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PART 1-Questions 1-8
Directions: In this part, you will hear EIGHT short announcements or instructions.
There is one question for each announcement or instruction. For each question, choose
the right answer A, B, C or D. Then, on the answer sheet, find the number of the
question and fill in the space that corresponds to the letter of the answer that you have
chosen.
Now, let’s listen to an example. On the recording, you will hear:

Woman: Hello. This is the travel agency returning your call. You left a
message about the holiday you’ve booked, asking which meals are
included in the cost during your stay at Sunny Hotel.Lunch and
dinner are free but if you wish to have breakfast in the hotel, you
will need to pay an extra amount of money, depending on what you
order. Let me know if I can help you with any other information.
Goodbye.
On the test book, you will read:
Which meal is NOT included in the price of the holiday?
A. Breakfast B. Lunch C. Dinner D. All
The correct answer is A. Breakfast. Now, let’s begin with the first question.
1. What will the weather be like tomorrow?
A. Sunny and rainy
B. Cloudy
C. Cloudy and windy

D. Sunny
2. What will the man do first?
A. Play golf
B. Have his hair cut
C. Ring Peter
D. Play baseball
3. Where is the knife?
A. In the bag with the bread
B. In the orange pack
C. In the cucumber pack
D. In the petrol station
4. What happened to the girl this afternoon?
A. She cycled in the strong wind
B. Her bike was broken.
C. She fell off her bike.
D. She met a boy.
5. Which man is waiting at the bus stop?
A. An old bald man with glasses
B. An old man with glasses and blond hair
C. A young bald man with sunglasses

D. A young man with sunglasses and blond hair
6. What time does the television programme end?
A. 7.49 P.m
B. 10.10 P.m
C. 11 P.m
D. 10.50 P.m
7. Which postcard will they send to Mark?
A. The bridge of the old city
B. The church
C. The beach
D. The sea
8. Which present will the girl take?
A. Some perfume
B. A scaft
C. A box of chocolate
D. A purse

Directions: In this part, you will hear THREE conversations. There are four questions
for each conversation. For each question, choose the correct answer A, B, C or D. You
will hear the conversations only ONCE.
Questions 9 to 12.
Conversation 1. John has applied to train as a teacher and is being interviewed.

In this stage of the interview, the interview will discuss John’s previous study and
work experiences.
9. What is John’s first degree?
A. French
B. French films
C. French history
D. European cinema
10. How long was John in Belgium?
A. 4 years
B. 3 years
C. 9 months
D. 2 years
11. What did he do after graduation?
A. He worked as a tourguide
B. He took a post-graduated course.
C. He travelled around the world
D. He worked as a volunteer.
12. Why did he get bored with his job?
A. He had to travel a lot.
B. He did the same thing everyday.
C. His working time was too long.
D. His public speaking skill was bad.
Questions 13 to 16.
Conversation 2. You will hear a conversation between Matthew and his mother
13. Why does Matthrew want to borrow his mother’s car?
A. His car was broken.
B. He wants to take his friend’s books to school.
C. He wants to take his friend’s books to his new flat.
D. He will be late for the lecture.
14. Why doesn’t his mother lend him her car?
A. Her car doesn’t work well today
B. She needs the car
C. He can’t drive
D. He can walk
15. When is his mother’s meeting?
A. Thursday 19th
B. Friday 9th
C.Wednesday 9th
D. Not discussed
16. What does his mother decide to do in the end?
A. She refuses to lend him her car.
B. She lends his son her car and take a taxi to work.
C. Her son takes the car and offer her a lift.
D. She doesn’ agree to take him to school.
Questions 17 to 20.
Conversation 3. You will listen to a conversation between a boy John and a girl
Louise
17. What are they both doing here?
A. to meet Mrs Thompson
B. to listen to John singing
C. to attend singing class
D. to dance in a musical show
18. What is not true about Mrs Thompson?
A. She is very strict teacher.
B. She is a good teacher.
C. She sings very well.
D. She is an easy-going teacher.
19. How did John feel after the practice show?

A. Sad because he made a few mistakes
B. Delighted though he made many mistakes
C. Released because he made no big mistakes.
D. Disappointed though he make no big mistakes.
20. What does Louise think of a musical show?
A. She is not interested.
B. She is keen on that.
C. She thinks she will try it.
D. She would love it.
Directions: In this part, you will hear THREE talks or lectures. There are five
questions for each talk or lecture. For each question, choose the correct answer A, B,
C or D. You will hear the talks or lectures only ONCE.
Questions 21-25: You will hear a talk about time outs
21. Which educational institution conducted this research?
A. The University of Minnesota
B. The University of Michigan
C. The University of Manitoba
D. The University of Minneapolis

22. What did researchers say parents didn't have to do?
A. Scold
B. Punish
C. Fret
D. Discipline
23. What do time-outs attempt to modify in children?
A. DNA
B. Their behavior
C. their genes
D. quiet time
24. What did scientists disagree about?
A. Everything
B. Where time-outs should take place
C. The length of time-outs
D. The effectiveness of time-outs
25. What did some media say time-outs could damage?
A. Life
B. Intelligence
C. The parent-child relationship
D. Brain cells
Questions 26-30: You will hear a talk about wasabi.
26. How old was the woman?
A. 60
B. 62
C. 58
D. 52
27. Where did the woman feel pressure?
A. On her tongue
B. At work
C. In bed
D. In her chest
28. When did the woman go to hospital?
A. Immediately
B. Five minutes later
C. The day after eating the wasabi
D. After an hour
29. What part of the heart does broken heart syndrom affect?
A. The part where the blood comes out
B. The top part

C. The part where the blood goes in
D. The main pumping chamber
30. Who did doctors reassure about wasabi not being dangerous?
A. Sushi lovers
B. Wasabi farmers
C. Wedding guests
D. Japanese people
Questions 31-35: You will hear a talk about decision fatingue.
31. When were chances of getting screened for cancer lower?
A. 2.30
B. Early morning
C. Around lunchtime
D. In the late afternoon
32. When were 64% of women were assigned breast cancer screenings?
A. 9.30
B. In the hour following 8 a.m
C. The hour before luchtime
D. Ar lunchtime
33. What reduced the number of cancer screenings?
A. Decision fatigue
B. Costs
C. The number of doctors
D. Too little time
34. Who is Mitesh Patel?
A. A hospital CEO
B. A patient
C. A doctor and researcher
D. A journalist
35. What are people less inclined to do after doing the same thing all day?
A. The same thing
B. Go home
C. Take a break
D. Make decisions
ĐỀ 2:
chosen.

Goodbye.
1. Where did the man leave his camera?
A. On the steps
B. Next to the fountain
C. In the coat pocket
D. On the boat
2. What is the woman’s first memory?
A. She went to the sea with her family.
B. She went to the sea with her father.

C. She went to the sea with her younger brother.
D. She went to the sea with her mother.
3. Which train will the woman catch?
A. 8.15
B. 10.15
C. 9.15
D. 10.30
4. What should the students take with them tomorrow?
A. Sweater, hat and drink
B. Sweater, notebook and drink
C. Drink, hat and notebook
D. Drink, hat, notebook and sweater
5. What will they do at the weekend?
A. Visit the zoo
B. Take a picnic to the castle
C. Go to the beach
D. Go on a river trip
6. What does the woman need to buy?
A. Milk, apple and bread
B. Milk, apple, and toothpaste

C. Milk, bread and apples
D. Milk, bread and toothpaste
7. How will the boy get to school?
A. By bike
B. By school bus
C. By skiing
D. On foot
8. What is Tanya’s boyfriend doing on the television now?
A. He is playing the keyboard.
B. He is playing the guitar.
C. He is playing the drum.
D. He is singing.
Questions 9 to 12.
Conversation 1. You will hear a part of an interview with a boy called Simon who
is helping to protect the environment.
9. Why does Simon like the River Stanton?

A. Because of its water speed
B. Because of its scenery
C. Because of its peace
D. Because of its dangers
10. What was wrong with the river?
A. The water turned brown when it was running low.
B. The water turned brown when it was running fast.
C. The water turned orange when it was running fast.
D. The water turned orange when it was running low.
11. What was the cause of the river’s problem?
A. Old mine work
B. Farming activities
C. Fishing activities
D. Tousism activities
12. What made Simon happy?
A. He found the solution to the river’s problem.
B. He found limestones in the river.
C. He found a lot of fish in the river.
D. He found a lot of plants in the river.
Questions 13 to 16.
Conversation 2. You will hear a student talking to a housing officer about living
with a homestay family.
13. Why does the student want to live with a family?
A. Because she feels homesick
B. Because she wants to improve her English
C. Because she doesn’t want to cook
D. Because her friend is enjoying her homestay
14. How long is the student’s course?
A. Four months
B. 20 weeks
C. 5 months
D. 12 weeks
15. What may the student like to eat?
A. Seafood
B. Pork
C. Beef
D. Vegetable
16 When does the officer give the student her homestay details?
A.Right after he checks on his computer
B. At lunch time
C. In the afternoon
D.Tomorrow afternoon
Questions 17 to 20.
Conversation 3. You will hear an interview with Sophie Morrison, a translator.
17. What is Sophie’s job now?
A. A secretary
B. A translator
C. A manager
D. a designer
18. What is the most challenging thing in Sophie’s job?
A. Technical terms
B. Informal expressions
C. Scientific terms
D. cultural preferences
19. According to Sophie, what is the advantage of working from home?
A. She doesn’t have to travel to work.
B. She doesn’t have to dress formally.
C. She doesn’t have to sign contracts.
D. Her working time can be flexible.
20. What does Sophie think about her job in the future?
A. It will be more demanding.

B. It will be easier.
C. It is not necessary any more.
D. It can help her earn a lot of money.
Questions 21-25: You will hear a talk about learning a language.
21. Which area in the world has the speaker not lived in?
A. Asia
B. Europe
C. South America
D. Middle East
22. Which two things does the speaker do to learn a new language?
A. go to classes and speak to people
B. watch TV and listen to the radio
C. speak to people and use a dictionary
D. Go to classes and watch TV
23.What does the speaker say about using newspapers?

A. It was easy to learn a lot of new words quickly.
B. It helps you save time learning a language.
C. Other people could explain new words the writer found.
D. It is so boring to read.
24. What does the speaker say about talking to people in the street?
A. You should rehearse in your head before you go.
B. People feel embarrased to talk to you.
C. people reacted negatively .
D. People are not eager to talk to you.
25. Why were colloquial expressions a problem for the speaker?
A. They took ten years to learn.
B. They were never written down.
C. They were often unnoticed.
D. They were often written down.
Questions 26-30: You will hear a talk about aging society.
26. What is Dr. Howard Miller’s major?
A. Psychology
B. History
C. Sociology
D. Geology
27. What is Dr. Miller’s grandfather biggest fear?
A. Leaving his home of many years
B. The loss of his wife
C. The decline in his health
D. The loss of his hearing ability
28. What do societies tend to value?
A. Creative things
B. New things
C. Expensive things
D. life-long things
29. Who does Dr. Miller want to find meaning ful purpose for?
A. The elderly
B. Teachers and public affairs
C. The youth
D. Working people
30. What do you think the speaker will talk about in the next part of his speech?
A. the contributions the elderly can make in our societies
B. the swelling burden of supporting welfare programs in the future
C. our responsibility of building retirement homes for our graying society
D. the need of paying more attention to the elder’s health problem

Questions 31-35: You will hear a talk about British festivals.
31. What is the Clavie?

A. a whisky container
B. a wooden cross
C. a bonfire made of things people don’t need
D. a kind of whisky
32. What do they burn to protect them from evil spirits?
A. Some of their clothes
B. A Viking boat
C. A line in the grass
D. A wooden man
33. What do you have to do during the pancake race?
A. Eat as many pancakes as possible
B. Run as fast as possible while tossing a pancake in a pan
C. Run and jump over the ropes without dropping the pancake
D. Run and jump over a hole without dropping the pancake
34. Who often win the cheese rolling competition?

A. top athletes
B. people from the village
C. visitors from all over the world
D. people from other villages
35. What can the fattest snail receive?

A. Extra lettuce
B. A cup
C. Some garlic and butter
D. Nothing
ĐỀ 3:
chosen.

Goodbye.
1. What will the weather be like tomorrow?
A. Sunny and rainy
B. Cloudy
C. Cloudy and windy
D. Sunny
2. What will the man do first?
A. Play golf
B. Have his hair cut
C. Ring Peter
D. Play baseball
3. Where is the knife?
A. In the bag with the bread
B. In the orange pack
C. In the cucumber pack
D. In the petrol station
4. What happened to the girl this afternoon?
A. She cycled in the strong wind
B. Her bike was broken.
C. She fell off her bike.
D. She met a boy.

5. Which man is waiting at the bus stop?
A. An old bald man with glasses
B. An old man with glasses and blond hair
C. A young bald man with sunglasses
D. A young man with sunglasses and blond hair
6. What time does the television programme end?
A. 7.49 p.m
B. 10.10 p.m
C. 11 p.m
D. 9.50 p.m
7. Which postcard will they send to Mark?
A. The bridge of the old city
B. The church
C. The beach
D. The sea
8. Which present will the girl take?
A. Some perfume
B. A scaft
C. A box of chocolate
D. A purse
Questions 9 to 12.
Conversation 1. You will hear conversation between a male insurance agent and
a female client who wants to make changes to her policy.
9. What is the policy number?
A.ZQW5009
B. XQW5009
C. ZYW5009
D.ZYY5009
10. What is the cc rating?
A. The engine’s size
B. The engine’s shape
C. The engine’s price
D. The engine’s power
11. What’s the name the man wants for ID purposes?
A. Her first name
B. Her middle name

C. Her family name
D. All of them
12. When is her birthday?
A. 2nd, August 1955
B. 12th, August 1950
C. 22nd August 1955
D. 22nd August 1950
Questions 13 to 16.
Conversation 2. You will hear a conversation between a clerk at the enquiries

desk of a transport company and a man who is asking for travel information.
13. Where does the man want to get to?
A. Helenvale
B. Helendale
C. Bayswater
D. Habour City
14. Which station is the nearest?
A. Helenvale
B. Helendale
C. Hedenvale
D. Hevendale
15. How many bus routes does the man have to take to the nearest station?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
16. Which option does the man choose finally?
A. Walk and then take a bus
B. Take a bus and then walk
C. Go there on foot
D. Take the bus for two routes
Questions 17 to 20.
Conversation 3. You will hear a part of an interview with a girl called Elena, a
young film-maker who wrote, directed and starred in her own film.
17. What does Elena think about Susie?
A. She is artistic and cares about other people.
B. She is an optimistic girl.
C. She is different from Elena.
D. She is arttistic but doesn’t care about people around.
18. What did Elena think about making film?
A. It was easy for her.
B. It was quite relaxing.
C. It was demanding for her.

D. It was beyond her ability.
19. How many scences did she have to film in the afternooon?
A. 5-6scences
B. 2-3 scences
C. 3-4scences
D. 1-2 scences
20. Which days was she off?
A. Saturdays
B. Mondays
C. Sundays
D. None of these above
Questions 21-25: You will hear a talk about ecotourism.
21. How many people visit pristine natural areas every year?
A. billions
B. hundreds of billions
C. millions
D. ten of millions
22. In which country did the article say turtles were laying eggs?
A. Canada
B. Cameroon
C. Curacao
D. Costa Rica
23.What did people gather to watch?
A. turtles laying eggs
B. a sunset
C. leopards hunting
D. a TV show
24. What kind of presence makes the animals tamer?
A. predatory
B. human
C. psychic
D. supernatural
25. What did the speaker say animals let down when they are near humans?
A. their bottom lip
B. their friends
C. their guard
D. themselves
Questions 26-30: You will hear a talk about skin-lightening creams.
26. What association in the UK warned against skin-lightening creams?
A. A comestics association
B. a local government association
C. a medical association
D. an association of pharmacies
27. To whom did an LGA spokeperson say the creams could pose a threat?
A. comsumers
B. doctors
C. shopkeepers
D. rogues
28. What two organs did a spokeperson say the creams could damage?
A. skins and eyes
B. live and kidneys
C. heart and lungs
D. lungs and kidneys
29. Who did the LGA warn against?
A. doctors
B. tanning shops owners
C. rogue retailers
D. phamarcists
30. For how long did the LGA ask some creams could scar people?
A. for life
B. decades
C. a dozen years
D. a few months
Questions 31-35: You will hear a talk about having children.
31. What do many people believe is the key to happiness?

A. memmories
B. money
C. sleep
D. having children
32. How many people answer the survey?
A. 50,000
B. 53,500
C. 55,000
D. 52,500
33. What kind of worries did the article say parenthood created?
A. security worries
B. health worries
C. financial worries
D. parental worries
34. Whar do parents suffer form less when children leave home?
A. depression
B. grey hair
C. poverty
35. What might stave off loneliness in ageing parents?
A. memories
B. family relationships
C. family photographs
D. exercise

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PART 1-Questions 1-8

Now, let’s listen to an example. On the recording, you will hear:

On the test book, you will read:

Which meal is NOT included in the price of the holiday?

A. Breakfast B. Lunch C. Dinner D. All

1. What will the weather be like tomorrow?

A. Sunny and rainy

C. Cloudy and windy

2. What will the man do first?

B. Have his hair cut

3. Where is the knife?

A. In the bag with the bread

B. In the orange pack

C. In the cucumber pack

D. In the petrol station

4. What happened to the girl this afternoon?

A. She cycled in the strong wind

B. Her bike was broken.

C. She fell off her bike.

D. She met a boy.

5. Which man is waiting at the bus stop?

A. An old bald man with glasses

B. An old man with glasses and blond hair

C. A young bald man with sunglasses

6. What time does the television programme end?

7. Which postcard will they send to Mark?

A. The bridge of the old city

8. Which present will the girl take?

PART 2-Questions 9-20

Conversation 1. John has applied to train as a teacher and is being interviewed.

9. What is John’s first degree?

10. How long was John in Belgium?

11. What did he do after graduation?

B. He took a post-graduated course.

C. He travelled around the world

A. He had to travel a lot.

B. He did the same thing everyday.

C. His working time was too long.

D. His public speaking skill was bad.

13. Why does Matthrew want to borrow his mother’s car?

A. His car was broken.

B. He wants to take his friend’s books to school.

C. He wants to take his friend’s books to his new flat.

D. He will be late for the lecture.

14. Why doesn’t his mother lend him her car?

A. Her car doesn’t work well today

B. She needs the car

15. When is his mother’s meeting?

16. What does his mother decide to do in the end?

A. She refuses to lend him her car.

C. Her son takes the car and offer her a lift.

D. She doesn’ agree to take him to school.

17. What are they both doing here?

A. to meet Mrs Thompson

B. to listen to John singing

C. to attend singing class

D. to dance in a musical show

18. What is not true about Mrs Thompson?

A. She is very strict teacher.