1. T 2. F 3.

F
4. T 5. T

31 Department of Environment
32 population shift/
urban expansion/
population growth/expansion
33 coastal environment
t/environment of coast/
natural resources/
water resources
34 aging population
35 government policies
36 urban sprawl/urban
expansion/growth
37 (intensive) fish and shellfish
38 adopt (a) national approach/
nationwide coordination
39 management and practices
40 people affected/people
concerned
 ENGLISH TEST FOR 9 th FORM – 120 minutes
PART ONE: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
Mark letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word or phrase to complete each of the following sentences.
1.Alan is talking with Mandy after coming back from a fair.
Alan: “I met your brother at the fair.”
Mandy: “You _____ my brother. I haven't got one!”
A. can't meet B. mustn't have met C. couldn't meet D. can't have met
2.A wife is talking to her husband before he leaves for work.
Wife: “Will you be home late tonight?”
Husband: “_____. The meeting won't start until six.”
A. No problem B. I'm afraid so C. I hope so D. No worries
3.For the last few days, I___________in Jane’s office as mine _____.
A. had worked – was being redecorated B. have worked – is redecorated
C. have been working – is being redecorated D. was working – was being redecorated
4.The recommendation that all people affected by the storm _____ immediately was approved.
A. be evacuated B. evacuated C. being evacuated D. would be evacuated
5.The bank will give an immediate refund _____ an error being made.
A. as a means of B. as an account of C. in recognition of – because of D. in the event of
6.Emily was _____ disappointed when she learnt that she hadn’t won the beauty contest.
A. strongly B. seriously C. heavily D. bitterly
7.Frank is at a shoes store.
Frank: “Can I try on these shoes?” Shop assistant: “_____.”
A. Just enjoy yourself B. By all means, sir - with pleasure
C. First come, first served D. Oh, to your liking
8. Of all the factors affecting agricultural yields, weather is the one ______ the most.
A. that influences farmers B. farmers that is influences
C. why farmers influence it D. it influences farmers
9………..under normal clothes, a thermal layer keeps you warm in minus temperatures.
A. Wearing B. Having been worn C. To wear D. Worn
10.Adding a small ________ of salt to a cup of bitter coffee will help cut the bitterness.
A. pinch B. cup C. bag D. handful
11.We walked through a park, _____ had been uprooted in the storm. It was a scene of utter desolation.
A. most of whose trees B. whose most trees C. that the most trees D. most trees of it
12.WehadsuchagoodtimelastsummerinMuiNe.Itwasa(n)_______holiday!
A.out of this world B.over the moon- happy C.the sky's the limit D.once in a blue moon = sometimes
In a blue moon = unexpectedly
13.DaNangis____cityinVietnamwhere____InternationalFireworkFestivalisheldannually.
A.a-a B.a-the C.the-the D.the-a
14. Pauline can’t have emigrated to New Zealand because I saw her last night at Peter’s party, as _____as life. A. true
B. real C. good D. large
15 The government has made no _____in the fight against inflation: indeed, the situationhas worsenedrecently.
A. headway - progress B. effect C. avail D. triumph

II Mistake correction:
The engineer in charge of the design of a scientific tool works in close partnership with the scientist and the technician

2. A1971 U.S government policy not only put warnings on cigarette packs but also banned televisionadvertising of
cigarettes.
3. The breakdown service( which / that / X) he had phoned five minutes before arrived right away.
4. Some of the land in that region is so wet and hot and covered with jungle that only a few people live there.
5 . Average world temperatures have risen by half a degree Celsius since (D) the mid-nineteenth century.
III Complete each sentence with a correct form of the phrasal verb from the box.
 put down come out Get through set about work out
stand for step up track down turn down make up for
1. The managing director __________ the company's poor performance to high interest rates.
2. The police succeeded in __________ the car thieves using satellite technology.
3. This is a sensitive matter, and we have to __________ dealing with it very carefully.
4. David's new album is expected to ___________ at the end of the year.
5. I hope this award ____________ your disappointment at not winning the first prize.
6. The company has decided to ___________ production of cars at its factory in Hull.
7. __________ this problem, You might need a calculator
8. Claire decided to __________ the job, because it would have meant more travelling.
9. Our maths teacher simply won't _________ any talking in class.
10..Do you think I have any chance of------------------------__ my driving test?

1. put(s) down- 2. tracking down- 3. set about- 4. come out- 5 will . make up for- 6. step up-7.to work out- 8.turn
down9.stand for- 10. Getting through
IV. Word formation An old phone never dies
The mobile phone is fast becoming the world's (0) example: favourite (FAVOUR) gadget, with nearly a billion 1 -------------
(HAND) sold annually around the globe. But what happens when the screen stops flashing, the battery dies, or people
simply start laughing when you fish it out of your pocket?
In Britain, people2-------------- (TYPICAL) replace their mobiles every two years, with 25% of people (GRADE) their
equipment each year. So where do all the old phones go? According to Nokia, most get stuffed in a drawer and forgotten.
Although about 30% are traded in or inherited by a family member, only 2% end up back at Nokia for recycling.
Marcus Terho, director of environmental affairs at Nokis, says, "We've been doing a lot of ----------------(4)-----------
(CONSUME) research into what would convince people to recycle their phones. The biggest obstacle seems to be that
people have very strong 5-----------------(EMOTION) bonds to their mobiles, and so are (6) ------------------(unwilling) to part
with them." Donor
One answer is turning your old mobile phone into a charitable(7) --------------- (DONATE). About 70% of mobiles sent for 8(
CYCLE) -------------- still work, and these can be(8)-------------- (CONDITION) and sold in developing countries, where they
provide an (AFFORD) alternative to new equipment. In many places in Africa, for example, where there are few landlines,
having a reliable mobile phone can make a real difference to people's lives.
1handsets 2 typically 3 upgrading 4 consumer 5 emotional 6 unwillingly 7recyling 8 donation 9 reconditioned 10
affordable

PART III: READING COMPREHENSION.

I. Read the passage and fill in each of the blanks with ONE suitable word.
True relaxation is most certainly not a matter of flopping down in front of the television with a welcome drink. Nor is it
about drifting (1)______ an exhausted sleep. Useful (2)_as / though ________ these responses to tension and over-
tiredness might be, we should distinguish between them and conscious relaxation in (3)_terms _____ of quality and
effect. (4irrespective of / regardless of the level of tiredness, real relaxation is a state of alert yet at the same time
passive awareness, in which our bodies are (5)__in____ rest while our minds are awake.
Moreover, it is as natural for a healthy person to be relaxed when moving as resting. (6Beng relaxed in
action means we bring the appropriate energy to everything we do, so as to have a feeling of healthy tiredness by
the end of the day, (7rather than one of exhaustion. Unfortunately, as a result of living in today’s competitive world,
we are under constant strain and have difficulty in coping, (8)__let ____ alone nurturing our body’s abilities. What
needs to be rediscovered is conscious relaxation. With ( this in mind we must apply ourselves to understanding
stress and the nature of its causes (10)_however_____ deep-seated. Apply oneslf to st / ving
Iinto2 as / thoughj 3
True relaxation is most certainly not a matter of flopping down in front of the television with a welcome drink. Nor is it
about drifting into an exhausted sleep. Useful though these responses to tension and over-tiredness may be, we should
distinguish between them and conscious relaxation in terms of quality and effect. Regardless of the level of tiredness, real
relaxation is a state of alert yet at the same time passive awareness, in which our bodies are in rest while our minds are
awake.
 Moreover, it is as natural for a healthy person to be relaxed when moving as resting. Being relaxed in action means we
bring the appropriate energy to everything we do, so as to have a feeling of healthy tiredness by the end of the day, rather
than one of exhaustion. Unfortunately, as a result of living in today’s competitive world, we are under constant strain and
have difficulty in coping, let alone nurturing our body’s abilities. What needs to be rediscovered is conscious relaxation.
With this in mind we must apply ourselves to understanding stress and the nature of its causes, however deep-seated.
WHY PEOPLE LAUGH
Sunday May 4th will be World Laughter Day. Dr Madan Kataria, who introduced this annual event, says we need more
laughter in our lives to combat the global rise of stress and loneliness. But surely that strange sound that we make
periodically can’t be the (1) _____ to such problems.
If an alien were to land on our planet and take a stroll among a crowd of earthlings, it would hear a lot of ‘ha-ha’ noises. It
might wonder what (2) _____ this strange habit served. If we ask ourselves what (3) _____ a good laugh, the obvious
answer is that it is a response to something funny. But one scientist, Robert Provine, says humour has surprisingly (4)
____ to do with that. (5) _____, it lies at the root of such issues as the perception of self and the evolution of language
and social behaviour.
Provine realised that you cannot capture (6) _____ laughter in the lab because as soon as you place it under scrutiny, it
vanishes. So, instead, he gathered data by (7) _____ with groups of people, noting when they laughed.
He collected 1,200 laugh episodes - an episode being defined as the comment immediately preceding the laughter and
the laughter itself. His analysis of this data (8) _____ some important facts about laughter. “It's a message we send to
other people - it (9) _____ disappears when we're by ourselves,” he says. “And it’s not a choice. Ask someone to laugh
and they’ll (10) _____ try to fake a laugh or say they can’t do it on demand.”
1. A. introduction B. response C. resolution D. answer
2. A. meaning B. reason C. purpose D. idea
3. A. prompts B. inhibits C. concludes D. conceals
4. A. much B. little C. few D. many
5. A. Instead B. Whereas C. As a result D. In conclusion
6. A. contemporary B. complete C. authentic – city D. current
7. A. hanging around B. coming around C. ending up with st / ving D. showing up
8. A. declared B. investigated C. displayed D. revealed
9. A. constantly B. virtually C. absolutely D. undoubtedly
10. A. sooner B. neither C. either D. whether
LIST OF HEADINGS
i. No single definition of intelligence ii. Faulty testing, wrong conclusion
iii. Welsh research supports IQ testing iv. Beware: inadequate for testing intelligence
11. v. International research supports blingualism vi. Current thought on the advantage bilinguals have
12. vii Early beliefs regarding bilingualism viii. Monolinguals ahead of their bilingual peers
13. ix. Exemplifying the bilingual advantage
example
14. 8 VI - 9 IV -10 I -11IX -12 V -13 VIII A VII B II
15.
16. IV Reading Passage 1 has eight paragraphs, A-H
17. 0---------VII -------A. One misguided legacy over a hundred years of writing on bilingualism is that children's
intelligence will suffer if they are bilingual. Some of the earliest research into bilingualism examined whether
bilingual children were ahead of monolingual children on IQ tests. From the 1920s to the 1960s, the tendency
was to find monolingual children ahead of bilinguals on IQ tests. The conclusion was that bilingual children were
mentally confused. Having two languages in the brain, it was said, disrupted effective thinking. It was argued
that having one well-developed language was superior to having two half-developed languages.
18. ------II --------------B. The idea that the bilinguals may have a lower IQ still exists among many people, particularly
monolinguals. However, we now know that this early research was misconceived and incorrect. First, such
research often gave bilinguals an IQ test in their weaker language – usually English. Had bilinguals tested in
Welsh or Spanish or Hebrew, a different result may have been found. The testing of bilinguals was thus unfair.
 Second, like was not compared with like. Bilinguals tend to come from, for example, impoverished New York or
rural Welsh backgrounds. The monolinguals tend to come from more middle class, urban families. Working
class bilinguals were often compared with middle class monolinguals. So the results were more likely to be due
to social class differences than language differences. The comparison of monolinguals and bilinguals was unfair.
19. 8-------VI--------------C. The most recent research from Canada, the United States and Wales suggests that
bilinguals are, at least, equal to monolinguals on IQ tests. When bilinguals have two well-developed languages
(in the research literature called balanced bilinguals), bilinguals tend to show a slight superiority in IQ tests
compared with monolinguals. This is the received psychological wisdom of the moment and is good news for
raising bilingual children. Take, for example, a child who can operate in either language in the curriculum in the
school. That child is likely to be ahead on IQ tests compared with similar monolinguals (same gender, social
class, and age). Far from making people mentally confused, bilingualism is now associated with a mild degree of
intellectual superiority.
20. 9--------IV--------------D. One note of caution needs to be sounded. IQ tests probably do not measure intelligence.
IQ tests measure a small sample of the broadest concept of intelligence. IQ tests are simply paper and pencil
tests where only "right and wrong" answers are allowed. Is all intelligence included in such right and wrong,
pencil and paper tests? Isn't there a wider variety of intelligences that are important in everyday functioning
and everyday life ?
21. 10---------------------I E. Many questions need answering. Do we only define an intelligent person as somebody
who obtains a high score on an IQ tests. Are the only intelligent people those who belong to high IQ
organizations such as MENSA? Is there social intelligence, musical intelligence, military intelligence, marketing
intelligence, motoring intelligence, political intelligence? Are all, or indeed any, of these forms of intelligence
measured by a simple pencil and paper IQ test which demands a single, acceptable, correct solution to each
question? Defining what constitutes intelligent behavior requires a personal value judgment as to what type of
behavior, and what kind of person is of more worth.
22. 11---------IX-------------F. The current state of psychological wisdom about bilingual children is that, where two
languages are relatively well developed, bilinguals have thinking advantages over monolinguals. Take an
example. A child is asked a simple question: How many uses can you think of for a brick? Some children give
two or three answers only. They can think of building walls, building a house or perhaps that is all. Another child
scribbles away, pouring out ideas one after the other: blocking up a rabbit hole, breaking a window, using as a
bird bath, as a plumb line, as an abstract sculpture in an art exhibition.
23. 12--------V------------G. Research across different continents of the world shows that bilinguals tend to be
more fluent, flexible, original and elaborate in their answers to this type of open-ended question. The
person who can think of a few answers tend to be termed a convergent thinker. They converge onto a few
acceptable conventional answers. People who think of lots of different uses for unusual items (e.g. a brick, tin
can, cardboard box) are call divergers. Divergers like a variety of answers to a question and are imaginative and
fluent in their thinking.
24. 13-----VIII ------------H. There are other dimensions in thinking where approximately balanced bilinguals may
have temporary and occasionally permanent advantages over monolinguals: increased sensitivity to
communication. A slightly speedier movement through the stages of cognitive development, and being less
fixed in the sounds of words and more centered on the meaning of words. Such ability to move away from the
sound of words and fix on the meaning of words tends to be a (temporary) advantage for bilinguals around the
ages four to six. This advantage may mean an initial head start in learning to read and learning to think about
language.
25. Write T (true), F (false) or NG (not given) for the following statements.
26. 1. Balanced bilinguals have more permanent than temporary advantages over monolinguals. F
27. __________ 2 Often bilinguals concentrate more on the way a word sounds than its meaning. F
28. 3 Monolinguals learn to speak at a younger age than bilinguals. Not given
29. 4 Bilinguals just starting school might pick up certain skills faster than monolinguals. T
 30. Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the passage to complete the sentences.
31. 5. For approximately 40 years, there was a mistaken belief that children who spoke two languages were
_________.
32. 6. It was commonly thought that people with a single __________________ were more effective thinkers.
33. 7. It was unfair to compare bilinguals and monolinguals by using ___IQ________ in English.
34. *** Read the passage from A- H and choose the best tittle from C – H
35.

LIST OF HEADINGS
i. No single definition of intelligence ii. Faulty testing, wrong conclusion
iii. Welsh research supports IQ testing iv. Beware: inadequate for testing intelligence
36. v. International research supports blingualism vi. Current thought on the advantage bilinguals have
37. vii Early beliefs regarding bilingualism viii. Monolinguals ahead of their bilingual peers
38. ix. Exemplifying the bilingual advantage
39.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
11 12 13 14 15
40.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6 7 8 Par C 9 Par D 10 Par E
11 Par F 12 Par G 13 Par H 14 15
1.F2. F3.notgiven4.T 5.mentally confused/ behind monolingual children 6. (well-developed) language 7. an IQ
test
8 VI - 9 IV -10 I -11IX -12 V -13 VIII A VII B II

B Writing is arguably the most important invention in human history. The opportunity for human knowledge to build
on other knowledge is severely limited without the medium of writing. Not only does writing allow apermanence to
human thought but also a complexity and scope to human expression that seem barely possible without it.
The earliest known artifacts that could be considered writing by the loosest definition are the famous and
extraordinarily beautiful 20,000-year-old "cave paintings" in southern France and northern Spain. The pictures,
mostly of animals but with some human figures, possibly tell some sort of story or may merely be pictures with
expressive, magical, or religious purpose. Other assorted picture have been found antedating the rise of the great
civilizations of the Near East, but the earliest artifacts that are clearly writing date from about only 5,500 years ago in
Mesopotamia.
The earliest system of writing is usually attributed to the Sumerians of Mesopotamia during the end of the fourth
millennium B.C. There, officials of suchSumerian city-states as Uruk had developed a system of recording numerals,
pictographs, and ideographs on specially prepared clay surfaces.
Although the clay blanks used by the Uruk scribes are universally referred to as tablets, a word with the connotation
of flatness, they are actually convex. Individual characters were inscribed in the clay by means of a stylus made
ofwood, bone, or ivory, with one end blunt and the other pointed. The characters were basically of two kinds.
Numerical signs were impressed into the clay; all other signs, pictographs, and ideographs alike, were incised with
the pointed end of the stylus. The repertory of characters used by the Uruk scribes was large; it is estimated at no
fewer than 1,500 separate signs.
1 This passage mainly discuss : A “ Cave painting “ as an expensive achievement
B Early writing system C the Urukculture in Mesopotamia D Writing instruments of the Ukrukscribe
2.According to the passage, the invention of writing was important for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
A it allowed for the development ofhuman knowledge Bit encouraged complexity of thinking
C it began in Mesopotamia Dit allowed human thought to be permanently recorded
 3.The phrase” attributed to “ is closest in meaning to :
A blamed on B credited to C characterized by D replaced by
4. The word” incised” is closest in meaning to: A painted B erased C cut D embroidered
5 Which of the following terms does NOT refer to something on which early writing was inscribed?
A Clay surfaces B Characters C Clay blanks D Tablet
6 According to the passage, how were pictographs recorded?
A They were cut into the clay. B They were painted onto the surface.
C They were pressed into the clay. D They were brushed onto the surface.
7 The word "repertory" is closest in meaning to ------
A arrangement B composition C understanding D number

NOWHERE NEAR SS
OPTIMISTIC - OPTIMISM - OPTIMIST >< PESSIMISTIC
PART FOUR: WRITING
I. Finish the second sentence in such a way that its meaning is similar to that of the original one. (10 pts)
1. My parents think that I should take a gap year after leaving school.
 My parents would prefer me to take a …..
2. Andy is a much better pianist than Joe.
 Joe is nowhere near (as good at playing the piano as) / as good a pianist as J A ...................................
3. Despite the teacher’s clear instructions, many students didn’t perform the task well
 Clearly as / though the teacher instructed ,
4. Tim was always an optimist even when things were going wrong.
 Tim invariably looked on the bright side
5. Brian is having a lot of trouble now because he lied to the police about the theft.
 Had he not lied to the police , B wouldn’t be having having
II. Rewrite each of the sentences below in such a way that its meaning is similar to that of the original one, using the
word given in brackets. Do not change this word in any way. You must use no more than SIX words. (5 pts)
1.Don’t tell your colleagues anything about this. (BREATHE)
 Don’t breathe a word of this ……………………………………………….…… to your colleagues.

2. He received another letter from her as soon as he found the time to reply to her. ( ROUND)
--> No sooner had he GOT ROUND TO replying to her than he received another letter from her.
3.My dad is now abroad and I am in charge of the office. ( UNDER)
-->My dad has gone abroad and the office has been UNDER MY SUPERVISION (CHARGE, MANAGEMENT)
4.Surprisingly,thewebsitewouldn’tallowmetoaccesscertainpages. (WHICH)
The website denied allowing me to access certain pages, which was suprising / surprised me .

5. He is certainly not a reliable witness. (means) 5. He is by no means a reliable witness.

To access st / ving = to get access to st / ving

To come up to / live up to b expectation >< to fall short of

So cau dung X 0,11

1. I expected the book to be far better because it had been written by such a good novelist. short
The book ... fell short of my expectations even though .......................... it had been written by such a good novelist.
2.The trip was so amazing that we will never forget it
It's too …………………………………………… It's too amazing a trip for us to forget.
3. In spite of her initial reluctance to take the job, she’s got on very well.
 Reluctant______Reluctant as she was to take the job at first, she’s got on very well.
4. If anyone succeed in solving the problems, it will probably be him/
he is the most likely to success in …. …………………………………………….…………
He bcau dung X 0,11 ought a new jacket without having planned to. (spur) I bought a new jacket on the spur of the
moment.
5. We must think about ways of improving the transport system./ Thought must …… Thought must be given to ways of
improving the transport system.
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