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NĂM HỌC 2023-2024
Môn thi: Tiếng Anh
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(THÍ SINH LÀM BÀI VÀO GIẤY THI)

Họ và tên thí sinh:…………………………………………….Số báo danh:………………………
I. LISTENING (50 points):
HƯỚNG DẪN PHẦN THI NGHE HIỂU
 Bài nghe gồm 04 phần, mỗi phần được nghe 02 lần, mỗi lần cách nhau 05 giây.
 Mô đầu và kết thúc bài nghe có nhạc hiệu.
 Mọi hướng dẫn cho thí sinh đã có trong bài nghe.
Part 1. You'll hear a recording and complete the notes below with NO MORE THAN
TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

HIRING A PUBLIC ROOM

Example:
 the Main Hall – seats…………200………
Room and cost
 the (1)_______Room – seats 100
 Cost of Main Hall for Saturday evening: £115
+ £250 deposit (2)_________payment is required
 Cost includes use of tables and chairs and also (3)_______
 Additional charge for use of the kitchen: £25
Before the event
 Will need a music licence
 Need to contact caretaker (Mr Evans) in advance to arrange (4)_______
During the event
 The building is no smoking
 The band should use the (5)_______at the back
 Don’t touch the (6)______by the firedoor
 For microphones, contact the caretake
After the event
 Need to know the (7)_____for the cleaning cupboard
 The floors must be washed and rubbish placed in black bags
 All (8)_______must be taken down
 Chairs and tables must be piled up

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Part 2. From questions 9-14, listen to a radio presenter called Jim Dunne talking about
local
entertainment options and gives the answers for these questions with NO MORE THAN
THREE WORDS/ A NUMBER.
9. In which country did doctors treat their patients with a medicine derived from the
bark of the willow?
____________________________________________________________________
10. What, according to Edward Stone’s belief, was similar to quinine?
____________________________________________________________________
11. When was the active ingredient, salicylic acid isolated?
____________________________________________________________________
12. What was Bayer, which made the first commercially available aspirins?
____________________________________________________________________
13. What were published in 1971 showing how aspirin slows down swelling and the
coagulation of the blood?
____________________________________________________________________
14. According to some scientists, who would benefit from taking aspirin regularly as
preventive measure?
____________________________________________________________________
Part 3. From questions 15-20, listen to the audio and decide if these statements are True
(T),
False (F) or Not Given (NG).
15. The Australian Quarantine Service is responsible for preventing all insects from
being introduced into the country.
16. In the past Asian honey bees have been found in Queensland, Australia.
17. A problem with Asian honey bees is that they attack native bees.
18. Australian bees’ size stops them from pollinating some flowers.
19. If Asian honey bees got into Australia, the country’s economy would be affected.
20. The Asian honey bees are much more dangerous than the European ones.
Part 4.You will hear an interview with an architect called Lucy Collett who designs small
buildings.
Choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which fits best according to what you hear.
21. Lucy enjoyed building the tree-house because it________.
A. gave her children somewhere to play
B. presented an interesting design problem
C. desmonstrated the type of work she does
D. allowed her to fulfil a childhood ambition
22. What fascinated Lucy about the historical phone boxes?
A. their international character B. their luxurious interiors
C. their range of styles D. the quality of their construction
23. At college, Lucy designed small buildings so that they________.

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 A. could be assembled in a shorter time
B. would comply better with safety rules
C. would have a wider range of uses
D. could be built in a simpler style
24. Lucy got the idea for a folding market stall___________.
A. from her parents B. from travelling salesmen
C. while she was at a trade fair D. while she was on an overseas trip
25. The hotel phone booths which Lucy worked on were__________.
A. developed with mobile phone users in mind
B. designed for countries with relatively few mobile phones
C. placed at the entrance to the hotel lobby
D. intended to be the largest feature of the lobby
II. LEXICAL AND GRAMMAR (50 points):
Part 1. For questions 26-35, write the correct form of each bracketed word.
John Merrick was one of the most (26)______(ORDINARY) human beings who
ever
lived. He suffered from rare bone disease which (27)______(FORM) him grotesquely: his
right
leg was nearly twice the normal size and his head was (28)_____(LARGE) and misshapen.
When young he had a 9-inch growth protruding his mouth, hence the
(29)____(FORTUNATE)
nickname “The elephant man”.
He was (30)_______(EVENT) seen by an eminent surgeon. Frederick Treeve while
working in a circus. Treeves secured his admittance to London Hospital and gave him a mask
to wear so as not to (31)_____(TERROR) others. Treeves discovered that Merrick was a man
(32)____(STAND) intelligence. Treeves’s friends began to visit Merrick and his (33)______
(FAMOUS) soon spread. Members of Royal Family,(34)___(NOTE) Princess Alexandra,
were
among those who repeatedly visited him.The (35)_____(BEAUTIFUL) of his soul had finally
escaped the prison of his body.
Part 2. For questions 36-59, choose the correct answer A, B, C or D to each of the
following
questions.
36. Their team has_______hopes of winning the World Championship.
A.big B. tall C. high D. healthy
37. Thank you very much. I haven’t been to______party for ages.
A. a so enjoyable B. the so enjoyable
C. so enjoyable a 11111D. such enjoyable
38. It was a long dispute with neither side giving_______easily.
A. clearance B. ground C. inch D. hand
39. My supervisor is angry with me. I didn’t do all the work I____last week.
A. should have done B. need to have done C. may have done D. must have done

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40. Far be it from me to____down the law, but I think we need to pull our socks up.
A. put B. lay C. write D. set
41. _______, the whole family slept soundly.
A. Hot though the night air was B. Hot though was the night air
C. Hot although the night air was D. Hot although was the night air
42. Jane has just brought_______.
A. an impressive reddish French wood coffee table.
B. an reddish impressive wood French coffee table.
C. an impressive French wood reddish coffee table.
D. an impressive wood French reddish coffee table.
43. The politician gave a press conference to deny the charges that had been____at him.
A. targeted B. levelled C. accused D. blamed
44. He spent part of____afternoon telling them_____news he couldn’t tell them by__phone.
A. the/the/-- B. an/--/the C. an/the/the D. the/--/the
45. He ran up three flights of stairs and wasn’t the slightest bit out of breath even though he’s
no_____chicken.
A. baby B. young C. fresh D. spring
46. There is more here than I can_____on my own.
A. cope with B. do with C. make out D. go for
47. In the United States, a primary election is a method____voters slect the nominees for
public
office.
A. that B. is that C. by which D. by those
48. Proposing to Diana just two weeks after they met was an____decision that he soon
regretted.
A. intolerant B. inquisitive C. immediate D. impulsive
49. Clothing made of plastic fibers has certain advantages over___made of natural fibers like
cotton, wool or silk.
A. one B. the one C. that D. what
50. You must obey the speed limits on public roads. They are designed to keep you safe. You
shouldn’t exceed the speed that____you are an experienced race car driver.
A. even if B. even though C. if D. in the even that
51. Partricia couldn’t be present at the meeting as the date___with her holidays.
A.occured B. struck C. opposed D. clashed
52. Her family has gone to Edinburgh to pay their last___to uncle Bob who died last week.
A. sympathy B. love C. respects D. honors
53. The inn looks rather shabby, but I’m sure it saw better_____onces.
A. nights B. colors C. days D. changes
54. You have to be rich to send your child to a private school because the fees are_____.
A. astronomical B. aeronautica C. astrological D. atmospherical
55. Mr. Bless was talking to his wife and_____.

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 A. on a perch besided him sat a blue parrot B. on a perch beside him did a blue parrot
sit
C. did a blue parrot sit on a perch beside him D. a blue parrot did on a perch beside him
sit
56. I_____a small fortune when my uncle died but I squandered most of it.
A. came in for B. came into C. came up with D. came out
57. It’s a foregone_____that Jim will be top of the class again.
A. concept B. conclusion C. proposal D. prediction
58. My boss has an urgent report for me to write. She demanded that it_____on her desk by
5 p.m today.
A. was B. be C. will be D. is
59. These women were appointed by the managers and are____only to them.
A. dependable B. controlled C. privileged D. accountable
Part 3.For questions 60-67, complete these sentences below with the appropriate
prepositions
60. My mother never gives anyone a tip________principle.
61. He is an excellent speaker. He can get______even the most complicated ideas.
62. She can’t make_____the professor’s explanation; it’s quite beyond her understanding.
63. Everyone complimented her____the wonderful buffet she’d laid on.
64. The village is well below sea level, and_____risk of being flooded when the tide is high.
65. After the car accident she was in a conna for the whole week but her mother didn’t lose
hope that one day her daughter would came_____.
66. Mike’s interest in practising karate dropped off rather quickly and the boy started to look
for a new hobby to take______.
67. Our stay in the town will certainly be a good chance for Michael to visit his grandfather’s
birthplace, so I’m sure he will jump_____the opportunity.
Part 4. For questions 68-75, each of the following sentences contains an error, find and
correct it. The first one has been done as an example.

Example: The movie star, accompanied by his cronies, are going to

are -> is
attend this special event.

68. Many living organisms depend largely on the enviroment for the
satisfaction of its needs.

69. Within the first few months of life, an infant learns how to lift its
head, how to smile, and recognizing its parents.

70. The skin receives nearly the third of the blood pumped out by the
heart.

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71. A 1971 U.S government policy not only put warnings on cigarette
packs but also banned television commerce of cigarettes.

72. The flag over the White House is risen at dawn every day by a color
guard from the United States armed forces.

73. Every year, tornadoes cause aa lot of damages to property and a

tremendous loss of human and animal life.

74. The fascinating students watched the great variety of fish in the
aquarium for hours on end.

75. A severe illness when she was just nineteen months old deprived the
well-known writer and lecturer Helen Keller from both her sight and
hearing.

III. READING (50 points):

Part 1. For questions 76-85, read the extract below and decide which answer (A, B, C or
D)
best fits each gap.
HAPPINESS
In recent years, there has been a remarkable increase in research into happiness.
The researchers have (76)___ a number of factors which contribute to a definition of
happiness.
First of all, there is, in some people, a moderate genetic predisposition to be
happy, in other words, happiness (77)____ in families. And happiness seems to correlate
quite strongly with the main dimensions of personalities: extroverts are generally happier,
neurotics are less so.
Second, people often (78)_____ good social relations as a reason for their happiness.
In particular, friends are a great (79)_____of joy, partly because of the agreeable
things they do together, partly because of the way friends use positive non-verbal
signals such as caressing and touching, to affirm their friendship. Marriage and similar
(80)____ relationships can also form the basis of lasting happiness.
Third, job satisfaction undoubtedly (81)__overall satisfaction, and vice versa –
perhaps this is why some people are happy in boring jobs: it works in both ways.
Job satisfaction is caused not only by the essential nature of the work, but also by
social interactions with co-workers. Unemployment, on the contrary, can be a serious
cause of unhappiness.
Fourth, leisure is important because it is more under individual (82)____than most other
causes of happiness. Activities (83)_____sport and music, and participation in voluntary
work and social clubs of various kinds, can give great joy. This is partly because of
the (84)_____themselves, but also because of the social support of other group members –
it is very strong (85)______the case of religious groups.

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 76. A. fallen back on B. gone in for C. got down to D. come up with
77. A. arrives B. runs C. goes D. descends
78. A. strongly B. nearly C. firmly D. hardly
79. A. explain B. prefer C. talk D. report
80. A. near B. close C. tight D. heavy
81. A. consists of B. applies to C. contributes to D. counts on
82. A. common B. contrast C. comparison D. contrary
83. A. check B. power C. control D. choice
84. A. facilities B. activities C. excercises D. amenities
85. A. by B. for C. in D. with
Part 2. For questions 86-92, read the following passage and think of the word which best
fits
each space. Use only ONE WORD in each space.
Many people dream of living in a foreign country. It can be an amazing experience for
those who have the courage to leave their family and friends to (86)_______down in a new
place. However, there’s one potential problem you should be aware of: Culture shock.
Culture shock is the feeling we get from living in a place that is so different to where we
grew up that we are not sure how to deal with it. Societies are organized in many differen
ways,
and we can often be (87)_______aback by some of the things we find in foreign countries.
Customs and tradition can be very different and that can sometimes make it difficult to
get
on with local people and to make friends. They might not (88)______ of things you do or
object
to things you say. You might even be banned (89)______ doing things in another country that
are perfectly legal in your own country. (90)_____ you to move to a country such as
Singapore,
you might find some of the laws very strict. There, people can be forced to pay for a large
fine
just for dropping litter.
Eventually, (91)_____, most people who live abroad fall in love with their adopted
country
and learn to accept its differences. It does (92)_____ real courage to make such a big change
to your life, but many people agree that it is worth it in the end.
Part 3. Read the following passage and do the tasks that follow.
Leisure time
A. A raft of forecasts has been made in the recent decade, predicting the decline in the number
of working hours coupled with a consequent increase in leisure time. It was estimated that the
leisure revolution would take place by the turn of the last cent my with hours devoted to work
railing to 25-30 per week, This reduction hits failed to materialise, but the revolution has,
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B. Over the past 30 to 41 years, spending on leisure has witnessed a strong increase, According
to the annual family expenditure survey published in 1935 by the Office for National
Statistics, the average household in the United Kingdom spent more on leisure than food,
housing and transport for the very first time, and the trend is also set to continue upwards
well into the present century.
C. The survey, based on a sample of 6,500 households showed, that the days are long gone
when
the average family struggled to buy basic foods. As recently as 1969, family spending on
food
was approximately one third compared to 17% now. Twelve years later, there was a
noticeable
shift towards leisure with the percentage of household spending on leisure increasing to 9%,
and that on food declining to 26%.
D. The average household income in the UK in 1999 was £460 per week before tax, and average
spending was £352.20. Of the latter sum, £59.70 was spent on leisure and £58.90 on food.
On
holidays alone, family expenditure was 6%, while in 1969 the proportion spent on holidays
was just 2%. And whereas the richest 10% lashed out 20% of their income in 1999 on
leisure,
the poorest spent 12%.
E. Among the professional and managerial classes, working hours have increased and, overall
in
the economy, record numbers of people are in employment. As people work more, the
appetite
for leisure activities has grown to compensate for the greater stress in life. The past 5 years
al-
one have seen the leisure business expand by 25% with a change in emphasis to short domes
-tic weekend breaks and long-haul short breaks to exotic destinations in place of long
holidays.
In the future, it is expected that people will jump from one leisure activity to another in
compl-
exes catering for everyone’s needs with gyms, cinemas, cafes, restaurants, bars and internet
facilities all under one roof. The leisure complexes of today will expand to house all the
leisure
facilities required for the leisure age.
F. Other factors fueling demand for leisure activities are rising prosperity, increasing longevity
and a more active elderly population. Hence, at the forefront of leisure spending are not just
young or professional classes. The 1999 family expenditure survey showed that the 64 to 75
year-old group spend a higher proportion of their income on leisure than any other age group.
The strength of the “grey pound” now means that elderly people are able to command more
respect and, thus, attention in the leisure market.
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 between a third to a half of all household spending. Whilst it is difficult to give exact figures,
the leisure industry will certainly experience a long period of sustained growth. Working
hours
are not expected to decrease, partly because the 24-hour society will need to be serviced; and
secondly, because more people will be needed to keep the service/leisure industries running.
H. In the coming decades, the pace of change will accelerate, generating greater wealth at a
faster
rate than ever before. Surveys show that this is already happening in many parts of Europe.
The south-east of England, for example, is now supposedly the richest area in the EEC. The
“leisure pound” is one of the driving forces behind this surge. But, sadly, it does not look as
if
we will have the long leisure hours that we had all been promised.
Questions 93-97
The reading passage has 7 paragraphs. Choose the most suitable heading for each paragraph
from
the list of headings below.
One of the headings has been done for you as an example. There are more headings than
Paragraphs, so you will not use all of them.
List of headings
i. Leisure spending goes up strongly
ii. Decreasing unemployment
iii. False forecasts
iv. Spending trends – leisure v food
v. More affordable food
vi. Leisure as an answer to stress
vii. Looking forward
viii. The leisure revolution – working hours reduced to 25
ix. The “grey pound” soars
x. Rising expenditure
xi. The elderly leisure market
xii. National Statisticians
xiii. Work, stress, and leisure all on the up
xiv. Money yes, leisure time no
Paragraph A: iii
Paragraph B: (93)________ Paragraph F: (97)________
Paragraph C: (94)________ Paragraph G: xiv
Paragraph D: (95)________
Paragraph E: (96)________
Questions 98-100
Do the statements below agree with the information in the reading passage? Write:
YES, if the statement agress with the information in the passage
NO, if the statement contradicts with the information in the passage

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NOT GIVEN, if there is no information about the statement in the passage
98. At the turn of the last century, weekly work hours dropped to 25.
99. Spending on leisure has gone up over the past three decades.
100. Long holidays have taken the place of long-haul short breaks.
Part 4: Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer A, B, C or D. Write your
answers in the space provided.
Music and the emotions
Neuroscientist Jonah Lehrer considers the emotional power of music
Why does music make us feel? On the one hand, music is a purely abstract art form, devoid
of language or explicit ideas. And yet, even though music says little, it still manages to touch
us deeply. When listening to our favourite songs, our body betrays all the symptoms of
emotional arousal. The pupils in our eyes dilate, our pulse and blood pressure rise, the
electrical conductance of our skin is lowered, and the cerebellum, a brain region associated
with bodily movement, becomes strangely active. Blood is even re-directed to the muscles in
our legs. In other words, sound stirs us at our biological roots.
A recent paper in Neuroscience by a research team in Montreal, Canada, marks an
important step in repealing the precise underpinnings of ‘the potent pleasurable stimulus’ that
is music. Although the study involves plenty of fancy technology, including functional
magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and ligand-based positron emission tomography (PET)
scanning, the experiment itself was rather straightforward. After screening 217 individuals
who responded to advertisements requesting people who experience ‘chills’ to instrumental
music, the scientists narrowed down the subject pool to ten. They then asked the subjects to
bring in their playlist of favourite songs - virtually every genre was represented, from techno
to tango - and played them the music while their brain activity was monitored. Because the
scientists were combining methodologies(PET and fMRI), they were able to obtain an
impressively exact and detailed portrait of music in the brain. The first thing they discovered
is that music triggers the production of dopamine - a chemical with a key role in setting
people’s moods - by the neurons (nerve cells) in both the dorsal and ventral regions of the
brain. As these two regions have long been linked with the experience of pleasure, this
finding isn’t particularly surprising.
What is rather more significant is the finding that the dopamine neurons in the caudate - a
region of the brain involved in learning stimulus-response associations, and in anticipating
food and other ‘reward’ stimuli - were at their most active around 15 seconds before the
participants’ favourite moments in the music. The researchers call this the ‘anticipatory
phase’ and argue that the purpose of this activity is to help us predict the arrival of our
favourite part. The question, of course, is what all these dopamine neurons are up to. Why are
they so active in the period preceding the acoustic climax? After all, we typically associate
surges of dopamine with pleasure, with the processing of actual rewards. And yet, this cluster
of cells is most active when the ‘chills’ have yet to arrive, when the melodic pattern is still
unresolved.
One way to answer the question is to look at the music and not the neurons. While music
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the most important part of every song or symphony is when the patterns break down, when
the sound becomes unpredictable. If the music is too obvious, it is annoyingly boring, like an
alarm clock. Numerous studies, after all, have demonstrated that dopamine neurons quickly
adapt to predictable rewards. If we know what’s going to happen next, then we don’t get
excited. This is why composers often introduce a key note in the beginning of a song, spend
most of the rest of the piece in the studious avoidance of the pattern, and then finally repeat it
only at the end. The longer we are denied the pattern we expect, the greater the emotional
release when the pattern returns, safe and sound.
To demonstrate this psychological principle, the musicologist Leonard Meyer, in his
classic book Emotion and Meaning in Music (1956), analysed the 5th movement of
Beethoven’s String Quartet in C-sharp minor, Op. 131. Meyer wanted to show how music is
defined by its flirtation with - but not submission to - our expectations of order. Meyer
dissected 50 measures (bars) of the masterpiece, showing how Beethoven begins with the
clear statement of a rhythmic and harmonic pattern and then, in an ingenious tonal dance,
carefully holds off repeating it. What Beethoven does instead suggest variations of the
pattern. I want to preserve an element of uncertainty in his music, making our brains beg for
the one chord he refuses to give us. Beethoven saves that chord for the end.
According to Meyer, it is the suspenseful tension of music, arising out of our unfulfilled
expectations, that is the source of the music’s feeling. While earlier theories of music focused
on the way a sound can refer to the real world of images and experiences - its ‘connotative’
meaning - Meyer argued that the emotions we find in music come from the unfolding events
of the music itself. This ‘embodied meaning’ arises from the patterns the symphony invokes
and then ignores. It is this uncertainty that triggers the surge of dopamine in the caudate, as
we struggle to figure out what will happen next. We can predict some of the notes, but we
can’t predict them all, and that is what keeps us listening, waiting expectantly for our reward,
for the pattern to be completed.
For questions 101-105, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which you think fits best
according to the text.
101. What point does the writer emphasise in the first paragraph?
A. how dramatically our reactions to music can vary
B. how intense our physical responses to music can be
C. how little we know about the way that music affects us
D. how much music can tell us about how our brains operate
102. What view of the Montreal study does the writer express in the second paragraph?
A. Its aims were innovative.
B. The approach was too simplistic.
C. It produced some remarkably precise data.
D. The technology used was unnecessarily complex.
103. What does the writer find interesting about the results of the Montreal study?

A. the timing of participants’ neural responses to the music

B. the impact of the music on participants’ emotional state

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 C. the section of participants’ brains which was activated by the music
D. the type of music which had the strongest effect on participants’ brains
104. Why does the writer refer to Meyer’s work on music and emotion?
A. to propose an original theory about the subject
B. to offer support for the findings of the Montreal study
C. to recommend the need for further research into the subject
D. to present a view which opposes that of the Montreal researchers
105. According to Leonard Meyer, what causes the listener’s emotional response to music?
A. the way that the music evokes poignant memories in the listener
B. the association of certain musical chords with certain feelings
C. the listener’s sympathy with the composer’s intentions
D. the internal structure of the musical composition
For questions 106-110, complete the summary using NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS
from the passage for each answer.
The Montreal Study
Participants, who were recruited for the study through advertisements, had their brain activity
monitored while listening to their favourite music. It was noted that the music stimulated the
brain’s neurons to release a substance called (106)__________ in two of the parts of the brain
which are associated with feeling (107)______. Researchers also observed that the neurons in
the area of the brain call the (108)_____ (were particularly active just before the participant’s
favourtie moments in the music – the period known as the (109)_____. Activity in this part of
the brain is associated with the expectation of ‘reward’ stimuli such as (110)________.
IV. WRITING (50 points):
Part 1. Sentence transformation
Complete the second sentences so that it has a similar meaning to the first one, using the
word give. Do not change the word given. You must use between three and eight words,
including the word given.
111. I think you should be toleranat of other people’s weaknesses. (ALLOWANCE)
=> I think you should__________________________________ other people’s weaknesses.
112.The villagers said they opposed the plans for the new shopping centre.(DISAPPROVAL)
=> The villagers_____________________________the plans for the new shopping centre.
113. I may not have my problem solved, but at least I know I’m doing correctly. (TRACK)
=> I may not have my problem solved, but at least I know I__________________________
114. One day she’s going to become a famous film star. (MATTER)
=> It’s only______________________________________a famous film star.
115. When he was at his most succesful, the president had enormous influence. (HEIGHT)
=> At_____________________________________, the president had enormous influence.
Part 2: Graph Description
The graph below gives information about the preferred leisure activities of Austalian children

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Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comp-
arisons where relevant. Write about 150 words.

Part 3: Essay writing

Some people think that a sense of competition should be encouraged in children. Others
believe children who are taught to cooperate rather than compete become more useful
adults. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge
or experience. Write at least 250 words.

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