A. LISTENING (5.0 points)
HƯỚNG DẪN PHẦN THI NGHE HIỂU
• Bài nghe gồm 4 phần, mỗi phần được nghe 2 lần, mỗi lần cách nhau 15 giây, mở đầu và kết thúc mỗi phần nghe có tín hiệu
• Mở đầu và kết thúc bài nghe có tín hiệu nhạc.
• Mọi hướng dẫn cho thí sinh (bằng tiếng Anh) đã có trong bài nghe.
Part 1. Complete the form below using NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer. (1.0pt)
ASCOT CHILDCARE CENTRE ENROLLMENT FORM
Personal Details:
Family name: Cullen
Child’s first name: (1) ____________
Age: 3
Birthday: (2) ____________
Address: (3) ____________
Emergency contact number: 3467 8890
Relationship to child: grandmother
Development:
• Has difficulty sleeping during the day
• Is able to (4) ____________ herself
Childcare Arrangements
• Days required: (5) ____________ and ____________
• Pick-up time: 4 pm
Part 2: You will hear part of a radio interview with a law student called Mark Stone, talking about his life at university. For questions 11-15, decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F). (1.0pt)
- Mark decided to study at Gramwell University because it offers a very good course in his subject.
- When Mark arrived at Gramwell, he was surprised by the architecture.
- Mark got a part-time job because he had to cover the cost of his accommodation.
- According to Mark, students do not mind communicating with their lecturers.
- In terms of social life, Mark worries about wasting time.
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
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Part 3. You will hear a student talking about the survey conducted among people of different age groups to find out how architecture may affect people’s lives. Listen carefully and choose the correct answer A, B or C for each question. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. (1.0 pt)
- The purpose of the data collection was to
A. collect detailed information on various buildings.
B. test people’s reaction to different buildings.
C. assess the beauty of different public buildings. - The initial plan to use a questionnaire was abandoned, because
A. it would take too much time to produce.
B. the questions were difficult to write.
C. it would take too long for people to complete. - People indicated their reactions on 1-5 scale,
A. ensuring that the information was easier to collect.
B. giving rise to some interesting answers.
C. making it quicker to choose the three images. - What was done to preserve the images when being used?
A. People were asked to wear gloves when touching them.
B. They were covered in plastic with a special machine.
C. The images were handled only by the researcher. - What was the reason for appointing a leader for the group?
A. To help hold the team together.
B. To comply with the instructions for the task.
C. To allocate tasks to the various members.
Part 4: You will hear part of an interview with an explorer. Complete the sentences by writing NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. (2.0pts)
The Explorer
It could be said that his expeditions over the last five years have mostly (16) ______________________ but there have been (17) ______________________ on any of them.
He thinks that (18) ______________________ of his expeditions has been good and that (19) ______________________ and (20) ______________________ have been right.
One of the aims of his expedition to Antarctica is to raise money for a (21) ______________________.
The second aim is to find out what the human body can tolerate when working very hard without having enough food (22) ______________________.
These days he does not emphasise (23) ______________________ involved in exploring because people take it for granted.
He intends to go to (24) ______________________ this year.
On the next expedition to Antarctica they are taking special (25) ______________________ and more food than on the previous expedition there.
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B. LEXICO–GRAMMAR (5.0pts)
Part 1. Choose the best option A, B, C, or D to complete the following sentences and write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. (2.0 pts)
- We decided to celebrate by going out and painting the town ________.
A. red B. purple C. gold D. brown - The actors gave a very ________ performance, and the critics expressed their disapproval in their reports the following day.
A. pie-in-the-sky B. run-of-the-mill C. good-for-nothing D. behind-the-scene - He was ________ devastated by the news.
A. utterly B. extremely C. deeply D. immensely - Suppose she ________ that outrageous story circulating around the office, she’d be furious.
A. has heard B. would hear C. were heard D. had heard - They go to the seaside ________ they should be disturbed by the noise of the city.
A. as B. for C. lest D. so that - Could I pick your ________ on the subject before the meeting?
A. brains B. head C. intellect D. mind - I ________ with the performances but I got flu the day before.
A. was to help B. helped C. was to have helped D. had helped - ________, they slept soundly.
A. Hot though was the night air
B. Hot though the night air was
C. Hot as was the night air
D. Hot although the night air was - You should be ________ ashamed of yourself for what you have done.
A. thoroughly B. hopelessly C. entirely D. earnestly - You’ll be glad to know that Yuki’s work is showing a ________ improvement.
A. mediocre B. minimal C. prominent D. pronounced - When she puts her mind to it, she is always capable of ________ sarcasm.
A. sharpening B. biting C. slicing D. striking - He was absolutely ________ with anger when he found that I had scratched his car.
A. burned B. carmine C. livid D. fickle - Fred has a ________ of staying out of trouble at the office – he never gets involved.
A. trait B. ability C. skill D. knack - Lindsay’s excuses for being late are beginning to ________ rather thin.
A. get B. turn C. wear D. go - The train service has been a ________ since they introduced the new schedules.
A. rumpus B. shambles C. chaos D. fracas - The zoo attendant opened the cage and tried to ________ the animal back in.
A. coax B. induce C. seduce D. convince - I have given up trying to make my sister see the sense, and now I am ________ to the fact that she is going to marry Jason
A. adapted B. resigned C. adjusted D. accepted - I am rather suspicious of your brother‘s sudden concern for your welfare and fear that he may have ________ motives
A. untold B. concealed C. ulterior D. secondary - Mary said she wanted to be Prime Minister when she grew up but Anna, not to be ________, said she was going to be Queen.
A. overawed B. outdone C. outclassed D. overtaken - I’m not surprised people are arguing – they are at the ________ of their tether.
A. termination B. limit C. finish D. end
Part 2: The passage below contains 10 mistakes. Identify the mistakes and write the corrections in the corresponded space provided in the box. (1.0pt)
Tourism is now among the world most important industries, generate jobs and profits worth billions of pounds. At the same time, therefore, mass tourism can have dire effects on the people and places they embraces – both tourists and the societies and human environments they visit. We are increasingly familiar with some of the worst effect of unthinking, unmanaged, unsustainable tourism: previously developed coastal villages that have become sprawling, charmless towns, their seas poisoned by sewage, denuded of wildlife, their beaches stained with litter and empty tubes of sun cream. Historical towns, their streets now choked with traffic, their temples, churches and cathedrals seemingly reduced to backdrop for holiday snaps that proclaim, “Been there, Done that”. Some of the world’s richest environments were bruised by the tourist onslaught, their most distinctive wildlife driven to nearly-extinction, with wider environmental impacts caused with the fuel-hungry transport systems used to take holidaying travelers around the world and back again.
Your answers:
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Part 3: Complete each sentence with one suitable particle or preposition. Write your answer in the box provided. (1.0pt)
- Japan continues to forge _________ in the manufacture of new electronic equipment.
- It took Sarah some years to work _________ a market for her products.
- The company plans to roll _________ the scheme across Europe in the coming months.
- I met Harold in the supermarket. He was asking _________ you and I said you were fine and really happy about this new job you’ve got.
- These statistics are too confusing. We need to break them _________ into the four different seasons of the year for a clearer picture.
- He is not lying. Everything he has told us so far is _________ the level
- The goods were not sold openly but were available _________ the counter.
- Mr Deacon next door had a very serious operation. Apparently, it’s a miracle he pulled _________.
- In some cultures, people wear jewelry to ward _________ evil spirits.
- Everyone was bowled _________ by his decision to quit a well-paid job and move over to the countryside.
Part 4: Read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. (1.0pt)
A recent poll on the use of animals in circuses showed that the majority of people in the UK now disapproves of it. Circuses which employ animals are no longer seen as a form of (1. HARM) _________ entertainment; in fact, most people think they should be banned (2. RIGHT) _________. Eighty percent of those interviewed (3. EQUIVOCATE) _________ declared that the use of endangered wild animals such as elephants and tigers should be prohibited, while sixty-five percent said no animals (4. WHAT) _________ should be used in circuses. A large proportion also claimed they were opposed to the inevitable (5. BRUTAL) _________ involved in training animals to perform tricks. Animals in the wild do not juggle balls, ride monocycles, leap through (6. FIRE) _________ hoops or wear clown costumes. Furthermore, besides being kept in (7. CONFINE) _________, circus animals travel for most of the year, living a life of (8. DEPRIVE) _________. Unfortunately, there is evidence to indicate that most animals face (9. TREAT) _________ on a daily basis. The number of people who visit animal free circuses these days is over twice the number of those who visit traditional circuses. Animal free circuses are growing in number as well as popularity, and many say that the quality of the acts performed by humans far (10. EXCESS) _________ those acts that use animals.
C. READING (5.0pts)
Part 1. Read the following passage and decide which answer (A, B, C, or D) best fits each gap. Write your answers in corresponding numbered boxes. (1.0 pt)
There can be no (1) ______ that online shopping is of huge benefit to the consumer. Far from becoming (2) ______, online shoppers are very demanding. Overpriced merchants with poor services should beware. Gone are the days when stores could charge what they liked for goods and get away with it. The same, too, for shady manufacturers: smarter consumers know which products have a good (3) ______ and which do not because online they now read not only the sales (4) ______ but also reviews from previous purchasers. And if customers are disappointed, a few clicks of the mouse will take them to places where they can let the world know. Nowadays there is nothing more damning than a (5) ______ of negative comments on the internet.
However, the big boys, as always, are ahead of the game. Some companies are already adjusting their business models to take account of these trends. The stores run by Sony and Apple, for instance, are more like brand showrooms than shops. They are there for people to try out (6) ______ and to ask questions to knowledgeable staff. Whether the products are (7) ______ bought online or offline is of secondary importance.
Online traders must also adjust. Amazon, for one, is rapidly turning from being primarily a bookseller to becoming a (8) ______ retailer by letting other companies sell products (9) ______ its site, rather like a marketplace.
During America’s Thanksgiving weekend last November, Amazon’s sales of consumer electronics in the United States exceeded its book sales for the first time in its history. Other transformations in the retail business are (10) ______ to follow.
- A. query B. question C. examination D. proposal
- A. competent B. dissatisfied C. complacent D. compassionate
- A. reputation B. resolution C. opinion D. distinction
- A. blurb B. message C. blare D. bubble
- A. prod B. pile C. row D. flood
- A. emblems B. tools C. devices D. schemes
- A. intrinsically B. ultimately C. utterly D. intricately
- A. block B. lump C. mass D. chunk
- A. by B. through C. at D. on
- A. bound B. secured C. tied D. forced
Part 2: Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE word in each space. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. (1.5 pts)
Throughout history people have worn clothing of one description or another. Apart from protection against the weather, clothes were (1) ______ often used to show the wearer’s status and wealth. Over the years, numerous fashions in clothing have come and gone. (2) ______ some of these have been popular for relatively short periods, others have (3) ______ longer. (4) ______ the first half of the 20th century, the ability to follow fashion was limited to those who had the money to (5) ______ so. But following fashion did not only demand money, it also required large amounts of leisure time. Wealthy people took fashion very (6) ______ and close attention had to be paid to detail. Wearing the correct clothes for different occasions was very important, despite the fact that this often meant (7) ______ clothes five or six times day.
More recently, fashionable clothes have come (8) ______ the reach of ordinary people. The traditional craft of dressmaking, (9) ______ usually involved sewing by hand, was both costly and slow. But today, large-scale manufacturing has made it easier for people to keep up with changes in fashion (10) ______ having to spend a great deal of money.
Part 3. Read the following passage and circle the best answer to each of the following questions. Write your answers in corresponding numbered boxes. (1.0pt)
Vincent Van Gogh was born in Groot Zundert, in The Netherlands on March 30th 1853, to parents Theodorus Van Gogh, a preacher, and Ana Cornelia Carbentus. In 1869 at the age of 16, Van Gogh began a career, not as a painter, but as an art dealer with the firm Goupil & Cie. He spent 7 years at Goupil & Cie where daily contacts with works of art kindled his appreciation of paintings and drawings. Gradually Vincent lost interest in his work and decided to try his hand teaching at a Catholic School for boys. His growing interest religion and his desire to help the poor eventually drove him to become a clergyman. In 1878, he became a lay preacher in one of the most impoverished regions in Western Europe: the coal-mining district of the Borinage in Belgium. Vincent sympathized with the poverty-stricken miners and gave away most of his food and clothing to ease their burdened lives. His extreme commitment to the miners drew disfavor from the church, which dismissed him of his post. Vincent, however, decided to remain with the miners and began to paint them and their families, chronicling their harsh conditions.
Soon after, thanks to his brother’s financial help, Vincent decided to go to Brussels in 1880 to begin studies in art. During the next 10 years, Vincent painted around 872 painting. In 1882, Vincent began living with Clasina Maria Hoornik, also known as Sien, and her children, in the Hague. Their volatile personalities and the strain of living in complete poverty created stormy relationship. Vincent was devoted to Sien and her children, but art always came first. As his drawing and painting skills advanced, his relationship with Sien deteriorated and they parted ways in September 1883.
In 1886, Vincent moved in with his brother-Theo in Paris where he met Paul Gauguin and various other artists, who had a tremendous impact on his ongoing evolution as an artist. Never truly happy in large cities, Vincent decided to move to Aries Province in the south of France, where he rented a studio and invited Paul Gauguin to live with him. In December 1888, Vincent experienced a psychotic episode in which he cut off a piece of his left ear. After his episode, he was in and out of asylums for the next year. It was thought that Van Gogh was actually epileptic and that is why people thought he had fits of insanity throughout his life. He painted one of his best-known paintings, Starry Night, during one of his stays in the asylum. In mid-1890, Vincent left the asylum and spent the last few months of his life in Auvers, France. On July 27th 1890, Vincent Van Gogh shot himself in the chest. Two days later he died with his younger brother-Theo by his side. He left behind a wonderful array of paintings that make him one of the most influential painters of our time.