PROGRESS TEST 04

PART ONE: LISTENING (4.0 POINTS)

I. Listen to the audio and fill in the missing information in the numbered space. In each space,
write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS. (1.0 point)
Vietnam launched (1)_____________ for the Lunar New Year with a fish release on
Thursday. The three, two males and a female, take a ride on the (2)_____________ carp at the end of
the year. Their efforts help to keep the kitchen fires burning, and families happy and
(3)_____________. Vietnamese believe the fish release brings (4)_____________ to their families.
Thursday’s event, which takes place across Vietnam, was more restrained than in years past because
of the new (5)_____________. However, Vietnam has increased contact tracing, (6)_____________,
and quarantine (7)_____________ to slow the spread. The aggressive action has limited infections in
the country to (8)_____________ cases. ‘Vietnamese will still follow the tradition of releasing the
fish, but COVID-19 has made people keep a (9)_____________,’ said Tran Van Toi as he released
carp from a (10)_____________ at Hanoi’s West Lake.
II. You are going to listen to a man checking into a hotel. As you listen to the conversation,
choose the correct answer to complete the information on the registration card that the woman
fills out. (1. 5 points)
Checking In
1. Room Type:
A. double B. twin C. single
2. Guest Name:
A. Mr. Henderson B. Mr. Johnstone C. Mr. Hamperman
3. How many nights?
A. 3 B. 1 C. 2
4. Room number:
A. 324 B. 344 C. 334
5. Guest checked in by:
A. Jennifer B. Jane C. Samantha
III. Listen to the audio and decide whether the following sentence is true (T) or false (F).
(1.5 points)
Arriving Late to Class
1. The class started five minutes ago.
2. The teacher will hand back the tests next Thursday.
3. The boy shares his textbook with the girl.
4. The teacher is going on about search engines.
5. The boy thought this class was about the French Revolution.
6. The boy is in the wrong class.

PART TWO: PHONETICS (0.5 POINT)

I. Choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the
other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
1. A. cough B. though C. rough D. tough
2. A. pleased B. erased C. increased D. amused
II. Choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the
position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
3. A. delicious B. generous C. confidence D. energy
 4. A. accomplish B. examine C. imagine D. chemistry
5. A. finish B. decide C. distance D. patient

PART THREE: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (5.5 POINTS)

I. Choose the best answer (A, B, C, or D) to each of the following questions and write your
answers (A, B, C, or D) on the answer sheet. ( 1.5 points).
1. There used to a high building right in front of the pagoda, ______?
A. wasn't it B. didn't it C. wasn't there D. didn't there
2. He always ______ me a favor whenever I am in trouble.
A. makes B. gives C. does D. sends
3. ______, my brother went to work.
A. Despite his tired B. In spite of he was tired
C. Tired as he was D. Although his being tired
4. _______ around us gives us vital information about our environment.
A. The sounds are heard B. That the hearing of sound
C. Hearing the sounds D. Whatever the sounds are heard
5. The novels ______ by Mark Twain attract a lot of children.
A. writing B. written C. being written D. to be written
6. The other day the fire brigade had to go to ______ prison to put out the fire.
A. a B. an C. the D. no article
7. John: ‘I didn’t pass my driving test.’
Anna: ‘______!’
A. Better luck next time B. So poor
C. Congratulations D. That was nice of you.
8. While I was looking through my old albums the other day, I ______ this photograph of my
parents' wedding.
A. saw about B. looked down C. came across D. made up
9. I was immensely ______ to hear that none of my relatives was killed in the bus accident.
A. shocked B. relieved C. enlightened D. healed
10. Under no circumstances ______ in public places.
A. should we allow to be smoked B. should smoking be allowed
C. we should allow smoking D. smoking should be allowed
11. The carefully nurtured gardens with a wide ______ of flowers and fruit trees have added
elegance to this place and made it a major tourist attraction.
A. amount B. number C. species D. variety
12. It is necessary that everyone ______ aware of the protection of the environment.
A. is B. be C. are D. to be
13. Lan: ‘How do you find Hanoi?’
Justin: ‘______’
A. Are you living here? B. I got a map from the tourist office.
C. It’s a beautiful city. D. Ha noi is the capital of Vietnam.
14. He’s a ______ drinker and can nearly always be found in the hotel bar.
A. full B. strong C. heavy D. high
15. There are not enough schools or hospitals. Besides, water and electricity supplies may not be ______.
A. adequate B. plenty C. short D. full
II. Give the correct tense/ form of the given verb in each of the following questions to complete
the sentences. (1.5 points)
 1. Compost (make) _______ from vegetable matter (consider) _______ a wonderful natural
fertilizer.
2. Why you (wear) _______ that thin dress? You will freeze to death in this cold weather, I think.
3. Why you always (talk) _______ in the class? I can't stand it.
4. Each July, George with his family (go) _______ to Spain for holiday.
5. The children were frightened because it (get) _______ dark.
6. Only yesterday I (realise) _______ what was going on.
7. Had you asked me earlier, I (tell) _______ you the news.
8. There is smoke and I smell something (burn) _______. There (be) _______ a fire nearby.
III. Give the correct form of the word in the brackets and write your answers on the answer
sheet. (1.5 points)
1. The glasses I bought yesterday were _______ cheap, only 20 thousand VND. (SURPRISE)
2. Besides the increase in population, increased pollution is another ________ result. (PLEASE)
3. The singer is regarded as a ________ of the youth of her generation. (REPRESENT)
4. His health was seriously affected and he suffered from constant ________. (SLEEP)
5. The Scouting Association is the largest ________ youth organization in the world.
(VOLUNTEER)
6. The reports are treated as strictly ________. (CONFIDENCE)
7. The magazine offers tips on cutting your house ________ costs. (MAINTAIN)
8. The engineering sector achieved significant ________ last year. (GROW)
9. We’re sure we can believe him. He’s usually very_________. (TRUTH)
10. It’s very ________ of him to lose his temper like that – he’s usually calm. (CHARACTER)
IV. Each of the following sentences contains one error. Identify and correct it. (1.0 point)
1. They are presently discussing about the ways of stopping the  ______________________
violence in schools.
2. ABC is a youth organization which builds character and  ______________________
encouraging good citizenship and personal fitness.
3. My brother tried to learn Japanese at a night school, so he gave  ______________________
up after 2 months.
4. The non-governmental organization was established last year has  ______________________
more than 40 members now.
5. He sounded so unhappily when someone stole his car yesterday  ______________________

PART FOUR: READING (5.0 POINTS)

I. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate
the correct answer to each of the questions. (2.0 points)
For more than six million American children, coming home after school means coming back to
an empty house. Some deal with the situation by watching TV. Some may hide. But all of them have
something in common. They spend part of each day alone. They are called “latchkey children”. They
are children who look after themselves while their parents work. And their bad condition has become a
subject of concern. Lynette Long was once the principal of an elementary school. She said, ‘we had a
school rule against wearing jewelry. A lot of kids had chains around their necks with keys attached. I was
constantly telling them to put the keys inside shirts. There were so many keys; it never came to my mind
what they meant.’ Slowly, she learned that they were house keys. She and her husband began talking to
the children who had keys. They learned of the effect working couples and single parents were having on
their children. Fear was the biggest problem faced by children at home alone. One in three latchkey
children the Longs talked to reported being frightened. Many had nightmares and were worried about
their own safety. The most common way latchkey children deal with their fears is by hiding. They may
hide in a shower stall, under a bed or in a closet. The second is TV. They often turn the volume up. It’s
hard to get statistics on latchkey children, the Longs have learned. Most parents are slow to admit that
they leave their children alone.
1. The phrase “an empty house” in the passage mostly means ____________.
A. a house with no furniture B. a house with nothing inside
C. a house with no people inside D. a house with too much space
2. One thing that the children in the passage share is that ____________.
A. they are from single-parent families B. they spend part of each day alone
C. they all wear jewelry D. they all watch TV
3. The phrase “latchkey children” in the passage means children who ____________.
A. close doors with keys and watch TV by themselves
B. look after themselves while their parents are not at home
C. like to carry latches and keys with them everywhere
D. are locked inside houses with latches and keys
4. The main problem of latchkey children is that they ____________.
A. are also found in middle-class families B. watch too much television during the day
C. are growing in number D. suffer a lot from being left alone
5. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. How kids spend free time. B. Why kids hate going home.
C. Bad condition of latchkey children. D. Children’s activities at home.
6. Why did a lot of kids have chains around their necks with keys attached?
A. They were fully grown and had become independent.
B. They had to use the keys to open school doors.
C. Schools didn’t allow them to wear jewelry, so they wore keys instead.
D. They would use the keys to enter their houses when they came home.
7. What do latchkey children suffer most from when they are at home alone?
A. Tiredness. B. Loneliness. C. Boredom. D. Fear.
8. Lynette Long learned of latchkey children’s problems by ____________.
A. interviewing their parents B. visiting their homes
C. talking to them D. delivering questionnaires

9. What is the most common way for latchkey children to deal with fears?
A. Having a shower. B. Hiding somewhere.
C. Lying under a TV. D. Talking to the Longs.
10. It’s difficult to find out the number of latchkey children because ____________.
A. most parents are reluctant to admit that they leave their children alone
B. they do not give information about themselves for safety reasons
C. they hide themselves in shower stalls or under beds
D. there are too many of them in the whole country
II. Read the passage carefully and fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word.
(1.5 points)
You can now phone (1) __________ any country in the world, (2) __________ in some cases
you can only call major cities. When you cannot (3) __________ a direct dialing call, you can ask the
service operator to (4) __________ you. This is more expensive and time-consuming, but it may be
helpful if you want to speak to a particular person and no one else; in this (5) __________, you should
ask for a “person to person” call. Even more expensive is a reversed-charge call where the person (6)
__________ receives the call has to pay the fee. If the international (7) __________ is busy, you can
reserve a call, explain the number you want and the operator will call you (8) __________ when the
line is free. You can (9) __________ a lot of money by calling outside office hours, for example, (10)
__________ in the morning, late at night and on Sundays.

III. Read the passage carefully and choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which best fits each space.
(1.5 points)
Why is it that many teenagers have the energy to play computer games until late at night but
can’t find the energy to get out of bed ____(1)____ for school? According to a new report, today’s
generation of children are in danger of getting so ____(2)____ sleep that they are putting their mental
and physical health at ____(3)____. Adults can easily survive on seven to eight hours’ sleep a night,
____(4)____ teenagers require nine or ten hours. According to medical experts, one in five youngsters
____(5)____ anything between two and five hours’ sleep a night less than their parents did at their
age.
This ____(6)____ serious questions about whether lack of sleep is affecting children’s ability
to concentrate at school. The connection between sleep deprivation and lapses in memory, impaired
reaction time and poor concentration is well ____(7)____. Research has shown that losing as little as
half an hour’s sleep a night can have profound effects ____(8)____ how children perform the next
day. A good night’s sleep is also crucial for teenagers because it is while they are asleep ____(9)____
they release a hormone that is essential for their ‘growth spurt’ (the period during teenage years when
the body grows at a rapid rate). It’s true that they can, to some ____(10)____, catch up on sleep at
weekends, but that won’t help them when they are dropping off to sleep in class on a Friday afternoon.
1. A. behind time B. about time C. in time D. at time
2. A. few B. less C. much D. little
3. A. jeopardy B. threat C. risk D. danger
4. A. or B. because C. whereas D. so
5. A. puts B. gets C. brings D. makes
6. A. raises B. rises C. results D. comes
7. A. organized B. arranged C. established D. acquired
8. A. in B. on C. to D. at
9. A. at which B. which C. where D. that
10. A. rate B. extent C. level D. point
PART FIVE: WRITING (5.0 POINTS)
I. Complete the second sentence so that it has similar meaning to the first one. (1.6 points)
1. ‘What will you do with your plan to raise fund for the poor tomorrow?’, he said.
 He _______________________________________________________________________
2. Please don't make our teacher annoyed by such silly questions.
 I'd rather _________________________________________________________________
3. As soon as she had come back home from school, she helped her mother do the housework.
 Hardly ___________________________________________________________________
4. It was so late that nothing could be done.
 It was too ________________________________________________________________
5. Because of his illness he could not work effectively.
 His illness made it _________________________________________________________
6. We couldn’t relax until all the guests had gone home.
 Only ____________________________________________________________________
7. People say that he has the biggest private art collection in the country.
 He ______________________________________________________________________
8. I wish I’d paid more attention to his warnings.
 I regret __________________________________________________________________
II. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the
word given. Do not change the word given. (1.4 points)
1. I think cycling is preferable to walking. (RATHER)
 ____________________________________________________________________________
2. I had lost his phone number, so I could not contact him. (TOUCH)
 ____________________________________________________________________________
3. He is certainly not a reliable witness. (MEANS)
 ____________________________________________________________________________
4. I can nearly remember his name. (TONGUE)
 ____________________________________________________________________________
5. I think you should try and be optimistic as you can. (BRIGHT)
 ____________________________________________________________________________
6. There is no point in asking George to help. (GOOD)
 ____________________________________________________________________________
7. Everyone was surprised to see George leave the party early (SURPRISE)
 ____________________________________________________________________________
III. Write a paragraph of about 150 words about the advantages of social networks such as
Facebook, Youtube, Zalo, etc. (2.0 points)

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