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ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC LỚP 12 THPT NĂM 2008

I. LISTENING (3 points). HƯỚNG DẪN PHẦN THI NGHE HIỂU

 Bài nghe gồm 3 phần, mỗi phần được nghe 2 lần, mỗi lần cách nhau 30 giây, mở đầu và kết thúc mỗi phần nghe có tín hiệu.
 Mở đầu và kết thúc bài nghe có tín hiệu nhạc. Kết thúc bài nghe thí sinh có 3 phút để hoàn chỉnh bài.
 Mọi hướng dẫn cho thí sinh (bằng tiếng Anh) đã có trong bài nghe.

Part 1: Questions 1- 10
Listen to the New Year’s events programme at Arundel Castle and Park and fill in each gap with NO
MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/ OR A NUMBER.

EVENT TICKET LINE TIME PRICE

AND CONTACT
History workshop Tel.: Saturday 13th January £12.50 per child
in Arundel Castle (1) …………….. 10:00 am – 4 pm
for 7-11 year olds
Michael Stanton
Spring opening of Tel: 883136 Sunday Grounds & Castle
the Castle Helen Sabine (2) ...........……... Keep: £6.50 all.
Castle Grounds: Castle Rooms:
11 am -5 pm Adults: £11
Castle Buildings: Children:
12:00 – 4:00 pm (3) £…………...…

Civil War Tel.: Saturday, April 20th – (5) £………………

re-enactment (4) ……………. 2:30 pm – 5.30 pm
Patrick Hurst
Summer Faye Tel.: 883194 August Saturday Tickets £ 3.00.
Susan Wright (6)……………………... Adults and children
10:00-7:30 pm
Tel.: 882675 (8) …………………… Adults £ 5.00
Medieval Jerry Millington Saturday in the month Children £ 2.00
(7) ………………… April-August
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
How to find us:
 We are situated off the main south coast road, the A27, between Chichester and Brighton. Arundel is
served by regular bus and train services, which are a pleasant (9) ……………… walk
from the castle.
 To find out more about other events, call: (10)…………………
 Email: info@arundelcastle.org Website: www.arundelcastle.org
Part 2: Questions 11- 20
Listen and fill in the gaps on the form.

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Part 3:
SOUTH COAST HOLIDAY SURVEY: BRIGHTON

 Surname: (11)…………………………………………………………………….…
 First name: Samantha
 Marital Status: (12)………………………………………………………………….
 Date of birth: (13) 18th …....………………………………………………………..
 Address: (14) 41……………………..…………………….…. Close, Edinburgh.
 Occupation: (15) ……………………………………………………..... in a bank.
 Salary Range: (16) …………………………………………………..... thousand.
 Holiday Accommodation: (17) ………………………………………….… Hotel.
 Main attraction of Brighton; (18) the……………………………………………...
 Favourite Afternoon venue: (19) the. …………………………………………...
 Favourite Evening venue: (20) the ……………………….…………………....
Questions 21- 30
Listen to the news and tick (√) whether the statements are True, False, or Not Given

NOT
STATEMENTS TRUE FALSE GIVEN
21. PNO sails to 5 places in Europe.
22. PNO is making 1,200 people redundant.
23. The number of dentists will double
24. Manchester has one dentist per 20,000 people
25. The Prime Minister was in a military aeroplane.
26. The Prime Minister was in great danger.
27. Michael Soars is in prison.
28. Michael Soars worked for Capital Holdings.
29. The Euro is terribly low at that time.
30. The weather will become worse through the day.

II. LEXICO- GRAMMAR (7 points)

Part 1: Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. Write your answers (A, B,
C, or D) in the space provided under this part.
31. Having decided to rent a flat, we_______ contacting all the accommodation agencies in the city.
A. set to B. set in C. set for D. set about
32. After months of bitter arguing the couple had to accept that they were _______.
A. different B. incompatible C. suitable D. disaffected
33. My sunburnt nose made me feel rather _______for the first few days of the holiday.
A. self-confident B. self-centred C. self-conscious D. self-evident
34. The peace of the public library was _______by the sound of a transistor radio.
A. smashed B. fractured C. shattered D. demolished
35. Why don’t you have a night out? It would take your _______ off your worries.
A. thoughts B heart C. head D. mind
36. In the hands of a reckless driver, a car becomes a _______weapon.
A. lethal B. fatal C. mortal D. venal
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37. What the company needs is a _______actor who can take on a variety of roles.
A. variable B. changeable C. diverse D. versatile
38. With their modern, lightweight boat, they soon _______the older vessels in the race.
A. outstripped B. caught up C. overran D. exceeded
39. He _______so much harm on the nation during his regime that it has never fully recovered.
A. made B. inferred C. induced D. inflicted
40. The new law on motorcyclists’ wearing safety helmets has come _______.
A. to power B. effective C. to existence D. into force
41. It's a shame they didn't pick you, but it doesn't _______out the possibility that you might get a job in a
different department.
A. rule B. strike C. cancel D. draw
42. The dealer wanted 400 pounds, I wanted to pay 300 pounds, and we finally agreed to ______ the
difference.
A. divide B. split C. drop D. decrease
43. You'll feel better after you've taken a _______of cough medicine.
A. ration B. helping C. dose D. portion
44. There's a small hard _______on my wrist. I think I'd better see the doctor.
A. swelling B. lump C. bruise D. rash
45. All the way along the winding street_______.
A. he came B. came he C. did he come D. comes he
Your answers
31. 36............................ 41..........................
32. 37............................ 42..........................
33. 38............................ 43..........................
34. 39............................ 44..........................
35. 40............................ 45..........................

Part 2: The passage below contains 10 errors. IDENTIFY and CORRECT them. Write your answers
in the space provided in the column on the right. (0) has been done as an example.
Women see their doctor (0. in) average five times a year in the UK 0. in  on
comparing with men who visit their doctor about three times. Two out of 46. ...................
three women leave their GB's surgery clutch a prescription. Yet women 47. ...................
have been taking tablets with knowing what effect they may have in 48. ...................
their body, because of scientific anomaly - most drugs are tested into 49. ...................
men. In addition, there are well-known examples of the way drugs and 50. ...................
other substances work different in women. The different balance on fat 51. ...................
and muscle of men's and women's bodies affect the speed with which 52. ...................
alcohol is absorbed and breaking down, for example. It is predicted that 53. ...................
natural remedies will continue to gain in popularity as women, in 54. ...................
particular, become more aware of the possible side - effect of the
powerful drugs currently prescribed. 55. …………….
Part 3: Write the correct FORM of each bracketed word in the numbered spaces provided in the
column on the right.(0) has been done as an example.

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 THE IMAGE OF SCIENCE
The image that we have of science has (0. UNDERGO) radical change in the 0. undergone
last hundred years. An enormous (56.TECHNOLOGY) explosion, together 56. .............
with a number of very real (57. ANXIOUS) about the environment and all the ......
moral and political ramifications of economic growth have (58. QUESTION) 57. .............
put science at the centre of public debate. ......
The twentieth century began with a challenge to the (59. ASSUME) that
human knowledge was approaching completion. It will come, perhaps, as 58. .............
something of a surprise to all of us to realise that the emergence of this highly ......
(60. DESTROY) process came both from within and outside science.
New scientific theories (61. OVERWHELM) reveal the limitations of the old 59. .............
perspective. We had thought that the world, understood through the medium ......
of rational (62. BE), as, indeed, the real world. Now we know that this was no
more than a simplification that just happened to work. Once we realise this,
though, we can move in a number of opposing directions. We can re-evaluate 60. .............
all knowledge (63. PESSIMISM) and decide that it is eternally fragmentary ......
and full of a vast number of (64. PERFECTION) , or we can be more positive
and view these vast explosions of scientific awareness as new challenges 61. .............
still to come and as celebrations of the (65. HIGH) that the human ......
imagination has so far scaled.
62. .............
......

63. .............
......
64. .............
......

65. .............
......

Part 4: Supply the correct form of the VERBS in block capitals in brackets to complete the passage.
Write your answers in the space provided below the passage.

John has always travelled a lot. In fact, he was only two years old when he first flew to the US. His mother
is Italian and his father is American. John was born in France, but his parents (66. MEET) _______in
Cologne, Germany after they (67. LIVE) _______ there for five years. They had met one day while John’s
father was reading a book in the library and his mother (68. SIT) _______ beside him. John (69. TRAVEL)
_______a lot because his parents also travel a lot. As a matter of fact, John is visiting his parents in France
at the moment. He lives in New York now, but (70. VISIT) _______ his parents for the last few weeks. He
really enjoys living in New York, but he also loves coming to visit his parents at least once a year. This year
he (71. FLY) _______ over 5,000 miles for his job. He has been working for Jackson & Co. for almost two
years now. He (72. BE) _______ pretty sure that he (73. WORK) _______ for them next year as well. His
job requires a lot of travel. In fact, by the end of this year, he (74. TRAVEL) _______over 120,000 miles!
His next journey will be to Australia. He really doesn’t like going to Australia because it is so far. This time
he (75. FLY) _______ from Paris after a meeting with the company’s French partner. He will have been
sitting for over 18 hours by the time he arrives!

Your answers

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 66. 71.
67. 72.
68. 73.
69. 74.
70. 75.
Part 5: Fill in each blank with a suitable PREPOSITION. Write your answers in the numbered blanks
provided below the passage.
(76) _______ the whole, Flora was content (77) _______ her life. (78) _______ day she was a librarian in a
large city library, but in her spare time she lived in a world of dreams. Her secret, all-devouring passion was
reading – novels (79)_______ particular – and she had read almost all the classics that the library had (80)
_______ stock. She read voraciously, (81)_______ her lunch hour, her tea break, and the long evenings
(82)_______ home. She would even read (83) _______ her way home, walking slowly (84)_______ her
book open. The small flat where she lived (85)_______ herself was piled high (86)_______ books. She
knew her favourites (87)_______ heart, empathizing with the characters and thinking (88)_______ them as
real people. (89)_________ short, she had found that books fulfilled her emotional needs better than
people did, and (90)_________ any case, she had now completely forgotten how to relate to people other
than characters in novels.

Your answers
76. 81. 86…………………..
77. 82. 87……………………..
78. 83. 88……………………..
79. 84. 89……………………..
80. 85. 90……………………..

Part 6: Insert A, AN, THE or Φ (zero article) where necessary. Write your answers in the numbered
spaces provided under the passage.

Probably the most important piece of (91)_______electrical equipment to become widely used in the last
twenty years is (92)_______dishwasher. Washing up by hand is not only a time consuming task (it can take
longer than eating (93)_______meal itself), but also (94)_______extremely boring one, particularly when
you are on your own, and it also ruins your hands. Dishwashers come in (95)_______range of different
sizes and models to suit your purse, (96)_______size of your family, and (97)_______layout of your
kitchen. They can be stood on (98)_______floor or on (99)_______worktop, or they can be mounted on
(100)_______wall.

Your answers
91. 96.
92. 97.
93. 98.
94. 99.
95. 100..............................................

III. READING (4 points)

Part 1: Choose the word that best fits each of the blanks in the following passage. Circle A, B, C, or
D to indicate your answer. (0) has been done as an example.
TALKING RUBBISH
Reduce! Re-use! Recycle! The message hits Canadian (0) consumers through all the media. As
newcomers from Sri Lanka, we compare the situation here with the one back home. We may not be the
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most environmentally (101)________ citizens in the world but, compared with this, we do not have a
rubbish problem - yet.
Like many shoppers in Colombo, my partner Shahid and I used to have a cane basket we (102)________ with
us to the Sunday market or pola every week. No environmentalist could have (103)________ about it. You
need a good strong basket at the pola. There are no supermarket (104)________ to push around. Most items -
rice, flour, vegetables, fruit, biscuits, eggs - are bought (105)________ or wrapped in newspaper. At
(106)________ we would carry one plastic bag separately. For eggs we took a reusable plastic tray with us.
When income (107)________ are low, people need to buy in small quantities. It is quite normal to ask for a
(108)________ envelope, two eggs or 100 grams of sugar. The (109)________ is that, for the most part,
urban consumers in Sri Lanka cannot afford the luxury of waste. Most people do not buy more from the
grocers than they know they will actually consume. They re-use whatever they can and are loath to discard
bags, jars, tins or boxes that can be (110)________ to other uses.
But in recent years Western-style supermarkets have begun to spring up in Colombo. They hold out the (111)
________ of a clean, efficient, streamlined service to customers. A (112) ________ of imported goods,
dressed up in their layers of attractive, colourful (113) ________ beckons from the shelves. These are the
(114) ________ products that demand your attention on the TV advertisements. (115) ________, with them,
Sri Lanka, like so many other developing countries, may have imported a problem that once never existed.

0. A. customers B. consumers C. clients D. buyers

101.    A. qualified B. concerned C. worried D. experienced
102.    A. took over B. took away C. took along D. took up
103.    A. complained B. criticised C. disapproved D. accused
104.    A. wheel barrows B. wagons C. trolleys D. carriages
105.    A. free B. in pieces C. bit by bit D. loose
106.    A. maximum B. most C. highest D. best
107.    A. rates B. amounts C. sizes D. levels
108.    A. simple B. singular C. single D. sole
109.    A. point B. case C. example D. question
110.    A. made B. set C. given D. put
111.    A. promise B. advantage C. evidence D. sight
112.    A. set B. range C. store D. band
113.    A. packets B. packs C. packaging D. padding
114.    A. very B. just C. similar D. likely
115.    A. In addition B. As well C. Among D. Along

Part 2: Read the following passage and complete the statements that follow by circling A, B, C, or D
to indicate your answer which you think fits best
There is a problem that will touch us all — men, women and children - in the not too distant future, a problem that
resolves itself into a question: What is education for?- At the moment most of us can answer that fairly practically
and without too much soul-searching. On the lowest level, education is for enabling us to cope in an adult world
where money must be added up, tax forms filled in, numbers looked up in telephone directories, maps read, cur-
tains measured- and street signs understood. On the next level it is for getting some kind of job that will pay a living
wage.
But we are already peering into a future so different from anything we would now recognise as familiar that the last
of these two educational aims may become as obsolete as a dodo. Basic skills (reading, writing and arithmetic) will
continue to be necessary but these, after all, can be taught to children in from one to two years during their
childhood. But education with a view to working for a living, at least in the sense of earning daily bread, may well be
on its way out right now for the majority of us. Then the question “'what is education for?' becomes much more
complex, because what the future proclaims is: an education is an education.

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In other words, our grandchildren may well spend their lives learning as, today, we spend our lives working. This
does not simply involve a straightforward substitution of activity but a complete transformation of motive. We work
for things basically unconnected with that work- usually money, prestige, success, security. We will learn for
learning's sake alone: a rose is a rose because it is and not what we can get out of it. Nor need any cynic doubt that
we shall not wish to work without there being any obvious end in view. Already, adult education classes are
overcrowded - one friend of mine teaching French literature says she could have had 10 pupils for every one she
has.
Nevertheless, we still live in a very competitive society and most of us will need to reshuffle the furniture of our
minds in order to gear our children towards a future in which outer rewards - keeping up with the Joneses –
become less relevant than inner and more individual spurs. The existence of competition has always meant doing
things because they win us some essentially unconnected advantage but the aim of the future must be to integrate
the doing with its own reward, like virtue.
Oddly enough it is in America, that citadel of competitiveness, that the first experiments in this change of mind are
taking place. In that New World, there are already organizations set up to examine ways in which competitiveness
can be replaced by other inner-directed forms of rewards and pleasures. Take one interesting example in a
foundation whose aim is to transform competitiveness soon. A tug-of-war, as we all know, consists of one team
pitting its strength against another team. The aim is to tug the opposing team over a line and by doing so, win.
In the brand-new non-competitive version, things are very different. There are still two teams on either end of a
rope but now the aim is not to win but to maintain the struggle. As the two teams tug, any individual on either team
who senses a coming victory must get to the winning end of the rope and rush over to lend his weight to the other
side, thus redressing the balance, and keeping the tug-of-war going as long as possible. If you actually imagine
doing this, the startling fact that emerges is that the new game offers more possibilities of individual judgement and
skill just because victory is not the aim and the tug-of-war is ended only by defeat of those judgements and skills.
What's more, I think most people would get more pleasure out of the neo-tug than the old winners-take-all concept.
So could it be for learning. Most of us, at some time or another, have glimpsed one of the real inner pleasures of
education - a sort of one-person chase after an elusive goal that pits you only against you or, at the very most,
against the discoveries of the greatest minds of other generations. On a more humble level, most of us have
already got some pleasurable hobby that we enjoy for its own sake and become expert in for that enjoyment. In my
own stumbling efforts, since last year, to learn the piano, I have seen the future and it works.
(From an article by Jill Tweedie in the Guardian)
116. In the future envisaged by the writer, _____________________.
A. there would be no need to deal with money
B. there would be no need to communicate in writing
C. there would be few employment prospects
D. there would be few educational prospects

117. According to the writer, the most difficult adjustment for us to make will be _____________________.
A. working without the hope of material reward
B. getting used to having more free time
C. seeing education as being its own reward
D. learning essentially impractical subjects

118. Our duty towards our children will be to _____________________.

A. prepare them to set their own goal
B. encourage them to be more ambitious
C. improve their chances of employment
D. teach them basic moral values in life

119. According to the writer, future learning will resemble the new style- tug – of – war in that
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_____________________.
A. there will be no possibility of failing
B. the object will be to avoid winning
C. it will depend on operating as a team
D. it will involve a personal change

120. The reason for the writer’s optimistic conclusion is that she has________________.
A. discovered how satisfying learning can be
B. shown a new talent for playing the piano
C. found how easy it is to develop a new skill
D. taken up a hobby for the first time

Part 3: Read the passage and answer the questions that follow by circling A, B, C, or D to indicate
your answers
[1] Canadian English is a regional variety of North American English that spans almost the entire continent.
Canadian English became a separate variety of North American English after the American Revolution,
when thousands of Loyalists, people who had supported the British, left the United States and fled north to
Canada. Many Loyalists settled in southern Ontario in the 1780s, and their speech became the basis for
what is called General Canadian, a definition based on the norms of urban middle-class speech.
[2] Modern Canadian English is usually defined by the ways in which it resembles and differs from
American or British English. Canadian English has a great deal in common with the English spoken in
the United States, yet many Americans identify a Canadian accent as British. Many American visitors to
Canada think the Canadian vocabulary-sounds British—for example, they notice the British "tap" and
"braces" instead of the American "faucet" and "suspenders." On the other hand, many British people
identify a Canadian accent as American, and British visitors think the Canadians have become
Americanized, saying "gas" and "truck" for "petrol" and "lorry."
[3] People who live outside North America often find it difficult to hear the differences between Canadian
and American English. There are many similarities between the two varieties, yet they are far from
identical. Canadian English is instantly recognizable to other Canadians, and one Canadian in a crowded
room will easily spot the other Canadian among the North Americans.
[4] There is no distinctive Canadian grammar. The differences are mainly in pronunciation, vocabulary,
and idioms. Canadian pronunciation reflects the experience of a people struggling for national identity
against two strong influences. About 75 percent of Canadians use the British "zed" rather than the
American "zee" for the name of the last letter of the alphabet. On the other hand, 75 percent of
Canadians use the American pronunciation of "schedule," "tomato," and "missile." The most obvious and
distinctive feature of Canadian speech is probably its vowel sound, the diphthong "/ou/." In Canada,
"out" is pronounced like "oat" in nearby U.S. accents. There are other identifying features of Canadian
vowels: for example, "cot" is pronounced the same as "caught" and "collar" the same as "caller."
[5] An important characteristic of the vocabulary of Canadian English is the use of many words and
phrases originating in Canada itself, such as "kerosene" and "chesterfield" ("sofa"). Several words are
borrowed from North American Indian languages, for example, "kayak," "caribou," "parka," and
"skookum" ("strong"). The name of the country itself has an Indian origin; the Iroquois word "kanata"
originally meant "village." A number of terms for ice hockey—"face-off," "blue-line," and "puck"—have
become part of World Standard English.
[6] Some features of Canadian English seem to be unique and are often deliberately identified with
Canadian speakers in such contexts as dramatic and literary characterizations. Among the original
Canadian idioms, perhaps the most famous is the almost universal use of "eh?" as a tag question, as in
"That's a good movie, eh?" "Eh" is also used as a filler during a narrative, as in "I'm walking home from
work, eh, and I'm thinking about dinner. I finally get home, eh, and the refrigerator is empty."

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[7] The traditional view holds that there are no dialects in Canadian English and that Canadians cannot
tell where other Canadians are from just by listening to them. The linguists of today disagree with this
view. While there is a greater degree of homogeneity in Canadian English compared with American
English, several dialect areas do exist across Canada. Linguists have identified distinct dialects for the
Maritime Provinces, Newfoundland, the Ottawa Valley, southern Ontario, the Prairie Provinces, the Arctic
North, and the West.

121. According to the passage, how did Canadian English become a distinct variety of North American
English?
A. Linguists noticed that Canadians spoke a unique dialect.
B. A large group of Loyalists settled in one region at the same time.
C. Growth of the middle class led to a standard school curriculum.
D. Canadians declared their language to be different from U.S. English.

122. The word “norms” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _________.

A. patterns B. history
B. words D. ideas

123. The phrase “a great deal in common with” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _________.
A. different words for
B. the same problems as
C. many similarities to
D. easier pronunciation than

124. In paragraph 2, what point does the author make about Canadian English?
A. Canadian English is more similar to American than to British English.
B. American and British visitors define Canadian English by their own norms.
C. Canadian English has many words that are not in other varieties of English.
D. Canadians speak English with an accent that Americans cannot understand.

125. The phrase “the two varieties” in paragraph 3 refers to _________.

A. People who live outside North American
B. Canadian English and American English
C. General Canadian and North American
D. British English and Canadian English

126. The word “spot” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to _________.

A. describe B. ignore
C. prefer D. find

127. Which sentence below best expresses the essential information in the underlined sentence in
paragraph 4? Incorrect choices change the meaning in important ways or leave out essential information.
A. Canadian English has been strongly influenced by both British and American English.
B. Canada is the only nation where people can deliberately choose which pronunciation they prefer.
C. Canadians have tried to distinguish themselves as a nation, and this effort is shown in their
pronunciation.
D. Many newcomers to Canada must work hard to master the national style of pronouncing English.
128. All of the following words originated in North American Indian languages EXCEPT________.

A. Kerosene B. Parka C. Canada D. Kayak

129. Which of the following can be inferred from paragraph 5 about vocabulary?
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 A. Vocabulary is the most distinctive feature of Canadian English.
B. World Standard English has a very large vocabulary.
C. Canadians use more North American Indian words than Americans do.
D. Much of the vocabulary for ice hockey originated in Canada.

130. The author discusses the expression "eh" in paragraph 6 as an example of______
A. an idiom that uniquely characterizes Canadian speech.
B. an expression that few people outside Canada have heard.
C. a style of Canadian drama and literature.
D. a word that cannot be translated into other languages.

Part 4: Fill each blank with ONE suitable word. Write your answers in the numbered blanks
provided below the passage.

ACCIDENTAL INVENTORS
A number of products that we commonly use today were developed quite by accident. Two of many
possible examples of this concept are the Leotard and the Popsicle, each of which came (131) ______
when an insightful person recognized a potential benefit in a negative situation.
The first of these accidental inventions is the leotard, a close-fitting, one - piece garment worn today by
dancers, gymnasts, and acrobats, (132) ______ others. In 1828, a circus (133) ______ named Nelson
Hower was faced with the prospect of missing his performance because his costume was (134) ______ the
cleaner’s. Instead of cancelling his part of the show, he decided to perform in his long underwear. Soon,
other circus performers began performing the (135) ______ way. When popular acrobat Jules Leotard
adopted the style, it became (136) ______ as the Leotard.
Another product (137) ______ by chance was the Popsicle. In 1905, eleven - year - old Frank Epperson
stirred up (138) ______ drink of fruit-flavoured powder and soda water and then mistakenly left the drink,
(139) ______ the spoon in it, out on the back porch overnight. As the temperature (140) ______ that night,
the soda water froze around the spoon, creating a tasty treat. Years later remembering how enjoyable the
treat had been Epperson went into business producing Popsicles.

Your answers:
131. ………………………………….. 136. …………………………………..
132. ………………………………….. 137. …………………………………..
133. ………………………………….. 138. …………………………………..
134. ………………………………….. 139. …………………………………..
135. ………………………………….. 140. …………………………………..

IV. WRITING (6 points)

Part 1. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence
printed before it.

141. For further information, please send a self-addressed envelope to the above address.
Further information can………………………………………………………………………
142. The northwest of Britain has more rain each year than the southeast
The annual……………………………………………………………………………………
143. The secretary didn’t reply me for ten days.
No reply from ……………………………………………………………………………….
144. The policeman’s prejudice against foreigners could not be recorded in the official files.
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145. The two sides never looked likely to reach an agreement.
At no time ……………………………………………………………………………..........

Part 2. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar its possible in
meaning to the original sentence. Use the word given and other words as necessary. Do not change
the form of the given word.

146. These days, she is very cheerful. (SPIRITS)

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147. Carol claimed that she hadn’t understood my request. (MADE)
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148. The total came to just under $4,000. (WORKED)
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149. A treaty will very probably be signed soon. (ALL)
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150. He's very good at tennis and he's also a very good footballer. (ADDITION)
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Part 3: The table below shows the results of an airline survey in 2006 of economy class travellers.
The numbers indicate how many male or female passengers in each age group rated a particular
feature as their most important in-flight consideration.
Write a report describing the information shown. You should write about 150 words.

Females Males
In-flight feature ranked
Age 25 – 45 45+ Age 25 – 45 45+
first
SEAT/ LEG ROOM 25 40 27 46
MEALS/ DRINKS 18 22 10 22
ATTENDANT SERVICE 32 34 35 26
MOVIES/ INFLIGHT
25 4 28 4
ENTERTAINMENT
TOTALS INTERVIEWED 100 100 100 100

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Part 4:

It is said that “The Government should not be expected to take sole

responsibility for reducing the number of road accidents, and individuals
should share this responsibility.”
Do you agree or disagree with this? You should write 250-300 words or so to
support your own ideas, give examples and evidence. (Do not mention any
personal information.)
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