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Môn: Tiếng Anh (Bảng A)
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Ngày thi: 03/12/ 2013
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I. LISTENING (6.0 points)
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Activity 1: People are talking about their part-time jobs. What do they like best about their jobs?
Circle the correct answers. (1.2 points)
1. A. She works outdoors.
4. A. The hours are long.
B. She meets interesting people.
B. Her co-workers are terrific.
C. She travels to South America.
C. She is well-paid.
2. A. The salary is good.
5. A. She likes working outside.
B. He has flexible hours.
B. It's really stressful.
C. He has nice co-workers.
C. She's met some famous people.
3. A. It's relaxing work.
6. A. He is very well-paid.
B. He is well-paid.

B. The hours are good.
C. He enjoys working with children.
C. The work is easy.
Activity 2: Indicate whether the following statements are true or false by writing T for true, F for
false, and N if the statement is not mentioned. (1.8 points)
1. A man is calling from home. _____
2. He has been phoning for about 15 minutes. _____
3. The man dialed a wrong number. _____
4. The man keeps making a funny noise. _____
5. The man hasn't put enough money in the phone box. _____
6. The operator said the lines were overloaded. _____
7. The problem is because of crossed line. _____
8. The man got through after talking to the operator. _____
9. The man is calling a friend in Manchester. _____
Activity 3: Complete the form below. Write ONE WORD AND/ OR A NUMBER for each answer.
(2.0 points)
ACCOMMODATION FORM - STUDENT INFORMATION
Example
Type of accommodation:

Hall of residence

Name:

Anu (1) ________________

Date of birth:

(2) ________________


Country of origin:

India

Course of study:

(3) ________________

Number of years planned in hall:

(4) ________________

Preferred catering arrangement:

Half-board

Special dietary requirements:

No (5) ________________ (red)

Preferred room type:

A single (6) ________________

Interests:

The (7) ________________
Badminton

Priorities in choice of hall:


To be with other students who are (8) ________________
To live outside the (9) ________________
To have a (10) ________________ area for socialising

Contact phone number
667549
Activity 4: You will hear five different people describing what they like most about New York.
Choose from the list A - F the reason each speaker gives for why the city appeals to them
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personally. Use the letters only once. There is some extra letter which you do not need to use. (1.0
point)
A. It has a mixture of ethnicities.
B. It's a fantastic place for shopping.
C. New Yorkers have a great sense of humour.
D. The architecture is very impressive.
E. Eating out is a real pleasure.
F. The museums and galleries are great.

Speaker 1: ________
Speaker 2: ________
Speaker 3: ________
Speaker 4: ________
Speaker 5: ________

II. LEXICO- GRAMMAR (2.0 points)
Activity 1: Circle the letter A, B, C, or D next to the right word to complete the sentences below.
(0.5 point)

1. But for the fog we ______________our destination ages ago.
A. would have reached
B. reached
C. would reach
D. have reached
2. His performance was ______________; the audience was delighted.
A. unmarked
B. faultless
C. worthless
D. imperfect
3. Despite playing under strength, the village team ______________beat their rivals.
A. could
B. were able to
C. couldn’t
D. weren’t able to
4. Mary Smith decided to give up her job for the ______________ of her children.
A. sake
B. reason
C. care
D. concern
5. Buy me a newspaper on your way back, _________?
A. do you
B. don't you
C. have you
D. will you
Activity 2: Fill each gap with a suitable preposition. (0.5 point)
1. Frank’s brother was found guilty ______________ smuggling drugs and was sent to prison.
2. We made ______________ that we had forgotten Jane’s birthday, though it was not true.
3. The president will be delivering a speech ______________ memory of the war victims and the
representatives from around the world will be laying wreaths at the tomb.

4. There were no protests to the chairman’s proposal to do away ______________the standard
procedures and advance to the major point of the debate.
5. It looks as if John has got addicted ______________ cigarettes. The boy smokes one packet a day.
Activity 3: Each sentence has four underlined words or phrases. Circle the letter of the underlined
word or phrase that is NOT CORRECT. (0.5 point)
1. Hardly he had got downstairs when the phone stopped ringing.
A
B
C
D
2. Have you ever made any scientific research?
A
B C
D
3. More than 600 million individual bacteria lives on the skin of humans.
A
B
C
D
4. A basic knowledge of social studies, such as history and geography, are considered a basic part of
A
B
C
the education of every child.
D

5. The plasma screen makes possible for teachers to illustrate the lessons by using colourful movies.
A
B
C

D

Activity 4: Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in
the space. (0.5 point)
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1. I wouldn’t say these two statues were made by the same sculptor. In fact, there’s little
______________________ between them. RESEMBLE
2. This new situation is more than ______________________ to all the investors. Definitely, it’s a
chance not to miss. ADVANTAGE
3. Solar energy, wind and other ______________________ sources might represent an alternative to the
conventional ones which cause a lot of damage to the natural environment. NEW
4. ‘Do you often spend so much money on gambling?’ ‘Oh no, I only gamble
______________________.’ OCCASION
5. As a result of her ______________________, Ethel has strong sense of the difference between right
and wrong. BRING

III. READING (6.0 points)
Activity 1: Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word
in each gap. (1.0 point)
A new cruise ship
One of the biggest passenger ships in history, the Island Princess, carries people on cruises around the
Caribbean. More than double (1) __________________ weight of the Titanic (the large passenger ship
which sank in 1912), it was (2) __________________ large to be built in (3) __________________
piece. Instead, 48 sections (4) __________________ total were made in different places. The ship was
then together at a shipbuilding yard in Italy.
The huge weight of the Island Princess is partly due to her enormous height, which is an incredible 41
metres. When compared with the Titanic, she is also a much broader ship. As (5) __________________
as length is concerned, there’s little difference - the Island Princess is over 250 metres long, similar to

the length of the Titanic.
The Island Princess can carry (6) __________________to 2,600 passengers and has 1,321 cabins,
including 25 specially designed (7) __________________ use by disabled passengers. There is
entertainment of board to suit (8) __________________ age and interest, from dancing to good drama.
The Island Princess seems very likely to be a popular holiday choice for many years to (9)
__________________, even though most people will have to save up in order to be (10)
__________________ to afford the trip.
Activity 2: Read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each gap. (1.6
points)
Happiness
In recent years there has been a remarkable increase in (1) ___________ into happiness. The researchers
have (2) ____________ a number of factors which contribute to a definition of happiness.
First of all, there is, in some people, a moderate genetic predisposition to happy: in other words,
happiness (3) ____________ in families. And happiness seems to correlate quite (4) ____________ with
the main dimensions of personality: extroverts are generally happier, neurotics are less so.
Second, people often (5) ____________ good social relations as a reason for their happiness. In
particular, friends are a great (6) ____________ of joy, partly because of the agreeable things they do
together, partly because of the way friends use positive non-verbal (7) ____________, such as caressing
and touching, to affirm their friendships. Marriage and similar (8) ___________ relationships can also
form the basic of lasting happiness.
Third, job satisfaction undoubtedly (9) ____________ overall satisfaction, and vice versa – perhaps this
is why some people are happy in boring jobs: it (10) ____________ both ways. Job satisfaction is
caused not only by the essential nature of the work, but (11) ____________ by social interactions with
co-workers. Unemployment, on the (12) ____________, can be a serious cause of unhappiness.
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Fourth, leisure is important because it is more under individual (13) ____________ than most other
causes of happiness. Activities (14) ____________ sport and music, and participation in voluntary work
and social clubs of various kinds, can give great joy. This is partly because of the (15) ____________

themselves, but also because of the social support of other group members – it is very strong (16)
____________ the case of religious groups.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.

A. research
A. fallen back on
A. arrives
A. strongly
A. explain
A. meaning
A. movements
A. near
A. consists of
A. works
A. too

A. common
A. check
A. like
A. facilities
A. by

B. inquiry
B. gone in for
B. runs
B. nearly
B. prefer
B. origin
B. motions
B. close
B. applies to
B. effects
B. as well
B. contrast
B. power
B. such
B. activities
B. for

C. examination
C. got down to
C. goes
C. firmly
C. talk
C. base
C. slogans

C. tight
C. contributes to
C. makes
C. also
C. comparison
C. control
C. so
C. exercises
C. in

D. study
D. come up with
D. descends
D. hardly
D. report
D. source
D. signals
D. heavy
D. counts on
D. turns
D. plus
D. contrary
D. choice
D. thus
D. amenities
D. with

Activity 3: You are going to read a newspaper article about a little-known sport called korfball.
Seven sentences have been removed from the article. Choose from the sentences A-H the one
which fits each gap. There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use. (1.4 points)

IT’S NOT A BASKET OR A NET, IT’S A KORF
In 1996 korfball celebrated its fiftieth birthday in London with a special match – and very few people
noticed.
(1) _________. In 1920 the game was demonstrated at the Olympic Games in Belgium and in 1946
Dutch players demonstrated the game for the first time in the UK. Although it became established in
south-east London, its development was very limited. However, in the last fifteen years the development
of korfball has been very impressive worldwide. (2) _________ Interestingly, most of these centres are
in university towns.
(3) _________. In order to describe it to the vast majority who have never heard of the game, it is best
defined as a mixture of basketball and netball. The pitch is rectangular and measures 40 metres by 20
metres indoors or 60 metres by 30 metres on grass, and is divided into two like a football pitch. (4)
_________.
There are eight players in a team; two men and two women in defence and the same numbers in attack,
but after every two goals – scored by either team – the players become defenders and defenders become
attackers. (5) ___________Since it is very much a team game, to succeed at the top level individuals
require balance, speed and the ability to think ahead and move into space.
The most recent world championship was held in India in 1995, and internationally korfball is
established in more than fifty countries. It has recently been given full membership of the Olympic
movement, and in magazines there have been articles about the game in various countries from Australia
to Russia, South Africa to the USA. (6) _________.
It may have taken a very long time to lay the foundations of the game, but with Olympic recognition
perhaps in the not-too-distant future, korfball seems set to expand. (7) _________.
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A. Play, therefore, can continue when a shot is missed.
B. The game was adapted by a Dutch teacher in a mixed school in Amsterdam, from a game he saw
being played in southern Sweden in 1902.
C. In Taiwan the game even receives government funding.
D. If you touch the lines around your division, you are breaking the rules.

E. The day may then come when people stop asking, ‘You play what?’
F. Players are not allowed to run with the ball so the use of space and movement away from your
opponent are important.
G. By definition korfball must be played by mixed teams and is a handball game of speed and immense
variety.
H. Moreover in 1987 a national league was formed in the UK which now attracts around 4,000 players
in more than thirty centres.
Activity 4: Read the passage and choose the best answer for the questions following. (2.0 points)
By far the most important United States export product in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries was
cotton, favored by the European textile industry over flax or wool because it was easy to process and
soft to tile touch. Mechanization of spinning and weaving allowed significant centralization and
expansion in the textile industry during this period, and at the same time the demand for cotton increased
dramatically. American producers were able to meet this demand largely because of tile invention of the
cotton gin by Eli Whitney in 1793. Cotton could be grown throughout the South, but separating the fiber
– or lint – from the seed was a laborious process. Sea island cotton was relatively easy to process by
hand, because its fibers were long and seeds were concentrated at the base of the flower, but it
demanded a long growing season, available only along the nation's eastern seacoast. Short-staple cotton
required a much shorter growing season, but the shortness of the fibers and their mixture with seeds
meant that a worker could hand-process only about one pound per day. Whitney's gin was a handpowered machine with revolving drums and metal teeth to pull cotton fibers away from seeds. Using the
gin, a worker could produce up to 50 pounds of lint a day. The later development of larger gins, powered
by horses, water, or steam, multiplied productivity further.
The interaction of improved processing and high demand led to the rapid spread of the cultivation of
cotton and to a surge in production. It became the main American export, dwarfing all others. In 1802,
cotton composed 14 percent of total American exports by value. Cotton had a 36 percent share by 1810
and over a 50 percent share in 1830. In 1860, 61 percent of the value of American exports was
represented by cotton. In contrast, wheat and wheat flour composed only 6 percent of the value of
American exports in that year. Clearly, cotton was king in the trade of the young republic. The growing
market for cotton and other American agricultural products led to an unprecedented expansion of
agricultural settlement, mostly in the eastern half of the United States - west of the Appalachian
Mountains and east of the Mississippi River.

1. The main point of the passage is that the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries were a time when
A. the European textile industry increased its demand for American export products.
B. mechanization of spinning and weaving dramatically changed the textile industry.
C. cotton became a profitable crop but was still time-consuming to process.
D. cotton became the most important American export product.
2. The word "favored" in the passage is closest in meaning to
A. preferred
B. recommended
C. imported

D. included

3. All of the following are mentioned in the passage as reasons for the increased demand for cotton
EXCEPT
A. cotton's softness
B. cotton's ease of processing
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C. a shortage of flax and wool
D. the growth that occurred in the textile industry.
4. The word "laborious" in the passage is closest in meaning to
A. unfamiliar
B. primitive
C. skilled
D. difficult
5. According to the passage, one advantage of sea island cotton was its
A. abundance of seeds
B. long fibers
C. long growing season

D. adaptability to different climates
6. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage about cotton production in the United States
after the introduction of Whitney's cotton gin?
A. More cotton came from sea island cotton plants than before.
B. More cotton came from short-staple cotton plants than before.
C. Most cotton produced was sold domestically.
D. Most cotton produced was exported to Europe.
7. The word "surge" in the passage is closest in meaning to
A. sharp increase
B. sudden stop
C. important change
D. excess amount
8. The author mentions "wheat and wheat flour" in the passage in order to
A. show that Americans exported more agricultural products than they imported.
B. show the increase in the amount of wheat products exported.
C. demonstrate the importance of cotton among American export products.
D. demonstrate that wheat farming was becoming more profitable.
9. The word "unprecedented" in the passage is closest in meaning to
A. slow
B. profitable
C. not seen before
D. never explained
10. According to the passage, the Mississippi River was
A. one of the boundaries of a region where new agricultural settlement took place.
B. a major source of water for agricultural crops.
C. the primary route by which agricultural crops were transported.
D. a main source of power for most agricultural machinery.

IV. WRITING (6.0 points)
Activity 1: Read the following extract and use your own words to summarize it (in less than 70

words). You MUST NOT copy or re-write the original. (1.0 point)
Television is very popular and even has some benefits for kids. It helps very young children learn the
letters of the alphabet, and helps older kids learn about science, cultures, and world events. However,
research shows that too much TV is bad for children. For one thing, there is a link between watching
more than four hours of TV a day and being overweight. Many TV shows are violent and upsetting.
Watching these shows may cause kids to be more fearful. And of course, more time in front of the TV
means less time to study. Too much TV may contribute to lower grades. Experts do not agree on the
solution to these problems. Some say that kids should watch only educational programs; other say kids
should watch no TV at all. And others suggest teaching them to watch TV as occasional entertainment,
not as an everyday hobby.

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Activity 2: The graph below shows the unemployment rates in the US and Japan between 2003
and 2009. Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information shown below.
Write about 150 words. (2.0 points)


Unemployment Rates: US and Japan

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Activity 3: Write an essay of about 250 words on the following topic:
Many students choose to attend schools or universities outside their home countries. What are the
advantages and disadvantages for students who decide to do this?

Use specific reasons and details to explain your answer. (3.0 points)

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