HO CHI MINH CITY UNIVERSITY OF Test date: June 4, 2021

TECHNOLOGY
Office for International Study Programs SECTION: LISTENING
PRELIMINARY TEST Allotted time: 30 mins
Full name: ……………………………………………..…. Student ID number: ……………....……
English class: …………………………………………..… Candidate code: ………………….…….
Test room: …………………………………….………..…

SECTION 1 QUESTIONS 1 – 10
Complete the form below
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/ OR A NUMBER for each answer.

ORDER FORM
Example Answer
Reason for call problems with website

 Name: 1____________________ Freeman

 Title of book: 2____________________
 Author: Richard 3_________________
 Type of book: 4________________________
 Price: 5 £______________________
 Payment method: 6________________________
 Delivery address: 7________________________, London N22
 Delivery type: 8________________________
 Delivery date: 9________________________
 Delivery instructions:
If out, leave with a 10________________________

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SECTION 2 QUESTIONS 11 – 20
Questions 11 – 15
Choose the correct letter, A, B, C, or D
11. How many patients does the hospital consult every year?
A. 11,000
B. 5,000
C. 3,000
12. When can patients meet the female doctor?
A. three days a week
B. on weekday mornings
C. only on Mondays and Fridays
13. Who is the expert on treating hearing loss?
A. Mr. Green
B. Mr. Robert
C. Mr. Edwards
14. Where are patients recommended to buy their medicine?
A. the supermarket in the town
B. the health care’s pharmacy
C. pharmacies nearby the city centre
15. What will the patients be asked about whether they are willing to do?
A. asking postgraduate students to do treatment
B. meeting students in group discussion
C. letting one student attend the consultation

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Questions 16 – 20
Label the map below.
Write the correct letter, A – H, next to questions 16 – 20

16. Reception ______

17. Mr. Green’s room ______
18. Medical Records Office ______
19. Surgery Room ______
20. Manager’s Office ______

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SECTION 3 QUESTIONS 21 – 30
Questions 21 and 22
Choose TWO letters, A – E
Which TWO groups of people is the display primarily intended for?
A. Students from the English department
B. Residents of the local area
C. The university’s teaching staff
D. Potential new students
E. Students from other departments
Questions 23 and 24
Choose TWO letters, A – E
What are Cathy and Graham’s TWO reasons for choosing the novelist Charles Dickens?
A. His speeches inspired others to try to improve society.
B. He used his publications to draw attention to social problems.
C. His novels are well-known now
D. He was consulted on a number of social issues.
E. His reputation has changed in recent times.

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Questions 25 – 30
What topic do Cathy and Graham choose to illustrate with each novel?
Choose SIX answers from the box and write the correct letter, A – H, next to Questions 25 – 30

Topics
A. Poverty
B. Education
C. Dickens’s travels
D. Entertainment
E. Crime and the law
F. Wealth
G. Medicine
H. A woman’s life

Novels by Dickens
25. The Pickwick Papers
26. Oliver Twist
27. Nicholas Nickleby
28. Martin Chuzzlewit
29. Bleak House
30. Little Dorrit

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SECTION 4 QUESTIONS 31 – 40
Questions 31 – 36
Complete the notes below
Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer

GRAPHICAL SYMBOL
‘Graphical symbol’
 Includes the logographs in Egyptian hieroglyphic writing and ancient Chinese pictograms
 Found in Africa, the Americas, and Oceania
 Still has something to do with 31_________________ use today

Ancient graphic writing systems

 Researchers obtain a wide range of 32_________________ about past civilisations.
 Rosetta Stone was found in 1799 when members of Napoleon’s expedition got to Egypt.
 Frenchman Jean-Francois Champollion determined the phonetic values of the symbols in
1822.
 In those symbol, 33______________ are used to depict various meanings.

Camera obscura
 34_______________ helps people understand history better.
 Some charities will 35_______________ many endangered species.
 A camera was tied to one 36 _______________ of a bird.

Questions 37 – 40
Complete the sentences below
Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer
37. More _______________ will be included in the future with the development of photography.
38. Companies would like to invest a lot to advertise in __________________.
39. Designing appealing ______________ is used as a way of effective branding.
40. Graphic writing systems are of great importance in the subject of ________________

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