EXAMINATION in Advanced Writing test.

REVISION
WRITING FOR CAE
Part 1
Input material (e.g. a letter)

Candidates write one of the following

(180–220 words):
• letter
• report
• article
• proposal
Part 2
Choice of five questions (including one on set
text)

Candidates write one of the following

(220–260 words):
 letter essay
 report review
 article information sheet
 proposal contribution to a longer piece
What make a good piece of writing?
 A good piece of writing:

• conveys information and ideas

• uses appropriate format and register
• orders and links ideas logically and clearly
• has a range of grammar and vocabulary used accurately.
The assessment scales
• Content

• Communicative achievement

• Organisation

• Language
The assessment scales
• Content
• ability to convey information and ideas
• Communicative achievement

• Organisation

• Language
The assessment scales
• Content
• ability to convey information and ideas
• Communicative achievement
• ability to use the appropriate format and register
• Organisation

• Language
The assessment scales
• Content
• ability to convey information and ideas
• Communicative achievement
• ability to use the appropriate format and register
• Organisation
• ability to organise and link ideas logically and clearly
• Language
The assessment scales
• Content
• ability to convey information and ideas
• Communicative achievement
• ability to use the appropriate format and register
• Organisation
• ability to organise and link ideas logically and clearly
• Language
• ability to use a range of grammar and vocabulary
accurately.
The subscales at C1
Minor irrelevances and/or omissions may be present.
Content Target reader is, on the whole, informed.

Uses the conventions of the communicative task

Communicative effectively to hold the target reader’s attention and
achievement communicate straightforward and complex ideas, as
appropriate.
Text is well organised and coherent, using a variety of
Organisation cohesive devices and organisational patterns to
generally good effect.
Uses a range of vocabulary, including less common
Language lexis appropriately.
Uses a range of simple, and complex grammatical
forms with control and flexibility. Occasional errors
may be present but do not impede communication.
1.A review is an article in a newspaper or
magazine in which someone gives their views
on a book, play, film, TV programme, etc.
The purpose of a review is firstly to give factual
information about the subject, and secondly to
give an opinion about it which will help the
reader to decide whether to buy the book, see the
play or film, etc.
 FORMAT:

I. Introduction: a description of the subject.

Book: What kind of book is it (thriller/ historical novel/ science fiction,
etc.)? Is it different in any way from other books of this type?
Play/ Film/ TV programme: What is it about? Is there anything special/
unusual about the production? Where/ Which channel is it on? Are there
any well-known actors? Who is the director/ producer? Is it part of a
series?

II. Plot:
What happens? Remember to use the present tenses. Give an outline but
don’t give the ending away!
 FORMAT:

III. A general consideration of the subject:

Comment on the successful and unsuccessful features giving
reasons for your comments.
Play/ film/ TV programme: Who starred in the (film)? Was the
acting convincing? Was it well directed? Book: How good is
the characterisation? Comment on as many aspects as you can.
IV. A recommendation:
Do you feel the (film) will appeal to most people? Why/ why
not? Your conclusion should contain a judgement/
recommendation, backed up by good reasons for your
comments
 USEFUL LANGUAGE:
The (film) is directed/ produced by... / It stars ...
The role of X is played by ...
X gives a superb/ thrilling/ disappointing performance ...
It is extremely readable/ rather heavy ...
It is set in ... It is a beautifully written novel
It is published/ illustrated by...
It portrays/ shows/ describes/ tells the story of/ deals with ...
The plot centres on ...
I found the plot rather weak/ unconvincing
I can thoroughly recommend ...
 Sample 1
The British-American production “The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas” is a drama film
directed by Mark Herman. Based on the book of the same name, this story of
friendship and two different childhood experiences in the middle of the Second World
War will move you to tears.

Asa Butterfield portrays an eight-year old German boy, Bruno, whose father is an
important Nazi officer. It all begins when his father is promoted and the family have to
move. Different from their fancy house in the city, this one is in the middle of nowhere
and near to a concentration camp. Bored and with no friends to play with, Bruno
decides to explore the new surroundings, although he is not allowed to do so. After
running through the forest for a while, he finds himself in front of a large fence that
separates him from people in “striped pyjamas” and from Shmuel, a Jewish boy played
by Jack Scanlon, who will become his friend. Bruno often returns to the fence to bring
the boy food and to play with him. One day Shmuel’s father is missing and Bruno
decides help his friend in the search so he gets into the camp and something really
unexpected happens.
 Sample 1

The outstanding performances of the two young actors make the plot
vivid and touching. The film is sensitively written since it contrasts the
life of two boys of the same age that are growing up in two very different
social contexts.

You should definitely see “The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas” since you
would see the holocaust from the point of view of two innocent boys that
the only thing they want is to be friends no matter what religion they
belong to.
 Sample 2

“Across The Universe” is a romantic musical film directed by Julie

Taymor. It is mainly set in Liverpool and in Greenwich Village. It
provides an original insight into the chaos of the 1960s, the riotous years
of anti-war manifestations and rock ‘n roll.

The main characters are Jude and Lucy, played by Jim Sturgess and Evan
Rachel Wood. Jude, a metal worker on the docks in Liverpool, travels to
the USA in search of his lost father and in order to have a better life. It is
there that he meets Lucy, a school girl. They immediately fall in love.
The film centres on both of them, two passionate lovers, along with a
group of friends and musicians who eagerly join peace and political
movements.
 Sample 2
Unfortunately, their fairy tale life takes an unexpected twist when things
on the protests become worse. The young lovers are torn apart and each
of them goes their separate ways. They will have to prove their love is
stronger than anything else, to strive for their rights and to find their way
back to each other.
“Across The Universe” is definitely a marvellous film. It has all the
makings of a first-class musical. The outstanding performance of the
whole cast and the unique adaptation of the Beatles songs makes it a
ground-breaking film. One particular strength of the film is the
psychedelic visual effects. The flamboyant visuals will keep you on the
edge of your seat.
If you are a Beatle fan, and one of those who are into musicals, you
should definitely see it.
 REPORT
 Title:

To:
From:
Subject:
Date:
I. Reason of writing (Introduction)
The aim/objective/purpose of this report is to
compare/examine/evaluate/describe/outline (some suggestions) /analyse
(some suggestions)/expose/present/give information on/regarding
the/recommend/consider/suggest

This report aims to... etc.

 REPORT
II. Body
Headings from the task
It should be considered, it is worth considering
The first observation to make is (concerns)
First of all/Firstly
Secondly/ Furthermore/Moreover
Lastly/Finally
According to (the majority of respondents)
 REPORT
III. Making/giving recommendations

 I would strongly recommend that ... should + bare infinitive

 In the light of the results of the survey I would advise against...
 I feel it would be to our advantage if...
 The best solution is/would be to...
 This will have an impact on + noun

IV. Conclusion
 As long as/provided that these recommendations are taken into consideration
 In conclusion...
 The reseach shows/demonstrates
 From the research/the evidence we conclude that
 Exercise
This is a kind of task you might be asked to write in Part 1 of
the Writing paper in CAE.

Your language school has just started four-week study trips to

the UK. You have been asked by the principal of the school to
get feedback from all the students who participated and write
a report detailing what students were positive about, what
problems they had, and making suggestions for improving
future study trips.
 Exercise
You have made notes covering the views of the majority of the
participants:
- People with families much happier than the ones who stayed in the
halls of residence because they were able to speak to the families a bit.
- School OK and classes good but almost everyone complained about the
lunch (just a sandwich). Some thought six hours a day too much.
- People not very keen on some weekend cultural programes. Trips to
London and Oxford great, Bath and Stratford boring.
- On all trips too much sightseeing and not enough time for shopping!
Write your report in 180-220 words
 Exercise
Planning your report
Before you begin to write, you need to make a plan of the
structure of your report. For example:
introduction (aim)
the accommodation
the school
the cultural programme
conclusion (summary and recommendations)

You also need to think about the style of your report. One
important skill which is being tested here is register transfer,
that is the ability to transfer from, for example, informal to
formal language.
 Exercise
The notes are written in an informal way and you need to
think of more suitable alternatives which you can use for a
formal report. You also need to think of alternatives for the
expressions used in the text, which will reveal the extent of
your vocabulary.
For example:
much happier – were more satisfied
were able to speak to the families a bit - had the opportunity
to practice the language in real-life
 Exercise
 school OK – the school was generally considered to be satisfactory
 almost everyone – the overwhelming majority
 complained about – expressed disappointment with
 the lunch – the midday meal
 some thought – several people were of the opinion that
 too much – excessive
 not very keen on – did not express great enthusiasm for
 great – exceptionally enjoyable
 boring – not especially stimulating
 not enough time for shopping – there was a general view that more
time should have been allowed for buying souvenirs
 Sample Answer
Report on the recent Study Trip to the UK
Introduction
The aim of this report is to summarise the views of participants of the
recent month-long trip to the UK, and to offer some suggestions for
increasing student satisfaction in the future.
Accommodation
It was apparent that those students who stayed with host families were
more satisfied with this aspect of the trip than those who stayed in
university halls of residence. The reason for this is that the former had
the opportunity to practice the language in real-life situations, and thus
gained an extra benefit from the trip.
 Sample Answer
The school
Participants were generally satisfied with the school, especially the teaching
aspect. However, the overwhelming majority expressed disappointment with
the midday meal, in which only a sandwich was provided. Several people were
of the opinion that six hours of lessons was somewhat excessive and would
have preferred a less demanding schedule.

The cultural programme

Participants did not express great enthusiasm for some of the destinations in the
weekend cultural programmes. The excursions to London and Oxford were
generally deemed to be exceptionally enjoyable, while Bath and Stratford were
considered to be not especially stimulating. It was also felt that more time
should have been allowed for buying souvenirs and less for visiting the various
cultual sites.
 Sample Answer
Conclusion
In conclusion, we can say that the majority of the participants were
generally satisfied with the study holiday, although improvements could
certainly be made. In particular, students should be encouraged to stay
with host families and the school should be requested to improve its
catering arrangements and review its educational and cultural
programme.
 Exercise 2
Report on education in your country

Read the question below.

An International research group is investigating attitudes to education in
different parts of the world. You have been asked to write a report on
education in your country. Your report should address the following
questions:
 What are the strengths and weaknesses of education in your country?
 What educational developments would you like to see in your country
in the future?

Write your report

 Exercise 2
Planning your report
Don’t try to be too ambitious. The word limit means that you will have
to restrict your report to one or two areas.
The question gives you a logical structure for organizing your report,
namely:
- Introduction (purpose of the report)
- Strengths (broad-based curriculum, continuity of teachers)
- Weaknesses (teacher motivation, no recognition of merit)
- Recommendations (more autonomy for individual schools)
The question will require a formal or neutral style, so you should avoid
contractions and idiomatic forms.
 Exercise 2
It may be helpful to make a note of some words and phrases
which you want to include. For example:
 A brief overview
 A broad-based curriculum
 A wide range of subjects
 A balanced education
 Continuity of teaching
 Recruited on the basis of national lists
 Reward merit
 Motivation
 Develop professionally
 Exercise 2
The Education System in Vietnam
The purpose of this report is to give a brief overview of the current
education system in Vietnam, its strengths and weaknesses, and to make
some recommendations for the future.
Strengths
All state schools in Viet Nam work to a broad-based curriculum, in
which students study a wide range of subjects until the final year of
compulsory education. This gives students a more balanced education
than is the case in countries where pupils are obliged to specialize in
fewer subjects at an earlier age. In addition, emphasis is placed on
continuity of teaching, so that teachers may often work with the same
class for several years.
 Exercise 2
Weaknesses
Teachers in Vietnam are recruited on the basis of national lists, rather
than by individual schools. This often means that a teacher from one part
of Vietnam may be forced to accept a job in another region, or lose their
place on the waiting list. As a result, teachers often have little personal
loyalty to their colleagues or their superiors. In addition, teachers are
paid according to a national scale rather than on merit, and once in place
are practically impossible to remove. This means that teachers have little
motivation to do more than the bare minimum required or develop
professionally. Many teachers, indeed, have second jobs which they
perform after school hours.
 Exercise 2
Recommendations
In the future I would like to see more autonomy given to individual
schools over recruitment. In this way, a head teacher would be able
to select the teachers according to the real needs of the institution.
They should also have the power to sanction and ultimately remove
unsatisfactory teachers and reward merit.
 Exercise 3
Report on a work experience holiday

Read the question below.

During your last holidays, you and your friend, Alex, worked in an
international holiday centre organizing activities for young children. Tim
Allsop, the Manager of the holiday centre, has written to you asking for
a report about your experiences.

Read the email from Alex, together with some notes you have made.
Then, using the information appropriately, write a report for Tim Allsop,
outlining your experiences and making suggestions for improvements.
 Exercise 3
From: Alex:
Subject: Our holiday experience
It was great to work together, and I enjoyed being with the kids.
The social life was good. Pity Toni got fed up and left early – he’d
have enjoyed the second week more. At least the food improved
and the work got easier, don’t you think?
Own notes
 Thought I’d be teaching children sports, not arts
 Accommodation awful
 Only with people from own country
 Needed clearer advance information
Write your report. You should use your own words as far as
possible. (180-220 words)
 Exercise 3
Here is a way of approaching this task.

Make a plan. Divide your report into 2 main sections – a general

overview of the experience and suggestions for improvements. Note
down what you want to include in each section, and check that you have
not omitted any points. Remember that failing to include information
will lose you valuable marks. You have a lot of information to include
and you must be careful not to exceed the maximum word limit by more
than a few words.

Overview (kids great, social life great, Toni left, work got easier, arts
not sport, only with co-nationals)
Suggestions (accommodation, clearer advance info, better
international mix)
 Exercise 3
Report on Holiday Centre Work Experience

General Comments
I took part in this programme, together with two friends, from July 3 to
July 17, 2010. On the whole, the other participants and I enjoyed this
opportunity to work with young children. In addition, the leisure
activities were excellent. However, I had been under the impression that
I would be teaching sports, rather than arts as was the case, and I feel I
was not best suited to this role. For similar reasons, one member of our
group was dissatisfied with the tasks which had been assigned to him
and left after the first week. We were also disappointed that all the
helpers were of the same nationality, and thus we had no opportunity to
broaden our cultural horizons.
 Exercise 3
Suggestions for Improvements
We feel that the accommodation was not up to standard and
alternative arrangements need to be made. Although the work
became easier in the second week as we adapted to our
allotted tasks, we would have appreciated more detailed
information before the start of the holiday regarding exactly
what work we would be expected to undertake. Finally, we
feel that more effort could be made to ensure a more
international mix of participants, which would benefit both
children and helpers.

I hope you will find these comments helpful.

 WRITING AN ARTICLE (1)
What is an article?
An article
• is a piece of writing usually intended for publication in a newspaper,
magazine or journal
• is written for a wide audience, so it is essential to attract and retain the
readers’ attention
• may include amusing stories, reported speech and descriptions
• can be formal or informal, depending on the target audience
• should be written in an interesting or entertaining manner
• should give opinions and thoughts, as well as facts
• is in a less formal style than a report
 WRITING AN ARTICLE (2)
An article can
• describe an experience, event, person or place
• present an opinion or balanced argument
• compare and contrast
• provide information
• offer suggestions
• offer advice
 WRITING AN ARTICLE (3)
A realistic article should consist of
1. an eye-catching title which attracts the readers’ attention and
suggests the theme of the article. (Think about why you read a
magazine or newspaper article recently - what made you read
it?) Articles can also have subheadings before each paragraph.
2. an introduction which clearly defines the topic to be covered
and keeps the reader’s attention.
3. the main body of two to five paragraphs in which the topic is
further developed in detail.
4. the conclusion - summarising the topic or a final opinion,
recommendation or comment.
 WRITING AN ARTICLE (4)
REMEMBER
Before you begin writing it is important to consider:
• where is the article going to appear - in a newspaper or
magazine?
• who are the intended readers - a specific group such as
students or teenagers, or adults in general?
• what is the aim of the article - to advise, suggest, inform,
compare and contrast, describe, etc.?
 WRITING AN ARTICLE (5)
Imagine you have been asked to write the following article:
Have you studied abroad?

Have you spent time studying in another country? We invite you, our
readers, to submit an article on your experiences in that country, to be
included in our forthcoming series on living and studying abroad.
Share your experiences with us. Tell us what you studied and about any
difficulties you faced while you were there. Have you changed as a result
of this?
Write your article. (250 words)
 WRITING AN ARTICLE (6)

First think about:

• Where is the article going to appear? (In a magazine.)
• Who are the intended readers? (Probably a fairly wide age group.)
• What is the aim of the article? (To talk about your experiences, good and bad, while
studying abroad.)

Then you need to decide:

• Which country have you studied in?
• How long were you there for?
• What did you study?
• What problems did you have while you were there?
• How have you changed?

Brainstorm your ideas and make notes of what you are going to include.
 WRITING AN ARTICLE (7)

Then, after some thought, you should be able to think of a topic sentence which can be
expanded into a paragraph. For example, a topic sentence which could start an
introduction is:
‘Studying abroad is an exciting experience, giving you the opportunity to learn more
about the traditions and culture of the host country and its people.’

This could then be expanded into the following paragraph:

‘Studying abroad is an exciting experience, giving you the opportunity to learn

more about the traditions and culture of the host country and its people. Apart
from the excellent education I received during three years in England, I also
made a wide circle of friends and improved my language skills. I learned how
to face and deal with various problems, and as a result, have become more
independent and self-confident.’
 WRITING AN ARTICLE (8)

If we extract the ideas out of this one paragraph, it is possible to form a plan for the
article, based on the topic sentences:

INTRODUCTION - Paragraph 1: Exciting experience, learn about the host

country and the people.

MAIN BODY - Paragraph 2: Education, friends and language skills.

- Paragraph 3 : Various problems.

CONCLUSION - Paragraph 4: Result - independent and self-confident.

With the above plan, it is now possible to proceed to write the article, simply by
enlarging on each topic sentence so that you can produce a paragraph about that idea.
It is also easier to think of a title.
 WRITING AN ARTICLE (9)

Read the following article based on the above plan.

LEARNING ABOUT LIFE

Studying abroad is an exciting experience, giving you the opportunity to learn more
about the traditions and culture of the host country and its people. Apart from the
excellent education I received during three years in England, I also made a wide circle
of friends and improved my language skills. I learned how to face and deal with
various problems, and as a result, have become more independent and self-confident.

I studied English Literature and this, along with making many friends both at university
and through the part-time job I had, helped improve my English. Although I already
spoke the language quite well, when I first arrived I had trouble understanding some
accents and the slang or colloquialisms that are in everyday use. Now I am a much
more fluent and natural speaker, and my writing has been improved.
 WRITING AN ARTICLE (10)

The biggest problems I faced were finding somewhere to live when I did
not know the area well, getting the electricity and phone connected and
generally learning to look after myself. I had to get used to shopping,
cooking and doing the housework, as well as studying and working, so I
quickly mastered the art of planning my time sensibly.

Although adapting to living in a new country is not easy, once the initial
homesickness and missing the family has been overcome, learning to
fend for yourself certainly makes you a more independent person, and
definitely more self-confident. My time abroad helped me grow as a
person and I feel I could tackle any problem now in a calm and confident
manner, without having to immediately ask someone for his help.
 WRITING AN ARTICLE/ EXERCISE

Look at this CAE question.

We invite you, our readers to submit an article on new technology and

how it affects your life. Your article should outline the impact of new
technology on your life now. You should also explain what further
changes are likely to take place in the near future and how these could
affect you.
 EXERCISE (1)

To answer this question you will need to make a few notes. First, think of examples of
new technology. One or two ideas will be enough. What effect have these had?

Examples of new technology:

- Smart phones /social networking sites (constant contact with friends/family/news)
- MP3 players, music downloads (all music available, portable).

Then you need to think about future developments. Again, only one or two will be
necessary, or you risk writing too much.

Further changes :
- e-readers (books, magazines)
- TV, film on demand
 EXERCISE (2)

Plan how you will divide the article into paragraphs. Make sure that these are clearly
indicated by indentation (leaving a space from the margin) if you are writing by hand.

Paragraph 1 – introduction
Paragraph 2 – phones / networks
Paragraph 3 – music
Paragraph 4 – e-readers (and, if I have words left, TV/film on demand)
 EXERCISE (3)

Write down any useful phrases that occur to you that you want to include:

Technology has made enormous leaps

Life has been transformed
Breakthroughs
Would have been unimaginable
Thanks to
I, on the other hand,
Or take music
My entire music collection
As for the future
In all probability
This will mean
 EXERCISE (4)

New Technology and Me

I am writing this article at the end of a decade in which technology has made enormous
leaps. My daily life has been transformed by a number of new breakthroughs, so that
what is normal to me now would have been unimaginable just a few years ago.

To begin with, consider the whole area of mobile phones and social networking. In my
pocket as I speak I have a little device which enables me to speak to my friends while I
am on the move, send them messages, and surf the internet. In addition, I can take
photos and send them around the world at the push of a button. Thanks to the spread of
social networking sites I can send and receive information from my friends, read what
they have posted to their profiles and comment on their activities.
 EXERCISE (5)

Take music as another example. If my father wanted to listen to a song,

he would have had to save up enough money to buy the record, go to a
shop and hope to find it. I, on the other hand, simply navigate to a
website with my mobile phone and the song is mine with a click. I can
carry around my entire music collection in my pocket.

As for the future, I imagine that the next frontier will be that of the
written word. In all probability, in the next few years I will be able to
find, download and read any book I want on a portable device. This will
mean it will no longer be necessary for me to carry bags of books to and
from college. What a relief that will be!
CAE Proposal
Proposal essentials

 Remember to ANSWER THE QUESTION that you were

asked
 Use a clear and simple layout with headings for each
section
 Write in a formal and impersonal style
 Start the proposal with a clear sentence that states the
purpose/
 Proposal essentials aim
 Finish your answer with a final sentence that is a
summary of your
opinion (based on what you have previously written)
 Total word count should be 220 - 260 words
Useful Language:
Introduction

 The aims of this proposal are to...

 The principal aims/objectives of this proposal are to..
 This proposal evaluates....
 This proposal is intended to present the...
 In this proposal I aim to...
Current/ Background Information

 Many students/local residents/pensioners/members of the

local community have commented that...
 There is a strong feeling among all concerned that...
 Following a survey of local residents it was found that...
 Comments made at the end of the questionnaires
suggest...
 Following a survey among families of young children...
 Concerned members of the local community were invited
to attend...
 A number of concerns with regard to the most recent
street party were expressed by locals...
Suggestions

It is recommended that...
There should be...
It would be advantageous/beneficial
to...
Final Recommendations

 If the above suggestions are implemented there would

be...
 Unless the recommendations are taken seriously, it is
unlikely that...
 Implementation of the above ideas would result in...
 If these recommendations are implemented, the situation
is bound to improve.
 Unless these suggestions are implemented, it is unlikely
that there will be any improvement in the short term.
 The results of the survey/questionnaire suggest
that ..................... would seem to be the best
option/choice/solution.
Planning
 Why preserve the building?
 How to modernize
 Benefit to local people
Why preserve building?

 Historic:
- Famous person lived there
- Famous event occurred there
 Architectural importance
 Landmark
 Local Pride
How to modernise

 Turn into offices/ flats

 Mixed use of both?
 Creative spaces
 Green spaces
 Solar panels
 Multi-story car park?
Benefit local people

 Great quality modern flats in local landmark

 Sense of pride in community
 Boost property values in area
 Create new jobs
 Connect areas of the city/town Reduce crime
SAMPLE ANSWER
Proposal to Repurpose Ducie Central

In this proposal I aim to persuade the Council that Ducie

Central is a landmark building, that its demolition is not in
the public interest, and that the building could still have a
bright future.

WHY DUCIE CENTRAL SHOULD BE PRESERVED

Ducie Central was the first adult education centre in the

city, and it stood as a point of pride for hundreds of years
before falling into neglect. Even today in its shabby,
vandalised state, it is warmly regarded - many older people
took classes there, and even some teenagers can remember
the annual fun fair that was held on the grounds.

But the building is more than memories - it's a place where

SAMPLE ANSWER
HOW IT CAN BE MODERNISED

Ducie is old and would cost a fortune to heat. There's no

doubt it would be expensive to insulate, install triple-glazed
windows, and set up solar panels on the roofs. However,
local architects and the Engineering College are willing to
work on my proposed redevelopment for free.

I recommend that one section be converted into office

space - that would help offset the cost of the project.
SAMPLE ANSWER
REDEVELOPMENT WOULD BENEFIT EVERYONE
It's not hard to see who would benefit from demolition -
property developers who would buy the land cheaply and
throw up some copy/paste housing. Modernising the building
and re-opening the college would benefit not only the people
who would study there but also the whole community. It
would be a focal point and we could hold the fun fair like in
the past.
CONCLUSION
I believe that modernising the building is the best choice
and strongly urge you to consider it.
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 CAE SPEAKING TEST

Duration: 15 minutes (23 minutes for groups of three at centres where

there's an odd number of candidates).
Participants: Candidates interviewed in pairs or threes. Two examiners:
one examiner asks the questions, the other acts as assessor and doesn't
speak during the interview.

Format: The test consists of four parts.

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Part 1 (Interview)
Tests ability to: use language for social purposes, e.g. making
introductions, answering questions, stating an opinion.

This first section of the CAE Speaking exam lasts about three
minutes (five minutes for groups of three) and gives the
examiner the chance to find out a little about you and your
partner through some 'getting-to-know-you' questions. These
will be simple questions to help 'break the ice', for example
questions about your family, your studies, where you come
from or what your interests are.
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Example Questions

The interview will begin with the examiner saying something like:

Q: Hello. My name is ........ and this is my colleague ........

Q: And your names are?
Q: Can I have your mark sheets please? ........ Thank you.
Q: First of all we'd like to know something about you.

The examiner will then ask each of you some questions. For example:

Q: Tell me about where you come from.

Q: Do you enjoy studying English?
Q: Do you have any hobbies or interests?
Q: Why are you preparing for the CAE exam?
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Tips!

You'll gain extra marks if you're able to give full, relevant

answers to these questions.

1) Offer more than the bare minimum in your answers.

Q: Tell me about where you come from.
A: I come from Bielefeld. (Don't stop there!) It's in the
northern part of Germany. It's a lovely place with a busy town
and it's also close to some nice countryside.
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Tips!
2) Avoid short, 'yes', 'no' answers.
Q: Do you enjoy studying English?
A: Yes I do! I quite like studying languages and English in
particular. I have a lot of English friends and love to be able to
communicate with them in their own language. And I love being
able to read English novels.
Q: Do you have any hobbies or interests?
A: No, not hobbies really. I used to like collecting things as a
child but that doesn't interest me now. I suppose you could say
music is a big interest, I especially like listening to English
bands.
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Tips!
3) Offer examples to help you explain a statement.

Q: Why are you preparing for the CAE exam?

A: Because it's important for my job. As part of my appraisal,
my boss advised me to take an English exam to help me
develop my professional skills. I passed FCE last year and if
I'm successful at CAE I'd like to try CPE.
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Part 2 (Long Turn)

Tests ability to: speak at length coherently, use language to describe,

compare and contrast, hypothesise and comment upon a topic.

Part 2 of the CAE Speaking test lasts about 4 minutes (six minutes for
groups of three). Candidate A is passed a set of pictures and has to speak
about the pictures without interruption, either from the examiner or their
partner. When Candidate A has finished the examiner asks Candidate B
to answer a brief question about the pictures. The roles are then reversed:
Candidate B is given a different set of pictures and speaks for 1 minute
followed by Candidate A, who answers a brief question about the
pictures.
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 CAE SPEAKING TEST
Part 2 (Long Turn)

Notice there are TWO instructions here: first to 'compare and

contrast' the photographs and also to speculate on how the
students 'may be feeling'. In Part 2 candidates are required to
show they can do more than simply describe and will need to
show the ability to speculate or hypothesize on a particular
topic or scene.
 CAE SPEAKING TEST
Tips!
1. The picture set will have a general theme but try to find two that are
either very similar or very different in some way. This will give you a
basis on which to compare and/or contrast the two pictures. In the
example above, pictures two and three show two contrasting educational
settings: the formal lecture theatre in picture two compared to the
relaxed outdoor scene in picture three.

2. In terms of hypothesizing, pictures two and three offer a good

opportunity to speculate on how students in each contrasting situation
might be feeling. Think about opportunities for hypothesizing when
choosing your pictures.
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Tips!
3. Signpost the end of your talk by adding a personal reaction to the
pictures. For example:

'The two people in picture three look like they're enjoying themselves but
personally, I think I'd prefer to spend my study time in a lecture theatre
where I'd be more able to concentrate on learning'.

4. Many people preparing for the CAE oral exam worry about not having
enough to say in the time available or not having enough time to express
their ideas. The best way to get the timing right is to practise making
short talks on various topics on your own. (Or in front of a friend if
you're feeling brave!)
 CAE SPEAKING TEST
Part 3: (Two-Way Discussion)

Tests ability to: use language to discuss and interpret, to agree,

disagree or agree to disagree, negotiate and collaborate, to
rank or classify.

In Part 3 of the CAE Speaking test, which lasts about four

minutes (six minutes for groups of three), the examiner will
ask you and your partner to talk about another set of visual
prompts together.
 CAE SPEAKING TEST
Part 3: (Two-Way Discussion)
Example Task

The examiner will say something on the lines of:

Q: I'd like you to talk about something together for three minutes. (Five
minutes for groups of three)

Q: Here are your pictures showing different occupations. Discuss the

role these people have in our lives. Then decide which job tends to be the
most stressful.

Q: All right?
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 CAE SPEAKING TEST
Part 3: (Two-Way Discussion)

Notice there are TWO instructions. The first asks you to

'discuss' the role of the people, and the second asks you to
'decide' which job is the most stressful. This means you're
required not only to talk about each visual but also to show
your ability to negotiate and collaborate with your partner. You
don't have to reach agreement but you must at least work
towards this.
 CAE SPEAKING TEST
Tips!
It will help both yourself and your partner if you work together collaboratively on this
task.
1. Be prepared to ask your partner for his or her opinion rather than simply stating your
own.

2. Listen 'actively' to what your partner says, responding to comments he or she makes.
Use expressions such as the following to comment on something:
"That's an interesting point."
"I was interested in what you said about ..."
"So, when you say ........, do you mean ........?"
"Could you explain what you mean by .......?"

3. Use expressions to allow yourself time to think. For example: 'That's a good
question.', 'Well, let me think ...'
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Tips!
4. In order to bring the discussion to a constructive conclusion try using
expressions such as the following:

"So, weighing up the pros and cons, do you think …?"

"Are we generally in agreement that …?"
"So, all in all do we feel …?"
"Essentially, do we all agree that …?"
"So, to sum up …"
"So, in general …"
"It seems we’ve reached the conclusion that …"
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Part 4: (Three-Way Discussion)
Tests ability to: use language to summarise, report and explain decisions;
develop a topic further.

In Part 4 of the CAE Speaking test, which lasts about four minutes (six
for groups of three), the examiner will join the discussion and ask
candidates questions related to the visuals used in Part 3.
Example Questions
Q: Do any of these jobs have a special status in your country?
Q: Which jobs do you think offer the greatest personal satisfaction?
Q: Do any of these jobs appeal to you?
 CAE SPEAKING TEST
Tips!
1. Again, avoid short, 'yes', 'no' answers to the examiner's
questions.

2. Use techniques to make your contributions powerful, for

example by using short, personal anecdotes to help make a point.

3. Continue to work with your partner. Respond constructively and

show interest in things he or she says.
 Test 1(part 3)
15. Wolf generated a furore (su kham phuc) in certain circles when it was first
perfomed, didn’t it? Yes, it attracted its fair share of criticism, but it’s also been
welcomed as one of the most fascinating modern dance production in recent years.
16. Well, as I understand it, the pack of dogs represents this return to a primitive state
17. But I think it’s now going beyond the genre of dance and turning into something
else.
18. Apparently, the dancer works intensively with them during rehearsal, and the dogs
have learned to imitate his movements. That fascinates audience.
19. During the performance I saw a member of the audience in the front row tried to
call the dogs over to him, which made them look away from the dancers towards the
audience. It spoiled the mood, though of course, this wasn’t the dogs’ faults
20. But for me, the most striking aspect of the production was the lurking (an chua)
possibility of aggression.
 Test 1(part 4)
S1: 26. It’s much easier if you arrange a regular routine for youself.
Then after a while it becomes a source of pride to continue the way
you’ve started- as if you’d be breaking a promise to yourself if you
stopped.
21. That’s why I’ve entered for the London Marathon next year,
despite being over 40. I want to be ready for it and every time I go to
the gym that’s what I focus on while I work out.
S2: 22. I’m not what you’d call a fitness fanatic (nguoi cuong tin). But
about 3 years ago I was knocked off my bike by a car, and I had to stay
in hospital for a month.
27. I mean, you can’t expect to be fit if you have such unhealthy
habits, can you?.
 Test 1(part 4)
S3: 23. One of the reasons I work out in the gym is that I’ve got to know
a lot of people here and I enjoyed seeing them.
28. It’s as though it’s in the blood. I have a friend who doesn’t eat
much and takes regular exercise, but he’s still overweight. It’s as if his
body doesn’t wants to be thin.
S4: 29. I used to go for a walk every morning to the local shops; plenty
of healthy exercise. But now they’ve all closed, there’s one of those
massive supermarkets on the edge of town, and I have to take a bus
there
24. I have high blood pressure, you see, and I don’t want to end up
having a heart attack like my father and grandmother
 Test 1(part 4)
S5: 25. As a professional golfer I don’t really have any
choice: I simply must do my 3 hours in the gym every
morning to make sure I can play the game properly.
30. It’s become so much part of my life that I think it would
be hard to stop
 Test 2(part 1)
1. Well, it’s not just a form of physical exercise. The term Tai Chi refers to harmony in
all life forces. The double-fish symbol we in the West refers to as the Yin and Yang
symbolis in fact the Tai Chi’u symbol, representing perfect balance… This is
reflected in everyday events and activities: night becoming day, hot becoming cold
and winter changing to summer, are all examples of Tai Chi in action

2. Each sequence of movements is designed to

bring about harmony in your body, and shoul flow
into one another in a continuous manner……
In fact, it takes years of practice and concentration
to get the flow between movements close to what
it needs to be.
 Test 2(part 1)
3. But the thing was I ended up loving it. The kids were great, and it was a real laugh.
Of course, it had nothing to do with my studies-mechanical engineering-but it taught
me a lot about how to get along with people, you know?
4. Basically, because it brought me to my senses. I’d been planning to study hotel
management, and decided to use may gap year to get some practical experience by
doing internship training abroad. I got placed in this hotel in Rio de Janeiro and,
well, it was a real eye-opener, I can tell you. Within 2 weeks, I realized I wasn’t cut
out for (chuan bi truoc) that kind of thing and when I goi home I reapplied to study
Marketing.
5. …. There was this girl I had a crush on, and not knowing how to talk to her. I tried
to get her attention that way.
6. They also demand a suspension of disbelief from the audience, and technology has
helped me, through the development of special effects. The master of illusion on the
stage, just like the master of the cinema, is someone who is able to use such things
most effectively.
 Test 2(part 2)
7. I’ve just finished writing the biography of Robert Tewbridge, an amateur historian who
achieved a certain notoriety in his way.
8. He was born in Scotland, the son of a farmer.
9. …. And hoped he would study medicine at Edinburgh University, the idea being that he would
return to the highlands as a doctor and set up his own practice.
10. Robert had to find some way to keep body and soul together, and being a literary turn of
mind, he started writing for newspapers and journals. Indeed, during his lifetime Tewbridge
was known primarily for his articles and essays on some of the more controversial social and
political issues of the day.
11. I would hardly have had an insight into the private man without access to his personal
correspondence.
12. Tewbridge wrote literally thousands of letters during his lifetime, including an astonishing
number to his wife’s brother, a learned chap by all accounts. The two men became very
intimate and in these letters Tewbridge felt able to be frank and honest.
13. Apparently, it was after seeing a performance of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. This prompted
him to begin a lifelong study of Roman history.
14. In fact, when Tewbridge was in his fifties, he and his wife moved to Italy, where they lived
for the next 30 years, until his death, in fact.
 Test 2(part 3)
15. ... What I adore is trying things on- seeing how I look in outfits I wouldn’t normally buy
16. …. Treated with disdain (khinh bi) by aloof (khong than thien) staff in the expensive
ones-and feeling you are obliged to buy something if you’ve been in the shop longer than
10 minutes. I can’t stand that.
17. I mean, when we opened the first place, most people who came in felt a little stunned,
not sure how to repond, I suppose.
18. I asked the assistants to be far more outgoing (than mat) and upfront (chan thanh) than
usual. They were a bit shy at first, partly because they weren’t sure whether customers
would take it the right way or get offended and storm out. But they get quite a kick out of
it now.
19. But what never fails to thrill me is the sight of someone who isn’t at all sure at first
about wearing something new, and then she thinks she might as well because the
atmosphere’s so friendly, and in the end she’s delighted by a completely different, daring
outfit she’d never have tried on otherwise .
20. Having said that, I’m deeply aware that I tend to be lazy, I’m quite capable of just sitting
back and letting the cash going.
 Test 2(part 4)
S1: 21. Our organization sends leaflets out all the time to try and raise
awareness among employees in the various companies.
26. They just don’t realize they could make a significant difference
just by turning off computer monitors and electrical equipment at the
end of the day.
S2: 22. And I’ve got a new generation of university students looking to
me to find them an employer …….
27. And I’ve got a new generation of university students looking to
me to find them an employer whose environmental concerns are
similar to their own. So recruitment is harder for companies without a
good attitude.
 Test 2(part 4)
S3: 28. I think we should feel more encouraged about the environment
these days. After all, there are some positive signs. For instance, the
insurance company I work for no longer use energy derived from
burning of fossil fuels
23. And considering how many of us travel all over the country to sell
insurance, this does make a difference.
S4: 24. Here at Head office we show our employees…..
29. Here at Head office we show our employees exactly how much
energy can be saved by adopting particular practices
 Test 2(part 4)
S5: 25.Obviously, the fact that we publicise the initiatives
taken by the company to support the environment enhances
sales, so I be lying if it said it wasn’t.
30. After all, advertising is what my job’s all about. But we
also show our staff that we are sincere by giving them
incentives to follow our environmental initiatives at work. I
think that’s also important.
 Test 3 (part 1)
1. Did you know that, aside from the obvious tried and tested cold remedy, garlic also helps combat
high cholesterol levels, cure acne (mun trung ca) and even keeps mosquitoes at bay (giu k cho lai
gan). They’re averse to (ghet) the smell, too, apparently.
2. I’m not sure it’s good for the skin…You have to be careful even then, though. I’ve known people
who are allergic to it… It can bring you out in a rash (phat ban). Don’t forget , it’s a pretty powerful
substance and you know the saying:“Too much of a good thing”.
3. Now, it’s played on a court of bouncy (nay) inflatables (thuyen cao su) with a net in the middle. On
either side of the net there’s a circular trampoline. (tam bat)
4. He creates the atmosphere of the game. A good one is a DJ with a nice selection of music to set the
pace and get the crowd in the mood. Charisma is also useful ‘cause then the game becomes a show,
and people love it.
5. Fantastic! Let’s encourage society’s preocupation with
depression! Perhaps if they didn’t go on about it so much
people might stop fooling themselves that they’re suffering
from it.
6. What researchers don’t know yet is whether reduced
activity and lower number of cells is a cause of depression
or is caused by it.
 Test 3(part 2)
7. And then, quite by chance, builders excavating
(dao) the foundation for a new motorway in Yorkshire
unearthed a limestone chamber with the remains of a
chariot from that period

8,9,10,11. First of all, we know the chariot was rather special. It contained the skeleton of a
man aged between 30 and 40 years old, and this suggests that the chariot served a ceremonial
not a utilitarian purpose. The hypothesis borne out when it was discovered that it did not have
matching wheels, so it could not have been used for transport. The chamber also contained the
bones of over 250 cattle, and slaughter on this scale can only be explained if the person
interested in the chariot was very important- a tribal leader, in fact.

12. Thirdly, we know from the other sites that chariot burial was practised by a tribe known as
the Parisil. These people had arrived on these shores from France.
13. Finally, the finding is significant because it shows us that the Parisil inhabited region of the
country farther west than has previously been thought.
14. We’re hoping that a place for the chariot will be found at the British Museum, if we can
succeed in the very tricky task of lifting the remains out of the ground
 Test 3(part 3)
15. Three months ago, the town council decided to turn the centre of Carton
into a pedestrian precint-no cars at all. Which seemed like a terrific at first. I
was over the moon.
16. We’re livid (gian tim gan), we really are, and we’re going to do whatever it
takes to get satisfaction.
17. Closing down the town center to traffic was the right thing to do, and I
think it’s to the credit of the town council that a measure like this was put
into practice.
18. But in this case, if cars drive too fast along quiet streets, that’s a matter for
the police. Irresponsible drivers are to blame for the problem, which is why
the protesters have chosen the wrong target.
19. I think Mr Barlow is trying to dodge the responsibility for the problem.
20. You see, we plan to have a big demonstration outside the Town Hall, which
will attract a lot of media interet- and that’s what really makes people sit up
and take notice these days.
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S1: 21. Michael’s been a member of a rugby club for 2 years now. He’d
never played until he went to the local comprehensive (truong pho
thong), but he was hooked immediately.
26. But he’s learning to be one of a team, which is a good skill to have
in general.
S2: 22. She got the idea from a novel about some girls at finishing
school in Switzerland, and kept pleading (nai ni) with us to let her try
it.
27. She gets anxious about the about the exams they have at the ski
club, which is not altogether a good thing. I mean, the whole point of a
hobby is that it should be fun.
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S3: 23. Dan was spending the summer with some horsy friends in
Cornwall, and so of course it was inevitable that they should take him
riding one day.
28. I’m glad he has an outdoor hobby; before he started riding, he
used to get colds all the time and was rather pale, but now he’s full of
beans (soi noi) and he’s got a healthy glow (nuoc da hong hao).
S4: 24. I enrolled Wendy in a ballet class when she was five because our
doctor told me it would help strengthen her spine (xuong song).
29. She’s become friends with some of the girls in her class, and we
have a fair bit of contact outside ballet, which is nice, especially since
Wendy is an only child.
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S5: 25. My brother had been taking him to various art
galleries all summer, but it seems that an exhibition of
impressionists was what really began it all.
30. At first, my wife and I thought it was just a passing craze
(su dam me thoang qua) , and we tried to dissuade (can
ngan) him. We thought he should have a healthy outdoor
hobby.
 Test 4 (part 1)
1. At your age you should be studying hard, not wasting your time sending your emails, or
listening to your MP3 player! How are you going to pass your exams?.
2. Well, none of the other kids in my class did well in that test, and after all, I’m 15 Mum.
Teenagers have got a natural aversion to studyng. ….. So, aren’t you pleased? I’m normal.
3. Herbs grows just as nicely among other plants. In fact, they can help keep unwanted bugs at
bay in vegetable patches. Growing basil (rau hung que) among tomato plants, for instance, has
a two-fold purpose: it acts as an insect repellent, and it adds flavour to the tomatoes.
4. There are your annuals- these grow and die in one season. Basil, parsley and dill are good
examples, all of these are widely used in cooking.
5. Fantastic! Let’s encourage society’s preocupation with depression! Perhaps if they didn’t go
on about it so much people might stop fooling themselves that they’re suffering from it.
6. What researchers don’t know yet is whether reduced activity and lower number of cells is a
cause of depression or is caused by it.
 Test 4 (part 2)
7, 8. Last winter an international team of anthropologists unearthed some fossil hominid skulls that
have been reliably dated as being 160,000 years old. Three of the skulls- two belonging to adults
and one to a child-were in quite good condition, but fragments of other skulls were also found.
9. Now, this in itself isn’t the exciting part because skulls of hominids- we use the word to mean
spieces similar to our own-have been found that are considerably older than this. But it seems that
these people were our direct ancestors.
10. Another reason why this discovery is causing greater excitement in the world of anthropology is
because it ties in with other research indicating that we are not descended from Neanderthals at all.
11. So, if the hypothesis is correct, it paints a fascinating picture. For an incredibly long time, tens of
thousands of years in fact, at least two different spieces of humans co-existed on the planet, and
then- for reasons we don’t understand- the Neanderthals became extinct.
12. It is also interesting that a number of tools were found near the fossil skulls in Ethiopia.
13. Moreover, there are suggestions that they lived in groups, and there is a close correlation between
advances in human development and social interaction. This may explain why Homo sapiens
prevailed as the dominant human spieces.
14. I must remind my listeners that the distant origins of mankind, those early days lost in the mists of
prehistoric time, continue to be mystery. Nobody really know what happened
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15. In fact, it‘s a simple system in theory, one that was first suggested back in the
1930s.
16. I don’t think it’s speed that is the biggest appeal of iris recognition machines- the
fact that they are reliable will guarantee their popularity in the future.
17. We installed machines at a school there to identify people as they came into the
canteen. That way they could be given their correct meals automatically, which
meant they didn’t have to wait around to be served.
18. I admit there are many people who feel that the use of iris recognition machines is a
civil liberties issue and infringes on (vi pham)their privacy.
19. The computerised cameras themselves don’t cost a great deal, but the really huge
cost will be when we have to register the whole population.
20. Primarily because every government wants to be able to confirm identity at places
like airports, and iris recognition machines are simply the most effective way of
doing this.
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S1: 21. We went to Tunisia last year to celebrate my retirement. We were so looking
forward to it, but the whole thing was a fiasco (su that bai) from start to finish.
26. We spent an extra hour on the bus to get to our hotel-which turned out to be well
below standard…. Then when we got back and complained to the tour company that
the advertisement for holidays tailored to (dap ung nhu cau) the mature traveller’s
needs was misleading.
S2: 22. Well some of them should have stayed at home, if you ask me! There were
constant complaints about the difficulty of the terrain. But we were walking in the
Lake District, so what did they expect? And I took them on the gentle route. They
just moaned all the way home
27. They just moaned all the way home.
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S3: 23. I’d had a difficult term, and wanted to stay away from beaches
full of kids.
28. At the hospital they told me I had a ruptured appendix and an
operation was unavoidable! Well, in a way, it was an interesting
experience. Once I realise the doctor was first-rate, I was so relieved! I
even felt fortunate to have been in Russia when my appendix burst.
S4: 24. It was my fault, really. Driving all over the country to visit
clients as I do. I thought I’d hire a car while we were in France.
29. I lost my head and started yelling at them, which was a mistake.
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S5: 25.We had a group in Alicante last year and it was a
disaster. Our rep had been assured the new hotel would be
ready well before the dates we’d booked it for, but of course,
it wasn’t.
30. There was no way we could convince the customers that
it wasn’t our fault, and even though we relocated them,
several demanded a refund. But that comes with the
business, and you just make sure you recuperate (boi
thuong) your losses with other more successful holidays.
 Test 5 (part 1)
1. Well, it’s an event that takes place on May Bank Holiday Monday every year in
Gloucestershire
2. But it’s great fun, and people come frm all over…. Wear sturdy football boots, or wearing
walking boots, pad yourself out in hardwearing clothes and have fun!
3. Research has linked them with them with various health problems, and I don’t like the idea..
4. Well, I’ll have to talk to your Mum. And if we let you have one, you’re are not to carry it about
you all the time, and you’ll keep it switched off while you are at school..
5. In a sense, yes. It’s been known for a while that when we yawn, both our heart rate and blood
pressure increase, but for a long time scientits believed its purpose was purely to increase our
intake of oxygen.
6. They suggest that some kind of empathic mechanism in our brain is triggerd when one
member of the group yawns, it may be a way of keeping every one in the group awake and on
the alert. Monkeys do i.t as well. It seems that, instead of encouraging us to sleep, yawning is
trying to do the opposite
 Test 5 (part 2)
7. …. Because astrobiology is the study of life on other planets. Well, obviously, life has not been
discovered on other planets, which would appear to make astrobiology a science without a subject.
8. However, everything we know about life on our planet suggests we have to try to understand if there
are any universal requirements for life to evolve, as well as the processes involved in evolution.
Consequently, astrobiologists are deeply interested in the beginning of life on earth.
9,10,11. When most people think of extraterresterial life, they conjure up images of
so-called higher life form; they imagine humanoid creatures or bizarre and probably dangerous
animals of some kind. But if we consider the whole history of life on earth, a very different picture
emerges. For billions of years the only forms of life on the planet were organisms consisting of
single cells. It was only about 550 million years ago, during the geological period we call
Cambrian, that the seas suddenly became filled with a whole array of multi-cell life.
12. Well, human-like creatures first appear on the fossil record about five or so millions years ago
13. And of course, we must be prepared for these life forms to look very different from life on earth.
14. It is interesting to reflect that if a giant asteroid had not hit the earth and wiped out the dinosaurs,
they might still be ruling the planet and we might never have evolved.
 Test 5 (part 3)
15. Before we talk about your new play, I’d like to ask how you started writing for the theatre in
the first place…. I don’t think I’d ever been to a play…. And I wasn’t even curious about it: I
didn’t feel it had any bearing on me and my life at all.
16. Being out of work was terrible-it really got me down when I realised I had to stop working
down the mine, and in the end I was such in a bad way that my local GP sent me to a
psychiatrist. She suggested I write a story about what had happened to me.
17. They took on a life of their own . So I had to sit back and let them go whichever way they
wanted. And once I let myself given them that freedom, the play wrote itself. The odd thing is
I feel all the characters I create are part of me, so I’m revealing different aspect of myself.
18. Is that the most profound effect effect writing has had on you? I think so, yes. Practical things
have changed as well, of course. We’ve just bought a new house.
19. I don’t go round looking for novel subjects just to be different. It’s more a case of finding an
issue that doesn’t have easy answers, a topic that stretches you when you start thinking about
it.
20. But there are so many stories of films that never get made… So I have to watch out that I
don’t take the whole thing too seriously.
 Test 5 (part 4)
S1: 21. The first bit of new information was quite exciting. It turned out my
grandfather’s only brother had slipped out (bo tron) of the house one day when he
was about 16 and disappeared!
26. I managed to track down his descendants, and I found out they were all circus
performers, too. It’s fantastic to know that the two branches of our family are in
touch again.
S2: 22. I wanted to know something about my roots, and with a name like O’Dwyer.
I knew I probably had some Irish ancestors. …. It was my great-grandparents who
came over to the States because life was so hard back home.
27. People were starving in Ireland-literally. And apparently, my great-
grandmother’s family were worse off than most. I get furious at the idea of ancestors
of mine having to leave their homes because they were so hungry.
 Test 5 (part 4)
S3: 23. Apparently my great-grandmother’s brother wanted to marry a girl his family
didn’t approve of, so he just walked out and never came back. He ended up in
Australia with his wife and his parents never saw their grandchildren.
28. A family tradition has it that his mother died of a broken heart.
Imagine a family being torn apart by something like that .
S4: 24. He seems to have been a man of strong religious feeling, and he
worked for years in a hospital in Africa. Apparently, he paid his own
way over and volunteered his services to a missionary hospital.
29. It made me glad to think there was someone so genuinely good in
my family.
 Test 5 (part 4)
S5: 25.There was a story passed down in the family that
we’re distantly related to an aristocratic family from
Scotland, complete with an estate, manor house (nhà ở trong
trang viên) and so on. Well, it turns out that my great-great-
grandmother really did live in a posh (sang trọng) house, but
only because she was a servant to the family who owned it.
30. It wasn’t exactly what I had been expecting, and it took
me a while to get over it.
 Test 6(part 1)
1. But an aromatherapist isn’t interested in your figure! However, it’s true that many people feel
inhibited (rut re) about their bodies, and a body massage might seem intrusive (xam pham) to
them. My advice to anyone feeling that way would be not to bother with massage
2. The foot reflex treatment offers you the benefits of reflexology combined with a specially
prepared aromatherapy cream. So you have both the essential oils and the reflex massage
addressing your particular health problems.
3. I think one problem is the price. Hybrid cars may be more economical in the long run, but the
initial outlay is rather off-putting. True, but within a couple of years, you’ll have to make a
huge saving on petrol.
4. More importantly, you get lower mileage on hybrids. One company bought a fleet for their
sales reps, and even advertised the fact in their marketing campaign. However, they said it
wasn’t cost effective because of the low mileage and lack of speed. A sales team has to travel
all over the country, so this is important.
5. … but the important thing is that I met like-minded (cung khuynh huong) people, and was
inspired by what was happening around me.
6. Even the bad guys in your films have a subtlety to them. A fine example is Carl Fraullet in
Games of the Gods who commits a heinous crime, then spends the rest of the film battling
with his conscience
 Test 6 (part 2)
7, 8 I was part of a team employed to map out the city and its environs (vong bao quanh) . We was
half-way through our contract when we were approached and asked if we could come up with some
ideas about how best to conserve the site because it was feared that the increasing number of
visitors could be damaging it.
9. The worst damage is caused by the mere presence of people. Their breathing makes the air very
humid, which causes the plaster on the wall to crumble.
10. Any way, one day I had to go into one of the minor tombs-we were making a survey of it because
the authorities were going to build a coach park nearby, and we had to ensure the tomb wouldn’t be
damaged any further by the construction work.
11. To my horror, the tomb was in a worse state than we thought it would be. There were signs of
recent erosion, apparently caused when an underground stream flooded.
12, 13. But it was when I was climbing into the tomb itself that disaster struck. The stones underfoot
were loose, you see, and I twisted my ankle. I fell awkwardly and rolled down a slope. I heard a
terrible cracking noise, rather like a pistol shot, and I knew I had fractured my leg.
14. I began to feel very cold and pretty scared, but in the end I was incredibly lucky. A tour guide was
out for an evening stroll and just happened to come close enough to hear me shouting from the hole
in the ground.
 Test 6 (part 3)
15. Well, in the Middle Ages there was a theory that the universe was contructed on logical principles
and that everything in it could be classified and named according to a regular and logical system.
Ultimately, the nature of the universe itself could be understood through a language created in this way.
16. Would such a language be easy to learn? That one wouldn’t have been, no , but there were other
artificial languages that did have this goal. One man, for instance, struck by the fact that the notes of
the musical scale were known by the same syllabic value all over the western world, felt this could be
of use in the creation of a universal language, so he invented words based on the syllables do, re, mi, fa
etc.
17. In a way, and if I may digress for a moment, I must confess that the first time I heard it, Esperento
did seem musical to my ears.
18. I have some sympathy with those who claim that the words of artificial language seem one-
dimensional, as it were because they don’t have any flavour derived from past usage: no word could
have connotations in such a language. And this is not just a theoretical problem; it really does make
the language seem rather mechanical.
19. People who have taken the trouble to learn Esperanto are marked by a refreshing enthusiaism for
the task: I imagine many language teachers would be delighted to have students with such single-
minded determination to master the details of a language.
20. The fundamental difficulty is psychological. For the vast majority of the world’s population, the
sense of self is inextricably bound up not just with location but also with what is aptly referred to as
their mother tongue.
 Test 6 (part 4)
S1: 21. The problem was that my neighbour, who showed me how to use the internet
in the first place, didn’t really know what he was doing… So it’s was discouraging.
Back then, everything was so slow and you were always losing your connection.
26. I even read my daily paper online and I expect that’s the way it is for lots of
people, especially those who live in remote areas.
S2: 22. A work colleague of mine was really into virtual reality games, you know,
the sort you play with other users in real time online. Well, I watched him playing
one day, and I got hooked
27. But I must admit , I wouldn’t like my two-year-old granddaughter to grow up
doing everything online and never interacting with real people! And that’s the way I
can see things going.
 Test 6 (part 4)
S3: 23. While I was writing my thesis for my master’s degree, I realized the best
way to compile a list of the reading I had to do was to use the Internet.
28. I love ordering books and having them delivered to my door a couple of days
later. The only problem is that it’s so easy you sometimes forget how much money
you’re spending .
S4: 24. Growing up with the Internet the way I did-we’ve had it at home since I was
11- it never seem a big thing. I mean, I’m used to having it around, the way I used to
television .
29. But I realize that there are parts of the world where people don’t have Internet
access, so if you’re growing up there, you’re missing out on a terrific resource. That
should be changed so every kid has the same opportunities to learn
 Test 6 (part 4)
S5: 25. A couple of years ago I decided I wanted to know
more about my family tree, and a friend told me there was a
website listing the births, marriages and death during the last
150 years in many parts of the UK. I thought I’d give a
try….
30. For instance, libraries as we know them won’t exist in a
decade or so because we will all be able to access the book
we want online and even print it out if we choose.
 Test 7(part 1)
1. As I was saying, it simply confirms what we nutritionists have been saying for years> it’s
taken the medical profession far too long to recognize that poor diet is responsible for all kind
of diseases and allergies. A visit to any conventional doctor will result in a prescription for all
kind of medicines, but never a list of foods to be avoided
2. Well this report now officially empowers doctors to address diet as part of their treatment of
patients by confirming fears that poor nutrition is linked to cancer…... In the case of cancer in
particular, it has often saved life. This report however, now enables general practitioners to go
a step further.
3. …Orange is a wake-you up, vibrant colour that stimulates and inspires. It’s hardly going to
relax you.
4. Now what about the living room? I find this room difficult decorate because it’s not just a
commercial room. It’s also got a wild combination of colours in upholstery (man, tham) and
paintings..
5. It was pitch black (toi den nhu muc), and he just walked out from behind the parked lorry. I
had no time to stop, so I swerved out cross the road and hit the Ford coming in the opposite
direction.
6. But the police, well, they were more concerned about the lorry having been parked in such an
awkward place. I think the driver’s going to be for it.
 Test 7 (part 2)
7, Even the supermarket chains, who think it makes them look good if customers
see bread baking in their stores
8 …. 98% of bread is made this way- that’s all the bread on salein this country
except for the products of small independent bakeries.
9. You see, bread used to be made by allowing the yeast to ferment in water, which
takes a few hours.
10. This method is preferred because it saves money: less flour is needed to make
bread.
11, 12 The modern method would produce rather tasteless bread if a great deal of
salt weren’t added. Some modern bread is also given a coating of calcium
propionate to make sure it doesn’t go stale.
13. An increasing number of people are developing allergies to bread and wheat
products, and I think there’s a connection.
14. …. Because bread-making methods are dictated by the large supermarkets, who
don’t make a profit on bread. They don’t even sell it at cost price. They’re
prepared to lose money to bring customers to their stores.
 Test 7 (part 3)
15. For instance, the first time I gave evidence in court 25 years ago, the lawyer for the defence made
me look like a right fool. He annoyed me by interuppting me all the time, and when I tried to argue
with him I got confused, and the people in the court laughed at me.
16. A police officer has to learn how the system works. You must get used to the idea that the lawyers
are just doing a job, and even if it seems they are attacking your honesty in a rude or brutal manner,
they have nothing aginst you as an individual.
17. You need to think of your evidence as one piece in a jigsaw puzzle. .. If you start giving opinions
about other pieces, other parts of the case as a whole. Your piece of the puzzle is the only thing you
should think about.
18. Two lawyers , one getting for the defendant, and one for the crown, and in the court room they are
adversaries (ke thu) but they probably know each other professionally. They may even go off
together after the trial and have dinner.
19. One tip to help you develop the right attitude so you don’t get drawn into an argument with the
lawyer is to stand so we are facing the judge, and direct all your answers to the bench. That should
make it easier to avoid any sort of personal exchange with the lawyer
20. There is a risk that criminals might be found not guilty and set free. That’s the main reason why
officers need this training.
 Test 7 (part 4)
S1: 21. I’ve just been reading about some sheep farmers in Wales who was losing
money and looked into a different way of earning a living . So they took the plunge
and decided to set up a wind farm. But, apparently, some neighbours resented the
fact that they’d had a brilliant idea and capitalised on it.
26. However, I did think it was an encouraging story, especially since wind farms
aren’t as expensive to set up as, say, it is to build a hydroelectric station.
S2: 22. The most issue is an emotional one, but it’s the look of these wind farms
that’s causing the greatest outcry, it seems to me.
27. Wind turbines are not a reliable source of energy and still need a substantial
backup, which can only be satisfactorily provided by fossil fuels at present.
 Test 7 (part 4)
S3: 23. I find it odd that people object to having wind turbines miles offshore, where
nobody except a passing ship would ever see them . What’s wrong with that? After
all, it’s a question of using fossil fuels, other renewable energy sources or nuclear
power.
28. Which leaves the third option, though we have to make sure sufficient
safeguards are in place.
S4: 24, 29. but there’s only enough wind to generate electricity about 30% of the
time. I think the whole method is fundamentally impractical. And the irony is that
we could save more energy than wind can ever generate if we could make better use
of existing coal and oil supplies. If only the government would formulate sound
energy conservation policies and implement them.
 Test 7 (part 4)
S5: 25, 30. On the other hand, I think we have to see wind
power in perspective as just part of move toward energy
from renewables. We can’t rely on any one source: a
combination of wind, hydroelectric and solar power will be
needed before we can realistically talk about replacing fossil
fuels completely.
 Test 8(part 1)
1. I liked the idea, but I realised that I wouldn’t be doing nothing but playing
housewife. Then while I was surfing the Net, I came across a site on olive growing,
and it clicked.
2. Yes, I thought I’d get bored, and miss the buzz of being in court. But it hasn’t
happened
3. Well, teachers know that a lot of students are going to ridicule the lesson, so they are
reluctant to teach it from the outset, which in turn is unlikely to inspire students.
4. We need to break away from the ‘ I teach, you learn’ dynamic in order to make the
poetry class work. Kids need to be given the freedom to respond to a poem without
too much ‘guidance’ from the teacher…When perhaps we should just present it and
allow students to respond it in their own way.
5. … and I saw these cars parked outside the pub in the middle of nowhere! So I
thought this one must be good and stopped for a BITE.
6. Well, contestants make up a tall story-based on true events so that it sounds
convincing-and try and deceive the people who are judging them.
 Test 8 (part 2)
7, We coach youngsters who want to swim faster than anyone else in the world and children who
dream of running in the marathon at the Olympic Games one day.
8 I’ve coached many athletes in my life, going back to the day when a daughter of a friend announced
she had entered for the long jump in an amateur athletics event..
9. Laiso became interested in sports medicine at about that time when my nephew fell of his bike and
hurt his back.
10. …how important is an athlete’s build? Well, nobody can deny that build does matter, and one
cannot hope to become a world-class long-distance runner, say, if one is built like a weightlifter.
11. These are important, even in sports where you might not think they are a priority. In shooting,
for instance, athletes have to be fit to lower their heart rate. This enable them to fire between heart
beats and so achieve maximum accuracy
12. At the academy, we encourage healthy eating habits. Without a proper diet, young athletes
cannot achieve their optimum physique.
13. Then there’s a role of technology in sports. These days, athletes cannot compete successfully at the
highest level without access to state-of-the-art equipment.
14. But above all, at the academy we stress the importance of attitude. Without the will to succeed,
you may as well not bother to take up any sport seriously.
 Test 8 (part 3)
15. However, that’s not the main reason pre-teen are featuring in the news more and more. It seems
that businesses have woken up to the fact that these youngsters are a force to be reckoned with. They
have considerable spending power, so marketing managers who previously focused on teenager are
now also targeting these younger consumers.
16. Advertisements can suggest that everything the child does-the food he eats, the clothes he wears,
the toys he chooses to play with-are regarded as a statement by his or her contemporaries. He feels he
has to ‘keep up’, so it’s bewildering for a child when he tries to follow a fashion that is succeeded after
a brief time by a different equally arbitrary one.
17. Well, this is the age when children start to measure themselves against people outside their
families for the first time, and one way in which they develop their sense of self is by forming
friendships with other children. The way your peers react to you plays an enormous role in how you
see yourself in later life .
18. If a child’s ability could be evaluated in different, less stressful ways, we might reduce the tensions
that pre-teens are subjected to.
19. Parents should respect their children’s views about how their lives are conducted, but they should
not make the mistake of indulging all their offspring’s wishes and allowing them complete control
of their lives.
20. Find a way to discuss important issues with your children and listen, really listen to what they tell
you about their fears and desires.
 Test 8 (part 4)
S1: 21. The first time I went to the theatre, I was 12 and my
mother had to drag me along.
26. Ever since then I’ve enjoyed the theatre, and I go
whenever I can. I love the atmosphere you get a good play,
as if you are all in an enchanted (bi me hoac) circle for those
two hours the play is on.
S2: 22. I liked it so much that I went back the next night with
two friends.
27. I don’t think you’d get that in a film these days-the
cinema has become so formulaic. For me, it’s the theatrer’s
ability to jolt you out (dua ra khoi) your complacency (tinh
tu man) that makes it so special.
 Test 8 (part 4)
S3: 23. My family weren’t sure I’d enjoy it, but the actor playing the
lead was marvelous! He could sing, his acting was great-he dominated
the whole performance .
28. … and I love watching the way different actors go about
interpreting a role. It definitely helps me when I have to take on a big
part.

S4: 24. I didn’t expect to be affected, but to my intense surprise I was in

tears at the end.

29. While you are watching there’s a suspension of disbelief, and what
‘s happening on the stage becomes real, at least for a while.
.
 Test 7 (part 4)
S5: 25. The acting was excellent, and because you were so
close to the actors you felt very involved in the play-it
became a sort of personal experience, as if you were in the
play yourself.

30. I suppose what I’ve come to love about the theatre is that
no two performances are ever exactly the same.
 Information Sheet

Name: Mike David

Age: (1)_________________
Favourite subject: (2)_________________
Favourite sport: (3)_________________
Usual transport: (4)_________________
On Saturday: (5)____________________
On (6)_____________ : Young Farmers’ Group
Future job: (7)______________________
 Information Sheet
Name: Mike David
Age: (1) thirteen
Favourite subject: (2) Science
Favourite sport: (3) running
Usual transport: (4) bicycle/bike
On Saturday: (5)helps to do the milking/ clean the cowsheds/works
on uncle’s farm
On (6) Monday(s): Young Farmers’ Group
Future job: (7) farmer/have his own farm/work in countryside
 The Language Study Fair
Dates: 17th to 19th ______________
Place: National Education Centre

Fair includes : - stands with textbooks

- ________________by educational speakers
- exhibition of furniture
- demonstrations of latest ________________

Opening hours: 9.30 am to 5 pm Thursday and Friday

9.30 am to 4 pm _________________
Tickets : 5 pounds
or 3 pounds for __________________
Tickets can be booked by ringing the hotline on __________
 The Language Study Fair
Dates: 17th to 19th (of) March
Place: National Education Centre

Fair includes : - stands with textbooks

- talk(s) by educational speakers
- exhibition of furniture
- demonstrations of latest computer program(s)
Opening hours: 9.30 am to 5 pm Thursday and Friday
9.30 am to 4 pm Saturday
Tickets : 5 pounds
or 3 pounds for (full-time) students
Tickets can be booked by ringing the hotline on 9847711
 INTERVIEW FORM
Name: Vicky Brownlow
Age: 22 years
Position applied for: Office Manager
Two years’ experience abroad
First job: - worked for _____________
- Length of time stayed _____________
Second job: - worked as _______________
Third job: - worked for ________________
- got up at ________________
Bank international:
- worked in _________________
 INTERVIEW FORM
Name: Vicky Brownlow
Age: 22 years
Position applied for: Office Manager
Two years’ experience abroad
First job: - worked for a family
- Length of time stayed six months
Second job: - worked as a receptionist
Third job: - worked for a bakery/a baker’s
- got up at 4 o’clock in the morning/4 am
Bank international:
- worked in foreign department/desk
 TANYA PERRY

Born in London in 1948.

In 1952 family moved to _________________ .
At school with Jack Peters, the famous _____________ .
Wrote some ______________ while still at school.
During the early 1970s worked as a __________________
The film called __________________ won a prize at a French
Film Festival.
Now has ______________________ plays in print.
 TANYA PERRY

Born in London in 1948.

In 1952 family moved to the North-west .
At school with Jack Peters, the famous poet .
Wrote some short stories while still at school.
During the early 1970s worked as a waitress
The film called City Life won a prize at a French Film Festival.
Now has 24/twenty-four plays in print.
 These messages were on the answerphone.

* Sarah Smith rang to say she left her__________ behind

yesterday.
* Alex arrives about 6.00 tomorrow evening. Please collect him
from the station when he rings. Has lots of _________________
* Helen phoned to invite you to have ___________ on Saturday.
Has friends visiting from _________________.
* Premier Travel say holliday tickets have arrived. Change of
departure time from 7.30 am to ________ am.This means 7.30
check-in.
* Mary called. Problem at Australian ___________. Call at once.
She’s at home after 7.00
 These messages were on the answerphone.

* Sarah Smith rang to say she left her glasses behind yesterday.
* Alex arrives about 6.00 tomorrow evening. Please collect him
from the station when he rings. Has lots of luggage/cases/bags
* Helen phoned to invite you to have lunch on Saturday. Has
friends visiting from America.
* Premier Travel say holliday tickets have arrived. Change of
departure time from 7.30 am to 9.30 am.This means 7.30 check-in.
* Mary called. Problem at Australian (new) office(s). Call at once.
She’s at home after 7.00
 HOTEL IN THE NATIONAL PARK

• The Marston Hotel

Good for people who like ___________________.
If you ask, the hotel will make you a ________________ .
• The Bristol Hotel
Price includes _________________
• The Ferndale Hotel
Good view of _________________.
• Firtrees Hotel
Has won prizes for its ______________________.
Price of double room _____________ pounds a night.
 HOTEL IN THE NATIONAL PARK

• The Marston Hotel

Good for people who like walking/walks/to walk.
If you ask, the hotel will make you a picnic lunch.
• The Bristol Hotel
Price includes dinner(s).
• The Ferndale Hotel
Good view of the lake/lakeside.
• Firtrees Hotel
Has won prizes for its English cooking/food.
Price of double room 185 pounds a night.
 SUNNINGTON SPORTS CAMP
• Choice of afternoon activity
Sign list outside ________________ room .
• Clothes
Wear track suit, but also bring _________ and a T-shirt.
Two pairs of sports _____________ .
• Food
Lunch served in canteen every half-hour between 12.15 and
_______________ . Snack bar sells drinks, chocolate and
___________________ .
• Certificate
Marks given for attitude: effort and team-work; performance:
strength, ____________ and skill.
 SUNNINGTON SPORTS CAMP
• Choice of afternoon activity
Sign list outside the changing room .
• Clothes
Wear track suit, but also bring shorts and a T-shirt.
Two pairs of sports shoes .
• Food
Lunch served in canteen every half-hour between 12.15 and 1.45 .
Snack bar sells drinks, chocolate and biscuits.
• Certificate
Marks given for attitude: effort and team-work; performance:
strength, speed(s) and skill.
Test Format and Marking Scheme

Part 2: WRITING
1. Make all the changes and additions necessary to produce
complete sentences from the following sets of words and phrases.
(15 marks/1.5 m for each correct answer)
2. Rewrite the following sentences using the cue words at the
beginning of each sentence so that the second sentence has the
same meaning as the first. (15 marks/1.5 m for each correct
answer)
3. Translation. (15 marks/1.5 m for each correct answer)
Read the texts and answer the questions
TEST 1- Passage 1
1. To establish contact with another person, to recognize
his/her existence, and to show friendliness.
2. No, they don’t. The formulas for greetings usually
don’t carry any literal meaning.
3. Yes, they do.
4. Find the host or hostess to say thank you and goodbye.
5. Watch other people or ask them what they should do.
Read the texts and answer the questions

TEST 1- Passage 2
1. The writer gets a lot of letters from people.
2. They complain that they have a cold which won’t go away.
3. It could be dangerous.
4. “Drugs”
5. To see whether the drugs we’re taking are all right for us.
Read the texts and answer the questions

TEST 1- Passage 3
1. It takes up the land more than one year.
2. It is sown in July.
3. It is harvested in August and September.
4. They are cut with an old-fashioned machine.
5. They are beaten using traditional tools to reduce them to
small seeds.
Read the texts and answer the questions

TEST 1- Passage 4

1. “ Englishmen are interested in cars as much as tea.

2. Yes, they do.
3. A modern car is comfortable and economical but it
is very expensive.
4. A small car uses less petrol and is easy to park.
5. It is suitable for small family and it cannot run
fast.
Read the texts and answer the questions

TEST 2- Passage 1
1. He saw a house on fire.
2. S/he was shouting for help.
3. No, he couldn’t.
4. He broke down the door and went in.
5. After a few minutes the whole house was in flames.
Read the texts and answer the questions

TEST 2- Passage 2
1. Between 1815 and 1914.
2. The main/major cause was the rise in population
which in turn led to land hunger.
3. Other causes include politics, physical hunger,
religion.
4. No, they did not.
5. America always remains a magnet to the ambitious
and the energetic (who are ready to commit themselves
to the land that gives them a second chance).
Read the texts and answer the questions

TEST 2- Passage 3
1. We received 80% of our information about the world
through our eyes.
2. Yes, they are.
3. When we look at something nice our pupils get bigger.
4. For example, we can wink at someone or raise our
eyebrow.
5. Sunglasses make someone appear mysterious or
dangerous, because they hide the eyes and so we can’t
see the signals.
Read the texts and answer the questions

TEST 2- Passage 4
1. The debate is about the banning of smoking at a
London language school.
2. Jannie Muray.
3. To protect staff and students from the effects of
passive smoking
4. Colombian Mariana Gomes, a first Certificate student.
5. Studying for an exam is stressful work. Cigarettes can
calm our/their nerves.
Read the texts and answer the questions

TEST 3
1. It is a stable, culturally diverse and democratic society
with a skilled workforce and a strong, competitive
economy.
2. No, it is not.
3. 60000 years
4. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
5. On 26 January 1788
Read the texts and answer the questions

TEST 3
6. It stands for Computer Aided Translation
7. To help translators to work efficiently
8. By breaking texts into segments (sentences and sentence
fragments) and presents the segments in a convenient way
9. The main function of CAT tool is to save the translation units in
a database, called translation memory
10. TM can be re-used for any other text, or even in the same text
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TEST 3
11. They fight/struggle for equal rights.
12. During the periods of social adversity
13. Violent revolution, word war and the rigor of
pioneering in an underdeveloped land.
14. A shortage of men
15. The result was that women had to perform many of
society’s vital tasks
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TEST 3
16. He is regarded as one of the founders of powered
flights in Europe
17. He did it by hanging a rope ladder from the largest
kites.
18. He was trained in clockmaking.
19. 300-400
20. A film projector, a motorcycle, an aeroplane and an
electric car
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TEST 4.1
1. Around 600 A.D.
2. A famous Italian explorer
3. He told them that paper money was an excellent
system of payment.
4. In 1600
5. Because bank notes were much easier to use than
silver and gold.
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TEST 4.2
1. A form of oxygen
2. Because it protects living things from dangerous rays
of the sun
3. The very thin ozone layer above Antarctica
4. Since 1970
5. Some kinds of penguins are becoming fewer in
number
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TEST 4.3
1. Rich port
2. In 1493
3. Many of them died in wars with Spanish and from diseases
brought from Europe
4. Yes, it is.
5. Spanish and English
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TEST 4.4
1. They have a processing unit, an arithmetic and logic
unit, and a memory.
2. About the size of the end of a finger
3. Computers can also do all kinds of work.
4. He puts information about the sale into a computer.
5. During the night the computer system works on the
information from all the sales that day.
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TEST 5

1. It is a children’s holiday.
2. Strange clothes and marks
3. In the early evening
4. A few pieces of candy
5. To give to the United Nations Children’s
Fund
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TEST 5
6. Of the way peoples of different ways of life and
different languages can live side by side under one
government
7. 25 million
8. Less than 44%
9. Europe, Asia and the USA
10. Quebec
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TEST 5
11. On peninsula between two rivers, the York and the
James
12. Virginia
13. In 1633
14. Because of its location in the middle of the peninsula
15. Because the soil drainage was better there than at the
Jamestown location, and there were fewer mosquitoes
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TEST 5
16. In a standardized way
17. Because all the answers can only be either right or
wrong
18. With a key
19. Each/every child
20. It indicates his level of intelligences in relation to an
established average
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TEST 6
1. It was off the Pacific Coast.
2. They wanted their wedding to be small and quiet.
3. The weather was supposed to be fair.
4. When they got there, they found a crowd of bikers
watching the view.
5. When the bridegroom kissed his bride, the bikers
clapped their hands and rang their bicycle bells loudly.
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TEST 6
6. It is the exchange of goods between nations.
7. No nation has all the commodities that it needs.
8. No, it isn’t.
9. A country often does not have enough of a particular
item to meet its needs.
10. Because it consumes more than it can produce
internally.
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TEST 6
11. The role of our servant and companion.
12. It would pull a plough and take a soldier through a
dangerous situation in battle (or do most of the other
things that have attracted painters and writers to the
animal ever since the dawn of history) .
13. Virtues and qualities.
14. The horse is controlled by the wishes of its owners.
15. Its beauty, speed and strength.
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TEST 6
16. Primary schools, secondary schools and universities.
17. Yes, they are.
18. The two grades of state schools are primary schools
and secondary schools.
19. At Christmas, Easter and in summer.
20. Education/Schools/Schools and Grades/Schools,
Classes, and Lessons in Great Britain.
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TEST 7- Passage 1
1. Yes, it is.
2. The sea and rivers are being poisoned by radioactive wastes, by
chemical discharges and by the dumping of dangerous of toxins
and raw sewage.
3. The great rain forests and the frozen continents alike are
seriously threatened.
4. Millions of ordinary people do .
5. Despite that fact, we can create environmentally-clean
industries, harness the power of the sun, wind and waves for our
energy needs .
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TEST 7- Passage 2
1. Most customers who go to supermarkets to buy from a shopping
list .
2. Because the task of shopping is finished.
3. An important fact in helping a customer choose what to buy, is
where a product is placed on a shelf .
4. Yes, it does.
5. The comfort and convenience of shopping centers is another
factor which makes them popular with customers .
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TEST 7- Passage 3
1. The study in New Zealand has revealed that a person who gets up early is
less likely to survive the day than the one who lies in bed until 8 or 9 o’clock.
2. 500 people.
3. Dr. Prudence White said, “ We don’t fully understand the link, but we know
that the risk of a heart attack is highest in the early morning. Perhaps if you’re
lying in bed you stand more chance of surviving an attack.
4. Another possibility is that people who get up early in the morning are more
likely to eat a traditional cholesterol-rich breakfast or sausages, eggs and bacon.
5. It seems we no longer need an excuse for lying in bed longer.
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TEST 7- Passage 4
1. Headaches were ascribed to evil spirits .
2. The treatments range from cutting our part of skull to
concoctions of cow brain and goat dung.
3. The most significant advance is that they (headaches) are not
the results of emotional stress.
4. Until recently, many doctors thought that imbalances in the
body’s systems were to blame.
5. It seems we no longer need an excuse for lying in bed longer.
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TEST 8- Passage 1
1. As a great man and writer.
2. Because he had many enemy.
3. He hated war with all his heart, with his whole body, in which
28 bullets had left their traces.
4. No, he didn’t.
5. He hated fascism very much. He never surrendered but fought
against it with the pen and the sword.
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TEST 8- Passage 2
1. At her home in Lille, France.
2. It wasn’t quiet and save at all.
3. He wanted Mr. Duboit to drive him to Paris.
4. Yes, he did.
5. He requested the gunman to let his wife out of the car.
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TEST 8- Passage 3
1. It was fine and warm, there was bright sun and cloudless sky.
2. London has fog or rain or both, every day of the year.
3. It was the spring.
4. The trees were just bursting into leaf, fresh and green and
lovely, and there were beds of spring flowers, red and yellow and
blue, in the beautiful, smooth grass under the trees.
5. People walked not only along the paths but also across the
grass, and no one said a word to them about it.
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TEST 8- Passage 4
1. In May 1940.
2. By courage and determination expressed in his speeches.
3. In the general election at the end of the war.
4. In 1955.
5. For 63 years.
 Sentence Building

Example 1:
1. I/take/shoes/avoid/make/noise.
I took off my shoes to avoid making noise.
2. I/will never/tell/secret/woman.
 I will never tell the secret to the woman.
3. If I/see/him/I/him/lift
If I see him, I will give him a lift.
4. It/cold/us/have breakfast/garden
 It is too cold for us to have breakfast in the garden
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Example 2:
1.I/very/surprised/letter/receive/you/this morning.
I am very surprised at the letter which/that I received
from you this morning.
2. In this letter/you/said/I/not pay/book/send/one month
ago.
 In this letter you said that I did not pay for the book /
which was sent/you sent to me one month ago.
 LITTLE THINGS

Little drops of water

Little grains of sand
Make the vast ocean
And the pleasant land.
Little deeds of kindness
Little words of love
Make the Earth happy
Like the Heaven above.
 DREAMS
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.
Don’t look at the sun
The moon will be jealous.
Don’t look at the moon
The sun never wants to be famous.
Look at your own heart
And ask yourself:
“ Is it bleeding for your own people.”
 WITHOUT YOU
What would I be without you?
Without you I would be like:
The ocean without water
The night sky minus the stars
The world without people
The pen without ink
Living without a heart.
Without you my life will not be complete.
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TEST 1
1. I am writing to thank you for your email.
2. It is lovely to hear from you.
3. I am sorry (that) I have not written/for not having
written since we last met.
4. As you know, I have just enrolled/got enrolled in an
MA course.
5. The course is rather difficult and I have to do a lot of
work.
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TEST 1
6. I will graduate from the course in December next year.
7. Then I hope/ that I will have/to have a chance to visit you in
your country.
8. I really look/am really looking/forward to seeing you again.
9. Please send my regards to your parents and your wife.
10. I wish you/Let me wish you/all the best for/in the new year.
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TEST 2
1. It is time we made more efforts to prepare for the/our exam.
2. They look/are looking forward to hearing a/the lecture by/of
Professor Brown this semester.
3. His son enjoys watching detective films but he does not like
reading detective stories.
4. Neither she nor I am going to attend the wedding.
5. When we were younger, we used to walk long distances.
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TEST 2
6. How long has your father worked/has your father been
working in this factory?
7. If you do not go to the party, I will not go either.
8. She grew so fast that she was not able to wear her
favorite skirt.
9. It is not possible for students to smoke in the class.
10. He is too young to have the front-door key.
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TEST 3
1. The train will arrive in Hanoi in two hours.
2. The doctor whom you saw at the party is my friend.
3. We do not know when the manager will return.
4. The book is so interesting that I have read it twice.
5. Did you hear that news on the radio this morning?
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TEST 3
6. When I met her, she was talking to her teacher.
7. The accident happened while he was driving on the
highway.
8. It took them two years to build that bridge.
9. My parents used to drink tea after dinner.
10. I remember seeing Dr. Smith on television
several/many times.
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TEST 4
1. He switched on the light so that he could see what he
was doing.
2. We often go to the library to read books.
3. My mother is making some coffee in the kitchen now.
4. Now she dances more beautifully than she used to.
5. There is not enough fresh air in big cities.
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TEST 4
6. People continue to smoke in spite of the fact that they know the
dangers.
7. How long does it usually take you to finish your homework?
8. That man cannot read the newspaper because he has lost his
glasses.
9. We are so tired that we do not want to watch the film.
10. They look forward to seeing their children as soon as possible.
 Sentence Building

TEST 5
1. I usually go by bus but today I am going in my brother’s car.
2. She made a lot of mistakes in her composition last week.
3. His mother was so busy that she did not/ could not come to the
party.
4. It is difficult to get used to eating with chopsticks.
5. It takes him a long time to read a newspaper in English.
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TEST 5
6. My sister did not feel well so she went to bed last
night.
7. You are free to do what you like.
8. They look forward to meeting their relatives.
9. Neither the boy’s teacher nor his parents are satisfied
with his progress.
10. We enjoy/enjoyed seeing the film because it is/it was
interesting.
 Sentence Building
 TEST 6

1. The accident happened while she was driving on the

highway.
2. I will graduate/am going to graduate from the course in
June next year.
3. How long does it usually take her to finish her
homework?
4. I want to rent a motorbike for three days to travel
around/in the city.
5. They look/are looking forward to hearing another/the
lecture from Professor Smith this/next semester.
 Sentence Building
TEST 6
6. It was very kind of you to send me a nice gift last week.
7. Robert enjoys watching the news program on TV
at/every night.
8. When she looked into the refrigerator all the food had
gone.
9. They warned us not to sleep without mosquito nets in
the forest.
10. It is/was difficult for handicapped people to shop in
supermarkets.
 Sentence Building
 TEST 7

1. It was so happy for me to see you last week.

2. Annie wishes she hadn’t eaten so much chocolate
yesterday.
3. I am negotiating a new pay deal with my boss at the
moment.
4. It was/is such a polluted campsite that the campers
left/leave it immediately.
5. If I passed the exam, I would get a certificate.
 Sentence Building
TEST 7
6. How about having a walk in the park?
7. Would you mind lending me some money?
8. Sarah is going to change some traveller’s cheques, but
the bank is closed.
9. I’ll miss my new friends I have made here.
10. They look/are looking forward to meeting their/the
colleagues in the near future.
 Sentence Building
 TEST 8

1. I was interested in reading the article on global warming

in the newspaper yesterday.
2. Would you mind lending me your motorbike until next
weekend?
3. We went to the airport to see him off last Sunday.
4. It was/is difficult for us to get/keep in touch with the
manager because he was/is busy all the day.
5. We look forward to welcoming Professor Brown in the
near future.
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TEST 8
6. When we visited the town last month they had
built/were building a new school.
7. It is/was important for a witness to tell the truth.
8. When I was younger, I used to walk long distances.
9. It was such lovely weather that we spent the whole day
in the garden last Sunday.
10. His parents prefer staying at home to going to the
cinema.
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TEST 1
1. I’m interested in reading scientific books.
2. If he doesn’t phone her immediately, he won’t get any
information.
3. Human life has been changed by science and
technology.
4. It was such a wonderful result that she decided to have
a celebration.
5. She asked John to go to bed then.
 Sentence Transformation

TEST 1
6. Although the weather was cold, we all went out for
coffee.
7. We haven’t decorated this room for years.
8. Jerry makes two thousand dollars a month as an
accountant.
9. The people prevented the thief from escaping/trying to
escape.
10. The owner whose daughter has just come back from
the US is very rich.
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TEST 2
1. The streets haven’t been cleaned this week.
2. It is such a dirty restaurant that no one wants to eat
there.
3. He told Lan to bring her swimming things in case it
was sunny.
4. The girl whose father has just come back from Hanoi
is beautiful.
5. If Susan hadn’t eaten many ice-cream cakes she
wouldn’t have felt/been sick.
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TEST 2
6. In spite of the fact that he didn’t speak Dutch/being
unable to speak Dutch, Bob decided to settle in
Amsterdam.
7. Margaret accused John of damaging her bicycle.
8. He is said to be in the French Foreign Legion.
9. Passing the coming driving test is not easy.
10. Hardly did they pass the exam due to their laziness.
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TEST 3
1. Unless we start conserving fossil fuels now, it will be too late.
2. Neither the moon nor the planet Mars has an atmosphere.
3. If he had hurried, he would have caught the train./wouldn’t have
missed the train.
4. We are going to have our car repaired next week.
5. The tea was so hot that I couldn’t drink it./too hot for me to
drink.
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TEST 3
6. Because of the fact that she behaves well/ her good
behavior/, everyone loves her.
7. Great progress has been made in our economy in the
last few years.
8. I began studying/to study English three years ago.
9. I wish I had gone to the party last Sunday.
10. The driver asked the passengers not to get off the bus
while it was moving.
 Sentence Transformation

TEST 4
1. You don’t have to be over 18 to get married.
2. Neither my girlfriend nor I can speak Russian.
3. He is said to be a millionaire.
4. John told Alice that he had seen the film three times.
5. I would rather not go to the cinema.
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TEST 4
6. If John hadn’t got up late, he would not have missed
the train.
7. Robert doesn’t drive as carefully as Jane does.
8. The river is not clean enough for me to swim in.
9. He offered to carry the bags upstairs for her.
10. Listening to live music is more exciting than
(listening) to records.
 Sentence Transformation

TEST 5
1. She has worked as an accountant for ten years./has been
working as an accountant for ten years.
2. He suggested singing and dancing together./that we should
sing and dance together.
3. The sea is not warm enough for him to swim in.
4. Never have I seen such an interesting film.
5. The fog prevented us from driving.
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TEST 5
6. A new university is going to be built in this region.
7. Going out with friends at weekends is exciting.
8. In spite of the fact that these apples do not look very
nice, they are delicious.
9. Mary has not visited/seen her parents for ages.
10. Unless you work harder, you will lose your job.
 Sentence Transformation

TEST 6
1. Mary hasn’t decorated that house for years.
2. The excursion has to be cancelled due to the bad
weather.
3. His sister asked him not to make such a mess in his
room.
4. It is impossible for flowers to grow/to grow flowers in
such poor ground.
5. My brother drives more carelessly than I do.
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TEST 6
6. I’d rather you didn’t smoke in the lecture hall.
7. In spite of the fact that his leg was broken/his broken
leg, he managed to get out of his car.
8. Because the weather is cold, the crops are late this
year.
9. This is the first time I have eaten this kind of food.
10. Peter is not old enough to see this romantic film.
 Sentence Transformation

TEST 7
1. She wondered why Peter hadn’t phoned.
2. John advised Alice to lend them some money.
3. Rarely did they send us letters when they were living in the US.
4. She is having a new outfit made by her dressmaker.
5. The doctor was so tired that he couldn’t go to the dance with his
nurses .
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TEST 7
6. John has played/has been playing the piano for ten
years.
7. It is really challenging to learn a foreign language.
8. All the prisoners will be caught again soon (by the
police).
9. In spite of the fact that the teacher explained carefully,
we couldn’t understand the lesson.
10. It is years since I enjoyed myself so much.
 Sentence Transformation

TEST 8
1. It is difficult for the patients to meet the doctor.
2. Peter apologised for breaking the glass.
3. If he hadn’t saved me I would have drowned.
4. Before these machines were invented, people had to
queue.
5. The contract has just been signed by the director.
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TEST 8
6. The car is too expensive (for us) to buy.
7. He was made to study for the exams by his parents.
8. We have been cooking/have cooked for the party for
four hours.
9. He is behaving more violently than ever before.
10. Hardly did the boys pass the exam due to their
laziness .
 Translation

TEST 1
1. If I were you, I would not forgive him.
2. English is considered/regarded as an international language; it is
used/spoken by billions of people in the world.
3. It takes/took him two hours to complete/finish/do his exercise.
4. Paul was/is so disappointed with his exam that he could
not/cannot smile.
5. He has travelled to/been to many countries in the world.
 Translation

TEST 2
1. When the telephone/phone rang, I was talking to a foreign
visitor/tourist.
2. Hanoi can be regarded as/considered as/seen as one of the most
ancient/the oldest cities in Asia.
3. We are supposed to finish/complete this project as soon as
possible.
4. It was/is too dark for us to go out./It was/is so dark that we
could not/cannot go out.
5. Coca Cola is the most famous soft drink in the world.
 Translation

TEST 2
6. Ông bà Brown không thích báo chí và truyền hình đưa tin về
đám cưới của họ.
7. Chúng ta nên dùng bàn chải và kem đánh răng có chứa chất flo
để đánh răng ít nhất hai lần mỗi ngày.
8. Khi Uri Geller chỉ mới ba tuổi, cậu bé đã biết mình có khả năng
phi thường.
9. Năm mươi năm trước, thủy điện cung cấp 1/3 lượng điện dùng
ở Mỹ, nhưng ngày nay chỉ cung cấp 4%.
10. Để thành công, quảng cáo cần phải thu hút sự chú ý của khách
hàng và thuyết phục họ rằng họ cần mua sản phẩm đang được
quảng cáo.
 Translation

TEST 3
1. At first English is thought to be easy to learn. But in fact, the
more we learn, the more difficult we feel.
2. Prizes are bestowed/awarded/given in six categories/fields:
literature, physics, chemistry, medicine, economics and peace.
3. London is the capital of the UK and one of the biggest cities in
the world.
4. That engineer will explain how this machine works.
5. Newspapers play an important role in our life. They help us to
know what is happening in the country as well as in the world.
 Translation

TEST 3
6. Việc trở thành thành viên của Tổ chức thương mại thế giới đã tạo ra nhiều cơ
hội mới nhưng cũng mang lại nhiều thách thức cho Việt Nam.
7. Tại cuộc hội thảo được tổ chức tại Tokyo ngày 20/10/2006, thủ tướng
Nguyễn Tấn Dũng cho biết: ” Việt Nam sẽ tiếp tục cải thiện môi trường đầu tư
để thu hút đầu tư nước ngoài.”
8. Gần đây Tổ chức y tế thế giới đã thông báo rằng bệnh đậu mùa gần như đã bị
xóa sạch ở hầu hết các nước trên thế giới nhờ việc tiêm chủng/phòng mở rộng.
9. Ti vi không những giúp con người giải trí mà còn dạy con người nhiều điều
quan trọng.
10. Khi sống ở quê tôi thường đi dạo vào buổi sáng.
 Translation

TEST 4
1. Cho dù người khác/ai nói gì đi nữa, tôi vẫn thích phim Việt
Nam.
2. Lái xe từ ngoại ô vào trung tâm mua sắm trong thành phố mất
sáu tiếng đồng hồ.
3. Người ta nên cấm một số hàng nhập ngoại để giúp ngành công
nghiệp trong nước.
4. Chúng ta phải nhớ rằng phụ nữ cũng rất thành công trong tất cả
các lãnh vực ngoài việc sinh con và nuôi dạy con cái.
5. Trước khi phát minh ra tem, người ta trả tiền cho người đưa thư
cho mỗi bức thư mà họ nhận được.
 Translation

TEST 4
1. The staff at the hospital were well equipped to deal with the
epidemic.
2. We are supposed to complete this project as soon as possible.
3. I am sorry to inform you that you will not get a pay-rise this
year.
4. Examinations of this type are organized every year in the
training institutions.
5. Please come back early next month if you want to have more
information.
 Translation

TEST 5
1. If it does not rain/it is not rainy, I will go swimming with my
brother.
2. It usually/often takes two hours to drive from Hue to Danang.
3. Have you ever been/travelled overseas/to a foreign country?
4. This city is/was so big/large that I get/got lost many times.
5. Hue is one of the cultural and tourist cities in Vietnam.
 Translation

TEST 5
6. Học ở một nước nói tiếng Anh sẽ giúp bạn hoàn thiện kỹ năng tiếng Anh của
mình. Việc học ở đó còn giúp bạn thăng tiến trong nghề nghiệp nữa.
7. Với dân số trên 7 triệu người, TP Hồ Chí Minh cần phát triển nhiều cơ sở hạ
tầng công cộng.
8. Đại hoc RMIT được thành lập vào năm 2002 với khoảng 2000 sinh viên, là
cơ sở đào tạo đại học nước ngoài duy nhất hiện nay.
9. Hệ thống chăm sóc sức khỏe của thành phố này tương đối phát triển với
khoảng 100 bệnh viện hay trung tâm y tế nhà nước và hàng chục phòng khám
tư nhân.
10. Vắc xin phòng chống căn bệnh này đang được chế tạo nên chưa có sẵn.
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TEST 6
1. If I were her, I would not receive/accept this gift.
2. How long has he worked in/for this company?
3. We all know that English has become increasingly important in
Vietnam.
4. The teacher asked us to show our student cards. After that/Then
he checked our attendance./he called/took the roll.
5. A new school will be built in the city, near the park next year.
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TEST 7
1. We avoided meeting him at the party because he was not
polite/impolite.
2. Illegal gold mining in the country leads to the big loss of natural
resources, causes environmental pollution and serious social
problems in many/several regions/localities.
3. The more we read the letters, the more we get angry with them.
4. That is one of the most unforgetable memories in her life.
5. These trousers are too tight. You’d better go on a diet..
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TEST 8
1. It took them six months to build that house.
2. In our age, pollution is becoming more and more an
international problem.
3. Today, science and technology have completely changed human
life .
4. Electricity/Power is very important in our life. Electricity helps
people to cook, communicate and relax.
5. Informatics has now become very popular with/mong not only
adults but also children.
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TEST 1
1. Besides 2. put off 3. on

4. how 5. so that 6. too

7. enough 8. used to 9. such

10. thanks to 11. at 12. what

13. make 14. neither 15. behalf

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TEST 2
1. put out 2. enough 3. arrived

4. died 5. weather 6. go out

7. worrying 8. having 9. why

10. but also 11. felt 12. again

13. might 14. at 15. touch

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TEST 3
1. brought up 2. bad temper 3. of

4. off 5. in spite of 6. by herself

7. out of 8. sunrise 9. since

10. let 11. but 12. covered

13. strange 14. complaining 15. stand

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TEST 4
1. catalogue 2. shelf 3. subject

4. reference 5. published 6. classified

7. keeping 8. to have 9. eating

10. to avoid 11. you have 12. brushing

13. advertising14. convinced 15. mislead

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TEST 5
1. happened 2. to 3. on

4. Besides 5. of 6. travelling

7. used to 8. such 9. because of

10. in 11. progress 12. arrange

13. Either 14. as if 15. satisfied

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TEST 6
1. is getting 2. for 3. regularly

4. resources 5. weather 6. accident

7. documentary 8. prevent 9. catalogue

10. holiday 11. touch 12. arrive

13. arrange 14. of 15. put out

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TEST 7
1. interrupt 2. as 3. unless

4. falls 5. would have married 6. painting

7. at 8. has grown 9. with

10. You’d better 11. Supposing 12. than

13. where 14. Despite 15. to

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TEST 8
1. heard 2. had better 3. ages

4. so that 5. neither can I 6. without

7. having 8. classified 9. caught

10. temper 11. sunrise 12. accommodate

13. who 14. for classes 15. asking

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TEST 1
1. are/become 2. published 3. from

4. years 5. this 6. as/when

7. as 8. guide/guidebook/brochure/booklet
9. in 10. has
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TEST 2
1. as 2. most 3. such

4. made 5. from 6. more

7. interested 8. as 9. hours 10. less

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TEST 3
1. university 2. Founded/Established/Set up

3. also 4. America 5. named 6. and

7. During 8. into 9. examinations 10. at

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TEST 4
1. enough 2. lungs 3. breathe in

4. needed/used 5. increases 6. more/much

7. from/in/of 8. which/that 9. the body 10. not

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TEST 5
1. more 2. holidays 3. the

4. so 5. in 6. from

7. seen 8. where 9. built/constructed

10. into
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TEST 6
1. attending 2. when 3. the

4. time 5. without 6. were

7. on 8. meal 9. least

10. than
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TEST 7
1. the 2. more 3. was

4. it 5. pull 6. has

7. ago 8. machines 9. is

10. that/which
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TEST 8
1. fond 2. liked/wanted/used 3. whose

4. at 5. few 6. from

7. had 8. on 9. killed

10. more
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