Test 4
Test 4
Test 4
A: LISTENING
Directions: This is the listening test for levels from 3 to 5 of the Vietnam's 6-level Language Proficiency
Test. There are three parts to the test. You will hear each part once. For each part of the test there
will be time for you to look through the questions and time for you to check your answers. Write your
answers on the question paper. You will have 5 minutes at the end of the test to transfer your answers
onto the answer sheet.
PART 1
There are eight questions in this part. For each question there are four options and a short recording.
For each question, choose the correct answer A, B, C or D. You now have 48 seconds to look through
the questions and the options in each question.
PART 2
You will hear three different conversations. In each conversation there are four questions. For each
question, choose the correct answer A, B, C or D. You will hear the conversations only once.
Conversation 1. You will hear a conversation between a boy, Tyrone, and a receptionist.
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10. Where is the picnic being held?
A. at a park B. at the beach C. at Daye's house D. by a river
12. What does Dave suggest Scott make for the picnic dessert?
A. cherry pie B. chocolate cake. C. oatmeal cookies D. fudge brownies
15. What is the father going to do while the boy is doing his household chores?
A. wash the car B. paint the house.
C. work in the yard D. clean the floor
16. Where will the father and son go after the housework is done?
A. to a movie B. out to eat C. to a ball game D. to a shopping center.
18. How will the group get to the hotel from the airport?
A. They will take taxis B. They will ride the subway.
C. They will be going by bus. D. They can choose either bus or subway
19. What is the group planning to do around Times Square for about an hour?
A. They're going to have lunch. B. They will have time to do some shopping.
C. They w'!I see a festival. D. They will be having a tour of the area.
PART 3
You will hear three different talks or lectures. In each talk or lecture there are five questions. For
each question, choose the correct answer A, B, C or D. You will hear the talks or lectures only once.
Talk/Lecture 1. You will hear a man called Frank, talking on the radio about looking for ships that
sank at sea long ago.
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21. The first old ship which Frank found was ..........
A. covered by rocks B. older than he first thought
C. easy to find D. had a lot of gold
23. What does Frank say about the ship called The Seabird?
A. It was so expensive. B. It was built in 1859.
C. It sank in a storm. D. It was badly made.
Talk/Lecture 2. You will hear an interview with a woman called Rachel who is taking about the shows
she puts on for children.
29. The things that are worth to visit in Salter house is ............
A. the furniture B. the paintings C. the enormous meals D. the’kitchen
31. What does the professor say about the elements in the body?
A. Ideally, these should be different amounts of each.
B. The amount of each in the body is not very important.
C. They can be out of balance.
D. Different people have different elements.
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32. According to the professor, what are yin and yang?
A. They are opposite forces. B. They are what make a person healthy.
C. They are four different elements. D. They are the land and the ocean.
33. What does the professor say about yin and yang?
A. They are always in balance. B. They are always changing.
C. They don't need to be in balance. D. They compare with each other.
34. According to the Chinese, five elements of Yin and Yang are studied for the work of
A. the body and spirit B. body, mind and spirit work C. balance and harmony
35. Why does the professor says “Yin and Yang should be considered as opposite forces like, uhh,
like land and ocean, for example”?
A. To correct something she said earlier
B. To explain a term she just introduced
C. To explain what is wrong with a particular theory
D. To remind the students of something discussed earlier
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B: READING
Time permitted: 60 minutes
Number of questions: 40
Directions: In this section you will read FOUR different passages. Each one is followed by 10 questions
about it. For questions 1-40, you are to choose the best answer A, B, C or, to each question. Then, on
your answer sheet, find the number of the question and fill in the spaCe that corresponds to the letter
of the answer you have chosen. Answer all questions following a passage on the basis of what is stated
or implied in that passage.
You have 60 minutes to answer all the questions, including the time to transfer your answers to the
answer sheet.
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*“ " 4. The word “sumptuous” in line 8 is closest in meaning to ......... ...
A. luxurious B. unique C. modern D. distant
5. It can be inferred that the majority of people who lived in New York’ s first apartments were
6. It can be inferred that the typical New York building lot of the 1870’s and 1880’s looked MOST like
which of the following?
(Ay
A. B. c. D.
7. It can be inferred that a New York apartment building in the 1870’s and 1880’s had all of the
following characteristics EXCEPT ..........
A. Its room arrangement was not logical. B. It was rectangular.
C. It was spacious inside. D. It had limited light.
9. Why did the idea of living in an apartment become popular in the late 1800’s?
A. Large families needed housing with sufficient space.
B. Apartments were preferable to tenements and cheaper than row houses
C. The city officials of New York wanted housing that was centrally located.
D. The shape of early apartments could accommodate a variety of interior designs.
10. The author mentions the Dakota and the Ansonia in line 22 because ............
A. they are examples of large, well designed apartment buildings
B. their design.is similar to that of row houses
C. they were built on a single building lot
D. they are famous hotels
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of ice crystals or a snowflake. Simple flakes possess a variety of beautiful forms, usually hexagonal,
though the symmetrical shapes reproduced in most microscope photography of snowflakes are not
usually found in actual snowfalls. Typically, snowflakes in actual snowfall consists of broken fragments
and clusters of adhering ice crystals.
For a snowfall to continue once it starts, there must be a constant inflow of moisture to supply
the nuclei. This moisture is supplied by the passage of an airstream over a water surface and its
subsequent lifting to higher regions of the atmosphere. The Pacific Ocean is the source of moisture
for most snowfalls west of the Rocky Mountains, while the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean feed
water vapor into the air currents over the central and eastern sections of the United States. Other
geographical features also can be the source of moisture for some snowstorms. For example, areas
adjacent to the Great Lakes experience their own unique lake-effect storms, employing a variation of
the process on a local scale. In addition, mountainous section or rising terrain can initiate snowfalls
by the geographical lifting of a moist airstream.
11. Which of the following questions does the” author answer in the first paragraph?
A. Why are snowflakes hexagonal? B. What is the optimum temperature for snow?
C. In which months does most snow fall? D. How are snowflakes formed?
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! PASSAGE 3 — Questions 21-30
Social parasitism involves one species relying on another to raise its young. Among
vertebrates, the best known social parasites are such birds as cuckoos and cowbirds; the female lays
an egg in a nest belonging to another species and leaves it for the host to rear.
The dulotic species of ants, however, are the supreme social parasites. Consider, for example,
the unusual behavior of ants belonging to the genus Polyergus. All species of this ant have lost the
ability to care for themselves. The workers do not forage for food. feed their brood or queen, or even
dean their own nest. To compensate for these deficits, Polyergus has become specialized at obtaining
workers from the related genus Formica to do these chores.
In a raid, several thousand Polyergus workers will travel up to 500 feet in search of a Formica
nest, penetrate it, drive off the queen and tier workers, capture the pupal brood, and transport it back
to their nest. The captured brood is then reared by the resident Formica workers until the developing
pupae emerge to add to the Formica population, which maintains the mixed-species nest Th e Formica
workers forage for food and give it to colony members of both species. They also remove wastes and
excavate new chambers as the population increases.
The true extent of the Polyergus ants' dependence on the Formica becomes apparent when
the worker population grows too large for the existing nest. Formica scouts locate a new nesting site,
return to the mixed-species colony, and recruit additional Formica nest mates. During a period that
may last seven days, the Formica workers carry to the new nest all the Polyergus eggs, larvae, and
pupae, every Polyergus adult, and even the Polyergus queen.
Of the approximately 8,000 species of ants in the world, all 5 species of Polyergus and some
200 species in other genera have evolved some degree of parasitic relationship with other ants.
21. Which of the following statements best represents the main idea of the passage?
A. Ants belonging to the genus Formica are incapable of performing certain tasks.
B. The genus Polyergus is quite similar to the genus Formica.
C. Ants belonging to the genus Polyergus have-an unusual relationship with ants belonging
to the genus Formica.
D. Polyergus ants frequently leave their nests to build new colonies.
23. The author mentions cuckoos and cowbirds in line 2 because they
A. share their nests with each other B. are closely related species
C. raise the young of other birds D. are social parasites
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25. What does the author mean by stating that "The dulotic species of lifts... are die scipreme social
parasites" (line 4)?
A. The Polyergus are more highly developed than die Formica.
B. The Formica have developed specialized roles.
C. The Polyergus are heavily dependent on the Formica.
D. The Formica do not reproduce rapidly enough to care for themselves
26. Which of the following is a task that an ant of the genus Polyergus might do?
A. Look for food. B. Raid another nest
C. Care for the young. D. Clean its own nest.
29. What happens when a mixed colony of Polyergus and Formica ants becomes too large?
A. The Polyergus workers enlarge the existing nest.
B. The captured Formica workers return to their original nest.
C. The Polyergus and the Formica build separate nests.
D. The Polyergus and the Formica move to a hew nest.
30. According to the information in the passage, all of the following terms refer to ants belonging to
the genus Formica EXCEPT the ............
A. dulotic species of ants B. captüred brood
C. developing pupae D. worker population
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A. The reason that Winterthur was redesigned
B. Elements that make Winterthur an unusual museum
C. How Winterthur compares to English country houses
D. Historical furniture contained in Winterthur
34. What does the author mean by stating "The impression of a lived-in house is apparent to the
visitor" (line 6)?
A. Winterthur is very old.
B. Few people visit Winterthur.
C. Winterthur does not look like a typical museum.
D. The furniture at Winterthur looks comfortable.
38. According to the passage, objects in a period room are related by all of the following EXCEPT .........
A. date B. style C. place of manufacture D. past ownership
39. What is die relationship between the two paragraphs in the passage?
A. The second paragraph explains a term that was mentioned in the first paragraph.
B. Each paragraph describes a different approach to the display of objects in a museum.
C. The second paragraph explains a philosophy of art appreciation that contrasts with the
philosophy explained in me first paragraph.
D. Each paragraph describes a different historical period.
” 40. Where in the passage does the author explain why displays at Winterthur have changed?
A. lines 1-3 B. lines 4-6 C. lines 5-7 D. lines 9-12
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C: WRITING
Time allowed: 60 minutes
No. of items: 2
TASK 1
You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
You should write at least 120 words. Your response will be evaluated in terms of Task fulfillment,
Organization, Vocabulary and Grammar.
TASK 2
You should spend about 40 minutes on this task
In order to solve traffic problems, government should tax private car owners heavily and
use the money to improve public transportation. What are the advantages and
disadvantages of such a solution?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own experience or
knowledge. Your response will be evaluated in terms of Task fulfillment, Organization, Vocabulary
and Grammar.
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PART 1: SOCIAL INTERACTION
Let's talk about birthday
You have just received a sum of money from your father as a birthday present. How would you
use the money?
PART 3: TOPIC
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