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SAMPLE TEST
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề)
A. LISTENING (20 POINTS)

• Bài nghe bao gồm 2 phần; mỗi phần được nghe 2 lần; mỗi lần cách nhau 10 giây; mở đầu và kết thúc mỗi
phần đều có tín hiệu.
• Mở đầu và kết thúc bài nghe có nhạc hiệu. Thí sinh có 2 phút để hoàn chỉnh bài trước nhạc hiệu kết thúc
bài nghe.
• Mọi hướng dẫn cho thí sinh đều đã có sẵn trong bài thi.

Section 1: From question 1 – 10, listen the recording and do the following tasks.
For question 1 – 5, you will hear a trainee teacher called Eve talking to her university tutor about her
preparations for teaching practice. Label the diagram below.

Question 1: ________ Waste container

Question 2: ________ Slurry
Question 3: ________ Water inlet
Question 4: ________ Gas
Question 5: ________ Overflow tank
For question 6 – 10, complete the flow chart below. Choose FIVE answers from the box and write the
correct letter, A-G, next to questions 6 – 10.
A. Identify sequence.
B. Ask questions.
C. Copy.
D. Demonstrate meaning.
E. Distribute worksheet.
F. Draw pictures.
G. Present sentences.
LESSON OUTLINE YEAR THREE
TOPIC: ENERGY
ACTIVITIES
Teacher: Introduce word
Pupils: Look and listen

Teacher: (Question 6): _________

Pupils: Look and listen
 Teacher: Present question
Pupils: respond

Teacher: (Question 7): ________

Pupils: (Question 8): __________ and expand

Teacher: display picture

Pupils: (Question 9): ________

Teacher: (Question 10): __________

Pupils: write

Teacher: monitor pupils

Section 2. For question 11 – 20, listen to a recording about the explosion in Lebanon that happened lately and
complete the sentences. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS taken from the recording in the blank.
THE TRAGIC BEIRUT EXPLOSION
• The blast wreaked havoc devastatedly such as shattering windows, blazes, collapsed balconies which
trapped people (11) ________.
• Ascending numbers of people being injured aroused the worry of greater (12) _______.
• Many shipping containers were (13) ____________.
• The head of Lebanese Red Cross said that there was no (14) ______ for the casualties at that moment.
• The hospital, where more than 500 people were hospitalized, adjured for (15) ________.
• The explosion ejected (16) ______, agonizing and devastating the capital of Lebanon.
• Firefighters were coping with fire. Medical teams were in search of casualties. All such things appeared
to be a (17) ___________.
• After the explosions, Wednesday was chosen to be the (18) _______.
• The government claimed the explosions occured in the (19) ________ in the port area according to Lina
Sinjab.
• The aftermath night scene of the city was filled with smoke, (20) ______ and flames.
(Source: BBC News)

B. PHONOLOGY (5 POINTS)
Section 1. From question 21 – 23, choose the correct letter A, B, C or D that indicates the correct word whose
underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.
Question 21: A. replace B. lettuce C. surface D. palace
Question 22: A. collage B. camouflage C. persiflage D. rouge
Question 23: A. cache B. cello C. agression D. crucifixion
Section 2. From question 24 – 25, choose the correct letter A, B, C or D that indicates the correct word whose
stress pattern is placed differently from the others.
Question 24: A. alongside B. helter-skelter C. discriminatory D. apparatus
Question 25: A. bikini B. dividend C. flamingo D. thesaurus
C. LEXICO AND GRAMMAR (25 POINTS)
Section 1. From question 26 – 35, choose the correct letter A, B, C or D that indicates the correct word whose
underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.
Question 26: The slow development of bone can be resulted from ______ in Vitamin D.
A. shortage B. deficiency C. lack D. sparsity
Question 27: We had to _______ right at the start of the game because they were unbeatable.
A. catalyse B. concede C. compromise D. capitulate
Question 28: When we asked the doctor about our dad’s illness condition, he played it _______, but through the
expression on his face, we expected the worse.
A. up B. on C. down D. over
Question 29. __________ to tell you the answer for this exercise. You have to do it yourself.
A. Far be it for me B. As far as I ought
C. I would go so far as D. It is from far and wide
Question 30. _________, I still don’t accept your excuse.
A. Insofar as it is unconvincing B. Convinced as it may be
C. Even when it convinces me D. There being no conviction
Question 31. Vanessa told us to wait at the station to the movie for an hour and then at the last minutes she
_____ everything.
A. cried off B. flinched from C. shied away D. stood around
Question 32. Kyla’s parents quarreled a lot. She gruadually became a _____ in the middle.
A. teddy bear B. piggy C. goose D. beetle
Question 33. If I don’t get admitted to that school, I still ___________, so I am not so worried about this.
A. take up the slacks B. get my word in edgewise
C. pull the rug from under my feet D. have a several irons in the fire
Question 34. What it takes is a big ________ of faith to admit that you are wrong changes your whole life.
A. consideration B. leap C. barrage D. remark
Question 35. Your father left his home at 14 to _____ life by travelling around the world.
A. see B. experience C. find D. lead
Section 2. From question 36 – 45, supply the correct form of the word in bracket.
ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT OF PRAGMATIC DISORDERS
From the earliest (36) ________ of pragmatics in speech-language pathology, 36. EMERGE
researchers acknowledged the limitations of formal language tests to assess adequately
pragmatic language skills. These tests, which were (37) ______ used in clinics for the 37. EXTENSION
assessment of structural language skills such as phonology and syntax, revealed little
about an individual’s use of speech acts in everyday communicative contexts or the
dynamic processes of (38) ______ interpretation. Only assessments that examined 38. UTTER
conversation and other forms of (39) _______ (e.g. narrative) could throw light on 39. DISCURSIVE
impaired pragmatic language skills across different contexts. To address this lack of
appropriate assessments, researchers began to develop profiles and checklists of verbal
and non-verbal pragmatic behaviours. These new (40) _______ tools required clinicians 40. CLINIC
to observe a range of communicative interactions, and to record and (41) _______ 41. TRANSCRIPT
extended extracts of language. This (42) _______ data was then used as the basis for 42. NATURE
establishing which behaviours are present and/or performed appropriately within a
client’s pragmatic (43) _______. Two prominent examples of this type of pragmatic 43. REPERTORY
language assessment are Prutting and Kirchner’s (1987) Pragmatic Protocol and
Bishop’s (2003) Children’s Communication Checklist. These lists vary in the number
and range of pragmatic behaviours that they examine, in the types of child and adult
clients that they may be used to assess and in their (44) _______ procedures. For 44. MINISTER
example, while the Pragmatic Protocol is typically conducted by clinicians and
 researchers, the Children’s Communication Checklist may be completed by a (45) 45. CARE
________, speech-language pathologist or a teacher. The reader is referred to chapter 6
in Cummings (2009) for further discussion of these profiles.
(Source: Clinical Pramatics (2009) by Louise Cummings)
Section 3. There are 10 MISTAKES in the passage. Find and correct them.
LINE
Line
Line THE STORY OF VIETNAMESE PHỞ
1 To the casual visitor, the province of Nam Dinh flies under the radar. Situated in the Red
2 River Delta, Nam Dinh is known with agricultural areas and beautiful churches. Tran Hung Dao, the
3 13th-century national hero who helped defeat invading Mongol hordes, came from these parts. But
4 Nam Dinh’s most significant contribution to Vietnam is the beef noodle soup, Phở bò. Legends and
5 myths mean that many histories in Vietnam is coloured a variety of shades. This is also the case with
6 Phở, the country’s most famous dish, and its most successful cuisine export. In the capital city of
7 Hanoi, phở is a staple breakfast dish.
8 The history of Phở begins at the end of the 19th century, at the peak of French colony. French
9 demand led to a greater availability of beef in Vietnam. This at turn produced a surplus of beef bones,
10 which were used by Chinese and Vietnamese vendors to deepen and perfect the flavour of the Nam
11 Dinh broth.
12 Over the years, phở gained traction in Hanoi. It evolved from a noodle soup called xao trau -
13 - a simple dish made with slices of water buffalo meat cooked in broth with rice vermicelli -- in a
14 delicate and balanced creature. Buffalo meat was swapped with beef, round rice noodles were added,
15 the flavour of the broth was refined, and the classic Hanoi Phở was perfected. Migratory workers
16 from the Chinese provinces of Yunnan and Guangdong loved the new take, due to its similarity to
17 dishes from back home. The Vietnamese, having developed a taste for beef, grew equally enamoured.
18 By the 1930s, gánh Phở — roaming vendors shouldered mobile kitchens on bamboo poles — had
19 become a common sight in the streets of the Old Quarter.
20 Since then phở has been entwined with the national psyche. In his poem “An Ode to Pho,”
21 poet Tu Mo celebrated the subtle flavour of the soup and its egalitarian: it is a dish loved by both
22 rich and poor.
(Source: vietnam.travel)
D. READING (30 POINTS)
Section 1. From question 56 – 65, read the following passage and choose the correct letter A, B, C or D that
indicates the correct word/phrase that best fits in the numbered blank.
THE Ơ ĐU ETHNIC GROUP
In the distant past the Ơ Đu’s ancestors belonged to a small kingdom called Bon Man, an (56) ______
region covering Xiangkhouang and Houaphan province in Laos and parts of Vietnam’s Nghe An province. In the
late 14th century, the O Du (57) _______ some troubled times. They (58) ________ their homes and were chased
and hunted to every corner of their territory. The survivors had to hide their origins, language, customs, and names
and (59) ________ with other groups. For that reason the O Du culture and lifestyle are (60) ________ by other
ethnic groups, particularly the Thai and the Kho Mu.
As the O Du moved from place to place, their culture faded. In 2006 with their life finally stable, they had
to relocate once again to give up their land for the construction of the Ban Ve hydropower (61) _______. They
resettled in a new hamlet called Vang Mon, in Tuong Duong district. A difficult life hasn’t suppressed the strong
(62) ________ of the O Du. A population survey in 1935 showed that the O Du had just 34 people. Now there
are about 500 people of O Du origin, living in mixed households of O Du, Thai, and Kho Mu people. The O Du
live in stilt houses with rattan roofs.
“In an O Du house, the altar has a different placement and different items from an altar of the Kho Mu. A
Kho Mu altar is placed in the last room of the house, the most (63) ________ and private spot. The O Du hang
their altar above their sleeping area. From the altar, we can identify whether a family is O Du, Kho Mu, or Thai,”
said Professor Van.
The O Du don’t know much about modern science. One of their oldest customs is to listen to the first
thunderbolt to mark a new year. “The O Du don’t celebrate the lunar New Year Festival. They estimate when it’s
time to clean their house and (64) ______ the first thunderbolt, which (65) ______ a New Year. Then they perform
rituals to thank the Heaven Gods and deities for giving them life and protecting them. They give offerings of their
best food and farm products to the gods. The first thunderbolt symbolizes reproduction and fertility,” Professor
Van explained.
(Source: VOV news)
Question 56: A. self-imposed B. disjoined C. autonomous D. bystanding
Question 57: A. met with B. sweated out C. subjected to D. ran into
Question 58: A. flew B. fled C. fledged D. flown
Question 59: A. intermingled B. amalgamated C. coalesced D. dovetailed
Question 60: A. encroached on B. elbowed in C. interceded to D. impinged upon
Question 61: A. plantation B. plant C. planting D. planted
Question 62: A. alacrity B. prompt C. vitality D. delirium
Question 63: A. atomized B. untethered C. secluded D. cloistered
Question 64 A. waiting B. await C. awaited D. waited
Question 65: A. signs B. signalizes C. signifies D. signals
Section 2. From question 66 – 75, read the following text and choose the correct letter A, B, C or D that
indicates the correct answer for the following question.
CUISINE REFLECTS VIETNAM’S HISTORY
The known history of Vietnam began around 12,000 BC, when the indigenous people of Vietnam settled
in the Hong River Valley. There it was possible to sustain life through hunting and harvesting plants. Six thousand
years later we can see evidence of agricultural advances, and the Vietnamese people began wet rice farming. This
rice, as well as the herbs, plants, fish and meat readily available on the fertile lands of Vietnam, was the early
base of the Vietnamese diet.
Though rice has always been one of the nutritional staples for the Vietnamese people, the cuisine would
eventually evolve as cooking tools became more sophisticated, and as the influences from other countries became
stronger. In the 2nd century BC, the entirety of what was then known as Nam Viet was considered to be a Chinese
province. For 1,000 years the Vietnamese people would live under the reign of various Chinese dynasties, and
this proximity, though often fraught with political strife, would have a by-product: noodles. Noodles were
invented in China sometime around the time of the East Han Dynasty. Originally made with millet or other grains
native to China, the recipe soon expanded to include new forms made with wheat, rice and eggs. These noodles
and the techniques needed to create them were exported to Vietnam; soon they were being used in different and
delicious ways. Here we are, more than 2,000 years in the past, and noodles have come to Vietnam, so this must
be when phở was invented, right? Wrong. Surprisingly, phở, the most famous Vietnamese dish in the world, was
only created in Northern Vietnam in the early 20th century. By then the Chinese rule in Vietnam had long come
to an end and the colonialist French had arrived on scene. From 1887 to 1954, Vietnam was an essential part of
French Indochina, and the strong culinary influences of la cuisine Francaise in modern Vietnamese food can still
be seen today.
The fusion of Vietnamese noodles and herbs with a French beef broth is likely the basis for the original
phở. Nomadic vendors, from the village of Van Cu in the Nam Dinh province, could be seen in the early 1900s
walking with flexible sticks balanced across their shoulders and two huge barrels of soup attached to either side.
They sold the soup to anyone interested in a good meal on the roads outside of Hanoi. Chinese migrant workers
loved the soup because it reminded them of food from home. French missionaries and colonial settlers loved it
because of the rich, meaty broth. The Vietnamese loved it because of its flexibility in regards to ingredients, and
the fact that boiling the broth for so long would also rid it of any bacteria. And today? The various options are
plentiful.
The flavourful mix of cultures didn’t end with phở. The Vietnamese took the French baguette, filled it
with their signature marinated meats, seafood, paté or eggs, added herbs, pickled vegetables and chili and called
it a bánh mì. Bánh xèo, a thin pancake filled with bean sprouts, shrimp, and pork, could have some roots in the
French crepe, except instead of using wheat flour, eggs and milk to create the batter, the bánh xèo is made of rice
flour, water and turmeric, ingredients far more readily available in Vietnam than the dairy-filled French version.
Vietnamese turned into sô cô la and cà phê. Now, rather than the milk chocolates of Europe, the
Vietnamese favour chocolate so dark and intense it is almost black. Cà phê is brewed strong and has a hefty dose
of condensed milk poured into it to make it rich and sweet. French colonial rule in Indochina was wiped out
during World War II but the fusion of the two cuisines still remains inexorably linked.
As Vietnamese cuisine began to find a foothold all around the world, rice production hit an all-time low
back home. Changes to the structure of farming decreased motivation and led to widespread rice shortages. In
addition to the low food production, much of Vietnam’s agricultural land had been damaged during the war. Rice
paddies were laden with mines and Agent Orange had seeped into the soil. Nobody, not even those who had
previously enjoyed the benefits of being in the upper echelons of society, had enough rice for three meals a day.
People were forced to mix their rice with white potatoes, sweet potatoes, and sorghum, a grain known for being
particularly difficult to chew. By the 1980s Vietnam was ranked as one of the poorest nations in the world. Now
Vietnam has undergone a remarkable transformation and famine has turned to abundance. The country is the fifth-
largest exporter of rice in the world. Vietnamese parents are now more apt to overfeed their children rather than
underfeed them, because after all the years of malnutrition, a chubby child is now considered to be healthier and
more attractive. Newfound prosperity has also changed the food culture in Vietnam, leading to some growing
pains. Concerns about ‘dirty’ food, fast food and obesity are on the rise, as Vietnam attempts to find its balance
between increased wealth and decreased health.
Despite these issues, Vietnam is enjoying a culinary heyday. [A] The ability to reinvent, renew, refresh,
while staying true to one’s origins are things all chefs should aspire to, and that Vietnamese tastemakers have
been able to accomplish. [B] Walk down any street in Vietnam and you will find restaurants and cafes spilling
out onto the sidewalks. From meat grilled on makeshift BBQs in the middle of a busy intersection to high-class
restaurants serving only the most refined dishes, the flavours and fundamentals of Vietnamese food delight the
palate and surprise the senses. [C] So, what’s next? Perhaps, Vietnamese cuisine will be inspired by the Western
farm-to-table movement. Or maybe it will go down the road of mass-marketing and we’ll find our favourite
Vietnamese chefs hawking frozen phở dinners on TV. [D] Regardless, one thing remains clear: the Vietnamese
people have been able to weather wars and occupations, famine, and feast, all the while adapting and transforming
their remarkable culinary heritage. Whatever’s next is sure to be delicious.
(Source: citypassguide)
Question 66: What can we infer about the prehistory of Vietnam in the paragraph 1?
A. People’s life was totally based on natural diet.
B. Agriculture did not emerge until a long time after Vietnam appeared.
C. Hunting and harvesting were indispensible for living.
D. Only after Vietnamese wanted to base their diet did the natural resources start to demand.
Question 67: Vietnamese inheritted the skills of making noodles most likely due to ______.
A. the influence of multi-dynasties B. the conflicts among political parties
C. the exportation of noodles from China D. the assimilation of Chinese with Vietnamese
Question 68: The following statements are incorrect about Vietnamese food according to 2 nd pararagraph,
EXCEPT ______.
A. Exported noodles from Vietnam gained a lot of attention from French colonists.
B. Many French touches in Vietnamese dishes still appear at the present.
C. Phở was orginially invented by Chinese natives and passed down for Vietnamese.
D. French Indochina’s dishes were greatly influenced by Vietnamese dishes.
Question 69: What is the characteristic of phở that make people fall in love with it?
A. The home feeling arousal B. The widely ranged options
C. The ingredients’ suppleness D. The aromatic, savoury meat’s broth
Question 70: Why did the author mention about bánh xèo in the next paragraph?
A. To enlist the specialities of Vietnam that originated from other countries.
B. To underline the cultures harmonisation in a Vietnamese dish.
C. To consolidate the cultural heterogeneity in Vietnam cuisine.
 D. To substentiate that Vietnamese dishes are unparalled to French dishes.
Question 71: What does the sentence in underlined in the paragraph 5 mean?
A. French colonialism was eliminated though the connection with the cuisine in Indochina’s
cuisine still evident.
B. The intransigent connection between French colonialism and Indochina created springboard to
culinary development.
C. World War II put an end to French colonialism but it could not put an end to French influence
on Indochina’s culinary expansion.
D. Unyieldingly joined, the Indochina and French cuisine became undefeatable before the
devastation of French colonialism.
Question 72: Which is the chief difference that Vietnam has remarkably made?
A. The stereotype of “attractive children” is fundamentally changed.
B. Vietnam started to boost rice exportation to other countries.
C. Agent Orange was entirely eradicated from soil which substantially improved farming.
D. The prosperity flourished omnipresently and benignly.
Question 73: Where does the following sentence best fit in?
“From a new interest in food tourism to the increased popularity of Vietnamese food overseas, the culinary
path of Vietnam is continuing to evolve.”
A. [A] B. [B] C. [C] D. [D]
Question 74: The word “makeshift” in paragraph 7 has the CLOSEST meaning to ________.
A. elaborate B. feigned C. uncultivated D. provisional
Question 75: Which of the following statement that the author best support for throughout the text?
A. Vietnam underwent hardships all thanks to wars but its people never found it impossible to
overcome those even in these present days.
B. It is much more profitable for traditional food to be packaged and bulk marketing domestically
and internationally.
C. Vietnam cuisine is becoming westernized which is quite parallel to its past French and
American cuisine.
D. The transformation from famine to abundance brings about not only pros but cons.
Section 3. From question 76 – 85, think of ONE word that best fits in the numbered blank.
BANH XÈO – VIETNAM’S SPECIALITY
Bánh xèo – also known as crispy Vietnamese pancake, crepe or sizzling cake – is a famous street food
which is widely believed to (76) ______ from France during its occupation of Vietnam. The word “xèo” depicts
the sizzling (77) ________ when pouring the rice batter into the hot skillet.
This “Vietnamese pancake” has a yellow outer layer and is filled with boiled pork strips, shrimp, bean
sprouts and spring onion. Though some people might (78) _______ to use chopsticks to directly eat bánh xèo, the
best way to enjoy it is eating with your hands. First, take a piece of bánh xèo and put it on the rice paper. Add
fresh vegetables that are always (79) _______ with the dish (there’re a lot of vegetables to choose, but lettuce,
Vietnamese perilla, basil and bean sprouts are the most common) and roll them tightly. With each bite, don’t
forget to (80) _______ the roll into the sauce.
I am sure that (81) _______ after the first bite, the impressive taste of crunchy crust, savoury fillings,
sweet and sour dipping sauce will definitely make you (82) _______ in love with this delicacy. Besides, the sauce
is a perfect blend of spices (including fish sauce, sugar, lime juice, garlic and chilli), while the herbs help eliminate
the greasy taste.
Each region across this S-shaped country has its (83) _______ unique ingredients and flavours to make
bánh xèo become one of its specialities. In Southern Vietnam, bánh xèo is in the size of a large dish and its outer
layer is also yellow. In Central Vietnam, the dish is white and (84) _______ smaller. As for Hanoi, the
preparations of bánh xèo are similar to those in the south, but include special fillings like slices of Indian taro and
green mango. Perhaps because of those differences, not only Vietnamese people but also foreigners may find it
hard to resist the attraction of a crispy, messy but colourful combination all (85) _______ in bánh xèo.
(Source: hanoikids)
E. WRITING (20 POINTS)
Section 1. From question 86 – 95 complete the second sentence without changing the meaning of the original
sentence. Do not change the given word in any way (if any).
Question 86: Your protesting the initiation of the project is immaterial for us. (CRY)
Of little _______________________________________________________.
Question 87: When the board disapproved of the new ideas, we did to redo them from scratch. (THUMBS)
Unless _________________________________________________________ square one.
Question 88: Provided that you give me the chapter and verse of the story, I will let you go. (SOUP)
As _________________________________________________________.
Question 89: Although I am 2 years older than him, he never calls me brother. (JUNIOR)
At _________________________________________________________.
Question 90: If I were you, I wouldn’t believe him without knowing he was honest or not.
Were _______________________________________________________ the doubt.
Question 91: Helen became famous with the nickname of Neleh.
By the _______________________________________________________________ to fame.
Question 92: Precautions need taking without fail.
Precautions ______________________________________________________________ course.
Question 93: People storage a myriad of food in preparation of the pandemic. (ANTICIPATION)
People buy ________________________________________________________________.
Question 94: We don’t force you to stay here.
You are at ________________________________________________________________ wish.
Question 95: My mom often extols the virtue of my friend, which is really annoying.
My mom’s heaping ________________________________________________________ side.
Section 2. (15 POINTS) In this technological era, sharing informations on the social media platforms is
becoming more and more popular. However, the chief hindrance of this is sharing false news especially in this
pandemic situation.
What are your solutions to limit this matter to develop more seriously?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
You should write at least 250 words.
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