Mục Lục
Medical studies have shown that smoking not only leads to health problems for the smoker,..3
If you watch more than 30 hours of television a week, some psychologists would consider
you to be a television addict.......................................................................................................4
Using public transport has become familiar to everyone in Vietnam. Millions of people today
are travelling by lots of kinds of public transport......................................................................7
Famous people of various kinds, including movie stars and royalty, are often closely followed
by the press.................................................................................................................................8
Smoking is the biggest cause of preventable deaths in England, accounting for more than
80,000 deaths each year............................................................................................................11
While compulsory education in some countries such as England begins at the age of five....13
Young people have the highest rates of arrest for reported crime............................................16
While most of us make use of some form of the media on a daily basis, we may not think
about the functions or purposes the media serves in our society.............................................19
Compulsory attendance in university has always been a highly debated subject....................21
It is evident that the Internet has increasingly brought about significant changes to our life. .24
Some people think that young people should be required to work for a year before they go to
university..................................................................................................................................26
In modern society, fashion is becoming more highly valued in people’s choice of clothes.. . .29
Some people think governments should spend as much money as possible exploring outer
space.........................................................................................................................................31
Being able to speak a foreign language is an advantage these days. Some people think.........33
Thanks to the ever-increasing use of technology, computers are being used more and more in
education..................................................................................................................................36
The Internet is an amazing information resource. Students, teachers, and researchers use it as
an investigating tool.................................................................................................................39
Over the last twenty years, there has been a huge increase in the number of people who
remain single............................................................................................................................41
The media has become one of the most important means of social interactions. Television,..43

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As children grow older, they become increasingly involved with their peer group, a group
whose members are about the same age and have similar interests.........................................45
Advertizing is a very common feature of all our daily media. In fact, in most daily
newspapers,..............................................................................................................................48
Stress is the feeling of being under too much mental or emotional pressure. Pressure becomes
stress when you feel unable to cope.........................................................................................51
Success is the most aspired by everyone. Success comes in all shapes and colors..................58
In some countries, people are increasingly doing their shopping on the Internet instead of
going to stores..........................................................................................................................60
Access to computers has increased significantly over the past decades and the number of
children playing games on computers has been correspondingly on the rise..........................63
The Internet is the source of many rumors, or unverified stories. Rumors are generally spread
from one person to another by word of mouth.........................................................................66
One of the growing areas of concern is that of Internet addiction. An Internet addict is.........70
Many American believe that the death penalty is effective in deterring people from
committing murder...................................................................................................................74
Over the last few decades, the drug problem in the United States and in many other
industrialized countries has become considerably worse.........................................................77
Obesity is a serious global problem in today's society, especially among young people.........79
Some people argue that male and female brains are different and that this causes differences
in behavior................................................................................................................................82

WRTING TEST 18
You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.
Read the following text from an article about smoking.
Medical studies have shown that smoking not only leads to health problems for the
smoker, but also for people close by. For this reason, smoking should not be
allowed in public places. Opponents argue that the forbiddance of smoking

would possibly affect the freedom of choice or lead to the closure of many bars
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and pubs. However, supporters of this ban place people’s health problems at the
top of the scale.
Now, write an essay to an educated reader to discuss your opinions about whether public
smoking should be banned or not. Include reasons and any relevant examples to support your
answer. You should write at least 250 words.
Bài làm:
Medical studies have shown that smoking not only leads to health problems for the smoker,
but also for people close by. As a result of this, many believe that smoking should not be
allowed in public places. Although there are arguments on both sides, I strongly agree that a
ban is the most appropriate course of action.
Opponents of such a ban argue against it for several reasons. Firstly, they say that passive
smokers make the choice to breathe in other people’s smoke by going to places where it is
allowed. If they would prefer not to smoke passively, then they do not need to visit places
where smoking is permitted. In addition, they believe a ban would possibly drive many bars
and pubs out of business as smokers would not go there anymore. They also argue it is a
matter of freedom of choice. Smoking is not against the law, so individuals should have the
freedom to smoke where they wish.
However, there are more convincing arguments in favour of a ban. First and foremost, it has
been proven that tobacco consists of carcinogenic compounds which cause serious harm to a
person’s health, not only the smoker. Anyone around them can develop cancers of the lungs,
mouth and throat, and other sites in the body. It is simply not fair to impose this upon another
person. It is also the case that people’s health is more important than businesses. In any case,
pubs and restaurants could adapt to a ban by, for example, allowing smoking areas .
In conclusion, it is clear that it should be made illegal to smoke in public places. This would
improve the health of thousands of people, and that is most definitely a positive development.
WRTING TEST 23

You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.
Read the following text from an article about television addiction.
If you watch more than 30 hours of television a week, some psychologists would
consider you to be a television addict. Television addict may show some of the
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following symptoms. They may not be selective in what they watch; in other words,
they will watch anything. They may feel a loss of control when viewing. They may
feel angry with themselves for watching so much, but are not able to stop watching,
and they may feel miserable when they are stopped from watching.

Now, write an essay to an educated reader to discuss your opinions about consequences
of television addiction. Include reasons and any relevant examples to support your
answer.
Bài làm:
In today’s world, television is the main source of entertainment and is a necessity of life like
meals, clothing, and home. Watching time gradually increases and people become addicted
to it after all. People, those watch television more than 30 hours a week, are considered
television addicts by some psychologists. However, television abuse and addiction may cause
numerous harmful consequences in our health and life style as follows.
The first and the most dangerous effect of watching too much of television is mass physical
degradation in society. People, who spend hours and hours in front of the television, are under
very high risk of diabetes and obesity. While watching television, people usually consume a
lot of fast food and fizzy drinks with high calorie and out of doing exercise. A recent research
study conducted at the Harvard School of Public Health indicates that watching too much
television can significantly increase the risk of developing obesity and type 2 diabetes.
In addition, another adverse effect, which can be caused by television addiction, is related to
possible mental disorders or depression. After hours of watching television, most people fall
in constant feeling of tiresome and weariness. Some researches show that through bringing

the effects of relaxation into their minds, television actually disturbs human brain and makes
it tired even within the first minutes of television watching session. Moreover, watching
television for long time has been linked to depression. This depression may prevent people
from being able to stop watching television as they may feel miserable when they are stopped
from watching. Thus, a cycle of depression and television addiction is developed.
Other problem of those people, who addict television, is lack of concentration, insomnia,
restlessness, negative thoughts, etc. Watching television steals a lot of free time for activities
they might find more usefulness, namely talking to friends and family, traveling, playing
sports, or joining a political or community group. Besides, television addiction may affect
children by the negative sides of watching television such as violence or sexual abuse which
lead to failures in schools, slow-down in intellectual development, lack of social skills, etc.
Many people are out of controlling their direction since they watch all programs and channels
that they see.It can result in wrong perception of the life and its realities.
To conclude, the problem with television addiction is that it might not appear as dangerous as
nicotine or drug addiction but when taking a deeper look, people will find out numerous
damaging impacts on their life namely health problem, cognitive ability and emotional
problem.
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Bài làm 2:
WRITING TASK 23
Television plays a major part in the majority of people’s lives; soap operas, sports programs,
music programs, everyone has their favorites.Television addict may show some of the
following symptoms. They may not be selective in what they watch; in other words, they will
watch anything. They may feel a loss of control when viewing. They may feel angry with
themselves for watching so much, but are not able to stop watching, and they may feel
miserable when they are stopped from watching. In my opinion, if we limit the amount of
television we watch, we can also enjoy our free time.
Television in some ways is a device that allows the viewer to relate to what is happening on

the screen. We choose our favorite music from videos, get news, watch our preferred football
teams, connect to the characters in the family drama and watch educational documentaries.
We discuss our preferences with friends and co-workers when we talk to them so it can be
said that TV enriches our emotional and cultural selves.
On the other hand, television has negative effects on the body, as well as social interaction.
Doctors tell us that too much time sat down can lead to weight gain and heart disease and if
we are sitting in front of the TV all the time it means we are not going out to meet our friends.
I believe, if we watch television in moderation, we can enjoy our favorite programs as well as
have an active social life.
In conclusion, watching television can take up a lot of spare time which could be used for
social or leisure activities. As a child, my parents insisted that I only watched one or two
programs a night. Today I captain my local football team and enjoy talking about the previous
week’s programming after a match on Saturday. It is my opinion that, if we sit at home all the
time watching television and do not go out, then it will have an unhealthy effect on our
bodies, minds and friendships. However, if we regulate how much we watch and get on with
other things, then TV can be an important part of our social lives.
Bài làm 3:

Television addicts exist everywhere. Those people watch television on daily basis
for three hours or more and sometimes have to drop important activities just to be
able to watch television for few more hours. The dangers of television addiction are
really bigger than what you could imagine and the following few examples will
show you what television addiction can do to your life.
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Firstly, it Programs your mind. Just as watching Jackie Chan’s movie programmed my
mind the movies that you watch will program your mind too whether you want or not.
Watch a lot of drama and you will become a cry boy, watch a lot of action movies and
you might become violent or watch a lot of horror movies and you might start to

believe in ghosts.
Secondly, it Changes your beliefs about life: Why do so many people want to get rich
in two weeks? Why are keywords such as “How to become a billionaire over night”
are among the popular search keywords? Why do people feel really bad when they
get rejected for the first time?? Movies have taught us that good guys fail, face
problems but usually solve them before the end of the movie. It never takes the Good
guy more than few days to move from poverty to wealth, from being unknown to
being famous and from being sad to being absolutely happy. When your beliefs about
life change you start to assume that life events should be similar to the events you saw
in the movies but unfortunately this only results in disappointment. The most famous
example out of them all is not being able to get over someone just because of thinking
that he was the one
In conclusion, Television addiction is really bad and can result in dramatic changes
in your mood and life style. The problem with television addiction is that it might
not appear as dangerous as nicotine or drug addiction but when taking a deeper look
you will find that it could have a damaging impact on your life. Break this habit
before it breaks you.
ĐỀ SỐ 28
You should spend 40 minutes on this task.
Read the following extract from an article.
Using public transport has become familiar to everyone in Vietnam. Millions of people
today are travelling by lots of kinds of public transport. Some people think that using
public transport brings a lot of advantages to the society in general and to themselves
in particular; others argue that they have to face disadvantages when using public
transport.
Write an essay to an educated reader to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of
using public transport. Include reasons and any relevant examples to support your
answer. You should write at least 250 words.
Bài làm:
Transportation is playing an important role in every nation's development process and this is

an important aspect in our life for mobility. In my opinion, there are more advantages than
disadvantages of using public transportation. There are three reasons to support this
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statement. These reasons are environmental effects of using public transportation, cost of
public transportation, and accessibility of public transportation.
Firstly, we can save our environment more by using the public transportation. We could take
trains, buses, airplanes to travel most parts in the world. Therefore, we should use the public
transportation than private transportation, such as private cars, motorbikes, private jets, and
so on. We need to reduce the gas that is emitted by the private transportations. If we do not
make effort for the environment issue, the earth could be dirty and we might not feel
comfortable to live on it. Therefore, we should use public transportation, such as trains and
buses to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide. It could be a small step for us, but it would
make a big difference in the future.
Secondly, we should focus on the cost of using the public transportation. It is much cheaper
than the cost of private transportation. It would cost a lot to buy gasoline if we want to drive
own cars. Also, there are other expenses, such as parking license, registration fee, inspection
fee, and so on to own cars. Therefore, if you want to save money, it is wise not to own private
cars and use the public transportation instead. By saving the cost of transportation, we could
enjoy better meal, accommodation, or other services. If we have a choice between public
transportation and private transportation, we should choose public transportation, because the
cost is very different. We should spend least money for transportation.
Thirdly, accessibility of public transportation is good in large cities so that we would not
worry about waiting for long hours. It could save time by using public transportation, because
private transportation, such as cars need time to find a parking space. Comparing with the
cars, trains, buses, and airplanes usually have the better accessibility in major cities in the
world. Therefore, we should use the public transportation if we want to have good
accessibility.
In conclusion, we should use public transportation, because it is good for environment, it is

cheap, and it has better accessibility. We might spend for other things, such as gifts or
services by saving the cost of transportation.

Bài làm 2:
While some people choose to use public transportations, others prefer to use their own
cars. It is believed that the excessive usage of personal cars has caused congestion problems
in big cities and therefore people should use public transportations more often. However,
public transportations have their own positive and negative sides and the following essay will
discuss about them in details.
It is undeniable, that public transportations have some weaknesses. Some people still
choose to use their own private vehicles, though the government has encouraged them to use
public transports. It is because public transportations are not as safe as private cars and some
criminal activities in public buses or trains such as pocket thieves are still being reported. And
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then public transportations are not reliable in terms of preciseness and accuracy. Many people
have complained about the preciseness and the consistency of these public transportations
schedules, which impacted to their work or study time.
Despite of its weakness points, public transportations brings a lot of benefits for
individuals and societies. Firstly, it is clear that the existence of public transportations will
automatically reduced traffic problems. Secondly, if the utilization of public transportations
increased, it means that there will be a reduction in the consumption of fossil fuels.
Consequently, it will reduce air pollution and global warming issues. Therefore, the
governments should encourage their residents to use public transportations.
In conclusion, people have different opinions about public transportations. Some people
enjoy using them, while others choose to use their own personal vehicles. Although public
transportations have some weaknesses, I do believe that the benefits outweighed the
drawbacks. I also suggest that the government should improve the public transportation
services, therefore more and more people are attracted to use this kind of transportation.

Writing Test 21
You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.
Read the following text from an article about famous people.
Famous people of various kinds, including movie stars and royalty, are often closely
followed by the press. There have been stories of journalists digging through
garbage bins to find little bits of information on the private lives of the rich and
famous. Some press photographers try to take photographs of famous people in
their most private moments to sell to the world’s media.

Now, write an essay to an educated reader to discuss your opinions about challenges of
being famous. Include reasons and any relevant examples to support your answer. You
should write at least 250 words.
Bài làm:
It is widely believe that being famous guarantees a comfortable life without worrying about
money or anything else. If so, why are there many articles about celebrities’ suicide because
of pressures in life? Is it true that being famous so easy?

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We could not negate the fact that famous people could earn ton of money through their
careers such as: business, advertisement and so on. They spend their life in luxurious villas,
expensive cars, travelling around the world… They always appear in well-known brand
clothes or jewelry. It can be said that, celebrities have easier life than many other people.
However, being recognized by everyone causes many problems. First, famous people have no
privacy for real. Every minute they step outside would be captured on the cover of some
newspaper which could ruin their image immediately. Take Miss Vietnam- Ky Duyen for an
example. A picture of her sleeping in the airplane with a strange posture was posted on the
Internet. For that reason, many people criticized her that she did not know what she should do
in public; or that she did not keep the image of a Miss Vietnam. The fact turned out that she

was so tired during her promotion as a Miss Vietnamese, so she tried to take a break on the
airplane. How poor she was! Problems does not only come from the paparazzi but also come
from the fan. They follow them to everywhere, asking them for a picture or autograph… This
somehow must be really annoying.
Second, fame also brings a serious problem that celebrities have to worry about their own
safety and the safety of their family. Last month, properties in a private house of a wellknown singer in Vietnam were stolen. She was so stressful and took a long time to recover
after that. This is the reason why some famous people have to equip modern system or
security to protect their life. Moreover, some fans have negative behavior that they even
threaten their idol if he or she does not accept their proposal.
In conclusion, being famous would be nice but not an easy way to live. If you are interested
in being recognized by everyone, you should accept its negative sides and find the way to
deal with it.
Bài làm 2:
People often believe that brightness and success provide them with advantages and
drawbacks as well. I strongly Support the idea that the positive part outweigh the negative
ones.
On the one hand, being film star or a bright sportsman lead people to be well known, loved
and have a lot of people attracted to them. They also find themselves to be admired and
respected from a numerous groups of their societies and sometimes from around the world.
For instance, a film star would be successful and be well-paid besides being internationally
famous and revered. Another example is about sports people who are always appreciated for
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their fulfillment, since they lead their team to be well known and win many prizes from
different competitive games.

On the other hand, celebrities find themselves under the microscope as they are always
followed by the press and paparazzi that make them feel insecure and under stress. The
celebrities have to sacrifices their personal life and people and media often intrude in their

personal life. They are often the target of scandals and that can ruin their personal life and
relationship. To a certain extent their freedom is limited. They can’t go every place and do
whatever they like an ordinary people as media and mass people would follow them wherever
they go. Celebrities often face harsh behaviors and whimsical attitudes from their fans. Their
life is not as easy as we think. They have competitors and they have to work hard to maintain
their fame. It is not uncommon that many celebrities lead extravagant life that often leads to
bad condition in the old ages when the earnings are limited. A poor performance can often
lead to public wrath and that is pretty tough to hand for them. The luxury, fame and
popularity often allure then to go astray and become drug addicted.
To sum up, being famous and successful is like a sword having two sharp edges that we
cannot escape of. However, celebrities should get the most of their position and always
consider the disadvantages.
Bài làm 3:

Celebrity works hard to get the attention of the public and once she or he becomes
famous, she or he constantly tries to avoid the attention. Being a celebrity is certainly
not a piece of cake. They get all the attention of the world in the price of personal
space. Being a famous personality is sometimes very challenges.
Let us look at the negative side of being a celebrity. As majority of the world follows
the film starts or the sports persons, few of them are crazy about the celebrity. For
instance, in the headlines of few newspapers, we keep reading about the fans who
write letter by their blood. I am certain that no one would like to receive such letters,
constant annoying calls or being stoked by strangers. These all scary things come with
the tag celebrity. Moreover being a celebrity is not an easy job. Film starts and
sportsman have to continuously perform well otherwise same fans would harm them.
For example, when the Indian cricket team did not perform well in one of the matches,
their fans broke the cricketers’ houses.

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What’s more, celebrities might get worried about misleading media which sometimes
could be harmful for their successful history. A typical example, when wrong news or
a misunderstanding for a conversation to the press is published, rumors spread like
wind. Hence, they sometimes would rather stay away from the media in order to keep
them secured and not to worry about being bothered by people even though they feel
admired by some fans.
To sum up, being famous and successful is like a sword having two sharp edges that
we cannot escape of. However, celebrities should get the most of their position and
always consider the disadvantages.
WRITING TEST 30
You should spend 40 minutes on this task.
Read the following extract from an article:
Smoking is the biggest cause of preventable deaths in England, accounting for more
than 80,000 deaths each year. One in two smokers will die from a smoking-related
disease. It can also cause fatal diseases such as pneumonia, emphysema and lung
cancer. It causes 84% of deaths from lung cancer and 83% of deaths from chronic
obstructive lung disease, including bronchitis. As a result, some people agree that
world governments should conduct serious campaigns against smoking.
Write an essay to an educated reader to show you opinion about the consequences of
smoking and possible solutions. Include reasons and any relevant examples to support
your answer. You should write at least 250 words.
Bài làm:
Smoking remains as a recurring topic on the list of the main issues around the
world.The causes and effects of smoking are being discussed frequently among our society,
and more and more solutions to resolve this issue are being brought up worldwide. This essay
will discuss the consequences of smoking and possible solutions.
Firstly, smoking is harmful to one’s health over a long-term period. Smoking causes
many different types of cancer including lung, oral, and kidney as well as esophagus cancers.
Smoking also results in chronic bronchitis, and many types of breathing disorders. In

England, smoking accounts for more than 80,000 deaths each year.
Secondly, there are more harms in smoking then just the long-term effects. There are
facts about the harm it does to others that breaths secondhand smoke, along with the
chemicals that make up a cigarette. The chemicals alone are enough to make anyone want to
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quit. These chemicals are in small amounts, but still are hazardous to the health of both
smokers and non-smokers.
We need to stop this problem with some particular solutions. One way people can stop
dying from cigarettes is to stop selling them. People will get a benefit because they can save
money and their own life. It will be really helpful. It also gets and saves stamina for work or
playing with their kids. Saving money can go to your kids for college or for clothes. So stop
smoking can help your whole family.
Also, cigarettes should be switched to electric ones. This will also be a cheaper solution
because smokers just have to buy them once and charge them. So it will save lots of money.
Smokers can also smoke wherever they want because it will not affect the people around. It
will save the body because they will just get pleasure without the harsh chemicals.
In short, smoking is very harmful to smokers themselves and to all people around. In
order to stop people dying from cigarettes, we need to stop selling them, or switch to the
electric version.
Bài làm 2:
Smoking is an issue with growing concern and several actions are expected to work in place.
It has now been prohibited by some governing bodies to smoke in public and many
organizations have restricted its use in offices. I am in favor of the changes implemented by
the authorities however this essay intends to view both sides of the issue.
It is generally agreed and even proven with scientific studies, that smoking is injurious to
health. Health problems that smoking can induce are numerous. Cancer is among the major
detrimental effects of smoking on one’s health. As it is rightly displayed on the cigar packets,
smoking is one of the primary factors leading to cancer. Furthermore, effect of smoking on

the systemic and peripheral circulation in human body is appalling, as put forward by medical
experts. The havoc of this insane habit is so horrifying, that research points towards its
possible harmful effects on unborn child, even. Smoking is considered as a culprit among the
many, behind the congenital birth defects and anomalies.
Another factor significant to this context would be the financial constraints imposed by
smoking. In many developing countries, where people work on daily wages, habit of smoking
has an atrocious impact on their quality of life. In majority of the mediocre families, around
the world, smoking drains the significant part of their family budgets. For example, I

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witnessed many problems with reference to my father being a chronic smoker and the
financial crisis it caused.
The amount of carbon and other toxic elements exhaled to atmosphere by active smokers has
reached such dizzy heights that its effect on passive smokers is more or less a reality now. In
fact, the effect of first hand smoke is seen permeable to even the second and third hand
smokers in the spectrum. The significance of the public ban on smoking is not just justifying
but a necessity as it calls for. As a result, it is widely banned in some offices and institutions.
Awareness programs are being conducted all around the world against this habit.
Though the public ban on smoking is an individual constraint to one’s freedom, considering
the passive effects of smoking I would strongly accord win the ban. In my view, this would
be a punitive measure to safeguard the health and wealth of the public or the society.
WRITING TEST 14
You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.
Read the following text from an education magazine.
While compulsory education in some countries such as England begins at the
age of five (with many children actually starting at four), in countries such
as Sweden, Denmark and Finland, school does not begin until the age of
seven.

There are two different points of view regarding this. Some people think
that children should begin their formal education at a very early age and
should spend most of their time on school studies. Others believe that
young children should spend most of their time playing.

Write an essay to an educated reader to tell which point of view you agree with. Include
specific reasons and any relevant examples to support your answer. You should write at
least 250 words.

Bài làm 1:
Education is an integral partin a modem society. Some people think formal
education is of primary importance to children at early age, while others prefer to let
them spend most of time in playing. I am in favor of the point that let children have

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most of their own time playing. Since I believe that playing is another form of
education to children, and it’s crucial in shaping of children.
Firstly, playing provide a chance to let children know the world, and develop
some essential personalities. At the early age, children are very curious about
everything surrounding them, because their understanding of the world is still remains
in a very initial grade. Though playing, children can learn some very basic but
essential concepts, logic and characters about the world. For example, when children
go on barefoot on the grass, they can themselves feel the softness of grass, which no
one can teach them about, except for themselves.
Secondly, children can explore some very unique talents of themselves.
Generally, a formal education is to teach some standard course and grating in a very
formula way. If children received a formal education at their early age, they were
deprived a chance to discover and develop their own special talents. Children should

own this chance to search what their potential advantages and advance in fun, since
this chance might lead to success in their future adult world.
In conclusion, parents should let their children spend most of the time playing.
It is a good way for children to learn about the world surrounding them as well as to
themselves explore their talents.
Bài làm 2:
Many parents want their children to acquire better scholastic achievements in future. Hence,
they compel them to attend classes and use their free time at home to study from very early
age. However, I believe that most of their time should be spent playing.
By playing, children are able to study many things around them. Children by nature want to
discover all things surrounding their houses and their playgrounds. When we force them to
spend their time on formal education, we accidentally build the walls that separate them from
the beautiful world outside. Moreover, children often find knowledge in books boring. In
contrast, when playing, they can observe the natural phenomena which attract their attention.
During this process children gain the knowledge.
Furthermore, playing helps them in developing physical conditions. When they play in the
gardens, or parks, they can breathe fresh air and be provided vitamin D obtained from
sunlight. Running and laughing also help in strengthening their muscles. Additionally, they
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will have better immune systems that can protect them from many diseases. On the other
hand, if they stay at home and study too much, they may have the risk of getting obese.
Finally, when playing, children are able to gain many skills. They can learn how to
cooperate with their team-mates to beat the opponents in games. Sometimes, there are
arguments between the children. These are chances for them to practice problem-solving,
negotiation skills. In reverse, when children study for most of their time, they become
passive.

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In short, young children should spend most of their time playing rather than just studying. By
playing, they are able not only to learn many useful things, but also to develop
comprehensively.
Bài làm 3:
Education is fundamental for both youth and older persons and it the most potent mechanism
for the advancement of human beings. In today's society, many persons believe that a child
should commence to focus on his study since an early age, others instead feel that the
children need to invest their time by playing. From my view, I honestly agree with the latest
for several reasons.
Primarily, forcing children to begin study will lead negative outcomes in attitude as well as
behavior, as in such age they are more concentrates in enjoyable activities. To be specific,

their brain is programmed to have fun with others their peers for a certain age, thus imposing
them to undertake a formal education would be neither attractive nor productive. Hence,
instead of putting pressure on children to learning, parents should change their own methods
and provide some educational games which undoubtedly can prove to be a potential
opportunity to prepare the young persons for a scholastic career. To illustrate, a toddler
generally tend to lose any sort of information as his mind has not the strength to accumulate
such material, yet involving education with enjoying activities can help the youngsters to
apprehend more easily certain arguments. Thus, it must be acknowledged that trying to
educate early a child has a negative impact besides of loss of time.
In addition, the childhood is the most enjoyable period in a human life, and so the children
should not be deprived of this life blessing by encouraging them to start learning in infancy.
Kids commonly in this term, seems to be contented by spending some time with their peers in
pleasant activities rather than allocate their attention on education itself. Moreover, the desire
of learning can be compromised in a near future by beginning an educational journey early as
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in a later age they could realize they have wasted their childhood on the books. For instance,
my cousin has recounted me that he feels repentant to have loose the infancy on books alone,
instead of investing valuable time with his friends. Therefore, starting to learn beforehand can
lead to adverse consequences in a long term.
To conclude, as an overall judgment, youth should use their infancy in amusing exercises, and
unlike spending time on subjects, having some entertainment moments can leave them
marvelous memories.
WRITING TEST 24
You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.
Read the following extract from a book chapter.
Young people have the highest rates of arrest for reported crime. Almost half of all
people arrested are under the age of 25. Young people are more likely to be
involved in crime because they have fewer relationships that encourage them to

follow conventional behavior.
Now, write an essay to an educated reader to discuss your opinions about the reasons for
violent crime among youngsters. Include reasons and any relevant examples to support
your answer. You should write at least 250 words

Bài làm:
It has been indicated by the latest researches that there is a significant increase in
number of violence crimes in the youngsters under 25 years old. The reasons for this
phenomenon are believed to be lack of good encouraging to behave conventionally
from their parents and teachers and not able to find the best ways of educating their
own children in this age group.
The biggest mistake of educating people in this age is their parents and teachers treat
them in serious ways during the learning process. First of all, they observe that this
age group of children do not need emotion and softness as younger children, and they
really pay attention just to their academic study and how to pass successfully from the
school. As a result, the relationships between parents, teachers and students become
extremely hard without any love. Secondly, once the circumstance at the school or
home is getting worse and under pressure for students, they start to hate everyone and

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act negatively and violently against innocent. Consequently, teachers and parents
cause people at age of 25 to be dangerous criminals in the society.
Additionally, parents and teachers feel embarrassed in finding their own method of
teaching people in this group. Although there are several of resources that teach
people the intelligent approaches of emotional and social learning for adult, it doesn’t
seem really effective to these teachers and

parents. In Canada for instance, in


Chapter- the famous library there are a lot of the newest and easiest books of dealing
with secondary schools students, yet criminal behaviors have reached the peak at
schools, on streets and in public places.
In Conclusion, to reduce the number of crime violence among 25 years old
individuals, parents and teachers should teach them in inspirational and friendly
methods because strict communication and narrow education are the influential factors
for making these youth criminals.
Bài làm 2:
WRITING TASK 24
Nowadays, an alarming problem is that violent crime rates have increased considerably,
particularly among young people fewer than 18. To me, I strongly agree that lack of
educating from parents is the main reason of this situation. This below essay will analyze
clearly my view.
The first reason that can be easily seen is that in modern life, parents almost spend their time
on working to earn money. Obviously, there is less time to take care of and supervise their
children carefully. In addition, gap between parents and children have been expanded; so
these children have rarely had chances to share their feelings to their parents as well as
learned from family side. Moreover, there are plenty of negative items such as violent films,
bad things from Internet of crime that survive around us; without parents' control, children
have been influenced on those things easily.
Another factor that needs to be mentioned is that unstable marriage life has led to a surge in
divorce rates. Having a broken family and shortage of love from both mother and father have
caused distraction of those youngsters in their study and some significant negative impacts of
their psychology. As a result, children with immature character have become more
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aggressive, behave rudely and particularly imitated violent film or plunged headlong into
social evils.

However, it is undeniable that parents are not the only factor that leads to increase young
violent crime percentage. Since it depends on conceit of these youngsters about protecting
themselves from harmful impacts. In spite of dealing with the above situation, some of those
children have lived positively. Nevertheless, from what has been considered above, parents
have played a vital role to prevent growth in crime rates.
In conclusion, personality development of children is unable to be perfect without supporting
from family side. Furthermore, appropriate nurture of parents not only has helped to drop
crime in youngsters but also produced good citizens for our future.
Bài làm 3:

Some experts attribute the recent upsurge of violent crime rate among juveniles under
25to the lack of social and emotional knowledge as well as relationship received from
their families and schools. From my perspectives, however, those immature violent
criminals not only get insufficient learning but also are negatively affected by
computer games.
Apparently, the fact that adults leave children get away with themselves is one of the
factors that causes youngsters get involved in violent crime. In practice, many couples
of parents often shift their responsibility of teaching their children on teachers'
shoulders though a large fraction of time children spend at home. Such parents'
irresponsibility is likely to get children exposed to social evils including violence. In
addition, at schools, not a few lecturers emphasize on students' academic performance
but their morality. As a result, students appear to encounter no barrier to involve
fightings.
Similarly, the indulgence in computer games poses untold hidden mental hazards in
children's mentality in various aspects. In fact, nowadays numerous computer games
contain brutal shots. Such violent elements seem to get teenagers accustomed to
disturbances, thereby excite their uncontrollable behaviors. Besides, violent games are
prone to create both actual and potential rivals among players. Consequently, young
players who are hungry for success will fall out and even fight to each other
eventually.

In sum, violence crime among youngster seems to become an increasingly annoying
issue nowadays. Both parents and teachers should take proactive measures to curb this
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problem by paying more attention to nurture their children and hindering them from
getting access to violent computer games.
WRITING TEST 19
Task 2:
You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.
Read the following text from an article about mass media.

While most of us make use of some form of the media on a daily basis, we may not
think about the functions or purposes the media serves in our society. One important
function is entertainment. On television, in particular, the variety of entertainment
programs is extensive, ranging from soap operas, to comedy, to talk shows, to
sports.

Now, write an essay to an educated reader to discuss your opinions about the purposes
of mass media. Include reasons and any relevant examples to support your answer. You
should write at least 250 words.
Bài làm
Mass media come in many forms, such as television, radio, the internet, newspaper or public
events. As it encompasses a significant part of our life, it also have a powerful influence in
shaping our lives. As such, we should be aware of the capabilities of such powerful tools, and
from my perspective, mass media have four main purposes: To entertain, to educate, to
inform and to influence.
Most people watch television for the entertainment and news. If we think about the time when
there is to TV or radio, a good singer could never easily distribute their songs to the audience.
Only aristocrats and powerful businessmen could afford going to soap operas or musical

events. People got news largely through words of mouth, which also made it inaccurate.
Nowadays, a song can be easily downloaded with one click, and there are always some
hundreds of movies to choose from on cable TV.
Because entertainment and information are available everywhere and often more noticeable
than other types of contents, we tend to misunderstood that these are the only purposes of
mass media. However, with the ability to reach millions of people, they can also be used to
educate and influence. Take advertising for example: we see ads everywhere in our life, and
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all they are trying to do is to persuade us to buy something. Likewise, if the message of an ad
is to educate people about an important social issue, it immediately carries a different
purpose.
To conclude, mass media have various purposes that can greatly benefit the community.
Governments, businesses and individuals should embrace the power of such communication
channels, while aiming at making positive impacts in order to improve life quality, both
spiritually and educationally.
Bài làm 2:
The mass media have a powerful influence in shaping our lives. We have come to depend on
them for information and entertainment, and in doing so we let them affect important aspects
of our lives.
The undeniable usefulness of the media in almost instantly providing information about
events around the world is largely taken for granted. But in our dependence on the media we
have allowed them to creating our notions and opinions of events, places and people. Though
few of us probably think about it, our conceptions of, say, our elected official spring from
television images and newspaper stories. Most of us will never meet prime ministers or
presidents, but anyone who is regularly exposed to the media will have an opinion of them.
When it is time to cast our vote, we will make our decision based on how the media portray
the candidates. We are similarly swayed by coverage of wars. The media, representing the
values of their owners, societies and governments, tend to report wars with a bias; which is

the 'good' side and which the 'bad' is determined for us by reporters, editors and
commentators, and sure enough the public begins to form opinions that reflect the coverage
they see, hear and read in the major media.
The media are also influential in the way they facilitate the spread of culture and lifestyle.
The so-called 'global youth culture', in which one finds young people around the world
displaying a common interest in music, clothing styles and films, is an example of the media's
enormous sway in this regard. A popular figure such as Michael Jackson would never be so
well known were it not for the media's extensive reach into every society on the globe.
Thus I would argue that the mass media's influence is certainly great. Indeed, with
technological advancements such as the Internet bringing even more forms of electronic
media to our homes and workplaces, it is likely the media's influence will grow even stronger.

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WRITING 11
TASK 2
You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.
Read the following text from an educational magazine.
Compulsory attendance in university has always been a highly debated subject.
Professors view class attendance as an individual student responsibility.
However, many students want to be given the freedom to decide which classes
to attend. Due to the difficulty of regulating a school-wide attendance policy,
most colleges and universities give professors the authority to set their own
attendance rules. Some people believe that university students should be
required to attend classes. Others believe that going to classes should be
optional for students.
Write an essay to an educated reader to tell which point of view you agree with. Include
specific reasons and any relevant examples to support your answer. You should write at
least 250 words.

Bài làm:

Class attendance is, unarguably, a necessary part in any level of studying, let alone in
university. However, either it must be strictly controlled or not should not be applied
totally, but to some appropriate extent with each method.
In my opinion, we must see that not every university in the world is as good as others.
Therefore, the academic and perhaps even ethical levels of the students are not the
same. In a highly-rated university for example, which is famous for its teaching
quality and mostly accepts nearly perfect students only, they must have every
motivation to fully attend the classes. But on the contrary, a local, remote and lowquality one which may astonishingly have fewer students than the number of lecturers,
they could even be pleasingly invited to the class!
So, what is the best solution? Maybe we shouldn’t find the “best” one for application
to all cases in general, but the most suitable and harmonious one. This obligatory
attendance policy should only be used in laboratory work due to mostly in-class
performance with very little work to do at home. In ordinary lectures, the policy may
cause a negative effect as students could possibly get more bored and stressed; instead
lecturers should implement it in other more practical ways to earn participation points

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like quizzes and discussions, which may encourage learners to get more involved and
excited in the lectures, and as a result keep them sitting in class to the end.
To conclude, personally I would suggest the universities focusing on improving their
main factors such as quality, accommodation, even competitiveness and successfullyemployed-after-graduation rate; instead of minor things like the compulsion of class
attendance.
Bài làm 2:
Compulsory attendance in university has always been a highly debated subject. Professors
view class attendance as an individual student responsibility. However, many students want to
be given the freedom to decide which classes to attend. Due to the difficulty of regulating a

school-wide attendance policy, most colleges and universities give professors the authority to
set their own attendance rules. Some people believe that university students should be
required to attend classes. Others believe that going to classes should be optional for
students.t. From my point of view, I agree with the former opinion that student must to go
class no matter whether they want or not.
Students who do not like to go to campus have their own reasons. The main reason is their
self-study ability. With the material available on internet and library, they can search and
learn by themselves without attending class. In addition, if they do not go to campus, they
will have more spare time. Accordingly, they can spend it on other activities like getting a
part-time job, joining clubs in their university or sleeping.
In spite of some reasons above, I insist that the benefit of attending to class may be not
attending. Firstly, students can learn plenty of valuable knowledge that probably is not found
on books or on the Internet, the information is very helpful for their studies because they are
formed by their teacher’s research and experience. Therefore, students can understand
lectures easier in class than learn by themselves at home. In addition, students who attend
class can be directly given useful advices from professors. This may help their methodologies
to surpass quickly during their studies. Students cannot do it unless they attend university.
Furthermore, group discussion in class can help student improve their social skills. In class
discussion, they must converse each other about a topic with their classmate or team-mate,
then they protect idea of their groups against their teacher and other groups. As a result,
teamwork skill, presentation skills and communication skill could be developed accordingly.
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Bài làm 3:
Now in many universities, attendance to classes is so poor that the regulation of class
attendance is issued to solve that problem. That means the students are obliged to attend the
class if they do not want to get bad grades or even get expelled. In my opinion, university
students are all adults, so they are mature enough to make their own decision and they should
be given the right to choose to attend the class or not. However, I think that it would be more

beneficial for them to perform a regular attendance
To begin with, when students choose to attend classes, they will have better connection with
professors and their classmates. It is a high possibility that the friends they have now at the
university can help them a lot in their future life. And it is undeniable that having a good
relationship with the teachers can be beneficial. For example, the professors can help the
students to find a job by introducing them or writing a letter of recommendation. Or at least,
they can give their students proper advice about their future career
What is more, the students can learn numerous lessons they can not learn from text books.
When attending classes, they can be shared experience or advice from the professors. I know
sometimes the lectures can be boring because some teachers just base the presentation
completely on the textbooks, but generally, the lectures at universities are informative
because the professors are very experienced
In clusion, I think the students should try to attend their classes regularly to gain knowledge.
Nonetheless, as they are old enough, they can have their own decision about this matter.
Bài làm 4:
For each student, perhaps nobody is strange with attendance policy in their university.
Because most schools expect students to attend all of their classes, they may give teachers
and professors power to set their specific attendance rules. While some people hold the
opinion that students should attend classes, others believe that students have right to decide to
go to shool or not. As far as from my view points, I totally agree with the opinion that
students should required to attend classes due to the following reasons.
First, attending classes fully help stundents get comprehensive knowledge. As science
becomes increasing develop, students can study while they are staying at home via internet or
learn by themselves. However, knowledge in text books is only the fundamental knowledge
and self-study require student to learn hard and strictly. Nevertheless, in the class, teachers

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and professors with their deep knowledge and experience can answer questions that the

students are confuse and teach them to develop more skills based on basic knowledge.
Second, attending classes is a good way for stundents to improve their responsibility. In
attendance policy, students are permitted to be absent for a few classes because of appropriate
reasons like illness or emergency situation. For example, students cannot claim for sleeping
late to skip class. If students can not to attend a certain class, they have to notify their teacher
before class about situation and try to find out what they missed and to complete all home
work assignmentscarefully. By complying with rules in class, Students are raising their
responsibility and discipline in order to prepare for their future.
Finally, as students attend classes, they have opportunities to interact with other students and
people. They can exchange their opinions and knowledge. By participating the grooup
activities, they can get more soft-skills such as problem solving, team work, and group
management, those are necessary for their career in the future.
To conclude, students should attend classes because of above positive aspects, namely
knowledge, responsibility and interaction opportunity. That will help students gain successful
in their craeer and their life.
WRITING TEST 17
You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.
Read the following text from an article about the Internet
It is evident that the Internet has increasingly brought about significant changes to
our life. According to a recent study, the more time people use the Internet, the
less time they spend with real human beings. Some people say that instead of
seeing the Internet as a way of opening up new communication possibilities
worldwide, we should be concerned about the effect it is having on social
interactions.
Now, write an essay to an educated reader to discuss your opinions about the effects of
the Internet on human interactions. Include reasons and any relevant examples to
support your answer. You should write at least 250 words.
Bài làm:
From last century to these present days, Internet comes up with the one of the greatest
innovations of human interactions. It makes significant changes in the waythat people


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communicate with each other. However, everything has two sides, and the effects of the
Internet on people’s relationship is not an exception.
Initially, technology enhances quicker and simpler communication among people. There are
so many different means of communication to help contact between one person with others,
even for those who are separated by long distance. It not only gives easier chance of
connection but also saves time and money of communication. For example, people don’t
need to visit their colleagues and their families in different regions or cities to talk to them
anymore. Instead, they could just open the phones or computers and call their friends.
On the other hand, it also causes negative impacts on social interaction. By using electronic
device in daily life of communication, it is hard for people to involve in social environment.
It will decrease their self-confidence to speak in public because they usually interact through
devices not face to face communication. If people spend most of their time communicating
online and not mixing in their neighborhoods, it possibly leads to feelings of isolation for
those individuals who do not have a ‘real’ person to connect.
In conclusion, Internet easily helps people keep in touch with others who are in different
places and brings some beneficial developments on communication. Nevertheless, it is very
important to maintain a balance between our online life and our contact with real human
beings.
Bài làm 2:

It is evident that, at present, people are spending a considerable amount of time
on the Internet, and thus spending less time with real people. I strongly agree that
although this use of the Internet has greatly increased the level of communication
available, it has also had detrimental effects on the amount and type of social
interaction that takes place.
The benefits of the Internet in terms of increased communication are clear, with

people connected across the globe. In the past, communication was only possible by
phone or mail, which entailed time and expense. It also usually meant just keeping in
contact with those people already known to you. With the internet, this has changed
dramatically. Email and social networking sites such as Facebook and MSN have
created online communities that are global in scale, and they have fostered
communication between people and countries that we would not have thought
possible in the past.
On the other hand, there is no doubt in my mind that this has had negative
impacts on social interaction. People, especially the younger generation, spend hours
of their time online, chatting and on forums. Although this can be beneficial, it is
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