VỀ ĐÍCH- TEST 1

SECTION A: LISTENING (4.0 points)

Hướng dẫn thí sinh:
- Phần thi nghe gồm 3 bài. Thí sinh được nghe mỗi bài 2 lần liên tiếp.
- Thí sinh đọc kĩ yêu cầu của từng bài trước khi nghe.
-Hướng dẫn chi tiết bằng Tiếng Anh có trong đĩa nghe. Bắt đầu và kết thúc bài nghe có tín hiệu nhạc.
A. LISTENING (5.0 points)
Part 1. Complete the following sentences using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap. (2 pts)
1. One walk includes a break at the oldest pub so that the walkers can get some …………………….
2. The castle walk allows more time to see the ……………………… and walk on the castle wall.
3. You have to …………………….. if you want to go the Ghost Walk.
4. The Ghost Walk goes to the castle and the …………………………
5. The fourth shows people the …………………………… of the writer Robert Jones.
Your answers:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Part 2. You will hear part of a discussion between Velm and Andrews, a lawyer, and Sergeant William Bailey, a police
officer. For questions 1-5, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which fits best according to what you hear. (1.0 pts)
1. How did William feel the first time he gave evidence in court?
A. humiliated B. nervous C. furious D. indifferent
2. Velm a suggests that police officers giving evidence should ……….
A. study the evidence more carefully. B. ignore the lawyer for the defence.
C. not take comments personally. D. demonstrate that they are honest and reliable.
3. Velma compares a police officer's evidence to a piece in a jigsaw puzzle because ……….
A. it is unimportant unless it is part of a bigger picture.
B. it m ay not fit in with the rest of the evidence.
C. the defence lawyer w ill try to destroy it.
D the police officer should only talk about his or her evidence.
4. William suggests that lawyers ………….
A adopt a special manner in the courtroom . B. can be detached about a case.
C. might actually be close friends. D. do not take their work seriously.
5. William's main concern is that
A. a criminal could get away with his or her crime. B. a court case could be confusing,
C. young police officers find courts terrifying. D. police officers might argue with the lawyer.
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Part 3. You will hear an interview with a man called Jon Simmons and a woman called Clare Harries,
who both work as life coaches, and decide whether the following sentences are true (T) or false (F).
1. Jon feels that the job of a life coach is based on individual experiences.
2 Clare says she became a life coach because it involved something she enjoyed doing.
3. Jon thinks the most important to understand about relationships is that They start with the individual's
attitude to him- or herself.
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4. Jon and Clare both think the most important message to get over to clients is to make good use of your
particular skills.
5. Jon and Clare both feel the most rewarding part of their job is watching another person develop their
confidence
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
B. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY (3.0 points)
Part 1. Choose the best option A, B, C, or D to complete the following sentences and write your answers
in the corresponding numbered boxes. (1.0 points)
1. Some animals are on the ________ of becoming extinct.
A. edge B. verge C. side D. tip
2. The play is very long but there are three ________
A. intervals B. breaks C. rests D. naps
3. The last lecture ________ completely over my head.
A. got B. went C. was D. left
4. Could I pick your ________ on the subject before the meeting?
A. brains B. head C. intellect D. mind
5. I was prepared to lend my brother some money but he turned ________ my offer.
A. back B. up C. out D. down
6. I ________ with the performances but I got flu the day before.
A. was to have helped B. helped C. was to help D. had helped
7. The dying man’s speech was so________ that no one was able to interpret his last request.
A. incoherent B. indiscreet C. nonchalant D. impotent
8. Very soon I found some other people to ________ and we began to write songs.
A. keep up with B. team up with C. talk through with D. get along with
9. ________ chair the meeting.
A. John was decided to B. It was decided that John should
C. There was decided that John should D. John had been decided to
10. I thought about the problem but I couldn’t ________ a solution.
A. come in for B. come across C. come up with D. come out
Your answers:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Part 2. Read the passage below which contains 10 mistakes. Identify the mistakes and write the
corrections in the corresponding numbered boxes. (1.0 points)
FAMILY HISTORY
Line 1 In an age which technology is developed faster than ever before, many
2 people are being attracted by the idea of looking back into the past. One way they
3 can make this is by investigating their own family history. They can try to find out
4 more about what their families came from and what they did. This is now a fast-
growing hobby, especially in countries with a fairly short history, alike Australia
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and the United States.
6 It is one thing to spend some time going through a book on family history and
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9 carry out the research work successfully. It is easy to set about it in a
10 disorganizing way and cause yourself many problems that could have avoided
11 with a little forward planning.
If your own family stories say you that you are connected with a famous
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character, whether hero or criminal, not to let this idea take over your research.
13 Just treat it as an interesting possibility. A simple system for collecting and storing
14 your information will be adequate to start with; a more complex one may only get
15 in your way. The most important thing, though, is to get starting. Who knows what
you might find?

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Part 3. Write the correct form of the words given in the brackets. Write your answers in the spaces
provided below. (1.0 points)
The advances made by humans have made us the (1. DOMINATE) species on our planet. However,
several eminent scientists are concerned that we have become too successful, that our way of life is putting an
(2. PRECEDE) strain on the Earth's ecosystems and threatening our future as a species. We are confronting
environmental problems that are more taxing than ever before, some of them seemingly (3. SOLVE). Many
of the Earth's crises are (4. PERSIST) and inexorably linked. Pollution is an obvious example of this
affecting our air, water and soil.
The air is polluted by emissions produced by cars and industry. Through acid rain and greenhouse
gases these same exhaust fumes can have a devastating impact on our climate. Climate change is (5. ARGUE)
the greatest environmental challenge facing our planet with increased storms, floods, drought and species
losses predicted. This will inevitably have a negative impact on (6. DIVERSIFY) and thus our ecosystem.
The soil is contaminated by factories and power stations which can leave heavy metals in the soil.
Other human activities such as the (7. DEVELOP) of land and the clearing of trees also take their toll on the
quality of our soil; deforestation has been shown to cause soil erosion. Certain farming practices can also
pollute the land though the use of chemical pesticides and fertilizers. This contamination in turn affects our
rivers and waterways and damages life there. The chemicals enter our food chain, moving from fish to
mammals to us. Our crops are also grown on land that is far from (8. SPOIL). Affected species include the
polar bear, so not even the Arctic is immune.
Reducing waste and clearing up pollution costs money. Yet it is our quest for wealth that generates so
much of the refuse. There is an urgent need to find a way of life that is less damaging to the Earth. This is not
easy, but it is vital, because pollution is (9. PERVADE) and often life-(10. THREAT).
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

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C. READING (6.0 points)

Part 1. For questions 1-10, read the article below and then decide which answer best fits each space.(2.0 points).
WARWICKSHIRE – SHAKESPEARE’S ENGLAND
From Romeo and Juliet to Hamlet and Macbeth, the world-renowned Royal Shakespeare Company
performs all year (1) _________ in Stratford-upon-Avon, the birthplace of our most famous literary figure.
With its rolling hills, meandering rivers and canals, picturesque Warwickshire-Shakespeare’s England is the
ideal place for a country escape.
The Tudor house where the great playwright grew up is a shrine for Shakespeare fans all over the
world. You can wander (2) _____ the rooms and (3) ______ a glimpse of the world that shaped the man.
Other (4) _______ Shakespeare family houses in Stratford-upon-Avon open to the public (5) ________ the
homes of his wife, Anne Hathaway, and his mother. A stroll through the pretty town will take you to the River
Avon, where you can take a relaxing boat cruise and let your mind (6) ________ the past.
Nearby, the magnificent Warwick Castle is one of the country’s (7) ______ medieval fortresses. A
lavish interior of state rooms and a great hall is complemented by beautifully landscaped gardens. You can
climb to the top of towers and ramparts to see breathtaking views and watch birds (8) _____, jousting
tournaments and fireball launching.
The market town of Warwick offers a mixture of old and new, with antique sellers, tea shops, fine
dining, and literary and folk festivals. After a day’s sightseeing, you could unwind (9) ____ style at the
Ardencote Manor Hotel and Spa or Wroxall Abbey Hotel and Estate, once (10) ____ to Sir Christopher Wren.
1. A. up B. about C. round D. down
2. A. around B. towards C. at D. by
3. A. give B. put C. make D. get
4. A. reserved B. conserved C. preserved D. observed
5. A. inclusive B. include C. including D. included
6. A. grow into B. drift into C. grow on D. drift on
7. A. better-kept B. best-kept C. better-keeping D. best-keeping
8. A. of prey B. of predator C. on prey D. on predator
9. A. on B. at C. for D. in
10. A. house B. homage C. home D. housing
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Part 2. Read the passage and choose the right answer for each question. (2.0 points).
A LONG AND HEALTHY LIFE?
How long will a baby born today live? 100 years? 120 years? Scientists are studying genes that could
mean long life for us all. There are already many, many people who have passed the landmark age of 100. In
fact, there are now so many healthy, elderly people that there’s a new term for them: the wellderly. These are
people over the age of 80 who have no diseases such a high blood pressure, heart disease or diabetes and have
never taken medicines for these conditions.
There have been many scientific studies of communities where a healthy old age is typical. These
include places like Calabria in southern Italy and the island of Okinawa in Japan. The small village of
Molochio in Calabria has about 2,000 inhabitants. And of those, there are at least eight centenarians. When
researchers ask people like this this the secret of their long life, the answer is almost always to do with diet
and is almost always the same. ‘I eat a lot of fruit and vegetables.’ ‘A little bit, but of everything.’ ‘No
smoking, no drinking.’
Whilst in the past scientists have looked at things such as diet and lifestyle for an explanation of long
life, these days they are investigating genetics. Once such researcher is Eric Topol, who says, ‘There must be
genes that explain why these individuals are protected from the aging process.’
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The new research into long life looks at groups of people who have a genetic connection. For example, one
group of interest lives in Ecuador. In one area of the country there are a number of people with the same
genetic condition. It’s called Laron syndrome. The condition means that they don’t grow to more than about
one metre, but is also seems to give them protection against cancer and diabetes. As a result, they live longer
than other people in their families. Meanwhilst, on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, there’s another group of
long-lived men, Japanese-Americans. They have a similar gene to the Laron syndrome group.
Back in Canada, scientists are trying to work out exactly how much of the longevity is due to genetics
and how much to environment. By checking public records going back to the 29 th century, researchers have
reconstructed the family trees of 202 nonagenarians and centenarians. They concluded that there were
genetic factors involved. And they seemed to benefit the men more than the women – a surprising result
because generally in Europe, there are five times more women centenarians than men.
So what really makes people live longer? It seems likely that it is an interaction of genes, the environment and
probably a third factor – luck.
1. What two factors for long life do scientists usually investigate?
A. where people live and what their lifestyle are B. genetic factors and environmental factors
C. people’s diet and activity when they were young D. people’s working and living habits
2. Diabetes, heart disease, and high blood pressure _________.
A. are common illnesses in elderly people.
B. teach scientists a lot about old age and long life.
C. are never found amongst a group of people in Ecuador.
D. affect people in some areas more than those in others.
3. What do some people from Calabria and Okinawa have in common?
A. They suffer from diabetes. B. They have an unusual genetic illness.
C. They live long and healthy lives. D. They have similar genetic patterns.
4. According to the article, ____________.
A. scientists are investigating people who are 120 years old.
B. scientific advances mean we will all live to at least 100 years.
C. scientists have found genes that might influence how long we live.
D. scientists haven’t discovered why people in some areas typically live longer than others.
5. The word “landmark” is closest in meaning to __________.
A. important stage B. major breakthrough C. hallmark D. benchmark
6. According to the article, _________.
A. people who live in small villages have healthier lifestyles.
B. in parts of Italy and Japan, most people live to be a hundred.
C. men generally outlive women in most parts of the world.
D. some communities in Italy and Japan have been studied by scientists.
7. Healthy elderly people __________.
A. often say that their diet is the most important thing.
B. don’t usually know what the secret to long life is.
C. give many different reasons for their old age.
D. used to pursue at least one type of physical activity when they were young.
8. The word “nonagenarians” is closest in meaning to _________.
A. people under 100 years old. B. people over 100 years old.
C. people from 50 to 59 years old. D. people from 90 to 99 years old.
9. Laron syndrome is interesting to scientists because ___________.
A. it might help people with growth problems. B. it shows that there is a genetic reason for old age.
C. there are different versions of the syndrome. D. what causes it is still a mystery.
10. Scientists think that healthy old age ________.
A. is typical in certain communities only.
B. is a genetic condition in European women.
C. was more common in the 19th century than it is today.
D. is the result of the interaction of different factors.
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
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Part 3. The reading passage below has seven paragraphs A-G. (2.0 points).
PAPER or COMPUTER
A Computer technology was supposed to replace paper, but that hasn’t happened. Every country in the
western world uses more paper today, on a per-capita basis, than it did ten years ago. The consumption of
uncoated free-sheet paper, for instance-the most common kind of office paper-rose almost fifteen per cent in
the United States between 1995 and 2000. This is generally taken as evidence of how hard it is to eradicate
old, wasteful habits and of how stubbornly resistant we are to efficiencies offered by computerization.
B Economists at the I.M.F spend most of their time writing reports on complicated economic questions,
work that would seem to be perfectly suited to sitting in front of a computer. Nonetheless, the I.M.F is awash
in paper, and Sellen and Harper wanted to find out way. Their answer is that the business of writing reports –
at least at the I.M.F – is an intensely collaborative process, involving the professional judgments and
contributions of many people. The economists bring drafts of reports to conference rooms, spread out the
relevant pages, and negotiate changes with one another. They go back to their offices and jot down comments
in the margin, taking advantage of freedom offered by the informality of the handwritten note. Then they
deliver the annotated draft to the author in person, taking him, page by page, through the suggested changes.
At the end of the process, the author spreads out all the pages with comments on his desk and starts to enter
them on the computer – moving the pages around as he works, organizing and reorganizing, saving and
discarding.
C Without paper, this kind of collaborative, iterative work process would be much more difficult.
According to Sellen and Harper, paper has a unique set of ‘affordances’ – that is, qualities that permit specific
kind of uses. Paper is tangible: we can pick up a document, flip through it, read little bits here and there, and
quickly get a sense of it. Paper is spatially flexible, meaning that we can spread it out and arrange it in the way
that suits us best. And it’s tailorable: we can easily annotate it, and scribble on it as we read, without altering
the original text. Digital documents, of course, have their own affordances. They can be easily searched,
shared, stored, accessed remotely, and linked to other relevant material. But they lack the affordances that
really matter to a group working together on a report.
D Paper enables a certain kind of thinking, for instance, the top of your desk. Chances are that you have a
keyboard and a computer screen off to one side, and a clear space roughly eighteen inches square in front of
your chair. What covers the rest of the desktop in probably piles – piles of paper journals, magazines, binders,
postcards, videotapes, and all the other artifacts of the knowledge economy. The piles look like a mess, but
they aren’t. When a group at Apple Computer studied piling behavior several years ago, they found that even
the most disorderly piles usually make perfect sense to the piler, and office workers could hold forth in great
detail about the precise history and meaning of their piles. The pile closest to the cleared, eighteen-inch-
square working area, for example, generally represents the most urgent business, and within that pile the most
important document of all is likely to be at the top. Piles are living, breathing archives. Over time, they get
broken down and resorted, sometimes chronologically and thematically; clues about certain piece of paper at
an angle or inserting dividers into the stack.
E But why do we pile documents instead of filling them? Because piles represent the process of active,
ongoing thinking. The Psychologist Alison Kidd, whose research Sellen and Harper refer to extensively,
argues that ‘knowledge workers’ use the physical space of the desktop to hold ‘ideas which they cannot yet
categorize or even decide how they might use.’ The messy desk is not necessarily a sign of disorganization. It
may be a sign of complexity: those who deal with many unresolved ideas simultaneously cannot sort and file
the papers on their desks because they haven’t yet sorted and filed the ideas in their head.
F Sellen and Harper arrived at similar findings when they did some consulting work with a chocolate
manufacturer. The people in the firm they were most interested in were the buyers – the staff who handled the
company’s relationships with its venders, from cocoa and sugar manufacturers to advertisers. The buyers kept
folders (containing contracts, correspondence, meeting notes, and so forth) on every supplier they had
dealings with. The company wanted to move the information in those documents online, to save space and
money, and make it easier for everyone in the firm to have access to it. That sounds like an eminently rational
thing to do. But when Sellen and Harper looked at the folders they discovered that they contained all kinds of

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idiosyncratic material – advertising paraphernalia, printouts of e-mails, presentation notes, and letters – much
of which had been annotated in the margins with thoughts and amendments and they write ‘perhaps most
important comments about problems and issues with a supplier’s performance not intended for the supplier’s
eyes.’ The information in each folder was organized – if it was organized at all - according to the whims of
the particular buyer. Whenever other people wanted to look at a document, they generally had to be walked
through it by the buyer who ‘owned’ it, because it simply wouldn’t make sense otherwise. The much
advertised advantage of digitizing documents – that they could be made available to anyone, at any time – was
illusory: documents cannot speak for themselves.
G This idea that paper facilitates a highly specialized cognitive and social process is a far cry from the
way we have historically thought about the stuff. Paper first began to proliferate in the workplace in the late
nineteenth century as part of the move toward ‘systematic management.’ To cope with the complexity of the
industrial economy, managers were instituting company – wide policies and demanding monthly, weekly, or
even daily updates from their subordinates. Thus was born the monthly sales report, and the office manual and
the internal company newsletter. The typewriter took off in the eighteen-eighties, making it possible to create
documents in a fraction of the time it had previously taken, and that was followed closely by the advent of
carbon paper, which meant that a typist could create ten copies of that document simultaneously. Then the
secretary would make ten carbon copies of that schedule and send them out to the stations along your railway
line. Paper was important not to facilitate creative collaboration and thought but as an instrument of control.

Question 1-7. Choose the correct heading for each paragraph from the list of headings below. Write the
correct number i-x.
List of headings
i paper contributed as a sharing or managing must
ii piles can be more inspiring rather than disorgnising
iii process that economists used paper
iv overview of an unexpected situation: paper survived
v comparison between paper and computer
vi IMF’s paperless office seemed to be a waste of papers
vii example of failure for avoidance of paper record
viii advantages of using a paper in offices
ix piles reflect certain characteristics in people’s thought
x joy of having the paper square in front of computer
1. paragraph A
2. paragraph B
3. paragraph C
4. paragraph D
5. paragraph E
6. paragraph F
7. paragraph G

Question 8-10. Complete the note below. Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage
for each answer.
Compared with digital documents, paper has several advantages. First it allows clerks to work in
a (8) _____________ way among colleagues. Next, paper is not like virtual digital versions, it is (9) _____.
Finally, because it is (10) _________, note or comments can be effortlessly added as related information.
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

D: WRITING (5.0 points)

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Your email:
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II. Paragraph writing: (3.0 points)
Read the following text from an article about smoking.

Medical studies have shown that smoking not only leads to health problems for the smoker,
but also for people close by. For this reason, smoking should not be allowed in public places.
Opponents argue that the forbiddance of smoking would possibly affect the freedom of choice
or lead to the closure of many bars and pubs. However, supporters of this ban place people’s
health problems at the top of the scale.

Now, write an paragraph to an educated reader to discuss your opinions about whether public
smoking should be banned or not. Include reasons and any relevant examples to support your answer.
You should write at least 150 words.
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Topic 1:

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1. Describe the poster? (1.0 pt)
2. In your opinion, what should we do to protect the environment? (2.0 pts)

Topic 2:

1. Describe the picture.

2. What should we do to protect wonders in our country?

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