ĐỀ LUYỆN HỌC SINH GIỎI 12 – 2023 By Mr.

Miura 31/8/2023

Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence.

11. Assembly lines are useful for producing a large _______ of identical products.
A. quality B. quantity C. quandary D. qualification
12. Only the _______ of the building is going to be remodeled.
A. insides B. interior C. indoors D. inner
13. Whether the sports club survives is a matter of complete _______ to me.
A. indifference B. disinterest C. importance D. interest
14. After years of neglect there was a huge _______ program to return the city to its former glory.
A. restoration B. preservation C. conservation D. refurbishment
15. The assistant suggested _______ the next day when the manager would be there.
A. we are coming back B. to come back C. we will come back D. we came back
16. I never get a _______ of sleep after watching a horror film.
A. wink B. blink C. night D. ounce
17. As it was Christmas, the _______ at church was much larger than usual.
A. audience B. convention C. congregation D. grouping
18. The sheep were huddled into a _______ to protect them from overnight frosts.
A. cage B. kennel C. hutch D. pen
19. The jury _______ the defendant “not guilty”.
A. gave B. returned C. subscribed D. found
20. Many _______ crafts such as weaving are now being revived.
A. customary B. habitual C. traditional D. ordinary
21. He managed to finish his thesis under the _______ of his tutor.
A. guidance B. help C. aid D. assistance
22. Mr. Henry was given a medal in _______ of his service to his country.
A. gratitude B. knowledge C. recognition D. response
23. Everyone knows about pollution problems, but not many people have _______ any solutions.
A. thought over B. come up with C. looked into D. got round to
24. You _______ as well seek for a fish in the tree as try to do that.
A. must B. would C. should D. might
25. _______ calculations have shown that the earth’s resources may run out before the end of the next
century.
A. Raw B. Rude C. Crude D. Blunt
26. By the time you receive this letter, I _______ for China.
A. will have left B. have left C. would have left D. will leave
27. Prizes are awarded _______ the number of points scored.
A. resulting from B. adding up C. presented to D. according to
28. The needs of gifted children in schools have long been _______ neglected.
A. dolefully B. woefully C. idly D. pathetically
29. I must take this watch to be repaired; it _______ over 20 minutes a day.
A. increases B. gains C. accelerates D. progresses
30. It had been a trying afternoon, _______ at about six o’clock in the television breaking down.
A. culminating B. leading C. arriving D. finalizing

Part 2. Fill each gap of the following sentences with the correct form of the word in brackets.
THE STAIRLIFT
It’s ironic that very things that are supposed to provide access to the (1) _________ floors of
buildings-stairs-often, in fact, make them (2) _________ Formany elderly people and others
with limited (3) , getting upstairs can be a daily problem to be (4) _________. However, stairlifts
have been helping people solve that problem since they first appeared in the USA in the 1930s. Designs
have (5) _________ many changes over the years and stairlifts have become (6) _________ safer and
easier to use. Most consist of a seat which moves along rails that run along the wall. The user controls
how (7) _________ the seat moves along the rails as it travels from the bottom of the stairs to the (8)
at the top. In today’s models, the (9) _________ is controlled by computers to give a smooth ride and
the components are designed to (10) _________ constant use. Many people have been given a new
 lease of life by the stairlift.
1. UP 2. ACCESS 3. MOBILE 4. COME 5. GO
6. PROGRESS 7. RAPID 8. LAND 9. MOVE 10. STAND

Part 3: There are FIVE mistakes in the passage below. Find the mistakes and correct them.
Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided. (5 p)
Things started to go wrong as soon as we got to the hotel. We were all completely exhausted after
our long journey and looking forward to shower and a rest. However, we found that our room was not
ready, which was very annoying, although the manager was extremely apologetic. While we were
waiting, we asked about the excursions to places of an interest which we had read about in brochure.
Imagine how we felt when we were told they had all been cancelled! Apparently, the person
responsible for organising them had left suddenly and had not been replaced. Then Sally saw a notice
pinning to the door of the restaurant, saying it has closed for redecoration, and Peter discovered that the
swimming
pool was empty. When we eventually got to our room we were horrified to find that it was at the back of
the hotel, and we had a view of a car park, which seemed to be used as a rubbish dump. We seriously began
to wonder whether or not to stay.

A. Use the correct form of the word given to fill in each blank.
1. The reports are treated as strictly (CONFIDENCE)
2. Watch how she does it and then do (LIKE)
3. Safety tests on old cars have been throughout Europe. (STANDARD)
4. He was really by their hostile reaction. (HEART)
5. Unlike jellyfish, sharks can move of the sea currents. (DEPEND)
6. He lost in the election because he was a weak and leader. (DECIDE)
7. I couldn’t help it. The accident was (AVOID)
8. He was very when his cat was run over. (SET)
9. Jackson had another violent with the referee. (AGREE)
10. She studied at university. (ECONOMICALLY)
11. I don't want to be dependent on _____________________. (HAND)
12. He was taken to court for _____________________ of the fine. (PAY)
13. Plants draw minerals and other _____________________ from the soil. (NUTRITION)
14. They seemed unaware of the drama being ____________________ a few feet away from them. (ACT)
15. In the exhibition, abstract paintings are _____________________ with shocking photographs. (POSE)
16. People are increasingly becoming _____________________ to violence on television. (SENSE)
17. The bedroom window on the second floor is _____________________ placed. (SYMMETRY)

The black rhino is extinct in the wild.

When will humans learn from their (41) _________ ? European hunters are responsible (42) _________
the early decline of black rhino (43) _________ In the past it was not uncommon for five or six rhinos to
be killed in a day for food or simply for amusement. European settlers that arrived in Africa in the early
20th century to (44) _________. and establish farms and plantations continued this senseless (45) Most
people regarded rhinos as a pest and exterminated them at all (46) _________ in what is one of the
saddest states of affairs to affect this species´ existence. We should have really put in measures to (47)
_________ this type of behaviour, but this never happened. People just turned a (48) and that is sad.
“FINISHED.” That was the front (49) _________ headline of the UK newspaper, the Guardian, in 1986,
(50) _________ by a full-page photo of two of the amazing creatures. The article said that rhinos were
“doomed to disappear from the face of the earth due to man’s folly, greed and neglect” and encouraged
(51) to support a new conservation organization: WWF that had sought to (52) ________ this animal´s
diminishing numbers. They have been fighting to protect African rhinos ever (53)Many activities have
stood up for this precious animal but to no avail. Recent success in black rhino conservation in (54) is
heartening, but a lot of work remains to bring the population up to even a fraction of what it once was –
and ensure that it stays there. It was made (55) _________ in February of this year that the black rhino is
now extinct in the wild. BBC news has claimed that no wild black rhinos remain in West Africa. This is a
sad day and we need to support reintroduction programmes to ensure they don’t die out all together.
Choose the best word from the following options:

41. A. mistakes B. failures C. successes D. achievements

42. A. to B. with C. for D. about
43. A. rates B. inhabitants C. community D. populations
44. A. economize B. industrialize C. colonize D. fertilize
45. A. inhabitation B. slaughter C. damage D. destruction
46. A. prices B. benefits C. means D. costs
47. A. bring up B. loook into C. cut out D. put down
48. A. blind eye B. deaf ear C. senseless soul D. silent face
49. A. article B. chapter C. column D. page
50. A. enclozed B. accompanied C. recommended D. tagged
51. A. viewers B. followers C. supporters D. readers
52. A. resurrect B. protect C. reserve D. compromise
Part III: The passage below contains five errors. Underline the mistakes and write their
corrections in the space provided.
TRENDS IN THE PROPERTY MARKET
Ever since property prices in Britain began to rise in previously unseen rates, it has been predicted
that they would eventually level off, allow more young couples to buy their own home. Unfortunately for
those first-time buyers, though, the property market has been fuelled by single buyers as they scramble to
get on the first rung of the housing ladder. Soaring prices has meant that many prospective buyers,
who have been saving for years, have reached the end of their tether as they can now no longer
afford to buy the kind of property they had set their hearts on. The money they have been putting away is
now simply adequate for their needs which means their efforts may have been in vain. To add insult to
injury, it has been forecast by leading economists that this dramatic shift towards most and more
people buying their own home is set to continue over the next twenty years.

Part IV: This passage has nine paragraphs (A-I). Choose the most suitable heading for each
paragraph from the Lists of headings below.
One of the headings has been done for you as an example. Note that you may use any
heading more than once.
NB. There are more headings than paragraphs, so you will not use all of them.
Testing, Testing, Testing 1 2 3 4 ...
The introduction of SATs
A. These are testing times. In both education and the field of work, the prevailing wisdom appears
to be: if it moves, test it and if it doesn't, well test it anyway. I say wisdom, but it has become rather an
obsession. In addition to the current obstacles, like GCSEs, A-levels, GNVQs, ONDs, and HNDs, not to
mention the interviews and financial hurdles that school-leavers have to overcome in order to access
higher education, students are facing the threat of 'new tests', scholastic aptitude test (SATs).
B. SATs are being imported from the United States, where they have been in use for nearly a hundred
years. As a supplement to A-levels, the tests purport to give students from poor backgrounds a better
chance of entering university. SATs are intended to remove the huge social class bias that exists in British
university. But, in fact, they are no more than an additional barrier for students. The tests, which
masquerade as IQ tests, are probably less diagnostic of student potential than existing examinations, and,
more seriously, are far from free if the bias that their supporters pretend.
C. First of all, as for any other tests, students will be able to take classes to cram for SATs, which again will
advantage the better-off. At a recent conference of the Professional Association of Teachers, it was declared
that school exams and tests are biased towards middle-class children. Further, the content of the tests in
question is not based on sound scientific theory, merely on a pool of Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs),
set by a group of item writers.
D. The questions in SATs are tested on a representative sample of children. Those which correlate with the
school grades of the children are kept, and the rest discarded. This is highly unsatisfactory. There is also
evidence that in MCQ tests women are at a disadvantage because of the way they think, i.e. they can see a
wider picture. And it is worth noting that MCQs are only as good as the people who write them; so, unless
the writers are highly trained, those who are being tested are being judged against the narrow limitations of
the item writers!
 Other developments in testing
E. Globalisation has introduced greater flexibility into the workplace, but the educational system has not
been so quick off the mark. But there are signs that times are changing. Previously, students took
exams at the end of academic terms, or at fixed dates periodically throughout the year. Now, language
examinations like the TOEFL, IELTS and the Pitman ESOL exams can be taken much more
frequently. The IELTS examination, for example, is run at test centres throughout the world subject to
demand. Where the demand is high, the test is held more frequently. At present, in London, it is
possible for students to sit the exam about four times per week.
F. Flexible assessment like the IELTS has been mooted in other areas. It has been suggested that students
may in future be able to walk into a public library or other public building and take an assessment test for a
range of skills on a computer. The computer will dispense an instant assessment and a certificate. The
beauty of this system is the convenience.
G. The workplace has been at the forefront of developing in-house schemes to establish whether people are
suitable for particular jobs and/ or careers. Psychological profiles and hand-writing analysis as well as
aptitude tests are now part of the armory of the corporate personnel officer; an interview and a curriculum
vitae no longer suffice. But, as in the education field, there are dangers here. Testing appears to confirm the
notion that certain people are predestined to enter particular careers. All of us have heard someone say: he/
she is a born actor, a born teacher, and so on. The recent work on the human genome and the research in
genetics adds further credence to this notion.
H. How long before psychological profiling is introduced into schools to determine a child's future? With
the aid of psychometric tests, children may soon be helped to make more informed choices about the
subjects they choose to study at secondary school, and then university. But people will still be pointed in the
wrong direction. In many cases, the result will conflict with the person's own desires, mainly because he/she
filled in the test wrongly, or the test did not pick up an essential piece of information. Unless the assessors
are highly trained experts, many more people will find themselves mid-life in jobs that they did not really
want to do.
I. Whilst testing achievement is essential and indeed inevitable, it needs to be treated with caution.
Tests are, after all, only tools − not an end in themselves.
Lists of headings
i. Assessment in the future ii. The theory behind MCQs
iii. Not enough testing iv. Problems with SATs
v. Misuse of testing in schools vi. The need for computer assessment
vii. The future of psychometric testing in schools viii. Testing with caution
ix. Testing in the workplace x. Globalisation in testing
xi. The benefits of SATs xii. The shortcoming of MCQs
xiii. Too much testing xiv. Flexibility in language testing

Part 2: Write the correct form of each bracketed word in the numbered space provided in the column in
the right. (1.0pt)
In an effort to escape from their hectic and (46. MATERIAL) ______________ city lives, more and
more Northern Europeans are buying houses in rural areas of France, Spain, Italy and Greece. Some
relocate permanently in search of a more (47. MEANING) ______________ existence. Those who cannot
afford to give up their jobs seek a therapeutic respite from their (48. STRESS) ______________ lifestyle
by relaxing for a few weeks each year in their second home in the sun.
However, many of those who relocate permanently find that life in the country is not as quiet and (49.
EVENT) ______________ as they had anticipated. Aspects of village life which seemed delightfully
(50. SPHERE) ______________ in the context of a two-week holiday can grate on the nerves when you
live with them on a daily basis. Recently, a group of British residents in an Italian village took local farmers
to court because they found the smell of the villagers’ pigs (51. TASTE) ______________ . In other cases,
foreigners have complained to neighbors about the (52. ENTHUSE) ______________ early morning
crowing of their cockerels, or to village priests about the regular tolling of church bells.
(53.UNDERSTAND) ______________, the local inhabitants are somewhat resentful of these attitudes.
They argue that the foreigners have an (54. REAL) view of what country life is like and that, since no-one
forced them to come and live in a village, they are being hypocritical by now complaining about the (55.
CONVENE) ______________ of rural life.
 Part 1: Read the passage and decide which answer (A, B, C, or D) best fits each gap. Write your
answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. (1.0pt)
Living above the shop
Have you ever considered applying for a job where you can live on the premises? While ‘living
above the shop’ might sound good because you don’t have to commute, such a situation has its pros
and cons Bernadette Gillow, who lives and works at Ightham Mote, a medieval National Trust
property, admits that it can be difficult at times. "It takes some getting used to. As you come in with
your supermarket bags on your day off, you walk through showrooms to get to your 56.
__________ . I once found a little old lady on my sofa. No 57. __________ how many
"PRIVATE" 58. __________ you have on the door, if it opens, people will open it." However,
she’s generally happy. When she 59. __________ the job as manager, the whole family - her
husband and two children - moved in. Renting out their 60. __________ home, they have settled in
and now 61. __________ from using the grounds on summer evenings after the visitors have gone.
"You feel a wonderful 62. of history here," she
says. "Although it is 63. __________ a general management job, I’m responsible for the 64.
__________ to day running of the property: the house and garden, the shop and tearoom,
the 65. __________ and the financial administration. It does give US an opportunity to
completely absorb the scenery and the property. It’s a gorgeous place to be and it’s a great privilege.
Despite the drawbacks, I wouldn’t like to go back to the way we lived before."
56. A. spaces B. parts C. quarters D. sections
57. A. point B. matter C. question D. doubt
58. A. directions B. labels C. messages D. signs
59. A. took B. hired C. agreed D. reached
60. A. final B. early C. last D. previous
61. A. reward B. benefit C. enjoy D. love
62. A. idea B. sense C. touch D. tone
63. A. basically B. truly C. wholly D. completely
64. A. night B. day C. week D. evening
65. A. men B. people C. staff D. members

Smoothies
Smoothies are cold drinks made from blended fruit and vegetables to 66.__________ crushed ice,
milk, honey or frozen yoghurt is also often added. This gives them a thicker milkshake-like
consistency. They 67. __________ long been a popular alternative 68. __________ fizzy drinks and
are marketed as a healthy option. For many years now they have been widely available in high street
coffee shops and supermarkets. They are packed with fruit and vegetables, but are smoothies really
good for us?
69. __________ popular brand advertised that their drinks contained two of the suggested five
portions of fresh fruit or vegetables which we should consume every day. This claim resulted in an
investigation into just 70. healthy these drinks really are. The results were good news
for
all smoothie lovers. The research found that the brand’s 250ml non-dairy drinks 71. __________ in
fact contain sufficient pulped fruit and fruit juice to count for two of the recommended daily portions of
fruit and vegetables. 72. __________ a result, health officials have agreed that smoothies are good for
us. 73. __________, not all smoothies are the same. There is a great diversity of ingredients and
consumers are advised to check the contents carefully Some may contain as 74. __________ as a
quarter of your recommended daily allowance of saturated fat and up to 40g of sugar.
In conclusion, it seems that although smoothies are a good source of the vitamins and minerals
found in fruit and vegetables, 75. __________ are also a lot of unhealthy variations.

D. WRITING (5 POINTS)
1. My sociology lecturer always knows what to say in every situation. (loss)
- My sociology lecturer ……………………………………………. words, whatever the situation.
2. It's a foregone conclusion that Julia will do her best to be offered the job. (goes)
- It……………………………………………. every effort to be offered the job.
3. I haven't had the time to reply to her letter yet. (round)
- I haven't……………………………………………. her letter yet.
4. Although the couple are getting old, they do not need anyone to care for them. (fend)
- The elderly couple……………………………………………. their age.
5. Lending Tom so much money was a rather foolish thing to do. (better)
- You should……………………………………………. Tom so much money.
6. We never questions her ability to run the department. (moment)
- Not……………………………………………. her ability to run the department.
7. He will only be included in the team if he passes a fitness test. (subject)
- His inclusion in the team……………………………………………. a fitness test.
8. It was far from obvious why they began to argue fiercely. (apparent)
- There was……………………………………………. begin arguing fiercely.
9. John's colleagues ignored him after he reported one of them for leaving work early. (shoulder)
- John………………………………. his colleagues for reporting one of them for leaving work early.
10. The twins look very much alike to me. (difference)
- I ……………………………………………. the twins.
Part 1: Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the
sentence printed before it. Write your answers in the space provided.
1. He lent me a hand so that he would not look such a mean person in my eyes.
So as …………………………………….
2. We were not surprised by his success.  It came ………………………………
3. Alice and Charles did not decide to move to a bigger house until after the birth of their second child.
Only when ………………………………………
4. The only thing that kept us out of prison was the way he spoke the local dialect.
But for his ………………………………………..
4. It was raining cats and dogs last night. (TORRENTS)
The rain was …………………………………….
6. My brother finds staying at home every day annoying. (PUT)
It is difficult for my brother …………………………….. every day.
7. Many people nowadays find it increasingly difficult to exist on the money they earn. (ENDS)
Many people ………………………………………….
8. Will you please stay with me for a while? (COMPANY)
Will you …………………………………………..?
9. Recent research has changed theories about the causes of the disease. (LIGHT)
Recent research ……………………………….
10. Collecting stamps give me a lot of pleasure. (DERIVE)
I ………………………………………………
11. It is recommended that you take water with you as well as few and far between in this area. (lest)
Travellers to this area are advised to carry water…………………………………………….ground.
12. Nobody expected it of him but Sam was laid off. (ranks)
Against unemployed………………………………………
13. Getting to work should be much easier once the new underground line is ready. (commuting)
The new underground line …………………………………………. sailing.
14. Although the signs are optimistic, there are imminent dark clouds. (teeth)
On the optimistic signs…………………………….
15. We only ingratiated ourselves with our teacher because Katie insisted. (curried)
It was our teacher. ……………………….

I. Choose the best answer.

26. The manager of the shop was ____________ she would not give me a refund.
A. adamant B. dedicated C. abusive D. intent
27. In fact, they are probably the biggest ideological ________ for the whole of civilization.
A. purification B. conjoiner C. justification D. generator
28. His daughter asked to go to an all- night party, but he __________ and told her she would
have to be home by midnight.
A. turned a blind eye to it B. put his foot down
C. pulled the wool over his eyes D. put the cat among the pigeons
 29. Her friend saw us arrive at the party together and _______.
A. got the wrong end of the stick B. blotted on the landscape
C. kept her hair on me D. got the upper hand
30. To be honest, Harry has _______ than you have.
A. been more helpful considerably B. been considerably more helpful
C. been more considerably helpful D. considerably been more helpful
31. I’m in a real _____ and I just don’t know what to do.
A. dilemma B. paradox C. query D. hunch
32. He remembered the day three months _______ he had walked into the showroom to order
the car.
A. previously when B. previously that C. previously then D. previously which
33. Modern saw blades are coated with a special ____________ plastic.
A. reduction of friction B. reduced-friction
C. friction is reduced D. friction-reducing
34. My father ____________ when he found out that I'd damaged the car.
A. hit the roof B. saw pink elephants
C. made my blood boil D. brought the house down
35. ______ for many years to live in a highly polluted environment, the people around the Aral
Sea now appear ____ the highest rates of esophageal cancer in the world.
A. To be forced - having B. Having forced – to have had
C. Forcing – having had D. Having been forced – to have
36. If you say a person is disinterested, you mean he or she ___________
A. has lost interest in something B. is not interested in something
C. has no personal bias when making a decision D. is not an interesting person
37. After what Maria said, I think we should ____ her ____ the guest list
A. chop off B. drop off C. wipe off D. cross off
38. _____ any change in the condition of the patient, be sure that the nurse in charge is informed.
A. However slight B. In the event of C. With the exception of D. Owing to
39. I gave Kelly ______ on her birthday.
A. an action-packed exciting adventure book B. an exciting action- packed adventure book
C. an adventure exciting action-packed book D. an adventure action- packed exciting book
40. I could tell at a _______ that nothing had changed between Barbara and Edward.
A. glimpse B. blink C. wink D. glance
41. In spite of his poor education, he was a most______ speaker.
A. articulate B. ambiguous C. attentive D. authoritarian
42. There are______ words in English having more than one meaning. Pay close attention to
this fact.
A. a large many B. quite many C. quite a lot D. a great many
43. By the end of the 1800s, the output of European artists, writers and scientists ____ to the
point where it dwarfed the productiveness of the 1700s.
A. accelerating B. accelerates C. had accelerated D. have accelerated
44. "I'd like _____about the management of your hotel, please." - "Well, you could have
___with the manager. He might be helpful."
A. some information / a word B. some information / some words
C. some informations / a word D. an information / a word
45. Everyone is entitled to a ticket ____ of where they come from.
A. irrelevant B. irrespective C. prerequisite D. incidental
Part 6
You are going to read a magazine article about a volcano in New Zealand, now a nature reserve, and the
experience of the native people in the past when it erupted. Six sentences have been removed from the
article. Choose from the sentences A-G the one which fits each gap (37-42). There is one extra sentence
which you do not need to use.
Rangitoto
By Alastair Jamieson
Off-track the ground is menacing. Lava, like angry waves frozen in mid-chop only moments ago, claws at
the soles of my boots and threatens to shred my knees if I place a foot wrong. The surface is so uneven that
progress is extraordinarily difficult. Occasional smooth stone channels course like petrified streams through
the rougher ground, their solid surfaces a welcome pathway amid teetering plates of broken lava and
treacherous bouldery rubble. Out of the shade of the dense thickets of bush, it’s as hot as a furnace. All that
black rock absorbs and radiates enough heat to melt Antarctica. It’s as hostile a spot as you could find
anywhere in New Zealand, yet when I turn around, there is downtown Auckland in plain view just a few
kilometres away.
37 __________ Its symmetrical cone is a relaxed cousin of those higher and steeper volcanoes Taranaki
and Ngauruhoe but Rangitoto is a truly astonishing wilderness right on the doorstep of the city. Landing on
the island, the graceful sweeping curves seen from a distance quickly give way to a magnificent mosaic of
the tortuous lava I’ve been scrambling through and scrubby, impenetrable pohutukawa forest.
Of course, it was not always like this. 38__________ However, the emergence of the youngest and largest
of the fifty-odd volcanoes in Auckland’s volcanic field was witnessed by Maori living on adjacent
Motutapu Island.
The persistent yelping of dogs might first have awoken them. Soon afterwards there would have been a
thundering roar. The vibration of the sandy ground beneath them would surely have Jolted them from their
homes. 39 __________ .A wind shift and the familiar smells of the camp – wood smoke, the sea, and even
the penetrating stench of shark flesh drying on frames – were soon overpowered by the pungent,
suffocating odour of sulphur dioxide.
Running across the beach and dragging boats into the sea, shoals of dead fish bumped against their legs as
they waded into the cold shallows. 40 __________. Looking behind them, the cataclysm was becoming
clearer in the first light of day. Black clouds were blasting out from the base of a roiling column of steam,
flying boulders were arcing white streamers through the sky and splashing into the sea.
41. __________ .The footprints of a small group of adults and children were found sandwiched between
layers of Rangitoto ash. Markings show where the ground was prodded with sticks and that one of the dogs
with the group paused to drink from a puddle. 42 __________ .Whether these people were foolhardy or
brave, lured by curiosity, or a desire to retrieve their treasured possessions, we’ll never know

A. The familiar form of Rangitoto did not exist for generations of Maori who first inhabited the
surrounding lands.
B. The low black cliffs of Rangitoto are just 1500m away, the centre of the eruption only 3 km further.
C. The impressions were so well preserved that the next blanket of ash must have spewed from Rangitoto
soon after they were made.
D. Paddling hard towards safety, the first wet ash began to fall, sticky and abrasive.
E. Outside, the familiar stars above and the scatter of bright campfires along the shore to the west was
hidden by a pall of steam, strobed by lightning and lit by a ferocious fiery glow from beneath.
F. No landform is more familiar to Aucklanders than Rangitoto Island and yet how many of them ever go
there?
G. Proof exists that in the weeks or months following the onset of the eruption, people came back to their
campsite on Motutapu Island.

III. Complete each sentence with the correct form of ONE of the two-word verbs. (2, 0 point)
bring out do up slow down save up hang over
mix up grow up go with dress up run for
1. Silence _______the theatre as the audience awaited the opening curtain with expectation and
excitement.
2. Having seen a sharp bend ahead, Tim pressed hard on the brake pedal to _________.
3. Charles Dickens was born near Portsmouth, Hampshire on 7 February 1812, but relocated to and
___________ in Camden Town in London.
4. Barrack Obama has decided to ___________ the American presidency in the election that will take
place next year.
5. Because I hate ____________ my shoes, I have bought a pair of shoes without any laces.
6. Sarah wanted to buy some curtains that would ___________ his furniture, so she had brought a photo of
her sofa with her to the store.
7. Kate had been ___________ in order to buy a new laptop, but then she decided to use the money on the
guitar lessons instead.
8. Even though two of the bands are dead, a new ‘The Beatle’ album called Love was recently ________.
9. Brendan was worried about having to _________ for the boss’ retirement dinner as he didn’t own any
formal clothes.
10. He ____________ his grandmother’s phone number with his girlfriend’s, which led to some
embarrassment for him.
IV. The passage below contains TEN mistakes. Underline them and write the correct forms in the
numbered boxes. (2, 5 points)
Large animals inhabit the desert have evolved adaptations for reducing the effects of extreme hot.
One adaptation is to be light in color, and to reflect the Sun's rays. Desert mammals also depart from the
normal mammalian practice of maintaining a constantly body temperature. Instead of try to keep down the
body temperature inside the body, what would involve the expenditure of water and energy, desert
mammals allow their temperatures rise to what would normally be fever height, and temperatures as high
as 46 degree Celsius have been measured in Grant's gazelles. The overheated body cools down during the
cold desert night, and indeed the temperature may fall unusual low by dawn, as low as 34 degrees Celsius
in the camel. This is a advantage since the heat of the first few hours of daylight absorb in warming up the
body.

Part II: Write an essay of about 300 words on the following topic.
Some people think that a sense of competition in children should be encouraged. Others believe that
children who are taught to co-operate rather than compete become more useful adults.
Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

Part 2. Graph description

The chart below shows male and female fitness membership between 1970 and 2000 in Someland.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons
where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

Part 3. Write an essay of 350 words on the following topic:

A large number of high schools in other countries have included voluntary work in their
syllabus and regarded it as a criterion in personality assessment. Should this policy be adopted in
Vietnamese high schools in forthcoming years?
Give reasons and specific examples to support your opinion(s).