PLACEMENT TEST

For basic level only

Name: ………………………………………………………………………….
Grade: ………………………………………………………………………….
School: ………………………………………………………………………..
Mobile phone: ……………………………………………………………….

PART I. LISTENING TEST (20 minutes)

SECTION 1
Questions 1-10. Questions 1-8 Choose the correct letter. A. B or C.

Example: The man wants to visit the centre with

A a friends
B relative
C colleagues

1. The centre has enough accommodation for

A 18 people B 20 people C 38 people
2. The meeting room is currently
A unavailable B flooded C booked
3. Visitors must tell the centre in advance if they want to
A. use the centre’s kitchen.
B. have meals cooked for them.
C. eat at restaurants outside
4. All visitors on the of the farm can
A. get information about organic farming
B. help to feed the animals
C. Watch a tractor demonstration
5. On the survival course people have to
A. learn to use map B. find their own food. C. run through
woodland
6. From the centre it is easy to walk to
A. Exmoor National Park B. the beach C. a cycling rout
7. If the weather is bad visitors can go to a
A. cinema B. theatre C. museum
8 Group who wish to stay at the centre must pay

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A part of the cost in advance
B all of the cost in advance
C all of the cost on arrival.
Question 9-10: Write ONE WORD AND/ OR NUMBERS for each answer.
Address: Winsham Farm
9 Rd..........................................................
Near Sherbone
10 .............................................................

SECTION 2
Question 11-16 Complete the table below
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/ OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Vacation Job Main advantage Main disadvantage Recommendation

Stocktaking 11 ……………………… Tiring 12………………………..

Office work Air-conditioning 13 ………………………. Choose a

14………………………

Theme park 15 ………………………. Rude customers 16 ……………………….

Question 17-20. Choose the correct letter, A, B or C

17. Peter learned about the job
A. from a college friend
B. on the computer
C. from a student job centre.
18. Peter mainly enjoyed the job because it was
A. easy B. challenging
C. unusal
19. The job’s most interesting aspect was
A. learning about the environment
B. working with children
C. caring for the animals
20. Peter has decided that next vacation he
A. won’t take a job
B. will work at the zoo
C. will work elsewhere

PART II. READING (30 minutes)

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 Thomas Young The Last True Know-It-All
Thomas Young (1773-1829) contributed 63 articles to the Encyclopedia Britannica, including 46 biographical
entries (mostly on scientists and classicists) and substantial essays on "Bridge," "Chromatics," "Egypt,"
"Languages" and "Tides". Was someone who could write authoritatively about so many subjects a polymath, a
genius or a dilettante? In an ambitious new biography, Andrew Robinson argues that Young is a good contender
for the epitaph "the last man who knew everything." Young has competition, however: The phrase, which
Robinson takes for his title, also serves as the subtitle of two other recent biographies: Leonard Warren's 1998
life of paleontologist Joseph Leidy (1823-1891) and Paula Findlen's 2004 book on Athanasius Kircher (1602-
1680), another polymath.

Young, of course, did more than write encyclopedia entries. He presented his first paper to the Royal Society of
London at the age of 20 and was elected a Fellow a week after his 21st birthday. In the paper, Young explained
the process of human eye accommodation — on how the eye focuses properly on objects at varying distances.
Young hypothesised that this was achieved by changes in the shape of the lens. Young also theorised that light
traveled in waves and ho believed that, to account for the ability to see in color, there must be three receptors in
the eye corresponding to the three "principal colors" to which the retina could respond: red, green, violet. All
these hypotheses Were subsequently proved to be correct.

Later in his life, when he was in his forties, Young was instrumental in cracking the code that unlocked the
unknown script on the Rosetta Stone, a tablet that was "found" in Egypt by the Napoleonic army in 1799. The
stone contains text in three alphabets: Greek, something unrecognisable and Egyptian hieroglyphs. The
unrecognisable script is now known as demotic and, as Young deduced, is related directly to hieroglyphic. His
initial work on this appeared in his Britannica entry on Egypt. In another entry, he coined the term Indo-
European to describe the family of languages spoken throughout most of Europe and northern India. These are
the landmark achievements of a man who was a child prodigy and who, unlike many remarkable children, did
not disappear into oblivion as an adult.

Born in 1773 in Somerset in England, Young lived from an early age with his maternal grandfather, eventually
leaving to attend boarding school. He had devoured books from the age of two, and through his own initiative
he excelled at Latin, Greek, mathematics and natural philosophy. After leaving school, he was greatly
encouraged by his mother's uncle, Richard Brocklesby, a physician and Fellow of the Royal Society. Following
Brocklesby's lead, Young decided to pursue a career in medicine. He studied in London, following the medical
circuit, and then moved on to more formal education in Edinburgh, Gottingen and Cambridge. After completing
his medical training at the University of Cambridge in 1808, Young set up practice as a physician in London.
He soon became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and a few years later was appointed physician at
St. George's Hospital.

Young's skill as a physician, however, did not equal his skill as a scholar of natural philosophy or linguistics.
Earlier, in 1801, he had been appointed to a professorship of natural philosophy at the Royal Institution, where
he delivered as many as 60 lectures in a year. These were published in two volumes in 1807. In 1804 Young
had become secretary to the Royal Society, a post he would hold until his death. His opinions were sought on
civic and national matters, such as the introduction of gas lighting to London and methods of ship construction.
From 1819 he was superintendent of the Nautical Almanac and secretary to the Board of Longitude. From 1824
to 1829 he was physician to and inspector of calculations for the Palladian Insurance Company. Between 1816
and 1825 he contributed his many and various entries to the Encyclopedia Britannica, and throughout his career
he authored numerous books, essays and papers.

Young is a perfect subject for a biography — perfect, but daunting. Few men contributed so much to so many
technical fields. Robinson's aim is to introduce non-scientists to Young's work and life. He succeeds, providing
clear expositions of the technical material (especially that on optics and Egyptian hieroglyphs). Some readers of

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this book will, like Robinson, find Young's accomplishments impressive; others will see him as some historians
have —as a dilettante. Yet despite the rich material presented in this book, readers will not end up knowing
Young personally. We catch glimpses of a playful Young, doodling Greek and Latin phrases in his notes on
medical lectures and translating the verses that a young lady had written on the walls of a summerhouse into
Greek elegiacs. Young was introduced into elite society, attended the theatre and learned to dance and play the
flute. In addition, he was an accomplished horseman. However, his personal life looks pale next to his vibrant
career and studies.

Young married Eliza Maxwell in 1804, and according to Robinson, "their marriage was a happy one and she
appreciated his work," Almost all we know about her is that she sustained her husband through some rancorous
disputes about optics and that she worried about money when his medical career was slow to take off. Very
little evidence survives about the complexities of Young's relationships with his mother and father. Robinson
does not credit them, or anyone else, with shaping Young's extraordinary mind. Despite the lack of details
concerning Young's relationships, however, anyone interested in what it means to be a genius should read this
book.

Questions 1-7 Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 1?
In boxes 1-7 on your answer sheet, write
 TRUE if the statement agrees with the information
 FALSE if the statement contradicts the information
 NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this
1. ‘The last man who knew everything’ has also been claimed to other people.
2. All of Young’s articles were published in Encyclopedia Britannica.
3. Like others, Young wasn’t so brilliant when growing up.
4. Young’s talent as a doctor surpassed his other skills.
5. Young’s advice was sought by people responsible for local and national issues.
6. Young took part in various social pastimes.
7. Young suffered from a disease in his later years.
Questions 8-13 Answer the questions below.
Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER from the passage for each answer.
8. How many life stories did Young write for the Encyclopedia Britannica?
9. What aspect of scientific research did Young focus on in his first academic paper?
10. What name did Young introduce to refer to a group of languages?
11. Who inspired Young to start his medical studies?
12. Where did Young get a teaching position?
13. What contribution did Young make to London?

III. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY (20 minutes)

Exercise 1. Choose the best answer

Sheep can recognise faces!

Many people think sheep aren’t very intelligent creatures. But in fact, (1)…………….. to new research, they
may be cleverer than we think. For example, sheep can actually be trained to recognise human faces from
photographs!
Recognising faces is an important human social (2)…………….. . However, it seems that sheep are also social
animals that can recognise other sheep as well as (3)…………….. humans. In experiments, researchers trained
eight sheep to recognise the faces of celebrities from photographs. Training involved getting the sheep to (4)
…………….. decisions about the photos they saw. At one end of a room, they would see two different

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photographs, and would receive a (5)…………….. of food for approaching the photograph of the celebrity; if
they approached the wrong photograph, they got nothing. Over time, they learned to (6)…………….. getting
food with the celebrity’s photograph. And after training, the sheep correctly chose the celebrity’s face eight
times out of ten!
1 A regarding B following C resulting
D according
2 A skill B talent C knowledge
D method
3 A ordinary B usual C familiar
D frequent
4 A set B make C have D do
5 A reward B benefit C tip
D goal
6 A attach B join C add
D connect
Exercise 2: Rewriting
1. She started learning English three years ago.
 She has ………………………………………………………………………….
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2. The students were too noisy for the teacher to concentrate.
 The students were so ……………………………………………………………….
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3. You mustn't speak during the exam.
 You are not
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4. It’s possible that she missed the train.
 She might
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5. I find it difficult to understand his accent.
 I have difficulty
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
6. They finished the project despite the difficulties.
 Although
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7. It’s not necessary for you to attend the meeting.
 You do not ….
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8. He runs slower than he used to.

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 He doesn’t
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Exercise 3. Word formation

1. He made a __________________________ (decide) to study abroad.

2. The new policy has increased __________________________ (popular) among young people.
3. She showed great __________________________ (dedicate) in her work.
4. She was __________________________ (able) to complete the project on time.
5. He has a very __________________________ (create) approach to solving problems.
6. The teacher's __________________________ (explain) of the concept was very clear.

GRADE REPORT
Listening Reading Grammar Speaking (Nói) Nhận xét chung
(nghe) (đọc) &Vocabulary (Từ
vựng và Ngữ pháp)

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