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SECTION I: LISTENING COMPREHENSION (50 pts)
PART 1. Complete the notes below. Write only ONE word for each answer. (20pts)
GEOGRAPHY
Studying geography helps us to understand:
- the effects of different processes on the (1)__________ of the earth
- the dynamic between (2)__________ and population
Two main branches of study:
- physical features
- human lifestyles and their (3)__________
Specific study areas: biophysical, topographic, political, social, economic, historical and
(4)__________geography, and also cartography.
Key point: georaphy helps us to understand our surrounding and the associated
(5)__________
What do geographers do?
Find data e.g. conduct censuses, collect information in the form of (6)__________
- using computer and satellite technology.
Analyse data
- identify (7)__________, e.g. cause and effect.
Publish findings in form of
a. maps
- easy to carry
- can show physical features of large and small areas
- BUT a two-dimensional map will always have some (8)__________
b. aerial photos
- can show vegetation problems, (9)__________density, ocean floor etc.
c. Landsat picture sent to receiving stations
- used for monitoring (10)__________ conditions etc.
PART 2. Write ONLY ONE WORD OR A NUMBER from the dialogue for each answer.
(10pts)

11. How many days did the scientists spend under the waves? _______________

12. What answer did Rob choose? _______________

13. What's the name of the laboratory? _______________

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14. Where's the laboratory situated? _______________

15. What is the world record, in minutes, for holding breath underwater? _______________

PART 3. You will hear a student called Rob who is in the first year of the theatre studies
course talking to another student called Mia-who is in the fourth year of the same
course. Listen and decide whether these sentences are True (T) or False (F) according
to what you hear. (10pts.)
Theatre Studies Course
16. To prepare to play the character of a doctor, Rob imagined his grandfather at work.
17. In the play's first scene, the boredom of village life was suggested by long pauses within
conversations
18 .Through working in a group, Rob thinks he is a good leader.
19. To support the production, research material was used which described changing social
attitudes.
20. In the final rehearsal the students overcame the problem of the injury of one character
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

PART 4. You will hear part of a radio interview in which a graphic designer called
Sandra Cammell is talking about her work as a children's book illustrator. For
questions 21-25, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which fits best according to what
you hear.(10pts)
21. What does Sandra find difficult about working as a freelance illustrator?
A. being expected to be available all the time
B. having to work to a tight schedule
C. not knowing when she will next be working
D. lacking the opportunity to develop her style
22. What is the advantage for Sandra of working with editors she knows well?
A. She can illustrate books for the age group she prefers.
B. She can disagree with the editor's decisions
C. She has freedom in how she chooses to illustrate books.
D. She is allowed to work on illustrations before receiving the story.
23. For Sandra, what aspect of drawing people requires most effort?
A. persuading other people to model for her drawings
B. keeping the figures realistic rather than cartoonish

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 C. making the postures of children seems convincing
D. forming a mental picture of a book's main character
24. According to Sandra, what effect did her work have on her children?
A. They had to learn to play by themselves.
B. They thought that all mothers worked at home.
C. They developed their own interest in art.
D. They became good readers at an early age.
25. What advice does Sandra give to young people hoping to be illustrators?
A. send samples of your work to publishers
B. be prepared to spend time on self-promotion
C. show that you specialize in particular subjects
D. avoid being distracted by other kinds of work
Your answers
21. 22. 23. 24. 25.

SECTION II: LEXICO-GRAMMAR (40 points)

PART 1. Choose the most suitable word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) to fill in each blank
(20 pts)
1. She _________ agreed to go with him to the football match although she had no interest
in the game at all.
A. apologetically B. grudgingly C. shamefacedly D. discreetly
2. On the way to Cambridge yesterday, the road was blocked by a fallen tree, so we had to
make a_________.
A. deviation B. digression C. detour D. departure
3. Tom’s normally very efficient but he’s been making a lot of mistakes_________.
A. of late B. for now C. in a while D. shortly
4. I know it’s difficult but you’ll just have to_________and bear it.
A. laugh B. smile C. grin D. chuckle
5. I didn’t want to make a decision _________, so I said I’d like to think about it.
A. in one go B. there and then C. at a stroke D. on and off
6. We are not in a _________hurry so let’s have another coffee.
A. dashing B. racing C. rushing D. tearing
7. She’s a bit down in the_________at the moment – her husband has just lost his job.
A. world B. dumps C. heart D. bottom
8. “How did you know that he was lying?” – “It was just a_________feeling.”
A.faint B. gut C. slight D. vain
9.The new company had been_________with one problem after another and looked as if it
were about to go under.
A. glorified B. tainted C. fraught D. bewildered
10. Mike decided that election to the local council would provide a_________to a career
in national politics.

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A. milestone B. springboard C. highway D. turning point
11. As a poet, I think she_________comparison with the greatest this century.
A. stands B. makes C. leads D. matches
12. We all have to follow the rules, and none of us is_________the law.
A. beyond B. over C. above D. onto
13. When disaster_________, organisations such as Oxfam quickly provide help.
A.comes B. approaches C. arrives D. strikes
14. The number of people traveling by air has been growing_________.
A.by leaps and bounds B. from time to time
C. slow but sure D. by hook and crook
15. Drug-taking is a crime which society simply cannot _________.
A. approve B. acknowledge C. consent D. condone
16. I was scared _________when I looked down from the top of the cliff.
A. tight B. stiff C. hard D. solid
17. The whereabouts of the exiled president remains a_________ guarded secret.
A. highly B. closely C. deeply D. entirely
18. We should all _________when advertisers attempt to use unfair practices.
A. make a stand B. make a comeback
C. make amends D. make a deal
19. The company cannot accept _________ for injuries resulting from improper use of
rental equipment
A. validity B. liability C. compensation D. privilege
20. Jack never cheats or tricks anybody when he plays. He always goes by the _________.
A. book B. instructions C. principles D. method

PART 2. Give the correct form of the words in brackets. (10 pts)
1. This place is an _____________ zone, which is restricted to people who work in the
Parliamentary House only. (EXCLUDE)
2. He was _____________by the darkness and got lost in the forest. (NIGHT)
3. He was _____________with intelligence but he tried hard to make up for it. (ENDOW)
4. Any _____________gimmicks are forbidden in this competition. (MALICE)
5. Surely all women must have_____________ instinct or the human race would die out.
(MOTHER)
6. Putting up with noise coming from the neighbor is probably the most _____________
thing. (TO)
7. The leader was taken into custody, which brought an end to the _____________.
(SURGE)
8. The spectacular view of Sa Pa has _____________many visitors. (RAPTURE)
9. Andy has received such_____________ fame after he tried himself in the school’s play.
(WONT)
10. The aridity in that area _____________a poor crop. (TOKEN)

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PART 3. The passage below contains 10 errors. IDENTIFY and CORRECT them.
Write your answers in the space provided . (0) has been done as an example. (10 pts)

1 When constructing eco-friendly homes, builders allocate specific types of

2 energy-efficient resources for specific areas of the home. For instance, it is
3 common to affix single or double panels on the tops of hot water heaters to
4 absorb solar energy and provide a costly-effective, continual, renewable
5 power source. These types of hot water heaters are inexpensive to install and
6 unobtrusive to the eye. In case of wind power, it is neither attractive nor
7 particularly efficient to erect a towering turbine next to a single home; rather
8 it is built in an area where it can power several homes at last. Furthermore,
9 what homebuilders position their homes influences their energy efficiency. A
10 home with south-facing windows will absorb the natural radiation from the
11 sun, thus heat the home without using any energy-producing device. And
12 builders line homes with the best forms of insulation so any energy is used to
13 heat a home, whether it be natural or from electricity transmitted through the
14 grid, will not easily escape from it.

Your answers:
Lines Mistakes Corrections
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SECTION III. READING (50 points)

PART 1. Choose the best word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank
space in the following passage. (10 points)
Today the police are able to make use of all kinds of scientific and technological aids in their
(1)________ against crime. However, this was not always the (2)______.
In the early days of the British police force, during the nineteeth century, the police officer’s
whistle was his (3)________ way of calling for help if he got into (4)_________. Gradually,
in the twentieth century, things (5)_________ to improve. Those police officers lucky

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enough to be (6)_______ a patrol car rather than a bicycle could also take (7) ________ of
radio communications.
In 1903, a new system for identifying people by their fingerprints was discovered. (8)
_________ it soon proved to be one of the most significant developments in crime
investigation, a (9) _________ of the national fingerprint collection could (10)_______ days,
if not weeks, until computers were introduced in the 1970s.
1. A. charge B. duty C. fight D. match
2. A. instance B. case C. event D. condition
3. A. mere B. whole C. pure D. main
4. A. difficulty B. anxiety C. concern D. complaint
5. A. believed B. belonged C. became D. began
6. A. given B. thought C. throuwn D. caught
7. A. profit B. advantage C. benefit D. service
8. A. Moreover B. Whether C. Despite D. Although
9. A. hunt B. look C. search D. seek
10. A. pass B. stand C. spend D. take

PART 2. Fill each of the following numbered blanks with ONE suitable word and write
your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided. (10 points)

All tournament chess games are olayed with a chess clock- that is, two clocks joined
together. When one player makes his move, his presses a button which stops hic block and
starts his opponent’s clock. (1)_______ fails to keep to the time limit, no (2)_______ what
the position on the board, loses the game.
Weekend tournaments with a fast time limit and long sessions of play of (3)________
to twelve hours a day are very strenuous and (4)__________ in fatigue and time troubles.
The play is quite sharp. Active, attracking chess is the order of the day and it is difficult to
maintain (5)_________ sustained, precise defence against such play. A score sheet, which
has to be handed to the tournament officials at the end of each round. A score of the game
must be (6)_________ as play goes on.The only thought in everybody’d head is to win.
Talent and youth – that’s (7)_______is needed for success at chess, (8)__________ the
emphasis on youth. Some approach the board with a slow, purposeful manner (9)________
giving you a second glance – you simply don’t count. They seem to imply that the outcome
is a foregone conclusion for them; you only need to accept it with good (10)________.
Your answers
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Part 3. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer
sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 1 to 5. (10 points)

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 Although noise, commonly defined as unwanted sound, is a widely recognized form
of pollution, it is very difficult to measure because the discomfort experienced by different
individuals is highly exposed to higher levels may actually cause hearing loss. Particularly
in congested urban areas, the noise produced as a byproduct of our advancing technology
causes physical and psychological harm but it also detracts from the quality of life for those
exposed to it. Unlike the eyes, which can be covered by the eyelids against strong light, the
car has no lid, and is, therefore, always open and vulnerable, noise penetrates without
protection. Noise causes effects that the hearer cannot control and to which the body never
becomes accustomed to. Loud noises instinctively signal danger to any organism with a
hearing mechanism, including human beings. In reponse, heartbeat and respiration
accelerate, blood vessels constrict, the skin pales, and muscles tense. In fact, there is a
general increase in functioning brought about by the flow of adrenaline released in response
to fear, and some of these responses persist even longer than the noise, occasionally as long
as thirty minutes after the sound has ceased.
Because noise is unavoidable in a complex, industrial society, we are constantly
responding in the same ways that we would respond to danger. Recently, researchers have
concluded that noise and our response may be much more than an annoyance. It may be a
serious threat to physical and psychological health and well-being, causing damage not only
to the ear and brain but also to the heart and stomach. We have long known that hearing loss
is America’s number one nonfatal health problem, but now we are learning that some of us
with heart disease and ulcers may be victims of noise. Investigations on human subjects have
demonstrated that babies are affected by noise even before they are born. Fetuses exposed
to noise tend to be overactive, they cry easily, and they are more sensitive to gastrointestinal
problems after birth. In addition, the psychological effect of noise is very important.
Nervousness, irritability, tension, and anxiety increase, affecting the quality of rest during
sleep, and the efficiency of activities during walking hours, as well as the way that we
interact with one another.
1. Which of the following is the author’s main point?
A. Hearing loss is America’s number one nonfatal health problem.
B. Loud noise signal danger.
C. Noise may pose a serioud threat to our physical and psychological health.
D. The car is not like the eye.
2. Why is noise difficult to measure?
A. All people do not respond to it in the same way.
B. It causes hearing loss
C. It is unwanted
D. People become accustomed to it
3. The word it in paragraph 1 refres to _______.
A. the quality of life B. our advancing technology
C. the noise D. physical and psychological harm

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4. Look at the verb accelerate in paragraph 3. Which of the folowing is the closest in
meaning to it?
A. cease B. rise C. swell D. increase
5. According to the passsage, people respond to loud noises in the same way that they
respond to _____.
A. annoyance B. danger C. damage D. disease

PART 4. Read the following passage and do the tasks that follow. (20 points)

Investigating Children’s Language

A. For over 200 years, there has been an interest in the way children learn to speak and
understand their first language. Scholars carried out several small-scale studies, especially
towards the end of the 19th century, using data they recorded in parental diaries. But detailed,
systematic investigation did not begin until the middle decades of the 20th century, when the
tape recorder came into routine use. This made it possible to keep a permanent record of
samples of child speech, so that analysts could listen repeatedly to obscure extracts, and thus
produce a detailed and accurate description. Since then, the subject has attracted enormous
multi-disciplinary interest, notably from linguists and psychologists, who have used a variety
of observational and experimental techniques to study the process of language acquisition in
depth.

B. Central to the success of this rapidly emerging field lies the ability of researchers to devise
satisfactory methods for eliciting linguistic data from children. The problems that have to be
faced are quite different from those encountered when working with adults. Many of the
linguist’s routine techniques of enquiry cannot be used with children. It is not possible to
carry out certain kinds of experiments, because aspects of children’s cognitive development
– such as their ability to pay attention, or to remember instructions – may not be sufficiently
advanced. Nor is it easy to get children to make systematic judgments about language, a task
that is virtually impossible below the age of three. And anyone who has tried to obtain even
the most basic kind of data – a tape recording of a representative sample of a child’s speech
– knows how frustrating this can be. Some children, it seems, are innately programmed to
switch off as soon as they notice a tape recorder being switched on.

C. Since the 1960s, however, several sophisticated recording techniques and experimental
designs have been devised. Children can be observed and recorded through one-way-vision
windows or using radio microphones, so that the effects of having an investigator in the same
room as the child can be eliminated. Large-scale sampling programmes have been carried
out, with children sometimes being recorded for several years. Particular attention has been
paid to devising experimental techniques that fall well within a child’s intellectual level and
social experience. Even pre-linguistic infants have been brought into the research: acoustic
techniques are used to analyse their vocalisations, and their ability to perceive the world

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around them is monitored using special recording equipment. The result has been a growing
body of reliable data on the stages of language acquisition from birth until puberty. There is
no single way of studying children’s language. Linguistics and psychology have each
brought their own approach to the subject, and many variations have been introduced to cope
with the variety of activities in which children engage, and the great age range that they
present. Two main research paradigms are found.

D. One of these is known as ‘naturalistic sampling’. A sample of a child’s spontaneous use

of language is recorded in familiar and comfortable surroundings. One of the best places to
make the recording is in the child’s own home, but it is not always easy to maintain good
acoustic quality, and the presence of the researcher or the recording equipment can be a
distraction (especially if the proceedings are being filmed). Alternatively, the recording can
be made in a research centre, where the child is allowed to play freely with toys while talking
to parents or other children, and the observers and their equipment are unobtrusive.

E. A good quality, representative, naturalistic sample is generally considered an ideal datum

for child language study. However, the method has several limitations. These samples are
informative about speech production, but they give little guidance about children’s
comprehension of what they hear around them. Moreover, samples cannot contain
everything, and they can easily miss some important features of a child’s linguistic ability.
They may also not provide enough instances of a developing feature to enable the analyst to
make a decision about the way the child is learning. For such reasons, the description of
samples of child speech has to be supplemented by other methods.

F. The other main approach is through experimentation, and the methods of experimental
psychology have been widely applied to child language research. The investigator
formulates a specific hypothesis about children’s ability to use or understand an aspect of
language, and devises a relevant task for a group of subjects to undertake. A statistical
analysis is made of the subjects’ behaviour, and the results provide evidence that supports
or falsifies the original hypothesis.

G. Using this approach, as well as other methods of controlled observation, researchers have
come up with many detailed findings about the production and comprehension of groups of
children. However, it is not easy to generalise the findings of these studies. What may obtain
in a carefully controlled setting may not apply in the rush of daily interaction. Different kinds
of subjects, experimental situations, and statistical procedures may produce different results
or interpretations. Experimental research is therefore a slow, painstaking business; it may
take years before researchers are convinced that all variables have been considered and a
finding is genuine.
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The reading passage has seven paragraphs: A – G. Choose the most suitable
paragraph headings B – F from the list of headings on the right. NB There are more
paragraph headings than paragraphs so you will not use them all.
Question 1: Paragraph B: _______
Question 2: Paragraph C: _______
Question 3: Paragraph D: _______
Question 4: Paragraph E: _______
Question 5: Paragraph F: _______
i. Some limitations in the research method of child’s language
ii. The differences between analysing children’s and adults’ language
iii. Experimental approach to investigate child’s language use
iv. The development of some new research methods
v. The beneficial effects of investigating children language
vi. The record of child’s use of language in familiar and comfortable surroundings

Questions 6-10
Complete the summary below.
Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage for each answer.
One method of carrying out research is to record children’s spontaneous language use.
This can be done in their homes, where, however, it may be difficult to ensure that the
recording is of acceptable (6)________________Another venue which is often used is
a (7)________________ where the researcher can avoid distracting the child. A drawback
of this method is that it does not allow children to demonstrate their comprehension. An
alternative approach is to use methodology from the field of (8)________________. In this
case, a number of children are asked to carry out a (9)________________ and the results are
subjected to a (10)________________.

SECTION IV. WRITING (60 points)

Part 1. Read the following extract and use your own words to summarize it. Your
summary should be about 120 words long. You MUST NOT copy the original. (10
points).
The means of transportation has changed and improved over many centuries. Long ago,
during the times of the kings and knights, animals such as horses, buffaloes and camels were
used by man for transportation purposes. These animals no doubt did save man from
traveling by foot, they took a long time to complete the journeys, especially when
transporting goods.
In 1825, George Stephenson's opening of the first railway marked a significant progress in
the history of transportation. Railways were in popular demand because they could carry
more people and loads. More importantly, they ran faster than animals. Railways improved
the communication networks and hence, imports and exports of goods and people traveling

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out of their towns or even countries to work were made possible. Unfortunately, since the
invention of motor vehicles, the popularity of railways has declined.
Motor vehicles were first invented in the eighteenth century. These vehicles were preferred
by many people as they do not run on tracks and hence do not have fixed routes. Travelers
can then plan their own routes to suit their convenience. This is especially so when the
destinations are places like small towns or remote areas. In these places, few or even none
of the trains ever reach them; so traveling by the motor vehicle would solve this problem.
Over many years of modifications, the motor vehicle is now one of the most commonly used
means of transportation. Today, we travel in cars, taxis, buses, lorries or vans almost every
day.
Another form of transportation is by water. It may be the slowest but definitely the cheapest
form of bulk transportation. Though over the centuries of innovations, water transportation
has improved from the ancient wind dependent yachts to the modern motor driven ships,
journeys by water are still characterized by the dangers and unpredictability of meeting
natural disasters like the storms.
The evolution of world transportation has reached its pinnacle with the invention of
airplanes. Transportation by planes is the easiest and fastest. Planes gliding smoothly in the
air, are not obstructed by seas, hills, buildings and so on. Though convenient, this means of
transport is the most expensive. Despite the popular demand, the transportation network of
the planes is still not a balanced and complete one till today. Developed countries tend to
make use of air transportation more frequently than the less developed ones as they do more
exporting and importing of goods and also have more people traveling to and fro their
countries. Hence, the networks in these developed countries are denser.

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Part 2. The chart below shows the results of a survey on various home activities
among young people aged 11 to 16 in four countries. Write a report (of about 150
words) on the information in the chart. (20 points).

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Board Games
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Watching TV
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Part 3: Write an essay of about 350 words to express your opinion on the following
topic:
The social networks have a tremendous influence in shaping juveniles’
character.
To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement? (30 points).

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 TRẠI HÈ HÙNG VƯƠNG ĐÁP ÁN
LẦN THỨ XV TRẠI HÈ HÙNG VƯƠNG LẦN THỨ XV
MÔN: TIẾ NG ANH - KHỐI: 11
Thời gian: 180 phút
ĐỀ ĐỀ XUẤT

TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN CHU VĂN AN LẠNG SƠN

SECTION 1. LISTENING
PART I. (20pts)

1. surface 2. environment 3. impact(s)/ effect 4. urban 5. problems

(s)
6. images 7. patterns 8. distortion(s) 9. traffic 10. weather

PART II. (10pts)

1. 31 2. B 3. Aquarius 4. Florida 5.22

PART 3: (10pts)

1. True/ T 2. False/ F 3. False/ F 4. True/ T 5. False/ F

PART 4: (10pts) (CAE TEST BUILDER TEST 2)

21.B 22. C 23. C 24. D 25. B

SECTION 2. LEXICO-GRAMMAR (40 points)

PART 1. Choose the most suitable word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) to fill in each blank (20 pts)

1B 2C 3A 4C 5B 6D 7B 8B 9C 10B

11A 12C 13D 14A 15D 16B 17B 18A 19B 20A

PART 2. Give the correct form of the words in brackets. (10 pts)
1. exclusionary 2.benighted 3.unendowed 4. malicious 5. maternal

6. untoward 7.insurgency 8. enraptured. 9. unwonted 10. betokens

PART 3. The passage below contains 10 errors. IDENTIFY and CORRECT them. Write your answers in the
space provided . (0) has been done as an example. (10 pts)
Lines Mistakes Corrections
1. 3 on to
2. 4 costly-effective cost-effective
3. 5 case the case
4. 7 rather rather,
5. 7 last once
6. 8 what how
7. 10 heat heating
8. 10 device devices
9. 11 so so that
10. 11 is used used

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SECTION III. READING (50 points)
PART 1. Choose the best word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following
passage. (10 points) Write your answers in the space provided. (10 pts)
1. C 2. B 3. D 4. A 5. D
6. A 7. B 8. D 9. C 10. D

PART 2. (10 points) For questions 1-10, fill each of the following numbered blanks with ONE suitable word
and write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.
1. whoever 2. matter 3. up 4 result 5. a/ any
6. kept 7. what 8. with 9. without 10. grace

Part 3. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct
answer to each of the questions from 1 to 5.

1. C 2. A 3. C 4. D 5. B
PART 4. Read the following passage and do the tasks that follow. (20 points)

1. Paragraph B: ii
2. Paragraph C: iv
3. Paragraph D: vi
4. Paragraph E: i
5. Paragraph F: iii
6. acoustic quality.
7. research centre/center
8. experimental psychology
9. (relevant) task
10. statistical analysis

SECTION IV. WRITING (60 points)

PART 1: (10 points). Summarize the following article in no more than 120 words.
1. Write good summary with enough content and clear, logical information. 2 pt

2. Present the key points and main ideas in the right form of a paragraph. Make sure
that no important points have been omitted or distorted. The summary should include 5 pt
+ The topic sentence:
+ Supporting ideas:
+ Conclusion:
3. Use your own words or paraphrases with a variety use of synonyms, different
sentence structures and word class. You can change the order of ideas where necessary. 3 pt

Suggested answer:

In ancient times, man made use of animals like the horses to transport themselves and goods. The journeys
usually took a long time. Trains were preferred to animals since its invention, as they carry more people
and goods and travel faster. Motor vehicles proved more superior to trains as they do not run on rails.
Hence, they are able to reach small towns and remote areas where tracks are not available. Traveling via
waters man be slow but it is the cheapest form of bulk transportation. However, journeys by water are often
characterized by the danger of meeting a storm. Traveling by plane is the most convenient but expensive
way and thus we do not use it for daily purposes. ( 120 words )

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PART 2. (20 points
You should write at least 150 words.
1. Completion: 2 pts
- Neither too long nor too short
2. Content: 6 pts
- Cover the main information in the chart yet not go into too much detail.
- Make general remarks and effective comparisons.
3. Organisation: 4 pts
- The ideas are well-organized
- The description is sensibly divided into paragraphs
4. Language: 6 pts
- Use a wide range of vocabulary and structure
- Good grammar
5. Punctuation and spelling: 2 pts

PART 3. (30 points)

Write an essay of about 250 words about the following topic:
1. Completion: 4 pts
- Consist of three parts
- Neither too long nor too short
2. Content: 8 pts
Provide relevant and convincing ideas about the topic, supported by specific example and/or reasonable
justification.
3. Organisation: 6 pts
- Present the right form of a paragraph
- Ideas are well organized and presented with unity, cohesion and coherence.
4. Language: 8 pts
- Demonstrate of a wide range of vocabulary and structures.
- Good use of grammatical structures.
- Present the ideas with clarity.
- Easy to follow.
5. Punctuation and spelling: 4 pts

TAPESCRIPTS

PART I. IELTS 8- TEST 1- SECTION 4

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PART 2:
Rob: Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English. I'm Rob and with me is Finn.
Finn: …
Rob: Finn? Are you ok?
Finn: (breathes out) Ahhh… 49 seconds… I was just… holding my breath!
Rob: A new hobby of yours, Finn?

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Finn: Well today… we're talking about people living underwater – so I thought I could do with some
practice.
Rob: Ok – well you get your breath back. Today, we'll be hearing about scientists who broke the world
record for time spent underwater – they spent an incredible 31 days under the waves! And we'll be learning
some related vocabulary too. Ready now, Finn?
Finn: Yes – I think so. And are you ready for this week's question?
Rob: Hit me with it.
Finn: This week's question is… what is the longest time a human being has held their breath underwater for?
Is it:
12 minutes
18 minutes
22 minutes

Rob: I'm going to go for b) 18 minutes.

Finn: I'll tell you if you're right or wrong at the end of the programme, but… don't hold your breath!
Rob: Haha. Don't hold your breath – a phrase which means 'don't expect that a particular good thing will
happen'. Anyway – what about these scientists – did they hold their breath for 31 days?

Finn: Haha – no – but they did live underwater in a laboratory. That's a room or building with scientific
equipment for doing tests.
Rob: One of the men was Fabien Cousteau, who's an oceanographer – someone who studies the oceans. He's
the grandson of Jacques Cousteau – a Frenchman who held the previous record of 30 days underwater.
Finn: Fabien said he wanted to break his grandfather's record to raise awareness of ocean conservation –
protecting and looking after the ocean.
Rob: Well he's raised our awareness at least. Now I'm interested in how they lived underwater. Listen to
Fabien talking about the laboratory called Aquarius. Which word does he use to say that the lab is
completely underwater?

Fabien Cousteau (Oceanographer): Aquarius is very unique in that it's the only undersea marine laboratory –
it gives us a unique platform from which to live and explore this final frontier on our planet.
Finn: He called it an undersea laboratory. ‘Undersea’ is, as you might guess a word similar to underwater. It
means under the sea.
Rob: And he called this undersea world 'the final frontier'. It's an interesting phrase – it comes from the Star
Trek television series, which called space the final frontier – the last place that humans have not yet travelled
to, the last place to explore.
Finn: And apparently this laboratory was 18 metres under the sea in Florida... and being there allowed them
to spend less time diving and more time observing marine life.
Rob: Marine life – that means 'of the sea', so marine life means sea life, plants and animals that live in the
sea. They were particularly interested in investigating the effects of pollution on coral.
Finn: Now, I know they did this to raise awareness of marine conservation. But what I'm really interested in
is what life was like for them. What was it like to live underwater for so long?
Rob: Surprisingly, perhaps, life there wasn't too bad. They had air conditioning, hot water and internet
access!
Finn: Though I do know that Fabien struggled with one aspect. Listen to him to find out what:
Fabien Cousteau (Oceanographer): Unfortunately for me, as a French person, the food will also be simulated
– freezedried, astronaut type of food, canned foods – things like that, so it's a horror show for me.
Rob: Poor Fabien. He said the food was pretty awful. Maybe it was English food?!
Finn: Probably – as a Frenchman he wasn't impressed by the freeze-dried food – that means food that is
quickly frozen and dried – to preserve it.
Rob: Yes, he thought it was astronaut style food – the sort of food you would eat as an astronaut – someone
who travels into space!
Finn: And coming back to dry land they had to spend 16 hours decompressing.
Rob: That's very important. Divers have to decompress – to return to their original body pressure – when
they come out of the water.

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Finn: Sounds like a long time to wait for a good meal! So Rob – what do you think? Would you like to live
underwater for a month?
Rob: Absolutely not. I'd get very claustrophobic in those small spaces.
Finn: Anyway – let's see if you got this week's question right. I asked you what you thought the world record
for holding your breath for underwater was.
Rob: I went for 18 minutes.
Finn: Actually is was even longer than that. 22 minutes, 0 seconds by Stig Severinsen from Denmark. Stig
was allowed to hyperventilate – breathe fast and deeply using oxygen before the attempt. Please don't try this
at home! Well, that brings us to the end of today's 6 Minute English. We hope you’ve enjoyed today’s
underwater programme. Please join us again soon. Bye.
Rob: Bye.

PART 3.

You will hear a student called Rob who is in the first year of the theatre studies course talking to
another student called Mia-who is in the fourth year of the same course. Listen and decide whether
these sentences are True (T) or False (F) according to what you hear.
MIA: Hi, Rob. How's the course going?
ROB: Oh, hi, Mia. Yeah, great. I can't believe the first term's nearly over.
MIA: I saw your group's performance last night at the student theatre. It was good.
ROB: Really? Yeah but now we have to write a report on the whole thing, an in-depth analysis. I
don't know where to start. Like, I have to write about the role I played, the doctor, how I developed
the character.
MIA: Well, what was your starting point?
ROB: Er ….. my grandfather was a doctor before he retired, and I just based it on him.
MIA: OK, but how? Did you talk to him about it?
ROB: He must have all sorts of stories, but he never says much about his work,
even now. He has a sort of authority though.
MIA: So how did you manage to capture that?
ROB: I'd ….. I'd visualise what he must have been like in the past, when he was sitting in his
consulting room listening to his patients.
MIA: OK, so that's what you explain in your report.
ROB: Right. -
MIA: Then there's the issue of atmosphere - so in the first scene we needed to know how boring life was
in the doctor's village in the 1950s, so when the curtain went up on the first scene in the waiting
room, there was that long silence before anyone spoke. And then people kept saying the same thing
over and over, like 'Cold, isn't it?
ROB: Yes, and everyone wore grey and brown, and just sat in a row.
MIA: Yes, all those details of the production.
ROB: And I have to analyse how I functioned in the group - what I found out about myself. I know I was
so frustrated at times, when we couldn't agree.
MIA: Yes. So did one person emerge as the leader?
ROB: Sophia did. That was OK - she helped us work out exactly what to do, for the production. And that
made me feel better, I suppose.
MIA: When you understood what needed doing?
ROB: Yes. And Sophia did some research, too. That was useful in developing our approach.
MIA: Like what?
ROB: Well, she found these articles from the 1950s about how relationships between children and their
parents, or between the public and people like bank managers or the police were shifting.
MIA: Interesting. And did you have any practical problems to overcome?
ROB: Well, in the final rehearsal everything was going fine until the last scene - that's where the
doctor's first patient appears on stage on his own.
MIA: The one in the wheelchair?

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ROB: Yes, and he had this really long speech, with the stage all dark except for one spotlight - and then
that stuck somehow so it was shining on the wrong side of the stage ... but anyway we got that
fixed, thank goodness.
MIA: Yes, it was fine on the night.

PART 4:
Interviewer: Sandra, I have to tell you that my kids have been reading your books for years. They're the
kind of pictures that completely capture a child's imagination. Do you get as much delight out of producing
them?
Sandra: Thank you Mark. Well, yes, certainly I do. But don't think I'm illustrating all the time. I work
freelance and freelance work tends to be really great from the point of view of, erm, if you like a variety in
your life about what you do and when, particularly with children's illustration, because you have intensive
bursts and then you have periods of time when you haven't got any work coming in. But when it does, meeting
the deadline is the hardest part. When a book's being produced, the illustrator is the last person to do their bit
and by that stage often the restriction of time means that you resort to a similar style - one you know you can
do fast, but you have to accept that. But yes, it's ideal for a mother at home with small children which was
my situation when I started. You can work any time of the night or day.
Interviewer: I low did you get into illustrating children's books? Did you do a particular course that trains
you for it?
Sandra: Not really. 1 did a three-year graphic design degree when 1 left secondary school and learned all
sorts of things, and while 1 was at college, I also worked for an advertising agency. I've always believed that
you try and work in the situation you're heading for while you're training because that's a really good way of
networking with people and making contacts, and finding out what the real world's like, so from that
perspective it was great. I did lots of ads for the Vogel's bread company and at any one time in my flat I would
have all these varieties of bread in my kitchen, and I would be using black charcoal pencil on quite rough
paper and it would give a beautiful texture when you did realistic drawings of the bread, but I had to hurry up
and draw it before it went mouldy. It was quite time-consuming, what with all the tiny seeds and crusty edges,
but the company wanted very realistic pictures. I lost count of how many buns and loaves I had to draw, but,
erm, realistic illustration gives me immense satisfaction, so I didn't mind. And then, um, I didn't start doing
children's books until I had children and needed to work from home.
Interviewer: How does the actual process work? you and the writer ever meet up?
Sandra: No. The editor and the writer have worked on the script of the story' together. Then I get a phone
call and the editor says 'It's due in this amount of time. Are you interested?' and I always say 'Yes'. Then you
receive what we call the 'layout' in the post - that's basically big sheets of white paper with an outline of the
book on it, and the actual story positioned on the page where the editor wants to see it. And then they will
give you a brief, which is a page-by-page idea of what they want to see from the artist. And I'm lucky in that
I've developed a relationship with a few editors in different companies now, so that that brief can be quite
flexible when 1 receive it, because they understand that I've been doing this long enough to know the
relationship that's got to happen between the picture and the word, particularly in emergent readers, that's
little children who are learning to read. They need a very strong picture-word relationship, and consistent
pictures. You can't have a drawing of someone on one page wearing a certain sort of clothing and then change
it on the next - that just wouldn't work.
Interviewer: Yes, I know from my own children that repetition and familiarity are important in books. But,
erm, when you know you've got work, what's the next step?
Sandra: Well, it usually starts with me reading through the story and I immediately see it in my mind -1
have an immediate idea about the central character and often if it's not an animal or cartoon idea, if it's
actually a child or an adult, 1 try to think of someone 1 know and I base the character on that person,
[¿specially if it needs to be realistic, I might then go out and take a lot of photos of that person, if they agree,
to sort of help me get some idea about facial expression and that sort of thing. I used my neighbour in my
last book and she thought it was hilarious. My eldest son James has appeared through his life in many of
my books. The poor child has had to pose doing all sorts of things because children are quite tricky to draw
and it's really helpful if you actually have their little bodies and hands to see how they work - they tend to
hold themselves and stand differently to adults.
Interviewer Have you ever used your own children to get some erm, feedback on your work? Sandra: No,
not like that. When they were younger they used to look at the pictures a lot - they've always been part of

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their lives. Me illustrating at home has always been part of what they know. 1 think the best spin-off has
been that they’ve both been exposed to books constantly, and I have a deep belief in reading to children
right from the word go. And, um, James and Andrew were barely 6, and they were thoroughly enjoying all
sorts of books by that stage, 1 mean, they had a reading ability way beyond some of their friends at the same
age. It's all about the contact you have with your child and I think that children are missing out on that more
and more, perhaps with everybody being busy, but books are a wonderful way to curl up and get together.
Interviewer: And for any young person who would like a career in illustration. How should they go about
it?
Sandra: Well, you need to build up a portfolio, lots of examples of your work, to show to publishers. It's
really good to show a range of ethnic backgrounds, the fact that you can draw people and animals, perhaps
that you can cartoon; versatility is the key to getting work. And when I started out, I just went round lots
of different children's publishers and met the editor. I suppose you could send in your CV first, but I tended
to ring and make an appointment and go and see them because I believe that it’s always best to go and
speak to somebody. They get a better idea about the person they're dealing with. And if you really want to
get on, you have to market yourself really well. You need to generate your own work and put your face in
front of people at overseas conferences, that sort of thing. The great majority of our most successful
contemporary artists are trained teachers, and they've worked in that profession while they've consolidated
their art career - so it's always handy to have something else up your sleeve.
----- THE END -----

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