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A. LISTENING (40 points)
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Part 1: You will hear an English woman called Britta talking to an interviewer about her life in
Berlin, the capital of Germany. For each question, circle the correct answer. (10 points)
1. How long has Britta lived in Berlin?
A. four years B. six years C. twenty years
2. What does Britta say about living in Berlin?
A. She can’t sleep at night because of the traffic noise.
B. She misses the museums and theatres in Bonn.
C. She likes living in a big, busy city.
3. The area of Berlin where Britta lives is __________
A. a rather expensive place to live
B. a good place to eat out
C. a long way from the city centre
4. Britta says that her nephew, Philippe, likes going __________
A. to the park with her
B. to the shop with his parents
C. to a gallery with her
5. Britta has a lot of friends who __________
A. live near her B. work with her C. are still in England
Your answers
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Part 2: Listen to a talk and decide if these statements are True (T) or False (F). Write your
answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. (10 points)
1. Loans that are used to buy a home are known as mortgages.
2. A deposit can be worth about a tenth of the price of a home.
3. One of the mistakes banks made was they gave out loans to candidates with good credit report.
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H I CÁC TR NG CHUYÊN VÙNGỘ ƯỜ
DUYÊN H I VÀ ĐNG B NG B C BẢ Ồ Ằ Ắ Ộ
Đ THI CH N H C SINH GI I L N TH VIIIỀ Ọ Ọ Ỏ Ầ Ứ
MÔN: TI NG ANH - KH I 10Ế Ố
Ngày thi: 18 tháng 4 năm 2015
Th i gian: 180 phútờ
Đ thi g m: 10 trangề ồ
(Thí sinh vi t câu tr l i vào ế ả ờ b ngả cho s n trongẵ
đề)
Đ CHÍNH TH CỀ Ứ
4. One result of the crisis is that a lot of mortgages went unpaid.
5. The speaker feels that banks alone are responsible for the crisis.
Your answers
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Part 3: You will hear a woman talking to a man about joining a drama club. Complete the note
below with NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer. (20 pts)
MIDBURY DRAMA CLUB
Background
Example: Answer
Club started in __1957__
prize recently won by (1) ____________ section
usually performs (2) ____________ plays
Meetings
next auditions will be on Tuesday, (3) ____________
help is needed with publicity and (4) ____________
rehearsals take place in the (5) ____________hall
nearest car park for rehearsals in Ashburton Road opposite the (6)____________
Costs
annual membership fee is £ (7)____________
extra payment for (8)____________
Contact
secretary’s name is Sarah (9) ____________
secretary’s phone number is (10) ____________
Your answers
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
B. LEXICO-GRAMMAR (60 points)
I. Choose the best answer (A, B, C, or D) to each of the following questions and write your
answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. (20 pts)
1. When we start work in the morning, I usually ______ at the schedule for the whole day.
A. glimpse B. watch C. monitor D. glance
2. Scottish pound notes are not legal ______ in England.
A. tender B. money C. exchange D. value
3. If you’re interested in a career in ______, you must be prepared to work hard for little money.
A. acting B. playing C. performance D. stage
4. Mrs. Smith always likes someone to ______ her to the bus stop at night.
A. go B. company C. join D. accompany
5. After the funeral, the residents of the apartment building ______.
A. sent to the cemetery each week flowers faithfully.
B. sent faithfully flowers all week to the cemetery.
C. sent flowers faithfully to the cemetery each week.
D. sent each week faithfully to the cemetery flowers.
6. I don’t like Anthony, he seems to take too much ______ in criticizing everyone.
A. joy B. fascination C. pleasure D. entertainment
7. Conversations you strike up with travelling acquaintances usually tend to be ______.
A. insufficient B. perverse C. trivial D. imperative
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8. He found that the test was child's ______.
A. play B. games C. matches D. delight
9. The unscrupulous salesman ______ the old couple out of their life savings.
A. deprived B. swindled C. robbed D. extracted
10. _______ for Tom's opposition, we would have agreed to the contract.
A. Be it not B. Would it not have been
C. Should it not have been D. Had it not been
11. Sheila couldn’t attend the meeting as the date ________ with her holidays.
A. clashed B. struck C. opposed D. occurred
12. Our town has a real problem with youth crime, ______ do many other British towns.
A. so B. nor C. as D. like
13. It was Martin who ______ the initiative in introducing our guests to the princess.
A. adopted B. took C. led D. pursued
14. I was proud to be ______ out for special praise for my performance.
A. selected B. singled C. separated D. distinguished
15. The teacher gave me some ______ advice on which college to enrol.
A. nonsensical B. sound C. loud D. preposterous
16. She did six hours’______ studying a day for her exam.
A solid B heavy C strong D big
17. He opened the account with a(n) ______ to running up a healthy overdraft.
A. aim B. view C. purpose D. plan
18. I haven’t got the time to do my own work, ______ help you with yours.
A. leaving aside B. not counting C. let alone D. apart from
19. Helen was very much in ______ of her father.
A. respect B. awe C. regard D. admiration
20. ______ are a form of carbon has been known since the late eighteenth century.
A. Diamonds B. Because diamonds C. That diamonds D. Diamonds, which
Your answers
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
II. Read the following text which contains 10 mistakes. Identify the errors and write the
corrections in the corresponding numbered boxes. (20 pts)
Example: Line 1: ever => never
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The market for tourism in remote areas is booming as ever before. Countries all across
the world are active promoting their 'wilderness' regions – such as mountains, Arctic lands,
deserts, small islands and wetlands – to highly spending tourists. The attraction of these areas
is obvious: by defining, wilderness tourism requires little or no initial investment. But that
does not mean that there is no cost. Like the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and
Development recognized, these regions are fragile (i.e. highly vulnerable of abnormal
pressures) not just in terms of the culture of their inhabitation. The three most significant
types of fragile environment in these respects are deserts, mountains and Arctic areas. An
important character is their marked seasonality. Consequently, most human acts, including
tourism, are limited to clearly defined parts of the year.
Tourists are drawn to these regions by their natural beauty and the unique culture of its
people. And poor governments in these areas have welcomed the 'adventure tourists',
grateful for the currency they bring. For several years, tourism is the prime source of foreign
exchange in Nepal and Bhutan. Tourism is also a key element in the economics of Arctic
zones such as Lapland and Alaska and in desert areas such as Ayres Rocks in Australia and
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16 Arizona’s Monument Valley.
Your answer:
Line Mistakes Corrections
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III. Fill in the gaps in the following sentences with suitable particles. Write your answers in the
corresponding numbered boxes. There is an example at the beginning (0). (10 pts)
0. He finds it hard to put _________ the noise of the nearby factory.
Answer: up with
1. Hardly anyone would have thought that the boxing champion would give ____________ after the
first round.
2. Would you mind turning the radio down a little? I’m feeling weary ____________ the noise it’s
making.
3. That chair is not very strong. Do you think it is ____________ your weight?
4. Leave me alone. I’m not ____________ the mood for your silly joke.
5. He never told us he was Italian and that his real name was Franco. We all knew him
____________ the name of Eddie.
6. The firefighters fought the blaze while the crowd looked ____________.
7. Guess who I bumped ____________ in town. Our old physics teacher, Mr. Watson.
8. I’m sorry to hear that Dick and Peter have fallen ____________.They were such good friends.
9. Don’t worry. The pain should wear ____________ fairly soon.
10. If everyone chips ____________ we can get the kitchen painted by noon.
Your answers
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
IV. Use the word in capitals at the end of each of the following sentences to form a word that fits
suitably in the blank. There is an example at the beginning (0).
0. We had an interesting ______________ about football. DISCUSS
Answer: discussion
1. She has a ______________ attitude towards life. CARE
2. Most peasants were living in subhuman conditions as the Feudalism had ______________ them
for a long time. POOR
3. It’s undeniable that the ______________ of the local incompetent healer was responsible for her
sudden death. DIAGNOSE
4. Many diseases which were once thought _______________ now can be routinely treated. CURE
5. Are all those ______________ they put in food really necessary? ADD
6. Your presence has enriched our lives ______________. MEASURE
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7. Doris Carter, who is 107 today, puts her ______________down to having a loving family and
seven cups of tea a day. LONG
8. Film studios spend millions of dollars on ______________for new movies. PUBLIC
9. The trouble with Mr. Brown is that he’s so ______________. One minute he goes mad when you
come late then he says nothing. You never know where you are! CONSIST
10. This matter is very ______________ . Don’t discuss it outside the office. CONFIDENCE
Your answers
1. 6.
2. 7.
3. 8.
4. 9.
5. 10.
C. READING (60 points)
I. Read the following passage and decide which answer (A, B, C, or D) best fits each gap. Write
your answers in corresponding numbered boxes. (15 pts)
Phobias, such as an extreme fear of spiders or heights, can cause genuine suffering. In the
past, one (1) __________ to treatment involved the use of mind-(2) __________ drugs, although
these often caused undesirable (3) __________ - effects in the patient. Another common method still
in use is behavioural therapy. This involves exposing people to their particular phobia under
controlled (4) __________. The (5) __________ behind this is that a new memory can be created
which says the feared object or situation in (6) __________ is safe. In most cases, the effects seem to
be more positive than those achieved through chemical intervention.
Most recently, in 2009, a series of (7) __________experiments led by Elizabeth Phelps at New
York university looked at the way ‘fear memories’ were retrieved and the way they could be
manipulated. Originally, the experiments had been (8) __________ on laboratory rats. Every time the
rats were exposed to a certain sound, they were given an electric shock, so they learnt to fear the
sound. Scientists (9) __________ it was possible to eliminate that fear through ‘extinction training’,
in which the rats were then exposed repeatedly to the sound without any electric shock.
The timing of this training was (10) __________. Fear of the sound was only erased in those rats
that were trained after an interval of a few minutes but no longer than a few hours after the fear
memory was revived. Phelps’ study, on human (11) __________ given electric shocks when shown
coloured cards, was (12) __________ on the rat tests. A year after the experiments, nineteen of her
(13) __________ took part in further tests. Those who had received ‘extinction training’ more than
six hours after the fear memory was revived still showed signs of fear towards the coloured cards.
Those who had been trained quickly showed no signs of fear - (14) __________ that the fear
memory had been eradicated. The research team’s (15) __________ seemed to offer hope for a new
form of phobia treatment.
1. A. way B. means C. method D. approach
2. A. altering B. changing C. adapting D. transferring
3. A. other B. after C. side D. over
4. A. examples B. conditions C. cases D. rules
5. A. action B. theory C. practice D. process
6. A. front B. mind C. question D. point
7. A. pioneering B. leading C. main D. breaking
8. A. found out B. taken part C. looked into D. carried out
9. A. gained B. discovered C. acquired D. wondered
10. A. meaningful B. urgent C. crucial D. foremost
11. A. volunteers B. nominees C. candidates D. applicants
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