PART 1: VOCABULARY (3p)

Choose the correct answers.

1. I assumed / expected Pete had told you about the meeting.

2. The teacher guessed / quizzed us about our reasons for choosing to study
French.

3. He kept / maintained that it had been his idea all along.

4. The number of children born in the UK has inclined / declined in recent years.

5. The architect’s plans for a new block of flats was rejected / recalled.

6. There’s a Buddhist temple / church just outside Edinburgh.

7. Did you see last night’s programme / episode of Mantrap? Claire was
mugged!

8 . There were five competitors / contestants on the new game show on Friday.

9. TV bosses think that more soap operas on TV will improve the viewers /
ratings.

Phần trả lời: PART 2:

READING (3P)

Read the text.

Have your say!

Today’s complaint is from Mr P. K. Lipton in Somerset and concerns news
bulletins.
News bulletins
How often should we be given news updates on TV? Traditionally the viewing
public has had fairly regular news updates on most major channels in
comprehensive hour or half hour long programmes that bring us a range of
different information and opinions about important newsworthy events from our
own country and around the world. We all know the times of these programmes
so we can choose what and when we want to watch. In addition to these news
programmes there are, of course, the channels dedicated to 24-hour news
coverage. What is putting my back up at the moment is a new supplement to the
regular programmes – 60 second news bulletins, hourly during the evening.
I imagine this has come about because the news bosses think we shall all be
thrilled to get a news update every hour but I have to say that not everyone is
enamoured of the new system – myself included!
There are several reasons why I feel this way. Firstly, 60 seconds is a very short
length of time and there are usually several major points they wish to tell us
about. However talented the news presenters are, they cannot avoid sounding
rushed as they try to read everything within the time limit. Because of this speed
of delivery, you usually find that there is no time for any space between items.
The result of this is that one item follows on immediately from another and there
is no pause to indicate that one item has finished and another has begun. This
can be both confusing and slightly amusing!
Secondly, most evenings the news doesn’t change radically within an hour so
the bulletins end up repeating the same items again and again. Sometimes there
is a change in presenter in order to give the illusion of new news but in effect it
is the same bulletin as an hour ago. Why bother?
Thirdly, I consider this an intrusion into my evening’s viewing. Yes, news is
important and I choose when I wish to watch it. When I sit down to watch a film
or a soap opera, I want to relax. I do not want to be interrupted in this way. Even
now, when I should be expecting it, the bulletins still come as a surprise and I
half expect some terrible breaking news.
Maybe I am a grumpy old man but in my opinion news has a time and a place
and it’s not every hour while I’m trying to relax!

Are the sentences true or false?

The writer says that …

1. there should be more good news programmes on TV. T / F

2. the presenters do not do a good job. T / F

3. you can’t report news properly in a limited time. T / F

4. the bulletins often don’t tell him anything new. T / F

5. he sometimes thinks they’re going to announce bad news. T / F Phần trả lời:

PART 3: WRITING (4p)

Write a review of a film you have seen recently. Use the writing guide to help
you.

Paragraph 1: Give some information about the film.

Paragraph 2: Describe the plot.

Paragraph 3: Say what impressed you about the film.

Paragraph 4: Say what you didn’t like about the film.

Paragraph 5: Say whether you would recommend it or not.

Phần trả lời:
This time, I'm watching a new movie of Vietnamese TV. The movie is called "The street in
the village". The series has 35 episodes and broadcasting in the movie time frame at 9pm
every Monday to Friday on VTV1.The film "Street in the village" is a work about the fight
against social evils in the countryside by Meritorious Artist Mai Hien. The film's story
revolves around the character Nam (Anh Tuan) - a police officer assigned to Tan Xuan to
undertake the work of the commune police. Here, Lieutenant Nam encountered many
difficulties and initial stumbles. My impression of the "The street in the village" is a movie
with a space about the Northern countryside, the main character is a police soldier. In the film,
there are no scenes of chasing, solving cases, investigating suspenseful suspense, instead,
there are images of war. Police officers with the policy of sending regular forces to the
commune Sometimes difficulties in customs and habits, customary land, clan relations create
challenges for them, forcing them to overcome and neutralize them. get it". Up to this point, I
still have nothing to dislike about the movie. I would recommend it.