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Paper one: Reading comprehension Section A: Choose the word or phrase from the list below which best completes each sentence hear because put off According to information talking joined give In spite of from Tokyo telling to see prefer injured has joined in died was consisls exists to seeing gave would rather replace happened dead is in case information has come pain about instead in Tokyo performances heard is coming programmes put out has happened 1.We’ll have to ................................................................ the meeting until next week because no one can come tomorrow 2.I wish I could ................................................................ up smoking 3.Charles Dickens ................................................................ on 9 June 1870 4.It’s rude to interrupe when someone eles is ................................................................ 5.At the age of eighteen, he ................................................................ the army 6.We are looking forward ................................................................ when you next come to England 7.On the whole, I ................................................................ eating at home to eating out 8.If it ................................................................ fine, I’ll go out 9.Take an umbrella ................................................................ it rains 10. ................................................................ the weather forecast, it will rain tomorrow 11.Fortunately nobody was ................................................................ in the accident 12.When he stays in her house he always complains ................................................................ her dogs 13.Why don’t you do something ................................................................ of just complaining 14.The book is full of ................................................................ 15.A man ................................................................ came to see you this morning 16.Their office ................................................................ of three small rooms 17.It ................................................................ a year ago 18.Look, the bus ................................................................ 19.Are there any good ................................................................ on television tonight ? 20.No sooner had she ................................................................ the news than she fainted Section B: Read these passages and answer briety the questions that follow Passage 1: Earnest Hemingway was began his writing carrer as an ambitious American newspaperman in Paris after the First World War. His early books, including “The Sun Also Rises”, were published in Europe before they were released in the United States. Hemingway always wrote from experience rather than from imagination. In “Farewell To Arms”, published in 1929, he recounted his adventures as an ambulance drive in Italy during the war. In “For Whom the Bell Tolls”, published in 1940, he retold his memories of the Spanish Civil War. 21.When did Earnest Hemingway start his writing career ? 22.In which novel did he retell his memories of the Spanish Civil War ? 23.When was “Farewell to Arms” published ? 24.Did Hemingway always write from imagination ? 25.In which novel can we read about his adventures in Italy during the war ? Passage 2: Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) exists in order to make the public more aware of the dangers of smoking. It tries to make people give up the habit by organizing anti-smoking campaigns, and it is especially concerned with limiting cigarettes advertising. So far, it has succeeded in persuading the government to ban cigarettes adventising on television 26.What does ASH stand for ? 27.What is the purpose of ASH ? 28.What particular things does it do ? 29.What has it done so far ? 30.What does the word ‘habit’ (to in dam) in this passage refer to ? Passage 3: The city with the highest temperature yesterday was Singapore. At noon the temperature in Singapore was 330C and at midnight the temperature there was 250C. Tokyo had the second highest temperature. It was only 20C lower than in Singapore at noon. The temperature in Rome at noon was 300C, the same as in New York, one degree higher than that in Athens and Hongkong. The temperature at midnight in Paris was only 140C. Stockholm’s temperature at midnight, was the same as the temperature at midnight in Paris, but its noon temperature was 240C. The coolest city was London with a temperature of only 220C at noon and 130C at midnight. The five cities with the highest temperature had a lot of sunshine throughout the day. Although it was cloudy in Athens and Paris, it didn’t rain. It was also cloudy and dry in Stockholm, but its rained heavily in both London and Hongkong. 31.What’s the highest temperature in Singapore ? 32.What city had got the same temperature as in New York ? 33.What city was the coolest city on that day ? 34.Where didn’t it rain ? 35.Where does the passage come from ? Passage 4: I’m a nurse and don’t carn very much money at all. In fact, I have a lot of difficulty in just making ends meet as we say. But I like being a nurse. I suppose it’s because I enjoy helping people. Being a nurse it is hard work. It means working all sorts of hours. And it isn’t very pleasant sometimes. There are all sorts of things I don’t enjoy. For example I don’t enjoy seeing people in pain. Working ten hours a day and more in a hospital isn’t much fun, but at least you know you’re doing something worthwhile 36. Can she make ends meet from her job? 37. Does she like her job as a nurse? Why? 38. Why does she think that her job is hasd work 39. What does not she like or enjoy? 40. How many hours does she have to work in her hospital a day? Section C: In this section you must fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage with one suitable word. Watching TV and going for a walk (41) ........................................................ the most popular leisure activities in Britain, but although longer holidays and shorter (42) ........................................................hours, have given people more free (43) ........................................................ . Women generally have less free time (44) ........................................................ men, because they spend time (45) ........................................................ domestic work, shopping and child care (46) ........................................................survey showed that men were (47) ........................................................ to read newspapers than women, while (48) ........................................................ slightly higher proportion of adults read (49)........................................................newspapers than read daily morning national (50)........................................................ Part two: Writing Section A: Guided sentence Building Make all changes and additions necessary to prodecs sentences from the following sets of words and phrases. Example: I / hope / you / my letter / before now Answer: I was hoping you should have replied to my letter before now 51. I / be very delighted / get / your letter 52. I / did not know/ you / had arrive back / United States 53. / you / have / good time / London? 54. I / bo looking / forward / to hearing / all / about 55. Thank you / for inviting / me/ dinner / next / weekend 56. I / be afraid / I / shall not / able / come / Sundays 57. But / I / will not / free / following weekend 58. Why / don’t / you call / me / in / next few days ? 59. We / must / see / each other / soon / possible 60. I / look forward / see / you Section B: Sentence Transfomation. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printer before it. Example: They serviced my car last week. Answer: I had my car serviced last week 61. If you don’t start at once you’ll be late. Unless 62. Hanoi has a lot of interesting places There are 63. My brother is taller than me 64. Do you like that film ? Nancy asked me Nancy asked if 65. The water was so cold that the children couldn’t swim in it The water was not 66. I advised you to put your money in the bank You’d 67.He prefers playing football to tennis He’d rather 68.He has also been collecting stamps for five years He also started 69.How long is it since he bought the house ? When 70.He couldn’t repair his broken vase The Section C: English translation a.Vietnamese - English translation: 71.ChØ cã 3% n­íc trªn thÕ giíi lµ n­íc ngät 72.Anh Êy kh«ng thÓ gi¶i quyÕt ®­îc vÊn ®Ò nµy vµ c¸c b¹n anh Êy còng thÕ 73.Khi nghe thÊy tiÕng ån µo t«i véi ch¹y ra ngoµi ®Ó xem ®iÒu g× ®ang x¶y ra 74.V× kh«ng cã lý do g× ®Ó chê ®îi nªn hä ®· ®i 75.B¹n ®· ®äc tin vÒ trËn ®éng ®Êt ë ý ch­a ? b.English- Vietnamese translation: 76.In 1785 the Congress of the United States chose the dollar as the unit of currency 77.The size of the audience as we expected was well over twenty thousand 78.The earth has a tremendous amount of water but almost all of it is in the oceans 79.I argely through the work of the World Health Organization most developed countries have eardicated malaria or brought under control  80.They made themselves understood by using sign language