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ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH

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I. LISTENING (3 points)
PART 1: Listen to a talk and circle A,B,C or D to indicate the correct answer.
1. What is the main topic of the talk?
A. How to become young entrepreneurs.
B. How to meet rich, famous people.
C. How to become wealthy people.
D. How to have qualities of rich people.
2. Who is the audience?
A. Young entrepreneurs.
B. University students.
C. Rich businesspeople.
D. Famous millionaires.
3. Which of the following is NOT true according to the talk?
A. The rich have qualities that make them different.
B. Not all the qualities that rich people have are good.
C. Meanness is one quality people should have to get rich.
D. Rich people’s appearance is very different from ours.
4. What did Matthew Freud do to get money when young?
A. He helped his friends with their homework.
B. He sold mice to his friends at school.
C. He showed rich schoolfriends how to learn.
D. He made friends with millionaires’children.
5. Which of the following is NOT a quality of the rich?
A. Extravagance
B. Confidence
C. Hard work
D. Ambition
6. Which of these people is mentioned as an example of a hard-working person?
A. John Paul Getty
B. Bill Gates
C. Rupert Murdoch
D. Anita Roddick

PART 2: Listen to a conversation and fill in the numbered gaps in the table. Write NO MORE THAN
THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

TIM JANE
Day of arrival Sunday (1) ……………………………
Subject (2) …………………………… (3) ……………………………
Number of books to read (4) …………………............... (5) ……………………………
Day of the first lecture (6) ………………………….. (7) ……………………………
First essay’s topic / title (8) ………………………….. (9) ……………………………

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 II. LEXICAL-GRAMMAR (7 points)

PART 1: Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. Write your answers (A, B, C or
D) in the spaces provided under this part.
1.C 2.A 3.B 4.D 5.B 6.D 7.A 8.C
9.C 10.B 11.D 12.A 13.D 14.C 15.B

15. James Bond was sent _______ a mission to recover a top secret file.
A. in B. on C. off D. out
6. One of my classmates is always putting me _______ in public. It’s so embarrassing!
A. up B. off C. through D. down
3. As the day wore ______, I began to feel more and more uncomfortable in their company.
A. in B. on C. out D. off
65. With our help, she finally came _______ after having passed out for five minutes.
A. back B. round C. by D. down

1. _________ 2. ________ 3. ________

4. _________ 5. ________ 6. ________
7. _________ 8. ________ 9. ________
10._________ 11. ________ 12. ________
13._________ 14. ________ 15. ________

PART 2: The passage below contains 10 errors. Identify and correct them. Write your answers in the
space provided in the column on the right. (0) has been done as an example.

A DISAPPOINTING MEAL

Have you ever complained in a restaurant? I never thought I

would, but last week I ended up doing just that. It was my best
friend’s birthday, but I had booked a table at a new restaurant 0. but – so
that had just opened in the city centre. But while we arrived, 1. …………………………
exactly on time, they told me that it was no record of my 2. …………………………
booking and we would have to wait for a table to become free. I
suspected that they had given our table to anyone else, but I 3. …………………………
didn’t say anything. Then we were kept waiting for an hour
without an apology, because they did take our order. We both 4. …………………………
chose soup as a starter and my friend ordered a steak like a 5. …………………………
main course. I thought I would be a bit more adventurous, and
decided to try something called Ossobuco, if I wasn’t quite sure 6. …………………………
what it was. To cut a long story short, a soup was almost cold, 7. …………………………
my friend’s steak was uncooked at the middle and my 8. …………………………
Ossobuco turned out to be a plate of bone within a very acidic 9. ………………………..
sauce. So, we called the manager and told we would not pay 10. ………………………..

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because the meal had been substandard. But in the end we paid
because we had eaten it all, but we won’t be going there again!

PART 3: Write the correct form of each word in brackets in the numbered spaces provided in the
column on the right. (0) has been done as an example.

FOOD MILES

In Britain, what is described as ‘food miles’, the distance which

food is transported from the place where it is grown to its point of sale,
continues to rise. This has major (0. ECONOMY) , social and 0. economic
environmental consequences, given the traffic congestion and pollution
which (1. VARIABLE) follow. 1. ………………

According to (2. PRESS) groups, the same amount of food is 2. ……………..

travelling 50% further than twenty years ago. What’s more, the rise in the
demand for road haulage over this period has mostly been due to the
transport of food and drink. The groups assert that the increase in the
number of lorry journeys is (3. EXCEED) and that many of these are far 3. ……………..
from (4. ESSENCE). 4. ……………..
In the distribution systems employed by British food (5. RETAIL), 5. ……………..
fleets of lorries bring all goods into more (6. CENTRE) located 6. ……………..
warehouses for redistribution across the country. (7. LOGIC) as this might 7. ……………..
appear, the situation whereby some goods get sent back to the same areas
from which they came is (8. AVOID). 8. ……………..
In response to scathing (9. CRITIC) from environmentalists, some 9. ……………..
food distributors now aim to minimise the impact of food miles by routing
vehicles, wherever possible, on motorways after dark. This encourages
greater energy (10. EFFICIENT) whilst also reducing the impact on the 10. ……………
residential areas through which they would otherwise pass.
PART 4: Complete the news report. Put each verb in brackets into the correct form. Write your answers
in the spaces provided below the passage.

The actress Vanessa Kemp (1. DISAPPEAR). Yesterday she (2. FAIL) to arrived at the Prince
Charles Theatre in London’s West End for her leading role in the comedy ‘Don’t look now!’. Ms Kemp,
who (3. LIVE) in Hampstead, left home at four o’clock yesterday afternoon for the theatre, a journey she
(4. MAKE) several times the week before. Two people who (5. WALK) past her home at the time saw her
(6. LEAVE). But no one (7. SEE) her since then. At half past seven she still (8. NOT, ARRIVE) at the
theatre. At eight o’clock the theatre manager (9. HAVE) to break the news to the audience, who (10.
WAIT) patiently for the play to start. Since yesterday, theatre staff and friends (11. TRY) to contact Ms
Kemp, but they (12. HAVE) not success so far. The police (13. TAKE) the matter seriously, but they (14.
BELIEVE) that she is unlikely to be in any danger. Her friends all (15. WANT) to hear from her soon.

1. ________________ 2. ________________ 3. ________________

4. ________________ 5. ________________ 6. ________________

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 7. ________________ 8. ________________ 9. ________________

10.________________ 11. ________________ 12. ________________

13.________________ 14. ________________ 15. ________________

PART 5: This is a weather forecast on a local radio station. Put in the missing prepositions. Write your
answers in the spaces provided below the passage.

Good morning. This is the weather at six in the morning on Thursday 7 February. It’s cold outside,
and there’s ice (1) ________ the roads, so don’t drive too close to the car in front of you! There should be
forty metres (2) _________ you and that car! If you’re driving (3) ________ the city this morning, pay
attention to schoolchildren walking (4) ________ the road. Remember, you might be next to a school!
Traffic is moving very slowly (5) ________ the city centre (6) ________ the moment. There was an
accident last night – If you’re driving (7) ________ Central Library, the Police may stop you and ask you a
few questions. That’s all for now. More weather news every hour, (8) ________ six in the morning (9)
________ six at night. This is the KC News Network making sure you’re up to date (10) _______ the
news!

1. ……………… 2. ……………….

3. ……………… 4. ……………….

5. ……………… 6. ……………….

7. ……………… 8. ……………….

9. …………….... 10. ……………….

PART 6: Insert A, AN, THE or Φ (zero article). Write on the numbered blanks.
I came home from school one day with (1) ________ headache, and took two aspirins from (2)
_______ bottle in (3) ________ medicine cupboard. They left (4) _______ curious aftertaste in my mouth,
and when my mother came home half an hour later I told her what I had done. She shrieked and ran to (5)
_______ telephone: I had taken some tablets that (6) ________ doctor had prescribed for her stomach
cramps, and she had been warned that it was dangerous to exceed (7) _______ stated doze – one tablet a
day. She had broken (8) ________ bottle that morning, and transferred (9) _______ tablets to (10) _______
empty aspirin bottle.

III. READING (4 points)

PART 1: Choose the word that best fits each of the blanks in the following passage. Circle A, B, C or D
to indicate your answer. (0) has been done as an example.

THE OPEN UNIVERSITY

The Open University was created in 1968 to (0) ___________ people who cannot afford to (1)
__________ regular courses of study, the opportunity of studying and (2) _________ a university diploma
or degree. They study at home and their academic performance is assessed by (3) __________ of written
examinations or project work. Most Open University students (4) __________ in study while also holding

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down a job or coping with a busy home life. They study in order to update their job skills or for personal
(5) __________.
At the heart of most courses is a (6) ___________ of specially written and professionally printed
textbooks and workbooks which students receive by post. On many of the courses, students are (7)
__________ to watch television programmes on the BBC network, which are usually broadcast in the (8)
___________ hours of the morning. The (9) _________ of these programmes is to develop and broaden the
study experience, so that students do not have to (10) __________ only on the printed material they are
sent.
Students are (11) __________ with all the notes and books they need and, in (12) __________,
some courses also include audio and video cassettes and computer software. However, studying at the
Open University can be a (13) __________ because students have few opportunities to (14) ___________
each other. That is why the University encourages students to set (15) ____________ and run informal
study groups themselves.
0. . give B. bring C. let D. make
1. A. present B. assist C. attend D. apply
2. A. managing B. claiming C. reaching D. obtaining
3. A. method B. means C. route D. system
4. A. fit B. take C. put D. join
5. A. delight B. satisfaction C. joy D. challenge
6. A. unit B. club C. set D. heap
7. A. expected B. needed C. hoped D. considered
8. A. first B. initial C. starting D. early
9. A. cause B. reason C. end D. aim
10. A. rely B. believe C. trust D. confide
11. A. given B. provided C. posted D. handed
12. A. addition B. particular C. advance D. return
13. A. fight B. struggle C. battle D. pressure
14. A. introduce B. know C. meet D. speak
15. A. out B. in C. up D. off

PART 2: Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow by circling A,B,C or D to
indicate your answers.
A Japanese construction company plans to create a huge independent city-state, akin to the legendary
Atlantis, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The city, dubbed “Marinnation”, would have about one million
inhabitants, two airports, and possibly even a space port. Marinnation, if built, would be a separate country
but could serve as a home for international organisations such as the United Nations and the World Bank.

Aside from the many political and social problems that would have to be solved, the engineering task
envisaged is monumental. The initial stage requires the building of a circular dam eighteen miles in
diameter attached to the sea bed in a relatively shallow place in international waters. Then, several hundred
powerful pumps, operating for more than a year, would suck out the sea water from within the dam. When
empty and dry, the area would have a city constructed on it. The actual land would be about 300 feet below
the sea level. According to designers, the hardest task from an engineering point of view would be to
ensure that the dam is leak proof and earthquake proof.

If all goes well, it is hoped that Marinnation could be ready for habitation at the end of the second decade
of the twenty-first century. Whether anyone would want to live in such an isolated and artificial
community, however, will remain an open question until that time.

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1. According to the text, Marrination, when built, will be a(an) __________ city.
A. underground B. underwater C. marine D. legendary
2. The word ‘akin’ in paragraph 1 could be best replaced by ________.
A. similar B. next C. likely D. close
3. Which of the following would NOT be a problem for the construction plan?
A. social B. political C. financial D. engineering
4. Which of the following is NOT true according to the text?
A. Marinnation will be located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
B. Marinnation will be built in a deep place in the Pacific Ocean.
C. Marinnation could be served as home for international organisations.
D. Marinnation would have about one million inhabitants.
5. The word ‘monumental’ in Paragraph 2 means _________.
A. important and difficult B. like a large monument
C. serving as a monument D. important and historic
6. What is going to be built first?
A. a city B. a dam C. a monument D. a sea bed
7. The phrase ‘suck out’ in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to which of the following?
A. draw out B. pull out C. dry up D. take out
8. The most difficult task is to protect the dam against _________ and earthquake.
A. fire B. water C. sunlight D. weather
9. According to the text, people could come to live in the future city in the year _______.
A. 2020 B. 2010 C. 2012 D. 2002
10. What does the author imply in the last sentence of the passage?
A. The construction of Marinnation could never be completed in time.
B. People will ask an open question about living in Marinnation.
C. People will ask how they can live in such an isolated and artificial city.
D. People might not want to live in an isolated and artificial community.
PART 3: Fill each blank with ONE suitable word. Write your answers in the numbered blanks provided
below the passage. The first (0) has been done as an example.

BICYCLE SAFETY
Having to obey rules and regulations when riding a bike is (0) __one__ of the first experiences children
have of the idea of obeying the law. However, a large number of children (1) _______ left to learn the rules
by trial and (2) ______, instead of being guided by experienced (3) _______. Every year, hundreds of
children visit the doctor or the hospital casualty department (4) ______ crashing on their bikes. This could
be easily prevented by (5) _______ them the basics of bicycle safety. Ideally, children should be allowed to
(6) ______ only in safe places, such as parks and cycle tracks. When this is not possible, and they are
permitted to go on the (7) ______, it is important to teach them (8) ______ basic safety principles.

First, they ought to learn and obey the rules of the road, which (9) _______ traffic signs, signals and road
markings. Second, they should (10) _______ wear a helmet. Studies have shown that wearing bicycle
helmets can (11) ______ head injuries by up to 85 per cent. In many places, (12) ______ are required by
law, particularly (13) _______ children. Finally, children should be made to understand (14) _______
importance of riding in areas that are brightly lit and of wearing clothes that make (15) _______ clearly
visible on the road.

1. ______________ 2. _____________ 3. _____________

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 4. ______________ 5. _____________ 6. _____________

7. ______________ 8. _____________ 9. _____________

10.______________ 11. _____________ 12. _____________

13.______________ 14. _____________ 15. _____________

IV. WRITING (6 points)

PART 1: Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence
printed before it.
1. The alarm went off just as they came out of the building.

Scarcely ……………………………………………………………………………..
2. I told Simon to stop talking, but he didn’t.

Simon kept ………………………………………………………………………….

3. To be sure of catching the bus, they got to the bus station very early.

To avoid …………………………………………………………………………….
4. Good working relations depend on effective management.

The more ……………………………………………………………………………

5. You ran the risk of being burgled when you left the door unlocked.

Your house could …………………………………………………………………...

PART 2: Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning
to the original sentence. Use the word given and other words necessary. Do not change the form of the
given word.

1. After six-year relationship, Martha and Billy have decided to get married. (KNOT)

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2. At this very moment my wife may be arriving back home. (PROBABLY)

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3. Noise is something that it is not possible for me to tolerate. (PUT)

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4. With this strange noise, there must be something wrong with the car. (SOUNDS)

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5. Our luggage has been stolen! (RUN)

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PART 3: The chart below shows the results of a poll of theatre-goers on what disturbs them during
performances at the theatre. Write a report, describing the information shown. You should write about
150 words.

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PART 4: Some people say that we should not judge a person by his or her appearance. Others believe
that appearance can tell us something about the personality of an interlocutor. What is your opinion?
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THE END

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THÁNG 01 NĂM 2009
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Môn: Tiếng Anh

I. LISTENING (3 points)

PART 1: [1.2 points]

1-C 2.A 3.D 4.B 5.A 6.C
PART 2: [1.8 points]
(1) Friday (2) History (3) Biology
(4) fifty-seven (5) forty-three (6) Tuesday
(7) Wednesday (8) Why study history? (9) Animal language

II. LEXICAL – GRAMMAR (7 points)

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PART 1: MCQ [1.5 points]
1.C 2.A 3.B 4.D 5.B 6.D 7.A 8.C
9.C 10.B 11.D 12.A 13.D 14.C 15.B
PART 2: Error correction [1.0 point]

1. while – when 2. it – there 3. anyone – someone

4. because – although 5. like – as 6. if – though / although
7. a soup – the soup 8. at – in 9. within – in
10. told – said

PART 3: Word formation [1.0 point]

1. invariably 2. pressure 3. excessive 4. essential
5. retailers 6. centrally 7. illogical 8. unavoidable
9. criticism(s) 10. efficiency

PART 4: Verb forms [1.5 points]

1. has disappeared 2. failed 3. lives 4. had made
5. were walking 6. leave 7. has seen 8. hadn’t arrived
9.had 10. had been waiting 11. have been trying
10. (or) were waiting 11. (or) have tried
12. have had 13. are taking 14. believe 15. want

PART 5: Prepositions [1 point]

1. on 2. between 3. in 4. along
5. through 6. at 7. past 8. from
9. to 10. with

PART 6: Articles [1 point]

1. a 2. a 3. the 4. a 5. the
6. the 7. the 8. the 9. the 10. an
III. READING (4 points)
PART 1: Cloze reading (MCQ) [1.5 points]
1. C. attend 2. D. obtaining 3. B. means 4. A. fit
5. B. satisfaction 6. C. set 7. A. expected 8. D. early
9. D. aim 10. A. rely 11. B. provided 12. A. addition
13. B. struggle 14.C. meet 15. C. up

PART 2: Questions – Answers (MCQ) [1 point]

1.C 2.A 3.C 4.B 5.A
6.B 7.D 8.B 9.A 10.D

PART 3: Cloze reading (open) [1.5 points]

(0) one (1) are (2) error (3) adults / people
(4) after (5) teaching (6) ride (7) road
(8) three / some (9) include (10) always (11) reduce
(12) helmets (13) for (14) the (15) them

IV. WRITING (6 points)

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PART 1: Sentence transformation (0.5 point)

1. Scarcely had they come out of the building when the alarm went off.
2. Simon kept talking although / though I told him to stop.
3. To avoid missing the bus, they got to the bus station very early.
4. The more effective management is, the better working relations are / will be.
5. Your house could have been broken into when you left the door unlocked.

PART 2: Key word transformation (0.5 point)

1. After six-year relationship, Martha and Billy have decided to tie the knot.
2. At this very moment my wife is probably arriving back home.
3. I find it impossible to put up with noise.
Noise is something that is impossible for me to put up with.
4. It sounds like / as if there is something wrong with the car.
5. Someone has run off with our luggage!

PART 3: Chart interpretation (2 points)

1.Form: [0.5 point]
- The report should have a brief introduction, a body and a short conclusion.
- Good writing pieces are expected to be error-free.
2. Content: [1.5 points]
- Students know how to group the factors, for example, the irritants relating to ‘noise’ and the
irritants not relating to ‘noise’. In each group, the most irritating factor and the least irritating factor should
be mentioned and supported by the percentage from the chart.
- The description of the percentage must be as accurate as possible.
PART 4: Composition (3 points)
1.Form: [1p] + Word limit + Few mistakes + 4 to 5 short paragraphs
2. Content: [2p] + Understanding the rubric
+ Clear viewpoints (one side or the other or both)
+ Convincing supporting ideas + Good examples to illustrate each idea
TAPESCRIPTS
PART 1: (Talk)

Thank you for coming. It’s good to see so many young entrepreneurs here. Today I’m going to talk
about how to get rich. The American writer Scott Fitzgerald once said, ‘Let me tell you about the rich.
They are very different from you and me’. He’s right. The super-rich have a number of personal qualities
that make them different. But they aren’t all good qualities. Here are some ideas for you entrepreneurs who
want to get rich.
The first thing is, be mean. You shouldn’t be too generous. John Paul Getty, one of the richest men
in history, put payphones in the bedrooms of his house so that his friends couldn’t make free phone calls.
Number 2. You should start early. Really rich people know they want to be rich even when they are
children. Matthew Freud sold mice to his schoolfriends. He said he would be a millionaire by the time he
was twenty-five years old. He was right.
Number 3. Don’t be too extravagant. You mustn’t waste your money on stupid things. Bill Gates
doesn’t wear a suit. He doesn’t care about looking good because he doesn’t have to look good. If you spend
all your money on expensive holidays and presents, you will probably never be rich.

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 Number 4. Be confident. You must believe in yourself. Everyone has great ideas but 99.9% of us
never do anything about them. Anita Roddick, the boss of Body Shop, says ‘It’s all about having a good
idea and having the confidence to sell it to the public’.
Number 5. You have to work hard. Work long hours. This is the most important thing. No one ever
got rich by sleeping half the day. Rupert Murdoch goes to five o’clock meetings. That’s 5.00 in the
morning. Bernie Ecclestone, the Formula One billionaire, went to his office at 6.00 in the morning. Every
day. Even when he reached the age of seventy.
Number 6. Think big. Be ambitious. You shouldn’t think about the limits of your business. Sell
yourself to the world, not only your home town. Of course there are lots of other…

PART 2: (Conversation)

JANE Hi Tim! (Tim: Jane.) How are you? (Tim: Fine.) I'd been wondering when I'd run into
you. Have you been here long?
TIM I arrived yesterday, on Sunday. How about you?
JANE I got here a few days ago, on Saturday. No - wait a minute, what's today? – Sorry,
Friday, not Saturday.
TIM But we didn't have to be here till today.
JANE Yes, I know, but I wanted to get my things moved into my room, and just take a look
around. So, did you decide to do English in the end?
TIM No, I changed my mind and opted for history instead. And you're doing biology, if
I remember correctly.
JANE Yes, although to start with I couldn't decide between that and geography.
TIM How much reading have you got? I was given an amazingly long list of books to read.
See!
JANE Wow, it does look pretty long.
TIM Well, I counted 57. I could hardly believe it! What's your list like?
JANE Well, it's not as long as yours, but it's still pretty big. There are 43. I don't know
how I'm going to get through them all.
TIM Well you don't have to read them all this week! You just have to stay ahead of the
lectures and seminars. Have you got your class schedule yet?
JANE Yeah. It came with the reading list. When's your first lecture?
TIM Tuesday. How about you?
JANE The day after. It's my busiest day; I've got two lectures in the morning and one in
the afternoon.
JANE It's going to be different from school, isn't it!
TIM Yeah, particularly the lectures. Have you got any special strategy for listening to lectures?
JANE Well I'm going to use a cassette recorder and record them all.
TIM What! Are you allowed to?
JANE Sure. Lots of people do it nowadays. It means you can listen to the lectures all over again
later, and make really good notes.
TIM I couldn't do that. I like to take notes as I'm listening. I usually find I get all the important
points. Reading is different of course. My approach is to skim the book first to see what's
important and what isn't. It saves hours of time.
JANE But what if you miss something?
TIM You don't mean you're going to read every word, do you?
JANE Well, that's what I usually do.

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TIM Well, that's up to you, but I think you're crazy!
JANE What's your first lecture on, anyway?
TIM Oh, it's a lecture on the French Revolution.
JANE The French Revolution! How boring!
TIM It's not boring at all! It was an amazing period of history. It changed everything in
Europe. So what's your first lecture about?
JANE It's about animal behaviour. It sounds really interesting.
TIM Look, I was on my way to the library. I'm going to get some of these books out and start
reading for the first essay I've got to write.
JANE And what have you got to write about?
TIM Well, you'll never believe it, I think our professor must have a sense of humour. He's
given us the title "Why study history?"
JANE That's a good one. When you find the answer, let me know!
TIM I'm going to enjoy writing it. Have you been given any writing assignments yet?
JANE Yes, I've got to write about animal language.
TIM Hmm! That sounds a challenge. I suppose you'll be off to the zoo to do field research.

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