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MUET CEFR (2021) DRILLING MODEL TEST 1

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Part 1

Read three notices about books for sale.

Answer the questions 1 to 4 based on the notices about books for sale (A to C).

Which book

1. is suitable for fast subject revisions?_______

2. is mostly preferable for university students?________

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3.is the best buy for pet lovers?_______

4.integrates technology with learning?_______

A. Special for School Students B. A Research Journal for Scholars C .One book is enough to understand dogs.

. This revision book “All In One” covers all mainstream .The book has a huge collection of journals,action . It is a book about dogs .

subjects. research and articles . A one stop reference book

. It teachers us A-Z on how to look after dogs

. It also integrates websites for students to easily find . It is huge and heavy but it also comes in a soft copy

dictionaries and video tutorials online. version but expensive

. Provides clear dividers for each subject and presents

notes in mind map forms.

. The book is only RM 20.Limited edition

Part 2 (Sample Text and A Sample Question)

Read an email from a Tourist Page. Answer question 1 based on the email.

To: dearcustomers@gmail.com

From: Robeka@England.gmail.com

Subject ; Knowing Black Friday

Dear Readers and Subscribes ,

The day after Thanksgiving is the start of the holiday shopping season. Thanksgiving is always on a Thursday, so the day after is a Friday. This day has come to be known as Black

Friday. It has been the busiest shopping day of the year since 2005. Most stores offer great deals on Black Friday. They open their doors in the wee hours of the morning. They try to

attract shoppers with big discounts. Some items like TVs are much cheaper than usual. Stores may even lose money on these items. They hope that shoppers will buy gifts for other

people while they are in the store. Black Friday is a great time to get good deals. The problem is that there are not enough lowpriced items to go around. Each store may only have a

few. These items are in high demand. People stand in long lines to get such great deals. They may line up hours before a store opens. They may be hoping to get a low price on a TV
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or laptop, but not everyone who wants one will get one. Some people leave disappointed. The situation can be tense. Some Black Friday events have been violent. Large, eager

crowds have trampled workers. Fights have broken out over toys or people cutting in line. People have shot one another over parking spots. But most Black Friday events are safe

and fun. Still, if you plan on going, expect large crowds and a bit of shoving. So where does the name "Black Friday" come from? It was first used in Philadelphia in the 1950s. The

police called this day Black Friday because of the heavy traffic it drew. In the 1960s, stores tried to rename the day "Big Friday." It did not stick. The name "Black Friday" continued to

spread across the country. It seems that it is here to stay. Now people all over the country take part in the event known as Black Friday. It is even spreading to other parts of the

world. Stores have held Black Friday events in the U.K., Australia, and Brazil since 2012. In Costa Rica Black Friday is known as "Viernes Negro." And in Mexico, stores offer an annual

weekend of discounts. They call it "El Buen Fin," which means "the good weekend" in Spanish. I guess the language of savings is universal.

References: https://www.ereadingworksheets.com/reading-comprehension-worksheets/nonfiction-reading-test-black-friday.pdf

1. Based on the text, why do sellers sacrifice their profits by selling certain items at an extremely cheap prices ?

a. Their main aim is to attract crowd to their shops and make their shops famous.

b. They believe that customers who visit their shops will buy other gifts in their shops too.

c. They are trying to make their shops friendly for poor.

d. They are trying to clear their old things.

Part 3

Read an extract from a novel. Answer question 1 based on the extract.

Jacob the Great

Tuesday

Jacob hated finishing things almost as much as he loved starting them. As a result, he had gotten into a million hobbies and activities, but he never stuck with any of them long

enough to get any good. He begged his mother for months for a guitar so that he could play Black Eyed Peas songs to Angie, a girl he liked, but after he finally got one for Christmas,

he found out that guitars don’t play themselves. He took a few lessons, but strumming the strings hurt his fingers and he didn’t like holding the pick, so now the five-hundred dollar

guitar lives under his bed. After reading an ad in the back of one of his comic books, Jacob decided that he wanted a WonderSweeper 5000 metal detector, so that he could find

buried pirate treasure. So he mowed lawns all summer and didn’t spend his money on ice-cream like his younger brother, Alex. He saved it all in a shoe box in his closet. Then he

shoveled driveways all winter, and he didn’t spend his money on candy and chips like his classmates. By the time spring came he had saved $200, and he purchased the Wonder-

Sweeper 5000 metal detector. He beeped it around the park for a while, be he soon found out that no pirates had ever set sail in his neighborhood, and if they had they didn’t leave

any treasure. Even though he found a key ring, forty-seven cents, and all the bottle caps he could throw, he buried the metal detector in his closest.

Wednesday

Given Jacob’s history with hobbies, it was no surprise that Jacob’s father was reluctant to buy him a magician’s kit for his birthday. “Geez, Jacob… You sure you wouldn’t rather I got

you more guitar lessons?” He suggested. Jacob was insistent. “Dad, you’ve got to get me the magician’s kit. This time I’ll stick with it for real. I promise! Come on, Dad,” Jacob

begged. Jacob’s father sighed and then replied, “Oh, I don’t know, Jacob. Things are awfully tight right now.” But Jacob’s father was reminded of his own youth long ago, when he

quit football and started karate practice before hardly getting his equipment dirty. So when Jacob’s birthday came around, Jacob was both surprised and pleased to find the

magician’s kit that he had desired so badly with a big bright bow on it. Jacob opened up the box and unwrapped the many parts in the kit. As he did so, he imagined sawing his pet

cat in half and putting it back together to the amazement of his friends and family.
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Thursday

He took the many fake coins, trick cards, and rope pieces of varying length on the kitchen table and imagined pulling rabbits out of his hat and turning them into pigeons with a

mysterious puff of smoke. As Jacob continued pulling plastic thumbs, foam balls, and giant playing cards out of the magic kit, a commercial on the TV caught his attention. “Hey kids!

Have you ever wanted to go to space? Experience what it’s like to be an astronaut? Do you want to explore the universe? Well, now you can.” As the commercial continued playing,

Jacob walked away from the magic kit on the kitchen table and stared at the TV screen longingly. “For only $195 you can go to space camp and live life like an astronaut for a whole

weekend. Enroll now for a once in a life time experience.” Jacob’s cry rang throughout the house as he yelled, “MOM!” He now knew what his true purpose in life was.

Reference: https://www.ereadingworksheets.com/reading-comprehension-worksheets/jacob-the-great.pdf

1. According to the text, why did Jacob gave up in playing with his guitar?

a. His fingers tend to get wounded.

b. He’d rather play drums.

c. It was too hard to maintain.

d. He expected the guitar to play by itself.

Part 4

Read a review about the History of Google. Answer 1 question based on the extract

Review 1

You know that you're doing something big when your company name becomes a verb. Ask Xerox. In 1959 they created the first plain paper copy machine. It was one of the most

successful products ever. The company name Xerox grew into a verb that means "to copy," as in "Bob, can you Xerox this for me?" Around 50 years later, the same thing happened

to Google. Their company name grew into a verb that means "to do an internet search."

Now everyone and their grandma knows what it means to Google it. Unlike Xerox, Google wasn't the first company to invent their product, not by a long shot. Lycos released their

search engine in 1993. Yahoo! came out in 1994.

AltaVista began serving results in 1995. Google did not come out until years later, in 1998. Though a few years difference may not seem like much, this is a major head start in the

fast moving world of tech. So how did Google do it? How did they overtake their competitors who had such huge leads in time and money? Maybe one good idea made all the

difference. There are millions and millions of sites on the internet. How does a search engine know which ones are relevant to your search? This is a question that great minds have

been working on for decades.

References : https://www.ereadingworksheets.com/reading-comprehension-worksheets/nonfiction-reading-test-google.pdf

1. Which event happened last?

a. Lycos released their search engine.

b. Yahoo! released their search engine.

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c. Google released their search engine.

d. Xerox released their copy machine.

Review 2

Google was the first search engine that began considering links. Links are those blue underlined words that take you to other pages when you click on them. Larry Page, cofounder of

Google, believed that meaningful data could be drawn from how those links connect. Page figured that websites with many links pointing at them were more important than those

that had few. He was right. Google's search results were much better than their rivals. They would soon become the world's most used search engine. It wasn't just the great search

results that led to Google becoming so well liked. It also had to do with the way that they presented their product. Most of the other search engines were cluttered. Their home

pages were filled with everything from news stories to stock quotes. But Google's homepage was, and still is, clean. There's nothing on it but the logo, the search box, and a few

links. It almost appears empty. In fact, when they were first testing it, users would wait at the home page and not do anything. When asked why, they said that they were, "waiting

for the rest of the page to load." People couldn't imagine such a clean and open page as being complete. But the fresh design grew on people once they got used to it. These days

Google has its hands in everything from self-driving cars to helping humans live longer. Though they have many other popular products, they will always be best known for their

search engine. The Google search engine has changed our lives and our language. Not only is it a fantastic product, it is a standing example that one good idea (and a lot of hard

work) can change the world.

References : https://www.ereadingworksheets.com/reading-comprehension-worksheets/nonfiction-reading-test-google.pdf

2. Which point in Google success would the writer of this review most likely disagree with?

a. Google had an amazing homepage.

b. Google copied others .

c. Google wasn't the first search engine, but it become one of the best.

d. Larry Page is the biggest contributor for Google’s success.

3 Question based on Review 1 and Review 2

3. The two reviews suggest that Google become successful and

a. enable self driving cars

b. changed lives and languages

c. is a fantastic online creation

d. links information together.

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Part 5

Six paragraphs have been removed. Below the story, you will find the six removed paragraphs PLUS one paragraph which doesn't fit. Choose from the sentences

(A-G) the one which fits each gap (1-6). Remember, there is one extra paragraph you do not need to use. Write the correct letter in the empty boxes in the text.

The Busman's Holiday - Benjamin Kensey

It was all the two men could do to not break into a run as they crossed the park. The two, one luxuriously tall and the other

much shorter, drew some inquisitive glances from the crowds.

"If we miss Darwin because you couldn't resist getting a taste of bloody mead, I'll brain you, Charles," said one, whose tall legs

ate up the grassy yards with ease.

1.  

They rounded a stand of elm trees and there it was in front of them. The giant glass palace, five storeys tall and five hundred

yards in length, swallowed the crowds that drifted towards it.

"Why is it so green?" Charles said, his pace finally slowing as the objective rose into view.

"Come on!" urged Will. "No time to lose."

Hyde Park was wet from an overnight downpour and the grass became muddy near the entrance. The two paid their two

guineas entrance fee and moved into the central spine of the exhibition. Entire trees were encased in the crystal palace with

statues and fountains competing for space and attention alongside them. On each side, vast exhibiting rooms had been set up

and Charles and Will perused the contents of a few of them, the riches of Great Britain and her greater empire collected in one

place for just these precious few months. Everywhere, fine cloths hung.

In one room, two baby Indian elephants were causing a stir while next door, vast tables were laden to breaking point with

exotic fruits, spices, meats that the London public had rarely witnessed. But it was those exhibits crafted by man himself that

Charles and Will had travelled far for and those they now sought.

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"This weaving machine puts all predecessors to shame, Ladies," yelled one exhibitor.

"The voting machine will change democracy throughout the empire," called out a woman standing under a large Chartist

banner. She popped a small brass ball into a machine with several holes and levers and Charles and Will stood at the doorway

and listened to a series of whirs and plops as the ball made its way through the digestive tract of the machine before emerging

into a box for re-use.

"Well, I never," said Will. "Let's phone Florida."

3.  

"The latest in plumbing and hygiene, Sir," said a man collecting pennies outside, dressed all in white. "Newspaper and shoe

shine included."

"Later, thanks," said Charles and on they walked.

Towards one end of the Exhibition, the exhibits were beefier and more mechanical in nature and the two colleagues quickened

their pace and sharpened their gazes.

A steam-driven hay bailer from Sussex was claimed to be thirty percent faster than traditional models.

"Think of all the hay you'll save," cried the man cranking the handles.

A small machine that spewed smoke and steam grabbed envelopes and closed them with a flourish, pushing them onto another

tray where a stamp was pressed on, a little lopsided.

"It's a lot of effort for very little, isn't it," said Charles to Will.

"Look at that lever mechanism for the closing," said Will, enthralled. "Absolutely fantastic craftsmanship. I never saw anything

about this little beauty."

The final room at one end of the glass house had the name Thomas Smithwick above it. Agricultural Engines, it said directly

underneath.

"This is it," said Will, always leading where Charles followed. Inside, a primitive steam engine was hissing away, four large iron
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wheels attached to it. Will walked around his prey, purring appreciation for the contraption.

4.  

"Well," Charles replied, his head in the Great Exhibition programme they'd bought, "Mr. Robert Stephenson might have

something to say about that."

"Good morning, gentleman. I can see you both hold the Smithwick's traction engine in great esteem. Are you in the business

yourselves?" The man's hair was greased back shiny and flat.

"Engineering, yes, agriculture, no," said Will, still running his hands over the smooth lines of the machine, paying particular

attention to the bold Smithwicks nameplate bolted onto the side.

5.  

"Yes, we know," said Will. Charles took hold of Will's jacket sleeve but Will shook himself free. "It's all about pressure, Mr. - "

The man pointed up to the sign.

"Ah, the man himself. As I was saying, you'll know yourself, of course, it's all about pressure. But you need to think smaller."

"Will, enough, come on," Charles said, moving towards the door.

Mr. Smithwick looked confused. "All our proving has shown that the larger delivers more power."

Charles bodily pulled Will towards the door.

"Think smaller, Smithwick. Water is great for slow heavy pressure but you want to get something explosive in a chamber, a

metal chamber. Chambers and pistons, Smithwick," said Will, now almost shouting as Charles closed the door behind them.

"That will give you all the impetus you need. Leave water behind, it belongs to the past."

The two were back out in the main walkway, surrounded by ferns, palms and a large fake Roman fountain with water splashing

down onto an array of mythological creatures.

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"You really are the worst, Will. What will we do if he goes off and creates a twelve-wheeler by next year?"

6.  

Charles followed Will's gaze and saw the sign: Daguerreotype Miniatures - Likenesses In Five Minutes.

"Will, don't you dare.

References: https://www.esl-lounge.com/student/proficiency/cpe-073-busmans-holiday-paragraph-gap-fill.php

Use these paragraphs to fill the spaces below. There is one extra you do not need to use.

A. They moved on, deeper into the massed throngs. They saw a sign that read "Retiring Rooms". Charles approached to see if he could get a look

inside.

B. Will thought long and hard about this. "I don't think so," he said finally.

C. "This is the Stonehenge of mechanical engineering," Will said, his finger poised over one of the valves.

D. Then we'll all be the better off for it," Will said, brushing down his jacket melodramatically. "Oh my, let's go and be really bad.

E. Will, it's ten in the morning and it's only the second day. All the big wigs are going today. Stop your whining. I heard no complaints from you last

night when you were drunk on ale..

F. Everywhere they turned, voices beckoned.

G. "It's the steam that drives the belt that drives the wheels," the man said, a gleam of pride on his face.

Part 6 and Part 7

Read an article on The Story Of The Aral Sea and Answer question 1 and 2.

THE STORY OF THE ARAL SEA

References: https://ngllife.com/story-aral-sea-1

1 April 2010   One Sunday afternoon in Kazakhstan last August, three dozen fishermen met near the shore of the North Aral Sea. They brought food to eat and they had races and throwing contests.
Afterwards, they relaxed telling stories and singing songs about the Aral Sea and fishing and how much they loved both of these things. For many years before this, there had been no reason to celebrate.
The Aral Sea in Central Asia, once the fourth largest lake in the world, had shrunk because of irrigation and drought. Then in 2005, the Kazakh government and the World Bank constructed a dam that
separated the northern and southern parts of the sea, allowing the northern part of the Aral Sea to start to recover. There are fish in the water again and for the past four years, fishermen have come here to
celebrate. Philip Micklin is a scientist who has been studying the sea since the 1980s. ‘Nature can come back.’ he15 says.
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2 October 2014   Satellite images released this week show that the eastern part of the Aral Sea is completely dry. ‘It is likely the first time it has completely dried up in 600 years,’ said expert Philip
Micklin. The Aral Sea once covered 67,300 square kilometres. It’s actually a freshwater lake, not a saltwater sea, since two of Central Asia's biggest rivers, the Amu Darya and the Syr Darya, flow into it.
The Aral Sea used to be a busy place. It provided work for 40,000 people and supplied the Soviet Union with a sixth of its fish. As the lake dried up, it separated into several small lakes which together
were only a tenth of the lake’s original size. The eastern part nearly dried up in 2009, but it recovered in 2010 after substantial rainfall. Now, it’s completely dry.

3. June 2015   Yusup Kamalov, a scientist from Uzbekistan, is my guide. We’re standing looking at a vast desert. Except that it’s not like any other desert – there are abandoned fishing boats lying on the
sand. Fifty years ago, the southern shore of the Aral Sea was right where we stand. Now it is 80 kilometres away to the northwest and we set off to drive to the water’s edge. On the way, we pass oil and
natural gas rigs standing on the sand. ‘Each year a few more are put up,’ says Kamalov. ‘Can you imagine,’ he says, ‘that 40 years ago the water was 30 metres deep right here?’ Eventually, we see a
silver line sparkling on the horizon. We reach the water and I try to swim – but the water is so salty I just float on the surface.  And with 110 grams of salt per litre of water (compared to about 35 grams in
the world’s oceans), no fish are able to survive here. ‘This is what the end of the world looks like,’ says Kamalov.

1. In paragraph 1, the writer’s main intention is to highlight the

a. the history of Aral Sea

b.the disaster happened to Aral Sea

c. the feeling of the fishermen

d.how important is fishing.

2. What does the phrase “Nature Can Come Back” (line 15) refer to?

a. we can recover natural loss with effort.

b. the nature will return in magic.

c. the Aral Sea has become alive again.

d. men can restructure nature.

Answers

Part 1

1a

2b
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3c

4a

Part 2

1b

Part 3

1a

Part 4

1c

2b

3b

Part 5

1e

2f

3a

4c

5g

6d

Part 6 and Part 7

1d

2c