HỘI ĐỒNG THI UNILISH THE UNITEST SERIES

TEST 3

Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH

Thời gian thi: 180 phút (không kể thời gian ra đề)
Ngày thi: 23/10/2021
(Đề thi gồm 15 trang)
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A. LISTENING: (50 points)
Part 1. Listen to a recorded material about some types of special languages. For questions 1-5, decide
whether each of the following statements is TRUE (T) or FALSE (F) according to what you hear. Write your
answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.
1. Pidgins and Creoles are new languages, which function as lingua francas.
2. They have no native speakers at all.
3. Pidgins adopt a sort of simplified language based on the most basic vocabulary and grammar of that dominant
group's language.
4. A Pidgin language is a Creole language, and vice versa.
5. Creole languages are not restricted to English-based ones.
Your answers:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Part 2. For questions 6-10, listen to a news report about conservation efforts of dying languages and
answer the question. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS taken from the recording for each answer.
6. Where does the project team conduct their research?
__________________________________________________________________________________
7. What are half of the world’s known languages supposed to do in the next decade?
__________________________________________________________________________________
8. What does the ‘Enduring Voices’ project hope to bring awareness of?
__________________________________________________________________________________
9. Among whom is the language Apatani widely spoken?
__________________________________________________________________________________
10. What does the project team teach the locals to use during their research process?
__________________________________________________________________________________
Part 3. You will hear a part of a discussion between two experts in linguistics, Jay Ore and Toll Keane,
about learning foreign languages, facilitated by Miriam Potsbarn. For questions 11-15, choose the answer
A, B, C or D which fits best according to what you hear. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered
boxes provided.
11. What do we learn about the speakers’ foreign language credentials?
A. Both men are fluent in all the foreign languages they’ve studied.
B. The woman is presently studying Spanish.
C. Both men are fluent in at least three languages.
D. Two of the speakers claim not to be proficient in a language they learned.

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12. What do the two men suggest about language learning?
A. Success is largely dependent on the quality of teaching.
B. There is no substitute for effort.
C. The process of learning a language is a life-long one.
D. A desire to speak many languages is more than enough.
13. In what sense is quality of teaching important?
A. Teachers can act as facilitators to speed up learning.
B. Good teachers motivate their students.
C. Bad teachers create sceptical students.
D. Bad teachers can turn motivated students off learning.
14. The two male speakers have designed a course that
A. focuses on grammar and structure initially.
B. initially immerses students in a second-language environment.
C. enables students to make progress and see results quickly.
D. is seldom taught in the language being learned.
15. What happens after the first three weeks of the course?
A. Learners are no longer shown how they are progressing.
B. There is a shift to a more conventional style of learning.
C. The focus of teaching switches to basic practical language.
D. Learners recognise their closeness to attaining fluency.
Part 4. Listen to a talk about the human’s digestive system and how it works. For questions 16-25, complete
the following sentences with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS.
16. The digestive system, which is part of chemical and mechanical actions, involves __________.
17. The breakdown of the food into __________ begins at the mouth.
18. The food then passes through a bolus when the saliva secretion and the __________ of our tongue happen
simultaneously.
19. The saliva is made up of four matters: water, electrolytes, __________ , and enzymes.
20. The connection between the mouth cavity and __________ is in the throat.
21. When we swallow, the larynx (commonly known as the voice box) closes so that the food does not enter the
trachea, which is referred to as __________.
22. Peristalsis, a series of wave-like __________, helps move the food from the esophagus into the stomach.
23. The esophageal sphincter, which has a shape like __________, is located at the junction of the esophagus and
the stomach.
24. The stomach can store food for up to 2-6 hours until completely digested and eliminate the __________.

25. Along with pepsin and renin, the __________, a liquid that results from the secretion of the stomach, serves
to perpetuate the process of breaking down the food.
Your answers:

16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

21. 22. 23. 24. 25.

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B. LEXICO-GRAMMAR: (20 points)
Part 1. For questions 26-45, choose the letter A, B, C or D that indicates the correct answer to each of the
following questions. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.
26. The psychologist Daniel Kahneman won the Nobel prize in Economic Sciences for the book “Thinking Fast &
Slow”, which __________ his work on human decision making.
A. capitulates B. sanctifies C. levies D. distills
27. She has been severely criticized for her __________ responsibility to raise the child properly.
A. fortifying B. assuming C. abdicating D. flagellating
28. It would take another 15 years to see the full-fledged deployment of A.I for the __________ amount it costs to
exploit.
A. voluminous B. palatial C. obscene D. expansive
29. Because of cutbacks in council spending, plans for the new swimming pool had to be __________.
A. stockpiled B. overthrown C. shelved D. disrupted
30. Owing to the fog, his flight from Karachi was __________.
A. belated B. overdue C. uncongenial D. unpunctual
31. The mass __________ of 15 dogs in Ca Mau province has triggered the general public and many have angrily
voiced for further animal rights in Vietnam.
A. manslaughter B. holocaust C. extermination D. assassination
32. In such circumstances, innovation and excellence are __________ pressure and courage.
A. hailed from B. born of C. stemmed from D. emanated by
33. The five-star Michelin restaurant has cancelled our reservation because they couldn’t rearrange tables to make
room for one or two __________.
A. John Dories B. Johnny-come-latelies
C. moaning Minnies D. Johnny-on-the-spot
34. Those white, __________ nights have left her body exhausted and her soul destroyed.
A. bleary B. bedazzling C. entrancing D. prostrate
35. He is a man of dignity, which never doubts me that he would ________ a great father.
A. spawn B. make C. foster D. invent
36. In a world increasingly fearsome and fragile, this mountainous area represents an __________ of calm and
reassurance.
A. emaciation B. oldie C. oasis D. acromion
37. His sense of style and fashion __________ back to that of Hollywood stars in the 1980s.
A. retraced B. echoed C. trudged D. hearkened
38. There have been witnessed to be a __________ of interests in museums lately.
A. resurgence B. rejuvenation C. upturn D. revamp
39. The woman was __________ from the hospital yesterday only a week after her operation.
A. ejected B. expelled C. evicted D. discharged
40. I would leave her immediately if you __________.
A. would B. should C. will D. shall
Your answers:

26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33.

34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40.

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Part 2. For questions 41-45, provide the correct form of the words given in brackets in each blank that
follows.
Rachel Carson was born in 1907 in Springsdale, Pennsylvania. She studied biology at college and zoology
at Johns Hopkins University, where she received her master’s degree in 1933. In 1936, she was hired by the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, where she worked most of her life.
Carson’s first book, Under the Sea Wind, was published in 1941. It received excellent reviews, but sales
were poor until it was (41. ISSUE) __________ in 1952. In that year, she published The Sea Around Us, which
provided a fascinating look beneath the ocean’s surface, emphasizing human history as well as geology and
marine biology. Her imaginary and language had a poetic quality. Carson consulted no less than 1,000 printing
sources. She had voluminous (42. RESPOND) __________ and frequent discussions with experts in the field.
However, she always realized the limitations of her (43. TECHNIQUE) __________ readers.
In 1962, Carson published Silent Spring, a book that sparked considerable controversy. It proved how
much harm was done by the (44. CONTROL) __________, reckless use of insecticides. She detailed how they
poisoned the food supply of animals, killed birds and fish, and contaminated human food. At the time, (45. SPEAK)
__________ for the chemical industry mounted personal attacks against Carson and issued propaganda to indicate
that her findings were flawed. However, her work was vindicated by a 1963 report of the President’s Science
Advisory Committee.
Your answers:

41. 42. 43. 44. 45.

III. READING: (50 points)

Part 1. For questions 56-65, read the following passages and decide whether A, B, C or D best fits the gap.
The (46) _______ of touchscreen typing didn’t suit everyone initially. Some people, who had grown (47)
_______ to using a conventional keyboard, missed the physical feedback on whether they had hit the correct key
or not. They found the touchscreen slow to use, whilst the text they produced was (48) _______ with errors, a
situation that was (49) _______ if the text was produced on the (50) _______ using a smartphone.
Researchers at Maryland University found that many of these errors resulted from (51) _______ in each
individual’s typing style. For example, a user might be (52) _______ to hitting the bottom of a key rather than the
centre, increasing the likelihood that they would also hit the key below by mistake, (53) _______ producing so-
called ‘fat finger’ errors. They also found that if typing and walking (54) _______, there was a tendency for people
to hit a different part of the key if the tap coincided with their foot striking the ground. The data produced by the
team eventually allowed designers to (55) ________ these very human characteristics into account in the next
generation of touchscreen keyboards.

46. A. advent B. onset C. input D. upshot

47. A. familiar B. accustomed C. comfortable D. proficient

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48. A. strewn B. caked C. stashed D. clogged

49. A. amplified B. deteriorated C. exacerbated D. incensed

50. A. haste B. transit C. foot D. move

51. A. whims B. kinks C. glitches D. quirks

52. A. prone B. apt C. inclined D. liable

53. A. therein B. otherwise C. thereby D. likewise

54. A. simultaneously B. continually C. coincidentally D. intermittently

55. A. hold B. take C. put D. bring

Your answers:

46. 47. 48. 49. 50.

51. 52. 53. 54. 55.

Part 2. Read the passage below and do as directed.

ODONATA
Odonata is the order of insects that includes dragonflies and damselflies. To the human eye, their shining
colors1 and delicate-looking wings make them beautiful creatures to behold. In the natural world, however, they
are fearsome predators. Dragonflies and damselflies get their name from the powerful serrated jaws they use to
tear apart their prey. The word odonata means “toothed jaw.”
Dragonflies and damselflies are often confused with each other because they are very similar. Close
observation reveals the differences between them. The most obvious difference is the way they hold their wings
while at rest. Dragonflies hold their wings out to the side while damselflies fold their wings back. Dragonflies have
very large eyes that seem to cover the entire face because they are so close together that they touch each other.
Damselflies’ eyes are smaller, and there is a space between them. Dragonflies are larger and stronger animals
than damselflies and fly longer distances. Thus, they can be found in woods and fields away from the water.
Damselflies are not such strong fliers and are most often seen around the edges of ponds and streams since they
do not normally fly far from the water.
The largest odonata living today are the Hawaiian endemic dragonfly and the Central American damselfly,
each of these species having a wingspan of 19 centimeters. The smallest is the libellulidae dragonfly, native to
east Asia, with a wingspan of just 20 millimeters. Fossils have been discovered that prove that dragonflies have
been in existence for over 300 million years. The largest dragonfly fossil ever found belongs to the now-extinct
meganeura monyi, which lived 300 million years ago and had a wingspan of 75 centimeters. This giant was a
fearsome predator indeed, which feasted on small amphibians as well as on other insects.
Dragonflies and damselflies both lay their eggs on or just below the surface of the water in a pond or
stream. Some species lay their eggs on the stem of an aquatic plant. The babies emerge from the eggs in the

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form of nymphs. They live underwater, breathing through gills and preying upon water insects, tadpoles, small
fish, and even other nymphs. They hunt by hiding in the shadows at the bottom of a pond or stream, waiting for
prey animals to swim by. They have a special lip that they can extend far forward in order to grab their prey when
it comes close. Depending on the species, they live this way for several months or even several years. As the
nymph grows, it sheds its skin several times. Finally, it leaves the water and sheds its skin one last time. The adult
emerges, ready to live the next few weeks or months on land and in the air. The adults do not live for more than
four months, and many species live as adults for only a few weeks.
The exceptional visual abilities and flying skills of dragonflies and damselflies make them very adept
hunters. Their special eyes give them a nearly 360-degree field of vision, and they can detect even the smallest
movement or flash of light caused by other flying insects. They have two sets of wings that can move
independently of each other. This gives them great maneuverability in the air, which is important to these creatures
because they catch their prey while flying. They can hover, make sharp turns, and fly backward. Some species of
dragonflies can fly 60 kilometers an hour or more. Their prey consists of flying insects such as mosquitoes, deer
flies, smaller dragonflies, and butterflies and moths. One species of dragonfly takes spiders out of their webs.
Bloodthirsty predators that they are, dragonflies and damselflies are prey for other animals in their turn.
The nymphs are eaten by fish, frogs, toads, and other aquatic creatures. In the adult stage, they are hunted by
birds, frogs, and larger dragonflies and damselflies. They might also be caught in a spider’s web. What goes
around, comes around.
For questions 56-61, decide whether A, B or C best fits the given statements according to the passage.
Write your answer in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.

A if it is a fact about dragonflies only

B if it is a fact about damselflies only
C if it is a fact about both dragonflies and damselflies

56. They have sawlike jaws.

57. They hold their wings on their backs while resting.
58. Their eyes have a gap between them.
59. They can be seen in fields at a distance from ponds and streams.
60. The largest species has a wingspan of 19 centimeters.
61. The largest fossil has a wingspan of 75 centimeters.
Your answers:

56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61.

For questions 62-68, complete the summary about the life cycle of odonata by choosing the correct letter
A-K from the box below. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.
A. in the air E. near the water’s surface
I. weeks or months
B. with their lips F. nymphs
J. swimmers
C. tadpoles G. at the bottom of a pond
K. with their wings
D. fliers H. months or years

The eggs are laid (62) __________. The young dragonflies and damselflies, called (63) __________, live
underwater for a few (64) __________. They eat small water animals, catching their food (65) _________. When
they are almost fully grown, they leave the water. The adults live for only a few (66) __________. They are skillful
(67) __________ and catch their prey (68) __________.
Your answers:

62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68.

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Part 3. For questions 69-75, read the following passage about a tourist destination in Australia. Seven
paragraphs have been removed from the passage. Choose from paragraphs A-H the one that fits each
gap. There is ONE extra paragraph which you do not need to use.
Visiting Uluru
One day in 1874, an explorer, Ernest Giles, struggled up a small hill and was confronted with a sight such
as he could never have dreamed of finding. Before him, impossibly imposing, stood the most singular monolith
on earth, the great red rock now known as Uluru. Hastening to report the find, he was informed that a man named
William Gosse had chanced upon it a few days ahead of him and had already named it Ayers Rock after the South
Australia governor.

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So you are aware, as you drive to the park entrance, that you have driven 1,300 miles to look at something
you have seen portrayed a thousand times already. In consequence, your mood as you approach this famous
monolith is restrained, unexpectant - pessimistic even. And then you see it, and you are instantly transfixed. There,
in the middle of a memorable and imposing emptiness, stands an eminence of exceptional nobility and grandeur,
1,150 feet high, a mile and a half long, five and a half miles around.

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It’s not that Uluru is bigger than you had supposed or more perfectly formed or in any way different from
the impression you had created in your mind, but the very opposite. It is exactly what you expected it to be. You
know this rock. You know it in a way that has nothing to do with calendars and the covers of souvenir books.

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It is a motion too much faint to be understood or interpreted, but somehow you sense that this large,
brooding, hypnotic presence has an importance to you at the species level - perhaps even at a sort of tadpole
level - and that in some way your visit here is more than happenstance.

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I’m suggesting nothing here, but I will say that if you were an intergalactic traveler who had broken down
in our solar system, the obvious directions to rescuers would be: ‘Go to the third planet and fly around till you see
the big red rock. You can’t miss it.’ If ever on earth they dig up a 150,000 -year-old rocket ship from the Galaxy
Zog, this is where it will be. I’m not saying I expect it to happen; not saying that at all. I’m just observing that if I
were looking for an ancient starship, this is where I would start digging.

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You realize that you could spend quite a lot of time - possibly a worryingly large amount of time; possibly
a sell-your-house-and-move-here-to-live-in-a-tent amount of time - just looking at the rock, gazing at it from many
angles, never tiring of it. You can see yourself hanging out with much younger visitors and telling them: ‘And the
amazing thing is every day it’s different, you know what I’m saying? It’s never the same rock twice. That’s right,
my friend - you put your finger on it there. It’s awesome. It’s an awesome thing.’

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Instead, we stopped at the visitors’ centre for a cup of coffee and to look at the displays, which were all
to do with interpretations of the Dreamtime - the Aborigines’ traditional conception of how the earth was formed
and operates. There was nothing instructive in a historical or geological sense, which was disappointing because
I was curious to know what Uluru is doing there. How do you get the biggest rock in existence onto the middle of
an empty plain?

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 Afterwards we had one last drive around the rock before heading back to the lonely highway. We had
been at the site for barely two hours, obviously not nearly enough time, but I realized as I turned around in my
seat to watch it shrinking into the background behind us that there never could be enough, and I felt moderately
comforted by that thought.
Missing paragraphs:
A. It is less red than photographs have led you to expect but in every other way more arresting than you could
ever have supposed. I have discussed this since with many other people, nearly all of whom agreed that they
approached Uluru with a kind of fatigue, and were left amazed in a way they could notadequately explain.
B. By the time you finally get there you are already a little sick of it. You can't go a day in Australia without
seeing it four or five or six times - on postcards, on travel posters, on the cover of picture books - and as you
get nearer, the frequency of exposure increases.
C. Climbing up takes several hours and much exertion. Even when it's not too hot, lots of people get in trouble.
Just the day before a Canadian had had to be rescued off a ledge from which he could not get either up or
down. Fortunately, they close it to climbers when the weather is really warm, as it was this day.
D. It is grounded in something much more elemental. In some odd way that you don't understand and can't
begin to articulate you feel an acquaintance with it - a familiarity on an unfamiliar level. Somewhere in the deep
sediment of your being some long-dormant fragment of memory has twitched or stirred.
E. In fact, it is almost 300 miles across a largely featureless tract. Uluru's glory is that it stands alone in a
boundless emptiness, but it does mean that you have to really want to see it; it's not something you're going to
pass on the way to the beach.
F. It turns out that Uluru is what is known as a bornhardt: a hunk of weather-resistant rock left standing when all
else around it has worn away; but nowhere else on earth has one hunk of rock been left in such dramatic and
solitary splendour or assumed such a pleasing smooth symmetry.
G. I'm not saying that any of this is so. I'm just saying that this is how you feel. The other thought that strikes
you - that struck me anyway - is that Uluru is not merely a splendid and mighty monolith, but also an extremely
distinctive one.
H. Quite apart from that initial shock of indefinable recognition, there is also the fact that Uluru is totally
arresting. You cannot and don't want to stop looking at it. As you draw closer, it becomes even more
interesting. It is less regular than you had imagined. There are more curves and more irregularities than are
evident from even a couple of hundred yards away.
Part 4. For questions 76-85, read the passage and choose the answer A, B, C or D which fits best
according to the text. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.
THE ORIGIN OF THE PACIFIC ISLAND PEOPLE
The greater Pacific region, traditionally called Oceania, consists of three cultural areas: Melanesia,
Micronesia, and Polynesia. Melanesia, in the southwest Pacific, contains the large islands of New Guinea, the
Solomons, Vanuatu, and New Caledonia. Micronesia, the area north of Melanesia, consists primarily of small
scattered islands. Polynesia is the central Pacific area in the great triangle defined by Hawaii, Easter Island, and
New Zealand. Before the arrival of Europeans, the islands in the two largest cultural areas, Polynesia and
Micronesia, together contained a population estimated at 700,000.
Speculation on the origin of these Pacific islanders began as soon as outsiders encountered them, in the
absence of solid linguistic, archaeological, and biological data, many fanciful and mutually exclusive theories
were devised. [1] Pacific islanders are variously thought to have come from North America, South America, Egypt,
Israel, and India, as well as Southeast Asia. Many older theories implicitly deprecated the navigational abilities
and overall cultural creativity of the Pacific Islanders. For example, British anthropologists G. Elliot Smith and W.
J. Perry assumed that only Egyptians would have been skilled enough to navigate and colonize the Pacific. [2]

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They inferred that the Egyptians even crossed the pacific to found the great civilizations of the New World (North
and South America). [3] In 1947 Norwegian adventurer Thor Heyerdahl drifted on a balsa-log raft westward with
the winds and currents across the pacific from South America to prove his theory that Pacific islanders were
Native Americans (also called American Indians). Later, Heyerdahl suggested that the Pacific was peopled by
three migrations: by Native Americans from the Pacific Northwest of North America drifting to Hawaii, by Peruvians
drifting to Easter Island, and by Melanesians. In 1969, he crossed the Atlantic in an Egyptian style reed boat to
prove Egyptian influences in the Americas. Contrary to these theorists, the overwhelming evidence of physical
anthropology, linguistics, and archaeology shows that the Pacific islanders came from Southeast Asia and were
skilled enough as navigators to sail against the prevailing winds and currents [4]. The basic cultural requirements
for the successful colonization of the Pacific islands include the appropriate boat-building, sailing, and navigation
skills to get to the islands in the first place, domesticated plants and gardening skills suited to often marginal
conditions, and a varied inventory of fishing implements and techniques. It is now generally believed that these
prerequisites originated with peoples speaking Austronesian languages (a group of several hundred related
languages) and began to emerge in Southeast Asia by about 5000 B.C.E. The culture of that time, based on
archaeology and linguistic reconstruction, is assumed to have had a broad inventory of cultivated plants including
taro, yarns, banana, sugarcane, breadfruit, coconut, sago, and rice. Just as important, the culture also possessed
the basic foundation for an effective maritime adaptation, including outrigger canoes and a variety of fishing
techniques that could be effective for overseas voyaging.
Contrary to the arguments of some that much of the Pacific was settled by Polynesians accidentally
marooned after being lost and adrift, it seems reasonable that this feat was accomplished by deliberate
colonization expeditions that set out fully stocked with food and domesticated plants and animals. Detailed
studies of the winds and currents using computer simulations suggest that drifting canoes would have been a
most unlikely means of colonizing the pacific. These expeditions were likely driven by population growth and
political dynamics on the home islands, as well as the challenge and excitement of exploring unknown waters.
Because all Polynesians, Micronesians, and many Melanesians speak Austronesian languages and grow crops
derived from Southeast Asia, all these peoples most certainly derived from that region and not the New World or
elsewhere. The undisputed pre-Columbian presence in Oceania of the sweet potato, which is a New World
domesticate, has sometimes been used to support Heyerdahl’s “American Indians in the Pacific” theories.
However, this is one plant out of a long list of Southeast Asian domesticates. As Patrick Kirch, an American
anthropologist, points out, rather than being brought by rafting South Americans, sweet potatoes might just have
easily been brought back by returning Polynesian navigators who could have reached the west coast of South
America.
76. According to paragraph 1, all of the following are true statements about Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia
EXCEPT
A. Collectively, these regions are traditionally known as Oceania.
B. These islands of Micronesia are small and spread out.
C. Hawaii, Easter Island, and New Zealand mark the boundaries of Polynesia.
D. Melanesia is situated to the north of Micronesia.

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77. By stating that the theories are mutually exclusive, the author means that
A. if one of the theories is true, then all the others must be false.
B. the differences between the theories are unimportant.
C. taken together, the theories cover all possibilities.
D. the theories support each other.
78. Which of the following can be inferred from paragraph 2 about early theories of where the first inhabitants of
the Pacific islands came from?
A. They were generally based on solid evidence.
B. They tried to account for the origin of the characteristic features of the languages spoken by Pacific islanders.
C. They assumed that the peoples living in Southeast Asia did not have the skills needed to sail to the Pacific
islands.
D. They questioned the ideas of G. Elliot Smith and W. J. Perry.
79. The word implements in the passage is closest in meaning to

A. skills B. tools C. opportunities D. practices

80. In paragraph 3, why does the author provide information about the types of crops grown and boats used in
Southeast Asia during the period around 5000 B. C. E.?
A. To evaluate the relative importance of agriculture and fishing to early Austronesian peoples.
B. To illustrate the effectiveness of archaeological and linguistic methods in discovering details about life in ancient
times.
C. To contrast living conditions on the continent of Asia with living conditions on the Pacific islands.
D. To demonstrate that people from this region had the skills and resources necessary to travel to and survive on
the Pacific islands.
81. Which of the sentences below best expresses the essential information in the bold sentence in the passage?
A. Some people have argued that the Pacific was settled by traders who became lost while transporting
domesticated plants and animals.
B. The original Polynesian settlers were probably marooned on the islands, but they may have been joined later
by carefully prepared colonization expeditions.
C. Although it seems reasonable to believe that colonization expeditions would set out fully stocked, this is
contradicted by much of the evidence.
D. The settlement of the Pacific islands was probably intentional and well planned, rather than accidental, as some
people have proposed.
82. The word undisputed in the passage is closest in meaning to

A. mysterious B. unexpected C. acknowledged D. significant

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83. According to paragraph 4, which of the following is NOT an explanation for why a group of people might have
wanted to colonize the Pacific islands?
A. As their numbers increased, they needed additional territory.
B. The winds and currents made the islands easy to reach.
C. The political situation at homemade emigration desirable,
D. They found exploration challenging and exciting.
84. Why does the author mention the views of Patrick Kirch?
A. To present evidence in favour of Heyerdahl’s idea about American Indians reaching Oceania
B. To emphasize the familiarity of Pacific islanders with crops from many different regions of the world
C. To indicate that supposed proof for Heyerdahl’s theory has an alternative explanation.
D. To demonstrate that some of the same crops were cultivated in both South America and
Oceania.
85. Look at the four numbered brackets that indicate where the following sentence could be added to the
passage: “Later theories concentrate on journeys in the other direction”. Where could the sentence best fit?

A. [1] B. [2] C. [3] D. [4]

Your answers:
76. 77. 78. 79. 80.

81. 82. 83. 84. 85.

Part 5. You are going to read an article about the potential of the internet. For questions 86-95, choose
from the sections of the article (A-D). The sections may be chosen more than once.
IS THE INTERNET CHANGING OUR LIVES?
A. Sarah
The internet often tells us what we think we know, spreading misinformation and nonsense while it’s at it. It can
substitute surface for depth, imitation for authenticity, and its passion for recycling would surpass the most
committed environmentalist. In 10 years, I’ve seen thinking habits change dramatically: if information is not
immediately available via a Google search, people are often completely at a loss. And of course a Google search
merely provides the most popular answer, not necessarily the most accurate. Nevertheless, there is no question,
to my mind, that the access to raw information provided by the internet is unparalleled. We’ve all read that the
internet sounds the death knell of reading, but people read online constantly - we just call it surfing now. What’s
being read is changing, often for the worse; but it is also true that the internet increasingly provides a treasure
trove of rare documents and images, and as long as we have free access to it, then the internet can certainly be
a force for education and wisdom.
B. Geoff
Sometimes I think my ability to concentrate is being nibbled away by the internet. In those quaint days before the
internet, once you made it to your desk there wasn’t much to do. Now you sit down and there’s a universe of
possibilities - many of them obscurely relevant to the work you should be getting on with - to tempt you. To think
that I can be sitting here, trying to write something about the Swedish film director Ingmar Bergman and, a moment
later, on the merest whim, while I’m in Swedish mode, can be watching a clip from a Swedish documentary about
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I’ll ever have the patience to sit through an entire Bergman film again). Then there’s another thing. From the age
of 16, I got into the habit of compiling detailed indexes in the backs of books of poetry and drama. So if there
were a quote I needed for an assignment, I would spend hours going through my books, seeking it out. Now I just
google keywords.
C. Colin
It’s curious that some of the most vociferous critics of the internet - those who predict that it will produce
generations of couch potatoes - are the very sorts of people who are benefiting most from this wonderful,
liberating, organic extension of the human mind. They are academics, scientists, scholars and writers, who fear
that the extraordinary technology they use every day is a danger to the unsophisticated. They underestimate the
capacity of the human mind to capture and capitalise on new ways of storing and transmitting information. When
I was at school I learned by heart great swathes of science textbooks. What a waste of my neurons, all clogged
up with knowledge and rules that I can now obtain with the click of a mouse. At its best, the internet is no threat
to our minds. It is another liberating extension of them, as significant as books, the abacus or the pocket
calculator.
D. Ian
The evidence that the internet has a deleterious effect on the brain is zero. In fact, by looking at the way human
beings gain knowledge in general, you would probably argue the opposite. The opportunity to have multiple
sources of information or opinion at your fingertips, and to dip into these rather than trawl laboriously through a
whole book, is highly conducive to the acquisition of knowledge. It is being argued by some that the information
coming into the brain from the internet is the wrong kind of information. It’s too short, it doesn’t have enough
depth, so there is a qualitative loss. It’s an interesting point, but the only way you could argue it is to say that
people are misusing the internet. It’s a bit like saying to someone who’s never seen a car before and has no idea
what it is: “Why don’t you take it for a drive and you’ll find out?” If you seek information on the internet like that,
there’s a good chance you’ll have a crash. But that’s because your experience has yet to grasp what a car is.

Which person gives each of these opinions about the internet? Your answers:

Reservations about the benefits of universal access to it are unfounded. 86. __________

It excels in its ability to disseminate facts. 87. __________

Its power to sidetrack us can be both positive and negative. 88. __________

It assists learning by exposing people to a wider range of ideas than was 89. __________
previously possible.

Much of the material on it is not original. 90. __________

It enables us to follow up on ideas that suddenly occur to us. 91. __________

It is only with time and practice that we can make best use of the internet. 92. __________

The quality of material on it is questionable. 93. __________

It still requires people to process the written word. 94. __________

It has reduced the need to memorise information. 95. __________

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IV. WRITING: (80 points)
Part 1. Read the following extract and use your own words to summarise it. Your summary should be
between 100 and 120 words long.
Learning is the act of incorporating new facts, concepts, and abilities into our brains. We start learning in
the womb and we never stop; we are always developing new competencies. Every new bit of knowledge we
acquire builds on what we already know and gives us a fuller, richer picture of the world. The more developed our
understanding of the world is, the easier it is for us to adapt and pivot when our circumstances change.
We know from biology that organisms that can adapt to their constantly changing environment survive
and thrive. Those that cannot eventually go extinct. The same holds true for us in our life and work. We all know
the person at work who has not adapted to the changing times. Their unwillingness to stretch themselves and
learn something new makes it seem like they are moving backwards.
Learning something new means you might have to change your mind; however, it is easy to think there is
no room for new ideas. But not wanting to change your mind will keep you stuck in the same place. Overcoming
our egos can be one of the big challenges of learning. Therefore, being willing to admit when you are wrong and
adjust your thinking is the thing that will help you learn the most. The most important step to learning is recognizing
your ignorance and deciding to do something about it.
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Some people believe that it should be compulsory for every teacher to possess foreign language and informatics
certificates to improve teaching quality and working efficiency; to suggest the contrary would produce harmful
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Break a leg!

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