MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING

HUE UNIVERSITY

ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEST

Level B1
(Test Booklet – Version A)
Instructions:

1. The Test consists of 3 papers: Listening, Reading and Writing.

2. The Test Booklet consists of 3 papers: Listening, Reading and Writing to
be done within 110 minutes.
3. The candidate should use a pen to answer all questions on the answer sheet.
4. It is NOT permitted for the candidate to separate each page from the Test
Booklet.

Student’s Full Name: ………………………………….. Student’s Code ……………………

DOB: …………………………………………………….. POB: ……………………………

Test Date: …………………Test Room: ……………….. Test Site: ………………………

1st Supervisor’s Signature 2nd Supervisor’s Signature

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 KỲ THI ĐÁNH GIÁ NĂNG LỰC TIẾNG ANH CẤP
ĐỘ B1 (CEFR) TƯƠNG ĐƯƠNG BẬC 3 THEO
BỘ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO KHUNG NĂNG LỰC NGOẠI NGỮ 6 BẬC DÙNG
ĐẠI HỌC HUẾ
CHO VIỆT NAM
(Dành cho học viên cao học Đại học Huế)

Môn thi: Nghe – Đọc – Viết

Thời gian: 110 phút

Họ tên học viên: Ngày sinh: CBCT 1:

Mã HV: Số báo danh: CBCT 2:

1A

ANSWER SHEET

PAPER 1. LISTENING Blacken your choice (Chọn câu trả lời

đúng nhất và tô đen ô tròn tương ứng)

Part 1+2+3

A B C A B C
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9 O O O 19 O O O
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PAPER 2. READING PAPER 3. WRITING Part 1+2
Part 1-4 Part 1. Write your answers on the spaces
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A B C D 5. ……………………………………………………
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2 O O O Part 2. Write your answer below
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PAPER 1 Listening (about 30 minutes - 20 marks: 1 mark/question)
Part 1
Questions 1-7
There are seven questions in this part.
For each question, there are three pictures and a short recording.
Choose the correct picture and blacken your choice on your answer sheet.

Example: How many people were at the meeting?

A B C
Answer: B

1 Where does the man think he left his wallet?

A B C
2 What is tomorrow’s talk at the Nature Society about?

A B C

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3 What will the woman order for lunch?

A B C
4 How did the woman find out about the exhibition?

A B C
5 What is the woman’s brother doing?

A B C
6 How will the woman travel to her meeting?

A B C

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 7 Which sport has the man stopped doing?

A B C

Part 2
Questions 8-13.
You will hear an interview with a man called Mickey Diaz. For each question, blacken
your choice on your answer sheet.

8 Why did Mickey decide to become A He was offered a job by a friend.

a hairdresser? B He wanted to do what his family did.
C He hoped to meet some famous people.

9 On a typical day at work, A doesn’t take enough time for breaks.

Mickey says that he? B works longer hours than he would like to
C tries to do a range of job

10 The part of the job which A creating new haircuts.

Mickey likes most is B hearing about customers’ lives.
C using his imagination.

11 What part of his job does A having to do boring courses.

Mickey dislike?? B sharing ideas with colleagues
C dealing with difficult customers

12 how does Mickey feel after A worried that the customer may be annoyed.
cutting a customer’s hair? B proud of what he has achieved.
C keen to continue learning.

13 Mickey recommends the people A should then take the first job they’re
who want to work as offered.
hairdressers B shouldn't believe they know
everything.
C shouldn't expect to earn much at first.

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 Part 3
Questions 14-20
You will hear a recording and answer seven questions.
For each question, choose the correct word A, B, or C to fill in the missing information
in the numbered space and blacken your choice on your answer sheet.

One-week singing course

Teachers

Jazz- Robert Park

Songs from musicals: (14) Susan .........................

Concerts:

When: Friday, at (15) .........................

Colors of clothes: (16) .........................

Other general information

Map of building: available from the (17) .........................

Lunch: at (18) ......................... and eat in the (19) .........................

Car park: cost (20) £ ........................... per day

14. A. BROCKLEY B. BROKLEY C. BROCLEY

15. A. 6:00 B. 8:00 C. 8:30
16. A. blue B. black C. white
17. A. information desk B. receptionists C. security guard
18. A. 1:00 B. 2:00 C. 3:00
19. A. café B. kitchen C. hall
20. A. 3 B. 15 C. 20

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PAPER 2. Reading (40 minutes - 30 marks: 1 mark/question)
Part 1
Questions 1-5
Look at the text in each question.
What does it say?
Blacken the correct letter A, B or C on your answer sheet.

Example:

0
A. Do not leave your bicycle touching the
window.

B. Do not ride your bicycle in this area.

C. Broken glass may damage your bicycle

tyres.

1
A. Students must go to the college shop to buy
certain items for their studies.
B. Students can take advantages of special
offers at the college shop at the moment.
C. to confirm that he will meet Ned before the
match.

Hi Max,
I’m afraid I’ll no longer be
2 able to come on the shopping Jake is writing to
trip tomorrow.
SpecialMy aunt is
Offer A. suggest a new date for a shopping trip.
visiting and didn’t give us
Order any pizza by 7 p.m. B. invite Max to meet one of his relatives.
notice.
and get another one half- C. cancel an arrangement he had made.
Jake
price!

3 A. All the pizzas in the restaurant are included

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 in this offer.
B. Any pizza ordered before 7 p.m. costs less
than the usual price.
C. At certain times, a customer can get two
pizzas for the price of one.

4 A. Mr. Wood has made suggestions on how to

recycle waste produced by the school.
Hi Sam, B. Recycling materials should be put into the
Thanks for taking me to the cinema box .
last night. I didn’t say at the time but C. Mr. Wood wants new ideas on ways to
I was a bit frightened! I think I need improve waste recycling in the school.
to watch
We’veadonecomedy
verynext time!
well with
Melthe recycling paper and
plastic waste in the school
this term- but we could do
better! Please put any
5 suggestions in the box
outside my office. Mel is texting to
A. accept Sam’s invitation to the cinema.
B. admit to Sam that she found the film scary.
C. ask when Sam can see another film with her.

Part 2
Questions 6-15
Look at the sentences below about a gym that has recently opened. Are the sentences
6-15 “Right” or “Wrong”? If it is right, mark A and blacken it on your answer sheet.
If it is wrong, mark B and blacken it on your answer sheet.
Example: 0 What dreams are made of is still a mystery. Correct answer: A
6. Ben Drake brought along the other 19 people needed for the experiment.

7. The Dream Director is the title of the scientist in charge of the experiment.

8. The people in the experiment relaxed by listening to some sounds.

9. Sounds continued from the moment the people lay down till they fell asleep.

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10. The people were played some new sounds once they were sleeping deeply.

11. In the morning, the people were told to listen and write at the same time.

12. Ben was confident from the beginning that he would benefit from doing the experiment.

13. Ben thinks there is more than one possible explanation for his dream.

14. When people take part in the experiment, they usually feel anxious afterwards.

15. The experiment could lead to a way of helping some sick people.

What are dreams made of? People have asked this question for thousands of years.
Nowa research centre in London is attempting to answer it. And, in the interests of science, I
agreed to help by spending a night sleeping with 19 other people I had never met before. We
were part of what the research centre calls the Dream Director, an experiment to find out
whether it is possible to control what people dream about. In it, people are played sounds
during their sleep to see if, and how, their dreams are influenced. The experiment was quite
simple. We lay down in specially-designed boxes, were given something to cover our eyes
and listened to a recording of children laughing and far-off trains. Our instructions were to
think calming thoughts suggested by the recording. This carried on for 20 minutes and then
there was silence and we went to sleep.
Our eye covers were able to measure our eye movements and so tell a computer when we
fell into deep or 'dreaming' sleep. As soon as this happened, the computer turned on the
speakers in the boxes and each person was sent a different series of natural sounds, such as
water, forest noises and large open spaces. In the morning, we got up and wrote down our
dreams. Our notes were collected and we only then found out what sounds had been played
to us.
I was quite surprised by the effect the experiment had on me. Normally, I don't sleep well
and have bad dreams about the stressful things in my life. But in the box, I slept well and
my dream took me on an enjoyable drive around the countryside in an open-top car, ending
in the middle of a forest. In the morning, I found out that this was extraordinarily close to
the sounds that played in my box, which were noises you hear in the forest and high in the
mountains. On the other hand, during the day, a friend had shown me photos of his holiday
in the mountains and maybe those had caused my dream.
What is the purpose of experiments like this? Dr Julia Price, head of the research team, told
me this: 'One of the most important things we have discovered so far is that in the morning,
when they wake up in their boxes, most people are happier and calmer than they generally
are. So, what we are finding out about directing people's dreams could be useful for doctors
trying to cure depressed people, for example.' The team's research project is not yet
complete but they are hopeful that their work will lead to real benefits in the future.

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 Part 3
Questions 16-20
Read the text and questions below.
For each question, blacken the correct letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet.

When Vicky Harmiston was a child, her parents gave her and her brother Jamie the
freedom to decide what they did in their spare time. Vicky chose to do lots of different
sports. She was a good swimmer, and the coach at the swimming club she went to thought
she might be good enough to become a champion. But the club was a long way from her
home so it was difficult for her to fit in the training around her school work. When they
were teenagers, Jamie, who loved cycling, bought himself a special track-racing bike and
started taking part in competitions. Vicky thought it looked very exciting and decided to try
it for herself. She says that was the best decision she ever made. Soon she was cycling every
day and doing really well. The track was near her school, which meant it was no problem
for her to attend training sections after school every day.
Vicky went on to have a successful career in track-cycling and won several competitions.
Then, when she was 28, she retired from competitive cycling. Vicki told me: ‘For years I’d
loved winning competitions but I began to get a bit tired of the whole thing and when the
excitement stops, there's no point. Luckily, I went on to have a new career.’
Vicky got a job with a charity called CycleZone. ‘We work with young people who have
never enjoyed sports,” she says. ‘The first thing we do is teach them to ride a bike. We want
them to learn to believe in themselves and their own abilities. CycleZone does a great job,
and it gets young people together so they are part of a wider group.’
The charity uses celebrities to advertise the work they do. Vicky says, ‘I know some people
aren't sure whether the support of a celebrity is always positive for a charity, they say the
celebrities are only doing it to push themselves forward, which prevents the public from
seeing the real work of the charity. But if, famous singers and actors, for example, can help,
I think they should.’

16 When Vicki first started cycling

A She had a very good coach.
B Her parents gave her helpful advice.
C She could get to a race track easily.
D Her brother gave her a great bike.

17 Why does Vicki say she stopped cycle racing?

A She felt she was too old to do it.
B She was becoming bored with it.
C She had won everything she wanted.
D She was preparing for a new career.

18 What does the charity CycleZone do for young people?

A It teaches them how to do track racing.
B It supports those who have talent.
C It offers them the chance to try a variety of sports.
D It helps them become more confident.

19 According to Vicki, some people believe that celebrities can

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 A take attention away from what the charity does.
B help people understand a charity’s work.
C make the public care less about a charity.
D encourage more people to become involved with a charity.

20 What would Vicky say on her blog?

A As a child, I always knew what I wanted to do when I grew up. But I never expected
to become so famous.
B If you join Cycle Zone, you will get to meet celebrities and learn how they have
become successful.
C Although track cycling is not the only sport I've been good at Comer I've never
regretted my choice of career.
D In my spare time I love going to schools and helping groups of children learn to ride
bikes.

Part 4
Questions 21-30
Read the text below and choose the correct word for each space.
For each question, blacken the correct letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet.
Example:
0 A were B was C is D are

The invention of crisps

Potato crisps (0)….. invented by accident in 1853, by the chef called George Grum. He was
extremely (21)………of his cookery skills, and experience hotel (22)……… he worked
attracted customers who were (23)……… to eating only the best food. One evening, a
particularly difficult-to-please guess complained (24)……… Crum’s fried potatoes. ‘They
are too thick,’ he said, ‘two soft, and have no flavour.’ He (25)………that they should (26)
……….
The customer negative(27)……… made Crum extremely angry, so he decided (28)………
the customer. He cut a potato into paper-thin slices, fried the pieces until they were hard,
then put far too much salt on them. ‘He will hate them,’ Crum thought. But the customer
loved them and ordered more.
News of his this new snack travelled fast and an absolutely (29)……… global industry has
grown from Crumb’s invention even though his fried potatoes were actually (20)……… to
taste disgusting!

21 A proud B satisfied C pleased D impressed

22 A what B which C where D when
23 A prepared B familiar C used D known

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24 A at B in C for D about
25 A convinced B wanted C needed D demanded
26 A replace B being replace C be replaced D to replace
27 A comments B notes C reasons D explanations
28 A to annoy B annoy C annoying D to annoying
29 A big B huge C large D wide
30 A hoped B intended C attempted D tried

PAPER 2. Writing: Part 1+2 (40 minutes - 30 marks)

Part 1. Questions 1-5 (10 marks – 2 marks/sentence)
Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first.
Write only the missing words on your answer sheet.
Example: I haven’t enjoyed myself so much for years.
Answer: It’s years since I enjoyed myself so much.

1 My last teacher said I spent too much time playing computer games.
. My last teacher said, '.......................... too much time playing computer games.'

2 My sister's still too young to play computer games with me.

. My sister's not....................... to play computer games with me yet.

3 My friend Tom enjoys playing computer games online and so do I.

. Tom and I .....................playing computer games online.

4 The game I like best is called Bingo.

. My...................... game is called Bingo.

5 If I don't finish this game tonight, I'll save it for tomorrow.

. I’ll save this game for tomorrow, ..................... I finish it tonight.

Part 2 (20 marks)

You are going to a new shopping mall this weekend. Write an email to your friend, Kate. In
your email, you should:
- invite Kate to come with you to the shopping mall
- explain what you can do there

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- suggest where and when you could meet.
Write about 50-60 words on your answer sheet.

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