https://www.pbs.

org/newshour/show/leader-of-nobel-peace-prize-winning-world-food-programme-on-global-
starvation-crisis
 David Beasley:
You know, it's absolutely unbelievable.

I'm here in Niger, which is probably the most appropriate place to be as we receive this award, because I
want the world to understand that people are struggling all over the world.

And so I was in a meeting, as we were talking about issues in Niger, starvation because of climate
extremes, as well as war and conflict from _________ groups. And so somebody walked in the meeting
and said, a Nobel Peace Prize. I'm like, yes, wow. Who got it? Who got it? And they said, we did, the
World Food Programme. And I was like, oh, my gosh. Wow.

I mean, the first time I — I think, in my life, I was speechless.

David Beasley:
Thank you, all. Thank you.

(APPLAUSE)
 Amna Nawaz:
Anyone who knows you knows that it is very rare for David Beasley to be speechless.

But let me ask you, because they said your agency was able to _________the work that you're doing to
meet this dramatic rise in _____________around the world during the pandemic. They said you met it with
impressive ability.

But tell us, what has that rise been like? How much worse has global hunger gotten, and how have you
been able to meet that need?
 David Beasley:
Well, this is what's really, I think, the great news that we have gotten this award, so we can really have a
call to action.

The bad news is the fact that we should be getting this award because of all the hunger around the world.
And, quite frankly, it's — most of it is_____________. And if you compound that with climate extremes,
when you look at the fact of, just in the last three years, the number of people on the brink of starvation had
risen before COVID 80 million to 135 million.

And now, with COVID, the number of people — and I'm not talking about people going to bed hungry —
on the brink of starvation is now to 270 starvation 270 million people.
 And, quite frankly, with the billionaires making hundreds of billions of dollars with COVID, we're facing
the worst ___________since World War II. They need to step up. We need an extra $5 billion to save
millions of lives around the world.

This is a call to action. With all the wealth in the world today, no one should be dying from hunger, not a
single person.
 Amna Nawaz:
David, you have mentioned $5 billion in need just to keep people off the brink of starvation.

And you reference those billionaires. There's more than 2,000 billionaires in the world. You have made the
point before. When talk to them, do you think that they will step up in this moment? What's been the
response from the world's wealthiest people?
 David Beasley:
Well, the $5 billion that we're talking about is_______________, because we feed 100 million people.

It literally is — the starvation rate is ________because of COVID and________________. The billionaires

have got to step in. We're just asking them to step in this one time to help humanity. The world needs them.

And I will be very disappointed if they don't. But what is — I mean, I know $5 billion is a lot of money,
but for the billionaires that are making literally hundreds of billions during COVID, come on. Come on.
Please, be with us. Join our hands. Show the world you care. Let's do it together, because no one should go
to bed hungry. No one should starve to death today because of hunger, with the wealth we have today.
 Amna Nawaz:
David, where are the________? You and I have spoken before about Yemen, where two-thirds of the
population is on — is food-insecure at the moment. Where else is the greatest need right now?
 David Beasley:
Well, economic deterioration is really causing disruption for a lot of people's lives all over the world, but
especially in places like Yemen, Sudan, South Sudan, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq.

And where I am right now is in Niger, in the Sahel, where millions of people have been impacted because
of climate extremes and compounded by extremist groups that are coming in, ___________, and now
COVID on top of that.

And there are literally about a dozen or two dozen places around the world that, if we don't get the support
that they need, three things are going to happen. One, you are going to have famine, I mean, literally
of___________. Number two, you're going to have _______________.And, number three, you're going to
have_____________________.

 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/news-wrap-russia-calls-meeting-over-fighting-between-armenia-
azerbaijan
 Judy Woodruff:
In the day's other news: President Trump is restarting his campaign just a week after falling ill with
COVID-19. Aides say he will address a crowd tomorrow from a White House balcony. And he will hold a
_________in on Monday.

Today, he spent two hours on the Rush Limbaugh radio show, and pushed for distribution of an
________________that he was given.
 President Donald Trump:
People are going to get immediately better, like I did. I mean, I feel better now than I did two weeks ago.
It's crazy. And I recovered immediately, almost immediately. I might not have recovered at all from
COVID.
 Judy Woodruff:
Tonight, Mr. Trump has his first TV interview since being diagnosed. FOX News says that he will also
have a _______________on the air.

Meanwhile, in Las Vegas today, ______________Joe Biden urged Latino voters to go to the polls.
 Former Vice President Joe Biden:
You can determine the outcome of this election, not just — not just for president, but for Senate, for the
Congress. And that's the biggest mark. The single most __________thing anyone can do is vote.
 Judy Woodruff:
The former vice president will campaign tomorrow in Pennsylvania.

The White House has upped its offer on a new round of_____________. That comes after President Trump
urged _________to — quote — "go big." He had called off talks earlier this week.

Today, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin proposed $1.8 trillion. Democrats' most recent offer was $2.2
trillion.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ________plans today for evaluating the president's fitness for office. The bill
would create a commission authorized under the 25th Amendment to the Constitution, which cites terms
for removal of a president.

Pelosi argued it's about more than President Trump.

 Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.:
He will face the judgment of the voters. But he shows the need for us to create a process for future
presidents.

It isn't about any of us making a decision as to whether the 25th Amendment should be invoked. That's
totally not the point.
 Judy Woodruff:
The White House and Senate Republican leaders dismissed the proposal.
 New details emerged today in the __________to kidnap Michigan's Democratic Governor Gretchen
Whitmer. The state attorney general said that authorities moved Whitmer and her family several times, for
their safety, during the investigation. In all, 13 men face state or_____________. At least seven are
_________with a far right______________.

The U.N. World Food Program has won this year's Nobel Peace Prize for its work combating hunger. The
Nobel Committee said today that recognizing the agency's work symbolizes the need
for__________________. We will hear from the WFP's top official after the news summary.

Russia called the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan to Moscow today, in a bid to halt nearly two
weeks of fighting. The _________over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region is the worst in 25 years.

But Armenia's prime minister said today his country wants peace.
 Nikol Pashinyan (through translator):
We are committed to a peaceful settlement of the Karabakh conflict, and are ready to resume the peace
process, in accordance with the recent statements from the European security group.
 Judy Woodruff:
Azerbaijan's president said that a settlement is possible on principles offered by the U.S., Russia, and
France.

Back in this country, Twitter will bar candidates from ___________before a race is called, and tighten
rules against spreading misinformation and_____________. The company also said today that it will make
it harder to ______________.Twitter already banned political advertising.

A ___________in Florida refused today to extend the state's voter registration deadline. A computer crash
on Monday potentially blocked thousands of people from signing up.

And in Ohio, elections officials announced that nearly 50,000 voters around Columbus
received___________________________. They promised to mail out new ones.

On Wall Street, stocks finished out Friday with another rally. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 161
points to close near 28587. The Nasdaq rose almost 159 points, and the S&P 500 added 30. Overall, the
Dow had its best week since August. The S&P and the Nasdaq had their best week since July.

Next Saturday, the autumn equinox will mark the beginning of fall in the Northern Hemisphere. For some, though,
the real start of fall is when the leaves change color. But scientists say climate change is affecting both the timing
and intensity of fall foliage. John Yang speaks with Bill Keeton, a professor of forest ecology at the University of
Vermont, to learn more.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-climate-change-is-making-fall-foliage-less-colorful

 John Yang:
 Next Saturday is the autumnal equinox, the beginning of astronomical fall in the______________. For
some though, fall doesn't really begin until the leaves change color. But scientists say climate change is
affecting both the timing and intensity of fall foliage.

Earlier I spoke with Bill Keeton, a professor of forest ___________at the University of Vermont. I asked
him to explain why leaves change color in the fall.

Bill Keeton, University of Vermont: It's really a ____________between many factors that are driving both
the onset of the fall foliage, as well as the intensity of the color that we see. Basically what happens is that
the trees sense the onset of winter as the contrast between daytime temperatures and nighttime
temperatures increases, and as the length of the day shortens.

And as they sense that onset they begin shutting down, and they try to _________as much of the energy
that's stored in leaves as possible, these sugars and carbohydrates that the trees have been producing all
summer long.

And as this is happening, the chlorophyll in those leaves, chlorophyll's catalyst for photosynthesis and
important for all of life on Earth, it makes vegetation appear green to our eyes. The chlorophyll is
beginning to___________.

And as this happens, it reveals other chemicals that have been in the leaves all summer. So these are the
same chemicals that you find in bananas that made them appear yellow and in oranges that make them
appear orange.

At the same time this is happening, the trees are trying to buffer those leaves and hang on to them as long
as possible, so that they can absorb as much of the energy stored in those leaves as possible. And to do that,
they produce another group of chemicals called anthocyanins. These anthocyanins give us the reds and the
purples that we find in some species, like maples and oaks, and add a lot of diversity to the color that we
see on the landscape.
 John Yang:
And that process you just described, how is that affected by climate change?
 Bill Keeton:
First of all, there's pretty good evidence that climate change, especially our warming summers, is delaying
the onset of fall foliage. There's even some research that's suggested that, the onset of fall foliage may have
been delayed by as much as a month over the last century.

The other thing is the climate change can dampen the intensity of the fall foliage. And this happens,
particularly after extreme droughts, or after summers like we've just had with really extreme rainfall and
wet,_________________.
 So these types of climate extremes create stresses in trees, which can interfere with the production of some
of these chemicals that give us color, and can interfere with the overall productivity and health of trees.
 John Yang:
One of the things we've seen this summer has been record__________, putting a lot of particulate matter
into the air into the atmosphere. Does that affect the trees and the foliage in any way?
 Bill Keeton:
We don't have ____________on this yet. But there's some evidence that yes, in some parts of the eastern
U.S., ash and particulate matter on leaves, can interfere a little bit with ___________and reduce the overall
productivity of trees, which could have a __________down the road on foliage, on color.

But with the________________, increasing year by year in the western U.S. and now across
___________northern Canada, this may change into the future. There are major differences around the
country in terms of how climate change seems to be affecting forests.

So for example, in the Southwest and part of the __________West, we've just come out of one of the worst
droughts in something like 1,200 years, a 10-year plus drought. And that certainly impacts tree health, tree
growth.

Whereas in the Northeast where I live, our climate seems to be getting rainier and wetter, we think that our
rainfall has increased by something like 21 percent in the last couple of decades, and our winters especially
are getting a lot warmer and rainier.

So these changes affect tree health, tree productivity, and their ability to produce some of these compounds
that give us fall foliage.
 John Yang:
We know that forests and trees actually take greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere. So does this become
in any way a ____________that as climate change hurts the trees and forests, that they take fewer
greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere, making climate change worse?
 Bill Keeton:
We think that over the near term of maybe the next 50 years or so, the combination of longer growing
seasons, because we have warmer summers, and higher concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
might actually increase forest productivity or again over the next several decades.

But over the very long term of maybe the next century, we might see those positive effects of climate
change is _________by extreme climate conditions like drought and excessive rainfall.
 John Yang:
Is there anything can be done now to mitigate the long term loss?
 Bill Keeton:
 So for example, we can conserve forests by conserving healthy, complex forests, particularly older forests I
might add, that are able to buffer their own climate beneath their______________. This might help forests
resist some of these climatic changes.

There are also a lot of things that foresters can do to make those forests more ____________to climate
change. For example, reducing the stocking or the density of trees to make them less prone to drought. Of
course in the West, all of the various techniques that we use to support and restore natural fire regimes. So
things like reducing _____________and the use of________________.
https://app.engxam.com/cpe/listening/3/
What point is made about the effect of the internet on language?
It is making the standard written form of language obsolete.
It will radically alter the way grammar rules are followed.
It may have less serious consequences than feared.
It will bring about more changes than TV and radio have.
When discussing the main criticism of text messaging, George reveals

his concern that there is insufficient research.

his understanding of the annoyance some people feel.
his certainty that the criticism is totally unfounded.
his doubt as to how widespread the criticism is.
What view is stated about abbreviations in texting?
They are mainly to be found in commercial messages.
Some are beginning to enter official documents.
Adults are just as much to blame for them as teenagers.
They are not as novel as many people imagine.
When discussing the new genre of text-poetry, both researchers agree that
limiting a poem to a fixed number of letters is unhelpful.
it will never match some of the traditional verse forms.
it has potential if the writer is gifted.
the means of delivery is effective.
What final conclusion do both the researchers reach about the state of English today?
Language development need no longer be a concern in schools.
The negative predictions about its decline are mistaken.
Children’s written style is improving significantly.
The pace of change is unprecedented.

Part 4: You will listen to a talk about nuclear waste. For questions 16-25, fill in the gap with NO MORE
THAN THREE WORDS. (LAM SON-TH)
In Onkalo, Finland, the world’s first 16.__________________ for high-level nuclear waste is under construction.
One drawback of developing nuclear energy is spent fuel rods of 17.___________________, which Finland is
planning to dispose permanently.
The rods will be kept in 18.__________________ buried nearly half a kilometer underground for at least 100,000
years until the 19__________________ decay to acceptable levels.

There are a series of barriers to keep the rods safe underground.

First barrier: The rock
- have few 20._____________________
- be impervious to water
Second barrier: Bentonite
- be water absorbing
- plug 21._____________________
 - block microbes
- speed up 22._____________________
Third barrier: Copper
- won’t corrode due to being 23._________________

The plan in Finland was better than some other countries thanks to
- 24.________________ in the sighting process
- promise of jobs from the company
- promise of a new senior center
- Finns’ trust in state institutions
Around 2120, after having entombed 6500 tons of waste in Onkalo, all access tunnels will be backfilled and sealed
up, service structure will be 25.______________, no sign of the repository will remain.

Part 4: Listen and complete the summary by writing NO MORE THAN THREE words and/or a number in
each gap. (HUNG VUONG-BDU)
- Dr Larry Smarr is quickly being recognized as the father of personalized medicine, a title that reflects his (1)
__________ and innovative way of thinking, as evidenced by how he directed his own surgery after examining his
anatomy in (2) __________.

- Dr. Larry, who likened his approach to bringing video games into (3) __________, realized the potential of
combining breakthroughs in (4) __________ and computer graphics to produce transparent versions of people.

- Dr. Larry found out that he had a type of (5) __________ with health data from “Transparent Larry” - his own
(6) __________ created using (7) __________ along with three-dimensional visualizations gathered over nearly
10 years.

- With (8) __________, both Larry and the team operating on him gained more confidence.

- Dr. Larry is optimistic about a future in which (9) __________ will replace the current (10) __________ and turn
it into a true “healthcare” one.

(HN)Part 4: For questions 16-25, listen to a podcast on why it is difficult to predict earthquakes and
complete the sentences with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS taken from the recording for each answer
in the space provided. (20 points) (LAO CAI)
Why are earthquakes so hard to predict?
 Theories behind earthquakes
The Earth’s crust is made of tectonic plates which are huge 16.__________ of rock. Tectonic plates float on
a hot 17.__________ of Earth’s mantle, causing them to spread very slowly. Such tiny movements, however, are
powerful enough to cause deep cracks in the 18.__________, which in unstable zones can trigger earthquakes.
 Factors turning shifts into seismic events
Fault lines juxtapose different rocks, whose reaction to friction and temperatures varies. Some melting
rocks can release 19.__________ made of superheated minerals while some are left dry, leading to dangerous
build-ups of pressure.
 Earthquakes’ prediction
Because of many variables, long-term forecasting method can only predict very 20.__________. To track
and map miniscule movements, geologists have long employed 21.__________.
Recently, with the development of global network of smartphones, scientists could 22.__________a rich,
detailed warning system to alert people, but phones couldn’t provide necessary advance notice to enact
23.__________.
NASA’s Quakesim software can take advantage of such detailed readings to identify regions at risk.
 In 2011, unexpectedly high concentrations of the 24.__________: radon and thoron had been recorded by
nearby reseachers before an earthquake occurred in the east coast of Japan. Before an earthquake, 25.__________
causes radon and thoron to escape to the surface, so scientists think that if a huge network of radon-thoron
detectors in earthquake-prone areas were built, it could serve as a promising warning system.
Section 4. For questions 1-10, listen to an authentic recording about chess and fill in the missing information
using words taken from the recording. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS. Write your answers in the
corresponding numbered boxes. (20 points)
- Having existed for more than 1500 years, chess has been regarded as a tool of military strategy, a yardstick for
genius, and a metaphor for (1) _______.
- The Arab world was introduced to chess as a result of the Islamic (2) _______ in the seventh century.
- Over time, chess was not only a tactical simulation - it was also a prolific source of (3) _______.
- The terminology of chess was used by (4) _______ to talk about their political authority.
- The spread of chess to Asia gave rise to a great number of (5) _______.
- By 1000AD, chess served as (6) _______ for different social ranks carrying out their corresponding duties.
- Despite being frowned upon by the Church and moralists, chess still developed rapidly and the 15th century
witnessed it (7) _______ into its modern version.
- The birth of chess theory was marked by the creation of (8) _______ in which common chess openings and
endgames were analyzed.
- As formal competitive chess emerged in the 19th century, the (9) _______ of the past was eventually eclipsed by
strategic calculations.
- In a time period when chess carried a new (10) _______, it was the Soviet Union that dominated international
competition.

Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

(BĐ)Part 4. For questions from 16-25, you will hear a radio news item about a manufacturer of hot-air
balloons and complete the notes below which summarize what the speaker says. Write NO MORE THAN
THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each gap. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered
boxes provided. (20pts)
Douglas Finch award
Douglas Finch is going to be given the Honorary Degree of Doctor of (16) _________.
Douglas Finch was born just outside of Glasgow and went to Allan Glen’s School before reading (17) _________
at Glasgow University.
The Bristol Belle was the first hot air balloon in (18) _________.
In 1968 he was issued with the first ever (19) _________ for Hot Air Balloons.
The Golden Falcon was designed specifically to fly (20) _________ .
In 1973 he was awarded the Royal Aeronautical Club Silver Medal for the first balloon flight (21) _________.
In 1978 he attempted to cross the Atlantic in a balloon called (22) _________.
Bristol is considered the undisputed (23) _________ of the world.
Doug Finch has advanced the science, technology and art of balloon flight to (24) _________.
Doug Finch will receive his Honorary (25) _________ at Bristol Business School.
Your answers:
16. 21.
17. 22.
18. 23.
19. 24.
20. 25.

(BDU) Part 4. You will hear a radio programme about the deforestation in South America’s Amazon. For
questions 16-25, complete the missing information with a word or short phrase (no more than three words).
(20 pts)
16. An increase in agriculture and ______ and the building of roads and dams are blamed to bring about the
deforestation.
17. ______ methods at the pre-Columbian period could offer valuable lessons for today.
18. A research was conducted on a coastal wetland area where ancient ______ and canals remain unchanged.
19. It was erroneously believed that a great deal of fire was used by pre-Columbian farmers to manage ______.
20. The result of the study showed that raised-field farmers ______ to improve agriculture production.
21. Periods without fires during the time when land was out of use in farming were valuable for rebuilding ______
matter and preserving soil structure.
22. This fire-free method contributed to turning the seasonally ______, or grassland, into productive cropland.
23. Moreover, this large, cultivated elevation provided better drainage and soil aeration and also held ______
during the dry season.
24. However, this fire-free method would have been ______ with ninety-five percent of the native people died
from the diseases spread by the Europeans.
25. ______ method imposed a threat to the rainforest by the European colonizers.
Your answers:
16. 21.
17. 22.
18. 23.
19. 24.
20. 25.
(KHGD) Part 4: For questions 16-25, listen to a piece of news from the BBC and fill in the missing
information. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS taken from the recording for each answer in the
spaces provided.
Recently in the Great Pyramids, a 100-feet long space, which is called a (16) __________, has been discovered
lately. According to the “Nature”, this is a significant discovery to the archaeology because since the 1800s, there
has no other significant discovery like this (17) ____________________ . However, whether this can help to
unravel the ancient mysteries is (18) ____________________. There is no proof that a/an (19)
____________________ or burial chamber can be found from this space. There may be more others like this in the
pyramid and this discovery is expected to help the researchers find out how it was built. To identify this space, not
allowed to track (20) ____________________ or use cameras, they had to take use of some appliances to (21)
____________________ inside the structure. That’s not the only way the modern technology is helping
archaeologists.
Adam Low, an archaeologist, admitted to being a man with (22) ____________________ the tomb of a Pharaoh,
Seti I. It can be learnt from the tomb how ancient people have different thoughts, different values and (23)
____________________. He can read the way they thought through the (24) ___________________ on the walls.
With the help of technology, a dialogue crossing time can be built and become one of the most exciting moment.
“the Hall of Beauties” is, in fact, only a (25) ____________________ built in a museum in Switzerland.

(ĐBIEN)Part IV: For questions 1-10, listen to a recording about the Komodo dragon and fill in the missing
information using words taken from the recording. Write NO MORE THAN FOUR WORDS. You will listen to
the recording TWICE.
- Komodo dragons, the animal species considered to be most similar to mythical dragons, are (1) __________
worldwide.

- Komodo dragons can easily move as fast as 30 kilometers per hour, despite their (2) __________ body.

- Osteoderms, bony scales that cover the Komodo dragons’ body, serve as (3) __________.

- A __________ (4) at the top of a Komodo dragon’s mouth will help it locate its prey from as far away as 4km by
detecting (5) __________.

- The fact that two female Komodo dragons gave birth without mating for an extended period of time showed that
they can have (6) __________.

- In one single meal, Komodo dragons can consume up to 80% of their body weight and they can eat living, dead,
or (7) __________ meat.

- While a (8) ___________ generally does not consume roughly one thirds of their captured prey, this figure is
only about 12 percent for Komodo dragons.

- A prey might experience decreased blood pressure due to venom in addition to the (9) __________ inflicted by a
Komodo dragon’s teeth.

- Habitat loss and (10) __________ contributed to dwindling Komodo dragon populations.

Your answers:

1. 6.

2. 7.

3. 8.

4. 9.

5. 10.

(NĐ)Part 4: Listen to a talk about language and complete the following sentences. Write NO
MORE THAN THREE WORDS taken from the recording for each blank. (20 pts)
Unlike speakers of many regional dialects, which are incomprehensible to non-natives, those who
speak three different languages: (1)___________________, can easily communicate.
One of the best-loved TV shows in Azerbaijan is a Turkish language soap opera, often shown without
(2) ___________________.
It seems true that two ways of speaking should be considered two distinct languages or regional
dialects based on the degree of (3) ___________________.
Around the 16th century, a standardized language was developed in Europe with a view to supporting
politics, national defence and (4) ___________________ systems.
Promoting speech spoken in the capital as the standard spread throughout the world as a result of (5)
___________________.
Florentine language became standard Italian because it was used by (6) ___________________ in
their literary works.
A study conducted in 1999 revealed that the form of language used by tenants in (7)
___________________ determined landlord’s answers.
Some people in the USA discount AAVE as deviant English, although it conforms to (8)
___________________.
Linguists prefer to call different forms of English as varieties, between which there is a (9)
___________________ distinction.
Over history, human language evolved and influenced each other, so forms of speech developed on a
(10) ___________________, which accounts for the beauty of language.
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.