Name: Trần Thanh Huyền Date: 7/11/2021

PRACTICE TEST 13
SECTION A - LISTENING
Part 1: You will hear a student called Mia Jeffries talking about a trip to a marine reserve as part of her
university course in marine science. Listen carefully and complete the notes below with NO MORE THAN
THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER.
TRIP TO WHITE ISLAND MARINE RESERVE
The weather at the marine reserve was more (1)_____windy_____ than Mia's group expected.
Over the past 5 years, not even one (2)___form of life___ has been harmed in the region surrounding White Island.
Mia says that the overall purpose of the trip was to check the (3)___size___ of fish, to see how long they have stayed
in (4)___protected waters____. Mia was also particularly hoping to improve her (5)___identification skills____ during
the trip.
Considering how (6)____demanding____and (7)____strenuous____ it is to dive 4 times per day, Mia recommends
that other students work on their (8)____fitness training___ before going on similar trips.
According to Mia, some of her group were distracted by some (9)____dolphins____ in the marine reserve, rather than
by a few sharks and (10)____fur seals____.
Mia's group went on a(n) (11)___predawn dive ___ to observe the effect of (12)___light__ on fish.
Mia describes one kind of creature attached to a rock as a large (13)____blue bell___ to convey its appearance.
Mia admits that writing a compulsory daily (14)___report___ was a challenge for her during her White Island trip.
Part 2. For questions 15-24, you will hear an interview with a man called Daren Howarth, who works as
a carbon coach. Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).
15. A carbon coach works full-time as a consultant with various clients. T
16. Before becoming a carbon coach, Daren trained to be a technician. F (ecologist)
17. To assess family's carbon footprint, Daren looks first at their waste disposal patterns. F (their bills)
18. Daren makes use of a carbon meter to see how much electricity household devices consume. T
19. Daren points out that individuals must pay for roof insulation. F (government)
20. Daren feels that using light bulbs of the old type is the worst waste of energy. T
21. Daren helped to reduce a band's carbon footprint at its concerts as well as on its CDs. T
22. Daren mentions a new type of environmentally friendly ship. F (home/ building)
23. The new construction uses both the sun and the wind to produce electricity. T
24. Daren suggests buying a handbook which gives more information about lifestyle changes. T
Part 3. You will hear part of an interview with two sports psychologists called Sheila Forbes and Peter
Maxton. For questions 25-30, choose the answer A, B, C or D which fits best according to what you hear.
25. Sheila explains that her role involves
A. preventing players from becoming over-confident.
B. responding to whatever players feel they need to improve.
C. enabling players to train aggressively.
D. persuading players that her techniques can really benefit them. (make sure they understand what I do)
26. Sheila says one strategy she uses to achieve her goals is to
A. encourage players to replicate good features of others’ performance.
B. ask players to share with her the way they control their anxieties.
C. get players to examine their effectiveness as team members.
D. trace the causes of negative thinking in players. (in behavior and thought processes -> damaging effect)
27. Sheila and Peter both think that it’s important for sports psychologists
A. to have wide experience in a range of different sports.
B. not to raise false hopes about what they can achieve. (not honest -> not progress very far, go along w/ her point
about frankness)
C. not to become too immersed in the environment of sport.
D. to adapt the decisions they make to suit individual situations.

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28. What was Peter’s reaction to his deteriorating sporting performance as a student?
A. He felt disappointed at the lack of relevant help available. (taken aback -> no support when I …)
B. He redoubled his efforts to succeed despite failing health.
C. He became desperate to uncover the source of his problem.
D. He switched to what he felt were easier sports to succeed in.
29. What does Peter dislike about his job?
A. needing always to be creative in his choice of techniques
B. constantly having to work in different environments
C. being criticised for ineffective working methods (simply doing for financial gain)
D. feeling he has to justify his achievements to others
30. When talking about their profession, Shelia and Peter agree that
A. it’s slowly establishing its place in player development.
B.  it isn’t attracting the right kind of people.
C. its profile needs to be raised among the general public. (treated w/ suspicion by fans… should be put in perspective
)
D.  it has a poorly-developed career structure.
SECTION B – VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR
Part 1: Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences.
1. Without additional funds from the government, the principal cannot ______ the issue of overcrowding in his school.
A. rectify B. banish C. sanction D. maltreat
2. Salt intake may lead to raised blood pressure in ___________ adults.
A. susceptible B. dangerous C. futile D. feasible
3. No one appreciated his work during his lifetime, but ___________ it is clear that he is a great artist.
A. in the aftermath B. by the time C. in retrospect D. in this eventuality
4. In recent years, many hills have been ___________ to give way to buildings.
A. demolished B. levelled C. flattened D. felled
5. Even the best medicines are not ______ .
A. Infallible: hoàn hảo B. unfailing C. fail-proof D. falsified: làm giả (hồ sơ)
6. The brother and sister were ___________ over who would get to inherit the beach house.
A. at large B. at odds C. at a standstill D. at a loose end
7. Parents know that a caring attitude can not only save you a small fortune, but also even make you feel good about
being ___________ and offering more care than presents.
A. tight-fisted B. pigheaded C. highly strung D. easy-going
8. Ann’s encouraging words gave me ___________ to undertake the demanding task once again.
A. a point B. an incentive C. a resolution D. a target
9. The international conference of the Cardiological Association has been ___________ in Cairo to discuss the
revolutionary discovery of doctor Gonzales from Mexico.
A. deployed B. collected C. mobilized D. summoned
10. We did our best to fix the broken computer but our efforts bore no ___________
A. success B. fruit C. luck D. end
Part 2. Read the passage below, which contains 10 mistakes. Identify the mistakes and write the
corrections.
Asking -> ask people to think of a Viking and the image they would most likely conjure upon -> up is one of a huge,
flame-haired Norseman in a horn -> horned helmet and brandishing a battle-axe. In fact, so -> such ideas stem from
romanticized tales that got -> took hold in the 18th century and which have evolved into the two-dimensional
caricatures we are familiar with today. They may be captivating and -> but dismiss them we must. These myths have
acquired such power that certain modern historian -> historians appear to have been unable to resist turning assertion
into fact, attributing purposes to relics for which there is no support, and imposing their interpretations of ritual when
there is no true -> truly reliable record. Which -> What has to be recognized above all else is the Vikings'

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technological ability in boatbuilding and navigation, to which sea-faring nations owe debt -> a debt of gratitude
whether they realize it or not.

SECTION C – READING
Part 1: Read the passage and choose the best answer.
THE NEW WAY TO BURN FAT
People who want to lose weight are being (1)_____ a startling new way to burn fat. Would-be slimmers are flocking to
a spa in Hong Kong that (2)_____ to reduce their waistlines by smearing them with Chinese herbs, dousing them with
alcohol and then (3)_____ light to them, all for £78 a session. The spa claims that the (4)_____ heat of the fire
penetrates deep tissue, increasing circulation and helping the body to absorb the herbal concoction which works to
detoxify the body and (5)_____ down fat. It boasts that the results are (6)_____, with customers recording losses of
up to 15 centimeters of fat after the first (7)_____.
Karen Chu, owner of The Life of Life Healing Spa in Hong Kong’s busy Causeway Bay district, says that about 100
customers have successfully (8)_____ the treatment, and there have been no (9)______. “About half the customers
come here for the Aqua-Fire treatment,” she said. “It is (10)______ safe. You are (11)______ from the flame by wet
towels. We have never had any complaints or problems. In Asia, people are more (12)_____ to the idea of fire being a
healing (13)_____. It is only the Westerners who are afraid of the fire. If a customer is really afraid we don’t go
(14)_____.” Ms. Chu claims the fire treatment also boosts the immune system, relieves stress, cleanses the skin and
(15)______ muscular pains and stomach problems.
1. A. proposed B. suggested C. offered D. advanced
2. A. predicts B. promises C. considers D. assures
3. A. making B. giving C. holding D. setting
4. A. soaking B. bitter C. intense D. forced
5. A. bring B. take C. work D. break
6. A. immediate B. early C. straight D. rushed
7. A. session B. part C. chapter D. period
8. A. undercut B. undergone C. underused D. undertaken
9. A. casualties B. damages C. warnings D. cautions
10. A. strongly B. fiercely C. perfectly D. deeply
11. A. prevented B. kept C. protected D. stopped
12. A. familiar B. acceptable C. prepared D. open
13. A. treatment B. cure C. correction D. better
14. A. through B. ahead C. forward D. along
15. A. eases B. disappears C. lightens D. recovers
Part 2: Fill in the gap with ONE suitable word.
Egyptologists tell us that the Sphinx and the pyramids at Giza were built approximately 4,500 years ago by an
Egyptian pharaoh, but in recent years a great (16)__amount__ of evidence has surfaced to challenge this. A growing
(17)_______ of independent researchers claimed that these monuments may in (18) _______ have been built as
(19)_______ back as 12,500 years ago! According to them, the Giza pyramids precisely line (20) _______ with the
position of certain stars in the year 10,450 BC. It is interesting to note that on that date the leonine Sphinx (21)
_______ have faced the exact location on the horizon where the constellation of Leo rose (22)_______ dawn on the
Spring equinox. Equally interesting is the claim made by at (23) _______ one geologist that weathering patterns on
the body of the Sphinx are consistent (24) _______ those left by precipitation over a substantial period of time, yet
Egypt (25) _______ saw heavy rainfall over 7,000 years ago. Could it be (26) _______ both the pyramids and the
Sphinx were built by a highly civilized race thousands (27) _______ years before the Age of the Pharaohs, at a time
when historians would (28) _______ us believe humans had (29) _______ the know-how to construct such amazing
structures? If evidence (30)_______ surface that can support such claims, the history books will undoubtedly have
to be rewritten.

Part 3: Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to each of the questions.
Some time ago, a website highlighted the risks of public check-ins – online announcements of your whereabouts. The

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site’s point was blunt: you may think you are just telling the world, ‘Hey, I’m at this place’ – but you are also
advertising your out-and-about-ness to all kinds of people everywhere – not all of the people you might like to bump
into. This appeared to confirm the growing awareness that there might be a downside to all the frantic sharing the
web has enabled. The vast new opportunities to publish any and every aspect of our lives to a potentially global
audience hold out all sorts of tantalising possibilities: Wealth! Fame! So we plunge into the maelstrom of the
internet, tossing confessions, personal photos and stories into the digital vortex. Too late we realise that the water is
crowded and treacherous – and we are lost.
Depressing? Perhaps, but don’t give up. This future has a map, drawn for us years ago by a reckless group of
online pioneers. In the early days of the web, they sailed these waters and located all the treacherous shoals. They
got fired from their jobs, found and lost friends and navigated celebrity’s temptations and perils – all long before the
invention of social networking. These pioneers, the first wave of what we now call bloggers, have already been where
the rest of us seem to be going. Before their tales scroll off our collective screen, it’s
worth spending a little time with them. After all, those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repost it.
In January 1994, Justin Hall, a 19-year-old student, began posting to the ‘WWW’, as it was then known,
something inhabited mostly by grad students, scientists and a handful of precocious teens like him. The web had been
invented at CERN, the international physics lab in Switzerland, so researchers could more easily share their work. Hall
saw something else: an opportunity to share his life. Link by link, he built a hypertext edifice of autobiography, a
dense thicket of verbal self-exposure leavened with photos and art. In January 1996, on a dare, he began posting a
daily blog, and readers flocked to the spectacle of a reckless young man pushing the boundaries of this new medium
in every direction at once.
Hall’s ethos was absolute: cross his path and you could appear on his site; no topic was taboo. Certainly, this
was the work of an exhibitionist, but there was also a rigor and beauty to his project that only a snob would refuse to
call art. One day though, visitors to Hall’s site discovered his home page gone, replaced with a single anguished video
titled Dark Night. His story tumbled out; he’d fallen spectacularly in love, but when he started writing about it on his
site he was told ‘either the blog goes, or I do’. He’d published his life on the internet and, Hall protested, ‘it makes
people not trust me’. The blog went, but the dilemma persists. Sharing online is great. But if you expect your song of
yourself to ‘make people want to be with you’, you’ll be disappointed.
In 2002, Heather Armstrong, a young web worker in Los Angeles, had a blog called Dooce. Occasionally, she
wrote about her job at a software company. One day an anonymous colleague sent the address of Armstrong’s blog to
every vice president at her company – including some whom she’d mocked – and that was the end of her job. Those
who study the peculiar social patterns of the networked world have a term to describe what was at work here. They
call it the ‘online distribution effect’: that feeling so many of us have that we can get away with saying things online
that we’d never dream of saying in person. But our digital
lives are interwoven with our real lives. When we pretend otherwise, we risk making terrible, life-changing mistakes.
Armstrong’s saga had a happy ending. Though she was upset by the experience and stopped blogging for
several months afterwards, she ended up getting married and restarting her blog with a focus on her new family.
Today she is a star in the burgeoning ranks of ‘mommy bloggers’ and her writing supports her household. Once a
poster child for the wages of web indiscretion, she has become a virtuoso of managed self-revelation. What
Armstrong has figured out is something we would all do well to remember: the web may allow us to say anything, but
that doesn’t mean we should.
31. The word “tantalizing” in paragraph 1 can be best replaced by______.
A. seductive: quyến rũ B. compelling C. conducive: có lợi D. appealing
32. Why does the writer describe a website about public check-ins?
A. to reinforce the concerns already felt by some people
B. to remind readers to beware of false promises
C. to explain that such sites often have a hidden agenda
D. to show that the risks of internet use are sometimes overestimated
33. What is the writer’s attitude to the online pioneers mentioned?
A. He is concerned by the risks they took.
B. He appreciates their unprecedented achievements.
C. He admires their technical skills.
D. He is impressed by the extent of their cooperation.

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34. What does the writer suggest about Justin Hall?
A. He was unusually innovative in his approach.
B. His work was popular for the wrong reasons.
C. He inspired others writing in different fields of study.
D. His work displayed considerable literary skills.
35. What point is exemplified by the references to Hall’s project?
A. People usually dislike exhibitionists. B. Someone’s life can be a form of art.
C. Relationships are always a private matter. D. Being too open may be counterproductive.
36. What does the account of Armstrong’s later career suggest about blogging?
A. It is important to choose an appropriate audience.
B. It is possible to blog safely and successfully.
C. It is vital to consider the feelings of others.
D. It is best to avoid controversial subjects when blogging.
37. In this article, the writer’s aim is to______
A. illustrate a point. B. defend a proposition.
C. describe developments. D. compare arguments.
38. The word “virtuoso” in the last paragraph can be best replaced by_____.
A. ace B. genius C. prodigy D. professor
39. What is the tone of the writer in this reading passage?
A. indignant B. straightforward C. admiring D. sarcastic
40. What is the best title for the passage?
A. Blogging: Confessing to the World B. Blogging: Online Distribution Effect
C. Blogging: Road to Potential Future D. Blogging: Frantic Sharing and Changing
Part 4: Read four different opinions from leading scientists about the future of fuel. For questions from
41 to 50, choose from the writers (A-D). The writers may be chosen more than once.
Which writer:
41. believes that from now on, less oil is available B
42. believes there are ways to obtain energy that we have not yet discovered A
43. believes that people need to be attracted to working in the energy industry C
44. sees a great potential in natural fuels A
45. believes that future oil recovery will lead to more environmental disasters C
46. believes the fuel crisis will cause the poor to become poorer B
47. believes that better technology can help to maintain oil production levels C
48. believes there may be sources of oil outside our planet A
49. thinks that oil companies are responsible for developing other types of energy C
50. recognises that inventions that can help to prevent an energy crisis are already available D
A. Howard Bloom, Author
Even though most people are convinced that peak oil has already passed, to me, peak oil is just a hypothesis. There is
a theory that carbon molecules can be found in interstellar gas clouds, comets and in space ice, and if this is the case,
our planet could ooze oil for ever. And even if we stay earthbound, those who say we have raped the planet of all its
resources are wrong. There's a huge stock of raw materials we haven't yet learned to use. There are bacteria two
miles beneath our feet which can turn solid granite into food. If bacteria can do it, surely we creatures with brains can
do it better. As far as the near future of energy is concerned, I believe the most promising alternative fuels are
biofuels, such as ethanol. It's an alcohol made from waste products such as the bark of trees, woodchips, and other
'waste materials'. And that's not the only waste that can create energy. My friend in the biomass industry is perfecting
an energy-generation plant which can run on human waste. We produce that in vast quantities, and it's already
gathered in centralised locations.
B. Michael Lardelli, Lecturer in Genetics at The University of Adelaide
Nothing exists on this planet without energy. It enables flowers and people to grow and we need it to mine minerals,
extract oil or cut wood and then to process these into finished goods. So the most fundamental definition of money is
as a mechanism to allow the exchange and allocation of different forms of energy. Recently, people have been using
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more energy than ever before. Until 2005 it was possible to expand our energy use to meet this demand. However,
since 2005 oil supply has been in decline, and at the same time, and as a direct result of this, the world's economy has
been unable to expand, leading to global recession. With the world's energy and the profitability of energy production
in decline at the same time, the net energy available to support activities other than energy procurement will
decrease. We could increase energy production by diverting a large proportion of our remaining oil energy into
building nuclear power stations and investing in renewable forms of energy. However, this is very unlikely to happen in
democratic nations, because it would require huge, voluntary reductions in living standards. Consequently, the world
economy will continue to contract as oil production declines. With energy in decline, it will be impossible for everyone
in the world to become wealthier. One person's increased wealth can only come at the expense of another person's
worsened poverty.
C. Jeroen van der Veer, chief executive of Royal Dutch Shell
People are understandably worried about a future of growing energy shortages, rising prices and international conflict
for supplies. These fears are not without foundation. With continued economic growth, the world's energy needs could
increase by 50% in the next 25 years. However, I do not believe that the world is running out of energy. Fossil fuels
will be able to meet growing demand for a long time in the future. Taking unconventional resources into account, we
are not even close to peak oil. The priority for oil companies is to improve efficiency, by increasing the amount of oil
recovered from reservoirs. At present, just over a third is recovered. We can also improve the technology to control
reservoir processes and improve oil flow. However, these projects are costly, complex and technically demanding, and
they depend on experienced people, so it is essential to encourage young people to take up a technical career in the
energy industry. Meanwhile, alternative forms of energy need to be made economically viable. International energy
companies have the capability, the experience and the commercial drive to work towards solving the energy problem
so they will play a key role. But it is not as simple as merely making scientific advances and developing new tools; the
challenge is to deliver the technology to people worldwide. Companies will need to share knowledge and use their
ideas effectively.
D. Craig Severance, blogger
What will it take to end our oil addiction? It's time we moved on to something else. Not only are world oil supplies
running out, but what oil is still left is proving very dirty to obtain. The Deepwater Horizon oil spill occurred precisely
because the easy-to-obtain oil is already tapped. If we don't kick oil now, we will see more disasters as oil companies
move to the Arctic offshore and clear more forests. The cheap petroleum is gone; from now on, we will pay steadily
more and more for our oil - not just in dollars, but in the biological systems that sustain life on this planet. The only
solution is to get on with what we will have to do anyway - end our dependence on it! There are many instances in
which oil need not be used at all. Heat and electricity can be produced in a multitude of other ways, such as solar
power or natural gas. The biggest challenge is the oil that is used in transportation. That doesn't mean the
transportation of goods worldwide, it's the day-to-day moving around of people. It means we have to change what we
drive. The good news is that it's possible. There are a wide range of fuel efficient cars on offer, and the number of all-
electric plug-in cars is set to increase. For long distance travel and freight, the solution to this is to look to rail. An
electrified railway would not be reliant upon oil, but could be powered by solar, geothermal, hydro, and wind sources.
There is a long way to go, but actions we take now to kick our oil addiction can help us adapt to a world of shrinking
oil supplies.
Part 5: Read the following passage and answer the questions from 51 to 60.
The Final Frontier for Tourism
A – For some reason humankind has always looked towards the stars and dreamt of one day making the voyage into
the unknown and exploring outer space. Perhaps it is our innate curiosity, perhaps the challenge presented by the
seemingly impossible; whatever the lure, the quest to venture into space has become an obsession for many.
B – On a memorable July day in 1969 one man made a giant leap for his kind. Neil Armstrong touched down on the
moon as the world watched with bated breath. Was this a beginning or the culmination of years of endeavor that
pushed science to its very limits? Well, it has been a long time indeed since the last moon landing, more than 40
years, but science has not stood still in the interim, nor have our dreams become any less ambitious. According to
NASA, plans are afoot for a manned mission to Mars at some point after 2020. A return to the moon has been
scheduled sooner - perhaps 2018 if NASA’s new Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) is rolled out on time. It may not be
Hollywood razzle-dazzle-style progress; it may even be painstakingly slow, but rest assured that plans are afoot for
something very ambitious and special indeed, and NASA may be back in the headlines making waves and history
again, just as it did on that faithful day in 1969, in the not-too-distant future.

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C – That said, it is the prospect of space tourism for the masses that has captured the headlines recently, and this
may not be such a distant dream as people would expect. In 2001, an American multimillionaire, Denis Tito, became
the first space tourist, spending ten days on the International Space Station along with his crew of Russian
cosmonauts, and fulfilling a lifelong ambition in the process. He described the experience rather paradoxically as
‘indescribable’; everything that he thought it would be and more. A year later, South African millionaire Mark
Shuttleworth followed in his footsteps. On his return to Earth he said, ‘every second will be with me for the rest of my
life’. Clearly these men had a once-in-a-lifetime experience, but this came at a hefty price, both paying $20 million for
the pleasure of their space adventures.
D – At present, space tourism is undoubtedly reserved for an elite and wealthy few, but what of the future? If Eric
Anderson, president of Space Adventures, the company that organized Tito and Shuttleworth’s trips, is to be believed,
it will be the next big thing. ‘Everyone’s looking for a new experience’, he says. Indeed, Space adventures is planning
to offer rocket trips to the public for $100,000 within the next few years, so perhaps space tourism is closer than we
think. Another company, The Space Island Group, is planning to build a space hotel inspired by the spaceship in the
film 2001: A Space Odyssey. Gene Meyers, the company’s president, predicts that in 2020 a five-day holiday at the
hotel will cost less than $25,000. Imagine, he says, a five-star hotel with all the usual luxuries, except that each
morning you will be greeted by mind-blowing views of outer space. This is certainly food for thought for adventure-
seeking holiday planners. That said, unless there is a serious spike in inflation between now and 2020, $25,000 will
still remain a considerable sum of money to have to part with for a recreational activity, once-in-a-lifetime or not. But
that is perhaps missing the point- the prospect of affordable space travel is getting closer and it is only a matter of
time before it becomes a reality.
E – Other companies have even more ambitious plans. Bigelow Aerospace is spending close to $500 million on a
project to build a 700-metre spaceship to fly tourists to the moon. The spaceship will be able to hold 100 guests, each
with a private room offering truly unique views of the earth’s sunset. Even the Hilton Hotel Group wants to get in on
the act with talk of plans to build a Hilton on the moon. For the present, only millionaires can enjoy the privilege of a
space journey, but in the words of one Bob Dylan, ‘The times they are a changing.’ And sooner than you’d think.
Choose the right heading for each paragraph A-E from the list of the headings below.
List of Headings
i. Not worth the cost
ii. Space travel; past, present and future
iii. Russian innovations
iv. A profitable investment
v. The future of tourism
vi. Insatiable desire for adventure
vii. The first space tourism
viii. Moon hotels
51. Paragraph A: __________vi___________
52. Paragraph B: __________ii___________
53. Paragraph C: __________vii__________
54. Paragraph D: __________v___________
55. Paragraph E: __________viii__________
Do the following statements agree with the information given in the passage? Read and 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
56. Bigelow Aerospace’s spaceship will offer unique views of the Moon’s sunset. False
57. The Hilton Hotel Group has ambitious plans to organize cheap space journey. Not Given
58. Gene Meyers believes space tourism will be popular in the near future. Not Given
59. NASA plans to launch a mission to Mars, but first it is hoping to return to the moon. True
60. At the moment, space tourism is too expensive for ordinary people, only the very rich can travel to space. True
SECTION D – WRITING
Part 1: Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first one. Use the words

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given and the words mustn’t be altered in any way.
1. It is as yet unclear whether a new sports centre is being planned or not. (seen)
 It _________________________________________ any plans for a new sports centre or not.
2. Mary is far superior to me in terms of technical knowledge. (match)
 When it comes ________________________________________________ for Mary.
3. Anthony wasn’t at all discouraged by this bad experience. (put)
 This bad experience _______________________________________________ least.

4. If Tom hadn’t acted promptly to extinguish the fire, there might have been more damage to the house. (in)

 But ________________________________________ out the fire, there might have been more damage to the
house.

5. . I’m finding it difficult to cope with all the work I have to do. (top)

 All the work I have to do ________________________________________________ me.

Part 2: Write a letter (at least 150 words) to your friend who lives in another country. In your letter:
- Invite him/ her to a public event in your country
- Describe the public event
- Explain about other plans you have for your friend when he/ she will visit.
Part 3: Write an essay (about 350 words) to state your viewpoint on the following question
There is a widespread belief among secondary school students that nothing but a university degree is a
passport to later success in life.
To what extent do you agree or disagree with this belief? Give reasons and examples to support your opinion(s).
Ngoài ra:
- Lifelong learning (theoretical knowledge, skills, practical application, trial and error, …)
- Social circles/ relationships (colleagues, managers, friends, family members,….)
- Hands-on experience

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