INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

SAMPLE FINAL EXAMINATION (MOCK TEST)

AE1 WRITING
Semester 2, 2022

Student name: ___________Đinh Tấ n Lộ c___________________________ Student ID: ____IELSIU21320______

TEST PAPER
Proctor: Date of exam: Time: Duration:
_________________________ _________________________ 60 minutes

Instructions:
1. Read the instructions carefully and write the answers for all the tasks on the answer sheet provided.
2. All electronic devices, reference materials, discussion and material transfer are strictly prohibited.
3. Submit both the test paper and answer sheet after finishing the test.

Part 1: (40 pts)

Read the following passage

In many organizations, perhaps the best way to approach certain new projects is to assemble a group of people
into a team. Having a team of people take part in a project offers several advantages.
First of all, a group of people has a wider range of knowledge, expertise, and skills than any single individual is
likely to possess. Also, because of the numbers of people involved and the greater resources they possess, a
group can work more quickly in response to the task assigned to it and can come up with highly creative
solutions to problems and issues. Sometimes these creative solutions come about because a group is more
likely to make risky decisions that an individual might not undertake. This is because the group spreads
responsibility for a decision to all the members and thus no single individual can be held accountable if the
decision turns out to be wrong.
Taking part in a group process can be very rewarding for members of the team. Team members who have a
voice in making a decision will no doubt feel better about carrying out the work that is entailed by that decision
than they might doing work that is imposed on them by others. Also, the individual team member has a much
better chance to “shine,” to get his or her contributions and ideas not only recognized but recognized as highly
significant, because a team’s overall results can be more far-reaching and have greater impact than what might
have otherwise been possible for the person to accomplish or contribute working alone.

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Take notes of the above passage. Extract only the major ideas and details and leave out less important
details.
- Thesis statement:
- Topic sentence 1: details
- Topic sentence 2: details

Write your answer here.

- Thesis statement : Having a team of people take part in a project offers several advantage
- Topic sentence 1: First of all, a group of people has a wide range of knowledge, expertise, and skills than any
single individuals is like to possess.
+ They possess greater resources : quickly response to the task + come up with highly creative solutions.
+ Creative solution: a group is likely to make risky decision > individual because the group spreads
responsibility for a decision to all member-> no single individual can be held accountable( wrong decision).
- Topic sentence 2: Taking part in a group process can be very rewarding for members of the team.
+ Team members having a voice in making a decision-> feel better about carry out working being entailed by
that decision > doing work is imposed on them by others.
+A much better chance to shine: recognize his or her contribution or ideas + recognize as highly significant->
overall team’s result can be more far-reaching and have a greater impact > what might have otherwise been
possible for the person to accomplish or contribute working alone.

Part 2: (60 pts)

Write a complete essay of about 350 words on ONE of the following topics:
1. Violent video games cause behavior problems.
Do you agree or disagree with this opinion? Use reasons and examples to support your ideas.

Please be noted that an effective essay should contain opposing arguments, rebuttals to the opposing
arguments, and your own arguments.
Write your answer here.
Violent video games nowadays has been being a controversial topic whether it has a profound impact on
people’s behavioral development or not. Personally, I totally agree that brutal video games have an adverse
bearing on individual’s attitude, especially children.
On the one hand, a set of individuals assert that the aggressive games are only a form of entertainment, so
users and gamers can take an advantage to explore consequences of violent actions leading less real world
aggression. However, it is not denying that the images that users see on cruel video games have an influence on
their behavior. An excessive exposure to violent video games is likely to result in lower empathy and decreased
kindness. The reason being that these games empower them fully immerse themselves in the virtual world
leading to can not distinguishing between reality and fantasy. As a result, it has been easy for them to be mimic
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aggressive actions of the game’s figures and reinforce fighting as a tool of dealing with conflict. Consequently,
users might engage in criminal activities being harmful not only on their career path but also on their physical
and mental well-being.

On the other hand, I am in an opinion that brutal video games would take a toll on children’s attitude due to
several reasons. First and foremost, with children, they might be parrot the actions, especially something
graphic and jarring, which might be remained ingrained in their mind for years even if they are exposed it
momentarily. It would acts as a precursor to simulate children being more aggressive, bullying, and fighting
within school environment or even with their relatives. For instance, in Vietnam, there are many cases that
student who are addicted violent games, commit on murder or hand-to-hand combat with their friends due to
obsession with aggressive actions in games. Let alone, cruel video games desensitize players to real-life
violence, which damage their social relationship. Ultimately, it is obvious that brutal video games have an
adverse effect on single individuals, and it should be not perpetuated.

In conclusion, I subscribe to the view that violent video games is a primary cause of manner issues due to its
effect on physical and mental well-being of players ,and take shape of violent attitude on those. I believe that
aggressive video games might be illegal in the future to mitigate the harmful consequences on users.
This is the end of the test.