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FOREIGN LANGUAGE & INFORMATICS WRITTEN TEST LEVEL B
NATURAL RESOURCES & ENVIRONMENT UNIVERSITY DATE OF TESTING:
HO CHI MINH CITY TIME ALLOWED :

PAPER ONE: READING COMPREHENSION
Section A :In this section you must choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence.
Circle your choice: A, B, C or D (2ms).
1. I want ……… to her why we can go
A. would explain B. explained C. to explain D. will explain
2. Our companies should ……………with foreign companies.
A. compare B. cooperate C. solve D. borrow
3. The meat ………… was in the kitchen cupboard was rotten.
A. which B. who C. when D. whose
4. He nodded. This means he……………….
A. agreed B. said no C. shouted D. whispered
5. Please go on………….
A. write B. to write C. writing D. written
6. She is please with the …… in her pupils’ work.
A. improvement B. experiment C. environment D. payment
7. He tried ……………. her to have lunch with him.
A. persuade B. to persuade C. persuading D. persuaded
8. John wasn’t at work yesterday. He…………
A. must have been ill B. must be ill C. must have ill D. must to be ill
9. ……………is missing from the shelf in this library. Who has taken it ?
A. One of book B. One of a book C. One of books D. One of the books
10. The …………… for winning that match is a gold medal.
A. price B. prizing C. award D. reward
11. After …………. the matter for an hour, the committee decide to change their plan.
A. discuss B. to discuss C. discussing D. discussed
12. Parry wouldn’t have got his new job if he ………… the advertisement in the women magazine.
A. hadn’t seen B. didn’t see C. wouldn’t have seen D. hadn’t been seeing

13. Finally, they agreed ……… him to some money.
A. lend B. to lend C. lending D. lent
14. Mary wants to post a parcel ………… her friend……… Italy .
A. from/in B. to/on C. for/in D. to/in
15. Although her present job isn’t wonderful, she prefers it……… her first job.
A. than B. in C. to D. on
16. She used to work as a typist,………… she?
A. did B. didn’t C. use D. wouldn’t
17. There are ………… young people who care about hip hop.
A. many and many B. least and least C. more and more D. most and most
18. His answer was so confused that the teacher could hardly make any ……… of it at all.
A. meaning B. interpretation C. intelligibility D. sense
19. Commodities were sent from various parts of the world. They came from ………….country.
A. different B. differ C. difference D. differently
20. She kept telling me………… I finally told her to cut it out and mind her own business.
A. how doing the job B. how the job is C. how is the job D. how to do the job
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Section B: In this section you will find after the passage a number of questions or unfinished
statements about the passage each with four suggested answers or ways of finishing. You must choose
the one which you think fits best.(1m)
In 1723 there arrived Philadelphia a penniless young man, eager for work and for knowledge. As
the years passed, this man, Benjamin Franklin, contributed greatly to his city and to his country. He
became a printer and a publisher, and a learned man in many subjects. He also helped to spread learning by
establishing a public library and by founding the American Philosophical Society, which is an important
academy of great scholars to this day.
Franklin initiated many improvements in the city of Philadelphia, making it one of the world’s first
cities to have paved and lighted streets as well as a police force and a fire- fighting company.He also made
many practical inventions such as the Franklin stove, which was a very efficient heater, and the lightning
rod to protect buildings in electric storms. His scientific work with electricity earned Franklin world fame.
Franklin played an important role in the early history of the United States. He took part in drawing

up the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. He was the first ambassador to France, and he
helped nagotiate the treaty of 1783, which ended the Revolutationary War.
As an active member and as president of the Abolitionist Society. Franklin devoted the last years of
his life to the movement to end slavery.
21.When Franklin arrived Philadelphia in 1723, he was………….
A. rich B. well-off C. neither rich nor poor D. very poor
22. How did Franklin help to spread learning?
A. He was eager for work and knowledge
B. He became a printer and a publisher
C. He established a public library and founded the American Philosophical Society
D. He contributed to his city and his country
23. What made Franklin famous all over the world ?
A. The Franklin stove B. The lightning rod
C. The fire- fighting company D. His scientific work with electricity
24. Which of the following statements is not true ?
A. Franklin alone drew up the Declaration of Independence.
B. Franklin was one of those eminent Americans who drew up the Declaration of Independence.
C. Franklin was the first American ambassador to France.
D. Franklin helped nagotiate the treaty of 1783.
25. In what was Franklin active during the last years of his life ?
A. the Revolutationary War. B.the abolitionist movement
C. his practical inventions D. his scientific work
PART TWO : USE OF ENGLISH(7ms)
Section A: Passage for gap-fill . (1m)
He was born in a very poor part of London. His father (26)…….a comedian and his mother worked
(27) ………a dancer and singer. (28) ………of them was very successful, however, and the family had
very (29) ……….money; at one time they were (30) …… poor that he and his brother had only one pair
of shoes (31) …… them and they had to take turns wearing them. The first time he himself earned any
money, (32) ………dacing and singing, he was only five years old. He did many kinds of jobs but what he
loved most was working in the theatre.

(33) …… he was about 15, he joined a travelling theatre company and went on trips to America. On (34)
…….such tour he was offered a part in a film, so he went to Hollywood (35) …… he eventually became
both an actor and a film director. He was known to be a perfectionist, and sometimes made the other actors
repeat a scene many times before he was finally satisfied with it.
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Many people found him difficult and some accused him of being mean, but it was really his early
experiences of poverty that made him careful with his money.
He died in Switzerland in 1977 at the age of 88. There is now a status of him in Leicester Square.
London, the city of his birth and early upbringing. His name was Charlie Chaplin.
Section B: SENTENCE BUILDING. (3ms)
Use the following sets of words and phrases to write complete sentence.
36. road / front / house / being / repair.
37. weather / too bad / us / go.
38. They / catch / many fish / that / couldn’t count / yesterday.
39. I’ve got / shirt / wash / iron / already.
40. When / director / phone / me / I / busy / read / library.
41. Hope / be / nothing wrong / travel arrangerment.
42. While / I / do / homework / the telephone / ring.
43. If I / had dialled / right number / I / be able / talk / Mary.
44. Queenland / second largest state / Australia.
45. This / most interesting story / I / ever read.

Section C: SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION (1,5)
Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the as the sentence printed
before it.
46. Susan felt sick, because she ate four cream cakes.
If Susan ……………………………………
47. He couldn’t repair the broken vase.
The …………………………………………
48. “I’ve seen the film three times, Mary,” said George.

George told……………………………………….
49. How long is it since they bought that house?
When……………………………………………
50. There’s a spare bed in David’s room.
David’s room…………………………………
Section D: COMPOSITION (2ms)
Write ONE only of the following composition exercises. Your answer must follow exactly the
instructions given and must be between 120 – 180 words.
1. Last Sunday morning I got up at 5 o’clock ……….( continue your writing).
2. Your fondest childhood memories.
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE & INFORMATICS WRITTEN TEST LEVEL B
NATURAL RESOURCES & ENVIRONMENT UNIVERSITY DATE OF TESTING:
HO CHI MINH CITY TIME ALLOWED :
ANSWER SHEET
Candidate’s name:………………………………………………
Date of birth:…………………………………………………….
Place of birth:……………………………………………………
Candidate’s index number:…………… Room number: ……….
Supervisor 1 Supervisor 2
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Mark in number Mark in word Examiner 1 Examiner 2

PAPER ONE: READING COMPREHENSION
Section A :In this section you must choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence.
Circle your choice: A, B, C or D (2ms).
1………… 6…………… 11………… 16………….
2………… 7…………… 12………… 17………….
3………… 8………… 13………… 18………….

4………… 9…………… 14………… 19………….
5………… 10…………. 15………… 20………….
Section B: In this section you will find after the passage a number of questions or unfinished
statements about the passage each with four suggested answers or ways of finishing. You must choose
the one which you think fits best.(1m)
21………… 22………… 23…………. 24…………. 25…………
PART TWO : USE OF ENGLISH
Section A: Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use only One word in each
space. (1m)
26………… 31………….
27………… 32………….
28………… 33………….
29………… 34………….
30………… 35………….
Section B: Make all changes and additions necessary to produce, from the following sets of words and
phrases, sentences which together make a complete letter. (3ms)
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Section C: SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION (1m)
Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the as the sentence printed
before it.

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Section D: COMPOSITION (2m)
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