TEST 198
PART A. LISTENING (4.0 points)
I. Listen and decide whether each of the following statements is true (T) or false (F). Write your
answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. (1.0 point)
1. Sasha is currently unemployed.
2. Jim understands now why Sasha had problems in her previous apartment.
3. The problem with the television is that Sasha has sometimes forgotten to turn the TV off.
4. Sasha forgot that Jim used the lights in the apartment as an anti-crime measure.
5. Jim has complained about the type of music she listens to.
II. Listen to the information about the ‘‘Best job in the world’’ competition, then fill in each blank
with ONE word. (2.0 points)
Once again the organization which promotes Australia, (1)……………….Australia, is advertising the
best job in the world. But this year, they have six jobs going, all for six months, with a great salary and (2)
…………….spending money. If you think one of these is your dream job, you have to make a 30-second
video (3)………….why you are the best person for the role. But - be (4)…………. Thousands of people will
be competing for each (5)………………
The job of 'outback adventurer' is for someone with a passion for outdoor life, and in the Northern
Territory there are plenty of (6)…………….spaces. The job is for someone to find out the best (7)
…………..and jobs for young people on working holidays. You’d be getting close to wildlife, sleeping under
the stars in a bush (8)………………….and flying over stunningly beautiful landscape in a hot air balloon.
Your duties will include getting to know about (9)………………..culture and eating traditional bushfoods,
(10)……………including the famous witchery grubs - insect larva.
III. Listen and choose the correct answer A, B, or C to answer the questions below. Write your
answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. (1.0 point)
1. What would be the best title for this lecture?
A. Important Keys to Recycling Paper.
B. Technological Advances Improve Recycling
C. Steps to Improving Recycling
2. According to the lecture, paper materials that are difficult to recycle include:
A. copy paper
B. document shred
C. food wrappers
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3. According to the lecturer, where can a TV take power from to operate?
A. a recycled can
B. a recycled paper
C. a recycled bottle
4. According to the lecture, the demand for recyclable materials in the manufacturing of new products is
sometimes sluggish because:
A. some governments are unwilling to support expensive recycling methods.
B. there is a lack of advanced technology to process the materials.
C. businesses do not invest enough money into research.
5. Which is NOT one of the main keys to recycling as mentioned in the lecture?
A. government regulation of waste
B. better technology
C. more demand for recycled materials
PART B. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY (3.0 points)
I. Choose the best option (A, B, C or D) to complete each sentence. Write your answers in the
corresponding numbered boxes. (1.0 point)
1. He is a specialist…………. modern Vietnamese literature.
A. of B. at C. for D. in
2. That’s a nice coat, and the color……………. you well.
A. matches B. fits C. suits D. agrees
3. - “……………………………………….”.
- Never mind, better luck next time
A. I have broken your precious vase. B. I have a lot on my mind.
C. I couldn’t keep my mind on work. D. I didn’t get the vacant position.
4. Illiteracy has been ………. in almost every province in Vietnam.
A. abolished B. demolished C. eradicated D. destroyed
5. New mineral resources may be discovered during the forthcoming Antarctic ………..
A. expedition B. excursion C. voyage D. migration
6. My letter ............ have come yesterday, but it didn’t.
A. must B. should C. ought D. can
7. …………… objective primary education is to provide students with basic knowledge of the country's
history, ………geography and traditions.
A. The / Ø B. An / the C. Ø / a D. The / the
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8. The poor child was in floods of ………… because his bike had been stolen.
A. weeping B. crying C. tears D. unhappiness
9. It’s vital that our children’s handwriting should be ...................
A. legible B. legitimate C. literate D. illiterate
10. You’ll have to……………. a better idea than that if you want to win.
A. come in for B. get down to C. bring out D. come up with
II. Read the passage and use the correct forms of the words given. Write your answers in the
corresponding numbered boxes. (1.0 point)
(1. Interpret) …………. the feelings of other people is not always easy, as we all know and we rely
as much on what they seem to be telling us, as on the actual words they say. Facial expression and tone of
voice are obvious ways of showing our view to something, and it may well be that we (2. conscious)
…………….. express views that we are trying to hide. The art of being tactful lies in picking up these
signals, (3. realize)…………… what the other person is trying to say, and acting so that they are not
embarrassed in any way. For example, we may understand that they are, in fact, reluctant to answer our
question, and so we stop pressing them. Body (4. move) ……………, in general, may also indicate feelings,
and (5. interview) …………..often pay particular attention to the way a candidate for a job walks into the
room and sits down. However, it is not difficult to present the right kind of appearance, while what many
employers want to know relates to the candidate’s character traits, and similar (6. stable) ……………. . This
raises the awkward question of whether job candidates should be asked to complete (7. psychologist)
……………. tests, and the further problem of whether such tests actually produce (8. rely)………… results.
For many people, being asked to take part in such a test would be an (9. object) …………. intrusion into
their private lives.
After all, a (10. prospect) ……………..employer would hardly ask a candidate to run a hundred
meters, or expect his or her family doctor to provide confidential medical information. Quite apart from this
problem, can such tests predict whether a person is likely to be a conscientious employee or a valuable
colleague?
III. There are ten mistakes in the following passage. Find and correct them. Write your answers in the
corresponding numbered boxes. (1.0 point)
Man has always depended on plants for food and many other useful products. With this reason,
farming is one of the world’s most important industry. At first, early man did not know how to plant seeds
and rise crops. He gathered wild fruits and vegetables he found. Then man discovered how to grow his own
food. He planted seeds and waited for the crops to grow. For the first time, he could be reasonably sure of his
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food supply. He could settle down and set up shelters in the places that he grew food.
As populations began to increase, the demand for food became greater. Old-fashioned tools and
farming methods were sufficient in meeting the demand, so that man cultivated more and more land and
invented modern machines to do his work easier. Tractors replaced horses and another farm animals.
Scientists studied and experimented with plants. They told farmers how to control plant diseases, and how to
grow bigger but better crops. Now one man, with a wide knowledge of plants and the help of machines, can
cultivate hundred of acres. He can grow plants which did not originally grow in the soil or climate of his
community.
PART C. READING (6.0 points)
I. Fill in each of the gaps in the passage below with only ONE suitable word. Write your answers in the
corresponding numbered boxes. (2.0 points)
Few people now question the reality of global warming and (1).…………. effects on the world's
climate. Many scientists (2).…………. the blame for recent natural disasters on the increase in the world's
temperatures and are convinced that, more than ever before, the Earth is (3).…………….. risk from the force
of the wind, rain and sun. (4).……….. to them, global warming is making extreme weather events; such as
hurricanes and droughts, even (5) ………….. severe and causing sea levels all around the world to rise.
Environmental groups are putting pressure on governments to take (6).…………… to reduce the amount of
carbon dioxide, (7).…………. is given off by factories and power plants, thus attacking the problem at its
source. They are in (8).…………… of more money being spent on research into solar, wind and wave
energy devices, which could then replace existing power stations. Some scientists, however, believe that
even if we (9). ………… releasing carbon dioxide and other gases into the atmosphere tomorrow, we would
have to wait several hundred years to notice the results. Global warming, it seems, is (10).…………… stay.
II. Read the following passage and choose the best option to answer or complete each sentence. Write
your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. (2.0 points)
It is commonly believed that school is where people go to get an education. Nevertheless, it has been
said that today children interrupt their education to go to school. The difference between schooling and
education implied by this remark is important.
Education is much more open-ended and all-inclusive than schooling. Education knows no limits. It
can take place anywhere, whether in the shower or on the job, whether in the kitchen or on the tractor. It
includes both the formal learning that takes place in school and the whole universe of informal learning. The
agent (doer) of education can vary from respected grandparents to the people arguing about politics on the
radio, from a child to a famous scientist. Whereas schooling has a certain predictability, education quite
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often produces surprises. A chance conversation with a stranger may lead a person to discover how little is
known of other religions. People receive education from infancy on. Education, then, is a very broad,
inclusive term; it is a lifelong process, a process that starts long before the start of school and one that should
be a necessary part of one’s entire life.
Schooling, on the other hand, is a specific, formalized process, whose general pattern varies little
from one setting to the next. Throughout a country, children arrive at school at about the same time, take the
assigned seats, are taught by an adult, use similar textbooks, do homework, take exams, and so on. The
pieces of reality that are to be learned, whether they are the alphabet or an understanding of the workings of
governments, have been limited by the subjects being taught. For example, high school students know that
they are not likely to find out in their classes the truth about political problems in their society or what the
newest filmmakers are experimenting with. There are clear and undoubted conditions surrounding the
formalized process of schooling.
1. This passage is mainly aimed at _____.
A. listing and discussing several educational problems
B. telling the difference between the meanings of two related words
C. telling a story about excellent teachers
D. giving examples of different schools
2. In the passage, the expression “children interrupt their education to go to school” mostly implies that
_____.
A. schooling prevents people discovering things
B. schooling takes place everywhere
C. all of life is an education
D. education is totally ruined by schooling
3. The word “all-inclusive” in the passage mostly means _____.
A. including everything or everyone B. going in many directions
C. involving many school subjects D. allowing no exceptions
4. According to the passage, the doers of education are _____.
A. only respected grandparents B. mainly politicians
C. mostly famous scientists D. almost all people
5. What does the writer mean by saying “education quite often produces surprises”?
A. It’s surprising that we know little about other religions.
B. Educators often produce surprises.
C. Informal learning often brings about unexpected results.
D. Success of informal learning is predictable.
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6. Which of the following would the writer support?
A. Our education system needs to be changed as soon as possible.
B. Going to school is only part of how people become educated.
C. Schooling is of no use because students do similar things every day.
D. Without formal education, people won’t be able to read and write.
7. The word “they” in the last paragraph refers to _____.
A. newest filmmakers B. political problems
C. workings of governments D. high school students
8. Because the general pattern of schooling varies little from one setting to the next, school children
throughout the country _____.
A. are taught by the same teachers B. have the same abilities
C. do similar tests D. have similar study conditions
9. From the passage, we can infer that a high school teacher _____.
A. is free to choose anything to teach B. is not allowed to teach political issues
C. is bound to teach programmed subjects D. has to teach social issues to all classes
10. Which of the following is TRUE according to passage?
A. The best schools teach a variety of subjects.
B. Students benefit from schools, which require long hours and homework.
C. Education and schooling are quite different experience.
D. The more year students go to school, the better their education is.
III. You are going to read a passage about Henry Vincent. Five sentences have been removed from the
passage. Choose from the sentences A-F the one which fits each gap (1-5). There is one extra sentence
you do not need to use. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. (1.0 point)
At sixteen, Henry Vincent was separated from his family as a result of the war. He wandered
aimlessly from one country to another before finally settling down in Australia, where he was trained as an
electronics engineer. (1).…………………………
His retirement suddenly made him realize how lonely he was and he decided to take up a hobby. (2).
………………….. . He installed his own equipment and obtained a licence and his call sign, which is the set
of letters and numbers used to identify oneself when making radio contact with other radio amateurs all over
the world.
(3).………………… . One in particular was a man in California with whom he had much in
common. One night the man in California happened to mention the village in Europe he had come from. (4).
………………… . At first, the two brothers were at a loss for words but then little by little they filled in the
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details of their past lives. (5).…………………….
A. Soon Henry had a great many contacts in far-off places.
B. Suddenly, Henry realized that this man was, in fact, his younger brother, Peter.
C. He established his own business but it called for so much work that marriage was out of the question.
D. Not long afterwards Henry Vincent flew to California to be reunited with his brother.
E. With his interest in electronics, amateur radio seemed a natural choice.
F. He was successful quickly.
IV. Read and choose the best option to complete the passage. Write your answers in the corresponding
numbered boxes. (1.0 point)
EDUCATION IN THE FUTURE
Education is another area of social life in which information technology is changing the way we
communicate. Today’s college students may not simply sit in a lecture or a library to learn about their field.
Through their computers and the wonders of virtual reality they can participate in lifelike simulated
experiences. Consider the following scenario of the future of education made possible through developments
in information technology.
For children over the age of 10, daily (1).………………. at schools is not compulsory.
Some of the older children attend school only once or twice weekly to get (2) ……………. support
or instruction from a teacher. For the most part, pupils are encouraged to work online from home. Students
must complete a minimum number of study hours per year; however, they may make up these hours by
studying at home at times that suit their family schedule. They can log on early or late in the day and even
join live classes in other countries. In order to (3).………….. that each student is learning adequately,
computer software will automatically monitor the number of hours a week each student studies on-line as
well as that students’ learning materials and assessment activities. Reports will be (4).……… for parents and
teachers. The software can then identify the best learning activities and conditions for each individual
student and generate similar activities. It can also identify areas of weak achievement and produce special
programs adjusted (5) …………. the student’s needs.
1. A. attention B. attendance C. attendant D. attend
2. A. tutorial B. financial C. emotional D. geriatric
3. A. assure B. sure C. certain D. ensure
4. A. necessary B. available C. important D. suitable
5. A. for B. in C. to D. about
PART D. WRITING (5.0 points)
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I. Email writing: (2.0 points)
Write an email of 120-150 words to one of your foreign friends to tell him or her about the struggle
against Covid 19 in Viet Nam.
You must NOT write your own name and address. Begin and finish your email as:
Dear Jim,
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With love,
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II. Paragraph writing. (3.0 points)
Learning online is becoming more popular than ever before. Write a paragraph of about 150-200 words to
suggest some ways to have better online learning results.
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