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CHU VĂN AN ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH 11
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Ngày thi: ……………….
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(Đề thi gồm 20 trang)

PART A. LISTENING (50p.)
I. You will hear a discussion in which two marine biologists. Gina Kelso and Thomas
Ludman, talk about an award-winning television film they made about wildlife in
Antarctica. Choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which fits best according to what you
hear. (10p.) (CPE, Specifications and Sample Papers for Examinations from March 2013)
1. Gina’s interest in marine biology dates from ______.
A. her earliest recollections of life in Africa
B. one memorable experience in childhood
C. the years she spent studying in England
D. a postgraduate research project she led
2. The first wildlife TV series they both worked on ______.
A. made use of a previously untried format
B. was not filmed in a natural environment
C. was not intended to be taken too seriously
D. required them to do background research
3. How did Thomas feel when he was asked to produce the programs about Antarctica?
A. disappointed not to be presenting the series
B. surprised that people thought he was suitable
C. uncertain how well he would get on with the team
D. worried about having to spend the winter there
4. When they were in Antarctica, they would have appreciated ______.
A. a less demanding work schedule
B. more time to study certain animals
C. a close friend to share their feelings with

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 D. a chance to share their work with colleagues
5. What was most impressive about the whales they filmed?
A. The unusual sounds the whales made.
B. The number of whales feeding in a small bay.
C. How long the whales stayed feeding in one area.
D. how well the whales co-operated with each other.
Your answers
1. …………… 2. …………… 3. …………… 4. …………… 5. ……………
II. Listen to the conversation. Write T for True or F for False for each statement.
(10p.)
(Open Forum 3, 2007, OUP)

1. Buyers should talk to the painting’s previous owners.

2. The chemical composition of the paint may help determine if a
painting is real or not.
3. Comparing fingerprints left in paint helps in detecting a forgery.
4. It’s always possible to identify a forged painting.
5. Some forgeries have become valuable themselves.
Your answers
1. …………… 2. …………… 3. …………… 4. …………… 5. ……………
III. You are going to hear two students, Brett and Mica, on an environmental studies
course talking to their tutor about photography assignment. Now listen and answer
questions 1-5. Write NO MORE THAN FIVE WORDS for each answer. (10p.)
(Complete IELTS, 6.0-7.5, 2013 CUP)

1. In bad weather, what should students think carefully about when it comes to
photography?
2. What does Brett want to take advantage of when photographing near water?
3. What can they avoid when they use a piece of equipment called an “angle finder”?
4. According to the tutor and Brett, whose works or paintings should they use to generate
ideas?
5. What issues should they think about when deciding on what to photograph?

Your answers
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IV. Listen to the recording and fill in the missing information with NO MORE THAN
THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer. (20p.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HndV87XpkWg

What is education for?

Education is so important because it is supposed to help us get prepared for the challenges in
our life. That’s why in most of schools of all kinds (1) ______ with challenges in life is
widely studied. However, things such as talent, energy, goodwill, and (2) ______ seem to
disappear. In order to improve education it is claimed that what we need is not money but
that we must pay more attention to the real purpose of education, which is aimed to help us
with: working and (3) ______. To address these needs two crucial subjects must be included
in the curriculum. The first one is (4) ______ since we don’t fully understand how the
economy works. To help to study this subject, maths is taught to help students how to deal
with money. It is hoped that students can get more understanding the global economy
together with other terms such as leadership, marketing and competition, cash flow, and (5)
______. Secondly students really need to study themselves since we usually misunderstand
ourselves. They should be taught a number of concepts and helped towards their personality
maps so that they can understand, among with other issues, what type of people they are (6)
______ to go out with.
It is essential that they should also be taught (7) ______ so that they can understand which
job they are fit for. Regarding the study of relationships, there must be lessons on techniques
such as (8) ______ and on kindness and forgiveness as well.
Education must not be restricted to classrooms or schools. Other forms or fields such as
media and arts are also used to help students learn what they really need to. However, the
real problem is that we fail to identify the (9) ______ of the problems that we are now facing
in education that is we have got the (10) ______.

Your answers
1. 6.
2. 7.
3. 8.

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 4. 9.
5. 10.
PART B. GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY (30p.)
I. Choose the word or phrase that best fits each blank in the following sentences. (10p.)
1. The science teacher asked the class to ______ the results of their experiment on a graph.
A. draw B. illustrate C. plot D. sketch
2. She's such a ______ of strength that everyone relies on her in a crisis.
A. tower B. pillar C. post D. support
3. Tom was able to ______ a pretty picture of the situation and impressed his manager.
A. paint B. draw C. present D. make
4. It is far too easy to lay the blame ______ on the shoulders of the management.
A. flatly B. willingly C. squarely D. perfectly
5. David has a(n) ______ to fainting at the sight of blood.
A. inclination B. predilection C. predisposition D. penchant
6. The school committee paid ______ to their famous former pupil by naming the new
gym after her.
A. esteem B. homage C. honour D. respect
7. After his long illness, the old man appeared so thin and ______ that a gust of wind
might have blown him away.
A. flimsy B. faint C. withered D. frail
8. You could tell that she wasn't happy about the news by the way she ______ her face in
disapproval.
A. came on B. brought round C. settled for D. screwed up
9. Going to the unemployment office and having to wait there for hours is a ______
experience.
A. soul-destroying B. heart-stopping C. power-sharing D. thought-provoking
10. ______ a language family is a group of languages with a common origin and similar
vocabulary, grammar, and sound systems.
A. Linguists call it B. It is called by linguists
C. What linguists call D. What do linguists call

Your answers

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6. …………… 7. …………… 8. …………… 9. …………… 10. ……………
II. The passage below contains 5 mistakes. IDENTIFY and CORRECT them. Write your
answers in the space provided. (5p.)

1 Original written work and information are protected by copyright laws, like
2 original inventions. Therefore, when you reference or use information you find
3 while doing research, you should always give credit to the person or organization
4 that produced it. To plagiarize is to use ideas that are not your own without giving
5 credit to the original source, or to claim that someone else’s ideas are your own. It
6 is akin to steal someone else’s work.
7 Internet-related plagiarism has become such a problem because it is so easy to find
8 and copy information online. There are thousands of resources for students who
9 wish only to copy or cheat. Moreover, the Internet also makes it easier for
10 educators to check for plagiarism. Often a simple Internet search for a quote will
11 be enough to impose copying. Some educators are more concerned about
12 unintended plagiarism. Because copying and pasting is so easy, it is becoming
13 more and more common for good-meaning students to mix up material source with
14 their original ideas. While this kind of plagiarism usually happens innocently, it is
15 still an offense.
Your answers
Line Mistake Correction
1.
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3.
4.
5.
III. Fill each blank with a suitable preposition. (5p.)
1. You shouldn't buy that car. I know the engine is fine, but most of the bodywork has
been eaten ___ by rust.
2. The ceiling caved ___ and several people were trapped.
3. They said ___ the news that the price of petrol is going up again.

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4. As she'd taken on a lot of extra responsibility at work, Martina felt justified ___ putting
in for a rise.
5. The whole group were going on a picnic, and they said that I could tag ___ if I wanted.

Your answers
1. …………… 2. …………… 3. …………… 4. …………… 5. ……………
IV. Write the correct FORM of each bracketed word in the spaces provided. (10p.)
The US Declaration of Independence contains the phrase 'life, (1. LIBERATE) and the
pursuit of happiness' and implies that it is an (2. ALIEN) right for every American citizen.
But what is the pursuit of happiness exactly? It is certainly a mellifluous phrase, one we like
to hear and believe to be a possibility. But how does one 'pursue' happiness and why is it in
official documents? A more (3. COMPREHEND) analysis of the issue shows that while
people are in control of their (4. DESTINED) to some extent, it is also the government's role
to create the conditions necessary for an individual to flourish and consequently achieve
happiness. It is (5. OBLIGATION) to remove obstacles which might bar a person from
being happy. Such an obstacle might be not having the right to speak out against (6.
FAVOUR) conditions, or not having the right to speak one's mind.
For the pursuit of happiness to exist, education must be accessible to the masses, health care
must not be denied to anyone based on race or religion and people must have the
right to a fair (7. TRY) in a court to be heard by (8. Part) fellow citizens. The US hasn't
always been perfect in its application of this principle, but the very fact that its citizens can
criticise the government for its practices without fear of (9. PERSECUTE) means that the
principle is largely (10. HOLD) and can stand as a model for other countries.

Your answers
1. …………… 2. …………… 3. …………… 4. …………… 5. ……………
6. …………… 7. …………… 8. …………… 9. …………… 10. ……………
PART C. READING (60p.)
I. Choose the word that best fits each of the blanks in the following passage. (10p.)
FOOTBALL AS AN ART FORM (CAE Practice Tests Plus/88)
When filmmakers Douglas Gordon and Phillipe Parreno set out to make an art house movie
about the legendary French footballer Zinedine Zidane, they chose to film just one match
between Real Madrid, the club for which he was playing at the (1) __ , and their great rivals

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Villareal. But instead of following the progress of the match, the ninety-minute film would
show something that had not been seen before; the (2) __ detailed movements of one man
during an entire top-level football match. They hoped that the audience would disengage
from the match itself, and focus on this portrait of greatness. Every (3) __ gesture would be
captured and they would see all of the player's grace, athleticism and competitiveness in
great detail.
The (4) __ film is a fascinating work. Those who are not regular watchers of football will be
astonished at how (5) __ Zidane becomes actively involved in the game. For much of the
ninety minutes he moves around the field relatively slowly; saying nothing, expressing even
less, and only occasionally (6) __ into a lethargic jog. And then the ball arrives at his feet,
and there is a flurry of bewildering activity. The cameras (and there are seventeen of them
(7) __ on him) struggle to keep up. The defenders don't (8) __ a chance. In a few touches, a
couple of checks and feints, Zidane has (9) __ them all behind. He crosses from the tightest
of (10) __ and his team-mate is left with the simplest of headers to score a goal.

1. A. point B. moment C. time D. occasion

2. A. clear B. steady C. precise D. slow
3. A. one B. single C. lone D. sole
4. A. following B. resulting C. concluding D. arising
5. A. partly B. scarcely C. rarely D. hardly
6. A. breaking B. changing C. opening D. starting
7. A. trained B. looking C. pointed D. staring
8. A. gain B. hold C. stand D. earn
9. A. missed B. left C. lost D. dropped
10. A.places B. positions C. areas D. angles
Your answers
1. …………… 2. …………… 3. …………… 4. …………… 5. ……………
6. …………… 7. …………… 8. …………… 9. …………… 10. ……………
II. Fill each blank with ONE suitable word. (15p.)
In most art museums, the paintings on the wall just look flat, but sometimes visitors come
across an image that appears to be three-dimensional. The artist has cleverly used colors,
lines, and shading to give the painting some depth, making it more (1) ___. The artistic

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technique of creating three-dimensional images of something on a flat surface is called
trompe l'oeil, a French phrase (2) ___ trick the eye. Today, some artists are adapting the idea
of tricking the eye to make things become invisible. A new (3) ___ for this is camouflage art.
In nature, there are major benefits to using camouflage to blend (4) ___ with the
surroundings. Becoming invisible, or at (5) ___ being harder to see on the ground or in a tree,
allows insects and animals to hide from things that might eat them. It also allows them to get
close (6) ___ to surprise other insects or smaller animals that they want to catch and eat.
Artists are not hiding or preparing to attack. (7) ___, they are using the idea of camouflage to
make urban spaces look nicer or to make statements with their art. Sometimes they just do it
for fun. Artists can make these things more interesting and in some cases make them (8) ___
visible. In many urban areas, large buildings have been painted with amazing murals that
trick our eyes. Thus, ordinary brick walls are transformed into interesting (9) ___ of art.
Temporary walls put up to keep people out of a (10) ___ site can be painted like the finished
building to camouflage the site.

Your answers
1. …………… 2. …………… 3. …………… 4. …………… 5. ……………
6. …………… 7. …………… 8. …………… 9. …………… 10. ……………
III. Read the passage and choose the best answer to each question A, B, C or D. (10p.)
"Rising Sea Levels" (Toefl Ibt Int 06-08/365)
Perhaps the most pervasive climatic effect of global warming is rapid escalation of ice melt.
Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa, portions of the South American Andes, and the Himalayas will
very likely lose most of their glacial ice within the next two decades, affecting local water
resources. Glacial ice continues its retreat in Alaska. NASA scientists determined that
Greenland's ice sheet is thinning by about 1 m per year. The additional meltwater, especially
from continental ice masses and glaciers, is adding to a rise in sea level worldwide. Satellite
remote sensing is monitoring global sea level, sea ice, and continental ice. Worldwide
measurements confirm that sea level rose during the last century.
Surrounding the margins of Antarctica, and constituting about 11% of its surface area, are
numerous ice shelves, especially where sheltering inlets or bays exist. Covering many
thousands of square kilometers, these ice shelves extend over the sea while still attached to
continental ice. The loss of these ice shelves does not significantly raise sea level, for they

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already displace seawater. The concern is for the possible surge of grounded continental ice
that the ice shelves hold back from the sea.
Although ice shelves constantly break up to produce icebergs, some large sections have
recently broken free. In 1998 an iceberg (150 km by 35 km) broke off the Ronne Ice Shelf,
southeast of the Antarctic Peninsula. In March 2000 an iceberg tagged B-15 broke off the
Ross Ice Shelf (some 900 longitude west of the Antarctic Peninsula), measuring 300 km by
40 km. Since 1993, six ice shelves have disintegrated in Antarctica. About 8000 km of ice
shelf are gone, changing maps, freeing up islands to circumnavigation, and creating
thousands of icebergs. The Larsen Ice Shelf, along the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula,
has been retreating slowly for years. Larsen-A suddenly disintegrated in 1995. In only 35
days in early 2002, Larsen-B collapsed into icebergs. This ice loss is likely a result of the
2.5°C temperature increase in the region in the last 50 years. In response to the increasing
warmth, the Antarctic Peninsula is sporting new vegetation growth, previously not seen there.
A loss of polar ice mass, augmented by melting of alpine and mountain glaciers (which
experienced more than a 30% decrease in overall ice mass during the last century) will affect
sea-level rise. The IPCC assessment states that "between one-third to one-half of the existing
mountain glacier mass could disappear over the next hundred years." Also, "there is
conclusive evidence for a worldwide recession of mountain glaciers ... This is among the
clearest and best evidence for a change in energy balance at the Earth's surface since the end
of the 19th century."
[A.] Sea-level rise must be expressed as a range of values that are under constant
reassessment. [B.] The 2001 IPCC forecast for global mean sea-level rise this century, given
regional variations, is from 0.11-0.88 m. [C.] The median value of 0.48 m is two to four
times the rate of previous increase. These increases would continue beyond 2100 even if
greenhouse gas concentrations are stabilized. [D.]
The Scripps Institute of Oceanography in La Jolla, California, has kept ocean temperature
records since 1916. Significant temperature increases are being recorded to depths of more
than 300 m as ocean temperature records are set. Even the warming of the ocean itself will
contribute about 25% of sealevel rise, simply because of thermal expansion of the water. In
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on agriculture and soil moisture. In fact the ocean system appears to have delayed some
surface global warming during the past century through absorption of excess atmospheric neat.
A quick survey of world coastlines shows that even a moderate rise could bring changes of
unparalleled proportions. At stake are the river deltas, lowland coastal farming valleys, and
low-lying mainland areas, all contending with high water, high tides, and higher storm
surges. Particularly tragic social and economic consequences will affect small island states -
being able to adjust within their present country boundaries, disruption of biological systems,
loss of biodiversity, reduction in water resources, among the impacts. There could be both
internal and international migration of affected human populations, spread over decades, as
people move away from coastal flooding from the sea-level rise.

1. There is more new plant life in Antarctica recently because ______.

A. the mountain glaciers have melted
B. the land masses have split into islands
C. the icebergs have broken into smaller pieces
D. the temperature has risen by a few degrees
2. It may be inferred from this passage that icebergs are formed ______.
A. by a drop in ocean temperatures B. when an ice shelf breaks free
C. from intensely cold islands D. if mountain glaciers melt
3. The word ‘there’ in paragraph 3 refers to ______.
A. polar ice mass in the last 50 years B. the temperature increase
C. new vegetation growth D. in the Antarctic Peninsula
4. The author explains the loss of polar and glacial ice by ______.
A. stating an educated opinion B. referring to data in a study
C. comparing sea levels worldwide D. presenting his research
5. The word ‘conclusive’ in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. definite B. independent C. unique D. valuable
6. Why does the author mention the Scripps Institute of Oceanography?
A. The location near the coast endangers the Scripps facility.
B. Research at Scripps indicates that the ocean is getting warmer.
C. One quarter of the rising sea levels has been recorded at Scripps.
D. Records at Scripps have been kept for nearly one hundred years.

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7. Which of the sentences below best expresses the information in the highlighted
statement in the passage? The other choices change the meaning or leave out important
information.
A. Global warming on the surface of the planet may have been retarded during the last
hundred years because heat in the atmosphere was absorbed by the oceans.
B. Global warming on the surface of the ocean was greater than it was on the rest of the
planet during the past century because of heat in the atmosphere.
C. Too much heat in the atmosphere has caused global warming on the surface of the
planet for the past hundred years in spite of the moderation caused by the oceans.
D. There is less heat being absorbed by the oceans now than there was a hundred years
ago before the atmosphere began to experience global warming.
8. Why will people move away from the coastlines in the future?
A. It will be too warm for them to live there.
B. The coastlines will have too much vegetation.
C. Flooding will destroy the coastal areas.
D. No agricultural crops will be grown on the coasts.
9. Which of the following statements most accurately reflects the author's opinion about
rising sea levels?
A. Sea levels would rise without global warming.
B. Rising sea levels can be reversed.
C. The results of rising sea levels will be serious.
D. Sea levels are rising because of new glaciers.
10. Look at the four squares [.] that show where the following sentence could be inserted in
the passage.
During the last century, sea level rose 10-20 cm; a rate 10 times higher than
the average rate during the last 3000 years
Where could the sentence best be added?
A. [A.] B. [B.] C. [C.] D. [D.]
Your answers
1. …………… 2. …………… 3. …………… 4. …………… 5. ……………
6. …………… 7. …………… 8. …………… 9. …………… 10. ……………
IV. Read the text and do the following tasks. (10p.) (IELTS Trainer / 29)
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 THE ROBOTS ARE COMING - OR ARE THEY?
What is the current state of play in Artificial Intelligence?
A. Can robots advance so far that they become the ultimate threat to our existence? Some
scientists say no, and dismiss the very idea of Artificial Intelligence. The human brain,
they argue, is the most complicated system ever created, and any machine designed to
reproduce human thought is bound to fail. Physicist Roger Penrose of Oxford University
and others believe that machines are physically incapable of human thought. Colin
McGinn of Rutgers University backs this up when he says that Artificial Intelligence is
like sheep trying to do complicated psychoanalysis. They just don't have the conceptual
equipment they need in their limited brains'.
B. Artificial Intelligence, or AI, is different from most technologies in that scientists still
understand very little about how intelligence works. Physicists have a good
understanding of Newtonian mechanics and the quantum theory of atoms and molecules,
whereas the basic laws of intelligence remain a mystery. But a sizeable number of
mathematicians and computer scientists, who are specialists in the area, are optimistic
about the possibilities. To them it is only a matter of time before a thinking machine
walks out of the laboratory. Over the years, various problems have impeded all efforts to
create robots. To attack these difficulties, researchers tried to use the 'top-down
approach', using a computer in an attempt to program all the essential rules onto a single
disc. By inserting this into a machine, it would then become self-aware and attain human-
like intelligence.
C. In the 1950s and 1960s great progress was made, but the shortcomings of these prototype
robots soon became clear. They were huge and took hours to navigate across a room.
Meanwhile, a fruit fly, with a brain containing only a fraction of the computing power,
can effortlessly navigate in three dimensions. Our brains, like the fruit fly's,
unconsciously recognise what we see by performing countless calculations. This
unconscious awareness of patterns is exactly what computers are missing. The second
problem is robots' lack of common sense. Humans know that water is wet and that
mothers are older than their daughters. But there is no mathematics that can express these
truths. Children learn the intuitive laws of biology and physics by interacting with the
real world. Robots know only what has been programmed into them.

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D. Because of the limitations of the top-down approach to Artificial Intelligence, attempts
have been made to use a 'bottom-up' approach instead - that is, to try to imitate evolution
and the way a baby learns. Rodney Brooks was the director of MIT's Artificial
Intelligence laboratory, famous for its lumbering 'topdown' walking robots. He changed
the course of research when he explored the unorthodox idea of tiny 'insectoid' robots
that learned to walk by bumping into things instead of computing mathematically the
precise position of their feet. Today many of the descendants of Brooks' insectoid robots
are on Mars gathering data for NASA (The National Aeronautics and Space
Administration), running across the dusty landscape of the planet. For all their successes
in mimicking the behaviour of insects, however, robots using neural networks have
performed miserably when their programmers have tried to duplicate in them the
behaviour of higher organisms such as mammals. MIT's Marvin Minsky summarises the
problems of AI: 'The history of AI is sort of funny because the first real accomplishments
were beautiful things, like a machine that could do well in a maths course. But then we
started to try to make machines that could answer questions about simple children's
stories. There's no machine today that can do that.'
E. There are people who believe that eventually there will be a combination between the
top-down and bottom-up, which may provide the key to Artificial Intelligence. As adults,
we blend the two approaches. It has been suggested that our emotions represent the
quality that most distinguishes us as human, that it is impossible for machines ever to
have emotions. Computer expert Hans Moravec thinks that in the future robots will be
programmed with emotions such as fear to protect themselves so that they can signal to
humans when their batteries are running low, for example. Emotions are vital in
decision-making. People who have suffered a certain kind of brain injury lose the ability
to experience emotions and become unable to make decisions. Without emotions to guide
them, they debate endlessly over their options. Moravec points out that as robots become
more intelligent and are able to make choices, they could likewise become paralysed with
indecision. To aid them, robots of the future might need to have emotions hardwired into
their brains.
F. There is no universal consensus as to whether machines can be conscious, or even, in
human terms, what consciousness means. Minsky suggests the thinking process in our

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 brain is not localised but spread out, with different centres competing with one another at
any given time. Consciousness may then be viewed as a sequence of thoughts and images
issuing from these different, smaller 'minds', each one competing for our attention.
Robots might eventually attain a 'silicon consciousness', Robots, in fact, might one day
embody an architecture for thinking and processing information that is different from
ours - but also indistinguishable. If that happens, the question of whether they really
'understand' becomes largely irrelevant. A robot that has perfect mastery of syntax, for all
practical purposes, understands what is being said.

Which paragraph contains the following information? Write the correct letter, A-F.
1. an insect that proves the superiority of natural intelligence over Artificial Intelligence
2. robots being able to benefit from their mistakes
3. many researchers not being put off believing that Artificial Intelligence will eventually
be developed
4. the possibility of creating Artificial Intelligence being doubted by some academics
5. no generally accepted agreement of what our brains do

Complete the summary below. Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the passage for each
answer.
When will we have a thinking machine?
Despite some advances, the early robots had certain (6) ___. They were given the
information they needed on a (7) ___. This was known as the 'top-down' approach and
enabled them to do certain tasks but they were unable to recognise (8) ___. Nor did they have
any intuition or ability to make decisions based on experience. Rodney Brooks tried a
different (9) ___. Robots similar to those invented by Brooks are to be found on (10) ___
where they are collecting information.
Your answers
1. …………… 2. …………… 3. …………… 4. …………… 5. ……………
6. …………… 7. …………… 8. …………… 9. …………… 10. ……………
V. Read the text below and answer questions 1-10. (10p.) (Succeed in Cambridge English Advanced/142)
You are going to read some extracts from a health advice magazine. Choose from the
extracts (A-F). The extracts may be chosen more than once.
In which extract is the following mentioned?
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1. People may be unaware of something that is causing disease in their body.
2. Cutting back too much can be harmful.
3. If you feel self-conscious, this could be for you.
4. A shocking hygiene confession is made.
5. This could be a flexible way to monitor your activity and performance levels.
6. A change in body reaction could be dangerous.
7. Drastic measures may not achieve the expected results.
8. You should reassess your lifestyle to see if it is causing a bad habit.
9. People need to be aware of the dangers of something that seems safe.
10. A high-profile health problem boosts manufacturers' turnover.
Your answers

1. …………… 2. …………… 3. …………… 4. …………… 5. ……………

6. …………… 7. …………… 8. …………… 9. …………… 10. ……………
HEALTH ADVICE MAGAZINE
A. There are now five times as many cases of food poisoning as there were 20 years ago. It's
partly down to the fact that we eat out more often. Consider that one in men and one in
three five women admit that they don't wash their hands after going to the toilet or before
preparing food; it's enough to put you off popping out for a quick bite on a Friday night.
And before you reach for one of those mints sitting on the counter by the till, think how
many non-hand-washers have dipped their fingers into that bowl. But the problem isn't
restricted to grubby eateries. More than half of food poisoning infections are acted in the
home. This may be because people are eating more pre-prepared food and shopping less
often, so is stored for longer. But most food poisoning is preventable if you know what
you're doing.
B. Next time you have a headache, don't automatically reach for painkillers. Using them too
often could be more dangerous than you think. For a vulnerable minority, the route to
addiction can be alarmingly fast. It's thought that overusing painkillers leads to changes
in the way the handles pain signals, so it becomes oversensitive to stimuli that wouldn't
normally cause pain. As the pain threshold lowers, people seek out stronger medication
and increase the dosage and soon they are hooked. Somewhere along the line we have
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 news agents and supermarkets. People must not assume that over the counter drugs are
safe because clearly this is not the case.
C. The basic premise of detox is that we need to clear the toxic waste from our bodies every
so often in order to stay healthy. It sounds a reasonable idea, but nutrition experts are
quick to point out that there's no evidence to support it. Detoxing is a concept that
underestimates the abilities of our liver and kidneys. Any toxins that do get absorbed are
very efficiently dealt with and secreted by our bodies. The concept of detox diets is
irrational and unscientific. Those promoting detox diets often claim that in order to
detoxify, we should avoid foods such as wheat and dairy products. The reality is that
these foods provide us with important nutrients, and it is unnecessary potentially harmful
to exclude them from the diet.
D. There is a lot of publicity about the dangers of having 'high cholesterol' at the moment -
mainly coming from companies that make special foods that claim to lower it for you. It
is a widespread problem though: according to the British Heart Foundation around two
thirds of British people have a blood cholesterol level above the suggested healthy target
figure. And as there are no symptoms until it causes disease, many people with high
cholesterol may not be aware that they have it. However we need some cholesterol
because the body wouldn't function without it! It is a key part of cell membranes and it is
also found in bile, which is important for digestion and absorption of fat.
E. Just like a real-time personal trainer (PT), an online coach discusses personal goals,
tailors exercise schedules and offers advice to clients of all abilities. Instead of face-to-
face guidance, however, the virtual trainer gives feedback via emails and texts - perfect
for the self-conscious exerciser! While critics say that it is impossible to effectively
train clients without meeting them, online coaches offer a valuable compromise when it
comes to training. First they are a cost-effective alternative. Second, they represent a
more flexible option, especially if your work takes up much of your time or makes it
difficult for you to commit to regular sessions. And just because your coach is in
cyberspace, it doesn't mean he won't be keeping tabs on you. The mere thought of the
next email should have you racing to put on your sports kit.
F. Most of us are unclear as to where social drinking stops and alcohol dependency starts. A
heavy-drinking student is fairly normal, but a 40-year-old party animal? A sozzled 60-

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 year-old? At what point do the questions demand a serious answer? Recommendations
from the government are that men should consume no more than three to four
units of alcohol a day and women only two to three units. Of course, committed social
drinkers of all ages often ignore units, taking comfort from the fact that they are not
reaching for the bottle before lunchtime, and their friends are drinking as much as they
are so it must be alright. But you can even test yourself online by looking
at Alcohol Concern's website to determine if alarm bells should be ringing. Most people
can reduce their alcohol consumption without professional help but it's not just about
cutting down, it's about editing your life to remove the reasons you are drinking too much.

PART D. WRITING (60p.)

I. Write a summary of maximum 140 words. (15p.)
Scattered through the seas of the world are billions of tons of small plants and animals called
plankton. Most of these plants and animals are too small for the human eye to see. They drift
about lazily with the currents, providing a basic food for many larger animals.
Plankton has been described as the equivalent of the grasses that grow on the dry land
continents, and the comparison is an appropriate one. In potential food value, however,
plankton far outweighs that of the land grasses. One scientist has estimated that white grasses
of the world produce about 49 billion tons of valuable carbohydrates each year, the sea's
plankton generates more than twice as much. Despite its enormous food potential, little effort
was made until recently to farm plankton as we farm grasses on land. Now, marine scientists
have at last begun to study this possibility, especially as the sea's resources loom even more
important as a means of feeding an expanding world population. No one yet has seriously
suggested that "planktonburgers" may soon become popular around the world. As a possible
farmed supplementary food source, however, plankton is gaining considerable interest
among marine scientists.
One type of plankton that seems to have great harvest possibilities is a tiny shrimplike
creature called krill. Growing to two or three inches long, krill provide the major food for the
giant blue whale, the largest animal ever to inhabit the Earth, realizing that this whale may
grow to 100 feet and weigh 150 tons at maturity, it is not surprising that each one devours
more than one ton of krill daily. Krill swim about just below the surface in huge schools
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appear as a solid reddish mass when viewed from a ship or from the air. Krill are very high in
food value. A pound of these crustaceans contains about 460 calories - about the same as
shrimp or lobster to which they are related.

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II. Report writing (15p.)

The table below gives information about past and projected population figures in various
countries for different years. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main
features, and make comparisons where relevant.

Countries 1990 1993 2000 2020 2050

Australia 17.1 17.7 19.2 22.7 26.0
Canada 26.6 28.5 31.0 36.9 39.0
New Zealand 3.4 3.5 3.8 4.3 4.7
United States 249.9 258.2 275.1 320.0 249.0

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III. Write an essay (30p.)

Write about 300 - 350 words about the following topic:
Some people think that schools should reward students who show the best academic results,
while others believe that it is more important to reward students who show improvements.
Discuss both views and give your own opinion.
You should give reasons for your answer using your own ideas and experience.
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