SECTION 1. LISTENING I. Part 1. You will hear a conversation between a boy, Marcus, and a girl, Catherine, about their homework. Decide if each sentence is correct or incorrect. If it is correct, wr ⇱
1. Catherine finds it hard to understand why Marcus has so much homework.
2. Catherine thinks visiting the museum was a good experience for Marcus.
3. Catherine offers to show Marcus the maths homework she has already done.
4. Marcus worries that his teacher might be angry if Catherine helps him.
5. After talking to Catherine, Marcus feels more confident about his homework.
II. Part 2: You will hear a recorded message about hotels in the National Park. For each question, fill in the missing information in the numbered space. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS OR NUMBERS for ⇱
HOTELS IN THE NATIONAL PARK
The Marston Hotel
Good for people who (6) …
If you ask, the hotel will make you a (7) …
The Bristol Hotel
Phone number: (8) …
The Ferndale Hotel
Good view of (9) : …
Firtrees Hotel
Price of a double room 185 (10) …
SECTION 2: PHONETICS III. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest by circling A, B, C or D. (6 points) ⇱
IV. Choose the word that has different stress pattern by circling A, B, C, or D. (4 points) ⇱
SECTION 3: LEXICO-GRAMMAR V. Choose A, B, C or D to complete each sentence. There should be some questions that have more than ONE correct answer. Circle the letter(s) you choose. (70 points) ⇱
Susan: "......"
VI. Identify the error in the following sentences by circling A, B, C or D. (5x 2= 10 points) ⇱
1. Wearing school uniforms discourages students to be proud of their school because the uniforms bear their school’s name.
2. You should stop to smoke because it is very harmful for your health.
3. At this time next year, we will have completed the course.
4. The large number of unemployed are trying to go to big cities to find work and earn money for
their families.
5. Viet Nam Airline regrets to inform passengers that flight VN 245 to Hanoi is postponed because the bad weather.
SECTION 4: READING VII. Read the passage and choose A, B, C, or D to fill in the blank. (20 points) ⇱
People appear to learn in different ways. Some people expect to make mistakes in their studies and are capable ___(56)___…benefiting from their mistakes. They don't mind ___(57)___… by their teacher and indeed often ask to be corrected.
Others, however, dislike making mistakes. They try to avoid ___(58)___… anything which they might do badly. They would rather ___(59)___… something in small steps and be sure they have got it right ___(60)___… attempt to do a task based on a subject they don't feel they have finished ___(61)___… yet.
Both ways of learning seem to be ___(62)___… valid, but a combination of the two may be the best solution. In ___(63)___… to learn effectively, students have to remember to take risks sometimes. But they also have to feel comfortable and secure with what they are doing so as not to become ___(64)___…. All students should at least think about questioning the way that they approach ___(65)___….
VIII. Read the passage and choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences. (10 points) ⇱
The legal limit for driving after drinking alcohol is 80 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood, when tested. But there is no sure way of telling how much you can drink before you reach this limit. It varies with each person depending on your weight, your sex, if you’ve just eaten and what sort of drinks you’ve had. Some people might reach their limit after only about three standard drinks.
In fact, your driving ability can be affected by just one or two drinks. Even if you are below the legal limit, you could be taken to court if a police officer thinks your driving has been affected by alcohol.
It takes about an hour for the body to get rid of the alcohol in one standard drink. So, if you have a heavy drinking session in the evening you might find that your driving ability is still affected the next morning, or you could even find that you’re still over the legal limit. In addition, if you’ve had a few drinks at lunchtime, another one or two drinks in the early evening may well put over the legal limit.
In a test with professional drivers, the more alcoholic drinks they had had the more certain they were that they could drive a test course through a set of moveable posts … and the less able they were to do it!
So the only way to be sure you’re safe is not to drink at all.
Alcohol is a major cause of road accidents. One thirds of the drivers killed in the road accidents has levels of alcohol which are over the legal limit, and road accidents after drinking are the biggest cause of death among young men. More than half of the people stopped by the police to take a breathalyzer test have a blood alcohol concentration of more than twice the legal limit.
It is important to remember that driving after you’ve been drinking doesn’t just affect you. If you’re involved in an accident it affects a lot of other people as well, not least the person you might kill or injure.
IX. Fill in the blank with ONE suitable word. (20 points) ⇱
Speech is one of the most important (71) ……of communicating. It consists of far more than just making noises. To talk and also to be (72) …… by other people, we have to speak a language, that is, we have to use combinations of (73) …… that everyone agrees stand for particular object or idea. Communication would be (74) …… if everyone made up their own language. Learning a language properly is very important. The basic (75) ……of English is not very large, and only about 2000 words are needed to (76) ……it quite well. But the more words you know, the more ideas you can (77) …… and the more precise you can be about their exact meaning. Words are the (78) …… thing we use in communicating what we want to say. The way we say the words is also important. Our (79) …… of voice can express many motions and (80) ……whether we are pleased or angry, for instance.