DANANG UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS MID-TERM ENGLISH TEST

ESP SECTION MODULE: IELTS PRE-INTERMEDIATE 2

TEST CODE: 05
MID-TERM ENGLISH TEST
Duration: 65 minutes
Name: Nguyễn Thị Việt Hảo Class: ENG2012_10
Student ID number: 201121601516 Grade: ………..

TASK 1 (10 points)

Your paragraph:

I believe that children should always seek and follow parental guidance from their
parents instead of disobeying their parents. Initially, children are less experienced in
life than their parents. Inevitably, there are tons of things that children have to ask their
parents when they need to make important decisions. Parents can teach children how to
discern what is good or bad for them, thus helping them avoid mistakes made by their
parents in the past. Another reason for this is that no one might love and understand
children as parents. They bring their kids to this world, protect them and take care of
them. Parents are willing to give children advice whenever they are in trouble. Since
parents always want the best for their kids, they would not give them a bum steer.
Therefore, it is apparent that parental guidance is really valuable for children.

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Evaluation form (for teacher)

Comments Mark
Topic sentence / main idea /2

Paragraph unity /3

Paragraph coherence /3

Language use /2

Strengths of the paragraph

Weaknesses of the paragraph

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TEST CODE: 05
TASK 2 (10 points)
Read the report based on the pie charts below. Fill in the blanks with the given words or
phrases in the box. Write your answers in the Answer box below.

The pie charts below show the reasons for watching wildlife programs
in Stirling School in 2000.

A. least B. respectively C. just over D. two thirds E. 5 percent F. most

G. second H. 20 percent I. majority J. minority K. In addition L. on the other hand

The pie charts show the different reasons why boys and girls watched wildlife programs in
Stirling School in 2000.

Overall, while the (1)…………………. of boys watched wildlife shows due to parents’
enforcement, most girls watched these shows because they wanted to educate themselves. (2)
…………….…, curiosity was the (3)………………. important reason among both male and
female students.

We can see from the pie charts that approximately (4)………………. of male students watched
wildlife shows because of parents’ enforcement in 2000. Another important reason why boys
watched the wildlife shows was the educational values of these shows ( around (5)
………………….). Only about 10 percent and 5 percent of boys watched the shows to satisfy
their curiosity and to entertain (6)………………….. .

(7) ………………….…, the reasons why girls watched the wildlife shows were different in the
given period of time. A half of female students watched these programs because of their
educational values. (8)………………. a third of girls watched the wildlife shows because of
their parents’ enforcement, making it the (9)………………… most popular reason among girls.
Only around (10)………………. of girls watched these shows because they were curious.

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TEST CODE: 05
Answer box
1. I. majority 6. B. respectively
2. K. In addition 7. L. on the other hand
3. A. least 8. C. just over
4. D. two thirds 9. G. second
5. H. 20 percent 10. E. 5 percent

TASK 3 (10 points)

Your report:
The line graph compares the percentage of club members who took part in two
types of sports, namely basketball and football, in Viet Nam from 1995 to 2015.
Overall, it can be seen that there was an upward trend in the proportion of people

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ESP SECTION MODULE: IELTS PRE-INTERMEDIATE 2
TEST CODE: 05
playing football, whereas the number of members in basketball went down
significantly. In addition, basketball was the most popular kind of sports in 1995, but in
2015, football was more popular compared to basketball.
As the graph shows, the percentage of people who played basketball started at 52
percent in 1995. Then there was a dramatic drop of 40 percent in the rate of
participation in basketball until 2010. From 2010 to 2015, the number of club members
increased slightly by 9 percent, between 12 percent and 21 percent. In 2010, the
proportion of people who played basketball also reached its lowest point at 12 percent.
In football, the number of club members fluctuated between 1995 and 2010 – 29
percent in 2000, falling to 6 percent in 2005 and then rising again to 20 percent in
2010. The proportion of people playing football reached its highest level in 2000, at 29
percent. From 2010 to 2015, the club witnessed an insignificant rise in the percentage
of members playing football, between 20 percent and 28 percent.

Evaluation form (for teacher)

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ESP SECTION MODULE: IELTS PRE-INTERMEDIATE 2
TEST CODE: 05

Comments Mark
Writing task /3
Task achievement
-Is able to do the given task
-Is able to write 1 sentence
for the introduction, using
the two methods that have
been taught at class
-Is able to write 2 sentences
addressing the general trends
and important/interesting
features shown in the graph
Writing task /2
Coherence
-Is able to organize
information clearly using
linking words, introductory
expressions and time
expressions
Writing task /5
Language use
-Is able to use language to
describe changes
-Is able to use language to
compare figures
-Is able to use language to
describe a figure
-Is able to write sentences
without any vocabulary and
grammatical mistakes

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TEST CODE: 05
Strengths of the report

Weaknesses of the report