DE CUONG ON CAO HOC MON TIENG ANH

TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC NHA TRANG

ĐỀ CƯƠNG ÔN TẬP
TUYỂN SINH CAO HỌC NĂM 2008
Môn: Tiếng Anh (Trình độ B)
(REVISION FOR POST- GRADUATE EXAM - B Level)
I/ GRAMMAR FOCUS:
1. All Tenses.
2. Time Clauses
3. Verb Patterns:
+ Like doing v. like to do
+ Ask / tell someone to do something
+ Make / let someone do something
+ Decide / manage / try / start… to do something.
4. What’s … like? / What to look like? ? How + to be + Subject? (Questions for general &
specific description)
5. Must / mustn’t / Have to / Don’t have to / should / shouldn’t (strong or absence of
obligation, mild or negative obligation)
6. Can / can’t / could / able to… ( ability) / Can / Could / Do you mind / Would you mind?
(permission)
7. Might and Could (A future & present possibility)
8. First / Second / Zero Conditional.
9. Passive Sentences.
10. Reported Speech ( Statements/ Commands/ Questions)
II/ READING TEXT FOCUS: General texts about
Science, Politics, Society, Technology, Economics, Culture, Environment, Health, Family and
school life.( About 70- 90 words)
III/ WRITING FOCUS:
1. Sentence Building.
2. Sentence Structure.
3. Translation : Vietnamese → English / English → Vietnamese

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DẠNG THỨC ĐỀ THI (FORMAT OF THE EXAM)
( Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút)
I/PHẦN I: ĐỌC HIỂU
Bài 1: Cho trước 25 - 30 từ hoặc cụm tư (không đánh dấu ABCD) và cho sẵn 15 câu, mỗi
câu có một chỗ trống. Thí sinh chọn 1 từ hoặc 1 cụm từ thích hợp cho ở trên điền vào chỗ
trống để hoàn thành câu.(15đ)
Bài 2: Gồm 4 bài đọc nội dung khác nhau, mỗi bài khoảng 70 - 90 từ. Sau mỗi bài có 5 năm
câu hỏi. Tổng số có 20 câu. Thí sinh đọc và trả lời câu hỏi. (30đ)
Bài 3: Một bài đọc khoảng 150 - 200 từ trong đó có 10 chỗ trống, thí sinh tự tìm 1 từ hoặc 1
cụm từ thích hợp điền vào chỗ trống để hoàn chỉnh bài đọc.(10đ)
PHẦN II: VIẾT
Bài 1: Xây dựng câu có hướng dẫn (guided sentence) theo các từ cho sẵn. Có mẫu câu.
Tổng số 10 câu.(15đ)
Bài 2: Viết lại câu nhưng phải giữ nguyên ý chính của câu cho sẵn. Có câu mẫu. Tổng số 10
câu. (15đ)
Bài 3: Gồm 5 câu dịch Việt - Anh, 5 câu dịch Anh - Việt. Mỗi câu khoảng 20 - 25 từ. (15đ).
Tổng số điểm: 100đ
Thí sinh được tổng số 50,0 điểm, điểm mỗi phần thi không được dưới 30% là đạt yêu cầu.

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III. BÀI TẬP THỰC HÀNH
PAPER 1: READING COMPREHENSION
SECTION A : (15 marks)
From the list of words and phrases given, choose the most suitable one for each blank. Write it in

each blank. Use each word or phrase ONCE ONLY.
on
listening
long
designed
listen
short

picked out
out of order
revised
violent
clean
out of work

pollutes
chimney
environment
a well
place
moon

catch
go
comfortable
a while
a sea
blend

invented

opponent
foreign languages
children
gets
home

1. Some farmers have to dig ____________ to get water.
2. Air, water, and soil are all part of our ____________ .
3. Dirty water from rivers in big cities ____________ the ocean.
4. A swimming pool can be a dangerous____________ for small children.
5. University students are not____________They are adults.
6. We had to use our neighbour's telephone because ours was ____________
7. Children usually pick up____________ very quickly.
8. Tom was ____________ of money, so he borrowed $200 from me.
9. When Mary gets home she likes to listen to music for ____________
10. Sometimes I watch TV or ____________ out with friends after dinner.
11. The dictionary was ____________ and then published in a more expensive edition
12. When some animals are not fed on time they become very ____________
13. The chess player underestimated his ____________ and lost.
14. The colours of the rainbow ____________ into one another.
15. I can't stand ____________ to his complaints any longer.
of
from
from /to
to/ until
of / for
children

picked
made

did
whom
by /on
by / at

within
on
capable
defer
cheaters
thought

possible
revised
out of order
for which
short
a while

depend
opponent
about whom
violent
came
foreign languages

1. He climbed the tree and picked all the fruit ____________ reach.
2. Has the committee ____________ a decision yet?
3. Do you think he is ____________ of doing the job?
4. We will have to ____________ the decision until Mr. Johnson gets back from holiday.

5. She has been banned ____________ driving for six months.
6.
There is a wide range of nutritious food in the world. However, eating habits
differ____________
country____________ country.
7. I've had so many refusals. Now I'm frightened ____________ applying ____________ a job.
8. The chess player underestimated his ____________ and lost.
9. University students are not____________ They are adults.
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10. We had to use our neighbour's telephone because ours was ____________
11. Children usually pick up____________ very quickly.
12. Tom was ____________ of money, so he borrowed $200 from me.
13. When Mary gets home she likes to listen to music for ____________
14. The dictionary was ____________ and then published in a more expensive edition
15. When some animals are not fed on time they become very ____________
of /for
for/on
pick up
designed
short
advised

pick out
revised
violent
out of work
blurred
happy

terms
vivid
expired
cure
semesters
cancel

comfortable
a while
when compared
underestimated
thunder
prevention

melts/ floods
ranks
children
convince
understood
phrase

1. They always kept on good ____________ with their next door neighbours.
2. He couldn’t ____________ his father that he was telling the truth.
3. Children usually____________ foreign languages very quickly.
4. ____________ with the size of the whole earth, the highest mountains do not seem high at all.
5. The majority of nurses are women, but in the high____________ of the medical profession
women are in minority.
6. I've had so many refusals. Now I'm frightened ____________ applying____________ a job.
7. When there are lightning and ____________ during a storm, it is called an electrical storm.

8. When snow____________ in the mountains, it can cause ____________ in the lowlands.
9. When Mary gets home she likes to listen to music for ____________
10. To be a good short story writer one needs, among other things,a very____________
imagination.
11. The dictionary was ____________ and then published in a more expensive edition.
12. When some animals are not fed on time they become very ____________
13. The chess player ____________ his opponent and lost.
14. My passport ____________ last month , so I will have to get a new one.
15. People say that prevention is better than ____________
. tailor
shepherd
plumber
substitute
understudy
. be

traitor
. absent-minded
. thoughtless
. would have visited
would visit
. are
had being stung

so
less
kind
appreciate
take on
reduce

had been stung

1. The ____________ took his sheep up the mountain.
2. She got a ____________ to mend the leaking pipe.
3. After forgetting his keys three days running, Adrian began to worry about how ____________
he was getting.
4. Had I known she was sick, I ____________ her.
5. For the first night ‘s performance, the ____________ had to be called to take the part, because
the
leading actor was ill.
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6. People are not so honest as they once were. They are ____________ honest.
7. I would____________ it if you make a booking for me I am too busy .
8.. It is imperative that you ____________ there in person.
9. Either we’ll have to increase overtime working or____________ new staff.
A. increase
B.
C. train
D. employ
10. When he heard a terrible noise, he asked me what was ____________ on.
A. going
B. happening
C. getting
D. being
11.The child's arm was swollen because he ____________ by a bee.
would have visited
dig
environment

pollutes
dangerous

Adults
Goals
Out of order
Pick up
Short

such
is
except
make peace with
broke out

so beautiful
picked out
socks
naturally
emotions

1. Three weeks ____________ a long time to wait to hear from him.
2. Everyone has helped in some way ____________ ..you.
3. After years of war the nation wanted to ____________ their enemies.
4. World War II ____________ in 1939 and ended in 1945 with the total defeat of Fascism.
5. Had I known she was sick, I ____________ her.
6. Some farmers have to ____________ a well to get water.
7. Air, water, and soil are all part of our ____________ .
8. Dirty water from rivers in big cities ____________ the ocean.
9. A swimming pool can be a ____________ place for small children.

10. University students are not children. They are ____________ .
11. One of the ____________ of the European Community was to agree on a single currency by 1999.
12. We had to use our neighbour's telephone because ours was ____________
13. Children usually ____________ foreign languages very quickly.
14. I was ____________ of money, so Minh lent me 200,00dong.
15. It was ____________ lovely weather that we spent the whole day on the beach.
SECTION B:
Read the following passages and answer the questions that follow.
Passage 1
During the teenage years, many young people can at times be difficult to talk to. They often seem to dislike
being questioned. They may seem unwilling to talk about their work in school. This is a normal
development at this age, though it can be very hard for parents to understand. It is part of becoming
independent of teenagers trying to be adult while they are still growing up. Young people are usually
more willing to talk if they believe that questions are asked out of real interest and not because people
are trying to check up on them.
Parents should do their best to talk to their sons and daughters about school work and future plan
but should not push them to talk if they don’t want to. Parents should also watch for the danger signs: some
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young people trying to be adult may experiment with sex, drugs, alcohol or smoking. Parents need to watch
for any sighs of unusual; behaviour which may be connected with these and get help if necessary.
Questions:
1- Why do adults sometimes find teenagers difficult to talk to?
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2- Why do some teenagers experiment with drinking and smoking?
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3- What does the word “behaviour” in the passage mean?
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4- When can we expect young people to be more talkative than usual?
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5- How should parents deal with their teenage children?
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Passage 2
People have always dreamed of living forever, and although we all know this will not happen, we
still want to live as long as possible. Naturally, there are advantages and disadvantages to a long life.
In the first place, people who live longer can spend more time with their family and friends.
Secondly, people who have busy working lives look forward to a long; relaxing retirement when they can
do all the things they have never had time for.
On the other hand, there are some serious disadvantages. Firstly, many people become ill and
consequently have to spend time in hospital or become dependent on their children and friends. Many of
them find this dependence annoying or embarrassing. In addition to this, the older people get, the fewer
friends they seem to have because old friends die or become ill and it's often difficult to make new friends.
To sum up, it seems that living to a very old age is worthwhile for people who stay healthy enough
to remain independent and enjoy life.

Questions
1. What have people always dreamed of?
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2. What is the disadvantage of living a long life in the first place?
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3. Why do some people look forward to a long, relaxing retirement?
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4. What are the advantages of living a long life?
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5. For whom is living to a very old age worthwhile?
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Passage 3
Alexander Graham Bell was born in Scotland in 1847, but when he was a young man of twentythree he moved with his parents to Canada. Before the year was over, young Graham had left his family
and gone to Boston. Though Bell was a dreamer, he was also a practical thinker and a man of action. In
Boston, where he worked by day as a teacher of the deaf, he worked far into the night experimenting
with the electrical transmission of sound. "You can't make an owl sleep at night," he once wrote in a
letter. "The more I explore the wonderful subject of electricity, the more boundless seem the prospects
before me."
Questions
1. When and where was Bell born?
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2. How old was he when he moved to Canada.
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3. What kind of man was Bell?
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4. What did he do in Boston?
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5. What did he write in the letter?
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Passage 4
The food we eat seems to have profound effects on our health. Although science has made
enormous steps in making food more fit to eat, it has, at the same time, made many foods unfit to eat. Some
research has shown that perhaps eighty percent of all human illnesses are related to diet and forty percent of
cancers are related to the diet as well, especially cancer of the colon. Different cultures are more prone to
contract certain illnesses because of the food that is characteristic in these cultures. That food related to
illness is not a new discovery.
Questions
1. What does the food we eat have effects on?
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2. What are the human illnesses related to?
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3. How has science done a disservice to mankind?
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4.Why are different cultures more prone to contract certain illnesses?
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5.Is the food related to illness a new discovery?
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Passage 5.
Radio waves are a mystery. Though scientists assume that they are a form of electric energy, no one as
yet has been able to prove it. But even though scientists are not quite sure what radio waves are, they are
constantly learning how to make use of them.
One of the first scientists to experiment with their use was an Italian named Macroni. In 1897 he
formed a wireless company to install wireless sets in ships at sea, in light ships, and in lighthouses along
the coast of England. With such equipment, he believed that a ship in danger of sinking could radio for
help. Two years later he was proved right. A light ship, pounded and damaged by heavy seas, radioed a
nearby station and got help in time to prevent loss of life.
Questions
1. What are the scientists learning?
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2. What nationality was Macroni ?
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3. What did he install in ships?
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4. Why were radio waves a mystery ?
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5. How could the light ship get help ?
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Passage 6
Among the more than 1.5 million species of living things that have been described and named, the
human species is unique in that its members adapt to the environment primarily by a complicated form of
learned behavior called culture, which is transmitted from generation to generation by the symbol system of
language. For all practical purposes, geographic variation in our species is now irrelevant because people
adapt to the environment primarily by means of behavior, whose biological basis is in the brain and is not
reflected in superficial differences in body surfaces. When they first evolved, people who had dark-colored
skin were better adapted to climatic conditions near the equator than those who had light-colored skins, but
few human beings now live under natural conditions. Also, technological advances have assured that at the
present time, human beings of various races are as likely to reproduce in one environment as in another.

The superficial differences between existing human races are thus largely relics of the past and are not of
much functional significance today.
Questions
1. How many species of living things have been described and named?
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2. Who was better adapted to climatic conditions near the equator when people first evolved?
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3. According to the passage , why is geographic variation in our species irrelevant now ?
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4. Do many human beings now live under natural conditions?
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5.

What have the technological advances assured?
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Passage7
Traditionally, mental tests have been divided into two types. Achievement tests are designed to measure
acquired skills and knowledge, particularly those that have been explicitly taught. The proficiency exams
required by some states for high school graduation are achievement tests. Aptitude tests are designed to
measure a person’s ability to acquire new skills or knowledge. For example, vocational aptitude tests can
help you decide whether you would do better as a mechanic or musician . However,
All mental tests are in some sense achievement tests because they assume some sort of past learning or
experience with certain objects, words or situations . The difference between achievement and aptitude tests
is one of degree and intended use.
Questions
1.What is the author’s main purpose in this passage?
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2.How many types of the mental tests are there and what are they?
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3. What are achievement tests designed to measure?
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4. What are aptitude tests designed to measure?
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5. What is the difference between aptitude and achievement tests?
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Passage 8.
During the teenage years, many young people can at times be difficult to talk to. They often seem
to dislike being questioned. They may seem unwilling to talk about their work in school. This is a normal
development at this age, though it can be very hard for parents to understand. It is part of becoming
independent of teenagers trying to be adult while they are still growing up. Young people are usually more
willing to talk if they believe that questions are asked out of real interest and not because people are trying
to check up on them.
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Parents should do their best to talk to their sons and daughters about school work and future plan
but should not push them to talk if they don’t want to. Parents should also watch for the danger signs :
some young people trying to be adult may experiment with sex, drugs, alcohol or smoking. Parents need to
watch for any sighs of unusual, behaviour which may be connected with these and get help if necessary.
Questions :
1.Why do adults sometimes find teenagers difficult to talk to?
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2.Why do some teenagers experiment with drinking and smoking?
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3.What does the word “behaviour” in the passage mean?
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4.When can we expect young people to be more talkative than usual?
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5.How should parents deal with their teenage children?
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Passage 9.
To be successful, a business traveler must be able to maintain contact with the office, no matter what the
time or place. Negotiations often involve decisions based on the latest figures. New telecommunications
products and services now on the market make staying in touch easier than ever before.
The most widespread device is the cellular telephone, the price of which has dropped from several
thousand dollars to a few hundred, including installation. There are over two million mobile cellular phones
in use today, including both car phones and cordless transportable units. Car phones have proven
indispensable for road emergencies as well as routine business transactions. Phone service is also available
on airplanes and on the rails.
Recently introduced pocket- side organizers help business travelers with heavy schedules keep track of
clients. These are tiny computers that can store all kinds of information. They can serve as phone and
address directories, calendars, electronic memo pads, and calculators, among other uses.

Another invaluable telecommunications tool is smaller, lighter fax machines that plug into any standard
electrical outlet and phone line. The devices allow instantaneous transmission of hard copy to any location
having a compatible fax machine. It is expected that faxing will soon become the primary means of sending
and receiving short documents requiring prompt attentions.
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1.. what should a business traveller do to be successful?
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2.. How many mobile cellular phones in use are there today?
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3. .What is the best title for this passage?
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4..According to the passage, why so business travelers need to keep in touch with the office?
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5.Pocket-sized computers are especially useful for businessmen who…..
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Passage 10.
Health Effects Of Tea
A recent international meeting held in Washington explored the health effects of drinking tea .
Researchers from the United States, Japan, China, Britain and the Netherlands presented the latest studies
about the effects of tea on health. Scientists say tea contains natural chemicals.These chemicals block the
action of some substances produced in the body that cause cancer.They say tea contains the same
substances in fruits and vegetables which are now being studied for possible use in fighting cancer . This
means that drinking tea could protect people’s health .
Our scientists at the meeting presented a study that was done in Beijing, China. A professor at the
Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine studied 59 people with growths in their mouth which were
expected to become cancers. About 30 received 6 months of treatment with a mix of green tea and black
tea . The others received a neutral substance. The area of cell growth was reduced 38% in the treated
patients. The area of cell growth was reduced 10% in the patients who were not treated with tea .
Questions:
1. What did the international meeting in Washington mention?
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2. According to the scientists, what does tea contain?
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3. How useful are the natural chemicals in tea ?

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4. How many patients were treated by a professor at the Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine?
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5. What was the result of the treament with tea at the Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine?
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1.SECTION C
Fill in each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use ONLY ONE word in each space.
He was born in a very poor part of London. His father was a comedian and his mother worked
________(1) a dancer and a singer. Neither of them were very successful, however, and the family had
very ________(2) money; at one time they were so poor that he and his brother had only one pair of shoes
________(3) them and they had to take turn wearing them. The first time he himself earned any money,
________(4) dancing and singing, he was only five years old. He did many kinds of jobs, but what he loved
most was working in the theatre.
________(5) he was about 15 he joined a traveling theatre company and went on trips to America.
On one such tour he was offered a part in a film, so he went to Hollywood, where 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 ________(6) he was finally satisfied with it.

Many people found ________(7) difficult and some accused him of being mean, but it was really
his early experiences of poverty ________(8) made him careful with his money.
He died in Switzerland in 1977, ________(9) the age of 88. ________(10) is now a statue of him in
Leicester Square, London, the city of his birth and early upbringing. His name was Charlie Chaplin.
2.SECTION C
Fill in each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use ONLY ONE word in each space.
The ecosystems of the Earth provide an array of free public services that are
………………(1) for the support of civilizations. ............. (2) maintain the quality of the
atmosphere, provide food from the sea, manufacture .................... (3) replenish soils, recycle wastes and
nutrients, control the overwhelming majority of crop pests and disease vectors, ................. (4) so on. People
have no idea........................ (5) to take over these activities satisfactorily. They do know, however, that the
theory once advanced in the nineteenth .......................... (6) – that the productivity of the land can be
infinitely increased......................... (7) the application of capital, labour, and science- is wrong. History
has ..................... (8) that once the natural life-support systems of a civilization have been sufficiently
damaged, they cannot usually ................... (9) repaired. The ancient deforestation or overgrazing of the
Mediterranean region is a famous example. And today, a global civilization is……………….. ( 10) the
global environment.
3.SECTION C
Fill in each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use ONLY ONE word in each space.
There is really no such thing as “London is such a huge_______(1), and so many people live there
that the life of the city is made_______(2) of many different elements. There are small village
communities, working _______(3) communities, “trendy” areas such as Chelsea and Fulham, quiet
residential districts-all_______(4) of ways of live are encompassed by the great metropolis. Let’s
start_______(5) life in the city. Just_______(6) half a million people commute into the city of London each
_______(7) to work in this great financial centre. This is famous “rush_______(8).”
On the 07.25 train from Warlinghani or Bromley, or perhaps_______(9) Brighton on the south coast
is the familiar sight_______(10) the “citygent” on his_______(11) to work, regular as clockwork. Dressed
in bowler hat, white-collar shirt and dark, sometimes pin-striped suit, he silently_______(12) the pink
Financial Time, occasionally nodding_______(13) some regular fellow travelers Some older members of
bowler-hat bridage even_______(14) on their special seats, on the train, perhaps occupied_______(15)

twenty five years.
4.SECTION C
Fill in each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use ONLY ONE word in each space.
My mother and my father are very _______ (1). Mum is always very _______(2), not
exactly_______(3), because she does take everything seriously sometimes, but she doesn’t get excited.
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When we were small she almost never_______(4) at us. When we did something wrong, she_______(5) to
us about it very firmly, but in a calm tone of voice. If we shouted and _______(6), she made us go and sit
by_______(7) in her sewing room until we calmed down. So when the news came, she acted in
her_______(8) way, quietly seeing what she could do to prepare for the_______(9) that were coming.
Dad, on the other hand, shouted, kicked a chair, and_______(10) for a long walk to try and cool off.
During the next few days he was _______(11) with us a lot of time, which_______(12) us, as nothing was
our fault. All of us kids were _______(13) about what was going to happen, and a bit afraid, but we didn’t
talk to our parents much. Most of all we were_______(14) about having to_______(15) all of our school
friends.
5.SECTION C
Fill in each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use ONLY ONE word in each space.
After_______(1) dynamite, Swedish-born Alfred Nobel became a very rich man. However, he
foresaw its universally destructive powers_______(2) late. Nobel preferred not to_______(3) remembered
as the inventor of dynamite, so in 1895, just two weeks before his_______(4) he created a fund to be used
for awarding_______(5) to people who had made worthwhile contributions_______(6) mankind. Originally
there were_______(7) awards: literature, physics, chemistry, medicine and peace. Economics
was_______(8) in 1968, just sixty-seven years after the first awards ceremony.
Nobel’s original legacy of nine million_______(9) was invested, and the interest of this sum is used
for the awards which vary_______(10) 30,000 dollars to 125,000 dollars.
Every year on December 10, the_______(11) of Nobel’s death, the awards (gold medal, illuminated
diploma and money) are presented to the_______(12). Sometimes politics plays an important_______(13)
in the judges’decisions. Americans have _______(14) numerous science awards, but relatively few

literature prizes.
No awards were presented from 1940 to 1942 at the beginning of World War II. Some people have
won two prizes, but this is rare; other have_______(15) their prizes.
6.SECTION C
Fill in each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use ONLY ONE word in each space.
The country is_______(1) beautiful than a town and pleasanter to live in. Many people think so and
go to the country_______(2) the summer holidays though they can’t live_______(3) all the year round.
Some have a cottage built in a village_______(4) that they can go there whenever they can find the time.
English villages are not all alike, but_______(5) some ways they are not very different_______(6)
each other. Almost every village has a church, the round or square tower of_______(7) can be seen many
miles around. Surrounding _______(8) church is the churchyard_______(9) people are buried.
The village green_______(10) a wide stretch of grass, and houses or cottages are _______(11) to it.
Country life is now fairly comfortable and many villages_______(12) water brought through pipes
each_______(13).
Most villages are so close to some small towns_______(14) people can go there to buy_______(15)
they can’t find in the village shop.
7.SECTION C
Fill in each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use ONLY ONE word in each space.
My day usually_______(1) at six thirty. I get up and _______(2) some exercises_______(3) about fifteen
minutes. _______(4) I take my shower. After that _______(5) dressed and have breakfast with my family. I
usually have a_______(6) breakfast, consisting_______(7) toast and coffee. At seven thirty I
leave_______(8) school. I generally_______(9) the bus to school. I catch the bus near my house and then
walk_______(10) the bus stop to school. My first class is at eight thirty and I usually_______(12) school at
three. Sometimes I stay_______(13) to have a game of volleyball or to work in the library. I usually reach
home at round four o’clock. When I get home I like to watch TV for a_______(14). Then I start my
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homework. I have dinner at seven o’clock. After that I often have_______(15) homework to do. Sometimes
I watch TV or go out with friends after dinner. I generally go to bed around ten thirty.

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8.SECTION C
Fill in each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use ONLY ONE word in each space.
A recent experiment has shown that the British postal service is less efficient ________(1) it was
150 years ________(2). A national newspaper sent a letter to Eristol ________(3) is in the south-west of
England. They posted the letter in London ________(4) Tuesday the 4 th April, using a first class stamp,
________(5) means that it should arrive the ________(6) day. On the same day, they hire a horse and
carriage, and ________(7) another letter to the driver. ________(8) they sat back to see what would
happen.
________(9) letter which was taken by horse and carriage arrived after three days. It was
impossible for the horse to________(10) Eristol in a single day, so both the horse and driver stayed
overnight in a hotel – not in the same room, we hoped!
________(11) the letter which went by Royal Mail didn’t arrive until six days later. Naturally, the Post
Office was very embarrassed, and ________(12) that the vast majority of first class letters would arrive the
next day; this one was ________(13) an unfortunate mistake but so ________(14) people have had the
same experience with the post that you begin to wonder if we ________(15) be better off transporting all
the post by host again.
9.SECTION C
Fill in each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use ONLY ONE word in each space.
My town, Santo Tomas is about 180 kilometers north of Manila. When I was a ________ (1), we
used to say how ________(2) in minutes or hours to a place, but life is changing. If you ________(3) along
main road going north you pass endless miles of rice ________(4) before you enter Santo Tomas. The first
thing you ________(5) of the town is the cemetery ________(6) my ancestors are ________(7). It’s on the
left next to a church. The next place of ________(8) as you go towards the town centre is Santo Tomas
High School ________(9) comes the junction at the Mola road, and on the left corner is Pinipig Transport
where you can ________(10) a bus. The junction ________(11) the Beverly road is on the right
________(12), PLDT on the corner. If you go over the river bridge and ________(13) again you’re out to

the open country. But this time you’re________(14) up between two steep mountains to the ________(15)
province.
10.SECTION.C
Agriculture is the world’s most important industry. It provides us with_______(1)all our food. It
also________(2)materials for two other basic human needs –clothing and shelter. _________( 3),
agriculture provides materials ________ (4) in making many industrial products, such as paints and
medicines. About half the world’s workers are employed in agriculture – far more than in
__________(5)industry.
Agriculture is one of the world’s oldest industries. It began about 10,000 years ago in the Middle
East. ________(6) that time, certain Middle Eastern tribes had discovered how to grow plants from seeds
and how to raise animals in capacity. Having mastered these skills, they could begin to practice agriculture.
Before the development of agriculture, people got all their food by gathering wild plants, hunting,
and fishing. They had to search for food continually, ________(7) left them little time for other activities.
But as agriculture developed and farm _______(8) increased, fewer people were needed to produce food.
The non-farmers could then develop the arts, crafts, trades, and other activities of civilized –life.
Agriculture ______(9) not only greatly________(10) food supply but also made civilization possible.

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PAPER 2: WRITING
SECTION A
Make all changes and additions necessary to produce correct sentences from the following sets of words
and phrases. (15 marks)
1. Mary/ not speak/ me/ today/ yesterday/ I / say/ she/ stupid.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………
2. I /remembered/ lock / car door/ before leaving.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………

3. It / take / them / half / an hour / go / factory.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………
4. accident/ happen / while / drive / highway.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………
5. doctor / whom / see / party friends.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………
6. you hear / news / radio this morning?
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………
7. Nowhere else/ these plants/ grow /so fast.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………
8. Farmers/ have/ irrigate/ if/ not rain.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………
9. Because / heavy rain / students / late / school.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………
10. you know / Mary / engaged / friend / mine ?
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………
11. When I / to station / train / already left.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………
12.There be / three accidents / road this week.
…………………………………………………………………………………………
13.She dance / beautiful now than / used to.

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14.Mary / not old / get married.
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………………………
15.Nowhere else/ these plants/ grow /so fast.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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16. Mary/ not speak/ me/ today/ yesterday/ I / say/ she/ stupid.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………
17.I / remembered/ lock / car door/ before leaving.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………
18.It / take / them / half / an hour / go / factory / .
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………
19.accident happen / while / drive / highway.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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20.doctor / whom / see / party friends.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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21. Farmers/ have/ irrigate/ if/ not rain.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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22. Because / heavy rain / students / late / school.

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23.I/ not mind help/ you.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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24.He / wait / her / hour.
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25.He / leave Sydney/ Canberra / Sunday morning.
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26.worker try/ put/ fire/ control.
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27.Someone/ knock / door.
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28. I sit / late / night.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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29.Jane / beautiful / her sister.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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30.They/ try/ look/ job/ since June.
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Dear John,
1. Thank /letter, I/sorry /not write/ two weeks,
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2. but/ have/ to do /lot/ homework.
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3. My exam/ four weeks and/ can’t speak French well enough yet,
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4. I/ very glad/ you /able/come/ Paris.
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5. You be able/ come soon?
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6. I want/ show you round and/ meet all/ my friends.
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7. I/ made/ lot/ friends since/ come/ here.
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8. You must speak French because some / them can’t/ English very well.
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9. It/ be too difficult/ you, will it?
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10. Write/ me soon.
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Love,
Mary

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Dear Carol,
1. I be / glad/ receive/ letter.
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2. I / just / wonderful news.
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3. I/ pass/ final examination/ university.
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4. My father/ be very please/ when / he hear this.
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5. He/ already promise/ pay/ holiday abroad if I pass.
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6. So I/ come/England.
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7. I / like study English/ school near/ home.
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8. I/ look for/ advanced course/ perhaps/ three/ four/ hours/ day.
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9. You help me/ find one?
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10. I/ look forward/ see/ you soon.
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Yours,
Alan

SECTION B
Complete each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the
sentence printed before it.
1. It is ages since Alan visited his parents.
Alan
.......................................................................................................................................
……………………….
2. Mrs. Taylor does not like living in such a small house.
Mrs.
Taylor
.......................................................................................................................................
……………………….
3. I couldn’t understand why he refused to come to my party.

wishes

His
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.......................................................................................................................................
………………………
4. People often argue about things that are happening at the present
Things…………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………….
5. Someone brought tea into England in the seventeenth century.
Tea
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……….
6. Drinking too much at his girlfriend’s birthday party, he found it difficult to drive home.
As .........................................................................................................................................................
..............
7. I can meet you if you arrive before eleven
So……………………………………………………………………………………………………
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8. When I picked up my pen I found that the nib had broken.
On……………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………..
9. He has to pay the bills before the fifth of the month.
The
bills
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
…..
10. I’m sorry I was rude to you yesterday.
I
apologise…………………………………………………………………………………………
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11. I couldn’t understand why he refused to come to my party.
His
.......................................................................................................................................

……………………….
12.People often argue about things that are happening at the present.
Things…………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………
13.Elizabeth got a bad cough because she started smoking cigarettes.
If
Elizabeth
………………………………………….
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14.Although his leg was broken he managed to get out of the car.
In
spite
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……...
15.Turn off all switches before leaving the workshop.
All
the
switches
.......................................................................................................................................
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16. I ‘ve warned you not to go near that dog.
I
‘ve
warned
you
about
.............................................................................................................................................
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17.I didn’t know you were coming, so I didn’t wait for you.

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If ………………………………………………………………………………………………..
……………………………….
18.When I picked up my pen I found that the nib had broken.
On
..............................................................................................................................
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19.There is no danger that you will fall from the verandah.
There
is
no
danger
of
..............................................................................................................................
……………………………….
20.He is a man of extreme honesty..
He
is
an
..............................................................................................................................
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21.If I had not had help, I should not have been able to find my way.
Without
..............................................................................................................................
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22.Phillippa asked Olive if she could remember where she had put the camera.
Phillippa
said,

“
Olive
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23.It is a six hour drive from London to Edinburgh.
It
takes
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24.Turn off all switches before leaving the workshop.
All
the
switches
.......................................................................................................................................
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25.It is ages since Alan visited his parents.
Alan
.......................................................................................................................................
……………………….
26.Mrs. Taylor does not like living in such a small house.
Mrs.
Taylor
wishes
.......................................................................................................................................
……………………….
27.I couldn’t understand why he refused to come to my party.
His
.......................................................................................................................................
………………………
28.People often argue about things that are happening at the present.

Things
.......................................................................................................................................
……………………….
29.He crossed the road without looking at both sides and was nearly knocked down.
He
was
.......................................................................................................................................
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30.The flat is too small for us to live in.
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It
.......................................................................................................................................
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31.Drinking too much at his girlfriend’s birthday party, he found it difficult to drive home.
As
.......................................................................................................................................
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32.Somebody repaired her car yesterday.
She
.......................................................................................................................................
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33.You must see the manager tomorrow morning.
You
‘ve
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34.I ‘ve warned you not to go near that dog.
I

‘ve
warned
you
about
.............................................................................................................................................
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35.She can meet him if he arrives before eleven.
So
.......................................................................................................................................
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36.There was never any answer when he rang.
Every
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37.Jane is a brilliant swimmer. She represented Britain in the Olympic Games.
Jane,
.......................................................................................................................................
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38.The girl living next door to me is getting married next year.
The
girl
that
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39.This mountain is very high; we can’t climb it.
This
mountain
is
too
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40.Are you very tall? Can you reach that picture?
Are
you
tall
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a

SECTION C
A.Translate into Vietnamese (7.5 marks)
1. Human memory, formerly believed to be rather inefficient, is really more sophisticated than that of a
computer.

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