PART 1: LISTENING

I. Questions 01 – 10. You are going to hear somebody giving their opinion about the media and its
influence on society. For questions 01 – 10, complete the sentences with a word or short phrase.
 The three forms of media are TV, radio and (01) ____________________
 Politicians use the media during political (02) ____________________
 Entertainers use it to stay in the (03) ____________________
 The percentage of people who did not have a particular point of view about the privacy of
celebrities was (04) ____________________
 The most influential form of media is (05) ____________________
 We can be deceived by TV when we are shown carefully selected (06)
____________________
 Some TV stations turn true events into (07) ____________________
 A newspaper had to pay (08) ____________________ for printing lies about a pop singer.
 Sometimes a paper can avoid being sued if it makes a public (09) ____________________
 There are two kinds of newspaper; the “quality” papers and the (10) ____________________

II. Questions 11 – 14. Complete the summary below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for
each answer.
After high school some people travel, find a(n) (11) ________________ or take on
temporary work to save money for further education.
If you decide to go straight on to more study, to start with you should think about your
(12) __________________. You’ll also need to consider whether your (13) ________________
will help you eventually get a good job. After course selection, you should decide on study goals:
how many papers to take and what (14) _________________ you want to achieve.

Questions 15 – 20. Where would you go for information or resources?

Write the correct letter A, B, or C next to questions 15 – 20.
A. from an Internet website
B. in the form of personal advice or guidance
C. on the availability of financial assistance
15. Higher Education Providers 16. Apprenticeship Scheme
17. School Careers Advisor 18. Career Services
19. Student Support Association 20. Libraries
PART 2: LEXICO-GRAMMAR
I. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
01. How long have you been looking for_________?
A. employee B. employer C. employment D. employ
02. To_________ photography professionally requires a lot of skills.
A. do B. make C. commit D. carry
03. We made her an excellent offer, but she_________ it.
A. turned B. rejected C. accepted D. denied
04. It must have been painful to him to stand there and watch his efforts going_________.
A. down the drain B. off the peg C. on the shelf D. off the old
block
05. That old building is going to be_________ and a new library will be built in its place.
 A. pushed off B. pulled down C. pushed in D. pull
through
06. You are not allowed to bring coffee into the examination room, _________?
A. do you? B. aren’t you? C. don’t you? D. are you?
07. When we met that day in Paris, I didn’t know that he was married_________ Barbara.
A. with B. to C. in D. of
08. He looked me_________ in the eye as though he hoped to draw something out of me.
A. long B. longly D. lengthy D.
lengthily
09. He has decided to buy a_________ for his son on the boy’s twenty-first birthday.
A. German sports posh B. posh German sports
D. posh sports German D. German posh sports
10. It is cheaper to travel by air in_________.
A. second hand B. style C. savings account D. economy
class
11. Members of the rock group were asked to modify their behavior_________ leave the hotel.
A. or else B. unless C. lest D. in case
12. The stage design was _________, but unfortunately the acting wasn’t so impressive.
A. out of this world B. out of mind C. out of the blue D. out of sight
13. Richard has invited Ann to his study group tonight, but she has refused. What would Richard
be most likely to say in response to Ann’s refusal?
Ann: “I’m afraid I can’t go tonight. I’m just not in the mood for it!”
Richard: “_______________!”
A. Off you go B. You are out C. Suit yourself D. Good for
you
14. _________ to the Senate than he began to face some of the realities of being a U.S. senator:
the heavy work load; maintaining two households, being away from his family.
A. No sooner had Obama been elected B. No sooner Obama had been
elected
C. No sooner had Obama elected D. No sooner Obama had elected
15. Richard is asking Ann about quantum physics, but Ann doesn’t know the answer to his
question. What would Ann be most likely to say?
Richard: “So, Ann, do the electrons in a pair spin in two opposite directions or not?”
Ann: “_______________!”
A. Mind your own business B. Whatever floats your boats
C. This is way below me D. Search me
16. Vietnam’s renowned rocker Tran Lap, _________ died of cancer on 17 March 2016, will be
honored with a posthumous medal for his contribution to the country’s music industry.
A. that B. who C. whom D. whose
17. The Vietnamese Fisheries Association has issued a_________ of China’s illegal ban on
fishing in the East Sea.
A. declamation B. defamation C. denunciation D. devaluation
18. _________ growing concern about unsafe food, many foreign and local firms are exploring
opportunities to produce safe food in the country.
A. Amid B. Despite C. Regardless of D. According
to
19. Hue locals consider Buddha’s birthday to be an important local holiday and will take
time_________ from their daily schedules for pagoda trips and prayer.
A. out B. away C. off D. down
20. Through generations, despite many _________, some Huong Canh families have
successfully preserved their traditional job of clay pot and tile making.
A. out and about B. odds and ends C. ins and outsD. ups and downs
II. Find one mistake in each of the following sentences by choosing A, B, C or D. Write your answers
on your answer sheet.
21. The issue was so controversial, but they were able to settle it in the end of the discussion.
A. was B. but C. able D. in the end
22. It cost him fortune to divorce her but at the end of the day he was more than happy because
he made the right choice.
A. fortune B. at the end C. was more than D. made
23. Studies by B.F. Skinner indicate that reward positively reinforces behavior and makes that
behavior likely more to recur.
A. Studies by B. reinforces C. and D. likely more
24. A food additive is any chemical that food manufacturers intentional add to their products.
A. additive B. that C. intentional D. products
25. Although the old fisherman was exhausted, but he managed to reel the giant marlin in by
nightfall.
A. fisherman B. but C. to reel D. nightfall
III. Complete the following passage with the correct form of the word given in CAPITALS to
the right of each line.
THE KING IN THE CAR PARK
We are used to reading about mysteries in detective novels, but a
real-life mystery was (26)__________ solved by archaeologists when they 26. RECENT
found a skeleton under a car park in a British city. The (27)__________ of 27. DISCOVER
the remains was of particular (28)__________ as they turned out to be 28.
those of the famous King of England, Richard III. (29)__________, most INTERESTING
monarchs have a formal (30)__________ and their bones are placed in 29. TRADITION
cathedrals or abbeys, but the final resting place of Richard had been 30. BURRY
(31)__________. The search to find his body had been a long one. Now, 31. KNOW
(32)__________ have formally identified the bones as those of Richard, 32. SCIENCE
comparing his DNA with that of another (33)__________. Tests have also
proven that Richard’s spinal deformity was not as bad as they had 33. DESCEND
(34)__________ thought. However, his reputation of being a 34. ORIGIN
(35)__________ still stands and the mystery of what really happened to his 35. CRIME
two nephews remains unsolved.
PART 3: READING
I. Read the following passage then choose the options among A, B, C or D that best completes the
blanks. Write your answers in your answer sheet.
CHANGING COUNTRIES
Seeking a new life and hoping for a significant (1)_________ in their standard of living,
foreign workers began flocking into Western Europe during the 1950s. In Britain, some of the
first immigrants arriving (2)_________ the West Indies and the Indian subcontinent were
welcomed by brass bands, but the dream of a new life soon (3)_________ sour for many.
Attracted by the promise to earn good money and learn new skills, the reality they found
was often one of (4)_________ wages and, in many (5)_________, unemployment. There were
times when the newcomers encountered open hostility; in 1958, riots (6)_________ out in
Notting Hill, west London, when gangs of white youths began taunting immigrants.
Yet despite the (7)_________ difficulties they encountered, many foreign workers did
manage to (8)_________ to their new conditions, settling in their new adopted country and
prospering. Their contribution had the effect not only of speeding up the (9)_________ of
economic change in the post- war period, it also (10)_________ Western Europe into a
multiracial society.
01. A. switch B. change C. modification D. variation
02. A. from B. to C. in D. at
03. A. turned B. converted C. switched D. moved
04. A. little B. small C. short D. low
05. A. occasions B. examples C. ways D. cases
06. A. broke B. carried C. came D. started
07. A. several B. high C. numerous D. heavy
08. A. fit B. adjust C. match D. suit
09. A. growth B. motion C. pace D. step
10. A. transformed B. transferred C. modified D. shifted
II. Read the passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct
answer to each of the following questions.
Icebergs are among nature’s most spectacular creations, and yet most people have never
seen one. A vague air of mystery envelops them. They come into being somewhere-in faraway,
frigid waters, amid thunderous noise and splashing turbulence, which in most cases no one hears
or sees. They exist only a short time and then slowly waste away just unnoticed.
Objects of sheerest beauty, they have been called. Appearing in an endless variety of
shapes they may be dazzlingly white, or they may be glassy blue, green or purple, tinted faintly
or in darker hues. They are graceful, stately, inspiring in calm, sunlit seas. But they are also
called frightening and dangerous, and that they are, in the night, in the fog, and in storms. Even
in clear weather one is wise to stay a safe distance away from them. Most of their bulk is hidden
below the water, so their underwater parts may extend out far beyond the visible top. Also, they
may roll over unexpectedly, churning the waters around them.
Icebergs are parts of glaciers that break off, drift into the water, float about awhile, and
finally melt. Icebergs afloat today are made of snowflakes that have fallen over long ages of
time. They embody snows that drifted down hundreds, or many thousands, or in some cases
maybe a million years ago. The snows fell in polar-regions and on cold mountains, where they
melted only a little or not at all, and so collected to great depths over the years and centuries.
As each year’s snow accumulation lay on the surface, evaporation and melting caused the
snowflakes slowly to lose their feathery points and become tiny grains of ice. When new snow
fell on top of the old, it too turned to icy grains. So blankets of snow and ice grains mounted
layer upon layer and were of such great thickness that the weight of the upper layers compressed
the lower ones. With time and pressure from above, the many small ice grains joined and
changed to larger crystals, and eventually the deeper crystals merged into a solid mass of ice.
11. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A. The Melting of Icebergs B. The Nature and Origin of Icebergs
C. The Size and Shape of Icebergs D. The Dangers of Icebergs
12. The author states that icebergs are rarely seen because they are___________.
A. surrounded by fog B. hidden beneath the mountains
C. located in remote regions of the world D. broken by waves soon after they are
formed
13. The passage mentions all of the following colors for icebergs EXCEPT___________.
A. yellow B. blue C. green D. purple
14. According to the passage, icebergs are dangerous because they___________.
A. usually melt quickly B. can turn over very suddenly
C. may create immense snowdrifts D. can cause unexpected avalanches
15. According to the passage, icebergs originate from a buildup of___________.
A. turbulent water B. feathers C. underwater pressure D. snowflakes
16. The formation of an iceberg is most clearly analogous to which of the following activities?
A. Walking on fluffy new snow, causing it to become more compact and icy
B. Plowing large areas of earth, leaving the land flat and barren
C. Skating across a frozen lake and leaving a trail behind
D. Blowing snow into one large pile to clear an area
17. In paragraph 4, the expression "from above" refers to___________.
A. sunlit seas B. polar regions
C. weight of mountains D. layers of ice and snow
18. The attitude of the author toward icebergs is one of
A. disappointment B. humor C. disinterest D. wonder
19. The word that in paragraph 2 refers to___________.
A. bad weather B. icebergs being frightening and dangerous
C. clear weather D. how icebergs look in the seas
20. The word merged in the last sentence is closest in meaning to___________.
A. became B. combined C. included D. consisted
III. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in
each space. Write your answer on your answer sheet.
Bells have been in existence for a long time. They were used by the Chinese about 6,000
years ago and the oldest bell ever found is (21)__________ 7,000 years old. Today, we live in a
world of mass (22)__________ and reliable clocks, so it is easy to forget what an essential part
of everyday life bells (23)__________ to be.
Bells told people of happy events, such as weddings and (24)__________ or, sometimes
had to announce (25)__________ events such as a death or a funeral. Sometimes bells were
used for giving people (26)__________ of an enemy’s approach or spreading the good news
(27)__________ victory.
In many places today, bells are perhaps most (28)__________ associated with
announcing when religious services are going to (29)__________ place. They are also frequently
rung during (30)__________ and continue to play a part in many people’s lives.
PART 4: WRITING
I. Complete the second sentence in such a way that it means exactly as the first sentence. The
word provided (if any) must not be altered in any way.
01. Celine has always been fond of classical music. (taste)
→
Celine________________________________________________________________________.
02. They cannot watch this film because they are not adults yet. (under)
→
Since___________________________________________________________________
______.
03. It’s a pity you didn’t ask us to spend more time with you.
→ If only
________________________________________________________________________
.
04. Your essays should be submitted by the 30th of June.
→ The
deadline_________________________________________________________________
.
05. She hasn’t spoken much since the day she met the President.
→
Little___________________________________________________________________
________.
II. Essay writing.
Vietnamese educators are divided on whether the current system of high schools for the
gifted should be maintained. Whilst some argue that the system may promote unhealthy
competition or unnecessary stress among students, and therefore should be abolished, many
others have praised the merits of those schools and voiced strong approval of their existence.
What advantages can schools for the gifted offer to their students and to the society?
Write an essay of 250 to 300 words to prove your ideas.

___________THE END__________