HANOI UNIVERSITY FINAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEST

ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES TERM 2

DEPARTMENT

Họ và tên thí sinh (Candidate Name): ………………….……………… Chữ ký (Signature): ……………

Ngày sinh (Date of birth): …................... Giới tính (Gender): ……… Số BD (Candidate Number): ………….

ACADEMIC READING (40 minutes)

PART A: VOCABULARY (40 points: 4 point/ each question)

Complete the following paragraph with the most suitable words from the box. (almost words are used once
only and some others are not used)

CLIMATE EXPLOITATION SUBSTANTIAL FLOW GAINS

HABITATS ZONES UNPRECEDENTED RELEASED PROSPERITY

Rapid economic growth in recent years has brought (1) prosperity_____ to a growing number of Vietnamese
business people and professionals. The (2)_zones____ of capital into Vietnam from foreign direct investment
has created a number of new industrial (3)_flow____ that provide valuable jobs for a number of people. Yet
alongside these (4)_gains____, Vietnam is facing an (5)_unprecedented____ problem: environmental
pollution. Thousands of tonnes of industrial pollutants and fossil fuels are (6)_released____ into the
environment on an hourly basis resulting in a (7)_substantial____ decline to both water purity and air quality.
Additionally, numerous natural (8) habitats_____ have been destroyed for economic purposes like the
construction of new plants or factories, driving several species of wildlife to the brink of extinction.
Scientific research suggests that such (9)__exploitation___ of our natural resources is causing rapid
(10)climate_____ change and contributing to global warming.

PART B: READING SKILLS (60 Points)

Questions 11-13: Summarizing

The above passage has 3 main parts:

 Part 1: A&B
 Part 2: C&D
 Part 3: E to G
 read the passage carefully
 summarize the main ideas and the supporting ideas of each part
 express the main ideas/ central points in your own words in complete sentences (using synonyms and
paraphrasing skills to restate the main ideas is advisable and favorable, not just copy the whole
phrases or sentences from the original reading passage).
 Write each main idea of no more than the number of words required for each question
 Write the answers in the answer sheet.

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HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE OF
SOUTHEAST ASIAN AMERICAN ELDERS:
Vietnamese Elders
by Barbara W.K. Yee, PhD

Patterns of Health Risk in South-East Asian Countries – Vietnamese

There are many cross-cutting health risks in the Southeast Asian communities. The largest amount of empirical
research deals with mental health issues and acute or infectious health conditions. More recently, concerns
have shifted to a discussion of chronic health concerns and risk factors for cancer, cardiovascular,
cerebrovascular, and diabetes conditions.

It appears that the life expectancy has improved for Vietnamese living in the U.S. In 1979-1989, Merli
(1998) found that the life expectancy at birth was 61.4 years for males and 63.2 for females. Hoyert and Kung
(1997) report 1992 life expectancy in seven high Asian and Pacific Islander reporting states to be 78.8 at birth
and 18.8 additional years if a Vietnamese American lived to 65 years of age. The authors caution that these
estimates were based upon small sample sizes, therefore may limit their generalizability.

Cancer is the leading cause of death for Vietnamese of both genders in the United States (Hoyert & Kung,
1997; Shinagawa, et al., 1999). High smoking rates and exposure through passive smoking among
Southeast Asian families contributes to excess cancer rates among this ethnic group. The SEER data (Miller
et al., 1996) report excess cancer rates for Vietnamese males in nasal-pharynx, liver, and stomach cancers.
The same authors report excess cancer deaths for Vietnamese women in cervical, stomach and thyroid
cancers. Vietnamese women have the highest incidence of cervical cancer in the U.S. It appears that much of
this can be explained by lack of Pap screening, however, other factors such as high stress levels may also
contribute to the Vietnamese women’s higher incidence of this cancer.

Stroke Hypertension, and Diabetes. The second leading cause of mortality for both Vietnamese men and
women in the seven U.S. states was diseases of the heart, and another leading cause was cerebrovascular
diseases (Hoyert & Kung, 1997). Among Vietnamese hypertensives over 40 years of age, essential
hypertension was associated with significant increase in body mass index (BMI). However, this figure was far
lower than the defined threshold of Occidental obesity. Insulin resistance was found despite very slight or
no excess weight among Vietnamese hypertensives (Van Minh et al., 1997). This study suggested that
thresholds established in Caucasian populations may be an inexact predictor for the Vietnamese. Related to
the risk of cardiac and hypertension problems may be the high rates (35%- 42%) of smoking among
Vietnamese men.

Other leading causes of mortality for Vietnamese men included accidents and adverse effects, homicide and
legal interventions; for women they included accidents and adverse effects, and pneumonia and influenza
(Hoyert & Kung, 1997).

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A small community study of recent Vietnamese immigrants in Boston found the following: 32% smoked (54%
males, 9% females); 24% used alcohol; 17% were depressed on the Vietnamese Depression Scale, with those
older than 40 having more depression; ova parasites were found in 51%, (63% of them required treatment);
70% tested positive on the TB test (39% required treatment); 83% had been exposed to hepatitis B and 14%
were chronic hepatitis B carriers (Nelson, Bui, & Samet, 1997).

Environmental exposures and developmental timing (i.e., in uterus, infancy, childhood, adolescence, young,
middle and elderly adulthood) of such exposure need to be examined to determine how toxicity and
carcinogenic substances influence health of Southeast Asian elderly, for example, dioxin levels in adipose
tissue and exposure to Agent Orange in South Vietnamese (Verger, et al., 1994). (625 words)

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/240641971

HANOI UNIVERSITY ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEST

ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES END OF TERM 2
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READING ANSWER SHEET
TIME ALLOWED:

Họ và tên thí sinh (Candidate Name): ………………… Chữ ký (Signature): ……………

Ngày sinh (Date of birth): …............. Giới tính (Gender): …… Số BD (Candidate Number): ………….

Cán bộ chấm thi 1: _____________________________________

Cán bộ chấm thi 2: _____________________________________ Số phách: _______________

Điểm ….: (bằng số) _________ (bằng chữ): ________________________________

PART I: ACADEMIC READING

PART A:

1. prosperity 2. flow 3. zones 4. gains 5. unprecedented

6. released 7. substantial 8. habitats 9. exploitation 10.climate

PART B:

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B. ACADEMIC READING (60pts)

Write two-to-four sentence answers of questions 16-18 in the following table.

11 Write the answer for question 11 here with no more than 70 words
Part 1:
paragraph Health concerns shifted and the life longevity of Vietnamese in US has been
A&B better. Yee study showed that their worry about mental health problem and
infectious health concerns. Other research showed that life expectancy improved
may result in limit generalizability
12 Write the answer for question 12 here with no more than 100 words
Part 2:
paragraph Death for Vietnamese in the US are result from cancer, stroke hypertension and
C&D diabetes. High smoking rates and passive smoking caused cancer, this make
many Vietnamese die in both gender. Stroke hypertension and cerebrovascular
diseases
are at lower risk of being obese and insulin resistant than other Caucasian
population.

13 Write the answer for question 13 here with no more than 60 words
Part 3:
paragraph - Other factors of death for Vietnamese in the US
E to G
Supporting ideas:
- Unhealthy habit and lifestyles
- Environmental exposure

Other factor lead to the death of Vietnamese in the US are Unhealthy habit and
lifestyles and environmental exposure. For example, dioxin levels in adipose
tissue and exposure to Agent Orange in South Vietnamese.

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 HANOI UNIVERSITY ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEST
ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES END OF TERM 2
DEPARTMENT
READINGTEST ANSWER KEYS AND MARKING GUIDELINES

PART I: ACADEMIC READING

PART A. VOCABULARY (40 points: 4 points per item)

1. Prosperity 2. Flow 3. Zones 4. Gains 5. Unprecedented

6. Released 7. Substantial 8. Habitats 9. Exploration 10. Climate

PART B: READING SKILLS:

ACADEMIC READING (60pts, )

MARKING GUIDES
● Number of questions: 3 questions

● Total score: 60 points/3 questions

● 20 points/one question (10points for CONTENT + 10 points for SUMMARIZING SKILL)

CRITERIA SCORE ALLOCATION

- Question 11: 1 main idea: 10 pts, 2 supporting ideas: 5 pts each
10 - Question 12: 1 main idea: 10 pts, 2 supporting ideas: 5 pts each
points - Question 13: 1 main idea: 10 pts, 2 supporting ideas: 5 pts each
Content
(Notes: The core ideas are written in bold).
- The answer is paraphrased and summarized logically 8-10
and coherently
Summarizin 10 - The answer is paraphrased and summarized but NOT 5-7
g skill points really logically and coherently
- The answer is COPIED with whole sentences from the 3-4
original reading

Suggested answers of questions 16-18

11 Main idea(s):
Complet - Health concerns shifted and the life expectancy of Vietnamese in the US has
e answer improved.
is no
more Supporting ideas:

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than 0 - Babara W.K. Yee, PhD: empirical research has shifted their concerns from
words mental health issues and acute or infectious health conditions to risk
(20 pts) factors of chronic health concerns.
- Merli (1998), Hoyert and Kung (1997): life expectancy of Vietnamese in the
US has been improved. The result basing on small sample size may limit
their generalizability.

Sample summary of the main ideas:

Babara W.K. Yee, PhD reports that empirical research has shifted their
concerns from mental health issues and acute or infectious health conditions to
risk factors of chronic health concerns. And according to Merli (1998), Hoyert
and Kung (1997) life expectancy of Vietnamese in the US has been improved.
However, this result basing on small sample size may limit their
generalizability. (60 words)

12 Main idea(s):
Complet - Cancer, stroke hypertension and diabetes are the leading causes of death for
e answer Vietnamese in the US.
is no
more Supporting ideas:
than 0 - Hoyert and Kung, 1997; Shinagawa et al, 1999: Cancer caused by high
words smoking rates and exposure to passive smoking is the leading cause of death
(20 pts) for both Vietnamese genders; males: nasal pharynx, liver and
stomach/females: stomach, thyroid and the highest risk of cervical cancer
- Stroke hypertension and cerebrovascular diseases which are more popular
among Vietnamese smoking men are the second leading culprit of death but
they are at lower risk of being obese and insulin resistant than other
Caucasian population.

Sample summary of the main ideas

Hoyert and Kung, 1997; Shinagawa et al, 1999 report that cancer caused by
high smoking rates and exposure to passive smoking is the leading cause of
death for both Vietnamese genders; while males are more likely to have nasal
pharynx, liver and stomach, females tend to suffer from stomach, thyroid
and the highest risk of cervical cancer. In addition, stroke hypertension and
cerebrovascular diseases which are more popular among Vietnamese
smoking men are the second leading culprit of death but they are at lower
risk of being obese and insulin resistant than other Caucasian population.
(95 words)

13 Main idea(s):
Complet - Other factors of death for Vietnamese in the US
e answer
is no Supporting ideas:
more - Unhealthy habit and lifestyles
than - Environmental exposure

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words
(20 pts) Sample summary of the main ideas
Other factors leading to chronic/deadly diseases are from unhealthy living
habits/lifestyles such as accidents, depression, drinking to developmental timing
period due to exposure to toxicity and carcinogenic substances.

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