A.

LISTENING (15 points)

II. Listen to five people talking. Match the speakers (1-5) with the statements (A-F). You will listen
twice. (5 points)

1 A Speaker ___ is describing a camping holiday.

2 B Speaker ___ is taking about a safari park.
3 C Speaker ___ is telling us about a study trip
4 D Speaker ___ is describing a walking holiday
5 E Speaker ___ is describing a scene from a film
II. Listen to a conversation between some student. Are the sentences are true(T) or false(F)? You will
listen twice. (5 points).

6. Emily wants to find a room in a shared house. ____

7. Emily starts her next year at university in September. ____
8. Lisa has just tidied the living room. ____
9. The students in the house share the water bill. ____
10. Emily can’t call at 9 a.m. ____
III. Listen to the people talking about the music they like. Match the speakers with the musical styles
below. There is one style you do not need.

Country and western heavy mental indie jazz pop rap

11 Speaker A _______________
12 Speaker B _______________
13 Speaker C _______________
14 Speaker D _______________
15 Speaker E _______________

B. PRONUNCIATION (5 points)

I. Choose the word in each group which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.

16. A fear B dear C pear D cheer

17. A tooth B without C breathe D sunbathe
18. A contain B bargain C campaign D complain
II. Choose the word whose the main stress pattern is placed differently from the others.

19. A material B emission C optical D conjunction

20. A stimulate B measurement C surgical D already
 C. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY (35 points)

I. Supply the correct form of the verbs in brackets. (10 points)

21. She (travel) _______________ to several country in Europe.

22. Be careful! The table (collapse) _____________ !

23. (you/get)____________ Mr Son some water?

24. I am able to do it, (be) __________ I?

25-26 Your car needs (wash) ___________. You should get it (do) _________ this afternoon.

27. (read) _________________ the book he began to follow the instructions to do the work.

28. Sorry. We didn’t mean (hurt) ___________ you.

29-30 He (try) ________________ very hard for the past two months with a view to
(promote)___________

II. Choose the most appropriate answer to complete each sentence below. (10 points)

31. James didn’t come to see us as planned and he didn’t even telephone us. He __________ about the
appointment.

A can have forgotten B might have forgotten

C should have forgotten D must forget

32___________ it not been for torrential rain, we would have gone out.

A. But B If C Had D Should

33. Although some people have a lot of money, they are not _______ with their lives.

A satisfy B pleasant C contented D concerned

34 He ___________ me to buy my air ticket immediately or it would be too late.

A convinced B insisted C advised D suggested

35. She rang to make an early __________ at the hair dresser’s.

A order B date C assignment D appointment

36. Smoking is a very bad habit, __________ many people find it difficult to break.

A which B that C it D whose

37. Do you know what time the train _________ to Birmingham?

A reaches B gets C arrives D approaches

38. I don’t have the __________ idea what you are talking about!

A smallest B least C weakest D faintest

39. Young children ________ older ones, so older children should be good examples.

A look down on B look up to C look after D look for

40. I didn’t particularly like the job – it was just a _______ to an end.

A means B way C tool D method

III. Supply the correct form of the word in capital at the end of each sentence. (10 points)

41. Their name were called over the ______________. SPEAK

42. The statue was erected as a _________ to those who died in the war. MEMORIZE
43. Our __________ was delayed because of the bad weather. DEPART
44. The company has ___________ in every major city. PRESENT
45. We did some ___________ in Paris. SEE
46. We’re usually too tired to ________ during the weekend. SOCIETY
47. The dog has been her constant __________ these part ten years. COMPANY
48. He is _________ a very old man but in in fact he is only fifty. APPEAR
49. Although he scored an important goal, his face remainned __________. EXPRESS
50. His _____ talent was already clearly evident. ORDINARY

IV. Each of the following sentences has one mistakes. Find it and correct it. (5 points).

Example: 0. She is better in math than me.

In -> at

51. The number of people taking part in the race were quiet great.
52. Despite he worked very hard, he failed his test.
53. When he arrived at the beach, it was raining very hardly.
54. The search was called off for the sailors who were disappeared in the storm.
55. He wishes he would own a bigger car.
 D. READING

I. Read the following passage and answer each of the question below. (5 points).

As new forms of communication are developed, so the world of advertising is changing in

response. Basic ideas which advertisers have always believed are being challenged. For example, it used
to be said that the more people you reached, the better it was for your business. Not any more!
Today, people are bombarded by information from television, the Internet, newspapers, magazines
and countless other media sources. A marketing campaign has to be good to stand out amongst all of
these competing messages. Because of this, businesses should aim to get their message not to the most
people, but to the right people. This is especially important for small businesses – but how can they do
this?
Instead of buying expensive advertising space in magazines, or investing in radio and television
airtime, the latest advice is to advertise only to potential customers. If you own a local hairdresser’s, for
example, it is better to post leaflets to all the households in your neighbourhood than to advertise on
national television. Ask shops that attract similar customers, such boutiques or cosmetics shops, to keep
your brochures next to their tills. In exchange, you can do the same for them.
Forget general messages; advertise current offers instead. ‘Have your hair coloured and get a
twenty per cent discount throughout January!’ will work better than ‘Great hairstyles to suit all tastes’.
Find out about local events and use them in your promotion. Messages like ‘Wouldn’t you love a cool
new hairstyle for your school graduation next month?’ will show that you know your customers and are
familiar with their needs.
Use the Internet. A website is a cost-effective way of communicating a lot of information: the
location of your business, your opening times, your prices, your staff, and so on. That way, you can print
simpler brochures. People rarely bother to read advertising literature with too much information. Simply
print your main message and add your website address. Potential customers who want to know more
about you will know where to look.
Finally, make use of your customers. Make sure they are happy with your services, and ask them
to recommend you to their friends. Ask them for their email addresses so that you can keep them
informed about special offers. If they agree, there is a good chance that they will forward your emails to
their friends. Word of mouth is the best advertising there is.

56. According to the author, these days it is a challenge to

A. attract customers’ attention to your business.
B. get your advertising message to as many people as before.
C. advertise on every source of media.
D. find the best possible people to advertise for you.

57. According to the author, the most effective way to advertise is to

A. buy advertising space in different media.
B. speak to other businesses who are likely to become your customers.
C. mail people living near your business.
D. target the people who are most likely to become your customers.
58. The best advertising messages
A. refer to current promotions.
B. include lots of useful information about your business.
C. offer massive price reductions.
D. are aimed at students.

59. According to the author, you should

A. include all the important facts about your business on your leaflets.
B. do all your advertising on the Internet.
C. always include your website address on your leaflets.
D. tell potential customers to find out about your business themselves.

60. The author says you can make sure that your customers help you to advertise your business by
A. asking them to advertise your business for a small fee.
B. getting their feedback so they can change things they are not happy with.
C. asking them for their friends’ email addresses so that you can reach more people.
D. providing them with a good service.

II. Choose the correct answer to fill in each gap of the following paragraph. (10 points).

One of the best films I’ve seen recently is called Inception. It was written and directed
by Christopher Nolan and released in 2010. The main character is Dom Cobb, played by
Leonard DiCaprio, who can create dreams for people, 1____ him to enter their minds and steal
their ideas or change their behaviour. He is asked by the owner of a large energy company to
‘plant’ an idea in the mind of one of his competitors, which will make that person destroy
their own company. Although it is set in the present time, it feels quite 2____ . And despite the
plot sounding 3____ , I thought the film was very 4____ and realistic.
One of the most interesting ideas in the film was how time slows down in your dreams, so that
something that feels like an hour in a dream, might only last for a few minutes in real life.
5
____ made the biggest impression on me was how a person could have a dream, or several
dreams, within a dream. And 6____ time you go into the next dream, time slows down even
more. This means that something that takes only a 7____ seconds in the first dream lasts for
several minutes, or even hours, in the second or third dream.
I think it’s 8____ an amazing film. There are a lot of 9____ that you need to understand, but
I’ve already seen it three times and every time I see it, I understand and enjoy it more. I would
definitely recommend it. It makes other films look very two-dimensional and 10____ .

61 A allow B allowed C allowing D are allowing

62 A modern B futuristic C rural D urban
63 A unusual B gripping C irresponsible D familiar
64 A confused B colloquial C convincing D conscientious
65 A How B That C What D Which
 66 A all B each C many D most
66 A any B few C little D some
67 A so B such C total D very
68 A directions B details C roles D settings
69 A dull B familiar C gripping D moving
III. Fill in each numbered blank with only one suitable word in the following passage. (10 points)

In the past, technology and progress was very slow. People ‘invented’ farming 12,000 years ago,
but it (71)_______ 8,000 years for the idea to go around the world. (72)________ about 3,500 years ago,
people called ‘potters’ used round wheels to turn and (73)______ plates. But it took hundreds of years
before some clever person thought, ‘if we join two wheels (74)________ and make them bigger, we can
use them to move things’ .

In the (75)________ few centuries, thing have begun to move faster. Take a 20th century invention
like aeroplane, for (76)_________ .The first aeroplane flight on 17 December 1903 only lasted 12
seconds, and the plane only went 37 metres. It can have been very exciting to watch, but that
(77)________ changed the world. Sixteen years later, the first plane flew across the Atlantic, and only
fifty years after that, men walked on the moon. Technology is now changing our world faster and faster.
So what will the future bring?

(78)_______ of the first changes will be the materials we use. Scientists have just invented an
amazing new material (79)________ grapheme, and soon will take a few seconds to (80)________ your
phone or download a thousand gigabytes of information! Today, we make most products in factories, but
in the future, scientists will invent living materials. Then we won’t make things like cars and furniture in
factories – we will grow them!

E. WRITING (20 points)

I. Rewrite each sentences, beginning as shown, so that its meaning does not change.

81. They’ve been living here for six year now.

They moved _________________________________.

82. It’s a shame you didn’t tell me earlier.

I wish ______________________________________.

83. John phoned Patrick at work because he didn’t know his mobile number.

Not ________________________________________.

84. Should there be a problem, contact us at all cost

In the ______________________________________ .
85. Wash vegetables before eating them.

Vegetables __________________________________.

II. Complete the second sentence sp that it has similar meaning to the first one. Use the word in
brackets and other words to complete each sentence. (5 points)

86. It is all right for me to borrow your car? (if)

Do you _____________________ your car?

87. Take an umbrella in case it rains later (so)

It ______________________ an umbrella.

88. David continues to work in spite of his illness. (carries)

David _______________________ in spite of his illness.

89. I don’t think City is likely to win the title this season. (likelihood)

There ______________________ the title this season.

90. I can almost remember his number. (tounge)

His number __________________________.

III. Write a paragraph of 120 -150 words about the use of mobile phone by students. (10 points)

The end!