ĐỀ THI THỬ OLYMPIC 30/4 NĂM 2023

PART 1. For questions 1-40, choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D to each of the following
questions and write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.
1. He is exhausted now, _______ working all day and having a sleepless night.
A. let alone B. what with C. whatsoever D. notwithstanding
2. Anna: “ Is Mr. Henry going to teach English to our class this year?” – Bella “I’m not sure. ________”
A. I don’t know how to. B. I don’t know any better.
C. Not that I know of. D. How was I to know?
3. There are a lot of students at the career fair event now – more than ___ last year.
A. did they B. come they C. came D. they came
4. I opened the door and discovered that it was ______ other than my father, who I haven’t seen for ages.
A. none B. any C. no D. hardly
5. Jenny boarded the train, ____________________.
A. was her past behind B. her past was behind
C. her past having been behind D. her past behind her
6. I spent the following 10 days at Victoria and John's house _______. They escorted me to all of the
town's sights and eateries.
A. on his toes B. above the water C. in clover D. at bay
7. Our surprise party for Daniel went ______ because Peter blurted out our intentions.
A. fig-shaped B. papaya-shaped C. mango-shaped D. pear-shaped
8. For some reason, they tend to think that everything in life should be handed to them _______, and that
hard work is for fools.
A. on a silver pickle B. on a silver platoon C. on a silver tureen D. on a silver platter
9. With the impending autumn, there is a _______of ladybugs inside the windows preparing to
hibernate.
A. orchestra B. clew C. ramble D. loveliness
10. Even though the final examination is just round the corner, he is still as calm as _______
A. a bear in the forest B. a fly in the log C. a toad in the sun D. a lamb in the rain
11. Educational software developers have been glomming ______ the idea of remote learning during the
Covid-19 pandemic.
A. unto B. about C. onto D. into
12. He was arrested on suspicion of skimming ________ the company fund.
A. away B. over C. down D. off
13. The police discovered that the robbers were holed ______ in an abandoned factory.
A. away B. down C. on D. up
14. With the development of AI, many people fear that conventional jobs will go _____ the window.
A. up B. under C. out D. above
15. The language you used in your blog post is quite _____ the pale, if not offensive.
A. beyond B. behind C. upon D. above
16. He really made the _______ fly when he came home drunk at midnight.
A. hair B. skin C. wing D. fur
17. When I saw you bought a copy of 1984 like mine, I knew you were a woman after my own
_________.
A. sense B. mind C. head D. heart
18. Recent peace talks have failed to find any ________ ground between the governments of Ukraine and
Russia.
A. middle B. central C. focal D. common
19. I didn’t revise a single chapter, but somehow I came up ______ and aced the exam!
A. trumps B. truffle C. trug D. triumphs
20. After reading a slew of academic publications, he curled up on his pillow and got lost in a _______
study.
A. red B. brown C. white D. grey
21. Listen, I can't make it for dinner tonight. Something has cropped……….at work ad it looks like I ma
going to be stuck at the office all night.
A. out B. up C. in D. through
22. The door burst open and his mother............in. "I thought so," she said." You are not doing your
homework."
A. barked B. banked C. barged D. bottled
23. In his speech, he................the plight of the sick and the hungry.
A. dwelt on B. glossed over C. drummed up D. sounded off
24. I have tried asking Stephanie, but she's proving difficult to….. a particular date.
A. let in on B. pin down to C. tie in with D. creep up on
25. There is nothing like a spa treatment to end.........a relaxing day spent on the beach on an Olu Deniz
holiday.
A. up B.in C. off D. with
26. Those challenges were all __________ by the bereavement, Bruce.
A. guaranteed B. dislocated C. eclipsed D. nullified
27. Jade had lost all her notes and had to __________.
A. endorse B. extemporize C. feign D. mimic
28. The council decided to demolish the ___________house because it was an eyesore.
A. awe-inspring B. destitute C. ramshackle D. stately
29. He has been ___________ away at that essay for constanly three hours.
A. beavering B. buggering C. teeing D. branching
30. I haven’t much time for incompetent fools like Elio. I gave him ___________ when he came in here
asking for a pay raise.
A. the cold shoulder B. short shift C. down pat D. a snow job
31. The gambler is aware of a(n) __________ of adrenalin just as the bet is placed.
A. acme B. summit C. zenith D. peak
32. The _____________ reason given for the war was that Germany wanted to expand its borders.
A. supercilious B. superfluous C. ostensible D. wistful
33. The poor man stood ______________ at the display of such wealth.
A. dumbstruck B. fatigued C. drowsy D. extorted
34. The young man was accused of a terrible crime. His parents were convinced that he was innocent and
swore they would
_____________ to get him acquitted.
A. see which way the wind blows B. be tilt at windmills
C. throw in the towel D. move heaven and earth
35. This book prepares you ___________ for the exam.
A. leniently B. thoroughly C. rigidly D. sternly
36. That successful company has used its huge economic ____________ to exert control over prices.
A. clout B. slump C. turmoil D. downturn
37. Having national pride may sometimes be admirable, but ____________ can result in negative
attitudes towards certain
nationalities.
A. avarice B. libel C. magnanimity D. jingoism
38. The ambusher’s victim walked _____________ into the trap.
A. blindly B. shortsightedly C. ignorantly D. subconsciously
39. He didn't look as ___________ as his wife, but for a man in his late fifties, he looked good.
A. airs and graces B. dazed and desultory C. hale and hearty D. hill and dale
40. He felt that the constant survaillance by the police ______________ his rights.
A. abided by B. invested in C. infringed on D. bordered on

PART 2 Read the texts below and decide which answer best fits each space.
AUTISM DAY
World Autism Awareness Day is (1)____ on April 2nd and aims to promote understanding of all
issues related to people (2)______ as being on the spectrum of autism disorders. Like many
neurological disorders, ASDs can result in many (3)_____ that can lead to discrimination.
There are many within the autism community who dispute that the condition is a disorder at all and
instead put forward the view that autism is simply a normal neurological variation and part of the
neurodiversity of the human race and, as such, should not be (4) ______.
This take on ASDs had led to a certain amount of (5) _____ between the scientists researching
autism conditions and the organizations raising awareness of the conditions. A number of
(6)______ groups fear that researchers would like to find a cure for autism, which they maintain
would rob them of the (7)_____ of their individuality, while researchers claim to only want a better
understanding of the condition and to be able to offer help with some of the effects of autism such
as (8)_____ social anxiety. Those involved in research into ASDs (9)_____ that autism should
not simply be eradicated but, (10)_____ , that it needs to be better understood.
1. A. noticed B. regarded C. watched D. observed
2. A. tabulated B. classified C. graded D. pigeonholed
3. A. hallucinations B. impressions C. misconceptions D. delusions
4. A. analysed B. pathologised C. chastised D. circumcised
5. A. scraping B. abrasion C. chafing D. fiction
6. A. support B. backing C. loyalty D. assistance
7. A. extract B. concentrate C. essence D. nectar
8. A. maiming B. limping C. hobbling D. crippling
9. A. scorn B. concur C. consent D. permit
10. A. nonetheless B. albeit C. notwithstanding D. however
PART 3 Read the texts below and choose the best answer to each question.
Band Of the Year – The Ting Tings

At the far end of the L-shaped dressing room at the Aéronef venue in Lille, Katie White's crimping tongs
won't reach more than 3ft from the plug. Which means that, where we're sitting, we can hear the Ting
Tings' singer but we can't see her. None of which prevents her from bellowing at the Ting Tings' male
half, Jules De Martino. "Tell him about Michael Palin!" she shouts.

So he does. Six months ago, having just released their maiden chart-topper That's Not My Name, White
and De Martino performed the song on Later... Signing in beforehand in the BBC reception area, De
Martino noticed that also waiting to be collected was Palin, his hero. "I ran up to him and just shouted,
'Michael!' At which point he grabbed his bag, thinking we were his chaperones. It was only when I started
gabbling on about travel programmes that the penny dropped. "He had to think of something to say, so he
goes, 'Well, keep on watchin' 'em they get better." "What comes through here is the polite if frantic back-
pedalling of a cornered celebrity. But De Martino's having none of that. "No! It was great!" he insists. "He
was really charming!"

Which pretty much tells you not only something about what sort of a year the Ting Tings are having the
simultaneous No 1 single and album in the UK, the increasing Stateside ubiquity and let's not forget the
iPod ad - but also the air of amused curiosity with which they are negotiating it. Tour dates are being
added on an ad hoc basis, as and when demand for their shouty digitised DIY pop dictates; the "deluxe"
version of their debut album We Started Nothing, out this week, contains DVD content and acoustic
rerecordings, but no new material. Perhaps they're saving that for the tricky second album?

Finally peering out into view, White explains, "We haven't got any songs for a second album. I mean,
when we've been sound checking, one of us might come up with something catchy, but we've not been
recording any of it." If truth be told, they're not sure that's wise. But then, the Ting Tings are a band with a
pathological aversion to programming. They have discussed the possibility of not making a second album
although, right now, White thinks that she and De Martino should learn new instruments for a future
project. "That's when you're at your most creative," she says. "When you have to work with what you've
got."

The two have more reason than most to believe in serendipity. Two years ago they had all but given up on
making music together after their old band Dear Eskiimo were dropped by Mercury before they even got
around to making an album.

On hearing the news, De Martino, 34, gave up playing music and installed himself in the Islington Mill -
a studio-cum-arts complex in Manchester - with a view to focusing his talents on production. While at the
Mill, he subsidised his overheads by hosting parties. Here White, 24, picked up De Martino's beloved
1978 electric guitar and bawled the first thing that came to mind, while De Martino swapped his guitar for
drums. Increasingly, people started coming just to hear the noise that she and De Martino made. Initially
the name they gave to their club nights, Ting Tings also became their calling card.

Sometimes your perception of events is influenced by the point at which you enter the story. I spent the
first few months of the Ting Tings' success harbouring a nagging suspicion about their motives. The
impassive older male at the back; the surly blonde frontwoman a relentless ticker tape surge of attitude.
The Transvision Vamp throwback in the video to That's Not My Name was barely recognisable as Dear
Eskiimo, whom I had seen propping up the bill in a Camden pub. "You saw us?" White exclaims. "You're
the first journalist we've met who ever saw Dear Eskiimo. What did you think?" I tell her that she was
nothing like the way she is now; that she stood still, demurely singing pop tunes that, while pleasant,
lacked conviction or raison d'être. "It was pretty awful," White concurs. "Our manager brought an agent
to check us out. And he said that she had her fingers in her ears the whole time."

While others were hailing the genius of That's Not My Name, I couldn't help wondering if it amounted to
one last craven attempt at stardom. The irony is, of course, that they had already done that. This time, they
were just being themselves - and that's why it worked. Indeed, it was only when White joined the artistic
community at the Mill that her inhibitions fell away. Visiting bands such as Ariel Pink and the Gossip
clearly made their mark on the ideas that became That's Not My Name and Fruit Machine. As De Martino
puts it, "She used to be in the Take That fan club. Fundamentally her sensibilities are pop, but she
embraced other ideas whereas I've travelled in the other direction."

The only exception to the band's no-planning rule, it seems, is the families they are keen to see after a
year of touring. The concern De Martino's parents felt this time last year at his lack of a "proper" job has
now turned to incredulity that his schedule keeps him from seeing them at all. Three weeks off at
Christmas will help. Until then, however, the novelty doesn't seem close to wearing off.

1 The writer uses the phrase 'polite if frantic back-pedalling' in lines 16-17 to describe

A De Martino's reaction when a celebrity didn't recognise him.

B how De Martino dealt with an embarrassing situation.

C the way De Martino's hero reacted to a case of mistaken identity.

D a celebrity's reaction to De Martino's excitement about meeting him.

2 What does the writer suggest about the band's recent success in the third paragraph?

A They are not sure how to deal with it.

B They have not changed their plans because of it.

C They have a humble attitude towards it.

D They had not planned for it.

3 Which of the following best describes the Ting Tings' attitude towards the future of the band?

A They are keeping their options open.

B They are not interested in attaining more success.

C They want to take the band in another direction.

D They are excited about the possibilities.

4 What point does the writer make about the way the Ting Ting's became known?

A It was mainly due to a change in strategy.

B Their determination to succeed was the key.

C It was more by chance than by design.

D The new name of the band was an important factor.

5 What did the writer notice had changed about White from the first time he saw her perform?

A her appearance

B her stage presence

C her confidence

D her professionalism

6 The writer suggests that the song That's Not My Name was a success because

A the band threw all their energy into making it so.

B the band followed advice from other bands.

C the band members allowed each other to be themselves.

D the band had stopped trying so hard to make it so.

7 What does the writer imply about De Martino's parents?

A They haven't yet understood just how popular his band has become.

B They are surprised by the speed at which his band has attained success.

C They are upset about the fact that he doesn't have much time to visit them.

D They are only now persuaded that his efforts have been worth it.
PART 4 Read the texts below and choose the best answer to each question.

Feeding habits of East African herbivores

Buffalo, zebras, wildebeests, topi, and Thomson's gazelles live in huge groups that together make up some
90 percent of the total weight of mammals living on the Serengeti Plain of East Africa. They are all
herbivores (plant-eating animals), and they all appear to be living on the same diet of grasses, herbs, and
small bushes. This appearance, however, is illusory. When biologist Richard Bell and his colleagues
analyzed the stomach contents of four of the five species (they did not study buffalo), they found that each
species was living on a different part of the vegetation. The different vegetational parts differ in their food
qualities: lower down, there are succulent, nutritious leaves; higher up are the harder stems. There are also
sparsely distributed, highly nutritious fruits, and Bell found that only the Thomson's gazelles eat much of
these. The other three species differ in the proportion of lower leaves and higher stems that they eat: zebras
eat the most stem matter, wildebeests eat the most leaves, and topi are intermediate.

How are we to understand their different feeding preferences? The answer lies in two associated
differences among the species, in their digestive systems and body sizes. According to their digestive
systems, these herbivores can be divided into two categories: the nonruminants (such as the zebra, which
has a digestive system like a horse) and the ruminants (such as the wildebeest, topi, and gazelle, which are
like the cow). Nonruminants cannot extract much energy from the hard parts of a plant; however, this is
more than made up for by the fast speed at which food passes through their guts. Thus, when there is only
a short supply of poor-quality food, the wildebeest, topi, and gazelle enjoy an advantage. They are ruminant
and have a special structure (the rumen) in their stomachs, which contains microorganisms that can break
down the hard parts of plants. Food passes only slowly through the ruminant's gut because ruminating-
digesting the hard parts-takes time. The ruminant continually regurgitates food from its stomach back to its
mouth to chew it up further (that is what a cow is doing when "chewing cud"). Only when it had been
chewed up and digested almost to a liquid can the food pass through the rumen and on through the gut.
Larger particles cannot pass through until they have been chewed down to size. Therefore, when food is in
short supply, a ruminant can last longer than a non-ruminant because it can derive more energy out of the
same food. The difference can partially explain the eating habits of the Serengeti herbivores. The zebra
chooses areas where there is more low-quality food. It migrates first to unexploited areas and chomps the
abundant low-quality stems before moving on. It is a fast-in/fast-out feeder, relying on a high output of
incompletely digested food. By the time the wildebeests (and other ruminants) arrive, the grazing and
trampling of the zebras will have worn the vegetation down. As the ruminants then set to work, they eat
down to the lower, leafier parts of the vegetation. All of this fits in with the differences in stomach contents
with which we began.

The other part of the explanation is body size. Larger animals require more food than smaller
animals, but smaller animals have a higher metabolic rate. Smaller animals can therefore live where there
is less food, provided that such food is of high energy content. That is why the smallest of the herbivores,
Thomson's gazelle, lives on fruit that is very nutritious but too thin on the ground to support a larger animal.
By contrast, the large zebra lives on the masses of low-quality stem material.

The differences in feeding preferences lead, in turn, to differences in migratory habits. The
wildebeests follow, in their migration, the pattern of local rainfall. The other species do likewise. But when
a new area is fueled by rain, the mammals migrate toward it in a set order to exploit it. The larger, less
fastidious feeders, the zebras, move in first; the choosier, smaller wildebeests come later; and the smallest
species of all, Thomson's gazelle, arrives last. The later species all depend on the preparations of the earlier
one, for the actions of the zebra alter the vegetation to suit the stomachs of the wildebeest, topi, and gazelle.

1. The word “illusory” in the passage is closest in meaning to

A. definite B. illuminating C. misleading D. exceptional

2. Which of the following questions about Richard Bell's research is NOT answered in paragraph 1?
 A. Which of the herbivores studied is the only one to eat much fruit?

B. Which part of the plants do wildebeests prefer to eat?

C. Where did the study of herbivores' eating habits take place?

D. Why were buffalo excluded from the research study?

3. The word "associated" in the passage is closest in meaning to

A. obvious B. significant C. expected D. connected

4. The author mentions the cow and the horse in paragraph 2 in order to

A. distinguish the functioning of their digestive systems from those of East African mammals

B. emphasize that their relatively large body size leads them to have feeding practices similar to those
of East African mammals

C. illustrate differences between ruminants and nonruminants through the use of animals likely to be
familiar to most readers

D. emphasize similarities between the diets of cows and horses and the diets of East African mammals

5. According to paragraph 2, which of the following herbivores has to eat large quantities of plant stems
because it gains relatively little energy from each given quantity of this food?

A. The gazelle B. The wildebeest C. The zebra D. The topi

6. Paragraph 2 suggests that which of the following is one of the most important factors in determining
differences in feeding preferences of East African herbivores?

A. The availability of certain foods B. The differences in stomach structure

C. The physical nature of vegetation in the environment D. The ability to migrate when
food supplies are low

7. According to paragraph 2, all of the following are true of East African gazelles EXCEPT:

A. They digest their food very quickly.

B. Microorganisms help them digest their food.

C. They are unable to digest large food particles unless these are chewed down considerably.

D. They survive well even if food supplies are not abundant.

8. The word "fastidious" in the passage is closest in meaning to

A. rapid B. determined C. flexible D. demanding

9. According to paragraph 4, which of the following mammals exhibits a feeding behavior that is
beneficial to the other herbivores that share the same habitat?

A. Topi B. Zebra C. Wildebeest D. Gazelle

10. According to the passage, which of the following is true of wildebeests?

A. They eat more stem matter than zebras do.

B. They are able to digest large food particles if the food is of a high quality.

C. They tend to choose feeding areas in which the vegetation has been worn down.

D. They are likely to choose low-quality food to eat in periods when the quantity of rainfall is low.

PART 5

Living in a Dream World

Daydreaming can help solve problems, trigger creativity, and inspire great works of art and
science. By Josie Glazier.

Most people spend between 30 and 47 per cent of their waking hours spacing out, drifting off, lost in
thought, wool-gathering or building castles in the air. Yale University emeritus psychology professor
Jerome L. Singer defines daydreaming as shifting attention “away from some primary physical or mental
task toward an unfolding sequence of private responses” or, more simply, “watching your own mental
videos.” He also divides daydreaming styles into two main categories: “positive-constructive,” which
includes upbeat and imaginative thoughts, and “dysphoric,” which encompasses visions of failure or
punishment.
1.

Such humdrum concerns figured prominently in one study that rigorously measured how much time we
spend mind wandering in daily life. In a 2009 study, Kane and his colleague Jennifer McVay asked 72
students to carry Palm Pilots that beeped at random intervals eight times a day for a week. The subjects
then recorded their thoughts at that moment on a questionnaire. The study found that about 30 per cent of
the beeps coincided with thoughts unrelated to the task at hand and that mind-wandering increased with
stress, boredom or sleepiness or in chaotic environments and decreased with enjoyable tasks. That may be
because enjoyable activities tend to grab our attention.
2.

We may not even be aware that we are daydreaming. We have all had the experience of “reading” a book
yet absorbing nothing—moving our eyes over the words on a page as our attention wanders and the text
turns into gibberish. “When this happens, people lack what I call ‘meta-awareness,’ consciousness of
what is currently going on in their mind,” he says. But aimless rambling can be productive as they can
allow us to stumble on ideas and associations that we may never find if we intentionally seek them.
3.

So, why should daydreaming aid creativity? It may be in part because when the brain is floating in
unfocused mental space it serves a specific purpose. It allows us to engage in one task and at the same
time trigger reminders of other, concurrent goals so that we do not lose sight of them. There is also the
belief that we can boost the creative process by increasing the amount of daydreaming we do or replaying
variants of the millions of events we store in our brains.
4.

The mind's freedom to wander during a deliberate tuning out could also explain the flash of insight that
may coincide with taking a break from an unsolved problem. A study conducted at the University of
Lancaster in England into this possibility found that if we allow our minds to ramble during a moderately
challenging task, we can access ideas that are not easily available to our conscious minds. Our ability to
do so is now known to depend on the normal functioning of a dedicated daydreaming network deep in our
brain.
5.

It was not until 2007, however, that cognitive psychologist Malia Fox Mason, discovered that the default
network — which lights up when people switch from an attention-demanding activity to drifting reveries
with no specific goals, becomes more active when mind wandering is more likely. She also discovered
that people who daydream more in everyday life show greater activity in the default network while
performing monotonous tasks.
6.

The conclusion reached in this ground-breaking study was that the more complex the mind wandering
episode is, the more of the mind it is going to consume. This inevitably leads to the problem of
determining the point at which creative daydreaming crosses the boundary into the realms of compulsive
fantasising. Although there is often a fine dividing line between the two, one question that can help
resolve the dilemma relates to whether the benefits gained from daydreaming outweigh the cost to the
daydreamer’s reputation and performance.
7.

On the other hand, there are psychologists who feel that the boundary is not so easily defined. They argue
that mind-wandering is not inherently good or bad as it depends to a great extent on context. When, for
example, daydreaming occurs during an activity that requires little concentration, it is unlikely to be
costly. If, however, it causes someone to suffer severe injury or worse by say, walking into traffic, then
the line has been crossed.
A Although these two findings were significant, mind wandering itself was not measured during the
scans. As a result, it could not be determined exactly when the participants in her study were “on task”
and when they were daydreaming. In 2009 Smallwood, Schooler and Kalina Christoff of the University of
British Columbia published the first study to directly link mind wandering with increased activity in the
default network. Scans on the participants in their study revealed activity in the default network was
strongest when subjects were unaware they had lost focus.

B However, intense focus on our problems may not always lead to immediate solutions. Instead allowing
the mind to float freely can enable us to access unconscious ideas hovering underneath the surface — a
process that can lead to creative insight, according to psychologist Jonathan W. Schooler of the
University of California, Santa Barbara

C Yet to enhance creativity, it is important to pay attention to daydreams. Schooler calls this “tuning out”
or deliberate “off-task thinking.”, terms that refer to the ability of an individual to have more than just the
mind-wandering process. Those who are most creative also need to have meta-awareness to realise when
a creative idea has popped into their mind.

D On the other hand, those who ruminate obsessively—rehashing past events, repetitively analyzing their
causes and consequences, or worrying about all the ways things could go wrong in the future - are well
aware that their thoughts are their own, but they have intense difficulty turning them off. The late Yale
psychologist Susan Nolen-Hoeksema does not believe that rumination is a form of daydreaming, but she
has found that in obsessive ruminators, the same default network as the one that is activated during
daydreaming switches on.

E Other scientists distinguish between mundane musings and extravagant fantasies. Michael Kane, a
cognitive psychologist at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, considers “mind wandering” to
be “any thoughts that are unrelated to one's task at hand.” In his view, mind wandering is a broad category
that may include everything from pondering ingredients for a dinner recipe to saving the planet from alien
invasion. Most of the time when people fall into mind-wandering, they are thinking about everyday
concerns, such as recent encounters and items on their to-do list.

F According to Schooler, there are two steps you need to take to make the distinction. First, notice
whether you are deriving any useful insights from your fantasies. Second, it is important to take stock of
the content of your daydreams. To distinguish between beneficial and pathological imaginings, he adds,
“Ask yourself if this is something useful, helpful, valuable, pleasant, or am I just rehashing the same old
perseverative thoughts over and over again?” And if daydreaming feels out of control, then even if it is
pleasant it is probably not useful or valuable. G Artists and scientists are well acquainted with such
playful fantasizing. Filmmaker Tim Burton daydreamed his way to Hollywood success, spending his
childhood holed up in his bedroom, creating posters for an imaginary horror film series. Orhan Pamuk,
the Turkish novelist who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2006, imagined “another world,” to which
he retreated as a child, Albert Einstein pictured himself running along a light wave—a reverie that led to
his theory of special relativity.

H Like Facebook for the brain, the default network is a bustling web of memories and streaming movies,
starring ourselves. “When we daydream, we're at the center of the universe,” says neurologist Marcus
Raichle of Washington University in St. Louis, who first described the network in 2001. It consists of
three main regions that help us imagine ourselves and the thoughts and feelings of others, draw personal
memories from the brain and access episodic memories.
PART 6 For questions 1-10, fill each of the following numbered blanks with ONE suitable word and
write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.
SEASON AND BABY SIZE
People born in certain months of the year tend to be taller than those born in others. This discovery was
(1) __________ in a recent study carried out at the Danish Epidemiology Science Centre in Copenhagen.
The researchers looked at the height and weight details (2) __________birth of over a million Danes born
in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, and found that a child born in April is, on average, nearly two centimeters
taller than one born in December. As (3) __________ as being taller, the April baby is also likely to be
heavier, and the odds (4) __________ that he or she will remain bigger throughout life.
The study also shows that (5) __________ children born in December tend to be the smallest, the size of
those born in June and July is also well below (6) __________ of the April babies. In these two
midsummer months, however, the difference in height and weight is only half as much as in midwinter.
Similar results (7) __________ these emerged from a separate study in Australia. There they found that
by the time children reached 18, the gap between the April and the December ones had increased to about
five centimeters.
Another seasonal variation that (8) __________ to light concerned actual birth dates. Winter babies, it
was discovered, were born an average of one day earlier than spring, summer or autumn babies.
In (9) __________ of these studies were scientists able to explain these differences. In both cases they
called (10) __________ further research into the subject.
PART 7 Use the correct form of the word given to fill in each blank.

1. The 15 __________ (PERVADE) reservation and donation system too adds to the youths' inquietude.

2. Cattelan himself, tall and __________ (SATURN) in slim jeans and a salmon-colored shirt, was on
hand for last-minute activities on the day before the press opening.

3. Sadly, Vietnamese U-23 team's tireless efforts to win the AFC Championship were __________
(AVAIL).

4. The splendid onomatopoeia of "hoary roaring sea" reminds us how well __________ (SOUND) and
alliteration work throughout the poem.

5. No student should high-five another student in the dining hall for pulling an _________ (NIGHT)

6. Opponents of the scheme believe the town can ill afford to lose an area of natural beauty, and a bypass
will just open the ___________ to further development. (FLOOD)

7. The game was much ______ when both teams scored with five minutes of each other.(LIFE)

8.The car rolled down a railway __________ and hit a tree.( BANK)
9. Are you doing this on purpose just to…………….. me?( FURIOUS)

10.You should avoid those journalists. They are just……….., only distressing and prying into your
private life. (CHIEF)

PART 8 Supply each gap with correct form of the word given in the box. (10pts)

new courtesy caress acquaint impress

relate instinct disdain comfort ceremony

DON'T JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER

The magical world of literature was first revealed to me when I was still on my father's lap. To my
young enough to be held (1) ________ on my father’s lap. To my (2) ________ young mind, my father's
reading aloud to me could only be bettered by the process of preparation which immediately preceded it.
Choosing the book, holding it (3) ________ in one's hands, admiring the jacket, and, finally, opening it to
the first page to begin, seemed to me akin to following the rites of some sort of (4) ________occasion.

To the dedicated reader, every book has its own distinct smell. A book just purchased from one's favorite
book shop exudes a wonderful bouquet of printer's ink, leather and binding glue. Because of its "yet to be
discovered" content, I tend to treat a new book as I would a (5) ________ acquired (6) ________. That is,
while both new books and new friends have to be treated (7) ________, one still feels comfortable with
them due to an (8) ________ sense that whispers that warm, lasting (9) ________, are sure to follow.

An old book, on the other hand, is a horse of a different color. On opening it, one's nostrils are
assailed by an odor that a non-book lover would (10) ________ describe as simply 'musty'. To the true
book connoisseur, however, this scent elicits enchanting memories of Christmases past, pressed roses,
cedar chests and autumn leaves burning in the back yard. To the devout reader, an old book smells of
nostalgia.

PART 9 SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION

1. He was exasperated with being criticized in public all the time. TEETH
He was fed ______________________________________________________________________
2. The factory is making every possible effort to finish the orders on time. FIRING
The factory is ___________________________________________________________________
3. Forecasters were trying to protect themselves from making the wrong prediction about the storm,
saying that it could bring lots of snow, or it could head away from US. " HEDGING
Forecasters __________________________________________________________________
4. The software company leaves you no choice - if you don't accept the license, you can't use the
software. BARREL
The software company has___________________________________________________________
5. The comedian made the audience all laugh uncontrollably with his jokes. AISLES
The comedian had________________________________________________________________
6. The door-to-door sales representative was jus t pretending to be honest and was actually a swindler.
COLORS
It turned ________________________________________________________________________
7. They were among the first to be innovative and use clay to build contemporary sculptures. BREAK
They were among __________________________________________________________________
8. We decided to go for a walk despite the bad weather. BRAVE
We decided _______________________________________________________________________
9. Rumors of his ill health brought an atmosphere o f grief to the celebrations. GLOOM
Rumors of _______________________________________________________________________
10. He spent the rest o f his life helping the poor as a punishment for the crimes he had committed.
PENANCE
He devoted _______________________________________________________________________
KEY

PART 1. For questions 1-40, choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D to each of the following
questions and write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.
1B 2C 3C 4A 5D 6C 7D 8D 9D 10C 11C 12D 13D 14C 15A
16D 17D 18A 19A 20B 21B 22C 23A 24B 25C 26. C 27. B 28. C 29. A 30. B
31. D 32. C 33. A 34. D 35. B 36. A 37. D 38. A 39. C 40. C
PART 2 Read the texts below and decide which answer best fits each space.
1. D 2. D 3. D 4. B 5. D 6. A 7. C 8. D 9. B 10. A
PART 3 Read the texts below and choose the best answer to each question.

1.C 2.D 3.A 4.C 5.B 6.D 7.B

PART 4 Read the texts below and choose the best answer to each question.

1. C 2. D 3. D 4. C 5. C 6. B 7. A 8. D 9. B 10. C
PART 5

1.E 2.B 3.G 4.C 5.H 6.A 7.F

PART 6 For questions 1-10, fill each of the following numbered blanks with ONE suitable word and
write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.
1. made 2. at 3. well 4. are 5. although/ while
6. that 7. to 8. came 9. neither 10. for
PART 7 Use the correct form of the word given to fill in each blank.
1. all-pervasive/all-pervading 2. saturnine 3. unavailing 4. assonance 5. All-nighter
6. Floodgates 7. enlivened 8. embankment 9. infuriate 10. mischief-
makers
PART 8
1. comfortably 2. impressionable 3. caressingly 4. ceremonial 5. newly
6. Acquaintance 7. Courteously 8. instinctive 9. relationships 10. disdainfully
PART 9 SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION
1. He was fed up to the back teeth with being criticized in public all the time.
2. The factory is firing on all cylinders to finish the orders on time.
3. Forecasters were hedging their bets about the storm, say that it could bring lots of snow, or it could
head away from us.
4. The software company has you over a barrel - if you don't accept the license,you can't use the software.
5. The comedian had the audience rolling in the aisles with his jokes.
6. It turned out that the door-to-door sales representative was sailing under false colors and was actually a
swindler.
7. They were among the first to break with tradition and use clay to build contemporary sculptures.
8. We decided to brave the elements and go for a walk.
9. Rumors of his ill health cast gloom over the celebrations.
10. He devoted the rest of his life to helping the poor as a penance for his past crimes.