SỞ GD-ĐT BÌNH ĐỊNH ÔN HSG LỚP 11

NĂM HỌC 2020 - 2021

ĐỀ ĐỀ XUẤT
Môn thi: Tiếng Anh 11
Thời gian: 180 phút

LISTENING
Part 1: Listen and choose the correct answer
1. The main reason that Isabella was unlikely to become a travel writer was that she ________.
A. believed travel at that time was very dangerous.
B. was under an illusion about her health.
C. had never displayed much imagination.
D. had regarded travel as a man’s occupation.
2. Sarah thinks Isabella’s trips to Australia were surprising because she had previously________.
A. preferred an inactive lifestyle.
B. been frightened of animals.
C. never experienced extreme climates.
D. spent most of her time socializing.
3. According to Sarah, Isabella’s letters ________.
A. should have been published earlier.
B. were based on newspaper articles.
C. may have exaggerated what she saw.
D. failed to provide enough details at times.
4. In Sarah’s opinion, Isabella’s personality was unusual because she ________.
A. had rebelled against her father.
B. was at her best in challenging situations.
C. only pretended to be courageous.
D. traveled despite her illnesses.
5. According to Sarah, the book in its current form ________.
A. does not make it clear how the letters have been edited.
B. ought to contain all of the letters Isabella wrote to Henrietta.
C. fails to include examples of Isabella’s bad experiences.
D. should be adapted so the style is familiar to readers today.
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Part 2: Listen to a lecture about Australian Aboriginal art and decide if the statements are
TRUE or FALSE
1. Sand drawings are an example of Australian ancient art.
2. One of the oldest arts by Aborigine is rock painting.
3. Ancient Aborigine used rock art as a kind of language.
4. Aboriginal people used ochre to paint because it could be found eveywhere.
5. Honey was also as paint.
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

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Part 3: Listen to a dialogue and answer the questions
Write ONLY ONE WORD OR A NUMBER from the dialogue for each answer.
1. How many days did the scientists spend under the waves?
2. What answer did Rob choose?
3. What's the name of the laboratory?
4. Where's the laboratory situated?
5. What is the world record, in minutes, for holding breath underwater? 
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Part 4: Listen to a recording about agriculture and environment and complete the note below
by writing NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Agriculture and Environment

 (1)__________production = biggest problem in today’s world
 Agriculture is important for jobs, exports and foreign exchange
 ‘Agriculture’ means:
Growing crops
Raising animals
(2)__________
(3)__________
 Agriculture must be sustainable: old methods, new, chemical methods are all
sustainable -> (4)__________ of biodiversity
 Biotechnology -> GM or GE -> bio-prospecting (bio-piracy) i.e. large companies steal
samples of native plants to use the (5)__________ for their own crop improvement
 (6)__________ is responsible for less food and higher prices
 Farmers need to be educated but governments also need to pay attention to
(7)__________ in order to protect the environment and renourish the soil.
 Experts from around the world could come together to form a (8)__________ to
observe farm systems aiming to prevent pollution and erosion and encourage safe
procedures that are also (9)__________
 Creating the project’s (10)__________ would be very expensive and more money
would be needed for the monitoring system but it could solve the problem of food
shortages.

Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

LEXICO AND GRAMMAR

Part 1: Choose the correct answer to complete the sentences
1. They are fighting to eradicate the ________ of starvation caused by the civil war.
A. leftovers B. legacy C. remains D. tradition
2. The employee suffered from depression ________ by overwork and ill-health.
A. brought on B. come about C. taken up D. put through

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3. Tax _______deprives the country of a great deal of money a year.
A. retention B. dissertation C. escapism D. evasion
4. The measurements must be accurate to ________five centimeters to ensure the success of an
experiment.
A. about B. under C. within D. near
5. Mind that the baby shouldn’t touch the knife; it’s as sharp as a ________.
A. blade B. sword C. cut D. razor
6. Children born out of _______ shouldn’t be made fun of.
A. marriage B. marriage license C. wedlock D. home
7. I’ve just heard that argument before and quite frankly it just doesn’t ________!
A. face the music B. hit the nail on the head
C. carry weight D. hold water
8. Attempts to help only ________ the problem so they were forced to call in the emergency services.
A. extricated B. enervated C. extirpated D. exacerbated
9. The spoilt schoolboy was ________ from school for his disruptive behavior.
A. dispelled B. repealed C. expelled D. compelled
10. Don’t trust cunning friends. They can _______ you in the back.
A. hit B. stab C. cut D. punch
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Part 2: Find the mistakes in the passage and correct them

Today’s advance technology has brought many benefits. For example, nowadays we have
many devices that can save time in the home and, if you have access to a computer and a telephone
connect then you can work almost anywhere you choose. What is more, modern software programs
are so user-friendly that you don’t even need a great deal of computer knowledge to be able to use
them.
However, there are some disadvantages in the technology era. For example, people today
want to have the very last technology, as new technology dates very quickly, an increasing amount of
computer hardware is being dumped. This adds to our already serious pollution problems.
Furthermore, computerization has led to fewer jobs and less human contact as many everyday
transactions are now done by computer rather than manual.
Your answers:
Mistake Correction
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Part 3: Fill in each gap with a preposition

1. When we had worked______________the cost of a holiday abroad, we decided to stay at home.
2. I thought he was mad and backed_______ nervously.
3. "I understand Diane lost her job." "Yes, but she's actually better ______."
4. The members of a jury are chosen __________random from a list of voters.
5. The hunter froze as the tiger started running ________ him. He had nowhere to hide.
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Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Part 4: Complete the passage with the correct form of the given words
Miserable, overworked, insecure – The British work the longest hours in Europe and express
the least job satisfaction. However much richer they are, they are becoming more (1. content)-
_______with work every year. What is the point of economic success if it is matched by growing (2.
happy)_______? Like dumb oxen we work harder than everyone else – a third of men work more
than 50 hours a week – but we’re not smarter. For more than a century factory acts and ever shorter
working hours marked the onward march of (3. industry)_______ progress. Now social history has
(4. appear)_______ gone into reverse.
In an annual study Professor Cary Cooper of the Manchester School of Management revisits 5000
managers, from CEOs down to juniors. He finds them (5. increase)_______anxious about their lives.
This is hardly (6. surprise)_______ since half of them work most evenings and a third work most
weekends. Despite falling (7. employ)_______, people feel their own job or status is under threat
because they suffer more turmoil at work than they did five years ago. Restructuring, downsizing and
radical changes at work mean a life of constant upheaval, and the current merger epidemic leads to
(8. predict)_______ job loss. Most feel that this uncertainty damages their home life and health as
well as their company’s (9. produce)_______. These are the people who set the work patterns for
their organization, yet even they are victims of forces beyond their control – such as pressure from
investors and (10. compete)_______. What can be done?
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

READING
Part 1: Choose the correct answer to complete the passage
No one else in the group (1) _______ have been as relieved as I was to leave the dense forest.
The thick (2) _______ had cut my knees and thighs and streaks of mud lined my shoes. On (3)
_______, I was probably the most inappropriately dressed. I regretted not reading the itinerary before
leaving the house. At the very least, I could have dressed suitably. The area ahead was much better. I
walked more confidently, even daring to walk (4) _______ the others instead of behind them. For a
while, I continued (5) _______ at the ground, out of habit trying to search for places where the
ground had already been (6) _______ on.
We were about to stop for a break when Jason, the leader, (7) _______ suddenly. He held up
both arms horizontally, forming a human barrier to prevent us from walking ahead. I nearly bumped
(8) _______ him. Luckily, Ash gripped my arms to (9) _______ me. Any further movement from me
would have been (10) _______.
1. A. should B. must C. could D. need
2. A. undergrowth B. overgrowth C. outgrowth D. regrowth
3. A. retrospect B. hindsight C. thinking D. purpose
4. A. after B. outside C. alongside D. round
5. A. peeping B. regarding C. staring D. noticing
6. A. stridden B. stepped C. footed D. ambled
7. A. halted B. ceased C. settled D. braked
8. A. up B. off C. against D. after
9. A. becalm B. steady C. overrule D. collide
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10. A. faithful B. needless C. wasted D. fatal
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Part 2: Fill in each blank with one word

The Kangaroo is one of Australia’s most iconic animals. Kangaroos of different types live in
all areas of Australia, from cold climate areas and desert plains to tropical rainforests and beaches.
Kangaroos are herbivorous, eating a range of plants and, (1)________ some cases, fungi.
Different kangaroo species inhabit different habitats. Some, for example, make nests on the ground
while tree kangaroos live (2)________ the ground. Larger species of kangaroo tend to shelter under
trees or in caves.
Most kangaroos are distinguished (3)_______ other animals by the way they hop on their
strong back legs. A kangaroo’s tail is used to balance while hopping and (4)________ a fifth limb
when moving slowly. All female kangaroos have front-opening pouches that contains four teats.
(5)________ is in here that the ‘joey’ (6)________ baby kangaroo is raised until it can survive
outside the pouch. Most kangaroos have no set breeding cycle and are able to breed all year round.
(7)________ they are such prolific breeders, a kangaroo population can increase fourfold in five
years.
Kangaroos have long been important to the survival of Australia’s indigenous people, who
have hunted them for tens of thousands of years, using both the meat and the skins. (8)________
Europeans arrived in Australia in the late eighteenth century, they too hunted kangaroos for survival.
Kangaroos continue to be used as a resource, but only (9)________ strict government controls.
Nowadays only the four most abundant species of kangaroos may be commercially harvested for
export, and then only by licensed hunters in accordance (10)________ an approved management
plan.
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Part 3: Read the passage and choose the correct answer

How I found my true voice
As an interpreter, Suzanne Glass could speak only for others – but the work provided terrific
material for her first novel.
‘No, no, no! You’ve got to get away from this or you’re going to lose it.’ The voice
reverberating in my head was my own. I was at an international conference. My throat was killing
me and my headphones were pinching. I had just been interpreting a speaker whose last
words had been: ‘We must take very seriously the standardization of the length of cucumbers
and the size of tomatoes.’ You can’t afford to have your own thoughts when you’re
interpreting simultaneously, so, of course, I missed the speaker’s next sentence and lost his train
of thought. Sitting in a darkened booth at the back of a huge conference hall, I was thrown.
Fortunately, my colleague grabbed my microphone and took over.
This high-output work was not quite the dream profession I had hoped for. Although I had fun
with it in the beginning – occasionally being among the first to hear of medical and political
breakthroughs would be exciting for any 25-year-old –I realized that this was a job in which I would
never be able to find my own voice. I had always known that words would be my life in one form or
another. My mother thought she’d given birth to an alien when I began to talk at the age of
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seven months. That momentous day, she had placed my playpen in the hallway and gone into the
bedroom. In imitation of the words she had repeated to me again and again, I apparently called out
towards the bedroom door: ‘I see you. I see you.’ I was already in training for a career as a
professional parrot.
But how mistaken I was to think that international interpreting would be glamorous. The speaker
rarely stops to think that there’s someone at the back of the room, listening to his words,
absorbing their meaning, and converting them into another language at the same time. Often I
was confronted with a droner, a whisperer or a mumbler through my headphones. The mumblers
were the worst. Most of the time, an interpreter is thought of as a machine – a funnel, a conduit,
which, I suppose, is precisely what we are. Sometimes, when those we are translating for hear us
cough or sneeze, or turn round and look at us behind the smoky glass of the booth, I think they’re
surprised to see that we’re actually alive.
Ironically, part of the secret of interpreting is non-verbal communication. You have to sense when
your partner is tired, and offer to take over. At the same time, you have to be careful not to cut him
short and hog the microphone. Interpreters can be a bit like actors: they like to show off. You do
develop friendships when you’re working in such close proximity, but there’s a huge amount of
competitiveness among interpreters. They check on each other and sometimes even count each
other’s mistranslations.
Translating other people’s ideas prevented me from feeling involved and creative as an interpreter.
Actually, you can’t be a creative interpreter. It’s a contradiction in terms. Sometimes, when I
disagreed with a speaker, I wanted to rip off my headphones, jump up and run out of the booth,
shouting: ‘Rubbish. Rubbish. You’re talking a lot of nonsense, and this is what I think about it.’
Instead, I had to sit there and regurgitate opinions in violent contradiction with my own. Sometimes,
I’d get my revenge by playing games with the speaker’s tone of voice. If he was being serious,
I’d make him sound jocular. If he was being light-hearted, I’d make him sound earnest.
Eventually, I wanted to find a career where my own words would matter and where my own
voice would be heard. So, to redress the balance, I decided to write a novel. While I was writing it, I
did go back and interpret at a few conferences to get inside the head of Dominique, my main
character. At first, I was a little rusty and a couple of the delegates turned round to glare at me,
but after twenty minutes, I was back into it, playing that old game of mental gymnastics.
Interpreting is like learning to turn somersaults: you never forget how to do it. But for me, sitting in
the booth had a ghost-like quality to it – as though I had gone back into a past life - a life that
belonged to the time before I found my own voice.
1. In the first paragraph, the writer says she discovered that_______.
A. there were some subjects she had no interest in dealing with.
B. the standard of her work as an interpreter was getting lower.
C. her mind was wandering when she should have been doing her job.
D. she could no longer understand subjects she had previously covered.
2. What does the writer say about being an interpreter in the second paragraph ?
A. It was the kind of job her parents had always expected her to do.
B. It turned out to be more challenging than she had anticipated.
C. It was what she had wanted to be ever since she was a small child.
D. It gave her access to important information before other people.
3. What does the writer say about speakers she interpreted for ?
A. Some of them had a tendency to get irritated with interpreters.
B. She particularly disliked those she struggled to hear properly.
C. They usually had the wrong idea about the function of interpreters.

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 D. Some of them made little attempt to use their own language correctly.
4. The writer says that relationships between interpreters_______.
A. can make it difficult for interpreters to do their jobs well.
B. are affected by interpreters’ desires to prove how good they are.
C. usually start well but end in arguments.
D. are based on secret resentments.
5. The writer says that when she disagreed with speakers, she would sometimes_______.
A. mistranslate small parts of what they said.
B. make it clear from her tone of voice that she did not agree.
C. exaggerate their point of view.
D. give the impression that they did not really mean what they said.
6. The writer says that when she returned to interpreting, _______.
A. she did not start off very well.
B. she briefly wished she had not given it up.
C. she thought that two of the delegates recognized her.
D. she changed her ideas about the main character in her novel.
7. What is the writer’s main point in the article as a whole ?
A. It is not always a good idea to go into a profession because it looks glamorous.
B. Most interpreters eventually become disillusioned with the work.
C. Being an interpreter did not allow her to satisfy her need to be creative.
D. Most interpreters would actually like to do something more creative.
8. Which is the closest in meaning to momentous in ‘That momentous day’?
A. unimportant B. historic C. momentary D. hard
9. Which is the closest in meaning to ‘to glare’?
A. to glower B. to caress C. despise D. wonder
10. Which is the closest in meaning to ‘simultaneously’?
A. all again B. all at once C. once and for all D. once too often
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Part 4: Read the passage and do the tasks that follow

A. Read through the nutritional information on the food in your freezer, refrigerator or kitchen
pantry, and you are likely to find a simple, innocuous-looking ingredient recurring on a number of
products: “natural flavor”. The story of what natural flavour is, how it got into your food, and
where it came from, is the result of more complex processes than you might imagine.
B. During the 1980s, health watchdogs and nutritionists began turning their attention to cholesterol,
a waxy steroid metabolite that we mainly consume from animal-sourced products such as cheese,
egg yorks, beef, poultry, shrimp and pork. Nutritionists blamed cholesterol for contributing to the
growing rates of obesity, heart disease, diabetes and several cancers in Western societies. As
extensive recognition of the matter grew amongst the common people, Mc Donalds stopped
cooking their French fries in a mixture of cottonseed oil and beef tallow, and in 1990 the
restaurant chain began using 100% vegetable oil instead.
C. This substantially lowered the amount of cholesterol in Mc Donalds’ fries, but it created a new
dilemma. The beef tallow and cottonseed oil mixture gave the French fries high cholesterol
content, but it also gifted them with a rich aroma and “mouth-feel” that even James Beard, an
American food critic, admitted he enjoyed. Pure vegetable oil is bland in comparison. Looking at

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 the current ingredients’ list of Mc Donalds’ French fries, however, it is easy to see how they
overcame this predicament. Aside from a few preservatives, there are essentially three main
ingredients: potato, soybean oil, and the mysterious component of “natural flavor”.
D. Natural flavor also entered our diet through the rise in processed foods, which now make up over
90% (and growing) of the American diet, as well as representing a burgeoning industry in
developing countries such as China and India. Processed foods are essentially any foods that have
been boxed, bagged, canned or packaged, and have a list of ingredients on the label. Sometimes,
the processing involves adding a little sodium or sugar and a few preservatives. Often, however, it
is coloured, bleached, stabilized, emulsified, dehydrated, odour-concealed and sweetened. This
process typically saps any original flavour out of the product, and so, of course, flavour must be
added back in as well.
E. Often this is “natural flavour”, but while the term may bring to mind images of fresh barley,
hand-ground spices and dried herbs being traded in a bustling street market, most of these natural
sources are in fact engineered to culinary perfection in a set of factories and plants off the New
Jersey Turnpike outside of New York. Here, firms such as International Flavors & Fragrances,
Harmen & Reimer, Flavor Dynamics, Frutarom and Elan Chemical isolate and manufacture the
tastes that are incorporated in much of what we eat and drink. The sweet, summery burst of
naturally squeezed orange juice, the wood-smoked aroma in barbeque sauces, and the creamy,
buttery, fresh taste in many dairy products do not come from sundrenched meadows or backyard
grills, but are formed in the labs and test tubes of these flavour industry giants.
F. The scientists-dubbed “flavourists”- who create the potent chemicals that set our olfactory senses
to overdrive use a mix of techniques that have been refined over many years. Part of it is dense,
intricate chemistry: spectrometers, gas chromatographs and headspace-vapour analysers can break
down components of a flavour in amounts as minute as one part per billion. Not to be outdone,
however, the human nose can isolate aromas down to three parts per trillion. Flavourists therefore
consider their work as much an art as a science, and flavourism requires a nose “trained” with a
delicate and poetic sense of balance.
G. Should we be wary of the industrialization of natural flavour? On its own, the trend may not
present any clear reason for alarm. Nutritionists widely agree that the real assault on health in the
last few decades stems from an “unholy trinity” of sugar, fat and sodium in processed foods.
Natural flavour on its own is not a health risk. It does play a role, however, in helping these
processed foods to taste fresh and nutritious, even when they are not. So while the natural flavour
industry should not be considered the culprit, we might think of it as a willing accomplice.

Which paragraph contains the following information? You may use any letter more than once.
1. examples of companies that create natural flavours
2. an instance of a multi-national franchise responding to public pressure
3. a statement on the health effects of natural flavours
4. an instance where a solution turns into a problem
5. details about the transformation that takes place in processed grocery items
6. a comparison of personal and technological abilities in flavour detection

Do the following statements agree with the information given in the passage?
TRUE: if the statement agrees with the information
FALSE: if the statement contradicts the information
NOT GIVEN: if there is no information on this
7. On their own, vegetable oils do not have a strong flavour.

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 8. Soybean oil is lower in cholesterol than cottonseed oil.
9. Processed foods are becoming more popular in some Asian countries.
10. All food processing involves the use of natural flavours.
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Part 5: You are going to read an article containing reviews of recently-published books. For
questions 1-10, choose from reviews (A-F). The reviews may be chosen more than once.

A  Reading a new novelist is a bit like asking a stranger out on a date. You never quite know if
this is the start of a beautiful relationship. You check the blurbs, the publicity photograph, and flick
through the book to look for the two essentials: entertainment and substance. Beginner’s Greek by
James Collins is certainly big on the latter, weighing in at 400-plus pages. And the quotes on the back
cover have the effect of a bunch of friends saying to you, ‘Go on, you’ll get on brilliantly’. Early
indications are that this blind date could lead to a deeper relationship. Beginner’s Greek is described
by The New York Times as a “great big sunny lemon chiffon pie of a novel” about romantic love
amongst the American middle classes. It is indeed delicious.

B  In Manil Suri’s second outing The Age of Shiva we have a broad-sweeping, epic novel with
an unforgettable heroine so wilful yet flawed that it calls to mind that other famous leading lady,
Scarlett O’Hara in Gone With the Wind. The story begins at a firework party in Delhi where Meera
falls disastrously in love. We follow her journey to Bombay, marriage and obsessive motherhood,
with occasional flashbacks to a childhood that was marred by political turmoil. Mathematics
professor, Suri, captures the fluidity of the role of women with a beautiful kind of precision.

C  Devotees of playwright David Mamet, whose screen work includes Wag The Dog and the
award-winning Glengarry Glen Ross may be less than enamoured of Ira Nadel’s new biography,
David Mamet: A Life in the Theatre. It may seem churlish to question the minutia of incidents that
abound in this comprehensive tome, but whilst Nadel is clearly striving for accuracy one feels there
ought to have been more sifting, more mining for the gold amongst the biographical trivia. In
addition, Nadel’s tone is somewhat dry and academic and seems at odds with the brilliance of David
Mamet’s own writing. That said, the book offers a sound introduction to the life and career of the
man hailed as one of America’s most outstanding writers.

D  Can any Mother help me? is the true story of a desperately lonely mother who, in 1935,
appealed to other women through the letters page of a women’s magazine. Writing under a
pseudonym, the woman known as Ubique (meaning ‘everywhere’) little realised that she would be
the trigger for the launch of a new and private magazine that would last for the next fifty years. The
Cooperative Correspondence Club was formed to offer comfort and support to wives, often well-
educated women, who craved stimulation beyond the drudgery of family life. Jenna Bailey has done
a superb job of organising and editing this compendium, adding her own insightful commentary.

E  Subtitled, The Life and Times of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, Jessie Child’s debut
historical biography, Henry VIII's Last Victim, was the worthy winner of last year’s Elizabeth
Longford Prize. Henry Howard’s victim status is owing to the fact that he was the final person to be
executed by King Henry VIII, a mere nine days before the king himself expired. Although killed

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ostensibly for treason, the Earl of Surrey’s only real crime it seems was leading an unsuccessful army
campaign in France. Only 29, he was also a distinguished poet with a fine literary voice, a persona
which refutes his reputation as the spoilt son of the Duke of Norfolk.

F  This is the 25th outing for T. Keneally but he’s lost none of his writing powers. The Widow
and Her Hero takes real life events during the Second World War as its inspiration and builds a tale
of love and intrigue. Grace looks back on her life to recall her courtship with the hero of the title, the
handsome Captain Leo Waterhouse. Leo is tragically killed whilst on a secret mission but it is many
years before Grace discovers the facts about his death. Keneally made fans galore when Schindler’s
Ark was published and later made into the award-winning Steven Spielberg film, Schindler’s List.
The Widow and Her Hero will bring him even more fans.

In which review are the following mentioned?

1. A story in which someone is unaware of the impact of their action.
2. A description of the opening scene.
3. An author who exemplifies source material with their own analysis.
4. A humorous comparison with a real-life situation.
5. A character who finds out the truth about a situation.
6. A hint that the author’s future writing career will be positive.
7. A book that would be appreciated by people without much previous knowledge of the subject.
8. A book which has already won critical acclaim.
9. A book which includes too much factual detail.
10. A mention of the profession of the author.
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

WRITING
Part 1: Write a summary for the passage in about 140 words
The word ‘stress’ refers to a feeling of panic that makes a person want to stop whatever they
are doing, try to relax, and become calm again. 'Stress' means pressure or tension. It is one of the
most common causes of health problems in modern life. Too much stress results in physical,
emotional, and mental health problems.
     There are numerous physical effects of stress. Stress can affect the heart. It can increase the pulse
rate, make the heart miss beats, and can cause high blood pressure. Stress can affect the respiratory
system. It can lead to asthma. It can cause a person to breathe too fast, resulting in a loss of important
carbon dioxide. Stress can affect the stomach. It can cause stomach aches and problems digesting
food. These are only a few examples of the wide range of illnesses and symptoms resulting from
stress.
     Emotions are also easily affected by stress. People suffering from stress often feel anxious. They
may have panic attacks. They may feel tired all the time. When people are under stress, they often
overreact to little problems. For example, a normally gentle parent under a lot of stress at work may
yell at a child for dropping a glass of juice. Stress can make people angry, moody, or nervous.
     Long-term stress can lead to a variety of serious mental illnesses. Depression, an extreme feeling
of sadness and hopelessness, can be the result of continued and increasing stress. Alcoholism and
other addictions often develop as a result of overuse of alcohol or drugs to try to relieve stress. Eating

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disorders, such as anorexia, are sometimes caused by stress and are often made worse by stress. If
stress is allowed to continue, then one's mental health is put at risk.
     It is obvious that stress is a serious problem. It attacks the body. It affects the emotions. Untreated,
it may eventually result in mental illness. Stress has a great influence on the health and well-being of
our bodies, our feelings, and our minds. So, reduce stress: stop the world and rest for a while.

Part 2: Chart description

The charts below give information about USA marriage and divorce rates between 1970 and 2000,
and the marital status of adult Americans in two of the years.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make
comparisons where relevant.Your writing should be in about 150 words.
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Number of marriages and divorces in the USA, 1970-2000

3
2.5
2
Marriages
millions

1.5 Divorces
1
0.5
0
1970 1980 1990 2000
years

Marital status of adult Americans, 1970 and 2000

percentage of adults

80
60
40 1970
2000
20
0
Never Married Widowed Divorced
Married
marital status
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Part 3: Essay writing

As some dominant languages are more widely spoken all over the world, many minority
languages are dying out. Some people think that it is unnecessary to save these languages. To what
extent do you agree with this perspective?
Write an essay of at least 300 words to express your viewpoint. Support your opinion by using
relevant examples and explanations.

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