MOCK TEST 9

I. LISTENING ( 50 pts)
SECTION I: LISTENING
Part 1: You will hear a conversation between two senior students who have to organize
a competition for the university’s Open Day. First you have some time to look at
questions 1 – 5 and choose the answer that best fits according to what you hear. (10
pts)
1. Clare and Grant must arrange a competition which will especially interest
A. school students. B. Open Day committee members. C. Open
Day visitors.
2. What will the prize be?
A. an iPod B. an iPad C. an iPhone
3. Who will be responsible for buying the prize?
A. a university department B. Clare and Grant C. Rick
Smith
4. What is the most important aspect for entrants in the competition?
A. fun B. guesswork C. ability
5. In the science fiction series on television, what is on the other side of the gateway?
A. a portal B. a new world of education C. a different time
period
Part 2: You will hear part of a tutorial between two students and their tutor. The
students are doing a research project to do with computer use. (10 pts)
Listen and decide whether the following sentences are true (T) or false (F).
1. Sami and Irene decided to do a survey about access to computer ……………
facilities because no one has investigated it before.
2. Sami and Irene had problems with the reading for their project ……………
because not much had been written about the topic.
3. Sami and Irene get the main data in their survey from observation of ……………
students.
4. The tutor suggests that one problem with the survey was limitation in ……………
the number of students involved.
5. 77% of students surveyed thought that a booking system would be
the best solution.
Part 3 : You will hear a piece of news called “ Bottled air ”. For questions 1-5, write an
answer of no more than three words for each of the questions below. (10 pts)
1. What kind of news did the man see that made him decide to start his business?
………………………………………………………………………………………………
………
2. What is the name of the industry the man is in?
………………………………………………………………………………………………
………
3. How much air can you buy for $115?

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………………………………………………………………………………………………
………
4. Where does the entrepreneur live now?
………………………………………………………………………………………………
………
5. What does the man sometimes have to go to the bottom of to get air?
………………………………………………………………………………………………
………
Part 4:
Listen to a talk on insomnia – the inability to sleep properly. Complete the following
notes on the talk about insomnia. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A
NUMBER for each answer. (20 pts)
 CAUSES
People may have trouble falling asleep due to worries about exams or a (1)
………………..…………
It can be due to (2) ………………………………….factors: noise, light, no
privacy.
It can be due to occupational factors: working irregular hours, overworking, too
much (3) …………………………………., high stress.
 SOLUTIONS
In situations where the patient is suffering from illness and physical discomfort,
a doctor may give them (4) …………………………………. or (5)
………………………………….
(6) …………………………………. before going to bed.
Watch your diet. Don’t eat a large meal in the evening. Avoid alcohol, cola and
coffee.
Drink herbal tea (e.g. camomile) or (7) ………………………………….
Don’t take naps during (8) ………………………………….
Take a (9) ………………………………….before bed or after exercise.
Cut down on (10) …………………………………. in the evening.

II. GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY ( 30 pts)

Part 1. Choose the word or phrase that best fits each blank in the following sentences.
(10 pts)
1. I always take my lucky _________with me into an exam.
A. sign B. item C. charm D. spell
2. I didn’t know my guess was going to be right – It was just __________
A. pot luck B. odds C. draw D. gamble
3. Why are all your clothes in a __________on the floor?
A. bulk B. heap C. batch D. sum
4. Sending out e-mails that people haven’t asked for to ______addresses is often known.
A. sufficient B. countless C. widespread D. multiple
5. We all have to follow the rules, and none of us is ________ the law.
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 A. beyond B. over C. above D. onto
6. We are pleased to inform you that we have decided to _________your request for
British citizenship.
A. give B. grant C. permit D. donate
7. We can only _______ as to the causes of the disaster.
A. think B. consider C. speculate D. ponder
8. I didn’t _________out to be a millionaire – I just wanted to run a successful business.
A. set B. go C. begin D. watch
9. I’m not sure if I’m doing it right, but I’ll try to ___________ahead with it anyway.
A. drive B. bang C. touch D. press
10. Could you lend me some money to _____________ me over to the end of the month?
A. hand B. tide C. get D. make
Your answers
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Part 2 . There are 5 errors in the passage. Find and correct them. The first one has done
as an example. (5 pts) (tuyển tập đề thi Olympic 30/4 – 2011 – Trang 113)
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1 The ability to deceive other is thought by some psychologists to be a
2 character that has been genetically selected through human evolution.
3 Comparisons have been made with animal deception, such as camouflage
4 and mimicry. For hundreds of generations, it is arguing, the ability to make
5 others believe insincere remarks and promises has conferred advantages in
6 struggles to control resources and win mating partners. The less cunning
7 have , quite simply, produced fewer offspring, and a talent for creating
8 false impressions has dominated the human gene pool.
9 What the merits or shortcomings of this line of thinking, they are
undoubtedly many occasions in everyday social encounters when people ,
for the reason or another , want to avoid expressing their true feelings. The
ability to do these varies and success tends to breed success. Those which
lie effectively will tend to lie more often, perfecting their social skills in
the process.Those who fail are deterred from future attempts and get less
practice. With lying, as with everything else, practice makes perfect.
Part 3. Fill in the blank with a suitable preposition or a particle to complete the following
sentences (5 pts)
1. I had a row with Elizabeth and it just cancelled ________ all the effort I’d put into
getting her to like me.
2. These carrots have shriveled ___________a bit so I think I’ll throw them out.
3. The President’s just been elected to a second term ________office.
4. The media start prying ____________your private life when you run for public office.
Part 4. Fill in each blank with the most suitable form of the word in brackets. (10 pts)
(source: Destination C1)
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 Your answers:
The __1__ (say) “never judge a book by its cover” could not 1. ....................................
be more true for Ridiculous Rules by Marjorie Allen. The ........
cover is completely blank, whereas the book is crammed full 2. ....................................
of wonderful examples and anecdotes. Allen is an __2__ ........
(speak) critic of what is taught to native and non-native 3. ....................................
speakers of English, and has issued a __3__ (declare) of war ........
against textbooks and style books which tell lies. 4......................................
Take the ridiculous and __4__ (mean) rule of never .......
ending a sentence with a preposition. The lovely - if famous – 5......................................
story goes, that Winston Churchill, well-known for his .......
numerous __5__ (write) as well as for being British Prime 6. ....................................
Minister during the Second World War, received a ........
manuscript back from an ignorant __6__ (edit), who had told 7. ....................................
him rather rudely that he had to __7__ (phrase) a sentence ........
which ended with a preposition. Churchill responded by 8. ....................................
making the simple yet forceful __8__ (state) in the margin: ........
“This is an impertinence up with which I will not put.” – the 9. ....................................
__9__ (imply) being that not to end a sentence with a ........
preposition often sounds ridiculous in English, Sadly, Allen 10. ..................................
informs us that the story is probably mere __10__ (hear), and ..........
that Churchill may have actually only written “rubbish!” in
the margin.

PART III: READING (60 pts.)

Part 1. For each gap, choose the correct answer A, B, C or D which best fits the context.
(10 pts) (Source: Cambridge certificate in advanced English 4 – Page 70)

THE TRADE IN RHINO HORN

Last year thieves broke into a Scottish castle and stole only one thing: a rhino
horn, which at 1.5 metres was the longest in the world. In China pharmaceutical factories
have been building up collections of antiques made from rhino horn, for the sole (1)………
of smashing them to powder to make the essential ingredient of many of their medicines.
And in Africa poachers continue to die in the (2)………..for the black rhino.
Recently, conservations met to (3)……… a campaign to persuade countries where rhino
horn is (4)……… part of the traditional medicine to (5)………. to substitutes. The biggest
threat to the survival of the rhinoceros is the (6)……….. of certain countries to enforce a
ban on domestic (7)…… in rhino horn.
The rhino horn is included in many (8)……….. for disorders ranging from fevers to
nosebleeds. Horn, like fingernails, is made of keratin and has no proven medicinal (9)
………… Traditional substitutes, such as horn from buffalo or antelope, are regarded as
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second best.
The battle is thought to be winnable. But it may be harder than the battle against the trade
in ivory, for there is a (10)………between the two commodities. Ivory is a luxury; rhino
horn, people believe, could save the life of their child.

1. A. reason B. intention C. need D. purpose

2. A. chance B. search C. fight D. race
3.A. design B. plan C. programme D. form
4.A. hardly B. even C. nearly D. still
5.A. vary B. switch C. modify D. adjust
6. A. rejection B. denial C. refusal D. protest
7. A. business B. commerce C. selling D. trading
8. A. recipes B. aids C. remedies D. doses
9. A. capacity B. values C. control D. powers
10.A. variation B. difference C. gap D. comparison
Part 2: For questions 81-90, read the text below and think of the word which best fits
each space. Use only one word in each space. (10 pts) (Source: Cambridge certificate
in advanced English 4 – Page 72)
Example: (0) - by
WRONGED BY HOW YOU WRITE

The handwriting of school children could spell the difference between success and failure
in examinations according to research carried out by the Open University.
In a study (0)…by…. Dennis Briggs of the Faculty of Educational Studies, it was found
that essays which were written (1)……in…… different styles of handwriting attracted
different marks. ‘The findings suggest that there is a borderline zone within examination
marking where (2)…how…..an essay is written may be almost as important as what the
essay is about,’ said Mr.Briggs. Five essays were double marked (3)…with…..the second
marker unaware of the marks of the first marker. The essay scripts for the second marker
had been copied out in three writing styles. Two of the styles were ones which had been the
subject of continual criticism at school.
(4)…All……the markers were practising teachers who (5)…were…….told that the
effectiveness of double marking was being checked. the results showed that a 12-year old
who can present an essay one way will do better, perhaps much better, (6)than……a friend
who presents the (7)…same……..standard in terms of content but who (8)…does…..not or
cannot make it look so attractive. The conclusion is that school children may not do as (9)
…well……as perhaps they could (10)…if only….. their handwriting is untidy.
Part 3. Read the following passage and choose the best answer A, B, C or D for each
question. Write your answers in the space provided. (15 pts) (source: Olympic 30/4 –
2011 – page 210)

There is one kind of pain for which nobody has yet found a cure—the pain that comes
from the ending of a relationship. The relationship could be a marriage, a love affair, or a
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deep friendship, in fact, any strong emotional tie between two people. Such a relationship
may come to an abrupt but premeditated end: or it may simply fade away slowly as people
and circumstances change. You may be the one to “break it off” , with a short note or a
brief phone call. Or you may be on the receiving end, like the soldier who dreads getting a
“Dear john” letter from a girlfriend who has got tired of waiting. But however it ended and
whoever decided to end it, the pain is equally hard to bear. It is a sort of death, and it
requires the same period of mourning, the same time for grief.
Although there is no cure for grief, we cannot help looking for one, to ease the pain and to
make us forget our tears. We seek refuge in other relationships, we keep ourselves busy
with work, we try to immerse ourselves in our hobbies. Perhaps we start to drink more
than we should to “drown our sorrows,” or we follow the conventional advice and join a
club or society. But these things only relieve the symptoms of the illness; they cannot cure
it. Moreover, we are always in a hurry to get rid of our grief. It is as if we were ashamed of
it. We feel that we should be able to “pull ourselves together.” We try to convince
ourselves, as we bite on the pillow, that we are much too old to be crying. Some people
bury their grief deep inside themselves, so that nobody will guess what hey are going
through. Others seek relief by pouring their hearts out to their friends, or to anyone else
who can offer a sympathetic shoulder to cry on. But after a while, even our friends start to
show their impatience, and suggest with their reproachful glances that it is about time we
stopped crying. They, too, are in a hurry for the thing to be over.
It is not easy to explain why we adopt this attitude to emotional pain, when we would
never expect anyone to overcome physical pain simply by an effort of will power. Part of
the answer must lie in the nature of grief itself. When the love affair dies, you cannot
believe that you will ever find another person to replace the one who has gone so
completely out of your life. Even after many, many months, when you think that you have
begun to learn to live without your lost love, something—a familiar place, a piece of
music, a whiff of perfume — will suddenly bring the bitter-sweet memories flooding back.
You choke back the tears and desperate, almost angry, feeling that you are no better now
than the day the affair ended.
And yet, grief is like an illness that must run its course. Memories do fade eventually, a
healing skin does start to grow over the wound, the intervals between sudden glimpses of
the love you have lost do get longer. Bit by bit, life resumes its normal flow. Such is the
complexity of human nature that we can even start to feel guilty as these things start to
happen, as if it were an insult to our lost love that we can begin to forget at all.
The important thing to admit about grief, then, is that it will take its time. By trying to
convince ourselves that it ought to be over sooner, we create an additional tension which
can only make things worse. People who have gone through the agony of a broken
relationship and there are few who have not -agree that time is the "GREAT HEALER".
How much time is needed will vary from person to person, but psychiatrist have “a rule of
thumb”: grief will last as long as the original relationship lasted .The sad thing is that
,when the breakdown occurs ,we can only stumble forward over the stones beneath out
feet. It is dark ahead, and you will feel painfully many times before we begin to see the
light as the end of the tunnel.
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1. Relationships often come to an end because……………
A. the feeling of the people was not very deep. B. people do not realize the pain
they can cause.
C. people do not always stay the same. D. very few people really know
how to love.
2. One way to get over the broken relationship is to …………
A. write a “Dear john” letter. B. form new relationships C. make a
brief phone call
D. try to forget the other person.
3. If you seek advice on what to do about a broken relationship, you will probably be told
to ………..
A. pull yourself together (use your will power) B. keep busy at work
C. find someone else D. join a club
4. Often we are ashamed when we cry because …………..
A. we think it is a childish thing to do. B. we do not expect our unhappiness to
last so long.
C. we are worried about what others will think of us D. only children and babies cry.
5. You tell your friends about your unhappiness because…………
A. you hope it will make you feel better B. you want them to hear
the story from you
C. you feel sure that they have had similar experiences D. you want them to feel
sorry for you
6. When your friends get tired of listening to you they will ………….
A. tell you to pull yourself together B. try to avoid your company
C. show by their expressions that they have had enough D. help you to get over
your grief
7. We are upset by reminders of our lost love because they come so……………
A. rarely. B. rapidly. C. unexpectedly. D. occasionally.
8. Memories continue to upset you, and this makes you feel that…………
A. will never get over your grief B. have no will power
C. are utterly alone D. have made no progress at all
9. If we try to recover too quickly from grief we shall make ourselves………
A. nervous B. tense C. ill D. unpopular
10. Psychiatrists tell you that grief will last as long as the original relationship. This
calculation is ……………..
A. the result of scientific research B. no more than a hopeful guess
C. generally true but with many exceptions D. based on a deep understanding of human
nature
Part 4. Read the following passage and do the tasks that follow. (15 pts)
JARGON
A Jargon is a loaded word. One dictionary defined it, neatly and neutrally, as ‘the
technical vocabulary or idiom of a special activity or group’, but this sense is almost
completely overshadowed by another: ‘obscure and often pretentious language marked by
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a roundabout way of expression and use of long words’. For most people, it is this second
sense which is at the front of their minds when they think about jargon. Jargon is said to be
a bad use of language, something to be avoided at all costs. No one ever describes it in
positive terms (‘that was a delightful piece of rousing jargon’). Nor does one usually admit
to using it oneself: the myth is that jargon is something only other people employ.
B The reality, however, is that everyone uses jargon. It is an essential part of the
network of occupations and pursuits that make up society. All jobs present an element of
jargon, which workers learn as they develop their expertise. All hobbies require mastery of
jargon. Each society grouping has its jargon. The phenomenon turns out to be universal -
and valuable. It is the jargon element which, in a job, can promote economy and precision
of expression, and thus help make life easier for the workers. It is also the chief linguistic
element which shows professional awareness (‘know-how’) and social togetherness
(‘shoptalk’).
C When we have learned to command it, jargon is something we readily take pleasure
in, whether the subject area is motorcycles, knitting, cricket, baseball or computers. It can
add pace, variety and humour to speech - as when, with an important event approaching,
we might slip into NASA-speak, and talk about countdown, all systems go, and lift-off. We
enjoy the mutual showing-off which stems from a fluent use of terminology, and we enjoy
the in-jokes which shared linguistic experience permits. Moreover, we are jealous of this
knowledge. We are quick to demean anyone who tries to be part of our group without
being prepared to take on its jargon.
D If jargon is so essential a part of our lives, why then has it had such a bad press? The
most important reason stems from the way jargon can exclude as well as include. We may
not be too concerned if we find ourselves faced with an impenetrable wall of jargon when
the subject matter has little perceived relevance to our everyday lives, as in the case of
hydrology, say, or linguistics. But when the subject matter is one where we feel
implicated, and think we have a right to know, and the speaker uses words which make it
hard for us to understand, then we start to complain; and if we suspect that the obfuscation
is deliberate policy, we unreservedly condemn, labeling it gobbledegook and calling down
public derision upon it.
E No area is exempt, but the fields of advertising, politics and defence have been
especially criticized in recent years by the various campaigns for Plain English. In these
domains, the extent to which people are prepared to use jargon to hide realities is a ready
source of amusement, disbelief and horror. A lie is a lie, which can be only temporarily
hidden by calling it an ‘inoperative statement’ or ‘an instance of plausible deniability’. Nor
can a nuclear plant explosion be suppressed for long behind such phrases as ‘energetic
disassembly’, ‘abnormal evolution’ or ‘plant transient’.
F While condemning unnecessary or obscuring jargon in others, we should not forget
to look out for it in ourselves. It is so easy to ‘slip into’ jargon, without realizing that our
own listeners/ readers do not understand. It is also tempting easy to slip some jargon into
our expression, to ensure that others do not understand. And it is just as easy to begin
using jargon which we ourselves do not understand. The motivation to do such apparently
perverse things is not difficult to grasp. People like to be ‘in’, to be part of an intellectual
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or technical elite; and the use of jargon, whether understood or not, is a badge of
membership. Jargon, also, can provide a lazy way into a group or an easy way of hiding
uncertainties and inadequacies: when terminology slips plausibly from the tongue, it is not
essential for the brain to keep up. Indeed some people have developed this skill to
professional levels. And certainly, faced with a telling or awkward question, and the need
to say something acceptable in public, slipping into jargon becomes a simple way out, and
can soon become a bad habit.
Questions 1-5
The Reading has six paragraphs, A-F. Choose the correct heading for each
paragraph from the list of headings below.
LIST OF HEADINGS
i The benefits of simple language
ii A necessary tool
iii A lasting way of concealing disasters
iv The worst offenders
v A deceptively attractive option
vi Differing interpretations
vii Publicising new words
viii Feeling shut out
ix Playing with words

1. Paragraph A ………6……
2. Paragraph B …………7…
Paragraph C …… ix ……
3. Paragraph D ……………
4. Paragraph E ……………
5. Paragraph F ……………
Questions 6-10
Complete the summary using the list of words A-H below.
THE UP-SIDE OF JARGON
A know-how B possessiveness C shop-talk D efficiency

E pleasure F command G humour H feeling

Jargon plays a useful part in many aspects of life including leisure. For example, when
people take up pastimes, they need to develop a good (6)……F………………… of the
relevant jargon. During discussion of these or other areas of interest, conversation can
become more exciting and an element of (7)……humour………………… can be
introduced by the use of shared jargon.
Jargon is particularly helpful in the workplace. It leads to more (8)……………
efficiency………… in the way colleagues communicate during work hours. Taking part in
(9)………shop talk……………… during moments of relaxation can also help them to
bond better.
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 It is interesting that members of a group, whether social or professional, often
demonstrate a certain (10)…………possessiveness…………… towards the particular
linguistic characteristics of their subject area and tend to regard new people who do not
wish to learn the jargon with contempt.
Part 5: You are going to read an article in which four young people say how they deal
with the everyday stress in their lives. For questions 1-10 below the text, choose from the
people (A-D). Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. (10 pts)
Beating Stress
A. School student Ester Montoya knows she has to improve her marks in her main
subjects. She’s trying hard but it’s not easy and sometimes she feels she’s doing too much
work. ‘I have to get away from it now and then,’ she says, ‘so recently I’ve joined a local
youth theatre group. It really helps because it takes my mind off everything, it’s a kind of
escape from reality. Also I’m meeting other people of my own age and I’m hoping to
make some friends there. Apart from that I suppose there’s TV, but there’s not a lot on.
I’ve read that laughing can be very relaxing, but I’m afraid none of the comedy series
they’re showing right now is worth watching. Something I’ve been meaning to try, though,
is work helping others, perhaps old people. A friend of mine does it, and she says it really
makes a difference – both to them and to her.’
B. For seventeen-year-old Steve Ellison, life if particularly busy right now. He’s revising
for some important exams but he still manages to find time for his favourite free-time
activities, which include long-distance running. ‘It’s funny,’ he says, ‘I only took to it
recently when I found it helped me wind down, because at school I never looked forward
to those cross-country runs we had to do every Monday morning. Yet nowadays I run a lot
at weekends, and I do some voluntary work with local kids at the sports centre.’ As well as
doing plenty of exercise, he also tries to maintain a healthy diet. ‘I’ve told myself I must
always eat a variety of healthy food, with lots of fruit and green vegetables, though if I’m
out with my mates I may give in to temptation and have a burger and chips. I never drink
coffee, though, because it makes you talk and act nervously, and it keeps you awake at
night, too, which is bad for your stress level.’
C. First-year university student Amelie Lefevre believes that the best way to beat stress is
to organize your life more sensibly. ‘My life used to be pretty chaotic, there always
seemed to be so much to do, often jobs that other people should have been doing. So what
I eventually learned to do was to say no, politely, to extra work. That helped, as did
making a list of priorities for each day, with some things scheduled for today, others for
tomorrow and some that could be postponed for longer. I also make rules for myself about
meal times, and the amount of sleep I need. There was a time when I was staying up until
all hours, but I was exhausted the next day so I don’t do that any more. I think I manage
my time quite well now, but nobody’s perfect and occasionally I still oversleep and turn up
late for lectures!’
D. Student Ndali Traore likes to get up early so he has a relaxed start to the day. ‘I hate
leaving jobs till the last minute, and I always try to do those I like least first,’ he says.
‘These days I always listen to music while I’m working,’ he adds, ‘whereas a couple of
years ago I found it annoying – it always seemed to spoil my concentration.’ When he has
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some free time, he goes to the cinema, or out with friends. ‘If something’s bothering me,’
he says, ‘I often find that just talking to them about it helps. Particularly, if you can make a
joke about it, because it always seems a lot less serious when you do that.’ If he’s on his
own, he has a special way of dealing with stress: ‘I try to relive occasions when I was
really relaxed, such as spending the day by a beautiful lake in the sunshine. That often
works,’ he says.
Which person
1. regularly does a job without getting paid? B
2. no longer agrees to do things they don’t want to do? C
3. tries to see the funny side of things that are worrying them? D
4. accepts that they sometimes make mistakes? C
5. prefers to do unpleasant jobs as soon as possible? D
6. is not doing as well in their studies as they would like? A
7. likes to tell friends about their problems? D
8. sometimes breaks their own rules about eating when they are not alone? B
9. finds that acting makes them feel better? A
10. likes to think back to times when they felt less stressed? D
PART IV: WRITING ( 60 pts)
Part 1: (5 pts)
a/ Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one, using
the word given. Don’t change the word given. You must use between three and eight
words including the word given.
1.Russ’s opinions on the new management policies were very different from those of his
fellow workers. (ODDS)
Russ………………………………………………………………………..………..............
the new management policies
2. Tom’s presence at parties adds to everyone’s enjoyment. (SOUL).
Tom………………………………………………………………… parties.
3. His colleague will do anything to avoid confrontation. (LENGTHS)
His colleague ………………………………………………………to avoid confrontation.

b/ Complete the second sentence so that it has similar meaning to the first sentence.
4. Whatever the methods used to obtain the result, drugs were definitely not involved.
-> There was no question ................................................................................................
5. Those terrapins which survive their first year may live to be twenty.
-> Should........................................................................................................................
Part 2. The chart shows components of GDP in the UK from 1992 to 2000. Summarize
the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons

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where relevant. (20 poi

nts)
Write at least 150 words.

Gross Domestic Product in the UK

Part 3. Essay writing (35 points)

Are security cameras an invasion of our privacy?
Write an essay (from 300 to 350 words) to give your own opinion.
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Task1:
The given chart illustrates the percentage of GDP from IT and Service Industry in the
UK from 1992 to 2000.
According to the chart,the figure of IT sector had increased rapidly and been higher than
that of Service industry which only showed some minor changes over 8 years.
In detail, in the start of the period the IT made up for over 6% while the Service Industry
stood at 4%.In the next 4 years, both IT and Service increased slightly which were at
nearly 8% and 7% respectively.
Despite dipping a little in 1996,the proportion of IT had went up significantly since
1998 and accounted for 12% compared to 8% from the Service.In the end of the period,the
contribution of IT was approximately 15% of the total GDP whilst the Service’s figure still
almost remained the same as that 2 years before.

Task 2:

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 These days,security cameras have become widely common in most of countries for its
benefits in preventing and identifying crime.However,many people have shown their
worries about the the worldwide use of cameras as they think those devices are likely to
violate their privacy.Personally,I believe the advantages that surveillance cameras have
brought to our society clearly outweigh its drawbacks.
To begin with,citizens who live in the area that are well-equipped with high-tech
devices specifically security camera definitely feel safer than those living in less modern
neighbourhood.When burglary happens,it will be much easier to track the burglar rather
than asking anyone as the camera would show us what had happened during that time. In
other words, with security cameras it becomes more convenient and time-efficient for
police when investigating.Especially cameras are able to work 24/7 and do not required to
be paid like human though they work perfectly and somehow better than us in some cases.

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