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Ho va tên thi sinh:……………………………………………………………………. SBD:…………………………
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.
Question 01: A. couth
B. south
C. pout
D. mouth
Question 02: A. foot
B. booth
C. loot
D. coop
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes
each of the following exchanges.
Question 03: ~ Lyn: "__________________" ~ Bob: "In vain. I shouldn’t have wasted my time."
A. How about a game before the next class?
B. How is your project going, Tom?
C. Is it wise to practise playing computer games?
D. Do you think we should cut these classes?
Question 04: ~ Nick: "What have you been doing recently?" ~ Pete: "__________________"
A. I’m helping Mum with the washing.
B. Doing? Really well.
C. Mostly studying and reading for the exams.

D. Very tired after the exam.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
Question 05: The secretary was_________ to tears by the manager’s behaviour.
A. reduced
B. brought down
C. diminished
D. belittled
Question 06: It’s very_________ of you to offer me your seat, but really I’m quite happy to stand.
A. grateful
B. considerate
C. appreciative
D. sympathetic
Question 07: It is polite to use the last name of the person_________.
A. which you are greeting B. who are greeting C. you are greeting D. greeting for you
Question 08: Don’t you think you’re being rather_________ arguing about such a small sum of
money?
A. intolerant
B. narrow-minded
C. impatient
D. petty
Question 09: Civil Rights are the freedoms and rights_________ as a member of a community, state,
or nation. A. may have a person who
B. and a person may have
C. may have a person
D. a person may have
Question 10: In bacteria and in other organisms, _________ is the nucleic acid DNA that provides the
genetic information.
A. which
B. it

C. both
D. and
Question 11: He was charged with_________ driving.
A. reckless
B. limitless
C. ruthless
D. heedless
Question 12: He sets himself high standards and_________ for excellence.
A. baffles
B. detects
C. confides
D. strives
Question 13: Richard Wright enjoyed success and influence among Black American
writers_________ of his era.
A. the unparalleled B. were unparalleled C. unparalleled
D. are unparalleled
Question 14: Dairy farming is_________ leading agricultural activity in the United States.
A. a
B. at
C. none
D. then
Question 15: The medicine made me feel dizzy. I felt as though the room_________ around and
around.
A. spins
B. were spinning
C. will spin D. would be spinning
Question 16: Although thunder and lightning are produced at the same time, light waves travel
faster_________, so we see the lightning before we hear the thunder.
A. sound waves
B. than sound waves do C. than sound waves are D. do sound waves

Question 17: She applied for training as a pilot, but they turned her_________ because of her poor
eyesight.
A. down
B. over
C. up
D. back
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate
the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 18 to 22.
PETER ILICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky was born in 1840 in Russia. His family was rich and (18)________ him
to special schools. Tchaikovsky went to a university and studied law. But at the age of 23, he
decided to give his life to music. He studied music in Saint Petersburg. When he was 26, he wrote
his first symphony. Tchaikovsky became a famous and successful (19)________ But he did not live a
happy or exciting life. He was very shy and lived alone. Every day he stayed home and wrote
music. He was often unhappy. He was afraid of many things. He was afraid to die. He was also
afraid his head would (20)________ off his shoulders. This was a problem when he conducted music.
So he sometimes held his head with his left hand and (21)________ with his right hand.
In 1876, Tchaikovsky received a letter from a mysterious rich widow. Her name was
Madame von Meek. She said she loved his music and promised to send him money every year.
There was one condition. They must never meet Tchaikovsky agreed. They wrote to each other for
14 years. Then Madame von Meek suddenly stopped writing. Tchaikovsky was very hurt. When he
died three years later, he said her name. Tchaikovsky died after he drank contaminated water. He
was 53. Some people say he drank it by accident. Others say he drank the water to (22)________
himself. Today we remember Tchaikovsky for his wonderful symphonies and ballets. To this day,
Swan Lake The Sleeping Beauty, and The Nutcracker are three of the world’s most popular ballets.
Question 18: A. sent
B. drove
C. set

D. put
Question 19: A. musician
B. writer
C. singer
D. composer
Question 20: A. take
B. fall
C. pull
D. go
Question 21: A. shook
B. waved
C. wrote
D. conducted
Question 22: A. kill
B. perform
C. play
D. earn
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in
meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 23: Gas lamps became obsolete when electric lighting was invented.
A. out of mood
B. up-to-date
C. fashionable
D. out of tune
Question 24: Despite his promise, he has sold me down the river.
A. let me down
B. sticked up for me C. swapped the horse D. left me in the lurch
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in
meaning to each of the following questions.
Question 25: I don't have the faintest idea what a caricature is.

A. I don’t know the idea of caricature.
B. I don’t know what a caricature is.
C. I have no idea of the faintest caricature.
D. I am not acquainted with a caricature.
Question 26: I’d rather stay home than go out with her.
A. I’d prefer to stay home to going out with her.
B. I’d better stay home more than go out with her.
C. I decide to stay home instead going out with him.
D. I don’t want to go out with her so I choose to stay home.
Question 27: People who swim here do so at their own risk.
A. Swimming here is so risky that it is forbidden.
B. People may swim here if they want to risk their life.
C. People should be aware that it is dangerous to swim here.
D. People swim here because they want to be at risk.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning
to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 28: She's too parsimonious to heat the house properly.
A. unwilling to spend money
B. saving
C. sparing
D. economical


Question 29: If you don't tell me what you did with the money I'm going to spill the beans.
A. cut thread
B. stop being friendly C. tell your secret D. starve you
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the
other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
Question 30: A. remember
B. appointment

C. hygiene
D. neglect
Question 31: A. Pacific
B. paradise
C. parade
D. pedantic
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate
the correct answer to each of the questions from 32 to 39.
MOVING HOUSE
A few days later, Lyn’s mother told her to spend her evening sorting out and packing her
belongings. ‘I’ll see to your clothes,’ she said. ‘I want you to do your books and paints and things.
I’ve put some cardboard boxes in your room.’
‘You should’ve asked me,’ said Lyn, following her into the bedroom and seeing the assorted boxes.
‘I would’ve got some. There’s lots outside the supermarket near school.’
‘These came from the local shop. Oh it’s all right, I’ve shaken out all the dirt,’ she said as Lyn
tipped up the nearest one, checking that it was empty.
‘OK. I’ll do it,’ said Lyn. ‘Were ready to move then, are we?’
‘Yes, the day after tomorrow. You’re going to miss the end of school term, but you won’t mind
that, will you?’
‘You mean Friday’s my last day at school?’ Lyn pushed the boxes aside with her foot to clear a
path to her bed so that she could sit down. ‘You could’ve told me,’ she said. ‘I have got people to say
goodbye to, you know.’
‘I am telling you,’ said her mother reasonably. ‘It doesn’t take two days to say goodbye, does it?
You’ll only get upset.’
‘Why are we doing my things first?’ Lyn asked. T haven’t got much. There’s all the other stuff in
the house - shouldn’t we start on that first?’
‘Don’t worry about that. Mrs. Wilson’s coming to help me tomorrow.’
Lyn remembered what Mandy Wilson had said all those days ago. ‘My mum’s coming round to
help you pack.’ She felt angry with herself for not having said something straightaway - it was
probably too late now. But worth a try. ‘I can help you,’ she said. ‘We can do it together.’

‘You’ll be at school - you want to say goodbye.’
‘I’ll go in at lunchtime for that. Mum, we can do it together. I don’t want that Mrs. Wilson touching
our things.’ Mandy Wilson’s mother - picking things over - telling Mandy what they’d found Mandy at school announcing importantly, ‘My mother says they’ve got cheap plates and half of
them are cracked and none of their towels match.’ The image was intolerable.
Lyn’s mother moved over to sit beside her on the bed. She was wearing her harassed
expression.
She was clearly feeling the pressure too, but managed to keep her patience. ‘Nothing’s ever
straightforward with you, is it?’ she said. ‘It’s been agreed for a long time and it’s extremely kind of
her to help. Everything’s got to be wrapped up carefully so it doesn’t get broken, then put in
storage boxes in the right order - I don’t doubt you’d do your best, but there’s not room for anyone
else - and she offered first.’
Lyn said no more and got on with the job she’d agreed to do. Her bedroom looked odd when
she’d finished, but not as odd as the rest o f the house when she got home from school next day.
It was so sad. There were no curtains at the windows and no ornaments on the shelves, and in
the middle of the room stood four large wooden boxes, full of objects wrapped in newspaper.
But what really struck Lyn most were the rectangles of lighter-coloured paint on the wall where
pictures had once hung. It was as if they had been atomized by a ray gun. Moving into the kitchen,
she saw empty cupboards, their doors wide open. They had done a thorough job.
Lyn turned to her mother. ‘But I want to bake a cake to take to school tomorrow, to say goodbye.’
‘Everything’s packed away and I can’t start getting stuff out again now. I know it’s all very
unsettling, but it’s only till we get to the new place. I wish I could’ve left it all till tomorrow
morning,


but I wasn’t sure how long it would all take.’ Even the prospect of going to the usually frowned
upon fast-food restaurant for dinner couldn’t cheer Lyn up, and she was quiet all evening.
Next morning, however, she got up to find a home-made chocolate cake waiting for her in the
otherwise bare and uninviting kitchen.
[From: "FCE PRACTICE TESTS PLUS 2, Nick Kenny, 2010]
Question 32: What reason does Lyn’s mother give for not accepting Lyn’s offer of help?

A. Lyn would not enjoy doing it.
B. Other people have already said they will do it.
C. Lyn would not be capable of doing it. D. The job will take more than two people.
Question 33: When Lyn mentioned that she wanted to make a cake, her mother________
A. offered to make one for her.
B. explained why it was impossible.
C. suggested getting one from a restaurant.
D. said she’d have to wait and do it later.
Question 34: What made the greatest impression on Lyn when she came home the next day?
A. how the things from the house had been packed
B. the fact that the kitchen had been completely cleared
C. the empty spaces where things had once been
D. how sad her bedroom looked
Question 35: When Lyn is asked to pack her belongings, she________
A. is annoyed that she forgot to get better boxes. B. objects to putting her clothes in boxes.
C. is worried whether the boxes are clean. D. thinks that boxes are unsuitable for the job.
Question 36: The word "harassed" in line 27 shows that Lyn's mum was feeling________
A. disappointed.
B. annoyed.
C. stressed.
D. amused.
Question 37: Why does Lyn offer to do more of the packing?
A. She regrets having refused to do it before.
B. She’s concerned that some things will get damaged.
C. She distrusts the person who is coming to help.
D. She feels her mother needs her support.
Question 38: When Lyn says ‘I'll do it' in line 8, she is talking about________
A. replacing something.
B. collecting something.
C. filling something.

D. checking something.
Question 39: How does Lyn react to the news that the family is moving soon?
A. She wishes she'd been told earlier.
B. She’s worried about missing her schoolwork.
C. She’s sad to learn that she’s leaving her old home.
D. She wonders how her friends will take the news.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs
correction in each of the following questions.
Question 40: Antique collecting became a significant pastime in the 1800's when old object began
to be appreciated for their beauty as well as for their historical importance.
A. appreciated for B. became
C. when
D. object
Question 41: Exploration of the Solar System is continuing, and at the present rate of progress all
the planets will have been contacted within the near 50 years.
A. continuing
B. near
C. progress
D. within
Question 42: One of the most impressive collections of nineteenth-century European paintings in
the United States can be found to the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
A. to
B. paintings
C. can
D. collection
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines
each pair of sentences in the following questions.
Question 43: They finished one project. They started working on the next.
A. Not until did they start working on the next project then they finished one
B. Had they finished one project, they would have started working on the next.

C. Hardly had they finished one project when they started working on the next.
D. Only if they had finished one project did they start, working on the next.
Question 44: The proposal seemed like a good idea. The manager refused it.
A. The manager didn’t like to proposal because it didn't seem a good idea.


B. Since the proposal seemed like a good idea, the manager refused it.
C. The proposal didn’t seem like a good idea, so the manager didn’t accept it.
D. The manager refused the proposal though it seemed like a good idea.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate
the correct answer to each of the questions from 45 to 50.
SCIENCE FLYING IN THE FACE OF GRAVITY
It looked just like another aircraft from the outside. The pilot told his young passengers
that it was built in 1964, a Boeing KC-135 refuelling tanker, based on the 707. But appearances
were deceptive, and the 13 students from Europe and the USA who boarded the aircraft were in
for the flight of their lives.
Inside, the area that normally had seats had become a long white tunnel. Heavily padded
from floor to ceiling, it looked a bit like a lunatic asylum. There were almost no windows, but
lights along the padded walls eerily illuminated it. Most of the seats had been taken out, apart
from a few at the back, where the young scientists quickly took their places with a look of
apprehension.
For 12 months, science students from across the continents had competed to win a place
on the flight at the invitation of the European Space Agency. The challenge had been to suggest
imaginative experiments to be conducted in weightless conditions.
For the next two hours the Boeing's flight resembled that of an enormous bird which had
lost its reason, shooting upwards The aircraft took off smoothly enough, but any feelings that I and
the young scientists had that we were on anything like a scheduled passenger service were
quickly dismissed when the pilot put the plane in to a 45-degree climb which lasted around 20
seconds. Then the engines cut out and we became weightless. Everything became confused, and
left or right, up or down no longer had any meaning. After ten seconds of free-fall descent the pilot

pulled the aircraft out of its nosedive. The return of gravity was less immediate than its loss, but
was still sudden enough to ensure that some students came down with a bump. Each time the
pilot cut the engines and we became weightless, a new team conducted its experiment. First it was
the Dutch, who wanted to discover why cats always land on their feet. Then it was the German
team, who conducted a successful experiment on a traditional building method to see if it could be
used for building a future space station. The Americans had an idea to create solar sails that could
be used by satellites.
After two hours of going up and down in the plane doing experiments, the predominant
feeling was one of exhilaration rather than nausea. Most of the students thought it was an
unforgettable experience and one they would be keen to repeat.
[From: “OBJECTIVE FCE, Workbook, 4th Ed, Annette Capel, Cambridge, 2015]
Question 45: According to the writer, how did the young scientists feel at the beginning of the flight?
A. impatient
B. keen
C. nervous
D. sick
Question 46: What did the pilot do with the plane?
A. He took off normally and then cut the engines for 20 seconds.
B. He climbed and then made the plane turn over.
C. He quickly climbed and then stopped the engines.
D. He climbed and then made the plane fall slowly.
Question 47: What does the writer say about the plane?
A. It had no seats.
B. The inside was painted white.
C. It had no windows.
D. The outside was misleading.
Question 48: Why was this text written?
A. To encourage young people to take up science.
B. To describe the outcome of a scientific competition.
C. To report on a new scientific technique.

D. To show scientists what young people can do.
Question 49: What does 'it' in the last sentence refer to?
A. the opportunity B. the trip
C. the exhilaration
D. the plane
Question 50: What was the point of being weightless?
A. To prepare the young scientists for future work in space.


B. To allow the teams to try out their ideas.
C. To see what conditions are like in space.
D. To show the judges of the competition what they could do.
________THE END_______
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Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút, không kể thời gian phát
đề

Ho va tên thi sinh:……………………………………………………………………. SBD:…………………………
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.
Question 01: A. couth
B. south
C. pout
D. mouth
Question 02: A. foot

B. booth
C. loot
D. coop
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes
each of the following exchanges.
Question 03: ~ Lyn: "__________________" ~ Bob: "In vain. I shouldn’t have wasted my time."
A. How about a game before the next class?
B. How is your project going, Tom?
C. Is it wise to practise playing computer games?
D. Do you think we should cut these classes?
Question 04: ~ Nick: "What have you been doing recently?" ~ Pete: "__________________"
A. I’m helping Mum with the washing.
B. Doing? Really well.
C. Mostly studying and reading for the exams.
D. Very tired after the exam.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
Question 05: The secretary was_________ to tears by the manager’s behaviour.
A. reduced
B. brought down
C. diminished
D. belittled
Question 06: It’s very_________ of you to offer me your seat, but really I’m quite happy to stand.
A. grateful
B. considerate
C. appreciative
D. sympathetic
Question 07: It is polite to use the last name of the person_________.
A. which you are greeting B. who are greeting C. you are greeting D. greeting for you
Question 08: Don’t you think you’re being rather_________ arguing about such a small sum of

money?
A. intolerant
B. narrow-minded
C. impatient
D. petty
Question 09: Civil Rights are the freedoms and rights_________ as a member of a community, state,
or nation. A. may have a person who
B. and a person may have
C. may have a person
D. a person may have
Question 10: In bacteria and in other organisms, _________ is the nucleic acid DNA that provides the
genetic information.
A. which
B. it
C. both
D. and
Question 11: He was charged with_________ driving.
A. reckless
B. limitless
C. ruthless
D. heedless
Question 12: He sets himself high standards and_________ for excellence.
A. baffles
B. detects
C. confides
D. strives
Question 13: Richard Wright enjoyed success and influence among Black American
writers_________ of his era.
A. the unparalleled B. were unparalleled C. unparalleled
D. are unparalleled

Question 14: Dairy farming is_________ leading agricultural activity in the United States.
A. a
B. at
C. none
D. then
Question 15: The medicine made me feel dizzy. I felt as though the room_________ around and
around.


A. spins
B. were spinning
C. will spin D. would be spinning
Question 16: Although thunder and lightning are produced at the same time, light waves travel
faster_________, so we see the lightning before we hear the thunder.
A. sound waves
B. than sound waves do C. than sound waves are D. do sound waves
Question 17: She applied for training as a pilot, but they turned her_________ because of her poor
eyesight.
A. down
B. over
C. up
D. back
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate
the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 18 to 22.
PETER ILICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky was born in 1840 in Russia. His family was rich and (18)________ him
to special schools. Tchaikovsky went to a university and studied law. But at the age of 23, he
decided to give his life to music. He studied music in Saint Petersburg. When he was 26, he wrote
his first symphony. Tchaikovsky became a famous and successful (19)________ But he did not live a
happy or exciting life. He was very shy and lived alone. Every day he stayed home and wrote

music. He was often unhappy. He was afraid of many things. He was afraid to die. He was also
afraid his head would (20)________ off his shoulders. This was a problem when he conducted music.
So he sometimes held his head with his left hand and (21)________ with his right hand.
In 1876, Tchaikovsky received a letter from a mysterious rich widow. Her name was
Madame von Meek. She said she loved his music and promised to send him money every year.
There was one condition. They must never meet Tchaikovsky agreed. They wrote to each other for
14 years. Then Madame von Meek suddenly stopped writing. Tchaikovsky was very hurt. When he
died three years later, he said her name. Tchaikovsky died after he drank contaminated water. He
was 53. Some people say he drank it by accident. Others say he drank the water to (22)________
himself. Today we remember Tchaikovsky for his wonderful symphonies and ballets. To this day,
Swan Lake The Sleeping Beauty, and The Nutcracker are three of the world’s most popular ballets.
Question 18: A. sent
B. drove
C. set
D. put
Question 19: A. musician
B. writer
C. singer
D. composer
Question 20: A. take
B. fall
C. pull
D. go
Question 21: A. shook
B. waved
C. wrote
D. conducted
Question 22: A. kill
B. perform
C. play

D. earn
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in
meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 23: Gas lamps became obsolete when electric lighting was invented.
A. out of mood
B. up-to-date
C. fashionable
D. out of tune
Question 24: Despite his promise, he has sold me down the river.
A. let me down
B. sticked up for me C. swapped the horse D. left me in the lurch
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in
meaning to each of the following questions.
Question 25: I don't have the faintest idea what a caricature is.
A. I don’t know the idea of caricature.
B. I don’t know what a caricature is.
C. I have no idea of the faintest caricature.
D. I am not acquainted with a caricature.
Question 26: I’d rather stay home than go out with her.
A. I’d prefer to stay home to going out with her.
B. I’d better stay home more than go out with her.
C. I decide to stay home instead going out with him.
D. I don’t want to go out with her so I choose to stay home.
Question 27: People who swim here do so at their own risk.
A. Swimming here is so risky that it is forbidden.
B. People may swim here if they want to risk their life.
C. People should be aware that it is dangerous to swim here.
D. People swim here because they want to be at risk.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning
to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 28: She's too parsimonious to heat the house properly.
A. unwilling to spend money
B. saving
C. sparing
D. economical
Question 29: If you don't tell me what you did with the money I'm going to spill the beans.
A. cut thread
B. stop being friendly C. tell your secret D. starve you
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the
other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
Question 30: A. remember
B. appointment
C. hygiene
D. neglect
Question 31: A. Pacific
B. paradise
C. parade
D. pedantic
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate
the correct answer to each of the questions from 32 to 39.
MOVING HOUSE
A few days later, Lyn’s mother told her to spend her evening sorting out and packing her
belongings. ‘I’ll see to your clothes,’ she said. ‘I want you to do your books and paints and things.
I’ve put some cardboard boxes in your room.’
‘You should’ve asked me,’ said Lyn, following her into the bedroom and seeing the assorted boxes.
‘I would’ve got some. There’s lots outside the supermarket near school.’
‘These came from the local shop. Oh it’s all right, I’ve shaken out all the dirt,’ she said as Lyn
tipped up the nearest one, checking that it was empty.

‘OK. I’ll do it,’ said Lyn. ‘Were ready to move then, are we?’
‘Yes, the day after tomorrow. You’re going to miss the end of school term, but you won’t mind
that, will you?’
‘You mean Friday’s my last day at school?’ Lyn pushed the boxes aside with her foot to clear a
path to her bed so that she could sit down. ‘You could’ve told me,’ she said. ‘I have got people to say
goodbye to, you know.’
‘I am telling you,’ said her mother reasonably. ‘It doesn’t take two days to say goodbye, does it?
You’ll only get upset.’
‘Why are we doing my things first?’ Lyn asked. T haven’t got much. There’s all the other stuff in
the house - shouldn’t we start on that first?’
‘Don’t worry about that. Mrs. Wilson’s coming to help me tomorrow.’
Lyn remembered what Mandy Wilson had said all those days ago. ‘My mum’s coming round to
help you pack.’ She felt angry with herself for not having said something straightaway - it was
probably too late now. But worth a try. ‘I can help you,’ she said. ‘We can do it together.’
‘You’ll be at school - you want to say goodbye.’
‘I’ll go in at lunchtime for that. Mum, we can do it together. I don’t want that Mrs. Wilson touching
our things.’ Mandy Wilson’s mother - picking things over - telling Mandy what they’d found Mandy at school announcing importantly, ‘My mother says they’ve got cheap plates and half of
them are cracked and none of their towels match.’ The image was intolerable.
Lyn’s mother moved over to sit beside her on the bed. She was wearing her harassed
expression.
She was clearly feeling the pressure too, but managed to keep her patience. ‘Nothing’s ever
straightforward with you, is it?’ she said. ‘It’s been agreed for a long time and it’s extremely kind of
her to help. Everything’s got to be wrapped up carefully so it doesn’t get broken, then put in
storage boxes in the right order - I don’t doubt you’d do your best, but there’s not room for anyone
else - and she offered first.’
Lyn said no more and got on with the job she’d agreed to do. Her bedroom looked odd when
she’d finished, but not as odd as the rest o f the house when she got home from school next day.
It was so sad. There were no curtains at the windows and no ornaments on the shelves, and in
the middle of the room stood four large wooden boxes, full of objects wrapped in newspaper.
But what really struck Lyn most were the rectangles of lighter-coloured paint on the wall where

pictures had once hung. It was as if they had been atomized by a ray gun. Moving into the kitchen,
she saw empty cupboards, their doors wide open. They had done a thorough job.
Lyn turned to her mother. ‘But I want to bake a cake to take to school tomorrow, to say goodbye.’


‘Everything’s packed away and I can’t start getting stuff out again now. I know it’s all very
unsettling, but it’s only till we get to the new place. I wish I could’ve left it all till tomorrow
morning,
but I wasn’t sure how long it would all take.’ Even the prospect of going to the usually frowned
upon fast-food restaurant for dinner couldn’t cheer Lyn up, and she was quiet all evening.
Next morning, however, she got up to find a home-made chocolate cake waiting for her in the
otherwise bare and uninviting kitchen.
[From: "FCE PRACTICE TESTS PLUS 2, Nick Kenny, 2010]
Question 32: What reason does Lyn’s mother give for not accepting Lyn’s offer of help?
A. Lyn would not enjoy doing it.
B. Other people have already said they will do it.
C. Lyn would not be capable of doing it. D. The job will take more than two people.
Question 33: When Lyn mentioned that she wanted to make a cake, her mother________
A. offered to make one for her.
B. explained why it was impossible.
C. suggested getting one from a restaurant.
D. said she’d have to wait and do it later.
Question 34: What made the greatest impression on Lyn when she came home the next day?
A. how the things from the house had been packed
B. the fact that the kitchen had been completely cleared
C. the empty spaces where things had once been
D. how sad her bedroom looked
Question 35: When Lyn is asked to pack her belongings, she________
A. is annoyed that she forgot to get better boxes. B. objects to putting her clothes in boxes.
C. is worried whether the boxes are clean. D. thinks that boxes are unsuitable for the job.

Question 36: The word "harassed" in line 27 shows that Lyn's mum was feeling________
A. disappointed.
B. annoyed.
C. stressed.
D. amused.
Question 37: Why does Lyn offer to do more of the packing?
A. She regrets having refused to do it before.
B. She’s concerned that some things will get damaged.
C. She distrusts the person who is coming to help.
D. She feels her mother needs her support.
Question 38: When Lyn says ‘I'll do it' in line 8, she is talking about________
A. replacing something.
B. collecting something.
C. filling something.
D. checking something.
Question 39: How does Lyn react to the news that the family is moving soon?
A. She wishes she'd been told earlier.
B. She’s worried about missing her schoolwork.
C. She’s sad to learn that she’s leaving her old home.
D. She wonders how her friends will take the news.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs
correction in each of the following questions.
Question 40: Antique collecting became a significant pastime in the 1800's when old object began
to be appreciated for their beauty as well as for their historical importance.
A. appreciated for B. became
C. when
D. object
Question 41: Exploration of the Solar System is continuing, and at the present rate of progress all
the planets will have been contacted within the near 50 years.
A. continuing

B. near
C. progress
D. within
Question 42: One of the most impressive collections of nineteenth-century European paintings in
the United States can be found to the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
A. to
B. paintings
C. can
D. collection
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines
each pair of sentences in the following questions.
Question 43: They finished one project. They started working on the next.
A. Not until did they start working on the next project then they finished one
B. Had they finished one project, they would have started working on the next.
C. Hardly had they finished one project when they started working on the next.


D. Only if they had finished one project did they start, working on the next.
Question 44: The proposal seemed like a good idea. The manager refused it.
A. The manager didn’t like to proposal because it didn't seem a good idea.
B. Since the proposal seemed like a good idea, the manager refused it.
C. The proposal didn’t seem like a good idea, so the manager didn’t accept it.
D. The manager refused the proposal though it seemed like a good idea.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate
the correct answer to each of the questions from 45 to 50.
SCIENCE FLYING IN THE FACE OF GRAVITY
It looked just like another aircraft from the outside. The pilot told his young passengers
that it was built in 1964, a Boeing KC-135 refuelling tanker, based on the 707. But appearances
were deceptive, and the 13 students from Europe and the USA who boarded the aircraft were in
for the flight of their lives.

Inside, the area that normally had seats had become a long white tunnel. Heavily padded
from floor to ceiling, it looked a bit like a lunatic asylum. There were almost no windows, but
lights along the padded walls eerily illuminated it. Most of the seats had been taken out, apart
from a few at the back, where the young scientists quickly took their places with a look of
apprehension.
For 12 months, science students from across the continents had competed to win a place
on the flight at the invitation of the European Space Agency. The challenge had been to suggest
imaginative experiments to be conducted in weightless conditions.
For the next two hours the Boeing's flight resembled that of an enormous bird which had
lost its reason, shooting upwards The aircraft took off smoothly enough, but any feelings that I and
the young scientists had that we were on anything like a scheduled passenger service were
quickly dismissed when the pilot put the plane in to a 45-degree climb which lasted around 20
seconds. Then the engines cut out and we became weightless. Everything became confused, and
left or right, up or down no longer had any meaning. After ten seconds of free-fall descent the pilot
pulled the aircraft out of its nosedive. The return of gravity was less immediate than its loss, but
was still sudden enough to ensure that some students came down with a bump. Each time the
pilot cut the engines and we became weightless, a new team conducted its experiment. First it was
the Dutch, who wanted to discover why cats always land on their feet. Then it was the German
team, who conducted a successful experiment on a traditional building method to see if it could be
used for building a future space station. The Americans had an idea to create solar sails that could
be used by satellites.
After two hours of going up and down in the plane doing experiments, the predominant
feeling was one of exhilaration rather than nausea. Most of the students thought it was an
unforgettable experience and one they would be keen to repeat.
[From: “OBJECTIVE FCE, Workbook, 4th Ed, Annette Capel, Cambridge, 2015]
Question 45: According to the writer, how did the young scientists feel at the beginning of the flight?
A. impatient
B. keen
C. nervous
D. sick

Question 46: What did the pilot do with the plane?
A. He took off normally and then cut the engines for 20 seconds.
B. He climbed and then made the plane turn over.
C. He quickly climbed and then stopped the engines.
D. He climbed and then made the plane fall slowly.
Question 47: What does the writer say about the plane?
A. It had no seats.
B. The inside was painted white.
C. It had no windows.
D. The outside was misleading.
Question 48: Why was this text written?
A. To encourage young people to take up science.
B. To describe the outcome of a scientific competition.
C. To report on a new scientific technique.
D. To show scientists what young people can do.
Question 49: What does 'it' in the last sentence refer to?


A. the opportunity B. the trip
C. the exhilaration
Question 50: What was the point of being weightless?
A. To prepare the young scientists for future work in space.
B. To allow the teams to try out their ideas.
C. To see what conditions are like in space.
D. To show the judges of the competition what they could do.
________THE END_______

D. the plane