TEST 45 ĐT

SECTION A – LISTENING
Part 1. Napoleon led a very exciting and dangerous life, but he died in his own bed. The cause of
Napoleon’s death has been the subject of controversy from that time to the present. Listen to some of
the theories people have had about the cause of his death and fill in each blank with ONE WORD
ONLY. You will listen twice.
The cause of Napoleon’s death at the age of 51 on the island of St. Helena is still a (1)_______ .
There is no doubt that he was a very sick man at the time of his death. One theory about the cause of his
death is that he had (2)________ cancer. Another theory is that he was deliberately (3)________ by a servant.
A third theory also suggests that he was poisoned, but not by his servant. This third theory suggests that he
was poisoned accidentally by fumes from the (4)_______ in the house he lived in. A few years ago, samples
of the wallpaper were (5)________ and (6)_________ of arsenic were found in it. Arsenic is a (7)________
poison that was used in some of the (8)__________ in wallpaper during the time that Napoleon lived. More
than (9)_________ years after his death, people are still (10)_________ about the cause of his death.
Your answers
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Part 2: You will hear a radio interview with Paul Williams, an expert in artificial intelligence. For
question 11-15, decide which statement below is true (T) or False (F)
11. Paul explains that predictions made about AI in the past proved to be a long way off-target.
12. According to Paul, most experts feel uncertain what impact it might eventually have on our lives.
13. Paul feel that the comparison of AI and the arrival of the computer industry represents the true role of AI
in our lives.
14. Paul is slightly worried by the fact that machines which have intelligence could eventually replace
humans in the workplace.
15. Paul finally thinks that AI will develop more rapidly than we can ever imagine.

Your answers:
11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Part 3: You will listen to a student called Rob talking to another student about Theatre Studies
Course. Listen to the conversation and choose the correct answer (A, B or C). You will listen twice.
16. What helped Rob to prepare to play the character of a doctor?
A. the stories his grandfather told him
B. the times when he watched his grandfather working
C. the way he imagined his grandfather at work
17. In the play’s first scene, the boredom of village life was suggested by________
A. repetition of words and phrases
B. scenery painted in dull colours
C. long pauses within conversations
18. What has Rob learned about himself through working in a group?
A. He likes to have clear guidelines.
B. He copes well with stress.
C. He thinks he is a good leader.
19. To support the production, research material was used which described________
A. political developments
B. changing social attitudes
C. economic transformations
20. What problems did the students overcome in the final rehearsal?
A. one person forgetting their words
B. an equipment failure
C. the injury of one character
Your answers:
16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

Part 4: Listen to a Ted talk named “Try something new for 30 days” and complete the summary
below. WRITE NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS in the corresponding numbered boxes.
The speaker decided to follow in the footsteps of the (21)__________, Morgan Spurlock, and try something
new for 30 days. Think about something you've always wanted to add to your life and try it for the next 30
days. It turns out 30 days is just about the right amount of time to add a new or (22)______________.
There's a few things he has learnt while doing these 30-day challenges. Firstly, instead of the months flying
by, forgotten, the time was (23)___________. Also, he noticed that as he started to do more and harder 30-
day challenges, his (24)__________. Last year, he finished hiking up Mt. Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain
in Africa, which he would never have been that (25)_______ before he started my 30-day challenges. 
Moreover, if you really want something (26)_________, you can do anything for 30 days. For the writing a
novel, the secret is not to go to sleep till you've written your words for the day. You might be
(27)_________, but you'll finish your novel.
Finally, when making (28)_________, things he could keep doing, they were more likely to stick. There's
nothing wrong with (29)______. In fact, they're a ton of fun. But they're less (30)_________.
Your answers:
21. 26.
22. 27.
23. 28.
24. 29.
25. 30.

SECTION B – VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR

Part 1: Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences. Write A, B, C or D in the
corresponding numbered boxes.
1. Without her __________ help, they would have never survived the terrible ordeal.
A. priceless B. worthy C. invaluable D. treasured
2. Centuries of erosion have exposed __________ rock surfaces in the Painted Desert of Northern Arizona.
A. in colors of the rainbow B. rainbow- colored
C. colored like a rainbow D. a rainbow’s coloring
3. The annual competition has encourage the ___________ of several talented young musicians.
A. emergence B. emergency C. appeal D. nourishment
4. Choose the most suitable response to the following exchange.
- May: "From my point of view, all family members should share the chores equally."
–Tam: “______________________”
A. It's a breathtaking view. B. You lied to me.
C. But you're right. D. There's no doubt about it.
5. It should be _________ that students are expected to attend classes regularly.
A. marked B. reminded C. perceived D. noted
6. It’s a pity we didn’t visit Tom when we had the chance. I ________ him before he left the country.
A. would like to see B. should like to see
C. would like having seen D. would like to have seen
7. I’d rather you ___________ a noise last night, I couldn’t get to sleep.
A. hadn’t made B. wouldn’t make C. didn’t make D. haven’t made
8. Tom handed in the test and awaited the results ____________.
A. in the same breath B. out of breath C. with bated breath D. under her breath
9. Choose the word OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word in the following question
Donald Trump, the 45th and incumbent president, has launched a re-election campaign for the Republican
primaries.
A. powerful B. current C. present D. former
10. It is moved that the campaign __________ funds __________ at once.
A. to raise / be launched B. raise/ to be launched C. raise / launched D. to raise / is launched
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.

COLORBLINDNESS
1 Myths relating to the causes and symptoms of “colorblindness” abound throughout the
2 world. The definition itself is misleading, since it is extremely rare for anyone to have
3 a complete lack of color perception. By looking at the myths related to colorblindness,
4 one can learn many facts about the structure and genetic of the human eye. It is a myth
5 that colorblind people see the world through if it were a black and white movie. There
6 are very few cases of complete colorblindness. Those who have a complete lack of
7 color perception are referred to like monochromatics, and usually have a serious
8 problem with their overall vision as well as an ability to see colors. The fact is that in
9 most cases of colorblindness, there are only certain shades that a person can not
10 distinguish from. These people are said to be dichromatic. They may not be able to tell
11 the difference between red and green, or orange and yellow. A person with normal
12 color vision has what is called trichromatic vision. The difference between the three
13 levels of color perception has to make with the cones in the human eye. A normal
14 human eye has three cones located inside the retina: the red cone, the green cone and
15 the yellow cone. One cone contains a special pigment whose function is to absorb the
16 light of these colors and the combinations of them. People with trichromatic vision
17 have all three cones in working order. When one of the three cones does not function
18 properly, dichromatic vision occurs.

Your answers:
Line Mistake Correction Line Mistake Correction
11. 16.
12. 17.
13. 18.
14. 19.
15. 20.

SECTION C – READING
Part 1: Read the passage and choose the best answer. Write your answers A, B, C or D in the
corresponding numbered boxes.
Ask anyone over forty to make a comparison (1)_______ the past and the present and nine (2)________
ten people will tell you that things have been getting (3)________ worse for as long as they can remember.
Take the weather for example, which has been behaving rather strangely lately. Everyone remembers that in
their childhood the summers were (4)________ hotter, and that winter always included (5)________ falls of
snow just when the school holidays had started. Of course, the food in (6)_______ days was far superior too,
as nothing was imported and everything was fresh. Unemployment was (7) ________, the pound really was
worth something, and you could buy a (8)________ house even if your means were (9)_________. And
above all, people were (10)________better in those days, far more friendly, not inclined to crime or violence,
and spent their free time making model boats and tending their stamp collections (11)_________ than gazing
at the television screen for hours on end. As we know that this picture of the past (12) ________ can not be
true, and there are plenty of statistics dealing with health and prosperity which prove that it is not true, why is
it that we all have a (13)_________ to idealise the past? Is this simply nostalgia? Or is it rather that we need
to believe in an image of the world which is (14)_________ the opposite of what we see around us?
Whichever it is, at least it leaves us with a nagging feeling that the present could be better, and perhaps
(15)________ us to be a little more critical about the way we live.
1. A. with B. from C. between D. in
2. A. out of B. to C. or D. from
3. A. out B. so C. virtually D. steadily
4. A. not only B. at least C. rarely D. considerably
5. A. lavish B. abundant C. bulky D. prolific
6. A. most B. early C. those D. former
7. A. petty B. negligible C. miniature D. trivial
8. A. middling B. sizeable C. medium D. voluminous
9. A. mediocre B. confined C. rationed D. limited
10. A. more B. as C. somehow D. whatsoever
11. A. other B. rather C. usually D. different
12. A. simply B. hardly C. especially D. specifically
13. A. habit B. custom C. tendency D. practice
14. A. quite B. widely C. utterly D. rather
15. A. reassures B. supports C. makes D. encourages
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Part 2: Fill in the gap with ONE suitable word. Write the answers in the corresponding numbered
boxes.
COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam 
 The COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) ___(16)_______ by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-
CoV-2). On 23rd January 2020, the (17)_______ known case of COVID-19 in Vietnam was reported. As of
27th September 2020, the country (18)________ 1,074 confirmed cases, 999 recoveries, and 35 deaths. More
than one million tests have been performed, Da Nang, as of September is the most-affected city (19)_____
394 confirmed cases and 31 deaths.
Vietnam has suspended the entry of all foreigners from 22nd March 2020 __(20)_______ further
notice to limit the spread of COVID-19. The measure will not (21)_______ to diplomats, officials, foreign
investors, experts, and skilled workers. For foreigners that entered the country before 1st March (22)_______
those with temporary residence permits will also be entitled to extensions till 30th June but must present
health declarations. Vietnam is cited by global media (23)________ having one of the best-organized
epidemic control programs in the world, along the lines of other highlights (24)_____ as Taiwan and South
Korea. (25)______ inferior economic and technological capacities, the country's response to the outbreak has
received acclaim for its immediacy, effectiveness and transparency, in contrast to the alleged cover-up
in China, and the poor preparation in the United States and in European countries.
Your answers:
16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
21. 22. 23. 24. 25.

Part 3: Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to each of the questions. Write your
answers A, B, C or D in the corresponding numbered boxes.
An aerial view of the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic on the Caribbean island of
Hispaniola shows a remarkable sight: large pristine forests on the Dominican side and an almost barren land
on the Haitian side, a land devoid of trees except for a few small clumps. This is partially the result of nature,
as less frequent rains and poorer soil in Haiti mean fewer, smaller trees with very slow re-growth compared
to the Dominican side. However, it is people more than nature that have determined the island’s differences
in forest growth. In the centuries since Europeans first colonized the island, the two nations have followed
different paths of forest management, which has resulted in the current discrepancy. This is the result of both
the history of the two nations and the policies of both the people and their present-day governments.
Christopher Columbus first sighted Hispaniola in 1492, and the Spanish soon colonized the island.
The half-million population of Arawak Indians died of disease by 1520, and the Spaniards had to import
African slaves. The Spanish kept mostly to the eastern two – thirds of the island, and a small French colony
in the remaining third. The French decided to import massive numbers of slaves to clear vast forests and
plant sugar cane, a cash crop. By the beginning of the nineteenth century, there was small elite of Europeans
in Hispaniola supported by almost one million slaves, the majority on the French side.
In 1803, the western slaves rebelled and defeated a French expedition to recapture the colony. The
newly independent slaves renamed their nation Haiti, divided the land amongst the people, and forbade
foreigners from owning land or businesses. This legacy has had a profound impact on Haiti’s development
and has resulted in Haiti being the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere. With little outside investment,
the nation’s elite depend on the work of peasants they exploit. Haiti also has the highest population density in
the West, with ten million people crowded into one third of the island. The legacy of slavery led to a policy
of free men owning their own land, with them clearing the land for farming, cutting down trees in every
direction. The nation is too poor to develop a dependable electrical or gas infrastructure, so the Haitians
primarily depend on charcoal for cooking fuel and burn trees to make it. Even the few protected parks in
Haiti are raided for their prized trees. All of this has resulted in only one percent of the land remaining
forested.
The Dominican Republic, while not a very wealthy nation by global standards, is head and shoulders
above Haiti. The Dominicans have no history of slave rebellion, and the Spanish encouraged foreign
settlement and investment on their side of the island. Dominica has more rainfall and richer soil than Haiti,
which has enabled the Dominicans to grow cash export crops such as cacao, coffee, tobacco, and avocadoes.
With the wealth of these crops, the nation was able to import large numbers of gas ranges and propane tanks,
which were sold to the population at discounts to encourage them not to use wood or charcoal for cooking.
Politically, the Dominicans have had a series of governments that were concerned about the environmental
protection of the nation’s forests. Joaqin Balaguer, president for much of the late twentieth century, threw all
his energy into preserving the Dominican Republic’s forests, including making illegal logging a crime against
the security of the nation. The military was charged with defending the nation’s forests, with orders to kill
illegal loggers who did not surrender.
The legacy of Balaguer continue up to present, with the Dominican Republic having one of the
Western Hemisphere’s most comprehensive environment protection laws, most of which are actually
enforced. Over thirty-five percent of the Dominican land is forest, most of which is protected. This is in sharp
contrast to Haiti, where one can look for miles and not see a tree. The already thin soil of Haiti is eroding and
blowing away year after year, making the farmers’ small plots less productive. With its massive population
and bleak future, many Haitians are sneaking across the border, hoping for a better one in the Dominican
Republic.
26. The word barren in the passage is closest in meaning to_________.
A. fertile B. drained C. empty D. unproductive
27. According to paragraph 1, the difference in the amount of forest between Haiti and the Dominican
Republic is a result of all of the following EXCEPT _________.
A. the legacy of each country’s history B. the types of trees in the various forests
C. the attitude of each country’s government D. the forces of nature affecting the island
28. It can be inferred from paragraph 2 that the Arawak Indians were ________.
A. enslaved by the Spanish after they landed on the island
B. deliberately killed by the Spanish to make room for colonists
C. at war with the Spanish until they were finally eliminated
D. friends with the Spanish who died in spite of this amity
29. The author mentions that the French decided to plant sugar cane in order to _________.
A. describe why such large parts of the forests were cut down
B. discuss the basis of the economy in that particular colony
C. show the differences between the French and Spanish colonies
D. explain why there were so many slaves working in the colony
30. According to paragraph 3, after the slave rebellion in the French colony, the French _________.
A. gave up the colony and left it without a fight B. agreed to set the slaves free and departed
C. tried to retake it but failed in their attempt D. succeeded in retaking it from the former slaves
31. The word profound in the passage is closest in meaning to _________.
A. extreme B. potential C. wide D. immediate
32. The word it in the passage refers to _________.
A. nation B. electrical or gas infrastructure C. charcoal D. cooking fuel
33. According to paragraph 4, the Dominican Republic’s military __________.
A. cannot be corrupted by people who are interested in participating in illegal logging
B. does much of the work regarding the enforcement of the forest protection policy
C. will always shoot illegal loggers as soon as they are spotted chopping down trees
D. was ordered by Joaquin Balaguer to make protecting forests of the utmost importance
34. According to paragraph 5, Haitian farms are less productive because __________.
A. the population of the country is too big for farmers to support
B. the farmers are fleeing the country to work elsewhere
C. the topsoil on the farmland is continually disappearing
D. the farms in the country are too small to be efficient
35. The word bleak in the passage is closest in meaning to _________.
A. doubtful B. lonely C. bitter D. hopeless

Your answers:
26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
31. 32. 33. 34. 35.

Part 4: Read the following passage about four magazine editors, the people who decide on the contents
of a magazine and answer the questions from 36 to 50. The options may be chosen more than once.
Write your answers A, B, C or D in the corresponding numbered boxes.

MAGAZINE EDITORS
Fancy editing a magazine? Read about four successful editors
A. Barbara Green, editor of Children First
I started Children First, an on-line magazine for children aged 7 to 12, after looking at what was on offer
for that age range and realising there aren’t a lot of print or on-line magazines out there publishing authors
under the age of 17. I wanted my magazine to give them a chance, along with established children’s writers.
The magazine has fiction as well as poems, crafts, puzzles and games. From the next issue we’ll also have
interviewers with children’s book authors, though it’s a bit of a risk as I’m not convinced this will be a
winner with most readers. For anybody out there who might be interested in writing for this magazine, we’d
welcome new talent. However, any non-fiction articles must have up-to-date information and must be
engaging, because kids read enough dull book reports at school. And for anyone who wants to start an on-
line magazine, I’d say first make sure you know exactly what you want to get across in your publication,
and the type of readers you want to attract.

B. Anna Black, editor of Girl’s World

Rather than promoting an image of what girls are supposed to look like, which is what other magazines tend
to do, we give them the message that they are all cool- no matter what their height, their shape and their hair
colour. I like to keep on top of the latest trends, and being the mother of two teenage girls isn’t enough, so we
send out written questionnaires and ask our readers what’s cool and what’s not. We also look at other
magazines and see what they are writing about, which is not to say we steal their ideas. The magazine had a
section a few years ago called “Try it!”, which challenged girls to get out there and break new ground. The
former editor decided to drop it and now I’m trying to re-establish it. Soon I’m going to be looking for young
people with exciting new ideas, but for the moment we are not commissioning new writers.

C. Mark Feldon, editor of Hot Tunes

As a teenager, I was an avid reader of music magazines, and I didn’t seem to know what to do with my life,
my mother said: “You love stuff with magazines, why don’t you do something in publishing?” And so I did,
though I almost dropped the whole idea when a teacher told me I didn’t have the confidence to make it as a
journalist. Editing this magazine is the peak of my career and it’s satisfying to see that the teacher’s
assessment of my abilities was mistaken. Apart from the usual editing work, I travel a lot, which I’d rather do
without, but it’s essential to the magazine’s international flavour. One of my biggest challenges is deciding
what goes on the cover every month- if I don’t do it well, the negative effect on sales can be dramatic.

D. Luke Chappell, editor of Style Today

My first job as editor was great – I was choosen to be the editor of the student paper at university. It wasn’t
easy finding work as an editor after graduation. Eventually I got a job as assistant editor on Radio Fans
magazine, which I mistakenly thought would be dull, but it was here I developed into somebody who takes
pride in analysing every page in the magazine very closely. People are much more visually literate these
days, so editing isn’t just about having good writers, but about designing pages that will attract readers. In the
past I’d paid little attention to how things looked, but it’s so true that a well-designed magazine sells more
easily.

A. Barbara Green B. Anna Black C. Mark Feldon D. Luke Chappell

Which person ____________________________
Your answers:
36. mentions a certain lack of direction in their youth? 36.
37. compares magazine readers now and in the past? 37.
38. is uncertain about the success of a future magazine item? 38.
39. is proud to have reached the highest point in their working life? 39.
40. mentions a positive change in their own approach to the job? 40.
41. wants to bring back something that used to be in the magazine? 41.
42. mentions a type of reading text they do not want to publish? 42.
43. mentions a part of the job they would prefer to avoid? 43.
44. likes to keep an eye on what the competition is doing? 44.
45. emphasizes the need to have clear goals for a magazine? 45.
46. mentions the possible result of getting something wrong? 46.
47. wants to encourage self-confidence amongst their readers? 47.
48. was concerned about a lack of opportunity for young writers? 48.
49. managed to prove someone’s negative opinion wrong? 49.
50. admits their first impression of a job was wrong? 50.

Part 5: Read the following passage and answer the questions from 51 to 60.
One Who Hopes
A. Language lovers, just like music lovers, enjoy variety. For the latter there's Mozart, The Rolling Stones
and Beyonce. For the former there's English, French, Swahili, Urdu ... the list is endless. But what about
those poor overworked students who find learning difficult, confusing languages a drudge? Wouldn't it put a
smile on their faces if there were just one simple, easy-to-learn tongue that would cut their study time by
years? Well, of course, it exists. It's called Esperanto, and it's been around for more than 120 years. Esperanto
is the most widely spoken artificially constructed international language. The name derives from Doktoro
Esperanto, the pseudonym under which L. L. Zamenhof first published his Unua Libro in 1887. The phrase
itself means 'one who hopes'. Zamenhof's goal was to create an easy and flexible language as a universal
second language to promote peace and international understanding.

B. Zamenhof, after ten years of developing his brain-child from the late 1870s to the early 1880s, had the first
Esperanto grammar published in Warsaw in July 1887. The number of speakers grew rapidly over the next
few decades, at first primarily in the Russian empire and Eastern Europe, then in Western Europe and the
Americas, China, and Japan. In the early years, speakers of Esperanto kept in contact primarily through
correspondence and periodicals, but since 1905 world congresses have been held on five continents every
year except during the two World Wars. Latest estimates for the numbers of Esperanto speakers are around 2
million. Put in percentage terms, that is about 0.03% of the world's population - no staggering figure,
comparatively speaking. One reason is that Esperanto has no official status in any country, but it is an
optional subject on the curriculum of several state education systems. It is widely estimated that it can be
learned in anywhere between a quarter to a twentieth of the time required for other languages.

C. As a constructed language, Esperanto is not genealogically related to any ethnic language. Whilst it is
described as 'a language lexically predominantly Romanic', the phonology, grammar, vocabulary, and
semantics are based on the western Indo-European languages. For those of us who are not naturally
predisposed to tucking languages under our belts, it is an easy language to learn. It has 5 vowels and 23
consonants. It has one simple way of conjugating all of its verbs. Words are often made from many other
roots, making the number of words that one must memorize much smaller. The language is phonetic, and the
rules of pronunciation are very simple, so that everyone knows how to pronounce a written word and vice-
versa, and word order follows a standard, logical pattern. Through prefixing and suffixing, Esperanto makes
it easy to identify words as nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, direct objects and so on, by means of easy-to-
spot endings. All this makes for easy language learning. What's more, several research studies demonstrate
that studying Esperanto before another foreign language speeds up and improves the learning of the other
language. This is presumably because learning subsequent foreign languages is easier than learning one's
first, while the use of a grammatically simple and culturally flexible language like Esperanto softens the blow
of learning one's first foreign language. In one study, a group of European high school students studied
Esperanto for one year, then French for three years, and ended up with a significantly better command of
French than a control group who had studied French for all four years.

D. Needless to say, the language has its critics. Some point to the Eastern European features of the language
as being harsh and difficult to pronounce, and argue that Esperanto has an artificial feel to it, without the flow
of a natural tongue, and that by nature of its artificiality, it is impossible to become emotionally involved with
the language. Others cite its lack of cultural history, indigenous literature - "no one has ever written a novel
straight into Esperanto" - together with its minimal vocabulary and its inability to express all the necessary
philosophical, emotional and psychological concepts.

E. The champions of Esperanto - Esperantists - disagree. They claim that it is a language in which a great
body of world literature has appeared in translation: in poetry, novels, literary journals, and, to rebut the
accusation that it is not a 'real' language, point out that it is frequently used at international meetings which
draw hundreds and thousands of participants. Moreover, on an international scale, it is most useful - and fair -
for neutral communication. That means that communication through Esperanto does not give advantages to
the members of any particular people or culture, but provides an ethos of equality of rights, tolerance and true
internationalism.

F. Esperantists further claim that Esperanto has the potential - were it universally taught for a year or two
throughout the world - to empower ordinary people to communicate effectively worldwide on a scale that far
exceeds that which is attainable today by only the most linguistically brilliant among us. It offers the
opportunity to improve communication in business, diplomacy, scholarship and other fields so that those who
speak many different native languages will be able to participate fluently in international conferences and
chat comfortably with each other after the formal presentations are made. Nowadays that privilege is often
restricted to native speakers of English and those who have special talents and opportunities for learning
English as a foreign language.
Choose the correct heading for paragraphs A - G from the list of headings below. Write the correct
number i - ix.
List of Headings
i. A non-exclusive language
ii. Fewer languages, more results
 iii. Language is personal
iv. What's fashionable in language
v. From the written word to the spoken word
vi. A real language
vii. Harmony through language
viii. The mechanics of a language
ix. Lost in translation
Your answers :
51. Paragraph A_________ 52. Paragraph B________ 53. Paragraph C________
54. Paragraph D_________ 55. Paragraph E_________ 56. Paragraph F_________

Do the following statements reflect the claims of the writer in the reading passage? For questions 57-60,
write Y (YES), N (NO) or NG (NOT GIVEN) in the corresponding numbered boxes.
YES if the statement reflects the claims of the writer
NO if the statement contradicts the claims of the writer
NOT GIVEN if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this
57. Supporters of Esperanto say it gives everyone an equal voice.
58. Esperanto is the only artificially-constructed language.
59. Esperanto can be learned as part of a self-study course.
60. Esperanto can be used equally in formal and casual situations.
Your answers:
57. 58. 59. 60.

SECTION D – WRITING

Part 1: Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first one. Use the word
given in capital letters and the word mustn’t be altered in any way.
1. This plant often gets attacked by insects. (PRONE)
_________________________________________________________________
2. The young actress was very nervous before the audition. (BUTTERFLIES)
_____________________________________________________________
3. Janet persuaded me not to sell my house. (OUT)
_____________________________________________________________
4. Most people know that becoming an actor is difficult. (COMMON)
_____________________________________________________________
5. He makes sure that he isn't associated with policies he disagrees with. (DISTANCES)
_____________________________________________________________
Part 2: Your class took a tour of Ha Long last month but the tour was very poorly run. Write a letter in 80-
100 words to the travel agency to complain about the tour (the hotel, the meals, the tour guide).
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Part 3: The qualities and skills that a person requires to become successful in today's world cannot be
learned at a high school or other academic institutions.
To what extent do you agree or disagree with that statement?
In about 350 words, write an essay to express your opinion on the issue. Use reasons and examples to
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