II.

VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (10 points)

a. Choose the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following
questions.
Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.

1. The day their first child was born, the new parents were ______ with joy.
A. overpowered B. overtaken C. overthrown D. overcome
2. Did you notice Linda trying to ______ doing the washing up?
A. set out B. break out of C. run out D. get out of
3. Having opened the bottle, ______ for everyone.
A. the drink was poured B. Amber poured the drink
C. Amber pouring the drink D. the drink was being poured
4. I have English classes ______ day – on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
A. all other B. each other C. every other D. this and the other
5. Carrie doesn‟t do her own washing, she ______ her little sister to do it for her.
A. makes B. gets C. lets D. has
6. If oil supplies run out in 2050 then we need to find ______ energy sources.
A. alternative B. alternating C. alternate D. altering
7. For the ______ of rewiring your home, hiring an electrician is a wise move.
A. aim B. purpose C. object D. intention
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8. Good hygiene helps keep ______ the levels of infection.
A. down B. off C. on D. away
9. It is imperative that every student ______ their reports by the end of this month.
A. will hand in B. will have to hand in C. hands in D. hand in
10. Thomas and Jenifer ______ into heavy traffic. They should have arrived by now.
A. might run B. would have run C. can run D. must have run
11. Let me use the telephone, ______?
A. do we B. don‟t you C. will you D. shall we
12. Living abroad is a great way for you to ______ your mind.
A. enlarge B. increase C. broaden D. widen
13. I wish I ______ to drama school. Now I would be famous.
A. was going B. could go C. had gone D. would go
14. The beach is ______ walking distance of the hotel so it‟s very convenient.
A. off B. in C. on D. within
15. ______ his advice, I would never have got the job.
A. As long as B. Apart from C. But for D. As for
16. Not knowing he had ______ out with his girlfriend, I made the mistake of inviting them both
to the party.
A. fallen B. quarreled C. parted D. separated
17. It‟s no ______ asking me about it, because I don't know anything.
A. point B. use C. worth D. reason
18. The curriculum at the public school is as good ______ of any private school.
A. or better than B. as or better than that
C. as or better than D. as or better than those
19. ______ had booked in advance were allowed in.
A. Only who B. Only those who
C. Only who were those D. Only were those who
20. Remember to appreciate what your friends do for you. You shouldn't take them ______.
A. out of habit B. as usual C. for granted D. as a rule

b. Fill in each gap with a suitable preposition or particle.

1. Helen had great admiration ___________ her history teacher.
2. I was ___________ the impression that you liked Indian food.
3. You are perfectly capable _________ making your own bed, I would have
thought.
4. We met at the hotel completely ___________ a coincidence.
5. You should try to cooperate ___________ that organization _________
every way.
c. Use the word given in CAPITAL to form a word that fits in the text. Write your answers
in the numbered space provided in the column on the right.
Of all the sports that originated in England, I am most impressed by the
Boat race. The first Boat race was a memorable occasion and took place in
1829. One of the first (1) FOUND of the race was Charles Wordsworth
who had (2) SUCCESS established the university cricket match in 1827.
Today, almost two centuries later, one of the most (3) AMAZE things
about the race is its worldwide (4) POPULAR. In fact, there is even a
Boat race society which is responsible for the annual (5) DISTRIBUTE of
videos of the race to all its members. The race is rowed on the River
Thames in London over a (6) LONG of about four miles. Thousands stand
on the banks to watch, however (7) PLEASE and cold weather might be.
Just (8) OCCASION if weather is very windy, a boat may fill with water
and sink a (9) DRAMA sight and obviously a great (10) EMBARRASS to
the boat’s crew.

d. Each line of the passage below contains a mistake. Find the mistakes and correct them.
III. READING (25 points)
Section 1 (5 points)
You are going to read an article in which people talk about school rules. For questions 1-5,
choose
from the people A-C. The people may be chosen more than once. Write your answers in the
corresponding numbered boxes provided. There is an example (0) that has been done for
you.
Which person states the following?
I fail to understand the reason for a rule at my child‟s school. 0 C
Something which was forbidden at the school before is actively encouraged now. 1
I disagree with the element of choice offered to my child. 2
I did not realize that I had accepted a rule at my child‟s school. 3
School rules were clearer and easier to understand when I was at school. 4
I was angry at the way my child was made to feel. 5

School Rules
Three parents compare their school rules with those of their children.

A. Simon
When I was at school – more years ago than I care to remember – far too much emphasis was
placed on what we could and couldn‟t do, and sometimes this got in the way of learning. We had
to wear our jacket and tie at all times, no matter what the temperature, and I remember sitting
there in the height of summer, sweating profusely as I battled with algebra or struggled with
French verb forms.
They didn‟t let us drink water in the classroom either. That would cause an outrage now. My
daughter goes to the same school as I did, and we‟re asked to provide her with a refillable bottle,
which she can take into class with her. They‟ve realized that water improves concentration, so
pupils almost have to drink it now.
B. Jenny
At my son David‟s school, rule number one of their two-page Mobile Phone Policy states that
„pupils are strongly advised not to bring mobile phones to school‟; then there are sixteen more
rules describing situations in which they can and cannot be used. It‟s very confusing – it would
be much simpler just to ban them altogether. That‟s what my old school would have done if
mobile phones had been around then. Everything was black and white in those days, just like our
school tie.
And that‟s another thing – David doesn‟t have to wear a tie if he doesn‟t want to, even though
it‟s part of the uniform. That‟s just silly. I almost wrote to the school about it, but my son
advised me against it. It seems that school rules are decided on jointly by students and teachers,
and as a parent, I don‟t have any say in the matter.
C. Lucy
My sixteen-year-old daughter isn‟t allowed to wear a nose stud to school on health and safety
grounds. Can you believe it? According to the head teacher, in a busy school piercings present „a
very real risk of accidents‟. I can‟t see why – they‟re no more dangerous than carrying a
sharpened pencil in your pocket, and there‟s no rule against that, as far as I know. I used to wear
earrings to school and never had any problems.
It seems I agreed to all this when I signed the school rules document at the beginning of last
term, but I honestly wasn‟t aware of any ban on tiny metal objects in the nose. We were given a
couple of warnings, but I was still furious when they made her take it out and sent her home for
the day: they humiliated her in front of her classmates and there‟s no excuse for that.

Section 2 (10 points)

Read the following passage, and choose the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word that
best fits each of the numbered blanks. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered
boxes provided. There is an example (0) that has been done for you.

Business Is Booming at School

Students at Oakfields School in England are working on (0) ______ a head start in business.
They are doing this by learning about business as (1) ______ of their classes. The program has
begun in the Year 8 German class where students are learning how to speak German and how to
(2) ______ their own business at the same time. For the last year the class have been setting (3)
______ a company that sells German toys. In November last year they made a respectable profit
of over £250 selling the toys at a local market. One student commented: „Previously, I wasn‟t
that (4) ______ on German, but now I realized it‟s a useful life skill.‟ Trang 5/7 Business has
had an (5) ______ on other lessons too. English students are planning to sell some of their best
creative writing as e-books while some design students are starting a mail order plastic crockery
business. In (6) ______, two 15-year-old students have started a business of their own selling a
computer app that helps students to (7) ______ their homework. The school hopes that learning
about business early will give students a better (8) ______ of finding employment in the future.
Teachers at Oakfields say that this is (9) ______ important as the school is located in an area
where there are relatively few (10) ______. The students themselves add that they find
developing business skills enjoyable as well as useful.

0. A. going B. bringing C. working D. getting

1. A. bit B. part C. piece D. section
2. A. let B. deal C. take D. run
3. A. up B. off C. out D. down
4. A. fond B. willing C. keen D. eager
5. A. input B. impact C. increase D. involvement
6. A. conclusion B. particular C. consequence D. addition
7. A. control B. organize C. fix D. support
8. A. likelihood B. option C. chance D. opportunity
9. A. absolutely B. utterly C. particularly D. totally
D. careers
10. A. work B. jobs C. labor

Section 3 (10 points)

Read the following passage and think of the word which best fits each blank. Use only ONE
word in each blank. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.
There is an example (0) that has been done for you.
Handwriting

About six months (0) ago, I realized I had (1) ____________ idea what the handwriting of a
good friend of mine looked (2) ____________. We had always communicated by email and text
but never by a handwritten letter. And it struck me that we are at a moment (3) ____________
handwriting seems to be about to vanish from our lives altogether. (4) ____________ some point
in recent years, it stopped (5) ____________ a necessary and inevitable intermediary between
people – a means by (6) ____________ individuals communicate with each other, putting a little
bit of their personality (7) ____________ the form of the message as they press the ink-bearing
point onto the paper. It has started to become just (8) ____________ among many options, often
considered unattractive and elaborate. For each of us, the act of putting marks on paper with ink
goes back as (9) ____________ as we can remember. Our handwriting, like ourselves, seems
always to have been there. But now, given that most of us communicate via email and text, have
we lost (10) ____________ crucial to the human experience?

IV. WRITING (25 points)

Section 1 (5 points)
For each question, complete the second sentence in such a way that it is as similar in
meaning as possible to the one printed before it.
1. I couldn‟t have finished my project without your help.
If it __________________________________________________________________________.
2. I expected her to be on time but she wasn‟t.
Contrary _____________________________________________________________________.
3. You‟ve got to decide what course to take.
It‟s time ______________________________________________________________________.
4. When James heard that his father had left all his money to his brother, he did not find it
surprising.
It came _______________________________________________________________________.
5. The weather in the north is wetter than in the south.
The weather in the south _________________________________________________________.
Section 2 (5 points)
For each question, complete the second sentence in such a way that it has the closest
meaning to the original one, using the WORD given. DO NOT change the word. You must
use between THREE and SIX words, including the word given.
1. The Thorntons didn‟t feel that either of the properties they viewed suited their needs.
NEITHER
The Thorntons viewed two ________________________________________ suited their needs.
2. Amy didn‟t realize how noisy her neighborhood was until she moved away. MOVING
Only _________________________________________ how noisy her neighborhood had been.
3. The heavy rain made it impossible for them to complete the walk. PREVENTED
They ___________________________________________________ the walk by the heavy rain.
4. The rough sea didn‟t discourage us from going sailing. WAS
Rough ______________________________________________________ we still went sailing.
5. The editor prefers to be asked before articles are changed in any way. CHANGES
The editor would rather staff _____________________________ in articles without asking him.
Section 3 (15 points)
Write a short essay of about 200 words on the following topic:
Some people think that online learning has more disadvantages than advantages.
Do you agree or disagree with this opinion?
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