DHBB - PRACTICE TEST 5

I. LISTENING (5.0 points)

HƯỚNG DẪN PHẦN THI NGHE HIỂU
 Bài nghe gồm 4 phần, mỗi phần được nghe 2 lần, mỗi lần cách nhau 10 giây, mở đầu và
kết thúc mỗi phần nghe có tín hiệu.
 Mở đầu và kết thúc bài nghe có tín hiệu nhạc. Thí sinh có 02 phút để hoàn chỉnh bài trước
tín hiệu nhạc kết thúc bài nghe.
 Mọi hướng dẫn cho thí sinh bằng tiếng Anh đã có trong bài nghe.
I. LISTENING.
Part 1: You will hear a student called Janet talking on the phone to the manager of a sports
centre about a job and complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS
AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
White Water Sports Centre
Manager's name: 1. ______________
Job available: 2. ______________ (part-time)
Job responsibilities:
– supervising swimmers
– care of 3.______________ for beginners' classes
– carrying out 4.______________ regularly
Days: Mondays and Wednesdays
Working hours: 5.______________ to ______________
Your answers
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Part 2: Listen to a radio interview in which a psychologist, Colin Fraser, talks about cultural
identity and choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D which fits best according to what you hear.
Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.
1. When discussing his own cultural identity, Colin reveal______________
A. his resilience to changing cultures. B. his unorthodox family background.
C. his ability to adapt. D. his feeling of alienation.
2.What does Colin regard as the defining aspect of a person’s cultural identity______________?
A. the sense of birth right B. the emotion it generates
C. the physical proximity to heritage D. the symbols of tradition
3. What is the influence of a culture attributed to______________?
A. the dissemination of wisdom B. connection between societies
C. knowledge of one’s background D. the practice of archaic rituals
4. According to Colin, what makes a culture successful on the global scene?
A. its capacity for tolerance B. its isolation from the mainstream
C. its aptitude for resolving conflicts D. its ability to be self-effacing
5. During the conversation, Colin is______________
A. distinguishing between birthplace and residence.
B. advocating the celebration of heritage.
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C. highlighting the differences in societies.
D. addressing the issues raised by conflicting cultures
Your answers
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Part 3. Listen to the recording and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false
(F). Write your answers in the corresponding boxes provided.
1. The man didn’t read everything on nutritional food labels.
2. Alice says that before doing this project, she was unaware of what certain
foods contained.
3. Jack agrees with Alice that the nutritional label is misleading.
4. Jack prefers the daily value system to other labelling systems because it is
more logical.
5. Both students were surprised at the incorrect percentage of artificial additives
given.
Part 4: Listen and Write NO MORE three WORDS taken from the recording for each answer in the
corresponding numbered boxes provided.
What happens in the Amazon has a 1. ___________________________ on the planet as a whole. The
Amazon is a 2. ___________________________ that contains the largest remaining tropical rainforest
in the world, home to at least 10% of the known species on Earth, some of which are endemic to the
area.
The plants and animals are in danger because the Amazon's 3. ___________________________ are at
risk.
The threat comes, in essence, from globalisation and its resulting effect on the 4.
_________________________ .
The 5. ___________________________of allowing even a small percentage of the carbon to escape
would be disastrous.
The reasons behind current levels of deforestation are wide-ranging. A number of 6.
_________________________ in the region have been promoting rapid development, which has led
to hasty action whereby vast areas of forest have been cleared for building material and to create land
for pasture or crops.
The demand for livestock means farming offers substantial 7. ___________________________. In
addition to the expanding farmland, new infrastructure such as roads, buildings and irrigation measures
have left their 8. ___________________________ to extract minerals and other resources from the
land have contributed to the situation we find ourselves in today.
The loss of 9. ___________________________ has also had a negative impact on the water cycle of
the region. Vapour from the rainforest spreads over a great distance and is relied upon by agriculture in
other parts of the surrounding area. The loss of this rainforest vapour could result in drought and have
major environmental ramifications. The 10. ___________________________ of all this is that the
people of the Amazon are suffering due to a reduction in natural resources.

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II. LEXICO – GRAMMAR (5.0 points)
Part 1: Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to each of the following questions and write your
answer (A, B, C or D) in the corresponding numbered boxes.
1. I found the training exhausting as the coach always pushed us to the...........
A. restriction B. border C. limit D. frontier
2. The doctor had a complete........for his patients' feelings.
A. disinterest B. dismissal C. negligence D. disregard
3. You look tired. Why don't you go to that new health farm? I’m sure you’d find it............
A. beneficial B. essential C. profitable D. valuable
4. They prepared to........their leave, believing the meeting to be over.
A. set B. wave C. offer D. take
5. She can't be interested in the course,............................that she never does any work.
A. viewing B. seeing C. noting D. judging
6. He painted a gloomy...........of life as a student.
A. image B. picture C. drawing D. illustration
7. I bought the car...........that I would get a pay rise and be able to afford the instalments.
A. speculating B. considering C. assuming D. estimating
8. She loves reading - she always has her..........in a book.
A. nose B. eyes C. face D. brow
9. The forensic expert ________ the evidence looking for particles of skin.
A. glanced B. scrutinised C. glimpsed D. peered
10. With a self-confidence bordering on arrogance, Francelli got out of his car and ______ over to the
crowd of journalists.
A. skulked B. crept C. swaggered D. shuffled
11. I tried to ______ my disappointment at losing by cheering the winner loudly.
A. hide B. shield C. veil D. mask
12. The vegetation on the island was _______.
A. exuberant B. chivalrous C. overcast D. ingenious
13. We had been looking for the nest for hours before we ______ lucky.
A. hit B. made C. struck D. came
14. We don’t have a secretary ___, but we do have a student who comes in to do a bit of filing.
A. as such B. the least bit C. whatsoever D. little more
15. Despite _________appearances, he wasn't as crazy as people thought.
A. inward B. outward C: external D. strange
16. I really need some vacations now so that when I come back I can _________ in the operating
theatre
A. thrive B. grow C. proliferate D. spread
17. The first _______ of the ladder is important in your career.
A. step B. grade C. push D. rung
18. I don't know what our guests will be wanting to do this weekend. We'll have to _______.
A. be our on our ear B. bend our ears about it
C. play it by ear D. turn a deaf ear to it
19. The criminal knows the _______ of successful robberies.
A. trash and treasure B. part and parcel C. ins and outs D. close all
20. The price of bread has just doubled, but with _______ inflation what can you expect?
A. rampant B. steadfast C. profuse D. staunch
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

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Part 2: There are 10 errors in the passage. Identify and correct them. (1 point)
When being constructed eco-friendly homes, builders allocate specific types of energy-efficient
resources of specific areas of the home. For instance, it is common to affix single or double panels to
the tops of hot water heaters to absorb solar energy and provide a costly-effective, continual,
renewable power source. These types of hot water heaters are inexpensive to install and unobtrusive to
the eye. In the case of wind power, it is neither attractive nor particular efficient to erect a towering
turbine next to a single home; rather, it is built in an area where it can power several homes at last.
Furthermore, what homebuilders position their homes influences their energy efficiency. A home with
south-facing windows will absorb the natural radiation from the sun, thus heat the home without using
any energy-producing device. And builders line homes with the best forms of insulation so that any
energy is used to heat a home, whether it is natural or from electricity transmitting through the grid,
will not easily escape from it.

Your answers
Mistake Correction Mistake Correction
1. 6.
2. 7.
3. 8.
4. 9.
5. 10.

Part 3: Fill in the gaps of the following sentences with suitable particles or prepositions. Write the
answers in the correspondent numbered boxes.
There is an example at the beginning (0).
Example: 0. up with
0. He finds it hard to put _________ the noise of the nearby factory.
1. The station is _____________ walking distance of the hotel.
2. I’m so tired after work that I often drop _____________ in front of the TV.
3. The decision was deferred _____________ a later meeting.
4. That awful new office block is a real blot _____________ the landscape.
5. I don’t know how Nicole survives, living all away _____________ the sticks.
6. Carl and I just spent the whole day lazing _____________ listening to music.
7. Unfortunately, most of the photos Terry took were ______________ focus.
8. Why don’t we meet _____________ here again on the 12th, when I get back from Germany?
9. The prime minister has come _____________ fire during this election campaign for being slow to
respond to events.
10. Keep plodding _____________ and you’ll finish your novel eventually.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Part 2: For questions 1 – 10, write the correct form of each bracketed word
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HOW DO WE BEST HELP OTHERS?
According to some (1)______(PSYCHOLOGY), we should examine our deeper (2) _____ (MOVE)
when we attempt to help others who appear to be in need of our support. Helping others is clearly a
good thing to do, and it can have a(n) (3) _____ (STORE) power for both (4) _____ (GIVE) and
recipient. If, however, we begin to focus on what we might get out of helping someone, rather than
how that person might be helped, we could be in danger of adopting a somewhat (5) ______
(CALCULATE) attitude. This would be to (6) ______(PART) significance to the ideas of those
psychologists who believe that, ultimately, we only do things for our own aspirations that no actions
are truly (7) ______(ALTRUISM). And, of course, we can all think of examples of problems that have
been exacerbated by the (8) _____(INTEND), but (9) _____(CONSIDER) intervention of third parties.
We should also bear in mind that doing too much for people and protecting them from the
consequences of their (10) _____ (ACT) can reduce their motivation and even rob them of the
resources to sort things out for themselves.
Your answers:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

III. READING (5.0 points)

Part 1: Read the text and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only ONE word in each
gap.

A Need to Be Famous

Professor Cary Cooper of the University of Manchester has done research to determine why celebrities
are driven into the spotlight. According to the theory he developed, famous people
(1)_________________ often experienced a trauma during childhood such as the loss of a parent.
Alternatively, they may have been told that they would not achieve success in school or some other
field. (2)_________________ the reason, for such people, success in the world of show business is a
form of compensation for this trauma.
People also pursue the spotlight (3)_________________ they need to be loved. (4)_______________
actors not so desperately in need of the adulation of an audience, they would probably choose
(5)_________________ profession. However, once they succeed in becoming famous, celebrities
begin to wonder (6)_________________ people love them for who they are or for who they have
become.
Distanced (7)_________________ the world of ordinary people and thrown together with other
celebrities, who are themselves insecure, few manage to have close relationships. They may become
depressed, (8)_________________ to mention dependent on alcohol or drugs. Media coverage, which
is negative more often than not, (9)_________________ not help matters. (10)_________________
painted such a bleak picture, however, Cooper adds that there is a bright side. Celebrities who stay in
the spotlight tend to have an ability to bounce back, even after being rejected or gossiped about by the
public.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

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 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Part 2: For questions 1-10, read the following passage and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best
fits each gap. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes.
A few decades ago, entry to university meant studying a strictly academic subject -a science, or
perhaps literature, a foreign language or the classics. These days, (1) _______ education
establishments offer every conceivable subject from Chinese medicine to crime scene science. In
Britain, this trend coincided with a dramatic increase in the (2) ________of universities and more
relaxed entry requirements, (3) ________more students to experience tertiary education. Many feared
these measures would result in a (4) _______down of degree-level courses and the press seized every
opportunity to ridicule such courses. The creation in 1999 of a bachelor’s degree in surfing studies was
taken as the ultimate proof that universities were prepared to give (5)_______ in anything in an
attempt to attract young people, thereby (6)_______Britain’s academic reputation. In reality, the
course, run by Plymouth University in South-West England, is highly scientific, and the curriculum is
(7)_______including oceanography, meteorology, materials technology and business management.
Students on this course and other seemingly more practical courses have (8) ________ performed
better in tests than those doing straight science degrees. Far from having an adverse effect on higher
education, these new disciplines (9)_______students and aid learning by offering the opportunity to
(10)_______theoretical knowledge directly. Many of today’s graduates have a broad base of
knowledge and are well placed to enter the job market.
1. A. higher B. primary C. special D. greater
2. A. amount B. number C. size D. quantity
3. A. enhancing B. benefiting C. ameliorating D. allowing
4. A. lowering B. dumbing C. detracting D. clamping
5. A. exams B. research C. degrees D. terms
6. A. messing around B. dragging on C. ruining D. cramming
7. A. forthcoming B. definite C. conducive D. demanding
8. A. virtually B. actually C. ideally D. merely
9. A. lighten B. motivate C. count towards D. grasp
10. A. apply B. wrestle C. consume D. indulge
Your answers
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Part 3: For questions 1-10, read an extract from an article on language and choose the answer A,
B, C or D which you think fits best according to the text. Write your answers in the corresponding
numbered boxes provided.
AN UNLIKELY MUSE
A new wave of music and arts projects has emerged, focusing on someone who may seem for
some a dubious source of inspiration. Imelda Marcos, former first lady of the Philippines, is currently
becoming the subject of musicals, song cycles and shows on a worldwide arena.

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 When the Marcos regime collapsed in 1986, and Imelda and her husband Ferdinand were exiled
in Hawaii, they carried with them allegations of embezzlement, corruption and human rights abuses.
Imelda had spent the last twenty years living off a seemingly endless supply of funds, living an exotic
and glamorous lifestyle and rubbing shoulders with powerful figures worldwide. In 1972, when the
superstar couple’s popularity was fading and they were at risk of losing their power, Ferdinand Marcos
instated martial, leading to an era of chaos and plunder, and what is described by some as the second
most corrupt regime of the twentieth century. Ferdinand and Imelda fled in 1986 to escape the
People’s Power Revolution, Imelda leaving behind some 2000 pairs of shoes.
After her husband died in Hawaii due to ill health, Imelda stood trial in the United States on
behalf of her husband. Following that, she returned to the Philippines to face seventy more counts of
corruption and tax evasion. She has now returned to congress in the Philippines, her make-up and
gowns as flawless as ever.
So what makes Imelda Marcos such an appealing muse? Undoubtedly, Imelda Marcos’s resolute
character which has withstood exile, legal battles and the wrath of her enemies makes her an appealing
heroine, but film-maker Fenton Bailey attributes her iconicity to her sense of glamour and style, and
her role as a cultural trend-setter. And like so many women who let nothing come between them and
their goals, she has gained a certain iconic status, particularly among homosexuals, not unlike that of
Judy Garland and Lady Gaga.
And now the story of Imelda Marcos can be seen in the format of a musical, an artistic genre
which is quite befitting for this flamboyant, entertaining figure of beauty and glamour. ‘Imelda – A
new musical’ has played in Los Angeles and New York. The artistic director of the musical, Tim
Dang, realises that the musical glosses over the darker aspects of the Marcos regime, but wanted to
portray Imelda as a person with all her faults on display, leaving the audience to come to a verdict.
However, despite the glitz of the show, reviews were mixed, stating the ‘the serio-comic spoof... had a
vacuum at its centre’.
The story of Imelda Marcos has also been immortalised as a song cycle, ‘Here Lies Love’
written by David Byrne and Norman Cook, in which Imelda comes across as both a hero and villain.
Their reasoning was to try to understand the story of how people can attain positions of such power
and greed. They were also inspired by Imelda’s love of dancing and clubbing, and how her own style
of music could be incorporated into their own. Byrne adds that their story is not black and white – the
couple were very popular at first, and Imelda headed a lot of public works in the Philippines and added
much to the nation’s sense of culture and identity.
At the Cultural Centre of the Philippines, a tour named ‘La Vida Imelda’ led by Carlos Sedran
describes the life of Imelda Marcos, the cold war and martial law, while also portraying the glamour of
the Imelda lifestyle. He describes it as an eternal story, in which her extravagance can be seen as either
distasteful or in some ways estimable.
There is a danger that these new art forms airbrush out the atrocity which accompanied the
ostentation and glamour. It was a time when democracy was suppressed, political enemies
disappeared, and billions of dollars which could have helped the poverty-stricken country were spent
on the Marcos’s extravagant lifestyle. However, the artists involved are keen to make clear that the
regime also resulted in great leaps forward in the country’s culture, architecture and infrastructure. The
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Marcos legacy remains in the form of hospitals, Heart and Lung Centres, Folk Art theatres and homes
for children and the elderly, notwithstanding that the Marcos couple set their war-ravaged, poverty-
stricken land onto the world stage.
1. Why are Imelda’s shoes mentioned in the second paragraph?
A. To illustrate how little she cared for her personal possessions
B. To illustrate her love of fashion and beauty
C. To indicate how quickly she had to flee the country
D. To illustrate the extravagance of her lifestyle
2. What aspect of Imelda’s character is emphasised in paragraph 3?
A. her flamboyance B. her beauty C. her doggedness D. her forbearance
3. Why is Imelda compared with Judy Garland and Lady Gaga?
A. Due to her status as a gay icon B. Due to her ambition and drive
C. Because she has created new fashions D. Because she has triumphed over legal battles
4. The phrase “rubbing shoulders” in the second paragraph mostly means ______.
A. hobnobbing B. abetting C. fostering D. conferring
5. Why was the musical of Imelda’s life criticised?
A. Because it did not portray Imelda’s faults B. Because the show was too shallow
C. Because it was too glamorous and showy D. Because it was both serious and comedic
6. What was it about Imelda’s story that interested David Byrne and Norman Cooke?
A. The ongoing themes of power, greed and music
B. The fact that the story had both a clear hero and villain
C. The reasoning why people such as Imelda become who they are
D. The fact that her musical taste was similar to theirs
7. The word “incorporated” in the sixth paragraph is closest in meaning to _____.
A. inverted B. infused C. integrated D. interbred
8. According to Carlos Sedran, how do people respond to Imelda’s expensive lifestyle?
A. Most people are shocked by it. B. It evokes both positive and negative feelings.
C. People want to be like her. D. People realise why she did it.
9. The word “atrocity” in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to _____.
A. complexity B. indignity C. mendacity D. barbarity
10. Which of the following is not mentioned in the text as something Imelda Marcos did for the
Philippines?
A. She made health services available to the people.
B. She gave the country a cultural identity.
C. She reduced the levels of poverty for Filipino people.
D. She drew the world’s attention to the country.
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Part 4: The reading passage has seven paragraphs labelled A-G. Choose the correct heading for
each from the list of headings below.
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Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes.

List of headings Paragraphs

i Middle age solitude is growing 1 Paragraph A
ii The institution of marriage needs a motto that resonates 2 Paragraph B
iii The young and the elderly are not relevant to the debate 3 Paragraph C
iv The system is clearly unfair 4 Paragraph D
v The real issue is a lack of affordable housing 5 Paragraph E
vi For many, the benefits of a single life are exaggerated 6 Paragraph F
vii The wealthy are affected by the same measures
viii Most men would rather be single
ix Loneliness has a range of consequences
x Couples must work harder to make relationships work

Marriage works and it's the answer to the misery of loneliness

A. This week the Office for National Statistics (ONS) confirmed that more of us than ever are living
alone. This won't trouble the author Colm Toibi'n, who once eulogised the freedom that living alone
gives him, likening his solitary existence to that of 'a cloistered nun'. This is a terrifying image,
surely, and not a metaphor for a life most of us would seek to inhabit. Certainly not my friend Helen:
successful, well-off, homeowner; but tired of her single life, of the near-constant awareness that she's
running out of time to have children, as fast as she's running out of the energy to embark on another
round of futile first dates. Nor my friend Mark, divorced dad, active in his daughter's life - but who
still, at the end of the weekend, returns the child to her mother, before driving back to his re -emptied
house, where he spends the evenings with PlayStation and Sky Sports.
B. In discussing solitary lives, we should ignore the Colm Tóibíns - financially independent people
who realise that, for them, living alone brings more advantages than otherwise. Most people of my
generation had such a stage in their lives - between university, and settling down - but we didn't want
it to last forever. In any case, with property prices as they are, such self-selected solitude is not an
option for much of the succeeding generation. Set aside, too, those figures pertaining to the very
elderly; not because there aren't real problems faced by those (usually female) 'survivors', but
because their existence is a function of the uneven impact of medical advances and lifestyle changes
on the longevity of each of the genders.
C. It's not the relatively young, or the very old, who are the main drivers of this demographic
change. As the ONS makes clear, the largest increase in solitary living is down to the 45 -64 age
group. Almost two and a half million Britons in that age category have no one with whom to share
their home, an increase of more than 800,000 households since the mid-Nineties. Even allowing for
the increase in total population size, that's still a noticeable change, and they don't all enj oy the
experience. I suspect there are more divorced parents, like my friend Mark, poking about their
fridges for a pre-packed meal for one, than there are cloistered Irish novelists.
D. This would all be fine, were this phenomenon merely to affect matters as concrete as housing. But
evidence suggests a link between solitariness and poorer health outcomes (mirroring, bleakly, the
evidence about the outcomes for children raised in single-parent households). One paper I read
showed a significant increase in the prescription of antidepressants to the solitary, compared with
cohabiting couples. Correlation doesn't prove a sociological theory, of course, but it's hard to ignore
the link between living alone, and other detrimental life choices.
E. The issue demands a political response: marriage is the most important institution to act as a
bulwark against loneliness, and the British Government should promote it. Instead, the government
is unwinding its insidious 'couples penalty': a financial punishment for initially setting up home with
a partner, and then after divorce, (probably the result of the stress brought on by all the expense), a
further charge for a change to living conditions. The Centre for Social Justice discovered that the
people most penalised for living together are - surprise - among the poorest. This must be fixed.
What's more, couples who arrange to 'live apart together' shouldn't be demonised for rationally
navigating the snares of the benefits system.
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F. But if we acknowledge that a financial penalty can cause the poorest to avoid marriage, why
assume that monetary considerations don't affect the better-off? First, because politicians are scared
to reward marriage in the tax system, and second, because our divorce laws so scar those who endure
them that, I suspect, we've produced a generation with the motto 'once bitten, twice shy'. The
changes to child benefit for the well-off hardly help either.
G. Not very long ago, the then Home Secretary, Michael Howard deployed a powerful phrase in
defence of his criminal justice policy: 'prison works'. It's time we used a similar phrase, in defence of
social justice: marriage 'works' too. It works for most people and definitely for civic society, yet we
find it hard to say this, and shy away from its political implications. What started as a desire not to
judge 'lifestyle choices' has bred a generation living in lonely, quiet despair. Loneliness is a much
harder political issue to tackle than, say, housebuilding, but - if we believe in society at all - hardly
one of lesser significance.
Questions 7-10
Do the following statements agree with the views of the writer in the reading passage?
In boxes 7-10, write.
YES if the statement agrees with the views of the writer.
NO if the statement contradicts the views of the writer.
NOT GIVEN if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this.
7 The Irish author Colm Tóibíns has a lifestyle that most people would envy.
8 His friends Helen and Mark would like their lives to be different.
9 Most elderly women have not chosen to live alone.
10 Divorced men do not usually enjoy cooking.

Your answers
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

VI. WRITING
Part I. Question 1. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the
same as the sentence printed before it.
1. Something must be done quickly to solve the problem of homelessness.
Urgent…………………………………………………………………………………………

2. We’ve been trying to sell our house for well over six months.
Our house ……………………………………………………………………………………..

3. In order to make a profit the new leisure centre needs at least 2000 visitors a month.
No fewer …………………………………………………………………………………….
4. What Anna hates most about these school reunions is posing for photos.

There is nothing …………………………………………………………………………….

5. The collision didn’t damage his car much.

Not a great …………………………………………………………………………………..

Question 2. Use the word in the brackets to write a new sentence as similar as possible in meaning
to the original one. Don't change the form of the given words. (2.5 points)
1. I’ve considered the advantages and disadvantages and I’ve decided not to go. (weighed)

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2. Considering that she’s only just started, she’s doing very well. (bearing)

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3. When I agreed to do this, I didn’t think that it would be so expensive. (bargain)

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4. Let me give you a clue to help you remember. (jog)

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5. Although I don’t speak Italian very well, I understood the general meaning of what she said. (drift)

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Part 3. Write an essay of 250 words on the following topic:
Plastic shopping bags are used widely and cause many environmental problems. Therefore, it is said
that they should be banned.
To what extent do you agree or disagree?
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