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MOCK TEST
I. LISTENING
HƯỚNG DẪN PHẦN THI NGHE HIỂU
• Bài nghe gồm 4 phần; mỗi phần được nghe 2 lần, mỗi lần cách nhau 05 giây; mở đầu và kết thúc
mỗi phần
nghe có tín hiệu.
• Mở đầu và kết thúc bài nghe có tín hiệu nhạc. Thí sinh có 02 phút để hoàn chỉnh bài trước tín hiệu
nhạc
kết thúc bài nghe.
• Mọi hướng dẫn cho thí sinh (bằng tiếng Anh) đã có trong bài nghe.

Part 1:
For questions 1-5, listen to a guide on how to spend a day out in London and choose the correct
answer A, B, C, or D which fits best according to what you hear.
1. What is one of the greenest ways to get around London when you only have a limited amount of
time to travel?
A. Walk
B. Take the bus
C. Hire a bike
D. Catch a cab
2. Borough Market is London’s ...... food market.
A. Largest
B. Busiest
C. Oldest
D. Cheapest
3. Where does the speaker suggest tourists should head to if they want to start exploring London?
A. Trafalgar Square
B. Tate Modern
C. The Thames
D. Neal’s Yard
4. What is to the south of Trafalgar Square as mentioned by the speaker?
A. The West End and all the theatres
B. Bucking Palace and 10 Downing Street
C. Covent Garden
D. Piccadilly Circus
5. When was the pub “The Duke of Cambridge” opened?
A. 1988
B. 1918
C. 1989
D. 1998

Part 2:
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For question 6-10, listen to a report on the UAE’s pardon of a British academic and complete the
following task.
For question 6-8, choose THREE letters from A-G
What is said about Matthew Hedges?
6. _____ A. He is implicated in the work of an intelligence agency
B. He is now in prison with other 700 prisoners
7. _____ C. British government did not bother to help him
D. A lot of factors were taken into account before the authority
8. _____ released him
E. A case similar to his has happened before
F. His repatriating flight will depart at 10 PM in London time
G. The press conference about his case did not come to any conclusion

For question 9-10, choose TWO letters from A-E

What are the factors that affect the relationship between the two countries?
9. _____ A. Intervention of a UK government’s body
B. Internal UAE governmental conflicts
10. _____ C. UK policies
D. Muslim brotherhood issue
E. Financial support

Part 3:
For questions 11-15, listen to an interview with ethno-biologist, Karl Court, who spends most of his
career in the Amazon and choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D which fits best according to what
you hear.
11. From Karl’s perspective, he is captivated by the forest:
A. because it augments his sense of jubilation
B. for its innate charm
C. for reasons that are inexplicable
D. because his love is boosted with longer time spent with it
12. What Karl finds despicable about the ‘world-traveller’ he meets is that he
A. shied away from intimidating situations
B. teased locals with his accounts
C. persisted in sticking with his group
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D. appeared gratified living off people

13. What makes Karl bewildered about Steve’s case is
A. the length at which he contracted the parasite
B. the location where he got his infection
C. the lack of self-protection that he had
D. his nonchalant attitude towards the parasite
14. The differentiation between ethno-biologists and ordinary ones lies in
A. their medicinal research purposes
B. the starting point of their research
C. their primary goal of education for indigenous people
D. the fact that discovery of illnesses is their cornerstone
15. During his time in Haiti, Karl
A. was in pursuit of the confirmation for a previous Japanese research
B. witnessed an enigmatic phenomena beyond explanation
C. unearthed a potentially crucial drug
D. kept locals informed about a potentially perilous fish

Part 4:
For questions 16-25, listen to a piece of news about South Sudan and complete the sentences with
NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS.
In December 2016, the UN Human Rights Commission issued a statement, warning of (16)
_____________________________ in parts of South Sudan, the world’ newest recognised country.
The reporter questions the idea that the situation in South Sudan could become a (17)
_________________________________.
After gaining independence from Sudan, South Sudan instated former (18) __________________
Salva Kirr as president, representing the largest ethnic group, the Dinkas.
In July 2013, President Kirr (19) _________________________ his entire cabinet, including Vice
President Machar, which resulted in a feud between the two.
This (20) ___________________________ spread to ethnic Nuker and Dinka militias and culminated
in a civil war between the two tribes.
This situation deteriorated in early 2014 as Uganda (21) ___________________________ to support
Dinka-backed government forces.
According to the United Nations, (22) ________________________ is rife as statistically, 70% of
women in Juba experienced this.
In order to stop the bad situations here, the United States has sought to (23)
_________________________ on government and rebel forces.
(24) ___________________ and _____________________ have also been implemented but been
unsuccessful.
According to UN officials, what started as a political feud could soon become an (25)
____________________________________.

II. LEXICO GRAMMAR

Part 1:
For questions 26-40, choose the correct answer A, B, C or D to each of the following question.
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26. I’m glad we took this trip. It feels good to be at _____ with nature
A. odds B. love C. one D. harmony
27. You must stop eating these junk food. It will make your life _____
A. foreshortened B. foredoomed C. foreseen D. foreclosed
28. The soldier was condemned for being _____ when he encountered the enemy and ran away.
A. solicitous. B. boisterous. C. pusillanimous D. audacious
29. Don’t choose computer science! You cannot make a/an _____ of it. Look at your Pascal score in
grade 11!
A. try B. success C. go D. attempt
30. She gave the beggar _____ I had left. For one moment, I thought she was a saint.
A. money what little B. what little money C. little what money D. what money little
31. At the end of the day, our family usually sit together and engage in _____ talk. This makes us stay
connected.
A. shop B. table C. dining D. food
32. It actually _____ when people label others without knowing their true personalities.
A. winds me up B. shoves me around C. ticks me off D. pins me down
33. She has always been _____ to me. I’m forever grateful for that.
A. kind herself B. kind itself C. kindness herself D. kindness itself
34. If your son keeps on being a law _____ himself, unfortunately we have to expel him.
A. into B. onto C. up to D. unto
35. Jenny, you top the competition again! You really do your teachers _____.
A. credit B. pride C. praise D. wonder
36. The new regulations will make sure there is a level _____ field for all students.
A. competing B. playing C. fighting D. battling
37. At first you may encounter some _____ problems, but as you progress, everything will get better
A. toeing B. facing C. teething D. hairing
38. Can you just cooperate for once? Why do you keep swimming against the_____?
A. current B. tide C. water D. flow
39. With intensive exercise, you’ll be back in shape before _____.
A. soon B. far C. long D. near
40. I am so lucky to have _____ friends who I can turn to in dilemmas.
A. a good many B. a large many C. a great lot D. a whole lot
Part 2.
For questions 41-45, write the correct form of each bracketed word.
If you’re texting a loved one or dashing off an email to a colleague, the cost of ___________ (41.
PLACE) a piece of punctuation will be – at worst – a red face and a minor mix-up. But for some,
contentious commas can be a path to the poor house. A dairy company in the US city of Portland,
Maine settled a court case for $5m earlier this year because of a missing comma. Three lorry drivers
for Oakhurst Dairy claimed that they were owed years of unpaid overtime wages, all because of the
way commas were used in __________ (42. LEGAL) governing overtime payments. Because there
was confusion, the US Court of Appeals ruled in their favour, benefiting around 120 of the firm’s
drivers. David Webbert, the lawyer who helped bring the case against the company, told reporters at
the time that the ___________ (43. INCLUDE) of a comma in the clause “would have sunk our ship”.
The __________ (44. SLIP) shows that the slightest misstep in punctuating a clause in a contract can
have massive __________ (45. ADVERT) consequences.
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III. READING
Part 1:
For questions 46-50, read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each gap.
HIGGS BOSON
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July 4 is fairly (46) _______ the celebration of American independence. However, it also
now the day on which an announcement of monumental significance was made by scientists at
CERN, whose work at the Large Hardon Collider has finally (47) _______ statistically significant proof
of the existence of Higgs Boson – the particle that represents the missing piece of the puzzle that is
how universe (48) _______ into being. What was once an exclusive conversation piece of those
heavily involved in particle physics, the Higgs Boson became hot (49) _______ talk following the
release of a series of Hollywood movies based loosely around the discovery of a so-called “God
Particle”, which, without wanting to be too crude about it, the Higgs Boson basically is. Mass media,
therefore, gave it widespread coverage and has (50) _______ the praises of it as possible the most
significant scientific breakthrough of our time. Arguably, it brings an end to the long-running debate
about how the universe began.
46. A. analogous to B.commensurate with C.synonymous with D. tantamount to

47. A. capitulated B. handed over C. paid off D. yielded

48. A. emanated B. materialised C. proliferated D. sprang

49. A. table B. forum C. framework D. backdrop

50. A. chanted B. intoned C. sung D. warbled

Part 2:
For questions 51-60, fill each of the following blanks with ONE suitable word
Separation anxiety disorder (SAD), is an anxiety disorder in which an individual experiences excessive
anxiety regarding separation from home or from people to (51)________ the individual has a strong
emotional attachment (e.g., a parent, caregiver, significant other or siblings). It is most (52)________
in infants and small children, typically between the ages of 6–7 months to 3 years, although it may
pathologically manifest (53)________ in older children, adolescents and adults. Separation anxiety is
a natural part of the developmental process. Unlike SAD ( (54)________ by excessive anxiety),
normal separation anxiety indicates healthy advancements in a child's (55) ________ maturation and
should not be considered a developing behavioral problem.
According to the American Psychiatric Association, separation anxiety disorder is an excessive
display of fear and distress when faced with situations of separation from the home or from a
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specific attachment (56)_______. The anxiety that is expressed is categorized as being (57)______ of
the expected developmental level and age. The (58)_______ of the symptoms ranges from
anticipatory uneasiness to full-blown anxiety about separation.
SAD may cause significant negative effects within areas of social and emotional functioning, family
life, and physical health of the (59)______ individual. The duration of this problem must persist for
at least four weeks and must present itself before a child is 18 years of age to be diagnosed as SAD in
children, but can now be diagnosed in adults with a duration typically (60)________ 6 months in
adults as specified by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5)
Part 3:
For questions 61-73 , read the following passage and do the tasks that follow.
FILM NOIR
After the Second World War, a curious change came over the outlook of Hollywood films. Rather
than the positive, happy-ending stories that dominated the silver screen before the war, a pessimism
and negativity had entered American cinema. This post-war disillusionment was evident in
Hollywood and the movement became known as film noir.

One would be mistaken to call film noir a genre. Unlike westerns or romantic comedies, film noir
cannot be defined by conventional uses of setting or conflict in the way that is common to genre
films. Film noir is more of a movement. pinned to one specific point in time in much the same way as
Soviet Montage or German Expressionism was. Instead, the defining quality of film noir was linked to
tone, lighting and an often a somber mood.

True film noir refers to Hollywood films of the 1940s and early 1950s that dealt with dark themes
such as crime and corruption. These films were essentially critiquing certain aspects of American
society in a way film had never done before. Since that time there have occasionally been other
great noir films made, such as Chinatown, but the mood and tone are often different to the original
film noir movies. One possible reason for this is the time in which the films were made. A common
perception of art is that it reflects the society and time in which it is made. That makes film noir of
the Forties and Fifties quite inimitable because, luckily, the world has not had to endure a war of the
scale and destruction of the Second World War again.

Paul Schrader, writer of films like Taxi Driver and Raging Bull, sees film noir as one of Hollywood's
best and least known periods. In his essay Notes on Film Nair he admits that classifying film noir is
almost impossible because many films considered as film noir vary greatly in style. He observed that
there were four main traditions in film noir.

First were the films specifically about war and post-war disillusionment. Schrader believes these
films were not only a reflection of the war, but also a delayed reaction to the great economic
depression of the 1930s. The trend in Hollywood throughout this period and into the war was to
produce films aimed at keeping people's spirits up, hence the positivity. As soon as the war ended,
crime fiction started to become popular, which mirrored growing disillusionment in America. Films
such as The Blue Dahlia and Dead Reckoning picked up on a trend started during the war with The
Maltese Falcon in 1941, which is seen as the first example of film noir.
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Another film noir tradition was post-war realism. This style of film was similar to some European
films of the same era, such as Italy's neorealist films like Vittorio De Sica’s Bicycle Thieves and
Roberto Rossellini's Open City. Part of this style was created by filming in real locations and away
from constructed sets. The honesty of this style of film suited the post-war mood in America and is
demonstrated well in Jules Dassin's Night and the city, much of which was filmed in and around
London.

The third tradition of film noir according to Paul Schrader involves what he characterizes as 'The
German Influence'. Especially during the 1920s German Expressionism was one of the most unique
and creative firms of cinema. Many German, Austrian and Polish directors immigrated to America
before or during the rise of Hitler and in part due to the increasing control and prevention of artistic
freedom. Many of them, such as Fritz Lang and Billy Wilder, would find their way into the Hollywood
system and to this day remain some of the most celebrated directors of all time.

It was the lighting developed in German Expressionism in particular that was most influential on film
noir. The interplay of light and shadow created by chiaroscuro was highly suggestive of hidden
darkness and was largely responsible for creating the mood and feeling of film noir. But it was the
coupling of expressionist lighting with realistic settings that really gave film noir its authenticity. It is
no surprise then that two of the most popular film noir feature films, Sunset Boulevard and Ace in
the Hole, were both directed by Billy Wilder.

The final tradition of film noir noted by Schrader is what he dubs 'The Hard-Boiled Tradition'. He
notes how American literature of the time was the driving force behind much of this style of film
noir. Ernest Hemingway, Raymond Chandler and James M. Cain were tough, cynical and
uncompromising and their work reflects this type of attitude. If German Expressionism influenced
the visual aspect of film noir, it was this hard-boiled writing style that influenced the characters,
stories and scripts depicted on screen. Raymond Chandler adapted the screenplay for film noir
classic Double Indemnity from a James M. Cain story. This writing team, with Billy Wilder again
directing, was the perfect combination for one of Hollywood's most celebrated films.
Questions 61-65
Do the following statements agree with the claims of the writer ?
Write
YES if the statement agrees with the claims of the writer

NO if the statement contradicts the claims of the writer

NOT GIVEN if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this

61. The First World War had a big influence on the types of films being made in Hollywood.
62. Film noir is an official genre.
63. True film noir can be from any time and be about any kind of social issue.
64. Filmmaker Paul Schrader believes that film noir is almost impossible to classify.
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65. Mixing light and shadow was mainly responsible for creating the unique mood and feeling of film
noir.

Questions 66-70
Complete the notes below.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Write your answers in boxes 6-9 on your answer sheet.
THE FOUR TRADITIONS OF FILM NOIR

War and post-war disillusionment:

A delayed (66) _______ to the great economic depression.
The Hollywood trend during the depression and war was to produce films aimed at
keeping people's spirits up.

Post-war realism:
Part of the style was created by shooting the films in real locations instead of on sets.
Similar to European film styles such as (67) _______ in Italy.

The German Influence:

Many directors from Germany, Austria and Poland (68) _______ to America during the
1920s and 1930s.
The use of lighting styles developed by German Expressionist films was very influential
on film noir.
Combining chiaroscuro lighting with filming in real locations gave film noir its (69) _______

The hard-boiled tradition:

These films were heavily influenced by popular literature of the time by writers like
Ernest Hemingway.
The hard-boiled writing style influenced the depiction of (70) _______ , stories and
scripts in film noir.

Questions 71-73
Complete each sentence with the correct ending, A-F
Write your answers in boxes 10-13 on your answer sheet.
71. After the war, instead of the positive films that existed in Hollywood before
72. The honesty of post-war realism in film noir
73. Double Indemnity, directed by Billy Wilder, is
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A suited the mood in America well.

B one of Hollywood's most notable films.
C there were a lot more romantic comedies released in America.
D was something most people were not ready for.
E a negativity had entered Hollywood films.
F a film that very few people know about today.

Part 4:
For questions 74-80, read a newspaper article about maths. Seven paragraphs have been removed
from the article. Choose from the paragraphs A–H the one which fits each gap. There is one extra
paragraph which you do not need to use.
The man who proved that everyone is good at Maths
The French academic Marc Chemillier has shown that humans have remarkable innate skills with numbers.
Reporter Alex Duval Smith accompanies him to Madagascar to see this at first hand.
Maths is simple. But to discover this requires travelling to the ends of the earth where an illiterate,
tobacco-chewing teller lives in a room with a double bed and a beehive. As the sun rises over the hut
belonging to Raoke, a 70-year-old witch doctor, a highly pitched din heralds bee rush hour. The
insects he keeps shuttle madly in and out through the window. This bizarre setting, near nowhere in
the harsh cactus savannah of southern Madagascar, is where a leading French academic, Marc
Chemillier, has achieved an extraordinary pairing of modern mathematics and illiterate intuition.
(74)_____
Mr Chemillier argues in this ground-breaking work that children should be encouraged to do maths
before they learn to read and write. ‘There is a strong link between counting and the number of
fingers on our hands. Maths becomes complicated only when you abandon basic measures in
nature, like the foot or the inch, or even the acre, which is the area that two bulls can plough in a
day.’
(75)_____
With a low table covered in pieces of wood – each of which has a particular medicinal virtue –
Raoke sits on his straw mat and chants as he runs his fingers through a bag of shiny, dark brown tree
seeds. ‘There were about 600 seeds in the bag to begin with but I have lost a few,’ he says. ‘They
come from the fane tree and were selected for me many years ago. The fane from the valley of
Tsivoanino produces some seeds that lie and others that tell the truth so it is very important to test
each seed. I paid a specialist to do that,’ says the father of six.
(76)_____
From this selection of wood pieces before him, Raoke can mix concoctions to cure ailments, banish
evil spirits and restore friendships. A basic session with the seeds costs 10,000 ariary (£3), then a
price is discussed for the cure. It seems there is nothing Raoke cannot achieve for the top price of
one or two zebus – Malagasy beef cattle that cost about £300 each – though some remedies are
available for the price of a sheep.
(77)_____
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Given the thousands of plant species in Madagascar that are still undiscovered by mainstream
medicine, it is entirely possible that Raoke holds the key to several miracle cures. But Mr Chemillier
is not interested in the pharmacopaeic aspect of the fortune teller’s work.
(78)_____
The startling reality of the situation is explained to me. Raoke can produce 65,536 grids with his
seeds – Mr Chemillier has them all in his computer now. ‘But we still need to do more work to
understand his mental capacity for obtaining the combinations of single seeds and pairs,’ he says.
(79)_____
Over the years, Mr Chemillier has earned respect from Raoke and other Malagasy fortune tellers.
‘Initially they thought France had sent me to steal their work in an attempt to become the world’s
most powerful fortune teller. But once I was able to share grids with them that had been through my
computer program, we established a relationship of trust,’ says Mr Chemillier.
(80)_____
When not consulting clients, the diminutive fortune teller spends hours with his seeds, laying them
in different formations and copying the dots down in pencil. Those grids have value and Raoke sells
them to other fortune tellers. He is indeed a most remarkable man, and the full value of his work is,
one suspects, something that even Chemillier may take years to fathom.

A.
This is indeed impressive. The way in which Raoke poses questions over the seeds requires the same
abilities for mental speculation as might be displayed by a winner of the Fields Medal, which is the
top award any mathematician can aspire to, according to Mr Chemillier.
B.
Indeed, I can see it is the lack of memory and computer aids that helps keep Raoke’s mind sharp. In
the developed world people are over-reliant on calculators, dictionaries, documents. And also the
developed world is wrong to ignore the basic human connection with numbers that goes back to
using the fingers on your hands and relating them to the environment around you.
C.
In his book, Les Mathématiques Naturelles, the director of studies at EHESS (School for Advanced
Studies in Social Sciences) argues that mathematics is not only simple, it is ‘rooted in human,
sensorial intuition’. And he believes that Madagascar’s population, which remains relatively
untouched by outside influences, can help him to prove this.
D.
‘A white man came from Réunion with a stomach ailment that the hospitals in France could not cure.
I gave him a powder to drink in a liquid. He vomited and then he was cured,’ says Raoke.
E.
Raoke duly felt able to reveal that a divine power shows him how to position the seeds. He does not
understand why ‘Monsieur Marc’, and now this other visiting white person, keeps asking him why he
lays the seeds in a certain way. Yet it is clear from a stack of grimy copybooks he keeps under his bed
that he is kept very busy indeed as a receiver of divine messages.
F.
To make his point, Mr Chemillier chose to charge up his laptop computer, leave Paris and do the
rounds of fortune tellers on the Indian Ocean island because its uninfluenced natural biodiversity
also extends to its human population. Divinatory geomancy – reading random patterns, or sikidy to
use the local word – is what Raoke does, when not attending to his insects.
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G.
He is, after all, a mathematician, not a scientist. ‘Raoke is an expert in a reflexive view of maths of
which we have lost sight in the West,’ he says. ‘Even armed with my computer program, I do not
fully comprehend Raoke’s capacities for mental arithmetic.’
H.
Raoke proceeds from explanation to demonstration, pouring a random number on to his mat, then
picking them up singly or in twos and laying them in a grid from right to left. Each horizontal gridline
has a name – son, livestock, woman or enemy – and each vertical one has a name, too: chief, zebu
(cattle), brother and earth. Whether one or two seeds lie at the intersection of two gridlines
determines the subject’s fortune and informs Raoke as to the cure required, and its price.

Part 5:
The passage below consists of 6 paragraphs marked A, B, C, D, E and F. For questions 81-95, read
the passage and do the task that follows.

LONELINESS IS THE MODERN ILLNESS OF THE BODY, NOT JUST THE MIND
A.
Loneliness is thought to be a universal, inevitable, even psychological affliction. Not only the United
Kingdom but also vast swaths of post-industrial populations across Europe, the United States and
Japan report heightened levels of loneliness, with attendant implications for public health. The
findings of a recent BBC loneliness survey – that a third of respondents (55,000 in the UK) often felt
lonely, that there was shame attached, that it could affect people of all life stages, that it was
connected to social media use and linked with ill health – flesh out the detail behind discussion of a
“loneliness epidemic”. But neither the physicality of loneliness, nor its origins, received much
emphasis in the study. And as its history makes clear, loneliness is more complex than much of the
current analysis suggests.
B.
Most research acknowledges the role of modernity in the “epidemic” (the rise of single households,
less face-to-face interaction, the influence of social media) but presumes people have always been
lonely. But that’s not the case. Loneliness as a problem is a product of modern ways of thinking
about the self and society. Before 1800, the English word “loneliness” did not exist. People lived in
small communities, they tended to believe in God (which meant they were never really alone, even
when they were physically isolated), and there was a philosophical concept of the community as a
source of common good. There was no need for a language of loneliness.
C.
Of course, solitude existed, and solitude when not chosen could be damaging, just as loneliness is
today. But the modern, existential angst of feeling alone couldn’t exist, because the modern
“individual” didn’t emerge until the 19th century, with industrialisation in the west and the creation
of philosophical and political systems focusing on individualism. Scientific medicine separated mind
and body, identifying the brain as the organ of both cognition and mind. Pathological emotions were
defined as “mental” problems. Today, the mental health organisation Mind links loneliness to other
mental disorders, including depression and anxiety. It recommends talking therapies that focus on
mental health, but overlooks much of the physical dimension of loneliness.
D.
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And loneliness is physical. For more than 2,000 years before the development of scientific medicine,
physicians had a more holistic approach to mental and physical health. What was eaten and drunk,
how one moved, how little and where one slept, what the air was like, all influenced a person’s
emotions. The 18th-century Scottish physician William Cullen recommended horse-riding to
invigorate the fibres of the body and its “spirits”. He advised one Mrs Rae in 1777 to invest in seeing
friends, avoiding excessive solitude, and giving the mind “as much attention as the body” for
optimum health. In the neurocentric 21st century, however, there is little discussion of the lonely
body. We are not taught to watch the body language of others to see if we can detect loneliness,
which, because it is a “cluster” of emotions – anger, sadness, grief, fear – has no outwardly uniform
expression. Nor are we encouraged to work with and through the body to prevent or alleviate
loneliness. Social care has been stripped, so that many are denied help with medication, let alone
“body work”. Yet we know massage therapies reduce loneliness, especially among those for whom
touch is not a part of their everyday relationships. Health workers in palliative care have found that
massage produces a form of “existential respite”.
E.
Engaging the body and its senses appears to bring people back to social connectedness. The Spitz
Charitable Trust has an evolving music programme that reduces loneliness among older people. And
those with dementia can be reinvigorated by hearing the music of their youth. Music positively
affects loneliness in all ages, as seen in the composer Nigel Osborne’s use of music and the creative
arts to support traumatised children. Dancing brings together movement and music, and ballroom
dancing has been found to alleviate loneliness among the elderly in Brazil. Researchers found that it
augments “mental, emotional and physical wellbeing”, as well as countering social isolation. Aside
from the rituals of belonging that are involved in cooking and eating together, food brings a sense of
physical belonging. It seems chicken soup, as one study found, really is good for the soul. The
converse is that lonely people can overeat, or become addicted to comfort or junk foods, as a way to
fill a sense of “lack”. Food, dancing, music, massage, woodworking – all bring elements of touch,
movement and the senses. They also invite feelings of physical warmth, whereas loneliness is
sometimes described by sufferers as “cold”. This language is important: lonely people feel the cold,
crave warm foods and physical heat as a physical and metaphorical counterbalance. We are social
beings who thrive on physical, mental, emotional and even spiritual connection. The answer to
loneliness, history suggests, does not lie in talking about it, but moving through it; in finding
connectedness that works with the body as much as the mind.
F.
How do we achieve this? Attempting to recreate the pre-1800 experience of the small community is
not necessarily the answer. I suspect this was rather suffocating for many people. But we could start
investing more in health and social care that acknowledges the connection between physical and
mental health, and in programmes that generate and sustain local communities, such as Age UK
Doncaster’s Circles. We need healthcare that is preventive rather than reactive, that sees the body
less as a series of parts to be treated than a complex whole in which emotions are accessed through
touch, sound, smell, taste and sight. This is the only context in which “social prescribing” of, for
example, dance classes on the NHS, as recently announced by the government, will make a
meaningful difference.
Which paragraph contains the following pieces of information?

The definition of uncontrollable feelings 81. ______

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A treatment catered for people of different age groups 82. ______

Preceding cure to loneliness 83. ______
The complex nature of loneliness 84. ______
The need for proactive deeds 85. ______
Past emphasis on group 86. ______
What researchers know being just the tip of the iceberg 87. ______
The sheer importance of physical contact 88. ______
Worldwide example of loneliness’ prevalence 89. ______
The lack of knowledge for an important skill 90. ______
A wrong preconception about the origin of loneliness 91. ______
Linguistic involvement in tackling loneliness 92. ______
Creating social connectedness by imagining a particular person by their side
93. ______
A particular food for countering loneliness 94. ______
Someone who reduces pain without focusing on its ultimate causes 95. ______

IV. WRITING
Part 1. Read the following extract and use your own words to summarise it. Your summary should
be between 100 and 120 words long.

One of the greatest men ever to have lived in the world was Dr Alexander Flemming. He was a
dedicated English doctor who was very keen to do his best to cure his patients. However, there were
no bacteria-fighting drugs at that time and many of his patients died of blood-poisoning. Therefore,
Dr Flemming tried to discover a bacteria-fighting drug through experiments in his laboratory.

He cultivated harmful germs on dishes of jelly. Surprisingly, he discovered that the harmful germs
were killed by the mould in the jelly. The organisms in the mould produced chemical substances
which killed the harmful germs. This was a fantastic discovery in 1928 - a mould that could kill
harmful germs! As a result, Dr Flemming wanted to find the chemical substance made by the mould.

Finally, he found the substance which was three times more effective than carbolic acid, the
disinfectant for killing germs then. The new drug became known as penicillin, after the name of the
mould. Dr Flemming's next challenge was to produce a large amount of this antibody for use on his
patients.

He continued with his experiments. With the outbreak of the Second World War, his drug was very
much in demand. Subsequently, his wonder drug was produced in great amounts. The persons
responsible were Professor Sir Howard Florey who introduced its use for healing patients, and Dr E.
Chain who studied it in detail.

With the discovery of penicillin by Dr Flemming, fewer people died from bacteria infection. His drug
had alleviated the sufferings of mankind and indeed saved the lives of millions. Hailed as one of the
world's greatest contributors to medical science, he had made it possible not only to treat diseases
but to prevent them too. His drug can be applied to animals as well. Therefore, if you had been
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treated for diseases such as pneumonia, influenza and gum infection by antibiotics, you have Dr
Flemming to thank for.

In recognition of his brilliant discovery, Dr Flemming was knighted, a reward richly befitting his
contribution to mankind.

Part 2:
The line graph below gives information on the number of UFO sightings in three different cities in
England from 1995 to 2010. Describe the information in the line graph and make comparisons
where relevant. You should write about 150 words.

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Part 3.
Write an essay of 350 words on the following topic:
Should judges make their rulings based on the wording of the law, or should they make rulings
that benefit society?
Present argumentation to highlight your opinion on this matter. Give reasons and specific examples
to support your opinion(s).

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KEY
1. C 6. A/D/F 11. C
2. C 7. A/D/F 12. D
3. C 8. A/D/F 13. A
4. B 9. C/D 14. B
5. D 10. C/D 15. C
16. ethnic cleansing 21. deployed troops
17. full-blown genocide 22. sexual violence/sexual assault
18. military commander 23. impose sanctions
19. purged 24. Peace deals … ceasefires
20. political infighting 25. outright ethnic war
26. C 29. C 32. A 35. A 38. B
27. A 30. B 33. D 36. B 39. C
28. C 31. B 34. D 37. C 40. A
41. misplaced 46. C
42. legislation 47. D
43. inclusion 48. D
44. slip-up 49. A
45. inadvertent 50. C

51. whom 54. indicated

52. common/prevalent 55. cognitive/mental
53. itself 56. figure
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57. atypical 59. disordered

58. severity 60. lasting

61. NOT GIVEN 66. reaction

62. NO 67. neorealism
63. NO 68. immigrated
64. YES 69. authenticity
65. YES 70. characters
71. E 76. H 81. C 86. B 91. B
72. A 77. D 82. E 87. A 92. E
73. B 78. G 83. D 88. E 93. B
74. C 79. A 84. D 89. A 94. E
75. F 80. E 85. F 90. D 95. D