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Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4.
5. 6. 7.
Part 2. You will hear an interview with a man called Richard Porter who is a
maker of musical instruments called organs. For questions 1 - 8, complete the
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sentences. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER. Write
your answers in the answer box below. (16 points)
Part 3. You will hear a talk about the program named Focus on the Arts. For
questions 1-5, decide whether the statement is TRUE (T) or FALSE (F). Write your
answers in the corresponding numbered boxes (10 points)
1.The National Arts Center is a well-known place for music performances of different
types.
2. The National Arts Center provides a variety of entertainment choices.
3. The Center has been situated in the heart of the city since 1940.
4. The City Council, the National Symphony Orchestra and National Theatre
Company are based in the Center.
5. There are 2-3 days a year when visitors cannot go to the Center.
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
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Part 4. You will hear an interview with a man called O’Toole, who works as a
teacher trainer. For questions 1-10, listen to the conversation carefully and choose
the correct answer A, B, C or D for each question. Write your answers in the
corresponding numbered boxes. (10 points).
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Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
4. All things ________, she is the best student to represent our school.
6. The Prime Minister gave a press conference to deny the charges ________ at him.
7. Don’t trust what you hear on the grapevine. It’s best to hear it straight from the
___________ mouth so you know it’s true.
A. dog’s B. horse’s C. camel’s D. cat’s
8. When Tet Holiday comes, Vietnamese people often feel inclined to ________ their
houses.
A. do over B. do in C. do through D. do up
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C. However glamorous it may seem D. Glamorous as though it is
10. You can’t tell what someone is like just from their ________.
11. After so many years, it is great to see him ________ his ambitions.
16. The report claimed the Internet currently _______ 9% of the electricity demand of the
whole city, and predicted that it will grow to 40% in the next five years.
17. In the end, I just lost my ________ and started gabbling incoherently.
18. He had such a bad stomach that he was _________ with pain.
19. I read the contract again and again _____ avoiding making spelling mistakes.
C. put two and two together D. hit the nail on the head
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Answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
Part 2. Write the correct form of the words given in the brackets. Write your
answers in the spaces provided below. (10 points)
8. One of the guests began to show signs of _________ at Tom’s non- IRRITATE
stop joke telling.
9. The record of 47 hours for watching TV without stopping was set BREAK
last year is still ____________.
10. I find the driver over the mountain very __________ FRIGHT
Your answers:
1. 6.
2. 7.
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3. 8.
4. 9.
5. 10.
Part 3. Read the passage below which contains 10 mistakes. Identify the mistakes
and write the corrections in the corresponding numbered boxes. (10 points)
Your answers:
Line Mistakes Corrections
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
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SECTION C. READING (60 points)
1. Read the text below and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to
indicate the correct answer which best fits each space from 1 to 10. (10 points)
Even so, on 24th August 1911, it was stolen. Initial leads came to nothing and no
(6)…….. to the thief's motives or the whereabouts of the picture materialized for 15
months. In November 1913, Florentine art dealer Alfredo Geri received a letter from
someone (7)……..they had the Mona Lisa and were prepared to sell it back to Italy
for 500,000 lire. Geri contacted the director of the Uffizi museum who arranged a
meeting with the alleged vendor.
He turned out to be an Italian carpenter Vicenza Perugia , who made the painting's
protective wooden box for the Louvre and was able to steal it because he knew the
museum's (8)……... The Mona Lisa he produced was proclaimed genuine by the
Uffizi and sent back to Paris. But a British con man, Jack Dean, later insisted that he
had helped Peruggia steal the painting but (9)……..a copy before Peruggia took it to
Italy. Could it be that the painting seen by thousands of visitors every day in the
Louvre museum is a total (10)……..?
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5. A. tight B. safe C. careful D. accurate
6. A. tips B. hints C. clues D. indications
7. A. pretending B. persuading C. claiming D. arguing
8. A. working B. routine C. doors D. security
9. A. copied B. replaced C. taken over D. substituted
10. A. counterfeit B. substitute C. false D. fake
YOUR ANSWER:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
2. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only
ONE word in each gap. Write your answers in corresponding numbered boxes. (10
points)
There is nothing (1) ________in the use of herbs and spices. They have enriched
human life for thousands of years, providing (2) _______comfort and luxury. They
have flavored our food, cured our ailments and surrounded us with sweet scents.
They have also played their (3) ______in our folklore and magic. It (4) _______be a
very different world without them.
Nobody really knows who first used herbs and spices, or for (5) ______ purpose. All
their properties were known to the ancient Greeks and Egyptians as well as those (6)
______ in early Biblical times. The knowledge that they employed, and that we still
use today, must have been based on the trial and (7) ______ of early human, who was
originally drawn to the plants (8)______ of their tantalizing aroma. He gradually
discovered their individual effects on his food and well-being and our use of them
comes from those early experiments. For centuries herbs and spices were appreciated
to the (9)_______ but in modern times the arrival of the convenience foods and new
medicines of the twentieth century almost made us forget them. But anything that has
been so much loved and valued will never be completely neglected. The knowledge
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has been (10) ______ alive and in our present-day search for all things natural, herbs
and spices have come into their own again.
Your answers
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Part 3: Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each of the
questions below. (10 points)
Ensuring the reliability and purity of the water supply is one of the more
significant challenges facing an ever growing world population. Unfortunately, only
about 3% of the world’s total water supply is fresh; the rest is sea water and is
unusable for most of our purposes. Furthermore, of that 3%, three fourths are largely
inaccessible because it exists as frozen ice locked in the polar ice caps or as glaciers
high in mountains. The remaining percentage of fresh water that is available for
human use exists in two forms: surface water and ground water.
Surface water is found in rivers, lakes, and man-made reservoirs fad by either
rainfall or snowmelt. Surface water makes up nearly 80% of all the water utilized by
humans, primarily due to its accessibility. Nearly every river or lake in the world
contains one or more pumping stations to divert a portion of its flow to nearby
population centers. However, surface water supplies present several disadvantages.
First, surface water is easily polluted. Chemical pollution from the air enters surface
water in the form of rain, and ground pollution is either dumped directly into lakes
and rivers or washed into them by rainwater. In addition, biological pollution caused
by the dumping of raw sewage into a water source, can lead to dangerous levels of
bacteria. Another problem is relying on surface water is that its supply is highly
variable. Water levels in lakes and rivers can fall drastically in periods of severe
drought. In places that are prone to extended dry periods, such as Australia or much
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of California, some rivers are even known to occasionally run dry due to a
combination of drought and overuse.
The other primary source of fresh water is ground water. Although ground
water is estimated to be as much as 50 times more abundant than surface water, it
constitutes only 20% of all the fresh water used by human s, and much of this usage
occurs in rural areas. This is a reflection of the relative difficulty in obtaining ground
water. Ground water exists in underground deposits known as aquifers, layers of
porous rock in the Earth. As rainwater sinks into the ground it eventually reaches the
aquifer where it is absorbed, much as a kitchen sponge absorbs water.
To obtain ground water, a well must be drilled down to the level of the aquifer,
and then the water must be pumped to the surface. Aquifers occur at different depths
in different areas, and the deeper the aquifer, the more difficult and more expensive it
is to extract its water. Furthermore, if water is taken from an aquifer at a higher rate
than it is recharged naturally, its level will drop, necessitating ever deeper wells. This
also creates problems with ground stability. As water is drained out of an aquifer, the
ground naturally tends to sink and compress, leading to greater risk of subsidence and
landslides. Since aquifers are fed through a slow acting system of drainage, they have
much slower recharge rates than surface water resources and are easily overtaxed.
Therefore, ground water is generally only used when surface water is unavailable,
even though ground water is far more abundant.
Like surface water, ground water can also become polluted, although not as
easily. The soil that water sinks through before reaching the aquifer acts as a natural
filter, leaching out some of the pollutants. Furthermore, the lack of oxygen in the
aquifer generally restricts the growth of bacteria, so most ground water can be
utilized safely without treatment. However, pollution can enter an aquifer when
pollution sources are buried underground, such as they are in landfills. In other areas,
the presence of heavy metal, nearly all of which are highly toxic in the human body,
may render ground water undrinkable.
1. According to paragraph 1, all of the following are true of fresh water EXCEPT:
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B. Much of it is unavailable for human use.
A. Melting glaciers
B. Underground springs
C. Precipitation
D. Filtration of seawater
D. They are unable to cope with rising levels of bacteria in surface water.
7. In paragraph 3, the author mentions the abundance of the ground water in order to
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D. explain why it is only used in rural areas
10. Which of the following can be inferred from paragraph 5 about heavy metals?
Your answer:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Part 4: The Reading Passage has five paragraphs (A-E). Choose the most suitable
heading for each paragraph from the list of headings below. Write the appropriate
numbers (i-vi) in boxes 1-5 on your answer part. (5 points)
NB There are more headings than paragraphs so you will not use all of them.
PAPER RECYCLING
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A. Paper is different from other waste produce because it comes from a sustainable
resource: trees. Unlike the minerals and oil used to make plastics and metals, trees are
replaceable. Paper is also biodegradable, so it does not pose as much threat to the
environment when it is discarded. While 45 out of every 100 tones of wood fibre
used to make paper in Australia comes from waste paper, the rest comes directly from
virgin fibre from forests and plantations. By world standards this is a good
performance since the world-wide average is 33 per cent waste paper. Governments
have encouraged waste paper collection and sorting schemes and at the same time,
the paper industry has responded by developing new recycling technologies that have
paved the way for even greater utilization of used fibres. As a result, industry’s use of
recycled fibres is expected to increase at twice the rate of virgin fibres over the
coming years.
B. Already, waste paper constitutes 70% of paper used for packaging and advances in
the technology required to remove ink from the paper have allowed a higher recycled
content in newsprint and writing paper. To achieve the benefits of recycling, the
community must also contribute. We need to accept a change in the quality of paper
products; for example stationery may be less white and of a rougher texture. There
also needs to be support from the community for waste paper collection programs.
Not only do we need to make the paper available to collectors but it also needs to be
separated into different types and sorted from contaminants such as staples,
paperclips, string and other miscellaneous items.
C. There are technical limitations to the amount of paper which can be recycled and
some paper products cannot be collected for re-use. These include paper in the form
of books and permanent records, photographic paper and paper which is badly
contaminated. The four most common sources of paper for recycling are factories and
retail stores which gather large amounts of packaging material in which goods are
delivered, also offices which have unwanted business documents and computer
output, paper converters and printers and lastly households which discard newspapers
and packaging material. The paper manufacturer pays a price for the paper and may
also incur the collection cost.
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D. Once collected, the paper has to be sorted by hand by people trained to recognise
various types of paper. This is necessary because some types of paper can only be
made from particular kinds of recycled fibre. The sorted paper then has to be
repulped or mixed with water and broken down into its individual fibres. This
mixture is called stock and may contain a wide variety of contaminating materials,
particularly if it is made from mixed waste paper which has had little sorting. Various
machineries are used to remove other materials from the stock. After passing through
the repulping process, the fibres from printed waste paper are grey in colour because
the printing ink has soaked into the individual fibres. This recycled material can only
be used in products where the grey colour does not matter, such as cardboard boxes
but if the grey colour is not acceptable, the fibres must be de-inked. This involves
adding chemicals such as caustic soda or other alkalis, soaps and detergents, water-
hardening agents such as calcium chloride, frothing agents and bleaching agents.
Before the recycled fibres can be made into paper they must be refined or treated in
such a way that they bond together.
E. Most paper products must contain some virgin fibre as well as recycled fibres and
unlike glass, paper cannot be recycled indefinitely. Most paper is down-cycled which
means that a product made from recycled paper is of an inferior quality to the original
paper. Recycling paper is beneficial in that it saves some of the energy, labour and
capital that go into producing virgin pulp. However, recycling requires the use of
fossil fuel, a non-renewable energy source, to collect the waste paper from the
community and to process it to produce new paper. And the recycling process still
creates emissions which require treatment before they can be disposed of safely.
Nevertheless, paper recycling is an important economical and environmental practice
but one which must be carried out in a rational and viable manner for it to be useful
to both industry and the community.
(Cambridge IELTS)
i. Process of paper recycling
ii. Less threat of waste paper to the environment
iii. Collection of paper for recycling
iv. Sources of paper for recycling
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v. Bad sides of paper recycling
vi. Contribution of community to recycling paper
Your answer
1. Paragraph A __________
2. Paragraph B __________
3. Paragraph C __________
4. Paragraph D __________
5. Paragraph E __________
SUMMARY
Complete the summary below of the first two paragraphs of the Reading Passage.
Choose ONE OR TWO WORDS from the Reading Passage for each answer. Write
your answers inboxes 1-5 on your answer part. (5 points)
From the point of view of recycling, paper has two advantages over minerals
and ...........oil.......... in that firstly it comes from a resource which is ........
(1) ........ and secondly it is less threatening to our environment when we throw it
away because it is ....... (2) ...... Although Australia’s record in the re-use of waste
paper is good, it is still necessary to use a combination of recycled fibre and ........
(3) ........ to make new paper. The paper industry has contributed positively and
people have also been encouraged by .........(4) ......... to collect their waste on a
regular basis. One major difficulty is the removal of ink from used paper but .........
(5) ......... are being made in this area.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Part 5: You are going to read an article in which four people are talking about
sport. For questions 1 -10, choose from the people (A- D). The people may be
chosen more than once. ( 10 points)
A. Luke Hazelton
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My mum is the team manager for the Olympic diving team and when I was a
baby I used to go with her to the pool and jump in and out- now I practice diving
every day after school and on Saturdays. I’m really too tall to be a great diver and my
long legs make it difficult to do somersaults, so I don’t think I’ll ever make it to the
top. But nevertheless, I find it exhilarating when I’m diving well. If it is a
complicated dive, I have to concentrate very hard, which is difficult if I feel nervous.
My dad’s support is very motivating for me. I take part in about ten competitions a
year, both national and international. The best thing about it is that you make new
friends from different countries. I do trampolining for the regional team, which
prepares me for diving- the moves are similar but you don’t land in water! The one
thing I don’t like about it is that doing my homework takes up my spare time and I
don’t have much time to go out with my friends from school.
B. Natalie Harris
Last year our netball team was promoted to the top league and so the coach
became very strict. At that level, every move is scrutinized and discussed, which
makes everyone feel very pressurized. There’s a lot of competition to get chosen for
the team and sometimes I got substituted. When I played last year, I would look at the
subs sitting on the sidelines and not really care, but when I started to become one
myself I had a whole new perspective on the game. Now I realize that when you’re
not the best at a sport it doesn’t seem as much fun as when you’re a top player. I left
the team earlier this year, as the pressure of playing in matches was too much; it was
becoming a frustration instead of a recreation. I still enjoy playing netball with my
friends in gym classes, when I can relax without worrying about impressing my
coach all the time.
C. Joanne Whittaker
I was good at football and I really enjoyed playing left back in the school team.
Then one Saturday when I was 14, I went to watch the local ice hockey team play. It
was so exciting and became a real turning point in my life. School football seemed so
dull in comparison. I discovered that there was a local women’s ice hockey team just
being set up. At first, the coach thought I was too young and too inexperienced as I’d
only done occasional fun skating on Saturday afternoons. But she agreed to give me a
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trial and I have been playing for three years now. I’ll really find out what I can do in
June when we go to take part in a women’s international ice hockey competition in
Prague.
D. James Spiers
I knew I was serious about rugby when I scored a try in my first game. I was
named “player of the year” at my club last year and I’m also captain of my school
team. My uncle often comes to watch me play. He’s very competitive so that is
probably why I am too. Losing makes me feel that I’ve done something wrong. It
doesn’t happen very often, though. I’m not normally an aggressive person but, on the
rugby pitch, I am. I don’t think girls should play rugby as it’s so aggressive and they
could easily get injured. Most of my schoolmates play rugby and all of them are
sporty. I can’t imagine my life without rugby! I’m going to agricultural college when
I leave school and eventually will take over my uncle’s farm, but I hope there’ll still
be time for lots of rugby. If I have a son, I’ll want to help coach his team and I’d be
disappointed if he wasn’t interested in sports. I’ll definitely be a competitive dad!
Your answer:
Which person
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SECTION D. WRITING (50 points)
Part 1: Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first
sentence. (10 points)
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