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THI GIAN: 180 PHT (Khng k thi gian pht )

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PART A: LISTENING ( 20 X 0,15 = 3pts) A. Listen to the talk and fill in the missing words. Good morning , ladies and gentlemen! I am here to tell you how Internet can help you to (1) --------- in the Asia- Pacific region. Lets have a look at(2) --------- Can everybody see? Good. This table shows the number of (3) ---------- in different parts of the world. On the third line, you have the figures for Asia-Pacific. Noted that the number of Internet users is rising rapidly an increase of 878%-yes 878 (4) ---------- . What does that mean for e-commerce in Asia Pacific? The color on the right shows the estimated revenue for e-commerce in 2002. For Asia-Pacific, the figure is 34.5 billion dollars. Not bad. When you (5) -------- Western Europe at 55.5 billion , and Japan at 26 billion. Lets look at my next slide. This (6) -------- compares the number of Internet users in 1997 and 2001. These figures are only for Asia-Pacific. Id like(7) --------- to the white and green segments. Can everybody see? These show (8) ------- in the region . In 1997, only 19% of the population had an Internet connect. For 2001 the figure is 35%. Thats 28% in the highlydeveloped countries- Australia, Hong Kong and so on, and 7% in developing countries like Malaysia and Thailand. So, as you can see, (9) -------- in all Asia- Pacific countries . There is a big market in AsiaPacific, ladies and gentlemen, and (10) --------- . YOUR ANSWERS 1 6 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 10

B-Listen to the talk carefully and answer the questions.

11. The festival lasts for --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- . A. 2 days B. 3 days C. 4 days D. 13 days 12. It will take place on --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- . A. 14th July B. 4th July C. 4th August D. 14th August 13&14. Choose two answers. 2

You can buy tickets from-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- . A. the town hall B. the festival office C. library D. tourist advice centers E. Post office Your answers: 11 12 13 & 14 15. The weather forecast for the festival is ------------------------------------------------------------. 16. Food will be available from -------------------------------------------------------------. 17. There will be a bar selling soft drinks, -------------------------------------------------------------. Name of band Where they come from What kind of music Peties Dozen Strings The Fiddlers (18) --------------------------- Jazz Poland (20) -------------------------(19) --------------------------------------Folk

PART B: PRONUNCIATION (10 x 0.15 = 1.5 pts) SectionI: Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other words. 21. A. eradicate B. character C. magazine D. marine 22. A. fasten B. little C. gentle D. battle 23. A. fought B. bought C. drought D. ought 24. A. patient B. question C. sugar D. fresh 25. A. admiral B. adventure C. advertise D. adverb Section II: Choose the word that has the main stress placed differently from that of the others. 26. A. dismiss B. destroy C. dislike D. district 27. A. intelligent B. apprentice C. preferential D. potential 28. A. instrumental B. communicate C. mathematics D. accidental 29. A. considerate B. Parisian C. redundancy D. agriculture 30. A. character B. adventure C. ordinary D. worldwide Your answers: 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 PART C: STRUCTRURES AND VOCABULARY 3 (50 x 0.15 = 7.5pts)

Section I: Choose the correct answer (A,B,C or D) to complete each of the following sentences. 31. I had a -------- of misfortune . A. success B. continuation C. repetition D. succession 32. Being both spoilt and lazy he ---------- everyone else for his lack of success. A. accused B. charged C. criticized D. blamed 33. Next year I hope to ---------- my ambition of climbing Mount Blanc. A.complete B. follow C. realize D. impose 34.The chairman announcement was followed by ----------- debate. A. warm B. heated C. hot D. boiling 35. Most people ---------- ice-cream with the summer. A. link B. image C. remind D. associate 36. Sally paid no attention ,as she was completely ------------ in her book. A. engrossed B. distracted C. concentrated D. dominated 37. Some people feel that television should give less ----------- to sport. A. programmes B. coverage C. concern D. involvement. 38. Police believe there is a ---------- between the two crimes. A. link B. chain C. joint D. connector 39. It was only then ---------- how much I owed to her. A. did I realize B. had I realized C. did I realize D. that I realized 40. Here is a report from our political --------- . A. journalist B. editorial C. correspondent D. bulletin 41. Six novels a year, you say? Hes certainly a ---------- writer. A. fruitful B. fertile C. virile D. prolific 42. My passport ----------- last month, so I have to get a new one. A. elapsed B. expired C. ended D. terminated 43. Four people drowned when the yacht ----------- in sudden storm. A. inverted B. overflowed C. upset D. capsized 44.I hear that miniskirts are coming back into fashion, I wonder if theyll really ----- again. A. catch up B. catch on C. catch out D. catch hold 45. I shall ------- the loss of my reading-glasses in newspaper, with a reward for the finder. A. announce B. advertise C. publish D. make known 46. This little stream -------- into the river just outside the town. A. flows B. meets C. unites D. contributes 47. Nam was shocked when they disagreed with him. Hes so used to getting her own ------ . A. mind B. way C. opinion D. views 48. I dont believe a word she said; I think she just made------- that story. A. down B. out C. off D. up 49. Alex complained that no one invited him to any social events and that he felt------ . A. turn out B. left out C. omitted out D. gone out 50. Many young families have little or no ---------- of buying their own homes. A. aspect B. prospect C. concept D. view 51. Goods carried on a ship are called ---------- . A. items B. merchandise C. cargo D. articles 52. Marianne seemed to take -------- at my comments on her work. 4

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B. insult

C. offence

D. indignation

53. --------- the phone rang later that night did Lan remember the appointment. A. Just before B. Not until C. Only D. No sooner 54. John ----------- his friend to go camping with him. A. attracted B. suggested C. appealed D. persuaded 55. He lost the race because he ---------- petrol on the last lap. A. got out of B. ran out of C. made out of D. put out of 56. By the age of twenty-five he had ---------- his ambition of becoming a pianist. A. obtained B. achieved C. completed D. reached 57. The drunken man was -------- crazily from one side of the street to the other. A. racing B. scrambling C. marching D. staggering 58. A.. woman is needed to take care of two small children. A. confident B. reliable C. confidential D. faithful 59. My landlady is chasing me up ----------- the rent, as its now three weeks late. A. of B. about C. for D. with 60. These clothes will be inappropriate for this evening. A. unsuitable B. unnecessary C. unattractive D. unavailable Your answers:
31 46 32 47 33 48 34 49 35 50 36 51 37 52 38 53 39 54 40 55 41 56 42 57 43 58 44 59 45 60

Section II: Give the correct forms of the words given in column B to complete the passage in column A.
A According to some science, high-risk sports can be particularly ---------- (61) for certain types of people. Such activities help them to learn that being ---------(62) doesnt mean that they have to lose control. The recent fashion for jumping from bridges attached to a -----------(63) of elastic rope, known as bungee jumping, has now been tried by over one million people ------(64) and interest in it is continuing to grow. Before the special elastic rope -------(65) around them, jumpers reach speeds of nearly 160 kph. First-timers are usually too ---------- (66) to open their mouths, and when they are finally-------(67) safely to the ground, they walk around with broad smiles on their faces, saying -----------(68) how amazing it was. However, for some people, it is only the ---------- (69) of refusing to jump at the last minute that finally persuades them to conquer B VALUE FRIGHT LONG WORLD TIGHT TERROR LOW REPEAT EMBARRASS

their fear of --------- (70) and push themselves off into space.

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Your answers:
61. -------------------- 62. ------------------- 63.-------------------- 64. ------------------ 65. --------------66. -------------------- 67. ------------------- 68.--------------------- 69. ----------------- 70. ---------------

Section III: Read the following paragraph in column A, one word is missing from each line. Put an oblique store (/) where the word has been omitted and write the missing word in each blank.
A Although the worlds energy resources/taken millions of years to produce, we quickly beginning to exhaust these supplies. Recently UN committee reported that worlds oil and gas supplies would about 100 years if used carefully. The report stated that there be enough oil and gas for a century only if the present demand could controlled. If the demand continued grow, the report said that fuel supplies last for less than forty years. According to the report, governments now take steps to control the amounts of fuels are used. B 00. have 71------------------------------------72------------------------------------73------------------------------------74------------------------------------75------------------------------------76------------------------------------77------------------------------------78------------------------------------79------------------------------------80-------------------------------------

Your answers: 71. --------------------------------------------73. --------------------------------------------75. --------------------------------------------77. --------------------------------------------79. ---------------------------------------------

72. ------------------------------------------------74. ------------------------------------------------76. ------------------------------------------------78. ------------------------------------------------80. -------------------------------------------------

PART D: READING ( 20 x 0.15 = 3pts ) Section I: Read the following passage and fill in each numbered blank with only ONE suitable word. There are thousands and thousands of different (81) ------ of sea animals. Some live near the (82)--------- of the sea in the sunlit water. Others live deep, deep down (83)-------- it is always dark and cold. Yet, all the animals of the sea are alike in one way. They all must find food to eat. And there (84) -------- be no food for any of them if there were no plants. The tiny green plants of the sea float in the water. They take in minerals from the water. They also take in the air in water. The sun (85) ------- on the green plants and helps them to grow. They become food for the tiny animals, (86) -------- in turn are food for other animals. People like to live where they can get plenty of (87) ---------- That is why many people in many countries live near the seacoast and eat seafood. But we cannot just pick fish as we pick fruit. We must know the ways we are trying to catch fish. People have been (88) -----their living from the sea for many, many years. They have found out a great (89) ------- of valuable things and have shared what they learned (90) --------- others . Your answers: 81.------------82.-------------- 83. ---------------- 84. ------------- 85.--------------6

86.------------87.-------------- 88. ---------------- 89. ------------- 90.--------------Section II: Read the following passage carefully, then choose the best answer to each question. Prices determine how resources are to be used. They are also the means by which products and services that are in limited supply are rationed among buyers. The price system of the United States is a very complex network composed of the prices of all the products bought and sold in the economy as well as those of a myriad of services, including labor, professional, transportation, and public-utility services. The interrelationships of all these prices make up the system of prices .The price of any particular product or service is linked to a broad, complicated system of prices in which everything seems to depend more or less upon everything else. If one were to ask a group of randomly selected individuals to define price, many would reply that price is an amount of money paid by the buyer to the seller of a product or service or, in other words, that price is the money value of a product or service as agreed upon in a market transaction. This definition is, of course, valid as far as it goes. For a complete understanding of a price in any particular transaction, much more than the amount of money involved must be known. Both the buyer and the seller should be familiar with not only the money amount, but with the amount, and quality of the product or service to be exchanged ,the time and place at which the exchange will take place and payment will be made ,the form of money to be used the credit terms and discounts that apply to the transaction ,guarantees on the product or service, delivery terms, return privileges, and other factors .In other words, both buyer and seller should be fully aware of all the factors that comprise the total package being exchanged for the asked for amount of money in order that they may evaluate a given price . 91. What is the best title for the passage ? A. The Inherent Weaknesses of the Price System B. The Complexities of the Price System C. Credit Term in Transactions D. Resource Allocation and the Pubic Sector 92. According to the passage, the price system is related primarily to A. labor and education B. transportation and insurance C. utilities and repairs D. products and services 93. In the last line of the passage, the word they refers to A. return privileges B. all the factors C. buyer and seller D. money 94. What does transaction mean? A. buying done between people B. selling done between people C. paying done between people D. business done between people 95. The last paragraph of the passage most likely discusses A. unusual ways to advertise products B. types of payment plans for service C. theories about how products affect different levels of society D. how certain elements of a price package influence on its market value. Your answers: 91.------------------ 92.--------------- 93.---------------- 94.----------------- 95. -----------------7

Section III: You are going to read an article which gives young people advice on choosing a career and getting a good job. Choose the most suitable heading from the list A-H for each part (1-6) of the article. There is one extra heading which you do not need to use. An example is given. HOW TO GET A JOB OF YOUR DREAM A. DECIDE ON A DREAM B. BE AMBITIOUS C. GET INFORMED D. SELL YOURSELF E. GET EXPERIENCE F. BE REALISTIC G. BE POSITIVE 00 G The main complaint from young people these days seems to be I dont know what I want to do followed closely by Its pointless trying anyway. Times have changed and the job market is not what it was with even graduates living off state unemployment benefits. But there is work if you want it, and if you are prepared to try hard and follow our handy and helpful plan for Getting The Job Of Your Dreams, you can still find your first foothold on the career ladder. 96 Compromise, improvise and give up your ideas of walking straight into a company directors job and you may well find that later rather than sooner you are engaged in doing a useful and rewarding job. 97 Think about what you would like to do. If you hate children, forget about primary school teaching. If you cant stand writing, forget about journalism. Do you want to work abroad? Do you want to work in an office? Be imaginative. Dont limit yourself to what you want to be, but to what you like to do. And watching telly doesnt count! 98 If you like listening to peoples problems and helping your friends out when theyre in tricky situations, you should find out about the kind of jobs which involve this sort of work. Psychotherapy, social work, teaching, and personnel management are some of the jobs you could do. Find out what you would have to do in the job, and how you could get qualified. 99 Its not too late to volunteer your free time for the sake of your curriculum vitae. Write off and offer your services free. Then impress your colleagues by learning fast and being nice to everyone. Who knows, they may even offer you a job. And you can still claim unemployment benefit while youre volunteering, so long as you make an effort to find paid employment. 100 It will take more than an impressive curriculum vitae and a smart suit to get you a job but you cant go wrong with a careful worded Hire me letter mailed to prospective employers. Who 8

knows, your letter could end up the desk of a compassionate employer. What have you got to lose? PART E: WRITING (5pts) Section I: Rewrite each sentence so that it contains the word in capitals, and so that the meaning stays the same. 101. Were thinking of getting someone to paint the outside of the house. PAINTED ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------102. What time is the train for Ho Chi Minh City ? LEAVE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------103. Do you ever regret not going to university ? WISH --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------104. The minister proposed regular meetings for the committee. MEET ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------105. He was warned by the fireman not to re-enter the house. HIM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------106. Emilys cousin lost his job two years ago. 107. We have no definite plans to go away. UNEMPLOYED ARE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------108. If you dont apologize immediately, Im leaving, she told him. THREATENED -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------109. Id lost his phone number so I couldnt contact him before. TOUCH ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------110. Please dont take my money, its all Ive got, said the old woman to the intruder. PLEADED ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Section II: Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the sentence printed before. 111. The manager wrote a long ungrammatical report. The report -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------112. Although she was frightened, she forced herself to pick up the snake. Frightened -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------113. Its necessary to do all of this photocopying before lunchtime. All of this photocopying -------------------------------------------------------------------------114. A heavy shower prevented them from finishing their game of tennis. 9

They were -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------115. You may be disqualified if you dont obey the regulations. Failure to --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------116. Customs officials are stopping more travellers than usual this week. An increased-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------117. I was not surprised to hear that Harry had failed his driving test. It came------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------118. Nam insisted on being told the complete story. Nothing but -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------119. It doesnt matter which chemical you put into the mixture first. The results will be the same. It makes ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------120. The fate of the two climbers is unknown. It is a mystery ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Section III: Write a short paragraph about 15-20 lines on each of the following topics. You have to write about all 2 topics below. 1. Family is a very good school.
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CHNH THC PART A: LISTENING ( 20 x 0.15 = 3pts) A. Listen to the talk and fill in the missing words. YOUR ANSWERS 1 do business 6 pie chart 2 3 4 5 the first slide Internet users in five year period compare with 7 8 9 to draw your attention the percentage of Internet users consumption increasing dramatically

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B-Listen to the talk carefully and answer the questions. Circle the correct answers.
11 B 11. B 15. hot and sunny 1820 Name of band Peties Dozen Strings The Fiddlers 12 C 12. C 16. stands Where they come from (18)New Orleans Poland (20) Ireland 13 & 14 B&E 13&14. B & E 17.beer and wine What kind of music Jazz (19) Favourite Classical Music Folk

PART B: PRONUNCIATION (10 x 0.15 = 1.5 pts) 2130 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 D A C B B D C

28 B

29 D

30 B

PART C: STRUCTRURES AND VOCABULARY (50 x 0.15 = 7.5pts) Section I: Choose the correct answer (A,B,C or D) to complete each of the following sentences.
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31 D

32 D

33 C

34 B

35 D

36 A

37 B

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40 C

41 D

42 B

43 D

44 B

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48 D

49 B

50 B

51 C

52 C

53 B

54 D

55 B

56 B

57 D

58 B

59 B

60 A

Section II: Give the correct forms of the words given in column B to complete the passage in column A. 61. valuable 62. frightened 63. length 64. worldwide 65. tightened 66. terrified 67. lowered 68. repeatedly 69. embarrassment 70. heights Section III: Read the following paragraph in column A, one word is missing from each line. Put an oblique store (/) where the word has been omitted and write the missing word in each blank. 71. we are quickly 72. Recently a UN 73. that the worlds 74. would last about 75. there would be 76. could be controlled 77. continued to grow 78. supplies would last 79. governments would 80. fuels that are
PART D: READING ( 20 x 0,15 = 3pts )

Section I: Read the following passage and fill in each numbered blank with only ONE suitable word. 81. kinds 82. surface 83. where 84. would 85. shines 86. which 87. food 88. earning 89. number 90. with Section II: Read the following passage carefully, then choose the best answer to each question. 91.B 92.D 93.C 94.D 95.D Section III: You are going to read an article which gives young people advice on choosing a career and getting a good job. Choose the most suitable heading from the list A-H for each part (1-6) of the article. There is one extra heading which you do not need to use. An example is given. 96. F 97.A 98.C 99.E 100.D PART E: WRITING (5pts) Section I: Rewrite each sentence so that it contains the word in capitals, and so that the meaning stays the same. 101. Were thinking of getting the outside of the house painted. 102. What time does the train for Ho Chi Minh City leave ? 103. Do you ever wish you had gone to university ? 104. The minister proposed that the committee should meet regularly. 105. The fireman warned him not to re-enter the house. 106. Emilys cousin has been unemployed for two years. 107. We are not definitely planning to go away. 108. She threatened to leave if he didnt apologize (unless he apologized) immediately. 13

109. I couldnt get (keep) in touch with him before because Id lost his phone number. 110. The old woman pleaded with the intruder not to take her money as it was all (that) she had. Section II: Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the sentence printed before. 111. The report (which was) written by the manager was long and ungrammatical. 112. Frightened as/ though she was, she forced herself to pick up the snake. 113. All of this photocopying has got to be done/ has to be done before lunchtime. 114. They were unable to finish their game of tennis because of a heavy shower. 115. Failure to obey the regulations may lead to (result in) disqualification. 116.An increased number of travellers is/are being stopped by customs officials this week) 117. It came as no surprise (to me) that Harry had failed his driving test. 118. Nothing but the complete/ whole story would satisfy Nam/ was enough for Nam. 119. It makes no difference which chemical you put into the mixture first. 120 .It is a mystery (as to) what (has) happened to the two climbers. Section III: Write a short paragraph about 15-20 lines on each of the following topics. You have to write about all 2 topics below. Open answer
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