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năm học 2024 - 2025

EXAMINATION GROUP PRACTICE

Full Name School

Skills assessed:
• Listening: C1 Advanced Listening Parts 3-4 (2015); C2 Proficiency Listening Part 2 (2015)
• Use of English: C2 Proficiency Reading and Use of English Parts 1-2-3 (2015), C2 Proficiency Reading
Part 1 (2008), C2 Proficiency Use of English Part 4 (2008)
• Reading: C2 Proficiency Reading and Use of English Part 7 (2015), IELTS Reading Part 3
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Writing: IELTS Writing Task 2
Part 1. (Extracted from “Proficiency Testbuilder”, Macmillian - Mark Harrison) You will hear someone called
Karen Williams talking about her career. For questions 1-9, complete the sentences with a word or short
phrase. You will hear the recording TWICE.
• At the end of her first work experience, Karen spent two days (1) ___________________ and checking rooms
with the floor housekeeper.
• Her last work experience was spent in the hotel’s (2) ___________________.
• The subject of Karen’s next course was (3) ___________________.
• During her HND course, the subjects she had to study were business studies, hotel management, human
resource management and (4) ___________________.
• The topic of her report was (5) ___________________ in hotels.
• In her report, she wrote reviews of various (6) ___________________.
• She joined an organization with the initials (7) ___________________.
• She got information from a magazine called (8) ___________________.
• In her present job, she has to deal with problems caused by the hotel being (9) ___________________.
Part 2. (Extracted from “Cambridge English Advanced Practice tests Plus 2”, Pearson - Nick Kenny, Jacky
Newbrook) You will hear part of an interview in which two racing cyclists called Greg Marton and Lina
Derridge are talking about the different sports they have taken part in. For questions 10-15, choose the answer
(A, B, C or D) which fits best according to what you hear. You will hear the recording TWICE.
10. When talking about teenage ice hockey, Greg reveals that
A. he now wishes he’d trained harder.
B. he’s sorry that he let his father down.
C. he resents the pressure he was put under.
D. he accepts that he lacked the drive to succeed.
11. What led Greg to take up rowing?
A. He followed up a suggestion made by friends.
B. He was frustrated by his performance as a runner.
C. He was told that he had the physical strength for it.
D. He was disappointed not to get on to a degree course.
12. What does Lina say about her initial failure to make the national rowing team?
A. She feels that she wasn’t treated fairly.
B. She admits that she was mostly just unfortunate.
C. She disagrees with the way the selection process operated.
D. She recognises that she should have attended training camps.
13. What does Lina suggest about her move to California?
A. She saw it mainly as a way of furthering her career.
B. She was motivated by her desire to try a new activity.
C. She needed convincing that it was the right thing to do.
D. She wanted to concentrate her energies on work rather than sport.
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14. Greg and Lina agree that cycling and rowing both require
A. a commitment to a team effort.
B. a tolerance of intense pain.
C. a willingness to take risks.
D. a good sense of timing.
15. According to Greg, why should cyclists include rowing as part of their training?
A. They might find it as enjoyable as he does.
B. They would develop a similar set of muscles.
C. It might help them to avoid injury in accidents.
D. It provides a break from the monotony of cycling.
Part 3. (Extracted from “Exam Essentials Practice tests Cambridge English Advanced (CAE) 1”, National
Geographic Learning and Cengage Learning - Charles Osbourne, Carol Nuttal) You will hear five short extracts
in which people talk about wind power. While you listen, you must complete both tasks. You will hear the
recording TWICE.
For questions 16-25, choose from the list A-H, the attitude each speaker has towards wind power.
A. Placing wind turbines out at sea is perfectly acceptable.
B. Wind power is one of the sources of renewable energy we need to exploit. 16. Speaker 1: _______
C. Wind turbines are a serious threat to birds in the area. 17. Speaker 2: _______
D. Wind power has created attractive business opportunities for some people. 18. Speaker 3: _______
E. Wind turbines in the countryside are an unpleasant sight.
F. There are valid objections to situating wind turbines offshore. 19. Speaker 4: _______
G. Wind power is grossly inadequate as a means of generating our electricity needs. 20. Speaker 5: _______
H. Wind power is one of the most practical ways to generate a country’s electricity.
For questions 26-30, choose from the list A-H, what each speaker says about the alternatives to wind power.
A. We should consider nuclear power, if it is safe.
B. Hydroelectric power cannot create enough energy.
C. Other renewable energy-generating schemes would be expensive to set up. 21. Speaker 1: _______
D. Only if various renewable sources are exploited collectively will they produce 22. Speaker 2: _______
enough energy. 23. Speaker 3: _______
E. Hydroelectric power is a feasible way of generating enough electricity for our
needs. 24. Speaker 4: _______
F. Wind power cannot completely replace fossil fuels. 25. Speaker 5: _______
G. Nuclear power is the safest alternative to fossil fuels.
H. The best way is to use fossil fuels efficiently.
Part 4. (Extracted from “CPE Reading & Use of English”, Grivas Publications - C.N. Grivas; “CPE Practice
tests”, Oxford University Press - Mark Harrison) For questions 26-39, read the three passages below and decide
which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.
REFUGEES
The war had finally forced them to pack up and leave, though few had been further than a (26) _____ throw
from the outskirts of the village before in their lives. The river had flowed from the south before it dried up, so
that was the way they went, following the course of the river (27) _____ through grassland and woods, living on
the wild fruits and berries that could be picked and the milk of their goats. It was a(n) (28) _____ quiet land; even
the cries of birds came rarely and suddenly, and were cut (28) _____ as quickly, as if by an invisible hand.
So the valley, when they reached it, was a(n) (29) _____ relief to most of them; full of people who put their
farming tools down and left their immaculate fields to surround the dusty travellers with smiles and friendly
words and hands. But Moke felt suspicion from the word (30) _____; was he mistaken when he thought he saw
a shadow behind the smiling eyes? And why did this fertile land (31) _____ him of the enchanted country they
had just been through, and why did the people call to mind the birds, their cries of warning (32) _____?

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26. A. rock’s B. boulder’s C. pebble’s D. stone’s
27. A. bed B. bottom C. floor D. ground
28. A. cautiously B. awkwardly C. eerily D. warily
29. A. off B. away C. down D. out
30. A. eager B. piercing C. welcome D. glad
31. A. now B. go C. start D. on
32. A. recall B. remind C. remember D. reminisce
33. A. stranded B. straggled C. strapped D. strangled
MARKETING MOVIES
Hyping, or to put it more politely, marketing movies can double their budget. And in the end, does it really
(34) _____ the trick? Those without the major studios’ huge spending (35) _____ are not convinced. “There will
always be an audience that follows the big campaigns,” says Andrea Klein, of the British Film Institute, “but
there is another which doesn’t respond to four-page colour ads.” For this audience, reviews are all-important.
Publicist Jonathan Rutter concurs: “Most of our films can be killed (36) _____ dead by bad reviews,” he says.
Although he is not (37) _____ to the odd gimmick, he warns against too much hype: “I get put off films which
are over-marketed,” he says. “People don’t like to be spoon-fed, they prefer to make up their own minds.” For
Hollywood blockbusters, leaving people to make up their own minds is not a viable marketing strategy. Films on
this scale are caught up in a (38) _____ circle. To (39) _____ inflated production costs a mass audience must be
found, and to find that audience takes a giant publicity budget.
34. A. pull B. work C. play D. do
35. A. force B. strength C. weight D. power
36. A. stone B. flat C. point D. cold
37. A. reluctant B. counter C. averse D. obstinate
38. A. relentless B. vicious C. brutal D. merciless
39. A. restore B. refund C. recover D. reimburse
Part 4. (Extracted from “Proficiency Practice tests Plus”, Longman - Vanessa Jakeman, Nick Kenny) For
questions 40-47, read the text below and use the word given in CAPITALS to form a word that fits in the space.
PREFACE TO “GUIDE TO HANDWRITING STYLES”
Almost as if in response to the age of communication technology in which we now all live, the last few years
have seen a widespread (40. AWAKE) ______________ of interest in the ancient art of handwriting. It seems
that the individuality and freedom of expression implicit in the craft of penmanship are waging their own counter
revolution against the faceless (41. PERSON) ______________ of the word processor.
Graphologists, those people who are directly involved in the study and analysis of writing styles, claim that an
individual’s handwriting is almost as good a way of distinguishing one person from another as taking their
(42. FINGER) ______________.
There are, however, so many basic styles of handwriting that it would be (43. REASON) ______________ to
expect any one person to be an authority on all of them. Consequently, unlike other books on this subject, we
have (44. SEEK) ______________ the advice and of several notable practitioners in penmanship, each of whom
has written about those aspects of the craft for which they have gained professional (44. RECOGNISE)
______________. We have not attempted to establish a (45. DEFINE) ______________ textbook of rules, but
rather to provide an introduction to the craft, with a set of practical (46. GUIDE) ______________ which will
be of interest to anyone who would like to learn how to write more (47. ATTRACT) ______________.
Part 5. (Extracted from “CPE Practice tests”, Grivas Publication - C.N.Grivas) For questions 48-55, read the
text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE word in each space.
NAOMI CAMPBELL - SUPERMODEL
There is no denying than Naomi Campbell’s reputation preceded her. No (48) ______________ how much she
may have pretended to dislike the term, she was indeed an original supermodel. (49) ______________ meant she
was (50) ______________ of a handful of women who turned the modelling world upside (51) ______________
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by becoming more famous than the designers, whose clothes they were employed to display. Naomi was
discovered (52) ______________ the “ripe” old age of fifteen in London’s Covent Garden; she was one of the
most successful and (53) ______________ paid models of her time, being sought out by photographers at fashion
shows and trailed in her private life by those wanting to catch her doing something less professional. Naomi had
a reputation (54) ______________ being very outspoken, aggressive and difficult. It was rumoured that at one
point she sought counselling for anger management after being (55) ______________ guilty of assault.
Part 6. (Extracted from “C2 Proficiency 50 Key Word Transformation Exercises Volume 3”) For questions 56-
60, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given.
Do not change the word given. You must use between THREE and EIGHT words, including the word given.
56. I was giving a speech when someone’s mobile phone rang, and I forgot what I was saying.
TRAIN
I was giving a speech when someone’s mobile phone rang, and I __________________________________.
57. It was surprising how fast the project had come together, but we still had a long way to go.
BY
We were ______________________________________________ shape, but we still had a long way to go.
58. In order to restore growth and employment in our country, we need a change in policy.
ARE
There needs to _________________________________ to restore growth and employment in our country.
59. In the days before computers, not many people knew how to type.
ADVENT
Hardly _____________________________________________________________________ of computers.
60. In London, he bought a car similar to the one he had when he was living in Dublin.
ALONG
In London, he bought a car ___________________________ the one he had when he was living in Dublin.
Part 7. (Extracted from “New Proficiency Use of English”, Longman - Fiona Scott-Barrett) For questions 61-
65, think of ONE word which can be used to complete all three sentences in each group below.
61. ____________
 I’ve known Sheila for years, but I still find her … and rather unfriendly.
 I’ve discovered that a … ancestor of mine was related to Napoleon.
 Could you pass me the … control so that I can change the channel, please?
62. ____________
 I thought the hotel was excellent … for money.
 I know that piece of pottery is in rather bad taste, but it has sentimental … for me.
 I was foolish enough to take her comments at face ..., even though I know she’s a compulsive liar.
63. ____________
 Sarah’s the only person I know who takes the … to bake her own bread.
 Apparently, the clients had … finding the right exit from the motorway.
 As far as I’m concerned, air travel is more … than it’s worth.
64. ____________
 We plan to ... sail for the island as soon as the sun comes up.
 Don’t forget to … your alarm clock, as we’ve got an early start tomorrow.
 I’m counting on you to ... a good example to our new employees.
65. ____________
 It took us an hour to reach the … of the queue for checking-in.
 All that attention at the party has gone to Paula’s ….
 I certainly wouldn’t go on that mountain-climbing holiday with her, as I’ve got no … for heights.
Part 8. (Extracted from “IELTS Practice tests Plus 3”, Pearson - Margaret Matthews, Katy Salisbury) For
questions 66-78, read the passage below and answer the questions that follow.
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POTTERY PRODUCTION IN ANCIENT AKROTIRI
Excavations at the site of prehistoric Akrotiri, on the coast of the Aegean Sea, have revealed much about the
technical aspects of pottery manufacture, indisputably one of the basic industries of this Greek city. However,
considerably less is known about the socioeconomic context and the way production was organised.
The bulk of pottery found at Akrotiri is locally made, and dates from the late fifteenth century BC. It clearly
fulfilled a vast range of the settlement’s requirements: more than fifty different types of pots can be distinguished.
The pottery found includes a wide variety of functional types like storage jars, smaller containers, pouring vessels,
cooking pots, drinking vessels and so on, which all relate to specific activities and which would have been made
and distributed with those activities in mind. Given the large number of shapes produced and the relatively high
degree of standardisation, it has generally been assumed that most, if not all, of Akrotiri pottery was produced by
specialised craftsmen in a nondomestic context. Unfortunately neither the potters’ workshops nor kilns have been
found within the excavated area. The reason may be that the ceramic workshops were located on the periphery
of the site, which has not yet been excavated. In any event, the ubiquity of the pottery, and the consistent repetition
of the same types in different sizes, suggests production on an industrial scale.
The Akrotirian potters seem to have responded to pressures beyond their households, namely to the increasing
complexity of regional distribution and exchange systems. We can imagine them as fulltime craftsmen working
permanently in a high production-rate craft such as pottery manufacture, and supporting themselves entirely from
the proceeds of their craft. In view of the above, one can begin to speak in terms of mass-produced pottery and
the existence of organised workshops of craftsmen during the period 1550-1500 BC. Yet, how pottery production
was organised at Akrotiri remains an open question, as there is no real documentary evidence. Our entire
knowledge comes from the ceramic material itself, and the tentative conclusions which can be drawn from it.
The invention of units of quantity and of a numerical system to count them was of capital importance for an
exchange-geared society such as that of Akrotiri. In spite of the absence of any written records, the archaeological
evidence reveals that concepts of measurements, both of weight and number, had been formulated. Standard
measures may already have been in operation, such as those evidenced by a graduated series of lead weights -
made in disc form - found at the site. The existence of units of capacity in Late Bronze Age times is also evidenced
by the notation of units of a liquid measure for wine on excavated containers.
It must be recognised that the function of pottery vessels plays a very important role in determining their
characteristics. The intended function affects the choice of clay, the production technique, and the shape and the
size of the pots. For example, large storage jars (pithoi) would be needed to store commodities, whereas smaller
containers would be used for transport. In fact, the length of a man’s arm limits the size of a smaller pot to a
capacity of about twenty litres; that is also the maximum a man can comfortably carry. The various sizes of
container would thus represent standard quantities of a commodity, which is a fundamental element in the
function of exchange. Akrotirian merchants handling a commodity such as wine would have been able to
determine easily the amount of wine they were transporting from the number of containers they carried in their
ships, since the capacity of each container was known to be 14-18 litres. (We could draw a parallel here with the
current practice in Greece of selling oil in 17 kilogram tins.)
We may therefore assume that the shape, capacity, and, sometimes decoration of vessels are indicative of the
commodity contained by them. Since individual transactions would normally involve different quantities of a
given commodity, a range of “standardised” types of vessel would be needed to meet traders’ requirements.
In trying to reconstruct systems of capacity by measuring the volume of excavated pottery, a rather generous
range of tolerances must be allowed. It seems possible that the potters of that time had specific sizes of vessel in
mind, and tried to reproduce them using a specific type and amount of clay. However, it would be quite difficult
for them to achieve the exact size required every time, without any mechanical means of regulating symmetry
and wall thickness, and some potters would be more skilled than others. In addition, variations in the repetition
of types and size may also occur because of unforeseen circumstances during the throwing process. For instance,
instead of destroying the entire pot if the clay in the rim contained a piece of grit, a potter might produce a smaller
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contain the same quantity of a commodity, differences in their capacity can actually reach one or two litres. In
one case the deviation from the required size appears to be as much as 10-20 percent.
The establishment of regular trade routes within the Aegean led to increased movement of goods; consequently
a regular exchange of local, luxury and surplus goods, including metals, would have become feasible as a result
of the advances in transport technology. The increased demand for standardised exchanges, inextricably linked
to commercial transactions, might have been one of the main factors which led to the standardisation of pottery
production. Thus, the whole network of ceramic production and exchange would have depended on specific
regional economic conditions, and would reflect the socioeconomic structure of prehistoric Akrotiri.
For questions 66-67, choose the correct letter (A, B, C or D).
66. What does the writer say about items of pottery excavated at Akrotiri?
A. There was very little duplication.
B. They would have met a big variety of needs.
C. Most of them had been imported from other places.
D. The intended purpose of each piece was unclear.
67. The assumption that pottery from Akrotiri was produced by specialists is partly based on
A. the discovery of kilns.
B. the central location of workshops.
C. the sophistication of decorative patterns.
D. the wide range of shapes represented.
For questions 68-70, complete each sentence with the correct ending, A-F, below.
68. The assumption that standard units of weight were in use could be based on _______
69. The size of certain types of containers would have been restricted by _______
70. Attempts to identify the intended capacity of containers are complicated by _______
A. the discovery of a collection of metal discs.
B. the size and type of the sailing ships in use.
C. variations in the exact shape and thickness of similar containers.
D. the physical characteristics of workmen.
E. marks found on wine containers.
F. the variety of commodities for which they would have been used.
Do the following statements agree with the views of the writer in the passage? For questions 71-76, write
YES if the statement agrees with the claims of the writer
NO if the statement contradicts the claims of the writer
NOT GIVEN if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this
71. ______________ There are plans to excavate new areas of the archaeological site in the near future.
72. ______________ Some of the evidence concerning pottery production in ancient Akrotiri comes from
written records.
73. ______________ Pots for transporting liquids would have held no more than about 20 litres.
74. ______________ It would have been hard for merchants to calculate how much wine was on their ships.
75. ______________ The capacity of containers intended to hold the same amounts differed by up to 20 percent.
76. ______________ Regular trading of goods around the Aegean would have led to the general standardisation
of quantities.
For questions 77-78, choose the correct letter (A, B, C or D).
77. What does the writer say about the standardisation of container sizes?
A. Containers which looked the same from the outside often varied in capacity.
B. The instruments used to control container size were unreliable.
C. The unsystematic use of different types of clay resulted in size variations.
D. Potters usually discarded containers which were of a non-standard size.
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78. What is probably the main purpose of the passage?
A. To evaluate the quality of pottery containers found in prehistoric Akrotiri.
B. To suggest how features of pottery production at Akrotiri reflected other developments in the region.
C. To outline the development of pottery-making skills in ancient Greece.
D. To describe methods for storing and transporting household goods in prehistoric societies.
Part 9. (Extracted from “Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English 3”, University of Cambridge ESOL
Examinations) You are going to read an introduction to a book. Seven paragraphs have been removed from
the extract. Choose from the paragraphs (A-H) the one which fits each gap (79-85). There is ONE extra
paragraph which you do not need to use.
ADVERTISING ON TRIAL
If you work for an advertising agency, the early years of the 1990s may well have been the toughest of your
professional life. The recession in business was bad enough. It was longer, deeper and more severe than
anticipated by even the most pessimistic, hitting industrialised nations as hard as anything else for thirty years.
79. _______
Every single business in the country was affected, some - the vehicle and building trades - finding themselves
30 per cent down. A lot of people - a lot of companies - in a lot of countries suffered. Of course, advertising
people are scarcely unique in losing their jobs in such difficult times, but of all those still in employment, they
often feel particularly under pressure.
80. _______
And yet, alongside these psychological and financial imperatives lies an almost paradoxical rise in the perceived
importance of the marketing process. The notion that companies should be making sure they are producing
services and goods that their customers want, as opposed to merely what it is convenient for them to provide, is
not a new one. Still, it’s scarcely unfair to say that it has been only over the past ten or fifteen years that many
companies seem to have put the idea intentionally, rather than fortuitously, into practice.
81. _______
All these things have pleasingly increased the status of marketing people, while simultaneously adding to their
burden. Marketing is increasingly regarded as that which it is not: a universal panacea. With approximately half
of most marketing budgets being spent on advertising, there’s some truth in saying that the buck then stops with
the ad-people. It is certainly true that if the 80s was the decade in which advertising never had it so good, the start
of the 90s saw the industry enduring its worst downturn for a generation. This was, of course, partly a direct
consequence of the economic climate at the time.
82. _______
And, generally, in the absence of concrete, convincing and quantitative evidence to the contrary, they had to
conclude that the benefits of advertising might be questionable. At a time when enthusiasm to account for every
dollar spent was naturally high, it was simply not clear enough to many client companies exactly what they were
getting for the large sums of money they were spending, exactly what return they were seeing on their investment.
Advertising - ever a business to excite the suspicions of the sceptic - was, as a consequence, more than ever before
on trial.
83. _______
Now, while none of this should elicit sympathy for a thoroughly tough business, it does mean that many of those
advertising people still in work continue to face precisely the same problems as their clients: how to do more with
less. If this is, in itself, sufficiently trying, a number of other factors have made the production of effective
advertising particularly difficult.
84. _______
These include, for example, the dramatic demographic changes facing much of the West; the burgeoning power
of the retailer; the changing needs and desires of consumers; the rise of sponsorship; the increasingly onerous

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legal restrictions on advertising. And, of course, for some companies there is the new challenge of advertising
abroad. Together with the economic situation, it is these matters which have forced many of those responsible
for advertising to revisit Lord Leverhulme’s commonplace that: “Only half my advertising works. The trouble is
I don’t know which half.” Because now more than ever before, the pressure is on to increase the proportion of
advertising that works.
85. _______
This means that while conferences and seminars may provide some useful information, the books currently
available on advertising, and how to do it, really don’t. Those that are available tend to treat the process of
producing advertising with too much respect. To give the impression that the work advertising agencies produce
is invariably of the highest quality, deeply considered and remarkable value for money, is neither true nor likely
to help those employees of the client company who are ultimately responsible.
A. Thus, client companies almost everywhere took the view of one of their leaders quoted in the British trade
magazine Campaign: “We want better strategies, better targeting, better creativity, better media placement,
better thinking. We aim to ensure we get advertising agencies’ best people on our business and then ensure
they are motivated to work their fingers to the bone, producing outstanding work for us.”
B. The consequences have been that marketing activities have at last begun to be given the attention they
deserve by management, that these people have acquired a little learning about the subject, and that a few
brands have actually begun to be genuinely marketed.
C. Ultimately, the poverty of the current advertising scene is due to the nature of the relationship between
agencies and their clients. The best way of getting better advertising lies partly in improving this, and partly
in adopting a more empirical approach to the whole advertising process.
D. However, there was also evidence of more deep-seated change which would not simply be waved away
as, and when, economic prospects brightened. The fact was that while this recession naturally caused potential
clients to review, reconsider and often cut their budgets at the time, it also made them examine more closely
than ever before the economics of advertising.
E. It is not terribly surprising that, at the moment, help for those who want or need to do just that is far from
freely available. Generally, companies and the advertising agencies they use have been far too busy simply
coping with these circumstances to wish to talk or write about them, while those that have succeeded in keeping
their heads above water are often understandably anxious to keep the secrets of their success to themselves.
F. Seen, as they are, to spearhead efforts to support the bottom line, they suppose themselves to be under
close enough scrutiny from their colleagues, let alone their bosses. Moreover, they are also faced with the very
considerable problem of increasingly being asked to do their ever more difficult jobs with smaller and smaller
budgets. They have been told that less must be more.
G. Some of these are a direct consequence of the recession discussed earlier: the controversy over production
costs, and the disinclination to take the sort of risks that are ironically often the essence of good advertising.
Other events would have happened irrespective of local or global economic conditions.
H. In Britain, it meant in 1991 alone that while gross domestic product (GDP) declined, interest rates
remained punitively high, consumer spending on almost everything other than staples fell, more than half a
million people lost their jobs, and some 75,000 homes were repossessed.
Part 10. (Extracted from “Expert on Cambridge IELTS Practice tests 9”, Hai Jim) For questions 86-100, write
an essay of about 250 words to answer the question. Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant
examples from your own knowledge or experience. Write your answers in a separate A4 piece of paper.
An increase in production of consumer goods results in damage of the natural environment.
What are the causes and possible solutions?

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