TEST YOURSELF 06

Hướng dẫn thí sinh:

- Phần thi nghe gồm 3 bài. Thí sinh được nghe mỗi bài 2 lần liên tiếp.
- Thí sinh đọc kĩ yêu cầu của từng bài trước khi nghe.
- Hướng dẫn chi tiết bằng Tiếng Anh có trong đĩa nghe. Bắt đầu và kết thúc bài nghe có tín hiệu
nhạc.
SECTION A: LISTENING (5.0 points)
Part I: Complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR
NUMBER for each blank. (2.0 points). For question 1 – 10.
Write your answers in the box provided.(2.0pts) .
Resume
Name: PiaMarcotti
Place of Birth: (1) , Italy.
Age: (2)
Post-University Experience
October (3) - September 2002
Worked for mother's (4) company, Meals On Wheels. Main responsibilities:
webmaster and advertising.
September 2002 - February 2003
Travelled mostly in Europe but also a month in (5) .
March 2003 - July 2005
Worked for (6) Footwear, shoe company near hometown. Worked in (7)
department for most of this time.
Languages Spoken:
(8) -fluent
(9) - good after (10) years study.
Your answers:
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PART II (1,6points)
Listen to Ryan talking about his life twice and tick () the things he has done and put a cross
(X) beside the things he hasn’t done. For question 11-18
Write your answers in the box provided
Questions Numbers of things Ryan
11 lived in a foreign country
12 worked for a big company
13 stayed in an expensive hotel
14 flown in a jumbo jet
15 cooked a meal for ten (or more) people
16 met a famous person
17 seen a play by Shakespeare
18 driven a tractor
Your answer
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PART III (1,2 points)
Listen to Philip talking to a friend about his photography course.For question 19-25
Choose the best answer (A, B or C) for each space. Write your answers in the box
19 - Where does Philip do the photography classes?
A) Park College B) City College C) South College
20- What time do the photography classes begin?
A) 5.15 pm B) 6.00 pm C) 6.45 pm
21 - How much does Philip pay for the photography course?
A) 55 pounds B) 75 pounds C) 95 pounds
22 - Philip's happy with the course because he's
A) learning about famous photographers B) using a new camera
C) getting better at photography
23- Philip thinks it's easy to take photographs of
A) trees B) animals C) children
24 - After the course Philip will
A) buy a new camera B) get a job in photography C) make photography his hobby
25-How many students in the photography classes?
A) 123 B)113 C)130
Your answer:
19 20 21 22 23 24 25

SECTION B.GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY (2.0 points)

Part I. Choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer questions. Write your answers in the
box provided. (1.0 point)
1. It’s recommended that we become more concerned …… the environment around us.
A. of B. to C. with D. about
2. Air ……., together littering, is cause many problems in our cities today.
A. pollute B. pollution C. polluted D. polluting
3. On Christmas Eve, most big cities, especially London are .........with coloured lights across the
streets and enormous Christmas trees.
A. decorated B. hang C. put D. made
4. In the United, there are 50 …….and six different time zones across the country.
A. states B. nations C. towns D. show
5. Nowadays you still see the ………men wear kits (skirts) to wedding or other formal occasions.
A. Scot B. Scotland C. Scots D. Scottish.
6. What …… we do to prevent these natural disasters?
A. may B. ought C. should D. be able
7. …….. at someone is usually considered rude.
A. Point B. To point C. To pointing D. Pointing
8. I believe that our new manager has the …… to work well in this business environment.
A. inflexible B. flexibly C. flexibility D. flexible
9. This hat is different ..................... the one I had.
A. for B. to C. from D. at
10. Peter: “ ...............?” Mary: “ Well , I’dlike to see that dress”
A. Do you want anything B. May I help you
C. What would you like D. What do you want to do
Your answer:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

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Part II. Use the correct form of the words in brackets. Write your answers in the box provided. (1.0
point)
John watched a(1.document)………on TV last night. It was all about the problems (2.
threaten) …… our environment. He was shocked to find out how little he knew about(3.globe)
……….warning or acid rain. He had heard the term before but he knew(4.practical)……….nothing
about the damage they cause to our planet. He feels he should do something to be (5. help)…………
He would like to join an(6.Organize)…………..., but he doesn't know which one to join. He has seen
so many (7.Advertise……….) in newspapers that he can't make up his mind. However, he believes
that it is (8.acceptable)… not to be environmentally aware and he is (9. hope)…that one day everyone
will be part of a world movement to save the earth. He was sure that in this time of (10. Technology)
…………… advances, we find some way to solve the world's problems.
Your answer:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

SECTION C. READING COMPREHENSION (5.0 points)

Part I. Read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each space. Put a circle on the
letter indicating the correct answer. Write your answers in the boxes provided. (1,0 point).
Around the age (1)… sixteen, you must make one of the biggest decisions of your life. Do I stay
on at school and hopefully, go on to university later? Do I leave and start work or beginning a training
(2)…?The decision is yours, but it may be (3)…remembering two things: There is
moreunemployment (4)…… those who haven't been to university, and people (5)………. have the
right skills will have a big advantage in the competition for jobs. If you decide to go straight into a
job, there are (6)………. opportunities for training. Getting qualifications will (7)………. you get
on more quickly in many careers, and evening classes allow you to learn (8)………. you earn.
Starting work and taking a break to study when you are older is (9………. possibility. This way, you
can save up money for your student days, as well as (10)………. practical work experience.
1. A. at B. in C. on D. of
2. A. school B. class C. course D. term
3. A. worth B. necessary C. important D. useful
4. A. between B. among C. with D. through
5. A. whom B. which C. who D. whose
6. A. much B. many C. little D. few
7. A. permit B. help C. let D. give
8. A. where B. while C. when D. what
9. A. also B. again C. another D. always
10. A. getting B. making C .taking D. doing

Your answer:
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Part II. Read the passage and answer the questions. Write your answers in the boxes provided.
(2,0 points)
In Death Valley, California, one of the hottest, most arid places in North America, there is
much salt, and salt can damage rocks impressively. Inhabitants of areas elsewhere, where streets and
highways are salted to control ice, are familiar with the resulting rust and deterioration on cars. That
attests to the chemically corrosive nature of salt, but it is not the way salt destroys rocks. Salt breaks

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rocks apart principally by a process called crystal prying and wedging. This happens not by soaking
the rocks in salt water, but by moistening their bottoms with salt water. Such conditions exist in many
areas along the eastern edge of central Death Valley. There, salty water rises from the groundwater
table by capillary action through tiny spaces in sediment until it reaches the surface.
Most stones have capillary passages that suck salt water from the wet ground. Death Valley provides
an ultra-dry atmosphere and high daily temperatures, which promote evaporation and the formation of
salt crystals along the cracks or other openings within stones. These crystals grow as long as salt
water is available. Like tree roots breaking up a sidewalk, the growing crystals exert pressure on the
rock and eventually pry the rock apart along planes of weakness, such as banding in metamorphic
rocks, bedding in sedimentary rocks, or preexisting or incipient fractions, and along boundaries
between individual mineral crystals or grains. Besides crystal growth, the expansion of halite crystals
(the same as everyday table salt) by heating and of sulfates and similar salts by hydration can
contribute additional stresses. A rock durable enough to have withstood natural conditions for a very
long time in other areas could probably be shattered into small pieces by salt weathering within a
few generations.
The dominant salt in Death Valley is halite, or sodium chloride, but other salts, mostly carbonates
and sulfates, also cause prying and wedging, as does ordinary ice. Weathering by a variety of salts,
though often subtle, is a worldwide phenomenon. Not restricted to arid regions, intense salt
weathering occurs mostly in salt-rich places like the seashore, near the large saline lakes in the Dry
Valleys of Antarctica, and in desert sections of Australia, New Zealand, and central Asia.
1. What is the passage mainly about?
A. The destructive effects of salt on rocks. B. The impressive salt rocks in Death Valley.
C. The amount of salt produced in Death Valley. D. The damaging effects of salt on roads and
highways.
2. The word "it" in bold refers to _______.
A. salty water B. groundwater table C. capillary action D. sediment
3. In paragraph 2, why does the author compare tree roots with growing salt crystals?
A. They both force hard surfaces to crack. B. They both grow as long as water is
available.
C. They both react quickly to a rise in temperature.
D. They both cause salty water to rise from the groundwater table.
4. The word "durable" in bold is closest in meaning to_________.
A. large B. strong C. flexible D. pressured
5. The word "shattered" in bold is closest in meaning to_________.
A. arranged B. dissolved C. broken apart D. gathered together
6. All of the following are mentioned attests to the chemically corrosive nature of salt, but it is not the
way salt destroys rocks. EXCEPT________.
A. There is much salt, and salt can damage rocks impressively.
B. Like tree roots breaking up a sidewalk, the growing crystals exert pressure on the rock and
eventually pry the rock apart along planes.
C. Such conditions exist in many areas along the eastern edge of central Death Valley.
D. Death Valley provides an ultra-dry atmosphere and high daily temperatures
7. The word "dominant" in bold is closest in meaning to__________.
A. most recent B. most common C. least available D. least damaging
8. According to the passage, which of the following is true about the effects of salts on rocks?
A. Only two types of salts cause prying and wedging.
B. Salts usually cause damage only in combination with ice.
C. A variety of salts in all kinds of environments can cause weathering.
D. Salt damage at the seashore is more severe than salt damage in Death Valley.

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9. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage about rocks that are found in areas where
ice is common?
A. They are protected from weathering. B. They do not allow capillary action of water.
C. They show similar kinds of damage as rocks in Death Valley.
D. They contain more carbonates than sulfates.
10. All of the following are true about Death Valley EXCEPT that they________.
A.Salt breaks rocks apart principally by a process called crystal prying and wedging.
B. Salty water rises from the groundwater table. C.They also exaggerate their facial
expressions.
D. Mostly carbonates and sulfates, also cause prying and wedging, as does ordinary ice.
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Part III. Read the following text and do the tasks that follow. (2.0 pts)
Questions 1 - 6: The first six paragraphs of reading passage are lettered A-F. Choose the most
suitable headings for paragraphs A-F from the list of headings below.
(There are more headings than paragraphs, so you will not use them all.)
The Ecological Importance of Bees

A Sometime in the early Cretaceous period of the Earth's history, hunting wasps of a certain type
became bees by adopting a vegetarian diet: they began to rely more and more on the pollen of plants
as a source of protein for themselves and their offspring, as an alternative to insects. In so doing, they
accidentally transported pollen on their bodies to other plants of the same species, bringing about
pollination. The stage was thus set for a succession of ever-closer mutual adaptations of bees and
flowering plants. In particular, flowers began to reward bees for their unwitting role in their
reproduction by providing richer sources of pollen and another source of nutrition, nectar.
B Today about 15 per cent of our diet consists of crops which are pollinated by bees. The meat and
other animal products we consume are ultimately derived from bee- pollinated forage crops, and
account for another 15 per cent. It follows that around one third of our food is directly or indirectly
dependent on the pollinating services of bees. On a global basis, the annual value of agricultural crops
dependent on the pollination services of bees is estimated at £1,000 million (US$1,590 million).
Much of this pollination is due to honey bees, and in monetary terms it exceeds the value of the
annual honey crop by a factor of fifty.
C But the apparently harmonious relationship between bees and plants conceals a conflict of interests.
Although flowers need bees and vice versa, it pays each partner to minimise its costs and maximise
its profits. This may sound like an extreme case of attributing human qualities to non-human species,
but using the marketplace and the principles of double-entry book keeping as metaphors may give US
some insights into what is really going on between bees and flowering plants. In the real world, both
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flower and bee operate in a competitive marketplace. A community of retailers, the flowers, seek to
attract more or less discriminating consumers, the bees. Each flower has to juggle the costs and
benefits of investing in advertising, by colour and scent, and providing rewards, nectar and pollen,
clearly a species which depends on cross-pollination is on a knife-edge: it must provide sufficient
nectar to attract the interest of a bee, but not enough to satisfy all of its needs in one visit. A satiated
bee would return to its nest rather than visit another flower. The bee, on the other hand, is out to get
the maximum amount of pollen and nectar. It must assess the quality and quantity of rewards which
are on offer and juggle its energy costs so that it makes a calorific profit on each foraging trip. The
apparent harmony between plants and bees is therefore not all that it seems. Instead, it is an
equilibrium based on compromises between the competing interests of the protagonists.
D This sounds remarkably like the ideas of the 18th-century economist Adam Smith. In his book, The
Wealth of Nations, Smith postulated that in human society the competitive interactions of different
‘economic units' eventually resulted in a balanced, or ‘harmonious’ society. One might predict,
therefore, that economists would find the relationships between bees and plants of some interest. This
is the case in Israel, where economists are collaborating with botanists and entomologists in a long-
term study of the pollination biology of the native flora, in an attempt to understand the dynamics of
the relationship between communities of bees and plants.
E This sort of study is of more than passing academic interest. It is important that authorities
understand the dynamic relationships between plants and their pollinators. This is especially true
when, say, devising conservation policies. A good example comes from the forests of tropical South
America. Here, as in all rainforests, there is a high diversity of tree species. There may be more than
120 per acre, but in a given acre there may only be one or two individuals of any one species: These
trees are pollinated by large, fast-flying bees. There is evidence that certain types of bees learn the
distribution of these scattered trees and forage regularly along the same routes. This is called ‘trap-
lining’ and the bees forage for up to 23 km from their nests. The bees are therefore acting as long
distance pollinators.
F An issue of current concern in tropical forest conservation is that of trying to estimate the minimum
sustainable size of islands' of forest reserve in areas where large-scale felling is taking place. There is
much discussion on seed dispersal distances. But this is only one half of the equation, so far as the
reproduction of trees is concerned. There is another question that must be addressed in order to
calculate whether proposed forest reserves are close enough to the nearest large tract of forest: ‘what
is the flight range of these long-distance foragers?' We need to know much more about bees and their
relationships with plants before this question can be answered.
G Bees, then, are vital to our survival. Furthermore, much of the visual impact of human
environments derives from vegetation, and most vegetation is dependent on bees for pollination.
Thus, as pollinators of crops and natural vegetation, bees occupy key positions in the web of
relationships which sustain the living architecture of our planet.
Questions 1-5. Reading Passage has seven paragraphs, A-G
Choose the correct heading for paragraphs A, B, D, E and F from the list of headings below.
Write the correct number, i-viii, in boxes 1-5 on your answer sheet.
List of Headings
i. Parallels between bee and human activities
ii. An evolutionary turning point
iii. A lack of total co-operation
iv. The preservation of individual plant species
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vi. The structure of flowering plants
vii. The pursuit of self-interest
viii. The need for further research
1. Paragraph A
2. Paragraph B
Example. Paragraph C vii
3. Paragraph D
4. Paragraph E
5. Paragraph F
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Questions 6-10. Complete the sentences below.

Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER from the passage for each
answer.
Write your answers in boxes 6-10 on your answer sheet.
6. Hunting wasps used to feed on other (6)………………….., rather than on vegetation.
7. Flowering plants started to reward bees with rich pollen and an additional food in the form of (7)
…………….
8. Approximately (8)……………of human food production relies on the activity of bees.
9. If the process of (9)……………………… is to take place effectively, bees need to travel from one
flower to another before going back to the nest.
10. Bees need to balance the (10)……………… of each trip against the calorific rewards they obtain.

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SECTION D. WRITING (50 points)

Part I. . Write an email of about 150 words: (2.0 points)
Tell your best friend about a teacher from your past.
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Part II. Writing a passage. (30 points)

In 100-120 words, write a passage about “the importance of learning English and suggest
some effective ways that help us learn English well”.

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