LISTENING

Part 1. You will hear three different extracts. For questions 1-6, choose the answer (A, В or C) which fits
best according to what you hear. There are two questions for each extract.
Extract One
You hear part of an interview with a woman who works in retail management.
1. How does the woman feel now about her first job in retailing?
A. pleased by the way she handled the staff
B. confident that it gave her a good start
C. relaxed about the mistakes she made
2. What is the woman advised to do next?
A. reflect on her skills
B. volunteer for extra work
C. discuss her situation with her boss
Extract Two
You overhear a woman telling a friend a story about a swan.
3. What problem did the woman have with the swan?
A. She misunderstood its intentions
B. She underestimated the speed of its approach
C. She failed to realise the consequences of disturbing it
4. What is the man’s reaction to the story?
A. He feels he would have handled the situation better
B. He is unconvinced by the woman’s version of events
C. He fails to see quite how serious the problem was
Extract Three
You hear part of an interview with Bruce Loader, a successful businessman who is talking about his early life.
5. Why did Bruce decide to give up the idea of studying art?
A. He failed to gain a place at art college
B. He became tired of doing representational art
C. He was persuaded that he could not realise his ambition
6. What was his father’s reaction to Bruce’s decision?
A. He was anxious to discuss alternative employment options
B. He was angry that a good opportunity had been wasted
C. He was dismissive of the advantages of higher education
Part 2. You are going to hear a conversation between a student who is enrolling at university and a
university administrator. Listen and complete the form below. Write the answers on your answer sheet.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS and/or A NUMBER.
ENROLLMENT FORM
Name: Peter Taylor
Course: BSc (7) ……………………………..
Faculty: (8) ………………………………….
University address: Room 112, (9) …………………………… Residence, Duke Street, Newcastle.
Home address: 56, Grove Street, Manchester, (10) ……………………………
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 SECTION B: PHONETICS
Question I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in
the same line and write A, B, C or D on your answer sheet.
16. A. mischief B. relief C. belief D. chief
17. A. expansion B. provision C. precision D. explosion
18. A. decided B. rained C. planted D. needed
Part 3. Question II. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others in the same
line and write A, B, C or D on your answer sheet.
19. A. dictation B. repainting C. correction D. apprehension
20. A. interesting B. quality C. domestic D. beautiful
SECTION C. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
Question I. Choose the word/ phrase that best fits the gap in each of the following sentences and write A,
B, C or D on your answer sheet.
21. I don’t know …………… of them comes from England as they all speak English.
A. who B. whom C. whose D. which
22. I don’t think anyone understood what I was saying at the meeting, did they? I totally failed to get my point
……………
A. across B. along C. about D. around
23. Frogs and ducks were encouraged to …………… the pests in the paddies and the occasional plague of
locusts.
A. snatch B. break C. swallow D. consume
24. Steven and James are aged 10 and 13 ……………
A. respectively B. actively C. individually D. separately
25. Let’s go out for a walk, ……………?
A. will we B. shall we C. do we D. are we
26. My college graduation was a real …………… day for my whole life.
A. red brick B. red ink C. red tape D. red letter
27. Ken: “Where is our study group going to meet next weekend?”
Tom: “……………”
A. We are too busy on weekend. B. The library would be best.
C. Why don’t you look at the atlas? D. Studying in a group is great fun.
28. When someone is down on their ……………, friends are not easy to find.
A. mood B. luck C. fortune D. merit
29. When her alarm clock went off, she shut it off and slept …………… five minutes.
A. another B. the other C. other D. others
30. Japanese people eat a lot of fish and vegetables; ……………, they live longer.
A. however B. so C. therefore D. moreover
Part 4. Question II: Put each verb in brackets into an appropriate form. Write the answers on your
answer sheet.
31. His new shirt doesn’t seem to fit him well. He (try) ………………………… it on before he bought it.
32. The accident is said (happen) ………………………… on Tran Hung Dao street last night.
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33. “I (just/ go) ………………………… out to get an evening paper.” – “But it is raining. Why don’t you wait
till the rain stops?”
34. After the earthquake, the government decreed that all new buildings (build) …………………………
according to the new standards.
35. Neither of the films (show) ………………………… on TV last night was good.
36. My book (lose) …………………………, I had to buy a new one.
37. If I weren’t working for an accounting firm, I (work) ………………………… in a bank.
38. In the northern part of our country (majestic mountains/ find) ………………………… and churning
rivers.
Part 4. Question III: Put each word in brackets into an appropriate form. Write the answers on your
answer sheet.
39. We won’t be able to buy anything if we don’t have any ………..…………... currencies on us. (CONVERT)
40. Many fish ………………………... protect their eggs from their predators. (GENIUS)
41. New immigrants have been successfully ………………………... into the community. (SIMILAR)
42. My friends started going out late tonight clubs, so I decided to ………………………... myself from the
group. (SOCIAL)
43. Multiple ………………………... were situated in strategic locations along the terraces, capturing the sun’s
light as it made its daily path.
44. Most of the ………………………... have lived here all their lives. (VILLAGE)
45. The ………………………... sports stadium is the pride of the city. (FUTURE)
Part 4. Question IV. The passage below contains 5 mistakes (only ONE word for ONE mistake from 46
to 50). Find out the mistakes and correct them. Write the correct answers on your answer sheet.
COVID – 19 is the first true global crisis we have seen in our lifetime. No matter where we live, the
pandemic affects every person – children most of all. Millions are missing out on basic health services,
education and protection simply if they were born into poverty or because of their ethnic, religion or race.
COVID – 19 has widened this inequality gap and the social, economic and health impacts of the pandemic will
reverberate for years to come, threaten children’s rights. However, this is not the time to be intimidated or
paralyzed by these challenges. As we kick off UNICEF’s 75th anniversary, we are reminded that this
organization is created in the midst of another historic crisis in the aftermath of World War II. Back then, it
would have been easy to be overwhelmed with the scale of the problems facing children in a war – ravaged
world. But we reimagined what was possible. We built new health and welfare systems around the world. We
defeated smallpox. We built the United Nations.
Part 5. SECTION D: READING COMPREHENSION
Question I. Read the following passage, then fill in each gap with ONE suitable word. Write the answers
on your answer sheet.
Nguyen Thuc Thuy Tien of Vietnam has won the Miss Grand International 2021 title, one of the top six
major international (51) ……………………. pageants for women. Tien, 23, finished ahead of 59 contestants at
the grand (52) ……………………. held on Sunday evening in Bangkok, Thailand. “I have to be honest that I
didn’t think I would be standing here.” she said. Either that night, she had been asked: “With the current world
situation, (53) ……………………. are many problems such as those related to human (54)
……………………. and economy, if you choose one person to discuss the problem in order to (55)
……………………. the change, who will you choose and why?” Tien said she would talk to the woman who
invented the AstraZeneca Covid – 19 (56) ……………………. “She doesn’t need money from her invention
and I’m grateful for that. Sometimes you just need to work and don’t care what you get.” Her answer was
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applauded by the judges and the (57) ……………………. Tien is the (58) ……………………. Vietnamese
contestant to win the Miss Grand International title. The contest’s organizers also (59) ……………………. first
and second runners – up titles to the contestants from Ecuador and Brazil. Miss Grand, founded in 2013, is one
of the six major global beauty contests held (60) ……………………., the others being: Miss World, Miss
Universe, Miss International, Miss Earth and Miss Supranational.
Part 5. Question II. Read the passage and choose the most suitable word from the ones given below to fill
in each gap. Write A, B, C or D on your answer sheet.
One rather unlikely word that has recently entered the language is "blog", a shortened form of "web log".
A blog is a diary (61) …………… on the Internet by the person writing it – the "blogger" - who presumably
(62) …………… other people to read it. It is ironical that modern technology is being used to (63) ……………
new life into such an old-fashioned form as the personal journal. An now, as the technology behind video
camera is making them easier to use, we have the video log, or "vlog". Vlogging does not require (64)
…………… sophisticated equipment: a digital video camera, a high-speed Internet connection and a host are
all that is needed. Vloggers can put anything that (65) …………. their fancy onto their personal website. Some
vloggers have no ambitions rather than to show films they have (66) …………… while on holiday in exotic
places. (67) …………, vlogs can also serve more ambitious purpose. For instance, amateur film-makers who
want to make a name (68) …………… themselves might publish their work on the Internet, eager to receive
advice or criticism. And increasingly, vlogs are being used to (69) …………… political and social issues that
are not newsworthy enough to cause coverage by the mass media. It is still too early to predict whether
vlogging will ever (70) …………… off in a major way or if it is just a passing fad, but its potential is only now
becoming apparent.
61. A. released B. sent C. mounted D. posted
62. A. expects B. believes C. assumes D. supposes
63. A. add B. breathe C. insert D. inhale
64. A. absolutely B. largely C. utterly D. highly
65. A. grasps B. appeals C. takes D. gives
66. A. shot B. photographed C. snapped D. captured
67. A. However B. Therefore C. Moreover D. Although
68. A. to B. of C. for D. on
69. A. emphasize B. publicize C. distribute D. circulate
70. A. fly B. take C. show D. make
Part 5. Question III. Read the passage and choose the best answer to each question that follows. Write A,
B, C or D on your answer sheet.
People appear to be born to compute. The numerical skills of children develop so early and so
inexorably that it is easy to imagine an internal clock of mathematical maturity guiding their growth. Not long
after learning to walk and talk, they can set the table with impressive accuracy – one plate, one knife, one
spoon, one fork, for each of the five chairs. Soon they are capable of noting that they have placed five knives,
spoons, and forks on the table and, a bit later, that this amounts to fifteen pieces of silverware. Having thus
mastered addition, they move on to subtraction. It seems almost reasonable to expect that if a child were
secluded on a desert island at birth and retrieved seven years later, he or she could enter a second-grade
mathematics class without any serious problems of intellectual adjustment.
Of course, the truth is not so simple. This century, the work of cognitive psychologists has illuminated
the subtle forms of daily learning on which intellectual progress depends. Children were observed as they
slowly grasped or, as the case might be, bumped into concepts that adults that for granted, as they refused, for

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instance, to concede that quantity is unchanged as water pours from a short stout glass into a tall thin one.
Psychologists have since demonstrated that young children, asked to count the pencils in a pile, readily report
the number of blue or red pencils, but must be coaxed into finding the total. Such studies have suggested that
the rudiments of mathematics are mastered gradually, and with effort. They have also suggested that the very
concept of abstract numbers – the idea of a oneness, a twoness, a Threeness that applies to any class of objects -
is a prerequisite for doing anything more mathematically demanding than setting a table – is itself far from
innate.
71. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The development of mathematical ability in children.
B. The use of mathematics in child psychology.
C. Trends in teaching mathematics to children.
D. The fundamental concepts of mathematics that children must learn.
72. It can be inferred from the passage that children normally learn simple counting ……………
A. by looking at the clock.
B. soon after they learn to talk.
C. when they begin to be mathematically mature.
D. after they reach second grade in school.
73. The word “illuminated” is closest in meaning to ……………
A. illustrated B. accepted C. lighted D. clarified
74. The author implies that most small children believe that the quantity of water changes when it is transferred
to a container of a different ……………
A. color B. shape C. weight D. quality
75. According to the passage, when small children were asked to count a pile of red and blue pencils, they ……
A. counted the number of pencils of each color.
B. guessed at the total number of pencils.
C. counted only the pencils of their favorite color.
D. subtracted the number of red pencils from the number of blue pencils.
76. The word “They” refers to ……………
A. studies B. children C. pencils D. mathematicians
77. The word “prerequisite” is closest in meaning to ……………
A. reason B. theory C. requirement D. technique
78. The word “itself” refers to ……………
A. the total B. the concept of abstract numbers
C. any class of objects D. settings a table
79. Which of the following statement would the author LEAST agree with?
A. Mathematical development is subtle and gradual.
B. Children learn to add before they learn to subtract.
C. Most people follow the same pattern of mathematical development.
D. Children naturally and easily learn mathematics.
80. Where in the passage does the author give an example of a hypothetical experiment?
A. Lines 1 – 2 B. Lines 4 – 5 C. Lines 6 – 8 D. Lines 15 – 18
Part 6. SECTION E: WRITING

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Question I. Complete each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence
printed above it. Write the answers your answer sheet.
81. He didn’t mention our previous conversation at all.
He made ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
82. It appears that they sent us the wrong information.
They ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
83. We only came to this restaurant because you insisted that we did so.
It was at ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
84. A huge investment has been put into the field of hydro – electricity.
They invest ………………………………………………………………………………………………………...
85. Their relationship was doomed because of their incompatibility.
Had ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...
Part 6. Question II. Rewrite each of the following sentences using the given words so that it keeps the
same meaning. Do not change the form of the words given. Write the answers on your answer sheet.
86. You are far more practical than I am. (NOWHERE)
I’m …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
87. He tried to study hard so that he would pass the exams. (ORDER)
He ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
88. Mary is unlikely to get the job that she has applied for. (PROSPECT)
There is …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
89. The first sign of the disease is a feeling of faintness. (ONSET)
The …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
90. Susan believes this job interview is really important. (STORE)
Susan
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
Part 6. Question III. Paragraph writing
91. Students should not be given extra assignments to do at home as they have enough at school.
In what extent do you agree. Write a paragraph (about 150 words) to express your opinion.

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 ĐÁP ÁN

1. B 91. 21. D 31. 41. 51. 61. D 71. A 81.

2. A 16. A 22. A 32. 44. 55. 62. A 72. B 82.

3. C 17.A 23. A 33. 43. 53. 63. B 73. D 83.

4. C 18. B 24. A 34. 44. 54. 64. D 74. B 84.

5.C 19. D 25. B 35. 45. 55. 65. A 75. A 85.

6. B 20. C 26. D 36. 46. 56. 66. A 76. A 86.

7. 27. B 37. 47. 57. 67. A 77. C 87.

8. 28. B 38. 48. 58. 68. C 78. C 88.

9. 29. A 39. 49. 59. 69. B 79. D 89.

10. 30. C 40. 50. 60. 70. B 80. C 90.

LỜI GIẢI CHI TIẾT

Question 1.

Question 2.

Question 3.

Question 4.

Question 5.

Question 6.

Question 7.

Course: BSc (7) … economics …..

Question 8.

Faculty: (8) … mathematics ….

Question 9.

University address: Room 112, (9) … Ashley … Residence, Duke Street, Newcastle.
Question 10.
Home address: 56, Grove Street, Manchester, (10) … M99JA …
31. His new shirt doesn’t seem to fit him well. He (try) … should have tried … it on before he bought it.
Question 32. The accident is said (happen) … to have happened … on Tran Hung Dao street last night.

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Question 33. “I (just/ go) … am just going … out to get an evening paper.” – “But it is raining. Why don’t you
wait till the rain stops?”
Question 34. After the earthquake, the government decreed that all new buildings (build) … (should) be built
… according to the new standards.
Question 35. Neither of the films (show) … shown … on TV last night was good.
Question 36. My book (lose) … having been lost/ being lost …, I had to buy a new one.
Question 37. If I weren’t working for an accounting firm, I (work) … would/ could be working … in a bank.
Question 38. In the northern part of our country (majestic mountains/ find) … are found majestic mountains
… and churning rivers.
Question 39. We won’t be able to buy anything if we don’t have any … convertible ... currencies on us.
(CONVERT)
Question 40. Many fish … ingeniously (= in a way that uses clever new ideas)... protect their eggs from their
predators. (GENIUS)
Question 41. New immigrants have been successfully … assimilated (= become part of a community)... into
the community. (SIMILAR)
Question 42. My friends started going out late tonight clubs, so I decided to … disassociate ... myself from the
group. (SOCIAL)
Question 43. Multiple … sundials ... were situated in strategic locations along the terraces, capturing the sun’s
light as it made its daily path. (SUN)
Question 44. Most of the … villagers ... have lived here all their lives. (VILLAGE)
Question 45. The … futuristic ... sports stadium is the pride of the city. (FUTURE)
46. ... if -> because ....
Question 47. … ethnic -> ethnicity ....
Question 48. … threaten -> threatening ....
Question 49. … is -> was ....
Question 50. … with -> by ......
Question 51. … beauty ….
Question 52. … final ….
Question 53. … there ….
Question 54. … rights ….
Question 55. … make ….
Question 56. … vaccine ….
Question 57. … audience
Question 58. … first/ 1st ….
Question 59. … awarded ….
Question 60. … annually ….,
Question 81. He didn’t mention our previous conversation at all.
He made … no reference to our previous conversation (at all) …
Question 82. It appears that they sent us the wrong information.
They … appear to have sent us the wrong information …
Question 83. We only came to this restaurant because you insisted that we did so.
It was at … your insistence/ request that we came to this restaurant …

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Question 84. A huge investment has been put into the field of hydro – electricity.
They invest … a big fund into the field of/ a huge sum of money into/ a great deal of money into hydro –
electricity …
Question 85. Their relationship was doomed because of their incompatibility.
Had … they not been incompatible, their relationship might/ could/ would not have been dooming …
Question 86. You are far more practical than I am. (NOWHERE)
I’m … nowhere near as/ so practical as you are …
Question 87. He tried to study hard so that he would pass the exams. (ORDER)
He … tried to study hard in order to pass the exams …
Question 88. Mary is unlikely to get the job that she has applied for. (PROSPECT)
There is … little/ no prospect that Mary will get the job (that/ which) she has applied for …
There is … little/ no prospect of Mary (‘s) getting the job (that/ which) she has applied for …
Question 89. The first sign of the disease is a feeling of faintness. (ONSET)
The … onset of the disease is (shown by) a feeling of faintness …
Question 90. Susan believes this job interview is really important. (STORE)
Susan … sets/ puts great store by this job interview …
* set/ put (great) store by sth: consider sth to be important