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Unit 1: Personally Speaking

- disgust (n)(v): kinh tởm
=> disgusting (a)
=> disgusted (a)
- fear (n)(v): sợ, nỗi sợ
=> fearful (a)
=> fearless (a)
- happiness (n)
=> unhappiness (a)
- sadness (n)
- anxiety (n)
=> anxious (a)
- neuroscientist (n): nhà thần kinh học
=> neuroscience (n): ngành thần kinh học
- study (n): nghiên cứu
- automatic (a): tự động
=> automation (n)
- neutral (a): trung lập
- motor (a)
- mechanism (n): cơ chế (phòng vệ)
- react (v): phản ứng
=> reaction (n)
- evaluate (v): đánh giá
=> evaluation (n)
=> evaluative (a)
- communicate (v): giao tiếp
=> communication (n)
- process (v)(n)
=> processed (a)
=> processable (a)
- carry out (v): tiến hành
- focus on (v): tập trung vào
- effect on (n)
- affect to (v)
- be in agony = be in extreme pain
- out of curiosity
- on the edge of the seats
- at a loss for words
- with regret
- under my skin
- fury (n) = anger
=> furious (a)
- amazement (n) = surprise
=> amaze (v)
=> amazed/amazing (a)
- misery (n) = sadness
=> miserable (a)
- belief (n)
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=> believe (v)

- confidence (n)
=> confident (a)
- shame (n)/(v) = embarrassment
=> shameful (a)
=> shameless (a)
- pride (n)
=> proud (a)
- optimism (n) /pessimism
=> optimistic (a)/ pessimistic
=> optimist (n)/ pessimist
- enthusiasm (n)
=> enthusiastic (a)
=> enthuse (v)
- annoyance (n)
=> annoy (v)
=> annoying (a)/ annoyed
- eager (a): hăm hở
=> eagerness (n)
- bottle up
- burst into (tears)
- calm down
- cheer s.o up
- chicken out
- freak out
- lead to
- respond to
- concentrate on
- connect to
- be responsible for
Unit 2: One World
- source (n): nguồn
- profit (n):
=> non-profit (a) (n)
- boundary (n): đường biên giới/ranh giới
- tolerance (n): khoan nhượng
=> tolerant (a)/intolerant
=> tolerate (v)
- lyric (n): lời bài hát
- Sweden (n) => Swedish (a)(n)
- Switzerland (n) => Swiss
- The Netherlands => Dutch
- all Greek to me (idiom): something that you can’t understand what is said/written
- export (v)(n)
=> import (v)(n)
- civilisation (n): nền văn minh
=> civil (a)
=> civilise (v)
- entitle (v): cho tiêu đề/ cho quyền
- call around = come to visit
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- get s.o to come = call (s.o) in

- call back = phone later
- ask = call on
- phone = call up
- read aloud = call out
- cancel = call off
- do you good = improve s.o’s health or life
- build a reputation
- build an empire
- play a role
- class (n) => classify (v) => classified/classifying (a)
=> classic
=> classical
- relief (n) => relieve (v) => relieved/relieving (a)
- courage (n) => encourage (v) => encouragement (n)
- success (n) => succeed (v) => successful
- apology (n) => apologize (v)
- terror (n) => terrorise (v) => terrorist (n)
- critic (n) => criticise (v) => critical (a)
- apart from sth
- in addition to sth
- immigrant (n) => immigrate (v) => immigration (n)
- emigrant (n) => emigrate (v) => emigration (n)
Unit 3: Star Quality
- heir (n): người thừa kế
- barricade (n): chướng ngại vật/ (v): chặn đường
- venom (n)
- quest (n)(v): truy lùng, truy tìm
- sacred (a) = holy
- bury (v) => burial (a)
- persuade (v) => persuasion (n) => persuasive (a) => persuasiveness (n)
- mausoleum (n): lăng mộ
- commit suicide:
- accomplishment (n) = achievement
=> accomplish (v) = fulfill
=> achieve (v)
- gossip (v)(n): ngồi lê đôi mách
- TV personality: người nổi tiếng
figure
- sponsor (n)(v)
=> sponsorship (n)
=> sponsored/sponsoring (a)
- match-fixing (n) = dishonest activity to make sure one team wins in a paticular sports match
- grace (n)(v): duyên dáng/ làm vinh dự, vẻ vang
=> graceful (a) / graceless
=> gracefulness (n) / gracelessness
=> disgrace (v)(n)
- PR stands for Public Relations
- in public (a)(n): thuộc về công cộng/ giới
=> publish (v) => publicity (n): sự công khai
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- private (a) => in private

=> privacy (n)
- catch on: to become fashionable or popular/ to understand, especially after a long time
- come in for (criticism) sth: to receive blame or criticism
- go around
- live up to s.th: to be as good as something
- look down on s.o: to think that you are better than someone
- start out: to begin your life, or the part of your life when you work, in a particular way
- be under pressure
- at a price: you get it but something unpleasant happens as a result
- on behalf of: thay mặt (vắng mặt)
=>In behalf of: thay mặt (phục vụ lợi ích)
- to s.o’s astonishment = to s.o’s surprise
- by all accounts = according to what people say
- BTS: behind the scence
- Without a doubt => used to emphasize your opinion
- not long afterwards,
- out of the blue: refers to something unexpectedly happens

LISTENING: You will hear people talking in six situations. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on
your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions from 1 to 6.
Question 1: You hear a man talking about his family life. How does he feel?
A. free B. lonely C. anxious
Question 2: You hear a mother talking to her son. Why is she talking to him?
A. to congratulate him B. to calm him down C. to give him some advice
Question 3: You hear two teenagers talking. What is the girl dissatisfied with?
A. her appearance B. her weight C. her performance at school
Question 4: You hear a man and a woman talking. Who is the man no longer on good terms
with?
A. his brother B. his sister-in-law C. his children
Question 5: You hear a man talking about flying. What did she dislike about it?
A. confined spaces B. heights C. being bored
Question 6: You hear a woman talking on the radio. What is she?
A. a school teacher B. an agony aunt C. a writer
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part
differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions from 7 to 8.
Question 7: A. beneficial B. electrician C. ancient D. peaceful
Question 8: A. heir B. terrorize C. civilization D. anxiety
Read the passage and mark A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the blanks
from 9 to 13.
Animism is another important belief of Polynesian cultures. With animism, the spirits (9) ____ to
have personalities and human-like traits. Sometimes, the spirits are referred to as “he” and “she”
by people who believe in animism. Spirits are reported to animate natural objects and everything
in nature – whether a flower, dirt, or a rock – are thought to have their own unique, different
spirit. The Native American cultures also believed in animism, but their concept of this belief was
(10) ____ different from the Polynesians’ belief. While the Polynesians believed everything
possessed different spirits, the Native Americans believed that everything in nature had the same
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spirit. Both cultures believed that the spirits could be good, bad, or neutral (11) ____ that the
spirits could be loving, frightening, or mischievous.
They also believed that if people did things to displease the spirits then the spirits might respond
to those who had displeased them in unfriendly and unpleasant ways. Most cultures believe in the
ghosts or souls of ancestors because most cultures believe there is a separation of the body and
soul (12) ____ death.
The cultures which believe in ancestral spirits believe these spirits remain an integral part of the
family and that, if treated well, the ancestors will bless the families in many ways – whether in
business success, agricultural production, or personal relationships. Asian cultures (13) ____ to
have a more favourable attitude about ancestral spirits than do the European cultures who often
believe that the ghosts of ancestors can be dangerous and do frightening things such as haunting
houses.
Question 9: A. consider B. considering C. are considered D. to be considered
Question 10: A. someone B. somewhere C. somewhat D. some
Question 11: A. and B. but C. so D. for
Question 12: A. up B. in C. upon D. as soon as
Question 13: A. likely B. tend C. prone D. might
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions from 14 to 28.
Question 14: Entrepreneur Rocco Forte _____ his empire from budget hotels and motorway
services.
A. built B. played C. did D. took
Question 15: They say that fame and success often come _____ a price.
A. with B. at C. of D. for
Question 16: Tina _____ a happy child, but now she's a grumpy teenager!
A. had been B. would be C. were D. used to be
Question 17: When the mini-skirt trend was introduced, nobody believed it would _____ so
quickly.
A. go round B. call on C. start out D. catch on
Question 18: As soon as we _____ our new house, property prices in the city dropped!
A. have been buying B. have bought C. had bought D. had been buying
Question 19: If both parents are actors in entertainment industry, it is sometimes difficult to
_____ their expectations.
A. look down on B. come in for C. get on with D. live up to
Question 20: They say he's a very nice person _____ private, but I didn't think so!
A. at B. of C. on D. in
Question 21: Tomorrow's match has been _____ because of the icy weather.
A. called on B. called off C. called up D. called out
Question 22: Kim put my name down for a sponsored parachute jump but I _____ at the last
moment.
A. bottled up B. freaked out C. calmed down D. chickened out
Question 23: Just out of _____, I asked him how he felt about the situation he was in.
A. curiosity B. regret C. role D. business
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Question 24: I couldn't put the mystery book down and I was _____ the edge of my seat from
beginning to end.
A. of B. on C. by D. in
Question 25: The demonstrators showed their anger and _____ at the behaviour of their useless
politicians.
A. joy B. pride C. eagerness D. disgust
Question 26: Many young people have no _____ and feel that there is nothing to hope for in the
future.
A. pessimism B. optimism C. enthusiasm D. patriotism
Question 27: Brett _____ for long when he realised he was lost in the strange city.
A. hadn’t been walking B. hasn’t walked C. hadn’t walked D. hasn’t been walking
Question 28: Famous film stars can _____ a lot of criticism because of insensitive remarks that
they make about other people.
A. look down on B. come in for C. live up to D. go round
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the
other three in each position of primary stress in each of the following questions from 20 to 30.
Question 29: A. furry B. eager C. disgust D. nervous
Question 30: A. boundary B. amazement C. immigrant D. tolerance
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Read the article about human emotions and behaviour. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your
answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions from 31 to 40.
A Scientific Look at Human Emotions and Behaviour
Even though we look different and we believe in different things, we all have one thing in
common – emotions. Psychologists and other experts have been researching the way we feel for
over a hundred years.
A.
In 1980, Robert Plutchik created the 'wheel of emotions'. This consisted of eight basic emotions
that could be paired into four sets of opposites. These opposite pairs are joy and sadness, trust and
disgust, fear and anger, and surprise and anticipation. He went further by classifying feelings,
such as optimism, love, disappointment, aggression and a few more, as the results of emotions.
He suggested that the eight basic emotions have existed since primitive times, and that they have
evolved in order to increase the ability of all animals - not just humans - to survive when they
have to deal with issues in their environments. An example of this is the fight-or-flight response.
When we feel fear due to a threat, our brains are programmed to make the body react in certain
ways. Our heart rate increases to pump more blood around the body and we breathe faster to get
more oxygen into our blood. The blood then carries oxygen to the muscles, allowing them to
work harder, and thus helping us to either fight or run away.
B.
The concept of emotional intelligence was investigated in the famous marshmallow experiment
carried out by psychologist Walter Mischel in the late 1960s. In the test, a group of four-year- old
children were given a marshmallow and told they could eat it right away or they would get
another one if they could wait for the researcher to return. Some children ate the marshmallow
immediately; others waited for a short while before they ate it; while others waited for the
researcher to come back about 15 minutes later.
The researchers then followed the progress of each child into adolescence, and discovered that
those with the ability to wait were better adjusted, more dependable, popular, confident, and
adventurous than those who had given in to temptation; they also scored higher on school tests.
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The children who had not been able to wait were more likely to be lonely, easily frustrated and
stubborn, did not cope well with stress and were afraid of challenges.
It became clear to researchers that the ability to fight an impulse is an important skill and a sign
of emotional intelligence.
C.
We know that certain illnesses are catching, but did you know that emotions are, too? This
explains why we tend to feel happy around happy people and agitated around anxious people.
Psychologists refer to this as 'emotional contagion' and it can be traced to a network of brain cells
that form the Mirror Neuron System (MNS).
Here's an example of how it works. When you see a smiling, happy person, your MNS notices
activity in the muscles that pull the lips upwards and the ones that crease the sides of the eyes.
The MNS will then signal your own smile muscles so that you too smile.
Emotional contagion helped early humans to communicate and understand each other before the
development of language and it is present from birth. For example, one crying baby will cause
another baby to cry. Studies also show that infants mirror the facial expressions of their mothers,
which suggests that they feel the same emotions, too, and that their MNS has recorded and
reacted to the emotions of the mother.
D.
The Monster Study was a stuttering experiment focused on 22 orphan children in the USA, in
1939 conducted by Wendell Johnson and Mary Tudor, a student of his at the University of Iowa.
The children were told they were going to receive speech therapy and were divided into two
groups. The real purpose of the experiment, however, was to create stuttering in healthy children
and to observe whether stutterers' speech would improve if they were told they spoke well.
Tudor gave positive comments to one group of the children. She praised their speech and told
them they were fine speakers. The second group, however, received the opposite treatment. They
were informed that their speech was imperfect and that they stuttered. Many of the children who
spoke normally, but received negative comments, were deeply affected and developed speech
problems that lasted for the rest of their lives.
It was named 'The Monster Study' by some of Johnson’s colleagues who were horrified that he
had experimented on orphan children to prove a theory, and the University of Iowa publicly
apologised for the Monster Study in 2001.
For questions 31 – 40, choose from paragraphs (A – D). The paragraphs may be chosen more
than once.
Which paragraph
a reward for certain behaviour? Question 31 B
a specific survival mechanism? Question 32 A
copying another person's mood? Question 33 C
some functions of the human brain? Question 34 A/CQuestion 35 C/A
studies conducted on children? Question 36 B/DQuestion 37 D/B
a connection between character and academic success? Question 38 B
research that was criticised? Question 39 D
the importance of emotions for survival? Question 40 A

I. LISTENING:
You will hear an interview with Laura Modini, a student at Horizons Global School.
Complete the sentences with a NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each blank. You
will hear the recording TWICE.
1. At present, Laura Modini is studying in _______________, _____________.
2. Students at Horizons change country and go to a _____________________ each term.
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3. Melbourne has got a great ___________________________ so people can get around easily.
4. Laura found it easier to get to know Belfast and Amsterdam because they are both
________________________ cities.
5. Laura says she’s ________________________ to be a student at Horizons.
6. Global Culture helps students to understand local _______________________.

II. Complete the following sentences with the correct word form.
1. I’d really love a bar of _______swiss___________ chocolate right now! (SWITZERLAND)
2. Jack is really interested in ancient _____civilizations______________. (CIVILISE)
3. Sub-zero temperatures are a common _________occurence__________in Canada in winter.
(OCCUR)
4. If you're _________dissatisfied__________with the service, why don't you complain to the
hotel manager? (SATISFY)
5. To our __________astonishment_________, the charity ball was canceled. (ASTONISH)

III. Complete the second sentence with NO MORE THAN 6 WORDS so that it has a similar
meaning to the first sentence, using the word given if there is.
1. I have not visited London for eight years.
 It’s been ______________________ eight years since I last visited __________ London.
2. While we were visiting museums, we also went sightseeing.
 Not only ______ did we go sightseeing ___________, but we also visited museums.
3. I didn’t know what to say when they told me the news. (LOSS)
 I _____________ was at the loss for_______________________ words when they told me the
news.
4. Lifestyles of people in our country have always been affected by globalization.
 Globalization ____________ has always affected _____________ the lifestyles of people in our
country.

IV. WRITING
Write a paragraph in about 120-150 words giving your opinion about the following topic:
1. “Some students study abroad rather than in their own countries. Why do they do this?”
2. “Why is it important to learn a foreign language?”
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