LISTENING - Task 1. Listen to a science teacher talking about the life of Isaac Newton. Then for each of the questions 1-5 choose the best answer A, B or C, as in the example ⇱
Task 2. II. Listen to a tour guide talking about the plan for Route 66. Decide if the following statements are True ( T) or False ( F ) ⇱
PRONUNCIATION: Task 1. Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined. ⇱
Task 2. Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from the others. ⇱
GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY: Task 1. Choose the best option to complete each sentence ⇱
Task 2. Read the following advertisement/ announcement and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct option that best fits each of the numbered blanks ⇱
Do you speak English?
Are you interested in museums?
Would you like a holiday job where you could meet people from all over ___(20)___ world?
We are looking ___(21)___ someone to work in the City Museum shop during the holidays.
No experience is necessary but you must be ___(22)___ and helpful and have some interest in art.
Contact Mrs Donovan at the City Museum.
READING: Task 1. Read and decide which option A, B, C or D best fits each space. ⇱
City planners have claimed trees ___(23)___ an important role in an urban environment. Children growing ___(24)___ close to nature have better health, while walking in parks reduce blood pressure, stress and obesity. The problem is to select the right trees and ___(25)___ them. Ha Noi is considered one of the greenest cities in Viet Nam thanks to its beautiful and precious trees. Ancient trees in Ha Noi are frequently ___(26)___ in poems. Each street can be ___(27)___ by a tree. To local residents, the hundred-year old trees that line the streets are more than just beautiful, they are a part of the city’s identity.
Task 2. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each question. ⇱
One warm spring day, Mrs. Baker went to the park near her house. She sat down on a park bench and started to read a letter from her daughter, Karen. Karen and her husband, John and their two children, Ken and Kathy, were on Florida on vacation for two weeks, Karen said that they were having a wonderful time, and she sent some postcards in the letters. The postcards showed pictures of Florida.
Mrs. Baker smiled as she read the letter again. She was happy that they were having a good time. While she was reading, a man came and sat down at the other end of the bench. He opened his newspaper and began to read.
Suddenly the postcards blew out of Mrs. Baker’s hand and fell on the ground. They
started to blow away. Mr. Mark quickly reached down and helped Mrs. Baker pick them up.
Mrs. Baker thanked him and showed him the postcards. They introduced themselves. It was the beginning of a very pleasant friendship.