I.

 There are five questions in this part. For each question, decide whether the
statement is TRUE or FALSE. Tick (✓) the correct boxes. You will listen to
the recording twice.

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1. A Vietnamese family often includes married sons and daughters in-law, unmarried adult daug

2. In a traditional Vietnamese family, the husband is in charge of the issues outside the home.

3. Individualism is one of the qualities that are encouraged by the Vietnamese family.

4. The women and the children are often the interpreters of the Vietnamese families in the Weste

5. When women adapt to the Western society more quickly than men do, their authority in the V

II. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from
the others.
Question 6. A. deplete            B. device
                   C. exotic               D. challenge
Question 7. A. fossil               B. session
                   C. discuss             D. progress
III. Choose the word whose stress is put differently from that of the others.
Question 8. A. hunger             B. police
                   C. parent               D. courage
Question 9. A. eliminate   
                   B. disadvantage
                   C. accessible 
                   D. identify
Question 10. A. diversity           B. biology
                     C. degradation       D. activity
IV. Choose the best answer to each of the following questions.
Question 11. He _____ we could buy or make reusable bags and leave some bags
in our bike for shopping.
A. told to us                        B. said us
C. told us                            D. says to us
Question 12. Fossil fuels which are non-renewable pollute the air and cause air
______.
 A. contaminate                  B. consumption
C. pollution                          D. solution
Question 13. Texas is _____ to a number of eco-tour companies, and plenty of
ranches and resorts.
A. home                              B. house
C. accommodation              D. building
Question 14. I have a test to take tomorrow morning. If I ____ free time, I ______
to Ba Vi National Park.
A. have – will go            B. had – would go
C. will have – will go          D. had - went
Question 15. True gender equality ____ when both men and women reach a
balance between work and family.
A. can achieve
B. should be achieve
C. can be achieved
D. should achieve
Question 16. Cultural diversity makes the United States a ____ interesting place in
which to live for all of its inhabitants.
A. better                             B. very more
C. so more                         D. much more
Question 17. In Spain, it is believed to be bad luck to enter ______ room with
your left foot.
A. Ø                                   B. a
C. an                                  D. the
Question 18. A teacher can create a classroom blog _____ they post notes and
assignments for students.
A. where                            B. which
C. when                             D. whose
Question 19. My youngest son, ______ may be quiet or shy in a classroom, may
become active in a social learning situation made possible by digital device.
A. that                                B. who
C. which                              D. whose
Question 20. We are looking to find _______ ways to stimulate learning and
continually trying to improve the way we teach.
 A. portable and mobile
B. shocking and amazing       
C. new and creative
D. ineffective and inappropriate
V. Give the correct form of the word in brackets.
Question 21. Letting students use their own digital devices in class can improve
the _____ experience in many ways. (educate)
Question 22. In our tradition, when people metion “matter of betel and areca”,
they are talking about _____ issue. (marry)
Question 23. Reducing gender ______ improves productivity and economic
growth of a nation. (equal)
VI. Find out the mistake and correct them.
Question 24. They announced that (A) he had met (B) a number
of key (C) figures yesterday (D).
Question 25. You mustn’t (A) fill in this section if (B) you don’t want
to (C). It’s (D) optional.
VII. Read the passage and fill in each blank with the correct answer.
Throughout the world there are different (26)_________ for people to greet each
other. In much of the world, a handshake is the common form of welcoming and
greeting someone. In many countries around the Mediterranean Sea a light kiss on
the cheek is the appropriate way to welcome friends and family. It can be a
very (27)_________ surprise if you expect to shake hands and get a kiss or a hug
instead.
At times, it is difficult to tell what sort of greeting (28)_________ is followed.
People may bow, wave another’s arm or even slap the other person on the back. In
some places people just smile, look at (29) _________ face and say nothing.
Most people in the world are tolerant of, visitors and don’t mind what travelers do
that seems wrong as long as the visitors are (30) _________. A big part of the
delightfulness of world travel is experiencing different customs.
Question 26. A. means           B. ways
                    C. methods       D. techniques
Question 27. A. huge               B. large
                        C. big                 D. great
Question 28. A. habit                B. routine
                    C. custom              D. tradition
Question 29. A. each other      
                      B. the others
                     C. theirs
                      D. the other’s
Question 30. A. sincere        B. truthful
                   C. faithful           D. hopeful
 
VIII. Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.
Earth Hour is an annual global campaign that encourages people and businesses
around the world to switch off electricity at the same time for one hour at the end
of March. Organised by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Earth Hour
started in Australia in 2007 when 2.2 million people in the city of Sydney turned
off all non-essential lights for 60 minutes. Since then it has grown to a massive
global event. In 2013, more than 7,000 cities and towns worldwide participated in
this campaign. Every year landmarks and well-known buildings around the world
such as the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge, the Petronas towers in
Malaysia, the UK Parliament, Buckingham Palace and the Empire State Building
take part and “go dark” for Earth Hour. Therefore, Earth Hour has been a symbolic
event to make people think about the problems of climate change and show their
commitment to protect the planet.
                                                                                         (Adapted from “Earth
Hour” by British Council)
Question 31. The passage is mainly about __________.
A. a global competition to save the Earth’s energy
B. a worldwide event to help protect the planet
C. an activity of Sydney people to take place in March
Question 32. The word “non-essential” in the second sentence can be best
replaced by __________.
A. unnecessary
B. useless
C. unused
Question 33. The word “it” in the third sentence refers to __________.
A. the city of Sydney
B. a global event
C. Earth Hour
Question 34. Earth Hour was first ognanised in __________.
A. Malaysia
B. Australia
C. the UK
Question 35. Earth Hour is held to raise awareness about __________.
A. the shortage of electricity
B. the problems of famous landmarks
C. a kind of environmental issues
IX. Make meaningful sentences with the given suggestions.
Question 36. Everyone / live / earth / should have / responsibility / reduce / air
pollution / protect clean air / our survival/.
=> ……………………………………………
Question 37. He/ not/ know /foreign language/ made/ it /difficult/  him / get /well-
paid job/.
=> ……………………………………………
X. Rewrite sentences with the same meaning to the first one.
Question 38. Mai said to Anna, “Don’t buy any products made from wildlife
skins.”
=> Mai advised ……………………………
Question 39. The article is about smartphones. They have become excellent study
tools.
=> The article is ……………………………
Question 40. Save some money or you won’t be able to buy the house.
=> If …………………………………………