show without the money from our sponsors.
 Were it____________________________________________________________
118. It is more than probable that they have had problems with their car.
 In all___________________________________________________________
119. Robert warned his wife pretty strongly, yet she refused to listen to his advice.

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  No matter_________________________________________________________
120. The whole truth didn’t come out until after the governor’s death.
 It wasn’t____________________________________________________________
B. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first
sentence, using the word given. Do not change the words given. Use between three
and eight words, including the word given.
121. The film script was very different from the novel it was based on.
RESEMBLANCE
 The film script _____________________________________novel it was based on.
122. I had no choice but to borrow money from the bank to pay my debts. RESORT
 I had to ______________________________________________the bank to pay
my debts.
123. Anne inherited a fortune when her aunt died. INTO
 Anne ___________________________________________________of her aunt.
124. Yvonne did everything she could to ensure the trip was successful.
LENGTHS
 Yvonne ______________________________-
______________________________of the trip.
125. The war has caused emigration to increase. RESULTED
 The war ___________________________________in emigration
Exercise 2. (20 points)
Write a paragraph (150-200 words) on the following topic:
In some countries an increasing number of people are suffering from health problems as a
result of eating too much fast food. It is therefore necessary for governments to impose a
higher tax on this kind of food.
To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?
You should use your own ideas, knowledge and experience and support your arguments with
examples and relevant evidence.
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