TUẦN 14 – ĐỀ SỐ 5

SECTION A - LISTENING
Section 1. Questions 1-10
You will hear two colleagues Joan and Peter organising a Christmas dinner. As you listen,
complete the form below by writing NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for
each numbered blank.

NOTES – Christmas Dinner

Date of dinner: 21 December

Choices for venue:
* First choice (1) …… Rajdoot…… Tel. number: not know
* Second choice (2) ……park view…… Tel. number: 777192
* Third choice (3) ……London arms…… Tel. number: (4). …208657…
Price per person: £12
Restaurant must have vegetarian food and a (5) …non-smoking area…..
Menu: First course - French Onion Soup OR Fruit Juice
Main course - (6) …Lentil curry… OR Lentil curry
Dessert - Plum Pudding OR Apple Pie
- Coffee
Restaurant requires from us:
(7). ……$50 deposit…… and letter of confirmation.
And we must (8)…choose menu… in advance.
Must confirm in writing by: (9) …4th november……..
Put notice in the (10) ……Newsletter………

Section 2. Questions 11-15

You will hear an English woman called Britta talking to an interviewer about her life in Berlin, the
capital of Germany. For each question, choose the best answer A, B or C.
11. How long has Britta lived in Berlin?
A. four years B. six years C. twenty years
12. What does Britta say about living in Berlin?
A. She can’t sleep at night because of the traffic noise.
B. She misses the museums and theatres in Bonn.
C. She likes living in a big, busy city.
13. The area of Berlin where Britta lives is ____ .
A. a rather expensive place to live.
B. a good place to eat out.
C. a long way from the city centre.
14. How does Britta usually travel around in Berlin?
A. She walks. B. She uses her bicycle. C. She uses the tram or bus.
15. Britta says that her nephew, Philippe, likes going______
A. to the park with her. B. to the shops with his parents. C. to a gallery with her.

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Section 3: Questions 16 – 25
You are going to listen to a talk about the Student Union. As you listen, fill in the gaps in the
notes below by writing NO MORE THAN ONE WORD.
All fulltime students automatically belong to the Student Union and have full voting and
(16) _ __rights. Part-time students also have (17) _ access __ to what the Union has to offer. Further
details of this are (18)_ _ from the Student Union offices. The Union is (19) _ afiliated _ to the NUS,
which represents students on a nationwide level. Students can take advantage of reduce price travel
facilities and a wide range of reductions on (20) _ consumer _ goods, through the Student (21) _ discount
Card. The Social Committee of The Student Union organizes dances and other. (22)_______, including
the Folk Club, Womb Cinema, and the Third Eye, which (23)_______for a more developed taste in
music, theatre, art and poetry. The Student Union also (24)_______ over twenty clubs and societies for a
wide range of (25) _ interests _. You can get details of these from the Student Union offices.

SECTION B - VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

Part 1. Choose the best answer to completes each of the following sentences. Write A, B, C or D in
your answers.
1. When it comes to the _______, Alice always supports her friends.
A. point B. crunch C. crisis D. finale
2. Richard started the race well but ran out of _______ in the later stages.
A. power B. steam C. force D. effort
3. The winter is usually mild, although we sometimes get a cold________ at the beginning of the year.
A. spell B. term C. interval D. wave
4. Several passengers received minor injuries when the train unexpectedly came to a _______
A. delay B. stand C. brake D. halt
5. It was _______ of a surprise to Andrew that he got the job.
A. rather B. something C. quite D. much
6. Please don’t_______ it a miss if I make a few suggestions for improvements.
A. think B. assume C. take D. judge
7. He left the meeting early on the unlikely _______ that he had a sick friend to visit.
A. claim B. excuse C. pretext D. motive
8. The girl felt _______ with hunger.
A. faintly B. fainting C. fainted D. faint
9. My sunburnt nose made me feel rather _______for the first few days of the holiday.
A. self-confident B. self-centred C. self-conscious D. self-evident
10. Although the patient received intensive treatment, there was no_______ improvement in her
condition.
A. decipherable B. legible C. discernible D. intelligible
Your answers:
1. 3. 5. 7. 9.
2. 4. 6. 8. 10.

Part 2. Read the passage below which contains 10 mistakes. Identify the mistakes and write the
corrections in the corresponding numbered boxes
Large animals inhabit the desert have evolved adaptations for reducing the effects of extreme
hot => heat. 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 =>constant body temperature.
Instead of try => trying to keep down the body temperature inside the body, what => which would
involve the expenditure of water and energy, desert mammals allow their temperatures rise => to rise
to what would normally be fever height, and temperatures as high as 46 degree => degrees Celsius
have been measured in Grant's gazelles. The overheated body => boday then cools down during the
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cold desert night, and indeed the temperature may fall unusual => unuasually low by dawn, as low as
34 degrees Celsius in the camel. This is a => an advantage since the heat of the first few hours of
daylight absorb=> is absorbed in warming up the body.
Your answers
Mistake Correction Mistake Correction
0. 6
1. 7
2. 8.
3. 9.
4. 10.
5. .

SECTION C. READING
Part 1. Read the passage and choose the best answer. Write your answers A, B, C or D in the
corresponding numbered boxes.
When faced with some new and possible bewildering technology change, most people (1)________ in
one of two ways. They either recoil (2)________ anything new, claiming that it is unnecessary, or too
complicated or that it (3)________ makes life less than human. Or they learn to adapt to the new
invention and (4)________ wonder how they could possibly have existed (5)________ it. Take
computers as example. For many of us, they still (6)________ a threat to our freedom and give us a
frightening (7)________ of a future in which all decisions will be (8)________ by machines. This may
be because they seem (9)________, and difficult to understand. Ask most people what you can use a
home computer for, and you usually get vague answers about how ‘they give you information’. In fact,
even those of us who are (10)________ with computer and use them in our daily work, have little idea
of how they work. But it does not take long to learn how to operate a business programme, even if
things occasionally go wrong for no apparent (11)________. Presumably, much the same happened
when telephone and television became widespread. What seems to alarm most people is the
(12)________ of technology change, (13)________ than change itself. And the objections that are
made to new technology may (14)________ have a point to them, since change is not always an
improvement. As we discover during power cuts, there is a lot to be said for the oil lamp, the coal fire,
and forms of entertainment, such as books or board (15)________, which don’t have to be plugged into
work.

1. A. react B. treat C. solve D. perform

2. A. of B. out of C. away from D. from
3. A. somewhere B. someplace C. someway D. somewhat
4. A. eventually B. possibly C. initially D. naturally
5. A. with B. without C. on D. for
6. A. show B. meet C. face D. represent
7. A. possibility B. sense C. idea D. prospect
8. A. invented B. changed C. taken D. done
9. A. unsteady B. unsure C. mysterious D. obvious
10. A. accustomed B. familiar C. used D. commonplace
11. A. reason B. cue C. excuse D. cause

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12. A. rate B. swiftness C. speed D. tempo
13. A. more B. less C. rather D. other
14. A. badly B. better C. worse D. well
15. A. sports B. games C. plays D. shows

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

Part 2. Fill in the gap with ONE suitable word. Write the answers in the corresponding
numbered boxes.
Little babies are not so innocent after all, it would seem. Infants as young as six months, new research
claims, are capable of lying to their doting parents, which they do (16)__by__ crying when they are not
truly (17)__in__ pain or distress. They do it simply to draw attention to themselves, but once they start
receiving the loving hugs and cuddles they (18)__so___ badly crave, the babies then do (19)__their__
best to prolong this reward by offering fake smiles.
This has led to suggestions that human beings are 'born to lie' and that this is a unique quality of our
species. As someone who has devoted a lifetime to studying human and animal behaviour, I have to
report that this is actually (20)__far___ from being the truth. Mankind may be the most adept species at
telling fibs, but we are far from alone.
A young chimpanzee in captivity, for example, is just as capable of 'lying', as I have witnessed on many
occasions, most commonly when human handlers, working with young chimps, have to leave them
alone. (21)__like__ human babies, the apes really hate (22)__being__ left alone, and for this reason,
their handlers, (23)__who___ have become their 'family', should ideally never be out of sight. Even
(24)__those___ the handlers always do their best to avoid going away for too long, some absence is
unavoidable. In (25)__such__ a situation, and as soon as the young ape knows it is going to be left
alone, it will start protesting vocally, and these protests can be heard as the handler leaves the building.
The screaming stops when the door is slammed, (26)___because___ at this point the ape knows that the
handler can (27)__no__ longer hear him. It has total control (28)__over__ its crying and can switch it
on and off whenever it likes. The crying is actually a deliberate signal, rather (29)_than_ an
uncontrollable outburst. But (30)__whether__ this is a case of "real" lying rather depends on how you
look at it.
Your answers:
16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
21. 22. 23 24. 25.
26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
Part 3. Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to each of the questions. Write
your answers A, B, C or D in the corresponding numbered boxes.
MUSICAL TALENT
Among all the abilities with which an individual may be endowed, musical talent appears earliest
in life. Very young children can exhibit musical precocity for different reasons. Some develop
exceptional skill as a result of a well- designed instructional regime, such as the Suzuki method for the
violin. Some have a good fortune to be born into a musical family in a household filled with music. In a
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number of interesting cases, musical talent is part of an otherwise disabling condition such as autism or
mental retardation. A musical gifted child has an inborn talent; however, the extent to which the
talent is expressed publicly will depend upon the environment in which the child lives.
Musically gifted children master at an early age the principal elements of music, including pitch
and rhythm. Pitch- or- melody - is more central cultures, for example, in Eastern societies that make use
of tiny quarter- tone interval. Rhythm, sounds produced at certain auditory frequencies and grouped
according to a prescribed system, is emphasized in sub- Saharan Africa, where the rhythmic ratios can
be very complex.
All children have some aptitude for making music. During infancy, normal children sing as well as
babble, and they can produce individual sounds and sound patterns. Infants as young as two months can
match their mother’s song in pitch, loudness, and melodic shape, and infants at four months can match
rhythmic structure as well. Infants are especially predisposed to acquire these core aspects of music,
and they can also engage in sound play that clearly exhibits creativity.
Individual differences begin to merge in young children as they learn to sing. Some children can
match large segments of a song by the age of two or three. Many others can only approximate pitch at
this age and may still have difficulty in producing accurate melodies by the age of five or six. However,
by the time they reach school age, most children in any culture have a schema of what a song should be
like and can produce a reasonably accurate imitation of the songs commonly heard in their
environment.
The early appearance of superior musical ability in some children shows that musical talent may
be a separate and unique form of intelligence. There are numerous tales of young artists who have a
remarkable “ear” or extraordinary memory for music and a natural understanding of musical structure.
In many of these cases, the child is average in every other way but displays an exceptional ability in
music. Even the most gifted child, however, takes about ten years to achieve the levels of performance
or composition that would constitute mastery of the musical sphere.
Energy generation in music history has its famous prodigies - individuals with exceptional musical
powers that emerge at a young age. In the eighteenth century, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart began
composing and performing at the age of six. As a child, Mozart could play the piano like an adult. He
had perfect pitch, and at the age of nine he was also a master of the art of modulation - transitions from
one key to another - which became one of the hallmarks of his style. By the age of eleven, he had
composed three symphonies and 30 other major works. Mozart’s well- developed talent was preserved
into adulthood.
Unusual musical ability is a regular characteristic of certain anomalies such as autism. In one case,
an autistic girl was able to play “Happy Birthday” in the style of various composers including Mozart,
Beethoven, Verdi, and Schubert. For the autistic child, music may be the primary mode of
communication, and the child may cling to music because it represents as a haven in the world that is
largely confusing and frightening.
31. The word precocity in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to
A. strong interest B. good luck C. advanced skill D. personal style.
32. Which sentence below best expresses the essential information in the highlighted sentence in
paragraph 1?

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A. Children may be born with superior musical ability, but their environment will determine how this
ability is developed.
B. Every child is naturally gifted, and it is the responsibility of the public schools to recognize and
develop these talents.
C. Children with exceptional musical talent will look for the best way to express themselves through
music - making.
D. Some musically talented children live in an environment surrounded by music, while others have
little exposure to music.
33. The author makes the point that musical elements such as pitch and rhythm …….
A. distinguish music from other art forms B. vary in emphasis in different cultures
C. make music difficult to learn. D. express different human emotions
34. The word predisposed in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to …….
A. inclined B. gifted C. pushed D. amused
35. According to the passage, when does musical talent usually begin to appear?
A. When infants start to babble and produce sound patterns
B. Between the ages of two and four months
C. When children learn to sing at two or three years old
D. Between ten years old and adolescence
36. Why does the author discuss Mozart in paragraph 6?
A. To compare past and present views of musical talent.
B. To give an example of a well- known musical prodigy
C. To list musical accomplishments of the eighteenth century
D. To describe the development of individual musical skill
37. In music, the change from one key to another is known as ……
A. rhythm B. prodigy C. perfect pitch D. modulation
38. All of the following are given as example of exceptional musical talent EXCEPT ….
A. a remarkable “ear” or perfect memory for music
B. ability to compose major works at a young age
C. appreciation for a wide variety of musical styles
D. playing a single song in the style of various composers
39. The word haven in paragraph 7 is closest in meaning to ……..
A. beautiful art B. safe place C. personal goal D. simple problem
40. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage about exceptional musical ability?
A. It occurs more frequently in some cultures than in others.
B. It is evidence of a superior lever of intelligence in other areas.
C. It has been documented and studied but is little understood.
D. It is the result of natural talent and a supportive environment.
Your answers:
31. 32. 33. 34. 35.
36. 37. 38. 39. 40.

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Part 4. Read the passage and do the tasks that follow. Write your answers in corresponding
numbered boxes.
WHERE HAVE ALL OUR BIRDS GONE?
People have been listening to skylarks singing in Britain for 10,000 years. But now they, and
many other much loved species, are vanishing fast. David Adam finds out why.
A family of Starlings has chosen a post box for the third year running in an Essex seaside town to
raise their young brood.

A. The B1042 that winds from the Bedfordshire town of Sandy towards the village of Potton is a
difficult road to cross. Fast and twisty, there are several blind bends where pedestrians must take
their lives into their hands. That is trickier than it sounds, for most pedestrians who cross the B1042
already have a pair of binoculars in their hands. The road separates the grand headquarters of the
RSPB, home to hundreds of birdwatchers, from some unkept fields, home to hundreds of
watchable birds – hence the regular skips across the tarmac. The skips, though, are now less regular
for many RSPB staff, for the star attraction of the neighbouring fields has flown. Until a year ago, a
clutch of woodlark nested there, one of Britain's rarest birds with just 1,000 or so thought to remain.
Then their home was ploughed up and replaced with a giant field of swaying hemp plants. The
woodlark have not been seen since.

B. It is not just the professional birdwatchers of the RSPB who have seen their local landscape
transformed. Across Britain, and with little fanfare, the face of the countryside has subtly changed in
recent years. Farm fields that stood idle for years under EU schemes to prevent overproduction, such
as the one across the road from the RSPB, have been conscripted back into active service. The
uncultivated land, previously a haven for wildlife, has been ploughed, and farmers have planted crops
such as wheat and barley, with occasional hemp for use in paper and textiles.

C. As a result, the amount of land available for birds such as the woodlark has halved in the last two
years. Without efforts to stem this loss of habitat, conservation experts warn that the countryside of
the future could look and sound very different. Starved of insects in the spring and seeds through the
winter, the metallic-sounding corn bunting and plump grey partridge, formerly one of the most
common birds on UK shores, are on the brink. And the skylark, whose twittering has provided the
soundtrack to millions of countryside walks and inspired Percy Bysshe Shelley, in Ode to a Skylark,
to praise its "profuse strains of unpremeditated art", is struggling and could soon vanish from many
areas. Numbers fell 53% from 1970 to 2006. "This is not just about birdwatchers. These birds are
part of our common heritage," says Gareth Morgan, head of agriculture policy at the RSPB.

D. Government figures show that populations of 19 bird species that rely on farmland have halved
since serious counting started in the 1970s – a decline conservationists blame on intensive farming
methods, with insecticide and herbicide sprayed on to monoculture fields shorn of vibrant hedges.
The unmistakable yellowhammer, which likes to sing while perched as a dash of colour on hedges
and bushes, has steadily disappeared with the hedges and bushes. And a startling 80% drop across
England in 40 years has diluted the shifting Rorschach blots painted on the dusk sky by massed
flocks of starling – though urban changes are blamed for this too.

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E. Farmland birds may sound a niche problem, and you may think that the rest of the countryside is
doing OK, but for most people, farmland is the British countryside. About 75% of Britain is farmed,
and about half of that is arable fields. Take a train between two UK towns, particularly in eastern
counties, and almost all of the countryside you see is farmland.

F. As Simon Gillings of the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) puts it: "For most people, farmland
is the countryside and farmland birds are the birds they see." If birds are struggling, then it is a fair
bet that other wildlife is too. "Birds are indicative of other things," Gillings says. "If birds are
declining then what does that say about the plants and insects they rely on? It's all linked together."
Questions 41- 46
The Reading Passage has six paragraphs, A-F. Choose the correct heading for each paragraph
from the list of headings. Write the correct number i-ix in boxes 1-6.

List of Headings
i. Not only birds suffer
ii. Vanishing of habitats gives rise to the drop in bird species.
iii. Cultivating fame fields is profitable for farmers
iv. A niche and minor problem
v. Who should be blamed?
vi. Woodlark and other birds are on the brink
vii. Hedges and bushes are blamed for the reduction
viii. The rapid disappearance of bird species in Britain
ix. The countryside is the farmland
x. A major change in local landscape – more land is cultivated.
xi. Farmland is taking an insignificant share.

41. Paragraph A Viii

42. Paragraph B X
43. Paragraph C II
44. Paragraph D V
45. Paragraph E IX
46. Paragraph F I
Your answers:
41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46.

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 Questions 47-50
Do the following statements agree with the information given in the READING PASSAGE? Write:
YES if the statement agrees with the information
NO if the statement contradicts with the information
NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this
47. The RSPB is a very famous international organisation in birds conservation.
48. In EU countries farm fields are left uncultivated in order to increase their fertility.
49. The loss of habitats means a more demanding survival for many bird species.
50. In the 1970s governments only counted 19 bird species that depended on farmland.

Your answers:

47.NG 48. N 49. Y 50. NG

SECTION D- WRITING

Part 1: Use the word given in brackets and make any necessary additions to write a new sentence in
such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence. Do NOT change the
form of the given word. (0) has been done as an example.

1. I’m sure you’re wondering why I haven’t contacted you for so long. (HAS)

 You must __ be wondering why it has been __so long since I contacted you.

2.The restaurant manager thought that they were likely to lose all their customers if service didn’t improve.
(RAN)

 The restaurant manager thought that they __ they were likely to lose all their customers if__ if service
didn’t improve.

3.. Alistair has no chance of being selected for the team because of his poor sprint times. (PAID)

 Alistair’s poor sprint times __ put paid to his chance_ of being selected for the team.

4.. I found the plot of the book too complicated to follow. (HEAD)

 I ___ can't make head nor tail of__the plot of the book.

5.. Although everything pointed to her having taken the money, she strenuously denied it. (EVIDENCE)

 She strenuously denied ___ taking the money in spite of evidence to_ the contrary.
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Part 2. Next Sunday is your 17th birthday. You are planning to hold a special party at a public place. Write
a letter (about 100 words) to invite your new friend, Thomas, who just moved to your school last
month to your party. In your letter you should indicate where and when the party is, who are invited
and what activities there are at the party.

Part 3. Students today can easily access information online, so libraries are no longer necessary. Do
you agree or disagree with this statement? Write an essay (about 350 words) to express your opinion.

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