_ _ part -time preven t gets unless specialise such by so thm brcak ever plenty charge presented arranged though far a little below nIece ough t to Pruclin: [en 3 PRACTICE TEST 3 PART 1: VOCABULARY AND READING COMPREHENSION SECTION 1: VOCABULARY (20 marks) Instruction: Choose the best word/ phrase in the box below to complete the sentences that follow. Each word / phrase can be used ONCE ONLY. 1. My wife has a . job at a chemist's. 2. I'm not sure if thc new tax is a good idea after all. 3. We haven't. . thought of going abroad for a holiday bcciJuse my husb,lnd is afraid of flying. 4. Doctors also try to disease \\'ith good c1dvicc. They tell their patients to cat t~lC right kind of food and to exercise daily. 5. lie was in aLa large number of men. 6. When he retired from his job the director: him \vith a clock. 7. My sister had a baby daughter, and she is my first 8. Smoking is very bad habit, which many people find diffjcult to 9. it was raining heavily he went out without a raincoat. 10. No child. the age of sixteen wii! be admitted to th is film 11. Do you knmv what time the train. to Ii0chiMinh Cit.\"? 12. You go to the dentist's before your tooUwchc get \\"(>rsc. ]3. We have of time to catch the train so there's no need to rush. ]4. you do better \vork than this, you \\,on't pass the exam. 15. Many doctors ophthalmologists C:Jreeyc specialists. in only on(~ kind of medicinc. For eX~JmpJc, I ' , - - - - - Tiii U~u on rhi lie-ng Anh SECTION 2: READING COMPREHENSION (30 marks) Read each passage carefully and the answer the questions that bellow. Passage 1 It seems easy to say that you are employed if you work for somebody else and you are self ~ employ'Cd if you work for yourseltl But life isn't quite so simple. Being self-employed is not restricted to people who run their O\vn business, in the physical sense of O\vning property and stock and perhaps employing their own staff. A great number of people work from home in a \\'id,-~ range of occupations and many of them arc classed as self-employed. Examples arc the hairdresser " rho has set up a shop in one room of the house, the freelance book- keeper \\.ho docs the accounts for other small businesses, the woman who holds clothing or TLlppen\"~in' p~1rti('s, and the anist who takes on freelance work from various publishing comp,-In\l's. People \\'h(1 work on a freelance basis 'hire out' their skills to anyone who will pay them. A freelance photographer. for inst,.mce, may eithcr be contracted to do a specific job for a newspaper or may even take photographs of events on the chance that he/she nm sell them. The number of people in Britain \vho arc elassed as self-employed rose by 52% between 1YH1 and 1q91 from 2.2 million to 3.3 million people - and most of them work on their o\vn (i.e. they do not employ other people) in many cases these are peopJe who have been faced \\'ith redundancy and who have used their savings or their redundancy payments, or taken advanlages of one of the government schemes to setup on their own. I. What is the ONE main idea of the passage? 2. Do all se1f-emplo cd people own property and stock? 3. Nole down two of the examp1cs of self - employment mentioned in the passage') 4. I !cm docs a frcclanccr rnDkc a lJVing? 5-6 The pussagc dvscrilws t\\'o particular job features of self - employment. What are they? \\/hat docs each of the rol1c)\ving underlined words or phrases refer to? 7. " and many afthem are classed as self-employed." (puragr8ph 1) H. " rose by 52fY, between 1981 cmd 1991 from 2.2 million to 3.3 million people Waragraph 3) 14 Pruclict'lnl3 Which words/phrases in the passage mean the foHawing 9. many . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10. does not only relate to Passage 2 A typical British family used to consist of mother, father and two children, but in recent years there havc been many changes in family life. Some of these changes have been caused by new laws and others are the result ofchanges in society. In fact one ma.rriage in every three now ends in divorce. This means that there arc a lot of onc-parent families. Suciety is now more toJerant than it used to be of unmarried couples 8nd single parents. Another ch8nge has been caused by the f8ct people arc Jiving longer nowadays, and many old people Jive alone foIl owing the death of their partners. As a result of these changes in the pattern of peop)c's lives, there are many households which consist of onl.v one person or one Bdu]t and children. Members of a family - grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins _ kecp in touch, but they see less of each other than they used to. This is because people often move away from their home tcm,'n to work, and so the famiJy becomes Scattered. In generaJ, each generation is keen to become independent of parents on estC1blishing its own family unit, and this fact can lead to social as \ e]J as geographical differences within the larger family group. 11. Docs a typicaJ British family have 4 members? 12-13. What arc the major causes of many changes in British family life'? 14. What has the new law resulted in? 15. Ilo\\' does the pattern of British people's lives change? ./'. ] 6. Did members of a f8mily see each other 1css often than they do now? 17. What is the cause of sociaJ and geographicaJ differences within the larger family group? \Vhat docs each of the foJIov.'ing underlined words or phrases refer to? ] 8. "Some of these have been caused by new laws and others are the result of changes III society" (Paragraph 1) J5 - - - T/li Ufu {in Ihi li/nK Anh 19. "Th.i~_means that there are a lot of one-parent families"? (Paragraph 1) 20. What word in the passage means includes/is composed o.P SECTION 3: READING CLOZE (10 marks) Instructions: Complete the following passage with the missing words. Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word only. Dolphins and whales have larger (1) evidence that they arc able (2) than us. There is considerable communicate with each other and show their (3) with sounds. Scientists (4) have worked (5) dolphins consider them to be truly intelligent. Some (6) that they (7) environment (8) a diffcrcnt non- cven be more intelligent than us. Because their all their needs they have developed (9) material way. But they (10) still being.hunted and killed PART 2: WRITING SECTION 1: CONTROLLED WRITING (15 marks) Instruction: From the following suggested words and phrases in the given sequences, make all the changes and additions necessary to produce sentences, which together make a complete paragraph. Follow the example. Example: my aunt / born / England/ now / shc / live / Pcrth / Australia Answer: My aunt was bom in England, but now she lives in Perth, Australia. Dcar Sir, 1. My wife / I / now / plan / holiday / next summer. 2. We / like / go / Italy/ two weeks. 3. Holiday / begin / ,July 15'" / we / return / July 29"'. 4. My wife / dislike / travel / coach / we wish / go / air. \6 Practice test 3 5. We / expect / stay / hotel/east coast. 6. We / grateful/you / send / information/ details / charges. 7. I / trust / you / able / help / arrangements. Yours sincerely, Ii:. Smith SECTION 2: SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION (15marks) 'Instruction: Use the words given to rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the original sentence. 1. I'm always nervous when I travel by air. Travelling . 2. lIe could not afford to buy the car. The car. 3. Although he had a good salary, he was unhappy in his job. In spite. 4. I'm sorry I missed your birthday party. I wish 5. That restaurant is so dirty that no one wants to eat there. It is such 6. After fighting the fire for twelve hours, the firemen succeeded in putting it out. The firemen managed . 7. We didn't go on holiday because we didn't have enough money. Ifwe. 8. The mechanic serviced my car last week. I had 9. The only v,ray you can bccome a good athlete is by training hard every day'. Only by . 17 7'iLilNu 6n thi tilng Anh 10. He is said to have been in the French Foreign Legion. People SECTION 3:TRANSLATION (15 marks) Translate the following sentences into English. 1. Ngon ngu cua khoa hQc la ngon ngu chung cua c(>ng dong quoc te. 2. May di$n toan d6ng m(>tvai tro quan trong trong xa h(>i hi$n dai vi no phl,lc Vl,lcon ngLioi trong nhieu JTnhvt,ic. 3. Neu dan so the gioi tiep tuc tang va neu chung ta khOng giam lang phi, chung ta se chet dOl vi khOng cd du IUOng tht,lc. 4. HI' thich song a mien que hon vi hI' yeu thich ve d~p thien nhien. , 5. Khi can Ire, ong toi thUong lam vi.;;c 12 lieng mqt ngay. Translate the following sentences into Vietnamese. 6. In thc past it was mistakenly thought that natural resources might never be used up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7. Modern life offers us a lot of comforts and conveniences that our grandfathers couldn't have dreamt of. . . . . . . . . . . . . Pructict' It'S! :) 8. Do you think cars should be banned from the centre of the city to reduce air pollution" 9. Cars, besides polluting the air, arc the cause of many accidents that kill or injure thousands of people a year. 10. One of the arguments in favour of life entertainment and that you can engage in in a city is that you don'1 have to any cultural activities of your choicc. go f<lr for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . This is the end of Prnctice test J - - - Tili lieu on thi li~'n Anh 4. My sister I IS' years oldl want I spend I year I England. 5. She I not I mind I look I children I and I good I housework. 6. She I go I university I next year I study EngEsh . 7. Look / forw~Jrd / hear / you. Stefano SECTION 2: SENTENCE TRANSFORMATiON (15marks) Instruction: Use the words given to rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the original sentence. 1. You '\vill be askcd a lot of questions at the intcrvicv./. They. 2. Tom said:" Ann has bought a neW car. Tom said that 3. In spite of not having eaten for 24 hours, I didn'l t"ecl hun~n Even though 4. We had hardly started when it began to rain. Hardly. 5. Because it rained heavily, they didn't comc. Because of 6. I haven't enjoyed myself sa much for years. It's 7. You may be very inte1\igent, but yoU should be careful about this. No matter 8. I walked to school in 20 minutcs. It took Practice te.~t 4 9. He spent all his money. He even borrowed some money from me. Not onJy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10. My brother is t<]o young to go to school. My brother is not SECTION 3: TRANSLATION (15 marks) Translate the following sentences into English. 1. Hay nhan tai chuc mung chan thanh nhat cua tal doi yal thanh cong cua anh lrong hQc ki yua qua. 2. Tv dau den cuoi hqe kj, and da chung to Sl! cham chT va. thong minh cua anh 3. Ngon ngG cua khoa hQc la ngon ngG chung cua c<)ng dong qUae Ie. 4. May di$n toan dong mQt va; tro quan trQng trong xa h(>i hi$n dai vi n6 phuc Vl,Jcan ngU6'i trong nhieu ITnh vl,J.c. 5. Thanh pho Ho Chi Minh co Dan so khoilng mual trlau nguai. EJay co the la mot trong nhung Ihanh ph6 pMt trien nhanh nh;ft thir giai. Translate the following sentences into Vietnamese. 6. Despite many difficulties and challenges, Vietnam has g8incd some significant economic achievement in the past year. Tili lieu ('n [hi tlit" ) Anh 7. A recent Japan B<:mk for International Co-operation (JBIC) survey ranked Vietnam as the world's fourth most attractive investment marketplace. 8. However, Vietnam needs to further improve its business and investment environment so that it is sufficiently competitive compared with other countries. 9. Constraints to business should be removed quickly so that Vietnam can nttract more investment in the nexL five ye~1rs. 10. The key milestone for improvement of the Vietnam economy would hc its accession to the WTO next year. , This is the end of Practice tes1 4 [...]... (15 marks) sentences into English 1 . -2 Chinh phu da phe duy$t dtJ an xay dl,lng cau tren song Saigon noi lien trung tam thanh pho Ho Chi Minh voi trung tam do thi moi Thu Thiem, quan 2 ( phe duyet; approve) Tai lifU {jn thi tie"ngAnh 3-5 Cong ty Motorola se me r('>ngkinh doanh e Vi$t Nam voi viec tung ra thi trLiang nhung san ph . C:Jreeyc specialists. in only on(~ kind of medicinc. For eX~JmpJc, I ' , - - - - - Tiii U~u on rhi lie-ng Anh SECTION 2: READING COMPREHENSION (30 marks) Read each passage carefully and the answer. III society" (Paragraph 1) J5 - - - T/li Ufu {in Ihi li/nK Anh 19. "Th.i~_means that there are a lot of one-parent families"? (Paragraph 1) 20 . What word in the passage means. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . This is the end of Prnctice test J - - - Tili lieu on thi li~'n Anh 4. My sister I IS' years oldl want I spend I year