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MON TIENG ANH

LU"U HANH NOI BO

TP.HO CHi MINH - 2007

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GIOI THI~U CHUNG

Tiemg Anh la mi)t trong nhiJ'ng ngo9i ngiJ' cua mon thi eMu kien b<1tbui)c d6i vai thi

sinh dl,l' thi tuyen sinh sau d9i hoc t9i trU'ang Dai hoc Kinh h~ TP.HCM. Noi dung va

hinh thlfC thi do Bi) Giao dl,Jcva Daa t90 qui dinh. Tai li$u on thi mon tieng Anh dU'Q'c

bien s09n nh;ijm:

1. Giai thi$u ve ci!tu truc va d9ng thlfC bai thi mon tieng Anh cho cac thi sinh dl,l'

tuyen ky thi tuyen sinh sau d9i hoc t9i D9i hoc Kinh te TPHCM.

2. Cung dp bai thi milu giup thi sinh cM di)ng va dinh hu'ang cho vi$c on t$p.

Tai li$u gom 2 phan chinh: (1) Mo ta bili thi va (2) Cae bili thi m~u (Practice tests)

Chung toi hy vang TAl LieU ON THI MON TII~NG ANH se cung dp du thong tin CO'

ban giup thi sinh chu~n bi t6t cha ky thi.

Bi) mon tieng Anh

Ban Ngo9i ngiJ'

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MUC LUC. .Ph.in 1: M6 ta bai thi

Ph.in 2: Practice t£>5ts

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Practice test 2......... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Practice test 3 ............ ........................................................................... 13

Practice test 4...... .................... 20

Practice test 5.27

Practice test 6 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 34

Practice test 7 .............. ..............40

Practice test 8 ..... ................... ............... ...................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...46

Practice test 9 ................. 52

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Practice test 10 .... .......... .......................... ......................................................... 58

Practice test 11 ........... ......................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Practice test 12 .................................................................................................. 71

Practice test 13 ........................................................................... ...................... u.79

Practice test 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................................... ..87

Practice test 15 . ....................................................95

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MO TA cAu TRUC sAI THI TII~NG ANH

THI TUYEN SAU D~I HQC

***DuO'I day la phiin giO'Ithi$u tom tM du truc bai thi tleng Anh cho cac thi sinh dV thi

ky thl tuyen sinh sau dai hQc Phiin mo ta baa gem

(i) Nol dung bili thl

(ii) Lo~i hinh bili taP va muc dlch danh gia

(Iii) So cau, so muc trong tLrng bai tap, va

(iv) Thang diem toi da cho tLrng loai bai taP

Thai gian lam bai la 120 pM! Bai thi gem 2 phiin chinh PART 1 va PART 2

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Lo{!i hinh bai taP va ml,lc dich danh gia'So caul Thang

ml,lC diem

PART 1:·

PART 1 baa gem 3 loai hinh bi'Ji thi duQ'ci, goi la SECTION 1, SECTION 2 & CLOZEVocabulary &

Reading

Comprehension

, PART 1 nham danh gia kM nang SLI' dung

: tieng Anh cua thi sinh trang doc h,eu Tong,.

so diem cua Part 1 la 55

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I SECTION 1:

Vocabulary

,

SECTION 1 gem mot hop tLr chLra 20 tLr va'

15· nhom tLr cho san va 15 cau doc lap Mci

i cau chLra mot khoan trong - la tll' hay cumII ,

, tLr thi sinh can pMI lua chon tl!' hop tir da I

I cho.

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SECTION 1 nham danh gia kha nang hleu

va sir dung du'O'c tll' vu'ng thich hop thong

, qua ngLr canh cho san

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r~ECTIC;N 2:-

\ReadingComprehension

SECTION 3

Cloze

,,I PART 2'I

.I

Writing

SECTION 2 bao g6m cac bai oQc (2 hoac 4

bai) co khaong 5 (hol,ic 10) diu h6i

m6'/oong. Chu o€!van ban co lien quanoen

van o€! v€! van hoa, xa hQi, kinh te, khoa

hQc, giao dl,Jc v.v... NhCl'ngcau h6i oat ra

giup thl sinh the hien kha nang (i) hieu ychinh neu trong van ban, (ii) nam oU'Q'c

thong tin chi tiet , (ii) hieu oU'Q'cquan he

giCl'acac Y trong ooan van va van ban, va(iii)hieu oU'Q'cthai 00 ml,JCoich cua tac gia /

van ban

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" SECTION 3 la mot OO<;Jnvan ban bao gom

i 10 cho tr6ng - la nhCl'ngtlithieu trong cau

I lien quan ThI sinh can vl,in dl,Jng kien thlici .I nhCl'phap, cau truc, tli vl,mg oe tim ra tli,, thich hap oi€!nvao khoang trong lien quan.

PART 2 bao gom 3 loai hinh bai thi oU'ac

goi Ii'! CONTROLLED/GUIDED WRITING,

SETENCE TRANSFORMATION va

TRASLATION

PART 2 nham oanh gia kha nang Slf dung

tieng Anh de trinh bay/ dien d<;Jty tu'6'ng

du'o-i dang viet Day Ii'!bai tap kho, dbi h6i

thi sinh phai nam vCl'ngkien thlic v€! ngCl'

phap, cau truc va tLmg vl,fng trang tieng

Anh Tong s6 diem cua PART 2 Ii'!45

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SECTION 1: --~TSE~TION 1.~6~~O nh6m cac tu rc'Yi,chlfa,! lien ket vai nhau. Trong moi nh6 tu dlfQ'c

Is~p xep theo thLi tl,!' nhat djnh. Thi sinh c~n

j

i sCr dl,mg nhCmg tu doc l(jp cho san dl,!'ngI,

i thanh cau hoan chfnh - cau c6 y nghTa va

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dung ngCY phap.

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Controlled

Writing

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I SECTION 2:I-S~~TI~N-;-

I~-~ang bai t(jp chuyen hoa1-

10ISentence cau, bao gom 10 cau hoan chinh cho san

Transformation Th i sinh sLi dung ph~n gO'i y da cho de'!

haan thanh cau mai ma van giCY nguyen

dlfQ'C y.

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SECTION 3:,

SECTION 3 nham danh gia kha nang sLi

dl,mg tieng Anh cua thi sinh qua chuyenI; dich Y tLi tieng Anh ra tieng Vi$t va nglfO'C

:l<;Ii Chu, de cua nhCYng cau chuyen dich

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phan anh tinh hinh kinh te, xa hoi, khaa!

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hoc, van haa giaa duc hien nay I II I

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do nowhere since shake

Idid because so ho\v

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Tai Li~u on thi tieng Anh

PRACTICE TEST 1

PART 1: VOCABULARY AND READING COMPREHENSION

SECTION 1: VOCABULARY (15 marks)

Choose the best word/phrase in the box below to complete the sentences that follow.Each word/phrase can be used ONCE ONLY.

1. You missed the beginning of the film ............ ... . . ... ... . ... you were latc.

2. She needed to relax she went on holiday.

3. Excuse me. Can you tcll me ............... to get to the Art Gallery. please?4. Factories and vehicles waste which goes into the air and rivers.

5. When I saw a thief in the living room I was really......................

6. we finish eating she takes the plates and glasses to wash them up.

7. We don't understand this word! Let's the word in the dictionary.

8. ........................ arc emergency calls? Call us free on ISO.

9. I can't find him .. ........................................... ... no\\'.

10. I don't remember much about him. I don't know what he looks......................

11.

]2. ..............

another?..........

in many fields arc studying ways to increase: food production.

city do you think is Europe's "fashion capital" today- Milan, Paris or

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13. Fashion has become a big business and the top ..............large fortunes. .............. have made

]4. People hands when they meet for the first time and when theymeet after a long time.

]5. you mind if I smoke? Well, I'd rather you didn't.

Practice test 1

SECTION 2: READING COMPREHENSION (30 marks)

Read each passage carefully and then answer the questions that follow.

Passage 1

The ancient Greeks were lucky, it seems. 'Their diet of olive oil, garlic, fish, vegetables, andbread was very healthy. They ate very little meat, fat, or sugar. The experts today tell us to catless meat and morc vegetables, fruit, fish, pasta, brcad, and potatoes. Chicken is hcalthierthan beef because it has less fat. Garlic, the basis of French aioli, Spanish gambas al ajillo,Italian bruehetta and Greek tzatziki, also has a good effect on the heart, as well as otherbenefits, which is perhaps why the ancient Greeks ate so much of it. So, if you love your heart.add a little more garlic to your diet!

1. What did the diet of the ancient Greeks mainly include?

2. Does beef have more fat than chicken?

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3. Which countries do these foads come from'(

ilioli ........ .............................................................

tzatziki ...........................................................

4. What do they all have in common.?

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5. According to the passage, what should we eat more often in order to reduce the risk of heartattack?

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Passage 2

A key word in the modern American vocabulary is "stress". Stress is the feeling of anxiety andexhaustion that comes from the pressures of modern living. Stress is such a common problemtoday' that many people are turning to one of its most common cures: physical exercise. Peopleof all ages and t)'pes arc exercising: jogging, weight lifting, swimming, and evcn just plainwalking! Is this just a fad, or will it last?

6. !low do people feci when they arc stressed?,.. ..........................

7. What i3 the cause of stress?............................................................................ ...................

8 How can people avoid stress?

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9-10 What words in the passage mean

Something that removes a problem.......... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .................

A fashion that is not likely to last............................................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Passage 3

As in other countries, there are a number of different regional accents in the United KingdomApart from Scottish, Welsh and Irish accents, the north, cast, west and southwest of England,as welI as the Midlands and London, a11 have their distinctive accents. 1\t the same time thereis an accent which belongs to no particular region. This accent is GlUed the Standj}rd Englishaccent, and is the accent usually taught to foreigners. Northerners ca1I it the "southern accent"- with some Scorn.

1I. According to the passage, what do other countries and the United Kingdom have incommon?

.......................................................................................-..........................12. Name some popular accents that belong to different regions in the United Kingdom?

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13. Which region in the United Kingdom docs the Scottish accent belong to?...........

.....................................................................................-...............] 4. What docs "11" in" Northerners caIl 11 the "southern accent" refer to?

...............................................................................................................................15. Which phrase used in the passage has the same meaning as "many"?

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Passage 4

There are 7.000 periodicals published in the United Kingdom. Of these, \\'omen's magazineshave the largest circulations: Woman, (1,300,000) and Woman's Own, (1,200,OOG). There arcmagazines and periodicals for almost every trade, profession, sport, hobby or interest. Themost important periodicals for the more serious readers arc: The HcononHst, which commentson events of international, political or economic interest; The SjJeclator, a journal \vithconservative views, which publishes articles 6n many different subjects, including politics; NewSociety, which has articles on social matters; New Scientist, which reports on scientific mattersin language that non-specialists can understand; Punch, a long

- established humorousmagazine which also has serious articles.

16. What are Woman and Woman's Own?

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17. What word in the passage means the average number of magazines/periodicals sold eachday, month, or year?

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18. If you are interested in science, which pcriodical(s) will you read?

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19. Can you find a serious article in Punch?.............

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20. Fill in the !§Iank with one suitable word from the passage.

New scientist is suitable for both kinds of readers - specialists and.

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Practice test 1

SECTION 3: READING CLOZE (10 marks)

Instructions: Complete the following passage with the missing words. Fill in each blankwith ONE suitable word only.

ManuRll~odrigucs, 24, a ste\\',Hd on the new l<:urostar trains, one (]).........the first

peop1c to travel through the Channel Tunnel. Now the three-hour journey from London (2)

Paris is a1l a d,1Y'S work for him. lie says," I have to know both cities rcally

well. I ha\'(' found some IC)\Tl)" restaurants!"

Euroslar stewards have to be ..(3) 20 and 35 and physically fit. The company

trBins Hll nc\\' stewards, so they don't have to have experience in this kind of (4)

., bu t t he.\' have to have (5) ..

10 have an\' quahfic(l1ions, but YOLl have (6)

lovely personality. You don't have

fiuent English and French to

commurl1cat<' \\'jth the passengers. Manuel has to wcar uniform. The company pays for his

"We (8)

next train, (9)

he sta.\'s abroad, so he doesn't have to worry about restaurant bills.

In Paris at about 11.00 a.m. Somctlmcs we have to come back on the

meals (7!

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when we don't have to return until the next day, (101

. can go shopping or sightseeing.

PART 2: WRITING

SECTION 1: CONTROLLED WRITING (15 marks)

From the following suggested words and phrases in the given sequences, make all thechanges and additions necessary to produce sentences, which together make a completeparagraph. Follow the example

Example:

Answer:

my aunt; born; England; now; she; live; Perth; I\ustralia ;My aunt H)(iS born in England, but now she lives in Perth} Australia.

1. this; lovel\ eo1 tage ; be ; 500 years; old;

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2. it / be I country lone mile I vi1Jage ofParkham Cr~;ss I..................

3. there; be ; post office; small shop;

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4. there I be I some good pubs I restaurants / arca / too /

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5. cottage I have I big garden I flowers I trees /

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6. there / be / two / double bed room / bathroom/ toilet /

7. living room / have / traditional/antique/ furniture /

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8. Paul/jenny / want / rent / collage /

9. children / like / garden / very much /

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10. they / plan / stay / there / summer holiday/

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SECTION 2: SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION (15 marks)

Use the words given to rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that itmeans exactly the same as the original sentence.

1.She wanted to know if I had studied English for a long time.

She asked me" ........... ........................... ...................

2. I don't take sugar in my tea an}' more.

I used ....................

...................... ...?"

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.1. I would like you to help me with this difficult homework.

Please ..

4. This old man is weak. He can't walk far.

The old man is not ......................... ............................

The son \vas ... ........

5. The mother made the son te]] the whole truth and nothing but the truth. ............

6. Women drive more carefuJJy than men do.

Men do not ..................

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7. It is essential that the students are informed of these ne\\' changes.

The students.

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................ ....................... ............ ..........8. I started working in this company in ] 990.I have ............................................ ............ .................

..................... .............9. Although the \V~athcr was bad, we went out.

Despite: . ................. ...............................................

10. Her job js badly' paid so s}l(~ wants to leave the company.

She wants to leave the company.

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SECTION 3: TRANSLATION (15 marks)

Translate the following sentences into English,

1. Co Hoa co nhieu kinh nghiem trong cong viec nay.

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2. Co Hoa lam viec aday dUQCbao nhieu lau roi? Co ay lam cho cong ty chung toi tU 1991.

3. Co Hoa I(\i rat chiu kho. Co ay khong ngai lam vi$c ngoai gio, ke c8. ngay Chu nhat.

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4. Co Hoa co biet ngo(\i ngCi nao khong? Co ay su dung dUQc ca tieng Anh va tieng Phap.

5. NhUng co ay thanh thao tieng Anh hem tieng Phap.

Translate the following sentences into Vietnamese.

6. 13ritaiTl is too small and crowded to produce all the food its people need. In fact, more thanhalf of Uritain's foodstuffs arc bought abroad.

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7 -8. Every British citizen who is cIT1ployed has to pay a weekly' contribution to the nationalinsurance and health schemes. An employer also makes a contribution for each of hiscmployees.

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9-10. Today more of Britain's workers belong to a trade union than in any other major Westerncountry, but this may not be true for much longer because during 1980s the unions lostmuch of their strength and popularity.

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This is the end of Practice test 1.

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would competition so managed

wasn't how many because succeeded

Practice test 2

PRACTICE TEST 2PART 1: VOCABULARY AND READING COMPREHENSION



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I. Can I get information ..................................... train times at any station?

2. .............. does it cost to reserve a seat?

3. Look.. . . . . . . . . . . ..'s a car park. We can park there.

4. Sally, ........,YOLIlike to go to a Mozart concert on Friday?

5. You .................a co]d jf }'ou take vitamin C.

6. So where were you yesterday? Well, Ibank. I was shopping.

7. The meat wasrotten that it had to be thrown away.

..................... an,y'where near thc

8. After fighting the fire for fourteen hours the firemen ...................... in putting it out.

9. We had champagneit was my birthday.

10. To spend time with my ehi]dren is the most,...... . job I'vc ('vcr done.

11. I worked full time for twenty years,after the children were born I didn't.

12. ,.. is an important part of a free entcrprise system, Each

business tries to make as much money as possible.

]4. is the most popular country in the world for tourists?

]3. Do you think of yourself, and other people second?

]5. We must have a computer system that works well,of the cost.

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Passage 1

Why are the French so lucky? That was the question medical researchers wanted to answer.The French eat much more cheese than other Europeans but they have the lowest rate of heartdisease. Cheese is bad for'the heart because, like butter and cream, it has a lot of fat. Theresults of research are surprising, and good news for wine lovers everywhere. The French arealso the biggest wine drinkers in Europe and drinking wine with food reduces the risk of heartattack. And if you're not a wine lover? No problem, a daily aspirin has the same result.

I. Which country in Europe has the fewest people with heart disease?............................................................................................

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2. What do cheese, butter and cream have in common?.......... .......................

3. In what way arc the results of research surprtsing?................ ...................... ................

4. Why do the French have the lowest rate of heart disease?

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5. What docs the underlined part in "a daily aspirin has the same result" refer to?........................................................

Passage 2

\Vorkers in the United States usually take short vacations. VBcation time is usually given onlyafter a certain amount of time on the job. For example, a ne\'..' employee may only receive one\\Tek of paid vacation per year. Many \\rorkers receive three or four weeks of paid vacation onlyafter they have been on the job five or ten years. Another problem is that it is often difficult toschedule vacations to coincide with those of one's spouse.

6. Do all employees in the same company take paid vacation of the same length?

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7. What docs the length of paid vacations depend on?.............................................................................

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8. lf a worker has worked for his/her company for eight years, how long docs the paid vacationInsi'?

..................... .............. ............................

q, Use the information in the passage to complete the sentence bc1ow.

/\. couple mn."" not be able to .on holiday together.

10. What docs the underlined part in "..to coincide with those of one's spouse" rcfer to'?

Practice test 2

Passage 3

How important is image? Obviously film stars have to look right for the part, but what aboutother people in the public eye? For example, do politicians have to think about theirappearance, too? Albert Mehrabian studied the effect that speakers have on their audience. Hisresearch showed that only 7% of the effect depends on what you say; 38% of the effect comesfrom your voice; but a huge 55% of the effect comes from your appearance. So you don't haveto worry much about contcnt! Your voice and your appearance are much more important.

11. What is the passage about?

.......... .....................................................................................

] 2. Is appcarance important to only film stars?

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13. What was Alberet Mehrabian's study about?

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14. What does the figure '55%" refer to?

15. What is the conclusion of the study?

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Passage 4

National newspapers arc papers which arc sold in all parts of Britain. Nearly aH the nationalnewspapers have their head omccs in London, but the famous newspaper street, Fleet Street,now houses only one of them, The Daily Express. The rest have moved to chcaper parts ofLondon, particularly "Docklands", once part of the port of London. The national papers can bedivided into two main groups: quality papers and popular papers. Quality papers like 711eTimes, The Guardians, The Daily Telegraph, The Financial l1mes report national andinternational news very thoroughly. The popular papers tend to makc news sensational, and topublish "personal" articles which shock and excite.

16. What do you know about Fleet Street from the passage?

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17. What did Docklands use to be?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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18. Name 1\vo kinds of nationa1 newspapers in Britain?

19. If you read The Times, what would you expect to learn from the paper? ...............

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20. Fill in the blank with one suitable word from the passage.

In the popular papers, news tend to be .................................................

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When Andrew (1).....

(2) anyone therc to meet him. 1\ lot of people in uniforms were holding cards

.................... at ar1y airport, hc looked round but he couldn't

with names (3)them, but they were not waiting for him. It was

(4) . ...beautiful Sunday morning and he decided to go to the hotel on his own.

Ill' \\cnt out of the airport (5)looked for a taxi. A lot ofpeoplc were waiting,

(6) he decided to get the airport bus into Paris. The bus stopped in

the city centre. quite near his hotel and (7).................... .......... ..got off. When he

(8) .................. ..\valking towards his hotel with his case a car suddenl:"

stopped next to him. A woman got out. She was (9) ......................... a uniform and was

carrying a card (10) ...... .................. said "Mr. Andrew Jones". "Mr. Jones", I was waiting

for you at the airport but you didn't see me!"

PART 2: WRITING

SECTION I: CONTROLLED WRITING (15 marks)

From the following suggested words and phrases in the given sequences, make all thechanges and additions necessary to produce sentences, which together make a completeparagraph. Follow the example.

Example:

Answer:

my aunt / born / England / now/ she/live / Perth /Australia /

My aunt was born in England, but noW she lives in Perth, Australia.

1. Susan / be / nervous / when / come back / home /..........................................................................................................

2 unfortunately' / phone / not work /.....................................................................

..........................

3. she / sit /living room / read /..................................

4. st arm / be / heavy / noise / be / frightening /

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

"then /lights / go out /

............ .................. .......................

6. she. put book away / and / sit / dark /.........................

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7. suddenly / phone / ring /

8. voice say / "I / be / glad / you / in Miss White" /'"

9. "1 / like / come / see / you"/

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10. Susan / be afraid /

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1. This is the first time he has been to Vietnam.

He has ......................................................................2. Lan has been collecting stamps for ten years.

Lan started.....

.............................

. . . . . . . . . . . ...................................3. The sea was too cold for us to s\'vim.

The sea was .........................................

4. Although the weather was very bad, we went out.

In spite of .............................................

.

................ .........................5. I arrived late so I didn't meet her.

1 didn't meet her .............................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6. "Where have you been?" she asked me.

She wanted to know.................................................................

7. She did not work hard, so she failed the final exam.

If she had worked hard .......................

8. The street \\'as nooded after the heavy rain yesterday', so I did not go to \\'ork.

The f100d prevented......... ........................

9. The test was less difficult than I thought.

The test was not ...................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........................

10. The student started writing the essay at 2p.m and finished an hOLir later.

The student spent ..........................

............

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Translate the following sentences into English.

1. Vi$t nan co dan so hem 80 tri$u nguai.

...d " ~......

2. Hem70% dan so song nha nghe n6ng........................................................................................................................................................

3. Gao la n6ng sim ehinh va la m9t trong nhung mij.thang xuat khau quan trong eua Viet nam..........................................................................................................

4. Vi$,t ~am la nuae xuat khau gao dung hanh thu nhi sau Thai Lan.

................................................................

5. Nam 1998, Vi$t nam xuat khau 3,8 tri$u tan gao.

.................................................................................................................................

Translate the following 'lentences into Vietnamese.

6-7. By the year 2007, 98% of the jobs will be in service industries and wi11 require workerswho can use computers and other information

processing technologies.

.............................................................................................................................

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8. Japan leads the world in the development of robots. They have 12,000 robots working andproduce 30,000 per year, most of them, for export. ..............................

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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9-10. In the decade of the 1970s, the United Nations organised several meetings on the humanenvironment to study a serious problem. We humans are destroying the \vorld around lIS_We are using up all our natural resources. We must learn to conserve them, or life will bevery hard for our children. ...............

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........................................

...............................................................................................................................

This is the end of Practice Test 2

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specialise such by so thm

brcak ever plenty charge

presented arranged though far

a little below nIece ough t to

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PRACTICE TEST 3PART 1: VOCABULARY AND READING COMPREHENSION


Instruction: Choose the best word/ phrase in the box below to complete the sentencesthat follow. Each word / phrase can be used ONCE ONLY.

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1. My wife has a.... job at a chemist's.

2. I'm not sure if thc new tax isa good idea after all.

3. We haven't. .thought of going abroad for a holiday bcciJuse my husb,lnd

is afraid of flying.

4. Doctors also try to disease\\'ith good c1dvicc. They tell their

patients to cat t~lC right kind of food and to exercise daily.

5. lie was in .. aLa large number of men.

6. When he retired from his job the director:..him \vith a clock.

7. My sister had a baby daughter, and she is my first..

8. Smoking is very bad habit, which many people find diffjcult to...

9. it was raining heavily he went out without a raincoat.

10. No child. ..the age of sixteen wii! be admitted to th is film

11. Do you knmv what time the train.to Ii0chiMinh Cit.\"?

12. You .. go to the dentist's before your tooUwchc get \\"(>rsc.

]3. We haveof time to catch the train so there's no need to rush.

]4. .............. you do better \vork than this, you \\,on't pass the exam.

15. Many doctors

ophthalmologists C:Jreeyc specialists.in only on(~ kind of medicinc. For eX~JmpJc,

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Read each passage carefully and the answer the questions that bellow.

Passage 1

It seems easy to say that you are employed if you work for somebody else and you are self

~

employ'Cd if you work for yourseltl But life isn't quite so simple. Being self-employed is notrestricted to people who run their O\vn business, in the physical sense of O\vning propertyand stock and perhaps employing their own staff. A great number of people work from homein a \\'id,-~ range of occupations and many of them arc classed as self-employed. Examplesarc the hairdresser "..rho has set up a shop in one room of the house, the freelance book-keeper \\.ho docs the accounts for other small businesses, the woman who holds clothing orTLlppen\"~in' p~1rti('s, and the anist who takes on freelance work from various publishingcomp,-In\l's.

People \\'h(1 work on a freelance basis 'hire out' their skills to anyone who will pay them. Afreelance photographer. for inst,.mce, may eithcr be contracted to do a specific job for anewspaper or may even take photographs of events on the chance that he/she nm sellthem.

The number of people in Britain \vho arc elassed as self-employed rose by 52% between1YH1 and 1q91 from 2.2 million to 3.3 million people - and most of them work on their o\vn(i.e. they do not employ other people) in many cases these are peopJe who have been faced\\'ith redundancy and who have used their savings or their redundancy payments, or takenadvanlages of one of the government schemes to setup on their own.

I. What is the ONE main idea of the passage?

2. Do all se1f-emplo cd people own property and stock?

3. Nole down two of the examp1cs of self -employment mentioned in the passage')

4. I !cm docs a frcclanccr rnDkc a lJVing?

5-6 The pussagc dvscrilws t\\'o particular job features of self -

employment. What are they?

\\/hat docs each of the rol1c)\ving underlined words or phrases refer to?

7. " and many afthem are classed as self-employed."(puragr8ph 1)

............

H. " roseby 52fY, between 1981 cmd 1991 from 2.2 million to 3.3 million people

Waragraph 3)

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Which words/phrases in the passage mean the foHawing

9. many..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10. does not only relate to ...................... ..................... .................Passage 2

A typical British family used to consist of mother, father and two children, but in recentyears there havc been many changes in family life. Some of these changes have been causedby new laws and others are the result ofchanges in society. In fact one ma.rriage in everythree now ends in divorce. This means that there arc a lot of onc-parent families. Suciety isnow more toJerant than it used to be of unmarried couples 8nd single parents.

Another ch8nge has been caused by the f8ct people arc Jiving longer nowadays, and manyold people Jive alone foIl owing the death of their partners. As a result of these changes in thepattern of peop)c's lives, there are many households which consist of onl.v one person or oneBdu]t and children. Members of a family - grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins _

kecp intouch, but they see less of each other than they used to. This is because people often moveaway from their home tcm,'n to work, and so the famiJy becomes Scattered.

In generaJ, each generation is keen to become independent of parents on estC1blishing itsown family unit, and this fact can lead to social as \ e]J as geographical

differences withinthe larger family group.

11. Docs a typicaJ British family have 4 members?

12-13. What arc the major causes of many changes in British family life'?

.................14. What has the new law resulted in?

15. Ilo\\' does the pattern of British people's lives change?

.............. ./'. ...........] 6. Did members of a f8mily see each other 1css often than they do now?

17. What is the cause of sociaJ and geographicaJdifferences within the larger family group?

\Vhat docs each of the foJIov.'ing underlined words or phrases refer to?

] 8. "Some of these have been caused by new laws and others are the result of changes IIIsociety" (Paragraph 1)

.................

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19. "Th.i~_means that there are a lot of one-parent families"? (Paragraph 1)

............................................................

20. What word in the passage means includes/is composed o.P...............

........................ ....................


Instructions: Complete the following passage with the missing words. Fill in eachblank with ONE suitable word only.

Dolphins and whales have larger (1)

evidence that they arc able (2) ......

............. than us. There is considerable

...communicate with each other and show

their (3) with sounds. Scientists (4)have worked (5)

dolphins consider them to be truly intelligent. Some (6)................... ..that they (7)

environment (8)

a diffcrcnt non-cven be more intelligent than us. Because their

... all their needs they have developed (9) ...

material way. But they (10) ..........still being.hunted and killed

PART 2: WRITING


Instruction: From the following suggested words and phrases in the given sequences,make all the changes and additions necessary to produce sentences, which togethermake a complete paragraph. Follow the example.

Example: my aunt / born / England/ now / shc / live / Pcrth / Australia

Answer: My aunt was bom in England, but now she lives in Perth, Australia.

Dcar Sir,

1. My wife / I / now / plan / holiday / next summer.

2. We / like / go / Italy/ two weeks.

3. Holiday / begin / ,July 15'" / we / return / July 29"'.

.................................. ...................................

4. My wife / dislike / travel / coach / we wish / go / air.

...........

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5. We / expect / stay / hotel/east coast.

............... .............

6. We / grateful/you / send / information/ details / charges.

............... ..............

7. I / trust / you / able / help / arrangements.

............ ......................

Yours sincerely,

Ii:. Smith

SECTION 2: SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION (15marks)

'Instruction: Use the words given to rewrite each of the following sentences in such away that it means exactly the same as the original sentence.

1. I'm always nervous when I travel by air.

Travelling.. .

2. lIe could not afford to buy the car.

The car. ..............

3. Although he had a good salary, he was unhappy in his job.

In spite. ...............................

4. I'm sorry I missed your birthday party.

I wish .... ...................... ........... .................

5. That restaurant is so dirty that no one wants to eat there.

It is such .... ......................

6. After fighting the fire for twelve hours, the firemen succeeded in putting it out.

The firemen managed .

7. We didn't go on holiday because we didn't have enough money.

Ifwe. ..............

8. The mechanic serviced my car last week.

I had............

9. The only v,ray you can bccome a good athlete is by training hard every day'.

Only by . ............

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10. He is said to have been in the French Foreign Legion.

People ......... ............ ................

SECTION 3:TRANSLATION (15 marks)


1. Ngon ngu cua khoa hQc la ngon ngu chung cua c(>ng dong quoc te.

2. May di$n toan d6ng m(>tvai tro quan trong trong xa h(>ihi$n dai vi no phl,lc Vl,lcon ngLioi trongnhieu JTnhvt,ic.

........................... .................................

................................ ..............................

3. Neu dan so the gioi tiep tuc tang va neu chung ta khOng giam lang phi, chung ta se chet dOlvi khOng cd du IUOngtht,lc.

............... ............. ....................

4. HI' thich song a mien que hon vi hI' yeu thich ve d~p thien nhien.

, ..................

5. Khi can Ire, ong toi thUong lam vi.;;c 12 lieng mqt ngay.

..............

...............


6. In thc past it was mistakenly thought that natural resources might never be used up

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

........................................

7. Modern life offers us a lot of comforts and conveniences that our grandfathers couldn'thave dreamt of.

. . . . . . . . . . . . ......................................................

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8. Do you think cars should be banned from the centre of the city to reduce air pollution"

....................

9. Cars, besides polluting the air, arc the cause of many accidents that kill or injurethousands of people a year.

10. One of the arguments in favour of lifeentertainment and that you can engage in in a city is that you

don'1 have toany cultural activities of your choicc. go f<lr for

...............

............... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

............. ................

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4. My sister I IS' years oldl want Ispend I year I England.

..............

5. She I not I mind I look I children I and I good I housework.

6. She I go I university I next year I study EngEsh .

.......................

7. Look / forw~Jrd / hear / you.

Stefano

SECTION 2: SENTENCETRANSFORMATiON

(15marks)

Instruction: Use the words given to rewrite each of the

following sentences in such a

way that it meansexactly the same as the

original sentence.

1. You '\vill be askcd a lot of questions at the

intcrvicv./.

They.

2. Tom said:" Ann has bought a neW car.

Tom said that......

3. In spite of not having eaten for 24 hours, I didn'l t"ecl hun~n

Even though..

4. We had hardly started when it began to rain.

Hardly. .............

5. Because it rainedheavily, they didn't

comc.

Because of........

6. I haven't enjoyed myself sa much for years.

It's..

7. You may be very inte1\igent, but yoU should be careful about this.

No matter..

8. I walked to school in 20 minutcs.

It took..

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9. He spent all his money. He even borrowed some money from me.

Not onJy....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

............10. My brother is t<]o young to go to school.

My brother is not........................ ............



1. Hay nhan tai chuc mung chan thanh nhat cua tal doi yal thanh cong cua anh lrong hQc ki yuaqua.

2. Tv dau den cuoi hqe kj, and da chung to Sl! cham chTva. thong minh cua anh

..............

3. Ngon ngG cua khoa hQc la ngon ngG chung cua c<)ng dong qUae Ie.

4. May di$n toan dong mQt va; tro quan trQng trong xa h(>i hi$n dai vi n6 phuc Vl,Jcan ngU6'i trong

nhieu ITnhvl,J.c.

5. Thanh pho Ho Chi Minh co Dan so khoilng mual trlau nguai. EJay co the la mot trong nhungIhanh ph6 pMt trien nhanh nh;ft thir giai.


6. Despite many difficulties and challenges, Vietnam has g8incd some significant economicachievement in the past year.

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Anh

7. A recent Japan B<:mk for International Co-operation (JBIC) survey ranked Vietnam as theworld's fourth most attractive investment marketplace.

...................................... ................

..............

8. However, Vietnam needs to further improve its business and investment environment sothat it is sufficiently competitive compared with other countries.

9. Constraints to business should be removed quickly so that Vietnam can nttract moreinvestment in the nexL five ye~1rs.

10. The key milestone for improvement of the Vietnam economy would hc its accession to theWTO next year.

,............

This is the end of Practice tes1 4

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Practice test 5

PRACTICE TEST 5PART 1: VOCABULARY AND READING

COMPREHENSION


Instruction: Choose the best word/ phrase in the box below to complete the sentencesthat follow. Each word / phrase can be used ONCE ONLY.

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---'- -rescued .-

\vhich so th8t--,-_.

,,---

knowledge

full

out

arnVe

ca!! on

1. Firemen ............ .severa} people from the top /loor of the bl.'!zing bUilding.

2. Her parents were very worried because she \vas .. so J<1tc that night

3. She can't get home.she has no money.

4. I shaH do the job to the best of my

5. "I'll ....... . you at 6 o'clock." said Alison.

6. I've put Mr. Benson's paper in your green file,is on \'Our desk.

7. They talked for three days before finally.to a decision.

8. l'm sorry I haven't got any.., \Vh} don't you try the b,mk')

9. Do you my turning the television on now?

10. You wilJ spend at least one year working abroadthings operate overseas. you Gin find out how

11. Could you lend me some money? I am very.of C<lsh ;It the moment.

12. I knew him.I \vas a child.

13. It was difficult to .. a date whicR \vas convenient for everyone

14. He was very upset by the.. of his t<:ngJish examination.

15. It's long time since he last saw his brothers and sisters.

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Read each passage carefully and the answer the questions that bellow.

Passage 1

Italy's fashion boom began in the 19505. Since then, fashion - clothing, textiles, and footwear_ has become It81/s biggest export industry, worth $30 billion a year. Milan is Italy's -fashioncapital'. It has been the most important centre for 'ready-ta-wear'

designer fashion since the

1970s. The top ltaliandcsigners - Armani, Versace, Valentino, Verre - all have their fashionhousesthere.

1. According to the P8SSagc, what is meant by fashion?

2. What docs $30 billion refer to?

3. What word is used in the passage to mean "aperiod of success'?

................................................,..........

4. Write the question for the following answer?

................

Annan-i, Varsace Valentino and Verre.

5. What docs "'there" in....all have their fashion house~ there." refer to ?

................................................................

Passage 2

Besides the daily newspapers, there are a number of Sunday newspapers, many of which arcconnected with the "dailies", though not run by the same editor and staff. The Sund8.y' papersare larger than the daily papers and usually contain a greater proportion of articles concernedwith comment and general information rather than news. The nationul daily and Sundaypapers have enormous circulations (the largest in the world) running into several millions ofreaders in ccrtain cases.

6. Are thc Sunday papers the same as the daily papers?..................

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ...............

7. What is special about the cont.cnt of Sunday papers?

....................................

8. What is the largest number of readers the national daily and Sund,ay papers may have?

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9. What does the word "lbg fIgilies" refer to?

10. Find the word in the passage that has the same meaning as "many'?

.......-..... ...............

Passage 3

Ever}' child in Great 13ritain between the age of five and fiftee~ must attend school.. Thereare three main t)-'pes of cduc8tional institutions: primary' schools, secondary schools, anduniversities.

State schools mT frct' , and attendance is compulsory. Morning school begins at nine o'clockand lasts for three hours, u0tiJ hulf past four. School is open five days a week. On Saturdayand Sunday! therc ;Jre no lessons. Therc'rc holidays at ~hrjstmas, Easter and summer. InLondon as in all cities I hcre'rc two grades of state schools for those who will go to work atfifteen: primary schools for boys and girls between the ages of five and cleven, andsecondary school~ for children from eleven to fifteen years.

The lessons 8re: reading, writing, the English language, English literature, EngJish history,geography, scicncli, Nature stud}', drmving, painting, singing, physical training.

11. What arc the three main types of educational institutions'?

.............

12. What arc the two grades of state schoo] f?r those who wiil go to work at fifteen'?

............ ........... ................13. How many subjects do children study at school?

............... ................

14. Are state schools free'?

IS. When do pupils have hulidays'?

........... ...............

Passage 4

Human telephone operators wm be replaced by talking computers. These computers willrecognisc speech, ask us what information we need, access the information from a database,and convert it to speech. If you want to book a flight or pay a bill by phone, you will interactwith a talking computer to do so. Human telephone operators will be used onl)' for morecomplex operations such as dealing with complaints or so~ving problems.

16. What will happen to human teJephone operators?

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17. Why are thcse computers referred to as talking computers?

. . . . . . . . . . . . .

18. Will wc still need human telephone operators in the future?

19. Fill in the blank with one ~uitable word froID the passage.

Talking computers will not compJctely..human tclephone opcrutors.

20. What word is used in the passage to mean' to change from one form to another form?


Instructions : Complete the following passage with the missing words. Fill in eachblank with ONE suitable word only.

When Tom decided to go (1) a holiday in England, he wrote to <l

friend of his (2} was living in Londoh and (3)if he

could meet him at the airport. The friend wrote back to say that he \\'ould be there. So Tom

,,\'a~ surprised \vhcn he (4)

turned up. He \valked around(5)

the airport to find that his friend had not

a short while and then. because he had

a slight headache, \vent into the restaurant (6) had a cup of strong

black coffee. After that he felt (7) ..better. lie bought a couple of

magazines at the bookstall and v,,'ent to the lounge to (8) .them.

He had just started to read his magazines when his friend arrived, with a young lady. Tom's

fricnd apologized for (9)late and (10) \vhut held happened.

PART 2: WRITING

SECTION I: CONTROLLED WRITING (lOmarks)

Instruction: From the following suggested words and pl1rases in the given sequences,make all the changes and additions necessary to p(oduce sentences, which togethermake a complete paragraph. Follow the example.

Example: my aunt / born / I,ngland/ now / she / live / Perth / Australia

Answer: My aunt was born in England, but now she lives in Perth, Australia.

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Dear Petcr,

1. I / sorry / not / write / so long.

...........

2. I / work / very hard / school.

...................................................................................................

.............

3. My course / finish / two week's Ii me,/ I / go / Scotland.

.......

4. If / enough / money / go / Ireland / as well

................ ..............

5. 1 think / best / way I practise / English.

.......................................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6. Be / possible / stay / you / couple / nights?

............

7. I / promise / not / bc / nuisance.

......................................

8. I / even / some cooking.

........................................................

................

Love,

Franz

SECTION 2: SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION ( 15marks )

Instruction: Use the \vords given to rcwrite each of the foJJowing sentences in such a waythat it means exactly the same as the original sentence.

1. r started work for the company a year ago.

I have been .........................

2. My suit nceds to be cJcancd before intcrview.

f must .........................

3. "You stole my best cassette, John" said William.

William accused ............. ...........................

4. Although he didn't speak Dutch, Bob decided to settle in Amsterdam.

Tai liAu un thi tikn J Anh

................

In spite of.....................

5. "Never borrow money from friends" my father said.

My father told me .........................

6. Who docs this bag belong to ?

Whose. ...................................................... ..................

7. It's a pity 1 didn't take my doctor's advice.

I wish....................................................................................

H. That was a silly thing to say!

What ............ ...........

9. I last 8m\' him v hen I was a student.~

I haven't ......................................................................... ................

10. We've run out of tea.

There. ............................. .................................................................... ........................



1. Chi sau khi t6i dQc bai lu~n cua t6i Ian thll hai thi t6i moi nh~n biet t6i da bo s6t m9t so diemquan trQng.

..............

............

2. Anh toi lal xe rat can th~n trang thanh pho vao ban d1>mde tranh gay tal n?M.

......................................

.........................................

3.Du lieh bang may bay thi tho"i mai hOn, ti~n IQIhon va nhanh hOn cae phuong tien khac ratnhieu.

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4. Dap may bay IU thanh pho Ho Chi Minh ra Ha Nqi chi mat khoimg hai tisng dong ho.

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5. Cae m$t hang xuat khau ella Vietnam gan day da tang rat nhanh.

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Translate the fonowing sentencesinto Vietnamese.

6. Whether life in the countryside is better than that in the city dependson each individual'spoint of view.

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:,... ............. ....................

7. Whenever you are, speaking and laughing arc always considered bad manners.

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8. Thanks to the invention of the labour-saving machines, the housewives spend Jess timedoing housework, have freedom and more leisure time.

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9.' We arc proud of our country's achievements in the fields of economic and culturaldevelopment.

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10. In the past, it was mistakenly thought that natural resources might never be used up.

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PRACTICE TEST 6



Instructions: Choose the correct word/phrase in the box below to complete thesentences that follow. Each word/phrase can be used ONLY ONCE.

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-_ are developing

surf the internet

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process proced ure \vithin

leave a message easily so ftware

asks trips journey thermometer

development is improving is recruiting are talking

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is writing"

requires arc speaking database

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you \vant to speak to isn't at home when you phone, you can

on the answering machine.1. [f the person

2. Every night I like tofor about an hour - you never know what

interesting information you will find on the \veb!

3. Those cars are cheaper because of theof new technology.

4. Success at the univcrsityhard work.

5. A measurestemperature. What docs a photometer measure?

6. How many businessdo you makc every year, on average?

7_ It was a very long because there was a lot of traffic on the road.

8. The company.... ........... " three new sales staff for its Hanoi office.

9. We , our activitics in the South.

10. Our new training programme....he spoken English of all our employees.

1 L I am sorry, but you tooquickly for me. Could you slow down a little?

12. Don't go into his office_ he an important report at the moment.

]3. We storc information about all our clients on a .

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14. Thc of copying and printing the document bikes about two minutes.'

]5. They promised to send us the goodstwo weeks.


Instructions: the reading consists of two passages. Read each passage carefully and thenanswer the questions that follow. Write your answers in the provided space.

Passage 1

Businessmen, consumers, and governments depend on loans. Businessmen often borrowmoney from banks that lend money to buy more equipment or to improve their business.Consumers sometimes need to borrow money, too. Most people harrow mODc.y'from the bankwhen they buy a car or a house, Governments also borrow money to improve industry andagriculture in their countries. Anyone who borrows money must pay interest i.e. they often paya certain amount monthly. The borrower must return the principal, which is the money thatwas borrowed.

Peoplc can usc the money they do not need right now to earn interest. too. Banks pay intereston saving accounts. Then banks can use the money. Intercst rates vary on different kinds ofsavings accounts. Usually, the longer the bank uses the money, the higher the rate of interest.

1. How can businesses get money to expand production?

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2. What common bank customers are mentioncd in the passage?

3. What does interest mean to a borrmver?.............................................................................................................................................

......................................... ........... ....................4. What arc the two things borro\vcrs must do?

............... .............................. ................5. What docs principal mean in this context? (Paragraph 1; Line 6)

6. What docs that in "money from banks that lend money to buy "(paragraph 1; Line 21 referto?

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7. Can people make money by putting their money in the bank?

................................... ...............8. What does interest mean to a lender?

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9. Find a word in the passage which means differ.

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10. What is the main reason for people's putting their money into the saving accounts?

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Passage 2

Personal computers are used in business and professional offices and at home to reducepaperwork. There are two important reasons for the increasing popularity of personalcomputers. First, there is a great deal of software for use both in the office and at home.Software for word processing and accounting improves office cff1cienc)' while programs forhousehold budgets, games, or educational activities arc used at home. Second, using apersonal computer is an individual activity that allO\vs the user to control and interact with the.computer.

The basic parts of a personal computer for the home arc a microprocessor and keyboard. Thereare, however, important additional parts cal1ed peripheral hardware. These arc a CRT (CathodeRay Tube) screen, a joystick, a printer, additional disk drives, and a modem.

1. What docs the passage tel1 us about?

r .......................................................... ...........................

2. Ilo\\' can offices and households benefit from personal computers?............... ................................

3. Iloware computers used at horne?

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4_

5. Name two popular uses of personal computers in offices mentioned in the passage?.................................................................................................................................................

6_ 7. Summarise the two reasons for popularity of personal computers in as few words as

possible.

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8. What word in the passage is closest in meaning to Software (paragraph 1; Line 4)'?.......................................................................................................................................

9. Find a word in the passage that refers to a situation in which computers arc liked bybusinesses and individuals?

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10. What is peripheral hardware?

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SECTION 3: READING CLOZE (IO marks)

Instructions: complete the following passage with the missing word. Fill in each blankwith ONE suitable word ONLY.

More (l) half a million British people have a second home in another country.

Many buy old (2) in the south of France, or in Tuscany, in the north of Italy. The

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Eurostar train, (3) goes from London to Paris (4)three hours,

makes (5) ..easy to go from one home to the (6)quiekly. The Noteman

family, who live in London, (7) got a small house in Gascony. They sometimes gothere (8) weekends, and they always spend the summer in France with their four

children. They really like living in France. The weather is usually good. They like the food and

the wine (9) the people are very friendly. They don't usually speak French when

they go out as most of their neighbours in the village arc (10)too.

PART 2: WRITING


Instructions: From the following sets of words and phrases in the given sequences, makeall the changes and additions necessary to produce sentences, which together make acomplete letter. Note carefully from the example what kind of changes need to be made.Write your answers in the space provided.

Example:

Answer:

I be happy / get / letter / offer me / j"b / your companyI was happy when J got your letter in which you offer me a job in your company.

Dear Mr. Duncan,

I / regret / inform / you / I / have / cancel/your visit rour ncw production plant/ 9.30/Friday morning / our Production Manager / be / unwell.

If / you / wish / we / he pleased / fix some other appointments / head office staff / the Fridaymorning. I / be grateful/you / could contact / secretary / Sandra Toycs as soon as possihle/make / neccssaf)' arrangements. /I / apologise / last minute change / schedule. I / hope / you / have / safe jOLlrne\. and / we !look forward / meet you / Friday.

Yours sincereJy,

Dear Mr. Duncan

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Yours sincerely

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SECTION 2: Sentence transformation (15 marks)

Instructions: Use tlie words given to rewrite each of the following sentences in such away that it means exactly the same as the original one.

1. I am sorry I didn't go to your party last night.

I apologized ,..............................................................................

2. Th-e sign on the side door says, "Do not enter," so we have to use a different door.

Nobody is permitted. .......

3. Britain has different kinds of newspapers.

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There arc.......................................................................... ............ .....................................

4. What is the height of the building?

How............................................................................................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5. I don't want to go out this ,:vening?

I'd rather......................................................................................... ......................................

6. If the factory doesn't move to a bigger location, it cannot increase production.

Unless .. ......................................................................................................

7. This boy is too young to see horror films.

This boy is not old................................. .............. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....................................

8. He is less clever than I thought.

He isn't as.................. .............. ~........................................................................................

9. I walk to my offiee in 15 minutes.

It takes me ...............

10. She asked "Have you ever met this man before?"

She wanted to know if....................................................................

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1.-2. Chinh phu da phe duy$t dtJ an xay dl,lng cau tren song Saigon noi lien trung tam thanh phoHo Chi Minh voi trung tam do thi moi Thu Thiem, quan 2 ( phe duyet; approve)

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3-5. Cong ty Motorola se me r('>ngkinh doanh e Vi$t Nam voi viec tung ra thi trLiang nhung sanph<'immoi trong nam nay baa gom dien thoiii di d('>ngva cac phLiGngtien lien lac ca nhiin. ( mor('>ng:expand; phLiong tien lien laic: communication devices)

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6-7. Saigon Tourist Holding Company will let five of its affiliates go public this year. The leadingtourism compan.y is awaiting the city government's approval over the appointment ofofficiaJs in charge of the cquitization.

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8-10. Among the new projects, the most capital intensive is aCanada mining joint venture. Projects with the highest capitalUS$126 million and SaigonMax with US$ I 00 million.

US$147.milion Vietnamirwn';\s(' 111 Sun Steel with

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PRACTICE TEST 7


SECTION 1: VOCABULARY


_. _m _m___ _m_m_ m__'m______

penSIon

more doctors

relationships

majority

most of which

pred iet usedtaxes

equipITIent we is becoming

current population

people

university

profits

rain'A!ater

in many

grad ual growth

school

- _"m_

,

1. One of the feat ures of London is the number of big stores,

found in or near the West End.

..are to be

2. . within the famil.v are different now. Parents treat their children as equals more

than thc\ used to.

3. Our go\'crnmcnt gives financial help to the elderl.y in the form of ...........................

4. Thc.. of the cit\' helps explain the fact that 110 Chi Minh City docs not

\1;-\\-(' just OIlC c('ntrc,

5. In ('\Tn industrialized ('ountr\ in the \\'orId the vast ......

out to \\'ork to earn their li\'ing.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . of population go

(). I'u IJlic scn'iccs arc provided for the good of society as a \-vhole, the money to finance them is

colkc1Cd IJ.\' the gmTrnment through ...

I. 1\1;111\' countries need bettef health care,, and mOfe medicines.

H. Doctors and nurses work through the WorId Health Organisation to prevent diseases, to

teach medica] people, clnd to provide medical supplies and .................

q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . education should be free and the state should pay

1he cust of students' accommodation, food, books.

10. The Internet, . .more and more popular and many people no\\! have access

to 11 ,It horne.

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11. In the last 100 years, t('chnolog)' has completely changed the way we live..

electricity', aeroplanes, television, and we have even been to the moon.............. ..have

12. Scientists..

this number of people might prove to be difficult.that by 2050 the population might reach 10 billion. Feeding

13. The world's .......................... .is around six billion.

14. Eco-friendly houses can collect..for washing.

15. The computer has become part of life in the last ten or fifteen years. It is....

business, science, education, and entertainment..in

SECTION 2: Reading Comprehension (30 marks)


Passage 1

Every British citizen who is employed (or self-employed) is obliged to pay a weekly contributionto the national insurance and health schemes. An employer also makes a contribution for eachof his employees, and the Government too pays a certain amount. This plan was brought intobeing in 1948. Its aim is to prevent anyone from going \vithout medical services, if he needsthem, however poor he may be; to ensure that a person who is out of \vork shall receive aweekI.v sum of money to subsist on; and to provide a small pension for those who have reachedthe age of retirement.

I-:\'er~'onc can register with a doctor of his choice and if he is iJ1 he can consult the doctorwithout having to pay for the doctor's services, although he has to pay a small charge formedicines. When a man is out of work, he may draw unemployment benefit until he finds \\'orkagain; this he \\'ill probabJy do by going to a clob Center. Obviously, the amount paid iscomparatively small, for the State docs not \\"ant people to stop working in order to draw ahandsome sum of money for doing nothing. There are special benefits for certain people, suchas mothers-tn-be, children, the blind and the handicapped.

The amount of mone,\"mone.y comes not from

needed to operate these schemes is enormous and a large part of thethe contributions but from taxation.

I. What t\\'o schemes or \\"c]fa re docs the passage telJ us about?

............

2. Who arc the contributors to these schemes?

3-4-5. What are the three fJurposcs of the schemes?

6. Can poor pcople gel frce doc1or's service?

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7. Who can enjoy special benefits?

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8. What docs "them" in "if he needs them' refer to? (paragraph 1)

9. What docs "this" in "this he will probably do by going to a Job Center' refer to? (paragraph 2)

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10. What word in the passage means "an amount of money paid regularl.', 10 someone \vho isconsidered to be too old to earn money by \vorking'?

........... .................................

Passage 2

The sun releases large amounts of energy. Most of the energy goes into space, but some of itreaches the earth. There arc several kinds of energy from the SUTl, hut these arc the two mostimportant: light and heat. Life qn earth depends on light for p1ants to grO\\'; and humans andanimals need warmth to live. Solar energy is not onl.\' unlimited but also i1 is clean. It docs notpollute air or water. Wh\ doesn't the world use more solar power?

It is still ver.'-' expensive to collect solar energy for use. Scientists around the world arc tr\ing to

find a cheaper way to collect it and change it into eJectricity for machines. For example,automobile engineers arc tty'ing to develop electronic cars that use solar PO\\Tr. Many buildingsarc using solar energv to heat their water nO\\'.

Universities and colleges give solar energy courses where students learnSOh1.r collectors. There arc also many books that explain the constructionespecially in the sllnny desert arcas of the worJd.

to build their O\\'nof solar collectors.

Scientists afe looking fOf other ways to use solar enerK\. For instance, they want to use solarcnergy to take the salt out of sea water. Pcople \\'ho livc in dry, dcsert areas near oceans needfresh water. Scicntlsts want to supply this fresh water I"rmn the ocean. I<.csean:hcrs in Mexicoand Abu Dhabi arc doing important work on desalination.

11. What docs the passage tell us about'?

........... .................. .................

] 2. What are two important kinds of solar energy?

............ .......................... ............ .............

13. What afe some important advantages of soJar energy?

............

14. What is ONE !Jig disadvantage of using solar.energy';>.....................

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15- 16. Name t\\'o of the uses'of solar energy mentioned in the passage?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

..p .................

17. What is the process of taking salt out of sea water callcd?...........

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18. What docs "if' in "but also it is dean" refer to? (paragraph I)

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19. What doc", "tlIat";n "...to devdop electronic cars that Use solar power" refer to') (Paragraph2)

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20. What expression/phrase in the passage is similar in meaning to "solar cncrgy"#?

. . . . . . . . . . .. ..............................................


Instructions: Complete the following passage with the missing words. Fill in each blankwith ONE suitable word only,

Mexico City is the oldest and (1)..............

exciting, beautiful, and magical (2)...............

..historical capital city in North America. It's c:m

...which for the past few years has becn

million people (4)...........

fighting against serious environmental problems. It has a (3)

............. .it's getting bigger all the time. (5)....of O\'(T 22

three times bigger (6) .....IS morc them

. . . . . . . . . . . . ...New York City and it's the lal'gest eit\ (7)..theworld. Every day, thousands of people mm/c in from the country to (0'.

t'orwork, (9) thcre aren't enough jobs for al1 of them, and the rcsuJrs IS extrcll1ch

(10) unemployment and over-population.

PART 2: WRITING


Instructions: From the following sets of words and phrases in the given sequences, makeaU the changes and additions necessary to produce sentences, which together make acomplete letter. Note carefully from the example what kind of changes need to be made.Write each sentence in the space provided.

Example: ] / be / happy / get / letter / offer / me / job / vour companyAnswer: / was happy when [ got your letter, in which you alTer !!Ie (f joh ill your COlllIHlI/Y.

Dear Karen

1. Thank / you / your letter.

........................................... .................2. I / really / look forward / see / you / summer / there / be / a kw thmgs

/ i like / a~~ /you.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3. What / be / weather / usually / like / summn / /Jr;tam? J';"'I' ",'..............................

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4. 1 I not know I what I pack I I I not have I very big suitcase.

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5. Can I come I meet I me I airport?

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6. If not I just let I me I know I how I get I station I you I can I pick up I there.

7. 1 I have lone more I question I . how much I money I I I bring?

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8. Is I easy I change I traveller's cheque?

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9. or I would I be I better I bring I cash?............

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10. Please I write I soon

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Lots of love

Debbie


Instructions: use the words given to rewrite each of the following sentences in such away that it means exactly the same as the original sentence.

Answer:

"Don't be so lazy!"

Darren told him not to be lazy.

Example:

"1. Don't go too near the edge," their father said.

Their father warned. .......................................................

...............

2. You took it without paying for it, didn't you?" the shopkeeper said to her.

The shopkeeper accused........................................................

3. "Let's go to this bar here," my friend said.

.....................

My friend suggested. ..............................................

4. It was a really bad joke. Nobody laughed.

It was such........................

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .................

..................

5. The reviews were very bad, but the film was still a big success.

Although. ............................................................................

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6. She wears the red blouse more often than the blue one.

She prefers..................................................................................

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7. She has been writing the report since 2pm.

She started. ............ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8. The man regrets not having bought that house

The man wishes. .......................... ..........................

9. I want to visit IIalong Bay this summer. Yet I do not have enough money.

If 1. .................................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10. The phone rang as soon as 1 went to bed.

No sooner. ............. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ...............................



1. Ha N(>ila thu d6 eua nUoe C(>ng hoa Xii h6i ehu nghja Viet Nam.

.......................

2. Ky hQp Quoe h(>i Ian 3 dii khai m?e vao thu 7 ngay 3 thang 5 nam 2003 tal Hii Noi.

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3 - 5 Doanh thu nganh du lieh tang khoang 10% trong bon thang dau nam, nhung giam mEjnh trongthang 4 do dieh SARS.

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Translate the following sentences into Vietnamese

6-8. According to the government report, aquaculture especiallyimportant part in economic restructuring in some areas. f fmvcver,techniques have led to uneven development within the industry.

shrimp breeding, plays anpoor pJanning and breeding

.................. ..........

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9-10. The report also said t.hat progress has beenreduction, settlement of land for prod lIction andresidents of nood-prone areas in the Mekong Delta.

made in education, job creation, povertyhouses for ethnic minority' people and

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enthusiasm relaxing out of

anything raises tel1ing

drink looking at da~.

for excited \vhat

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PRACTICE TEST 8




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Isilence

I

anxious

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laid

preven ted

anniversary

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1. M~' wife and I hm'(' nlways enjoyed ... .b~,' sea..

2. We ate our. meals inbecause nobody wanted to begin a conversation.

3. At the meeting we discussed this issue with enormous..

4. No. .is better at chess than chmet.

5. We arc. . to find <) good school for our children to attend.

6. ]t \vas too 13tc for.. to be done.

7. Whenever we met, clack avoided....me.

R. Maria needs to find another job. Her present company is goingbusiness.

9. Thc rainy \vcuthcr .us from going to the football match.

10. The boy does'n't do \\'ell in school......thing for longer than a minute or two.

..his inability to concentrate on anyone

\1.lk. . many dirferent kinds of DO\vers in his garden.

12. Where arc my keys? I... them here on the desk five minutes ago.

13. Wt' had a wonderful dinner last night to celebrate OUl 251h wedding.

14. The suggested remedy for the common cold is to rest and tojuice.

plenty of fruit

15. When I get home from work, I'mgoing to take a long, . .bath.

Practice test 8



Passage 1

Britain is too small and crowded to produce all the food its people need. British farm~produce large quantities of wheat, sugar beet, dairy products, beef and lamb, but more thelnhalf of Britajn'~ foodstuffs are bought abroad. The British industry requires rmv muterialsMost of these too have to be bought abroad. There are not nearly enough forests in the UKto keep the timber and paper mills busy, and there is very little iron ore for the steel milIs.Industries which need silicon, copper, zinc, cotton can only get them from foreign countries.Coal and North Sea oil and gas are the grea~ exceptions. British drivers fiJI up with Britishpetrol. Housewives cook with Uritish natural gas, and power stations and factories burnBritish coal, gas or oiL

1. Can Britain suppJy sufficient foodstuffs to its people?

2. What docs 'these' in 'most of these, too have to be...' refer to?

........... ................3. Docs Britain have silicon, copper, zinc and cotton?

............... ........... ..................4. What natural resources are plentiful in Britain?

...................

Britain cannot.

5. FiJI in the blank with one suitable word from the passage.

all the food for its people.

Passage 2

A study of 1500 employees in top American companies shows that m:lnagers spend onlyabout a qU8rtcr of their time managing. What do they do the rest or theIr time? Clerical,",<'ark. In man)' organisations management tries to pay for computer s}'stems b.v getting ridof clerical st8ff. But computers cannot do the work of sccrctClrics, so managers spend a lotof their time faxing, fi!ing and opening mail. How to solve the problem? If orgc_misationscannot afford to hire extra staff, it's time to cut down on pclPcrwork. For example, \vritesome reports less orten

~ or not at all. It's also ,J good idea io invest in a day or two oftraining so th8t you learn what your software cun do.

6. According to the stud.y, how do managers in top American companies spend 75';';, oftheir time?

7. Docs the introduction or computers lead to job losses in man) organi:>:atioI1S?

8. \Vhat probJcm du managers have after computer systems have been introdUlTd?

9. FiJI in the blank with one suitable word from the pnssage.

Faxing, riling and OpenIng mail arc. work.

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10. In case the company C<l11not, employ extra staff, what solutions to the problem arcsuggested in the passage?

Passage 3

The British are the most voracious ne\Vspaper readers in the world. They rcad newspapersat breakfast; they w8.1k to the bus reading a n('\\'sp~\per; they' read c\ ne\\.spapcr on the bus,(.-ISthey go to work; and on the way back home, after work, they arc engrossed in an eveningnewspaper. There arc muny "morning rapers", both I1cltional and provinciaL The most[(.-lillOUSis The Times. Contrary to what many foreigners believe, this is not a governmentne\Vsp,-lpcr. The various nC\vspapers usually h3"e

their own views on politics, but they are

not organs of the political parties.

11. What can you say about the I3ritish as newspaper readers?

12 Is The Times a go"crnrr.ent newspaper?

13. What <:\1T the nouns corresponding to the foJ]()\\iing adjectives?

provincinl .

national,

14. Do the various papers usu,dly represent the different political parties in Britain?

15. Which word (or phrase) tel1s us that the British spend their evening readingnewspapers?

Passage 4

Italy is the biggest exporter of c10thing and footwear in the I~uropcan Union. Footwcar has abigger export surplus than clothing, \\'ith a revenue six times higher than the value ofimporb. l~xpons reached <1 peak in

j 978 when they represented 20'Y.) of the total world

footwear trade. In 1992, !ta!y made 419 million pairs of shoes, and exported 33R miJJionpairs. Top of the market ure Ferragamo and Gucci.

16. Is Iwly the largest exporter of clothing and footwear in the world'?

17. What does the figure '338' refer to?

........................

lR. Which year is most successful for Italian exporters of clothing and footwear'?

................

19. What does 'they'in '..when they represented20(% of the tOtal \\'or1d foo1wcar trade'

. . . . .. .. . . .. ..' . . . , . . . .. .. . . . . . .. ... . .


Ferragamo and Gucci arc two Italian biggest. exporters.

4~

Pructice test R


Instructions: Complete the following passage with the missing words. Fill in eachblank with ONE suitable word only.

Water i~ neeess8ry for life. People can live only a fe\v days without (I). y'ct nearly

25 million people die each }'CRr because of it. Both industrial nations and less-developed (2)

.arc worried about the quality and (3).of water in the world. The

pure (4)

United Nations has named the 1980s the World Water Decade. The UN hopes to provide

industry use a lot of \vutcr, there is more (5)

for everyone by' 1990. Even though people, animals, 8griculturc, and'

(6).ellough on the Earth. One

distributed where the large population centres (7)

enough rain, but it is all in one (8)

the problems about water IS distribution. Water is not alway~

Some regions get

\vater, (9)

seasons. Over half the \\'"orld is without pure drinking water. 75%1 of city people have safe. t wo short rainy

(10)

.only 29\;1" of rural people do. About 80% of all Illness is related

. bad water.

PART 2: WRITING


Instructions: From the following sets of words and phrases in the given sequences,make all the changes and additions necessary to produce sentences, which togethermake a complete letter from Francis to his new penfriend, Maria. Note carefully fromthe example what kind of changes need to be made. Write each sentence in the spaceprovided.

Example: I be happy / get / letter / offer me / job / your companyAnswer: 1 was happy when J got your letter, in which you offer me a job in your company.

Dear Maria,

1. I / be / pleased / we / be going / be / penfriends./

2. I / tell / you / a little myself, / you / do same / when / write me. /

3. I / live / area / call / Maida Vale. /

...........4. it / be / quite near / centre / but / there be / parks

/ nearby /

5. 1/ go / local comprehensive school / 1/ have / a lot of friends./..................

-- --- - -

TUi Wu cJn[hi [ie'n Anh

6. evenings ( I sometimes ( visit ( friends ( stay ( home (listen music .(

...................... ..............................................................

7. "vcckends / llike / go swimming / horse-riding /..............

............. ..........................

8. mo~ent / I / work very hard / I / have exams / soon.;

............

9. I ( be ( spend ( a lot of time ( library.(

IO. I ( look forward ( hearing ( you.(

Writc soon!

I3est wishes,

Francis.


Instructions: Use the words given to rewrite each of the following sentences in such away that it means exactly the same as the original one.

1. I can't get m)' fect into these shoes.

Thcsc shoes arc too ..

2. Ilow long is it since they bought the house'?

When ..

3. No one has signed this cheque.

This cheque.

4. The office is so dirl~ that 110 one wants to work there.

It is such.

5. You should phone immediately; or else you won't get any information.

Unless you

6. 18m sorry. This is a non-smoking room.

You

7. "You'd bettcr not lend him an.y more money, Mark" said I~osie.

Rosie ad'\'iscd Mark.

8. "Why don't \\'C go to the cinema '?" said Bob.

Bob suggcsted..

9. Although he had a good salary, he ,\",'as unhappy in his job.

In spite of .

10. Marry cats very little so as not to put 011 weight.

Mary cats very little because ........... .............

Prac1ice test 8


Translate the following sentences into English

1. Viel Nam la mc)t trang nhung nlidc san xua t tra Idn nhal the gidi.

2. Tra Viet nam dliqc lia chuc)ng 0 nhieu nlidc.

3. Nam 1998 Viet Nam xuat khau he5n 30.000 Ian Ira.

4. Chinh ph" da chap thuan mc)t ke ha<,1chnham tang gap ba sOluqng tra xuat khau.

...................

5. Thea ke ha<,1chnay Viet Nam sa xuat khau khaang 100.000 tan tra vaa nam 2010.


6-7. Advertising is big business. Ad companies buy time on radio and TV to sell their

products and services. This money supports the TV and radio stations. Most of the costs of

magm;ines and newspapers is also paid for by advertising.

B-IO. 1\ walk designed to raise funds to support disabled people took place in IIn Chi Minh

City early this month. The event called the Walk for the Poor Dis<Jblcd \vas orgnniscd by the

HCM City J(:ed Cross Association, with strong support from various local business groups.

...........................................................................

..................

.. .. . . . . . .. .. . ............

This is the end of Practice test H

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TiJi lifU dn lhi tie'ng Anh

PRACTICE TEST 9




produced stay fit arrange a meeting it

six-month cont.ract to Jj.\. an appointment iHegal lies

Although is made bu siness card safe trip

closed down taking the risk In spite of there

growing demand healthy check lnto number of jobs

1. Only wine which

labe11ed 'champagne'.

in the Champagne region of France can be

2. I see from your .... ........... ..t.hat .','our company' has offices in Paris, London, and I~ome.

3. I will telephone you next week and, if you arc interested, \VC can

4. Have a....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..back to P;nglandl Thank you.

5. You mustn't park here. It's ..... ............................

6. Next year the factory wi11 employ a lot of people. The........................ will increase

by' over 6(/io.

7. My father lost his job because his company.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..........

8. ........... ... won't be enough room if everyone comes.

9. lie tried to . a hotel, but the receptionist. refused to accept his credlt canl.

10. The city, with a population of 300,000,only twenty miles from the volcano.

11. It's not worth unless wc can make a big profit.

12. I do exercise three times a week in order to ..................

13. .. being excited about the good news. Mark seemed to be indifferent.

14. In 1992, with the. the company built a new factor.\" to increase its production.

15. We \\.'ant to hire him on a .. ..................

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Practice lest/)

SECTION 2: READING COMPREHENSION (30 marks}


Passage 1

Traffic congestion in cities wil] be reduced because ddvers will Lise e1cctronic route maps tofind the quickest route to their destination and avoid traffic jams. Congestion will also decreaseafter electronic s.ystems start charging motorists for driving in cities. 1\ssoon as motorists haveto pay to drive in cities, the}' will stop using their cars and use pubJic transport instead. Spccd-control systems wilJ be built into cars. These systems will regulate the speed of the car to takeaccount of traffic and \\'Cather conditions, and prevent accidents. It will be many years be fan'their changes bring results but when the.y' do, there will be a dramatic improvement in roadsafety.

1. I low can electronic route maps help reduce traffic congestion on cities in the future'?

. , . . , , , . . , , , . . , , , . .............

2. What wiIJ drivers have to do if thcy want to drive in cities?

............ , ,............. ..........

3, Ho\\' useful arc speed control systems?

.., ,', , ,.,.."..."".."..

"......4. What docs 'these' in 'These systems will be built in cars' refer to?

, . . . . , , . . . . . , . . . . , . . , , . . . . . . . . . . , . . . , . . . ,

S, 110\\ soon wi1l improvcment in road safety be made?

." ,',..,',..,.,...,...,...".,., ", ,,...,., .................

Passage 2

The Italian fashion industry is very flexible, and it has remained competitive because it hasbeen able to react quickly to changes in. the market. However, - in recent .vears, production costsin Italy have been rising, and imports have been growing faster than exports. Mid-pricedclothing in particular has been facing growing competition from countries in the Far East,South America, and Eastern Europe, where labour costs arc lower. The export market hasremained strong, howcver. In 1992, the va1ue of" cxported clothing was $6 billion, more thant\vice the value of imported clothing,

6. What does the passage tell us ahout?

.."""...,,,.,,...,, ,,. ,...",................ ..........7. Why have imports been growing faster than exports in Italy in r{,l'cnt years?

...............

8, Which countries arc the competitors of the l1aliHn fashion industr.\'"?

9. What docs the rigure 'S 6billion' refer to'?

...............

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Tdi lifU on thi ti€'ng Anh


Production costs in the Far East, South America, and Eastern Europe are..................than those in Italy.

............

Passage 3

The government in Japan has set up twenty - six research cities, or 'technologies' to study newtechnologies. Scientists and entrepreneurs will live in these cities, and each city will carry outresearch of different kind. The Japanese government will spend over $2.5 billion on each city.Private businesses will pay for research and development costs as well.

11. According to the passage, what arc 'technologies?...........

12. What is the main business of these cities?................................

13. Who finances the construction of the cities?

.................. ............................................

14. lIow will private businesses help scientists and entrepreneurs in the cities?

.........................................................................................................................................

15. Write the question for the answer below?

.............................................................................................................. ?

$2.5 billion

Passage 4

In the 70s and 80s, most managers expected to continue working until retirement at sixty orsixty-fivo. But now, the situation is changing. Since the beginning of the 19905, manymanagers in their forties and fifties have lost their jobs. The reason for making managersredundant is a company buy-out or restructuring. 1\1so the recession of the late 1980s andearly 1990s caused many redundancies.

16. lIow long did most managers work in 70s and 80s?......................

17. Can most managers work as long as those used to?

...................................... ............

18. What makes managers redundant?

................. ............................................................ ...............

19. What word is used in the passage to mean 'job losses'?

.................................................

20. What docs the underlined word in 'the situation is changing' refer to?

...................................................

Practice test ()


Complete the following passage with the missing words. Fill in each blank with ONEsuitable word only.

We talk about time every day. We measure (l) .......................... by second, minute, hour,

day', \vcek, month, year, and century. But what is thc time? No onc can say exactly \\/hat it is.

~) ..........................

We (3) ...............

important. It (4)

have to (5) .. ............

is one of the greatest m.\,"steries of our lives.

know exact])' \\'hat time is, but our ability to measure it is very

our way of life possible. /\11 the members of a group

time in some wa}'. Time let us put things in a different

order. We know that breakfast comes (6) .............................

after the writing class. Children can't play (7) ..................lunch. The reading class is

They (8) ............

enables us to organise our Jives. The earliest people saw changes of the moon, and the seasons.school is over. Time

inventing clocks. The Chmese (<J)

Clocks as we know were probabl\' developed (10)

Europe in the thirteenth century.

.. mcasunng their I1ves by these changes. Then people startcd

a water clock in the eleventh ccntury.

very religious people in

PART 2: WRITING


From the following suggested words and phrases in the given sequences, make all thechanges and additions necessary to produce sentences, which together makp a completeparagraph. Follow the example.

Example: my' aunt / born / England / 110\\/ she/ 11\"('/' Perth / Austr~llj(l /

Answer: My aunt was born in England, but nO\\ she livcs in Penh. Austnllia.

1. I/likc / apply /position i Sales DIrector /.....................

2. 1 / be / 39 / an MI3/\ degree / University o! /Jenver / Colorado /

...........................

3. I / get / degree / 1998 /

................................................... ...............

4. I / speak / fluent / English / French / have / good knowledge/ Spanish /

5. I / work / France Telecom / SInce 1'192 /

.............

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Teli liru {}n thi tiltng Anh

6. I ( be ( in charge ( international cable projects (....................

7. I ( be ( married ( six years (

..........................................................

8. I ( work ( weli ( other people (..............

9. I ( be ( happy ( work (long hours if neeessary(...........................................................................................................................

10. Please ( find ( enc10se ( curriculum vitae (................................................



1. "It certainly' wasn't me who did this" said Peter.

Peter denied. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ...................

2. She finally managed to get a job.

She finally succeeded.............................. ................................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3. "You look exhausted. You need a holiday" said the doctor.

The doctor advised...........................................

4. Ill' asked a little boy how old he is.

"Ifow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'(" he asked a little boy.

S. I \\"ork in a factor.\ which has more than a thousand emp1oyecs.

There. ............. .......................... ............................

6. Who does this book be10ng to'?

Whose............................. ............. .. ?

7. My suit needs to be ironed before the interview...................................................................

8 Mr. Smith is 7S years o1d, but he runs 5 kilometers a da)".

i\lthough ................................................

9. 1'\'1ysister speaks English bettcr than me

I don't :;pcuk English as

10. The tca is \'en' hot I can't drink it.

,

..............................................

The tea is too.. ............. .............................

Practice test Y



1. Thilnh pho Ho Chi Minh Iii mQI thilnh pho Ire so voi Hil Noi.

........................... ,...

,.....................................

2. Hil nQi Iii mQI trang nhO'ng thilnh pho Ion nhal Vi",t Nam.

.................

..................

3. Dan so cua thilnh pho vila khaang 5 trieu ngtJoi.

4. Trang nhO'ng nam vlia qua, thilnh pho co nhieu thay d6i Ion.

................

5. Muc song cua ngtJoi dan cilng ngily cilng caa.

...................


6-7. In the United States, the powcr of the unions is decreasing. There arc clear signs that thcvare losing their hold on workers.

......................... .......................

...................... ............. ..........

8. When a British citizen reaches the age of 65, he may retire from work and thcn he has theright to qrav.' a state pension. For women, the age of retirement is sixty.

9- 10. Stress creates problems for the individual and the organisation. But emplo~'Crs ignorethe effects on the \vorkpJace: absenteeism, poor work and dangcrous health and safety factors.

........................

...........

Th1s is the end of Practice Test 9

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Ttii li?1l (In thi tie'flX AnIT

PRACTICE TEST 10


SECTION 1: VOCABULARY (15 marks),f


~..

de]iver ship

qualifications

sCilnncd

take rcso]ve

repair keep

climatic

manage

competition

switch off make ca11s trip

helmet

coopcra te

offer money

send cardsturn on contact

_._ m__

..changes affect world food production.

2 ..is the basis of the free enterprise system.

3. Countries n(:ed to.. ..to solve the world's food shortage.

4. In m.]_ny countries. it's normal to.. ..at Nc\v Year, or on hirthdays.

5. Coordination is 1mportallt 10.. . ..an org<-:mization together.

6. What.. ..do you need to he a te;\Cher in your cOLlIltr)''?

7. flow was ,\'our.. . to Paris last weckend? Did you havc a good time?

8. You can still rind public telephones hut many people no\\'adays prefer to use a mobile

phone to..

9.} Our machines isn't working again; can you send someone to.. .it.

10. What day can you. . the goods to oLlr factory?

11. Before )'ou take a plane, your luggage IS always..

aren't carr.yin.g any dangerous objects.

..to check YOLI

12. We wiJ] try to.. ..the problem in the quickest possible time,

13. On a plane you must.. .......... ..mobile phones before take-ofr.

14. On construction site you have to wear a ........... .to protect your head.

15. In many companies you .cannot.. .ho1i(hlYS at busy times.

Pmc/ict! /t!st 10


Instructions: the reading consists of two passages. Read each passage carefully and thenanswer the questions that follow. Write your answers in the provided space.

Passage 1

Until now, the computer has becn used most often in husilH'SS, \\-here it was first used foraccounting. This is stiJJ its most common Use, The COl11pU!ers Gill do inventory for business.That is, it can Jist and remember the number or products t!Jat the business buys and sells. Itcan also_ calculate the average cost of each inventory item and the total vaJue or the products inthe store. It can teJl the businessmen when they necd to buy more. The computer can Hlsomake the payrolJ for the empJoyees. It can count the number of hOLlrs that employecs worked.calculate their salaries, and make the check to pay them. 1\.LH1,-lgement uses it to preparebusiness reports and to nJake decisions. Jt can predict the future or Il1e IJusiness so themanagement can use the information when it has to make IInport,lnt dec!sioJjs.

]. What title would be suitable for the passage?

..................................................................

2-5. The passage describes computer uscs in four specific arC,IS or business. \Vhat arc they?

........................

6-7. What is done when the computer docs inventory'#?

..................... ..............8. I low can the computer help managers to do their work?

...........................

9. What does it in "It can tell the businessmen..." refer to?

..............................................................................................................

10. What word in the passage means to find out how much something wi11cost'?

........................................

Passage 2

PeopJe of working age can be divided into three groups: the empJoycd, the sclf--employcd, andthe unemployed. 1\t the end of 19808, Britain's total workforce was about 26 miJJion, about t\\Othirds of the adult population. Of this number, around 3 miJIion peopJc were self-empJoyed,and there was about 2 mi1lion uncmplo}'cd. About 4UX} of the work forces arc women, aproportion that is graduall}' growing.

As in many countries, there has been a gradual swing from employment in the manufacturingindustries to jobs in service industries such as banking, insurance and finance sector, whichincreased by 50%). The number of workers in transport, howcver, has dccJincd.

] 1-13. What are the three types of working people in Britain?

......................]4. How large was the adult population in Britain in late 1980s?

.....................................................................................

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15. What docs this in "Of this number," (Line 3) refer to?

..................... ,........................ ...............

16. What docs a proportion in "a proportion that is gradually growing" refer to') (Paragraph 1;

Line 5)

............... . . . . . . . . . . .. ................................................................

17. Arc the female workforces going up in Britain?

..............................................................................................................

] 8. Which sector of the 13ritish economy has more jobs to offer?

19. Has the swing from employment in the manufacturing industrics to jobs in serviceindustries taken place only in Britain?

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............

20. What word in the passage is closest in meaning to change?, ............................


Instructions: complete the following passage with the missing word. Fill in each blankwith ONE suitable word ONLY.

Malcolm Traccy' doesn't go to work: he only leaves his home to (1)......on holiday

on the Caribbean with his family. But (2)..

about money, and (3) to

........... IS a mil1ionaire. lie writes books

make a lot of it. llis new book IS (4)

(5)" Easy Money: lIow to make money without getting out of bed. Malcolm

in a large house in Bray, a town about 40 kilometers from London. He gets up

at about 9 o'clock in the morning. and has (6)...\vith his family. After breakfast.

he drives (7). children to school In his white l~olls l~oy"Ce, and reads the

newspaper in his garden (8) ...lunchtime. !\fter lunch. he buys and sells on the

internet. lIe finishes work at 4 o'clock (9) ..his children come home. "I've got a

simple system for making money" Malcolm says "It doesn't work for everybody. But it

(10).................. . .for me"

PART 2: WRITING


Instructions: From the following sets of words and phrases in the given sequences, makeall the changes and additions necessary to produce sentences, which together make acomplete letter.Note carefully from the example what kind of changes need to be made.Write your answers in the space provided.

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Practice test ]()

Example: I be happy / get / letter / offer me / job / your company

Answer: I was happy when I got your letter in which you oJfer me a Job In your company.

Dear Sam

Your mother / I / very surprised / hear / your job offer / IPC, /we / rea]]y think / if you / not

finish / degree course / you / regret / in the future.

you / have / big problem / money / the moment? / If / be / question of money, / then / I / be/send / you / some more / - you know / we / be / always happy / help you.

It / be / very difficult / communicate / e-mail, / and you / be / never there / ".(' / call you. /Why / you / come down / see us') / We / talk / all this / more detail.

Love Dad

Dear Sam

......................................... ...............

.....................................................................................

................................ .....................

...........................

.....................

................................................. ............... ............

............................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .......................

.......................................................... ............

...............................................................................

......................... ..............

...............................................................................................

..............................................................................

............................................................................

...................................... .............. ............

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............

Love Dad


Instructions: Use the words given to rewrite each of the following sentences in such away that it means exactly the same as the original one.

1. "Why don't you take a hoJiday')" she said to me.

She suggested....... ............... ............. .................. ................................

------- -----

Tell Ii~u rJn thi titnx A.nh

2. "If r \'..'ere you, I would take an intensive course in English." her friend told her.

Her [riend advised............... ............

3. This entrance examination IS so important that thc.y have decided to spend all their frcetime studying for it.

So important. .............

4. Overseas tertiary! education is too expensive for most school leavcrs in Vietnam.

In Vietnam most schoollcavers cannot.................... .................

5. My. brother is better at languages than me.

I am not as...

6. f started working for the compan.\ ] 2 -,"Cell'Sago

I havc..

7. It is not necessary to stay Lip latc ('\'cry" night to study for the' eX<lIll.

You should..

8. He didn't succeed in the exam simply because he did not work hard enough.

lfhc had..

9. Many university students find it hard to communicate their idcils in writing.

ThCl havc difficulty.

]0. ,o[phoned the office Rnd let them know that I \\as going to be Jat{' berore I left"

She rcmcm bel's..



1-5. Trang chuyen tham Viet Nam, Mike Zafirofski, chu tlch va glam doc hang Motorola cho bietriing hang se tang cac ho"t dong tiep thi va hc,Jp tac voi cac nha phan phoi dla phuc,Jng de co thetham nhap sau hc,Jnnua vao thi trLlang nay.

(GOI Y: tham nhi)p thi trLlang : penetrate a market; nha phan ph61: distributor)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............

............

...........

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Practice lest fO


6-7. Vietnam attracted fresh foreign direct investment of US$71O million in the first quarter, up25% on the same period last year.

..................................................................................................................

.........................................................................................

.............................................................................................

8-10. Nissho Iwai Nichmen in Vietnam have merged into a new company named SojitzCorporation. Following the renaming of NichimenjNissho Iwai into Sojitz, the company willcontinue to operate in promotion of trade, inv('~~mcnt, and infrastructure construction.

.................................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

,.. ...........

................................

This is the cnd of Practice test 10

Tdi li~u on thi tie'nX Anh

PRACTICE TEST 11




. -------------------

about

with

competition

produces

quality convenient

increased something

include

goods

ways

which

it fight

comfortable

anythingconsist traveller

they

and--------- - - ------------

1. He is a frequent visitor to Vietnam, and a frequent by Vietnam AirJines.

2. Nestle is based in Switzerland. It produces coffee............... ..chocolate.

3. Phillip Morris is an American company which.............

include Marlboro cigarettes.

.................. ..tobacco. Its products

4. The company is now a multinational a vast network of joint venture

companies, distributors and subsidiaries.

5. The company's brands a number of famous names like Johnnie

Walker, Bell's Scotch whisky, and Gordon's gin.

6. Is possible to socialize with employees from different levcls of the company'?

7. What is different socializing with friends and socializing with colleagues'?

8. What are the common of socializing with business colleagues?

9. "Timing is everything" means that the most important factor to success is often not what is

done, but when.. is done.

10. Welcoming visitors involves making people feel relaxed-and in a new environment.

I1.Businessc~ have to meet the needs of their customers whether they provide.....

or services.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

12. is an important feature of a market economy.

Practice test J J

13. It is usually argued that a large number of businesses competing with cach other will

produce a cheaper product of better ..................................

14. Firms are always looking for new products or new ideas will sell, so

allowing the company to grow.

1S. As the Japanese economy grew faster during the late 1980s, the company"s

income. ... ... ... significantly.


Read each passage carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Write youranswers in the provided space.

Passage 1

Paul I~eynolds has the best of all worlds. He is one of three partners in March, a marketingconsultancy. Most of their clients are in information technology and cable, and the cJient Jistincludes ICL. United Artists, and BUPA. The company has a staff of 15 at its head office inKingston-upon-Thames, and has an annual turnover of nearly 2 million. The company'produces annual reports, brochures, newsletters, and point-of-saJc material for their clients.The deadlines arc often very tight.

1. What business is Paul Reynolds in?

.............................................2. Name some of the company's major clients

.........................3. Where is March based?

............ ........................................... .................4. What docs the underlined v.lord in the sentence refer to?

"Most of their clicnts arc in information tcchnoJogy and cable

,............... .............

5. Find ONE \\lord in the passage which means a date or time by which you have to work or dosomething

............ ............................................ ...........

Passage 2

Peter works from his home. He wastes less time travel1ing than most people, and he spendsmore time working. "My job is not 9 to 5," says Paul. At the end of the day there is no drivehome, and he can continue to service his clients on the other side of the \vorld throughout thenight. Because of the time difference, his clients in the US and the Far i,ast need to talk to himlate at night. lIe is connected to his office with a modern and a special cable for his faxmachine. lie has two phone lines, one for outgoing calls and one for incoming. With a]] thistechnology, his home is better equipped than many people's offices!

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6. Why docs Peter waste less time travelling than most people?

..........

7. Does he usually work at night?

............ ...............

8. In what wav is his home better equipped than many peop1e's offie.es?

................... .................. ...........

9. Write the question to match the Hnswer bclo\v

..................... . . . . . . . . . .. .............. .......... ...............

Two phone l1nes.

10. Which word in the passage means "not normal \vorking hours",?

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...........................

Passage 3

Americans arc very interested in thcir health. People in the U.S are exercising more andwatching their weight. These days, most Americans arc careful about the food they cat. In fact,the news is filled with information about the things that are good or bad for you. Today, manydoctors feel that good health comes from moderation. This means not to take or do too much ofanything. lIere arc some hints for good health:

Eat a good diet.

Don't s]eep too little or too much.

. Exercise daily.

Don't smoke.

Don't drink too much coffee.

11. Arc Americans health - conscious peoplc'2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .......................... ...............

12. What belief regarding good health do most,doctors hold'?

.......... .......... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...........................

13. What does the underlined word in the sentence "good health comes from moderation"mean'?

.....................

14. According to the passage, \vhat are two things people arc advised to do to sta:y healthy?

.............................

15. Which ONE word in the passage is similar in meaning to ADVICE?

~ .................................

Passage 4

Computers ate part of the American way of life. They arc now found everywhere in the U.S - in

offices, banks, schools, stores, and homes. The personal computer (pC, for short) has become

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popular in the past ten }'ears. PCs are now in thousands of offices and homes across thecountry. The centre of the computer industry in the U.S. is Silicon Valley. Silicon Valley is thepopular name for a beautiful area in northern California. This area got its name from the wordsilicon. Silicon is used to make computer chips (integrated circuits). Today, hundreds of smalland large computer companies and thousands of engineers make Silicon Valley their horne.

16. What fact shows that computers arc part of the American way of life?

17. Where is the centre of the U.S computer industry?..............

..........................18. What arc computer chips?

.........................................................................

19. What docs the underlined word in the sentence below refer to?

"This area got its name from the word silicon ........................

20. What phrase in the passage can be used to replace the underlined part in the sentencebelow':>

"I Iundreds of smaJI and large computer companies are located ill Silicon Vallel('

........................ ........................... ..........



Basketball is (1)...

189] in Springfield, Massachusetts. The (3).........................

popular American game. It was (2j111

in each ... The object of basketball is to score (5)

points as possible hy shooting (or directing) the ball straight (6) ...

(7) is a game played by boys and (8) ...................

..is played with five players (4)

.many

.the basket.

in high school also (9)..Students

sports in the U.S. In fact, (IO)are teams in most large American cities.

it. Professional basketball is one of the most popular

PART 2: WRITING


Instructions: From the following suggested words and phrases in the given sequences,make allthe changes and additions necessary to produce sentences, which togethermake a complete paragraph in a memo Follow the example.

Example:

Answer:

I be happy / get / letter / offer me / job ,/ your cornp;-IllY/

I was happy Iurzen I yot your letter. if! whicll you oJj(>r !lie ({ joh i1l .l/0/(r COfflj)(I11Y.

- -- - - -

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Dear Patrick,

1. I wonder / could / you / help me. /

............................................................................................................................................

2. colleague / minc / Brigitte O'Brian / be moving / New York / be looking / job)

.....................................................................................

3. This / be / her background: /

.......................................................................................................................................

4. She / leave school / 1980 / train / clerk / ABC Pharmaceuticals. /

...............-...........................................................................................................................-

5. She / finish / her training / 1982 / work / this company / 4 years. /

...................................................................................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6. 1988/ she / join / our company / senior clerk./

.......................

7. 2 years later / become / assistant manager / export department)

....................................................................................................................................

8. evenings / she / take computing / language courses)

....................................................

9. she now / speak / fluent English / some Spanish. /

................................................................

...........

:0. She/ be / very good worker/ 1 / recommend her. /

............................................................................................................................................

If you need further information, I can ask her to complete C.Y.

Thank you for your help.

Best wishes,

Harry


Instructions: Use the words given to rewrite each of the following sentences in such away that it means exactly the same as the original sentence.

1. "Ilow much does the book cost?" she asked me

She wanted to know.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .......................... ................

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2. She can speakl':nglish more fluently than me.

I can't .........................................................................

3. They will change the date of the meeting

The date..............................................................

................... ..........

..................

4. [am sorry [ can't attend the meeting tonight

[wish................................................................................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5. I explained very slowly. I wanted the man to understand what I said

[ spoke very slowly so that..............................................................

6. I last sa\v them whcn I was on busincss in Ha noi

I haven't.. .... ................ ...........7. " Are you considering opening a branch in the north?

" she asked meShe wondered............ ....................................................................... ..................

8. The director told the secretary to type the letter.

The director 'had..................................... ........................... ....................... ...........

9. We had a great time at the opening ceremony of Tectron.

We enjoyed............. ..................................................................

10. She was late, so she misscd some important points in thc lecturc

If she.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .................



1.Gia vang tang toi 298.5 do la My III mue trung binh 260 do la My trong vong 2 nam qua.

.................. .................

................. ................................

.................................... ............................................. ....................................

2.Thimh pho He Chi Minh 1£1thanh pholon nha:t eua Viet Nam, va luon gill vai tre 1£1trung tam kinh Ie

3. Hdn 30% tong hang hoa eua ca nUoe dUde san xuat tai thanh pho He Chi Minh.

......................

......................

.................

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4. Mot nua kim ngach xuat khflu cua Vi.;.t Nam tU 2 san phflm gao va dau tho.

.............................................................................................

"., ,..,.,.,., ,.,.,.,...,.,.,.,."

.,."..., ,..,.,..., " ,.., ,..,.-'.' , ,.,., "..., ,...,.,.,...,., ".,.

5. Vi.;.t Nam la tMnh vien cua t6 chUc ASEAN tU name 1995.

, ,.,...,., ,., ' ,.,.,.,., ,.,.,.,., ,.. .,...' , ,., ,...,...,.. , ,......

..,..,., "".,." ,.,..,.,., ,.,..,...,',.", ,."" ",..,.

, ,..,.. , ' , , ,..,.... ..,..,.................


6. Companies are a very important part of a country's economy. Businesses produce goodsand services, and they come in every shape and size.

, ,............................................. , , , ,.........

. . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., . . . . . . , ............

.., , , ............ . . . , . . . . . . . . .

7. in very large firms the shareholders have very little to do with the day-to-day running of thefirm. This is left to the management.

. . . . , . . . . . . .

, . . . . . . . . . . ., , ,................

, ..., ,

8. Work relations with other people at the place of work indude relationships with fellowemployees, \vorkers or colleagues.

,...,............................................

,................

, .............

9-10. The 'atmosphere' of the workplace can influence the effcctjn~ncss or a ('ompan.v'scmp1o\ecs. Modern offices are more spacious and bettcr lit, heated, ventilated and air-conditioned than in the past.

. . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............................................................

, , ,..


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PRACTICE TEST 12



Instructions: Choose the best word/phrase in the box below to complete the sentencesthat follow. Each word/phrase can be used ONCE ONLY.

I

I

will not

I inelude

-make whieh call of

socializing ho\Vever \vhich

If Developments Income for

do sound leader economical )

growth losses medium because~,~ ~-_..__._-_..

1. Many people don't listen properly,.

about the next thing that they want to say themselves.they"rc too busy thinking

2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... you're invited to someone's house, you should take a small girt of some kind.

3. It was a small town like thousands of others and life had hardh changed there.. centuries.

4. Without further financial support immediately, completion of the construction programmeon schedule be possible.

5. Industry has been growing fast in East Asia. Industnalbeen par'licularly rapid in China.

has

6. in hard\vare have made computers available to almost e\"Cry"one.

7. Users can have the computer .,.., almost anything from organi%ing records andprinting out compJex graphs to teaching reading and playing games_

8. New telecommunications products and services no\\" on the ITl<lrkcttouch easier than ever before.

staying in

9. Elcctrix is a world in the field of electronics.

10. Because of lack of the information on the ne\\" contract, the director decided to

the meeting.

] 1. Your explanation docs not rcasonable.

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12. The English language is an effective of international communication.

13. Ali's company suffered so many that he \vcnt out of business.

14. .............. . tax is a tax on the money people earn.

15. I'll recommend you a car with very low petrol consumption. It's very.. ............


Instructions: The reading consists of four passages. Read each passage carefully and thenanswer the questions that follow. Write your answers in the provided space.

Passage I

Levi's was founded by Levi Strauss - a German immigrant, who arrived in San Francisco in1R53. The company has-,", factory in France. It employs about 540 people who produce 18,000pairs of jeans per day. With thirty-five factories in the US, Levi's is a major employcr,particularly' in the South. Unfortunately, because Levi's are such a popular product that therearc many 'pirate' copies made also. In 1993, for example, police throughout the \vorld found2,000,000 fake pairs of Levi's jeans

1. Where docs Levis Strauss originally come from?

................................................... ............

2. Is Levis's a large work provider in the South?

.................

3. Finish the fol1owing question

... arc produced daily in France?

18,000 pairs of jeans.

4. Complete the sentence using the information from the passage

Levi's are so popular that ..... ............. ...........

5. \Vhich ON!<~\yore! in the passage means "made to look like a real pair of jeans in order todecci\'c people"?

......................

Passage 2

In the 1QSOs and jl)()OS, working life for wcstern I~uropcans was much better than ithad been

hefore the Second World Volar. With economics grO\\"ing fast, almost eveI)'bod.y had a job. New]m\'~; and greater union powcrs also gave workers better protection at work and more hc1p whensick or out of ,,'ode 1100\"C\.cr, working Efe in Europe has changed greatly since the 19608.Man)' he(Jv,\ industries such as cOc:l1-mining, textiles, steel-production have declined. Others

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such as car building have updated their technology' to help survive severe competition from FarEast.

6. What was good about fast - growing economies in the 1950s and 1960s?

...................................................................... . . . . . . . . . . . .

7. Did working people benefit from new la\\!s and union powers during that period'?

..............

8. What change occurs in man)' heav~y industries?

....................................................... ..................

9. What was the cause of the technological update in car building?

.............. ..................

10. Which word in the passage means "To make production more modern in the way itoperates?"

,............. ................

Passage 3

In the Western world, the role of women in the workforce has greatly increased since the1960s. Various new laws in the 1970s aimed to give women equal rights with men at work, andtoday the number of women in work has rcached nearly' half the total in a number of countries

- although many female jobs arc in fact part-time ones.

11. Did women in the workforce enjoy equaJ rights with men before the 1960s?

................. .............. ................

12. What was good about various ne\'-,' la\vs in the 1970s?

.................................... ............. .................

13. Arc there more men than women in the workforce in many countries nowada.'ls?

.................................................. ........... ........... ..........

14-15. Which words / phrases inthepassage mean

many.. ............ .................. ............

ajab in which a person works regularly for a part of the usual working time.

...........

Passage 4

When a customer notices a problem with a recent purchase once he or she left the store, there

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is usually the option of returning the item to the store either for cash or for an exchange. Mostshops in the United States have a policy' of trusting the customer when something is broughtback to a store due to damage. The customer should have the receipt showing the price, andwhere and when the item was purchased. Most stores stipulate an amount of time, such as 60days, within which items can be returned. However, s~ores have different policies aboutwhether they return money, require an exchange, or give the customer credit. Some stores willnot accept returns on items which were bought on sale.

16. Can a customer return a damaged purchase to the store whenever he/s"he wants'~

.. . . . . . . . .. ........................

17. What is regarded as proof of the purchase?

................................. ........... ...........................

18. HO\v can most shops help customers when they bring an item back due to damage?

.............. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

19. What does "theI!" in "whether thell return money, require an exchange.. . "refer to'~

............. .. ............... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20. Some shops in the United States do not accept returns on items bought on sale, do they?

............................................................................................................ ....................


Instructions: Complete the following passage with the missing words, Fill in each blankwith ONE suitable word only.

l3usiness l,ngJish can be very formal (I) .............. ............ very informal. (2)

......................... .. is true of both written and (3) .......... language. It

depends on who you arc speaking or writing to and for what (4) .... If

you arc writing a contract, your (5) \vill be ven" formal. If .you arc

replying to a fax from a colleague (6) know, you \\"111probably write a

sbort note on his fax and fax (7) .......... back, (8) you are writing to an

American colleague, your language will probably be less formal (9)

.you arc writing to a .Japanese (10) ...

..if

............

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PART 2: WRITING


Instructions: From the following suggested words and phrases in the given sequences,make all the changes and additions necessary to produce sentences, which togethermake a complete paragraph in a memo Follow the example.

Example: ! be happy I get I letter I offer me I job I your company I

Answer: [ was happy when I got your letter, in which you offer me a job in your campany.

MEMO

TO: AIl employees

FROM: !lead of Personnel Department

SUl3JECT: New appointment

DATE: 19 May 2001

] -2 we I pleased I announce I appointment I Mrs Marie Teicher I head I quality control I

,.......................................................

.....................................................................................................................................

3-4. Marie I study I chemical engineering I University of Utrecht I then I get I Ml3A IClaremont College I

...........

................... ............... ..........

...................... ............... .............................

s. after I graduate I begin I work I Chem Tech Suppliers I Belgium I

................. ...................................... ...........

..................... ....................................................

6. she I become I assistant production manager I ] 989 I help I develop I new products I

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............

7-8. Marie I leave I company I 199] I join I Voleker Foods of California I head I researchand development /

........... .............

.......... ...................

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9. she I spend I two years I United States I

.............................................................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .......... ..........

........................................... ..............

10. last year Ibriefly I visit lour IMilan plant I so impressed Ishe Ideeide Ireturn I Europe I

...................... ................

............. ..........


Instructions: Use the words given to rewrite each of the following sentences in such away that it means exactly the same as the original sentence.

1. The teacher is too busy. He can't join )'ou.

If the teacher ......................... ..................................

2. "If you work hard, you will pass the exam" she said to me.

I \vas advised ........ .......... ...........................

3. lie can't get the job because he is not qualified for it

lie is not qualified...... ........................................................ ..................

4. It took us two months to prepare for this important cxaminatjon.

We spent ........ ...........

5. Learning English gives her a lot of pleasure

She enjoys. ................... ........................ .......................

6. This book is interesting. I will take it to the photocopy shop.

I \"ill have the book ............ ............

7. She can speak English marc fluently than me.

I can't . ...........

8. I am sorry I can't attend the meeting tonight

I wish ...................... ............ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

9. I Jast saw them when 1 was on business in lIa noi

I haven't ...... ............................. .................... ...................

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10. [ think the presentation has been worthwhile.

I find the presentation ...................................................



1. Thanh ph6 Ho Chi Minh nam a phia bac dong bang s6ng Me k6ng

.................................... ..................

2. Vi tri dia Iy cua thanh ph6 da giup tao nen the manh kinh te cua d!a phuong.

............................ ....................

.........................

3. EJong bang s6ng Me k6ng la khu vuc san xuat gao Ion nhat cua Viet nam.

....................

...................... .................. ..................

4-5 Dan 56 Ho chi Minh tang tUng ngay. M6t trong nhung nguyen nhan gay nen tinh trang nay la dodan eLf tU vung n6ng th6n don ve thanh ph6 mong dUQc hu.ong Idi tU nen kinh te. dang tangtruang.

............

................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

..........................


6-8. People form an impression of you from the \vay you speak and behavc- not just from the

way you do your work. People in different countries have different ideas 01 what sounds

friendly, polite or sincere - and of what sounds rude or unfriend1y

........................... .........................

............................

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9- 1a Prices for exports may be quoted in the buyer's currency, the seller's currency or in athird 'hard' currency. The prices quoted- always indicate the terms of delivery, whichconform to the international standard Incoterms.

.........................

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..........................

........................................................................................................ ...............

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Practice test 13

PRACTICE TEST 13



Instructions: Choose the best word/phrase in the box below to complete the sentencesthat follow. Each word/phrase can be used ONCE ONLY.

" ~ ~--~~ ~--~-- ~--- -

.

make sure whereabouts--I

requirements however

if with

in touch too bad

glad pleasure won arranged

---~ . u ~_" j

1. We have to wait and see the government decides.

2. If you need more information, do please get with me.

3. ............................... do you come from in Australia?

4. What's the best way of there and how long do you think it willtake?

5. Can you help me .. .......... the menu?

6. It's a great to meet you, Mr. Brown.

7. I'dJike to have just a plain omc1ette, if that's ........................

8. ]']] .................... .......... Mrs. Hanson callsyou back as soon as she's free.

9. ........................... ... you can call me at home tomorro\v morning, I'd be very gratefuL

10. Where would you go if you a lot of money?

11. I've to see Mr. Ferguson. I think I may be a bit early.

12. We'd like some accommodation for five nights.

13. He'll call you when he's the information.

14, How is Stephania? nOh, she's fine. She sends her regards, ........ .......... ..............

15. Shall we move on to the next item the agenda?

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Instructions: From the following set of words and phrases in the given sequences, makeall 'the changes and additions necessary to produce sentences, which together make acomplete letter. Note carefully from the example what kind of changes need to be made.Write each sentence in the space provided.

.

Example: I be / happy / get / letter / offer me / job / your eompany

Answer: I was happy when J got your letter in which you oIfer me a job ill your compnny.

1. Thank you / much / your enquiry

".....

."

,................

2. We be / of course / familiar / your range / vehicles

......................................................................................................

3. We/pleased /inform you/we have/new line/in batteries / fit /your specifications i exaeth.

............................................................................................................

4. most suitable / our products / your requirements / be / Artemis 66A Plus.

~....................................................................

5. This product / be / now / availab1c / stock.

................................................................................................

6. I / enclose / dctai1cd quotation / prices / delivery terms.

...................................................................................................................................

7. As / you / see / this quote ,j our prices / be i very competitive.

..................................................................................................

8. If / you / would like / further information, / please contact me / phone. / Mv extension /

be / 776

............... .....................

9. Or / you / may prefer / contact / my assistant, / Mr. Martin, ! 01 77')C)02

........................................................................................

....................

10. I / look forward / hear / you.

............................................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Instructions: Use the word given to rewrite each of the following sentences in such a waythat it means exactly the same as the original sentence

1. To have a visa is essential if you intend to visit the USA.

It's essential;.............. .........................................

2. We received Mr. Wright's application form yesterday. lie is a very promising candidate.

Mr. Wright, whose.......................................................................................................

3. The customer shou'ld receive the delivery by Friday

The delivery .....................

4. " Take your time, please", said the supervisor.

The supervisor told me.........................................................................

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5. I don't kno,,,,, the managcr's decision, so r can't tcl] you.

If J ..............................................................................................................................

6. The store was too crowded for me to enter.

Thc store was so.....................................................................

.............................................

7. The order arrived late but we were able to supply the goods on time.

Although the order...........................................

............ .....................

8. During the time we've been talking, my boss has handed me the file.

While we'vc ......................................................................

................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

9. As there was a mistake in the hotel booking, 1 had to find another hotel.

Because of , ,.............................................................. . . . . . . . . . . .

10. We must redecorate our building before Christmas.

Our building needs. ..............................................................................

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I. Nam ngoai , c6 khoang 1300 ngLioi dii. dLiQc nhan vao lam viec tai khu che xuat Tan Thuan,nhLing 770 ngLioi dii. b[ thoi vi$c

..................................................................................................................................................

.............................................................................-...........

2. Can Tho hy vong thu hut khoan dau tLi nLioc ngoai 1 tTdo la My trong thoi gian tOi

..................................................................................................................................................

..................................................................................................................................................

3. Chat ILiong san philm Iii yeu t6 quyet dinh trang chien ILiQCphat trien thi phan cua cong ty chung toi

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4. Chinh phu can phai tich c\lc giup cac doanh nghi$p Vi$t Nam tham nhiip vilo cac thi trLiong Ioncua the gioi

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5. Phan h6i tU cac doanh nghi$p tai bUDi gap go voi Thu TLiong nam 1999 cho thay 80% yeu caucua hQ dii. dLiOC dap Ling.

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6. Houses for the poor in the Mekong Delta is a very big project implemented by thegovernment for years.

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7. I~eprescntatives from housing construction companies suggested that 40%) of the costs forhousing construction for the poor in the Mekong Delta should be lent by the governmentand be repaid within 5-10 years.

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8. Scientists and manufacturers introduce new building materials with a view to rcducjngconstruction costs.

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9. Some representatives suggested that houses jn the Mekong Delta should be mobile to avoidfloods, easy to be installed, light, durable and eheap.

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10. The government has established a board in charge of technology, economy and materialprogramme to devise and carry out national policieson houses forthe poor.

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PRACTICE TEST 14



Instructions: Choose the best word/phrase in the box below to complete the sentencesthat follow. Each word/phrase can be used ONCE ONLY

i n---------soon recommend introduce with driving

there's ahead in case ever before

exhausted at least mustn't operating afford

to do because how long regardless get back

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1. I don't know why this has happened. I'llto you this afternoon.

2. Before thc machine, you must tighten the screws.

3. There arc ten good reasons why we shouldn't do that.

4. What I'd like you is t(Hhink of some foreign brand names.

5. The meeting finished late too much time \vas allo\vcd for dlscussl0n.

6. one point I'd like to make here.

7. Can you a nice local dish?

8. I'll take an overnight bag 1 have to stay the night.

9. Have you travelled by boat?

10. I've been to Vietnam , but this is the first time in HCM City.

11. , after the meeting, he dropped his briefcase onto the desk.

12. I don't know anyone here. You have tome.

13. She sit in the smoking section because she's allergic to smoke.

14. Can I go through to the departure lounge now? - Certainly. Go ..............................

15. !<;very country has different customs and you can'tto get it wrong.

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Instructions: There are four passages. Read each passage carefully and then answer thequestions that follow. Write your answers in the provided space

Passage 1

Marks & Spencer (or M&S) is Britain's favourite store. It bases its business on three principles:good value, good quality, and good service. Also, it changes with the times _

once it was alljumpers and knickers. Now it's food, furniture, and flowers as well. Top fashion designersadvise on styles of clothes. But perhaps the most important key to its success is its happy,welJ-trained staff. Conditions of work arc; excellent. There arc company doctors, dentists,hairdressers. and even chiropodists to look after the staff, and all the staff can have lunch forunder 40p!

I. What does M&S stand for?

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2. What fundamental rules is its business based on?

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3. Whiil kinds of goods docs the store sell?

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4. What is the main reason for its success?

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5. Name some excellent working conditions offered by M&S

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Passage 2

Buses in London arc cheap, convenient, and give a frequent and comprehensive servicethroughout the central area and the suburbs. You choose }'our bus by the number anddestination shown on the front and you can consult the detailed bus map (availabJe at TravelEnquiry Offices and Underground stations), or the Visitor's bus map on the other side of thefolder. Most bus stops show which bus numbers stop there, give details of whG're the buses goand may sho\v a map of the other stops in the area. If you arc not sure which bus to catch,other people in the queue will probably be able to help you. (Don't forget to queue up, Britishstvle. .when waiting for the bus. It's fairer for everybody).

6. What is the bus service in London like?

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7. Where can you get a bus map?

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8. What can you find out at most bus stops?......................

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9. What must people do when waiting for the bus? Why do they do so?

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10. What word/phrase from the passage means "stand in line "?............

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Passage 3

There arc different sorts of business meeting, and how the participants behave varies fromcountry to country. Meetings in Haly seem to be the most informal in Europe. Thc." don'tusually foHm\.' an agenda and people often come and go as the)' please.

(n fact, sometimes

Italian meetings arc l110re like a social gathering, used to reinforce a sense of togetherness. It'svery different in Spain, where meetings do litt1c to create a team spirit. The Spanish prefer to beindependent and make decisions on their own. Meetings arc often a waste of time bc.cause it isimpossible to get everyone to agree.

11. What is the passage about?....................

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12. Wh.\' arc ltahm1 meetings considered the most informal in I~urope?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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13. What are Italian meetings generally siml1ar to'~

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14. Is there a strong team spirlt at Spanish meetings? Why or \vhy not?

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15. What docs "people" in "and people often come and go as they please. "refer to')

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Passage 4

The ~Japanese have a special \va:' of making decisions. They call itthe consensus system. Thisis how it \\'orks. When a firm is thinking of taklng a certain action, it encourages workers at alllevels to discuss the proposal and give their opinions. The purpose is to reach generalagreement. A.s soon as everyone agrees on the right course of action, the decision is taken.

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Because of this method, a, group of workers, rather than one person, is responsible forcompany policies. One advantage of this is that decisions come from a mixturc of cxpcriencefrom the top, the middle and the bottom of the enterprise. Another advantage is that juniorstaff frequently suggests ideas for change

16. What do the ,Japanese call their way of making decisions?

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17. Why are workers at all levels required to give their opinions?

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18. When is a decision takcn?

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19. Who is in charge of company policies?

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20. What is good about the Japanese way of making decisions?

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Travelling by train has many (I)There are no stressful traffic jams,

(2) trains are fast and comfortable. You can (3)the lime in

different ways. You can just sit and read, (4)watch the world go by. You can

work, or you can (51 a meal or a snack in the buffet car. Travelling this way

(6).

trains cannot take (9) ...

sometimes cro\vded and ,delayed. You have to travel at certain times and

has some disadvantages. (7)is expensive and the trains (8)

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . from door to door. You need a bus or a taxi to take you tothe (10) . ...................... station.

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Practice test 14

PART 2: WRITING


Instructions: From the following sets of words and phrases in the given sequences,makes all the changes and additions necessary to produce sentences, which togethermake a complete letter. Note carefully from the example what kind of changes need to bemade. Write each sentence in the space provided

Example: Ibehappy Iget I letter I offer me I job I your company

Answer: I was happy when I got your letter in which you offer me a job in your company

1. I see I advertisement I personal assistant I Tuoi Tre 'newspaper

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2. I I would like I apply I post

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3. I be I 28 years old I educate I Gia Dinh high school IHCM City Col1ege of Economics

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4. I I study F:nglish I intermediate level I speak it Ifluently

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5. last six years I I work I personal assistant I Finance Director I Saigon Petro

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6. Unfortunately Icompany move I head office I lIanoi

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7. Therefore II decide Ilook for I new job IHCM City

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8. I be I holiday I until I 21 June I but I be available I interview I any day I after that

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9. I be I able I take up I new post I any date I IJuly

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10. I look Iforward I

your reply

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Instructions: Use the words given to write each of the following sentences in such a waythat it means exactly the same as the original sentence.

1. "Arc you seeing my colleagues next week?" asked .John.

John wanted toknow........................................... .................................

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2. We wou]d reduce costs if we used less paper.

Costs would .......................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3. Jane spends one hour a day sorting out the correspondence.

Sorting out ............................................................. .............. ............

4. Nobody could move the photocopier It was too heavy.

The photocopier \vas............. ...........

5. He checked the report for the last time and then went to the meeting.

After checking ................~..........

6. Don't try to persuade him because there's no point in it.

There's no point ...................................

7. Thank you for helping me.

It was very kind.........................................

8. My assistant docs typing faster than me.

I don't type as ...................

9. The reason why I sent them a fax was to give them the information at once.

In order to give .............................................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10. Because there has been an error in the shipping department, their order \vi]1

ha\'~ to bechecked again.

Due to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...............

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1. T(!.othem viec lam la yeu to thiet yeu de cai thien dieu kiEinsong va an sinh xa hai a cac vungnang than.

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2. He thong ngan hang cua Viet Nam can phai du<;Icsua doi de dap Ling nhu cau moi cua nenkinh te.

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3. Chien tranh gia ca giua cac hang hiing khang dang rat quyet liet va moi hang deu co chienlu<;lcrieng cua minh dEid(!.tdudC thi phEin.

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4. Cham nhat la nam 2003, so IU<;lngcang ty quoc doanh S8 phai dU<;Iccat giam it nhat 40%

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5. Nen kinh te Viet Nam hien nay can cac cang ty quoc doanh thuc su manh va chI nhO'ng cang tym(!.nh mol co the dong vai tro d,u dao.

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6. Travel by train between Vietnam and China is quite possible after the two countries havecooperated to organize cross-border trains.

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7. A newspaper has reported that the Vietnamese and Chinese railroad sectors have agreedto organize a train for tourists every day from early this year to transport passengers fromVietnam to China and vice versa.

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8. The first route, Hanoi- Kunming, is expected to transport the first visitors by the upcomjngLunar New Year.

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9. Travel agendes of-the two countries wil] attract customers to these rallwa.:v' vo.yages with highquaHty servkes and tour price discounts.

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10. In the near future, Vietnam-China tour prices will be reduced by at least] 0%.

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Practice test 15

PRACTICE TEST 15



lnstructions: Choose the best word/phrase in the box below to complete the sentencesthat follow. Each word/phrase can be used ONCE ONLY

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steadily if wi th

1. i\lthough the order arrived late, we were able to supply the goods ................ ............

2. I never sign a letter before I have read it ............................

3. You can me by telephone at any time this afternoon.

4. We're looking forward to your new TV advertisement.

5. to your order, we apologize for the delay.

6. What do you do for a living? -I'm computers.

7. He is both the Marketing Department and the Research and DevelopmentDepartment.

8. Every employee receives at least two or three days' training and all managersregular courses.

9. We prepared designs and them with the c1ients before we startedproduction.

10. In 1966 Nissan set up its first foreign ... .................... operation in Mexico.

11. I'll find out and let you know

12. We're very sorry about this but it's not it.

13. Making 'real' coffee is an important part of the French ..Instant coffee is too casual.

14. I'd like a cheese sandwich, a chicken sandwich, and a cherry tart served chocolat('sauce.

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15. Most people prefer to shop... lhey can be sure of quality.


Instructions: There are 4 passages. Read each passage carefully and then answer thequestions that follow. Write your answers in the provided space.

Passage 1

Marks & Spencer (M&S) is Britain's favourite store. Tourists Jove it, too. It attracts a greatvariety of customers, from housewives to millionaires. The duchess of York, Dustin lIoffman,and the British Prime Minis1er arc just a few of its famous customers. Last year it made a profitof 529 mmion pounds, which is more than 10 million pounds a week. It all started 105 yearsago, when a ,\'oung Polish immigrant, Michael Marks, had a stall in Leedsmarket. lie didn'thave many things to sel1; some cotton, a little \vool, lots of buttons, and a few shoelaces. Tenyears later, he met Tom Spencer and together they started staBs in many towns in the North of"ngJand, Today there, arc 564 branches of M&S all over the world in America, Canada,Spain, France, Belgium, and Hungary.

1. Who are Marks & Spencer's customers?

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2. I low "much did Marks & Spencer carn a week last year?

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3. Where did Michael Marks come from'2

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4. How did Michael Marks develop his business?

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5. What word/phrase from the passage means "many different kinds "?

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Passage 2

An infant under two :years of age travelling on International Services accompan.ied by an adu1t

and not occupying a separate scat is carried at 10(10 of the adult fare. Additional infants undertwo years of age accompanying the same adult, infants under two years of age occupying aseparate scat and children of two years of age and above, but under twelvc years of age arccarried at 500/0 of the adult fare. A discount of 251;';0 of the normal tourist single, return orexcursion fare is available to young people under the age of 1\\/cnt)' two. Passengers must reportat the check-in desk and have all formalities completed 30 minutes before aircraft departure.Departures cannot be delaycd for passengers who arrive ]atc.

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6. How many kinds of reduction in fares arc shown in the passage?

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7. Who does the airline charge] 0% of the adult fare?

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8. How much must a 10 year-old child pay for his/her flight?

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9. What do passengers have to do 30 minutes before the departure'?

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10. Complete the sentence with ONE suitable word from the passage:

.,There are only three cars for rent at the moment"

Passage 3

The first digital computer was completed in 1944. Since that lime, there have been manychanges. Now computers arc smaller, cheaper, and more common. There are few people whohave not worked with a computer, either directly or indirectl.y. Banks, businesses, hospitals,large libraries, univers'ities, and airlines aU use computers. Most universities in tile UnitedStates use computers for registration. I\t the same time, computers grade and score many largeexams, such as the TOEFL. Libraries also use computers to check out books. In other words.computers have become part of daily life.

11. According to the passage, do most people use computers?

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12. Did digital computers use to be expensive?

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] 3. What arc the uses of computers in education in the United States?

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14. What docs "that time" in ''Since that time, there have been many changes" refer to?

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15. Whieh word in the passage means "popular"

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Passage 4

In Japan, there is a close relationship bctween the worker and his company. r<:mployccs workhard and do hours of unpaid overtime to make their firm more efficient. If necessary, they giveup weekends \vith the family to go on business trips. They arc loyal to their organi~ations andtotall,y involved with them. For example, many of them live in company houses, their friendsarc people they wGrk with, and in their spare time they do sports and other activities organizcdby their employers. Generally, when a person joins a firm after leaving high school oruniversity, he expects to stay with that firm until he retires. lie has a secure job for life.Therefore, he will not bc laid off if the company no longer needs him because there is' no work.Instead. it will retrain him for another position.

16. What are the main qualities of Japanese workers?

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17. Give one exaITlple to show that ~Japanesc workers are hard working ones.

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18. Why do Japaneseworkers expect to stay with their firms until thcy retire?

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19. What happens to a ,Japanese if his company does not need him any longer?

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20. What is the passage about?

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SECTION 3: READING CLOZE (lOmarks)

Instructions: Complete the following passage with the missing words. Fill in each blankwith ONE_suitable word only.

George Wong comes (1) Taiwan but he Jives in Hongkong. He's 40 years of (21

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , very successful , and (3) ................... loves his job. He is Chairman of

Parkview, (41 ......................... property devc1opment, ship building, and car distribution

business. In his (5) time George listens to rock music. lIe (61 ............ 10

cars, including a Ferrari 512Tl~, three Mercedes, and a Mini. It is an unusual Mini (71

it has a television, fridge and karaoke machine insjdc. George hates numbers.

lIe says he's bad at (8) like balance sheets and income statements, (9)

he also hates tics. lie never (10) ties.

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PART 2; WRITING


Instructions: From the following sets of words and phrases in the given sequences, makeall the changes and additions necessary to produce sentences, which together make acomplete letter. Note carefully from the example what kind of changes need to be made.Write each sentence in the space provided.

Example: I be / happy / get / letter / offer me / job / your com pany

Answer: J was happy when J got your letter in which you oJJer me a job in your company

1. I please / offer you / position / personal assistant / General Manager / Shell Company.

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2. Your salary / be / 6,000 USD / per year.

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3. This offer / make / subject to / medical examination.

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4. Other conditions / your employment / set out / enclosed booklet.

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5. you / please / sign / enclosed form / return it / me.

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6. We / would like / you / commence employment / 10 October.

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7. Please / report / Reception / Shell head office / 9.30 a.m.

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8. I / would like / take opportunity / welcome / you / Shell Company.

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9. I / look forward / meet you / again / Octoher.

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10. Please / do not / hesitate / contact me / jf / there be / points / you / would like / discuss.

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SECTION 2; SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION (15 marks)

Instructions: Use the words given to rewrite each of the following sentences in such away that it means exactly the same as the original sentences.

1. "lias the second shipment arrived yet?" asked Anna.

Anna aske~"

" "" ......

2. Unless he phones hcr immediately, he won't get any information.

If he ..... ............. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3. I-<cading economics books is one of my interests.

I'm............... ............

4. lIenry regretted buying the second ~hand machine.

Hcnrv wished. ................................................................................. .......

5. The gate is closed to stop the strangers breaking into the \varehouse.

The gate is closed so that ............................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6. ! advise you to put your money in the bank.

You'd ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ..............

7. Although hc had a good salary, he was unhappy with his job.

In spite of .......... .....................-...........................................................................................

8. The group is making similar investments in other parts of the world.

Similar investments. ....................... ................ ...................

9. /\ single person couldn't lift the package because it was very heavy'.

The package was so ................................................... ............... ................

10. I sent them a fax in order to give them the information at once.

The reason why' .......... ................................................................ ............

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SECTION 3: TRANSLATION (15marks)


1. C6 nhieu cd hoi eha cae nha dau tLlnLloe ngaa'i khi Viet nam bat dau mo cua vaa diiu thap ky90.

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2. Thanh pho He Chi Minh se c6 nhieu bien phap nham cai thien moi trLlong dau tu trang thoi giansap toi.

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3. Hai thang mot Ian ehinh quyen thanh pho gap g6 cae nha dau tu de lang nghe nhung kh6 khaneua ha va giup tlm bien phap giai quyet.

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4. Trang bon thang diiu nam 2000, thanh pho He chi Minh da cap giay phep cha 14 du an dau tu'nUoc ngaai.

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5. Hang xuat khau eua thanh pho eung tang 40% trang ba thang vU'aqua.

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6. The production of fresh fruits and vegetables is an industry of great potentia1.

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7. Vietnam produces large quantities of fresh produce which could retch high rrices if shirredto distant markets or supplied out of season.

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8. lIowever, difficulties in storage and transport are responsible for large post harvest losses.

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9. While figures quoted by the Ministry of Agriculture suggest that around 20-25% is lost, thetrue figure may be much higher.

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10. As a result, research on methods of preserving fresh fruits and vegetables is not only ofscientific interest, but is of considerable practical benefit.

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