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Narrator: Five. You hear a girl leaving a phone message for a friend. 2
Female: Hello Eliza, I got a bit of a shock in my irst literature lecture today. I 1 F (You must do the essay in Part 1.)
didn’t know we were supposed to read all the books on the syllabus 2 F (You must cover the two points given and include your own idea as well.)
before the semester started. I’ve read one or two, but there are 3 F
more than ten and I haven’t even bought them all yet! In our irst 4 T
tutorial I have to give a talk on three of Shakespeare’s history plays 5 T
and I’m not sure which ones they are. I was just wondering how you 6 T
coped with all the reading when you did this course last year. I don’t 7 F (Your essay should be between 140 and 190 words.)
know if I’ll be able to catch up – everything seems to be moving so 8 T
fast.
Unit 6 Good job!
Narrator: Six. You hear two students talking about using tablets at school.
Girl: Do you use tablets at your school? We all have to have one next
year at ours. Grammar
Boy: Yes, I’ve been using one since I started high school. It’s great not
having to carry a big bag of books around all day. All my books are Countable and uncountable nouns
e-books on the tablet, though there’s nothing like the feeling of
holding a real book in your hand, is there? 1
Girl: Well, my parents aren’t too happy about having to pay for the 2 scenery – U 3 idea – C 4 favour – C 5 luggage – U
tablet – they cost a lot! 6 music – U 7 trip – C 8 food – U
Boy: Tell them not to worry. E-books are much cheaper than paper
books, so over the years you save money. Articles
Girl: Great! I’ll tell them that. 2
1 - 2 - 3 the 4 a 5 an 6 - 7 - 8 a 9 the 10 the 11 the 12 a
Narrator: Seven. You hear a man talking about a book. 13 - 14 a 15 a 16 - 17 a 18 - 19 the
Speaker: Take this book, for example. The cover makes it look like it’s
one of those blockbusters you buy at an airport, and the title
doesn’t really explain what it’s about at all. It was a colleague’s Vocabulary
recommendation that eventually made me decide to get it, despite
my irst impressions. Oten when I start reading a book, ater the work or job; possibility, occasion or opportunity;
irst few pages, I think, ‘Why have I bothered?’, and I was expecting fun or funny
the same with this one. But this book turned out to be far better
than I’d expected. Until I inished it, I blocked out the world and 1
entered another one as if it were my own.
1 fascinating 2 part-time 3 manual 4 outdoors
Narrator: Eight. You hear a boy talking to a friend about studying ater school. 5 tiring/tough 6 well-paid 7 responsible 8 hard PDF from sachtienganhhanoi.com
12 permanent
9 challenging
11 worthwhile
10 demanding
Girl: How do you manage to study when you have to work in your
mother’s shop ater school? 2
Boy: I do most of my homework there. I don’t really have much to do in 1 I couldn’t ind any information online about the company.
the shop – I only serve customers if I’m needed. 2 correct
Girl: Don’t you ind people coming into the shop all the time distracting? 3 correct
4 If you get the opportunity/chance, call me tonight.
Boy: It annoys my mum that sometimes I don’t even hear the bell when
people come in because I’m concentrating so hard. I’m completely 5 I spent all weekend doing geography homework.
used to people coming in and out. In some ways, it’s less distracting 6 Do you have any decorating equipment I can borrow?
being in the shop. There’s no TV or video games, for instance. I 7 I need (some) advice on how to prepare for a job interview.
really get a lot done. 8 Is there any possibility/chance you could babysit for me this evening?
Reading and Use of English Part 3 Writing Part 2 (An email or letter)
1 repeatedly 2 interested 3 diferences 4 unmotivated / demotivated 1
5 comparison 6 information 7 creativity 8 knowledge 1 T (The word limit is 190 words.)
2 T (There are no contractions, phrasal verbs or informal expressions.)
3 F (Each main point from the advertisement should be dealt with in a
separate paragraph in the letter.)
Writing Part 1 (An essay) 4 F (The formal greeting and sign-of are Dear Mr Davis and Yours sincerely. A
formal greeting should contain the surname and not the irst name. If the
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greeting contains a person’s name, the sign-of is Yours sincerely; if it is
Giving your opinion Dear Sir or Madam, the sign-of is Yours faithfully.)
in my opinion 5 T
I believe 6 F (There is no mention of the candidate’s ability to communicate
Introducing other people’s opinions in English.)
Some people think that
2
Introducing an argument 1 H 2 D 3 F 4 C 5 B 6 G 7 E 8 A
There are several reasons
Expressing contrast
However
on the other hand
Putting your ideas in order
Firstly
Furthermore
Introducing your conclusion
To sum up
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