TRẠI HÈ HÙNG VƯƠNG LẦN THỨ XVI ĐỀ THI MÔN TIẾNG ANH - KHỐI 11

TRƯỜNG PT VÙNG CAO VIỆT BẮC Năm học 2021 - 2022

ĐỀ THI ĐỀ XUẤT Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút
------------------- (Đề này có 17 trang)

PART I. LISTENING
Section 1. You will hear an interview with a representative of a wildlife park
called Paradise Wildlife Park. Listen and complete the sentences. WRITE NO MORE
THAN THREE WORDS AND/ OR A NUMBER for each answer. Write your
answers in the space provided. (20 pts)

Paradise Wildlife Park

Project Life Lion is connected with diseases spread by (1) ________. The Park has
created its own (2) ________ system, and other organizations use it. A wide variety
of (3) ________ events (e.g. barbecues) are held at the Park. For charity events, the
Park will provide cheap tickets and (4) ________. The Park’s sister company gives
people a chance to be a (5) ________. People paying to adopt an animal get a (6)
________, a photograph, information about the animal and a free ticket for two people.
People who visit the Park (7) ________ in a year benefit from having a season ticket.
When the weather is cold, visitors can still enjoy using the (8) ________. One of the
Experience Days involves being an (9) ________ for a day. The Park is looking for
people to do customer service and (10) ________ work.

Your answer:
1. 6.
2. 7.
3. 8.
4. 9.
5. 10.

Section 2. Listen and write ONLY ONE WORD OR A NUMBER from the
dialogue to answer for each question (10pts)
1. How many days did the scientists spend under the waves?
_________________________________________________
2. What answer did Rob choose?

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3. What's the name of the laboratory?
_________________________________________________
4. Where's the laboratory situated?
_________________________________________________
5. What is the world record, in minutes, for holding breath underwater?
_________________________________________________

Your answer:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Section 3. You will hear a dialogue between two friends. Listen and decide the
statements are True (T) or False (F). Write your answers in the corresponding
numbered boxes (10pts).
T for a statement which is true;
F for a statement which is false
? if there is insufficient information

____ 1. Now some people still take a risk when the police officer is away on Newland
Street.
____ 2. The police officer there doesn’t get any pay for the work.
____ 3. Officer Springirth is a real man and he is a volunteer there.
____ 4. Officer Springirth helps the police to reduce the crime rate in Chase Village.
____ 5. The police department will put more mannequins on other roads

Your answer:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Section 4. You will hear an interview in which two students, a girl called
Tamsin and a boy called Farid, are talking about whether to go to university or not.
Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D which fits best according to what you hear.
Write your answers in the correspondent numbered boxes. (10 pts)

1. What alternative to going to university has Farid’s sister suggested to him?

A travelling for a year B setting up his own business
C doing charity work D working for a large organization

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2. Tamsin worries that many students go to university because
A they are attracted by the social life.
B it’s expected of them by their school teachers.
C they believe they’ll be able to find a better job afterwards.
D certain courses are fashionable.
3. What do both Tamsin and Farid say about working while at university?
A It’s a good way to get practical experience.
B It can reduce the time available for studying.
C It enables more students to afford to go to university.
D It may result in poor health.
4. Why does Tamsin think going to university is the right choice for her?
A She excelled at academic subjects at school.
B She believes university will broaden her mind.
C She needs more time before deciding on a career path.
D She thinks the contacts she’ll make there will be invaluable.
5. How did Farid feel about a university Open Day he went to?
A confident he would fit in with other students at the university
B pleased that the university’s facilities were so modern
C surprised that he could talk to so many of the staff
D reassured that his questions were answered

Your answer:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

PART II. LEXICO-GRAMMAR (30 pts)

Section 1. Choose the best answer (A, B, C, or D) to each of the following
questions and write your answers in the correspondent numbered boxes provided. (15
pts)
1. A new generation of performers, ________ those who by now had become a
household name, honed their skills before following the same path onto television.
A. no less talented than B. along with talented as
C. together with talented as D. having been more talented than
2. The authorities have ________ their original decision to allow development of this
rural area.
A. dispensed B. detached C. refrained D. revoked

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3. Dealing with ________ refusal from an employee is easier than dealing with false
compliance.
A. an offset B. a remedial C. an agile D. an outright
4. The party was already ________ by the time we arrived. Everyone was singing and
dancing.
A. in full swing B. up in the air C. over the moon D. under a cloud
5. I was just disappointed that she ________ I tried to hurt her.
A. had better think B. should think
C. was advisable to think D. would be better off thinking
6. Labour unions and the company ________ in a confrontation over plans to curb
benefits.
A. caught up B. faced off C. carried away D. showed up
7. The elections had clearly been fixed since the number of votes did not ________ with
that of voters.
A. tie B. equal C. tally D. total
8. The poor old woman couldn’t ________ through after the operation and passed away.
A. muddle B. plough C. pull D. run
9. Companies are joining forces with governments in Africa to ________ regional
campaigns against malaria.
A. fabricate B. originate C. mount D. produce
10. Mr.Johnson asked me to tell you that he would like ________ by last Friday at the
earliest.
A. to have submitted your assignments
B. you have submitted your assignments
C. your assignments have been submitted
D. your submitted assignments
11. After ________ in obscurity for many years, her early novels have recently been
rediscovered.
A. abolishing B. flourishing C. languishing D. shattering
12. There is large effort ________ to rebuild arts education in the New York City
public schools.
A. under way B. in the way C. out of way D. over the way
13. It’s never a good idea to ________ your hopes on winning the lottery.
A. pin B. raise C. dash D. abandon
14. Many an environmentalist, in addition to many economists ________ that if oil
supplies ________ in the near future, we would find it hard to fulfil our energy needs.
A. believe/ were running out B. believes/ were to run out
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 C. believed/ had run out D. believing/ would run out
15. Mary expected to be promoted to manager but she was ________.
A. looked down on B. looked over C. passed down to D. passed over

Your answer:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Section 2. Complete the text by writing a correct form of the word in

CAPITALS. Write your answers in the correspondent numbered boxes provided. (10
pts)

Those people who fear that three decades of significant technological

(1.BREAK) ________ have produced a generation of (2.WORK) ________ and
unhelpful Internet addicts will be (3.LIFT) ________ by a survey showing that some
teenagers are better trained than they ever were, domestically speaking. Nearly 60% of
parents said that their teenagers were (4.COMPLETE) ________ at looking after
themselves, agreeing with the statement that ‘My son/ daughter can organize a meal and
cook it.’ Those parents with children aged 14-18, were most likely to be in agreement
with this. The aim of the survey was to (5.VALUE) ________ the attitude of parents
towards their teenagers.
About 1,000 parents were asked if they agreed with (6.MIX) _______ views on typical
teenage behavior and lifestyles in the early years of the 21th century. In the analysis of
responses it was found that, while teenagers regarded weekends as a time of (7.WIND)
________, most parents considered them a time for study or family (8.UNITE)
________. However, the contention that it’s useful to have a teenager because of their
seemingly (9.BEAR) ________ ability to know how the TV and computers work was a
point that almost everyone (10.SCRIPT) ________ to.

Your answer:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Section 3. There are five mistakes in the passage below. Find 5mistakes and
correct them. Write your answers in the correspondent numbered boxes. (5 pts)

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 THOUGHTS OF A BORED HOUSEWIFE

1 I know the house is filthy but I really can’t be bothered to do any

2 cleaning today – I’ll put it off until tomorrow. My husband keeps nagging
3 me to keep the place spotless but he’ll have to catch up with the dirt. I don’t
4 find being a housewife rewarding. I’m not cut out for it in the least. In fact,
5 if it were to consider to be a real job, I’d give in my
6 notice; thinking about it, I would have been sacked ages ago. When it
7 comes down to it, I’m bored. It is unheard of for my husband to help me in
8 the house. He just takes me for granted. When we got married, I thought he
9 was going to be a modern, liberal-thought man, but he has turned out to be
10 the same as all the others. He thinks it is my duty to put up the kids and
11 doesn’t see why he should bring himself out to take them to school and help
12 them with their homework. For him, life is very straight. He works, comes
13 home, has his dinner and goes to bed. There’s no doubt in putting up a fight.
14 He’d only frown and say: “Am I such a bad husband?”
15 In fact he isn’t. I love him dearly and would never think of breaking
16 up with him. Also, I wouldn’t want to put my daughters off marriage, but
17 I’d certainly tell them not to let themselves be taken advantage of.

Your answer:
Line number Mistake Correction

PART III. READING COMPREHENSION (60pts)

Section 1. For questions 1 – 10, read the text below and decide which answer
(A, B, C or D) best fits each space. Write your answers in the correspondent
numbered boxes provided. (10 pts)
As time passes, the power of newspapers seems to be on the (1) _______ . This is
odd because in the relatively (2) _______ past people were predicting that the influence
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of the written word would diminish in (3) _______ proportion to the rate of increase of
the spoken word and moving image through TV and video. The internet, cable and
satellite television, teletext and multi- media computers in every other home should
surely have done for newspapers by now, particularly alongside a perceptible
resurgence in the audiences for news- carrying radio stations. How have these organs
survived, let alone flourished, particularly on a Sunday? Why do people who have seen
a football or tennis (4) _______ live or on the small screen rush the next day to read
potted version of it in four or five columns which surely cannot mean more to the reader
than that self-same viewer of the previous afternoon or evening? Why would anyone
who has seen a film and formed a (5) _______ impression of it the following day read a
review of the (6) _______ film in a newspaper? To see if s/he is right? Isn’t that what
friends are for? Don’t we have colleagues for just that purpose- to see if our ideas on
any (7) _______ song, film or programme tally with others’? What is the product that
(8) _______ of not much more than outrageous headlines, wayward comment,
subjective editorials and hyperbolic sports pages still doing in our lives? It seems for the
time (9) _______ to be leading a charmed life. When if finally goes, though, many may
come to mourn its (10) _______.

1. A. increase B. rise C. expansion D. build

2. A. latest B. distant C. immediate D. recent
3. A. exact B. direct C. precise D. equal
4. A. game B. set C. match D. meeting
5. A. vivid B. coloured C. bright D. direct
6. A. above-mentioned B. aforesaid C. latter D. previous
7. A. given B. taken C. subjected D. written
8. A. comprises B. contains C. consists D. informs
9. A. out B. being C. given D. presents
10. A. perishing B. dying C. falling D. passing

Your answer:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Section 2. For questions 1 - 10, fill each of the following numbered blanks
with ONE suitable word and write your answers in the correspondent numbered
boxes provided. (10 pts)

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 When some psychiatrists attempt to explain genius, they talk in terms of mental
disturbance. This is a strange way of describing remarkable men. (Sadly, it is usually
men, (1) ______ occasionally women are also mentioned.) Psychiatrists often (2)
______ to geniuses as people who tend to be oversensitive, melancholy and even
schizophrenic; they channel their destructive energy into their masterpieces. A survey
(3) ______ out on 30 American writers revealed that 37% of them (4) _____ from
depression. A British study of famous artists (including poets, painters and sculptors)
showed that 38% had received some sort of psychiatric treatment.
An alternative (5) ______ of intelligence, expressed at a recent conference in the
French city of Bordeaux, sees geniuses as people who matured very early an are
workaholics with an amazing (6) ______ to produce a lot of work in a short space of
time. Bach, for example, with his 46 volumes of musical compositions. Does this mean
intelligence and even genius is a question of how much is created? We don’t know the
answer yet, but Thomas Edison, one of the greatest inventors (7) ______ all time, said
that genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration!
Other interesting (8) ______ about geniuses are that they tend to be born in
Spring, (9) ______ Leonardo and Shakespeare, and they become orphans in their early
childhood. One (10) ______ whether it is a sign of good or bad luck to be born a genius.

Your answer:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Section 3. For questions 1 - 10, read the following passage and choose the best
answer (A, B, C or D) according to the text. Write your answers in the correspondent
numbered boxes provided. (10 pts)

AROUND THE WORLD IN 94 DAYS

In February 2001, at the age of 24, Ellen Mac Arthur became the youngest and
fastest ever woman to sail round the world. After 94 days alone on board her yacht
Kingfisher, she finished second to Michel Desjoyaux of France in the single-handed
Vende Globe event.
In sport, like life, the winner is usually feted, and runners-up quickly forgotten.
This time the roles were reversed and it was Ellen, weighing just 50 kilos and barely
1m60 tall, that really captured people's imaginations and emotions. One newspaper in

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France, where she was and is a real heroine, summed up the national mood there with
the headline 'Well done, Michel, brave Ellen'.
As with many spectacular achievers, the signs were there from an early age, even
in the unpromising nautical terrain of landlocked Derbyshire. Her great-grandparents
were sailing people and a great-uncle was a merchant seaman, but any real link with the
sea is tenuous. There was, however, an Auntie Thea who lived on the east coast of
England and had a 26-foot sailing boat called Cabaret. It took just one trip on the open
sea with her aunt to spark off Ellen's lifelong passion. She was eight years old. Mter that
she began saving her pocket money and spent all her spare time reading sailing books in
the library, absorbing information like a sponge. With her savings and the help of her
grandmother she bought an 8-£00t fiberglass dinghy, and from that moment on there
was no keeping her away from the water.
Sailing round Britain single-handed at the age of 18 was just the start; Ellen had
long since set her sights on the Vende. But finding the money to undertake round-the-
world voyages is no easy feat. She wrote 2,000 letters requesting sponsorship and
received just two replies, from the Kingfisher company who were looking to expand
into France. And in terms of race preparation, if thoroughness was the key to success,
Ellen could certainly be considered one of the favorites. In the eight months leading up
to the start of the race, she sailed no fewer than 60,000 miles at the helm of her 60-£001
Kingfisher, far more than the rest of the fleet put together in the same period.
During her three months at sea MacArthur negotiated deadly icebergs, gigantic
waves and gale-force winds. She endured the freezing cold of the Antarctic and suffered
the blistering heat of the windless doldrums. Racing conditions meant sleeping in 10-
minute bursts, a survival suit that stayed on for weeks at a time and hands and wrists
covered in sores and cuts. Food was dried or frozen. Water came from a desalinator,
which passes sea water through a membrane. 'You don't really wash in the icy waters of
the southern ocean,' she laughs. 'Anyway, there's no one to tell you that you smell.'
As Kingfisher crossed the finishing line Ellen was surrounded by hundreds of
spectator boats and a cheering crowd of 200,000 lined the shore. Stepping off her yacht
she looked remarkably composed and seemed to take the change from solitude to public
adulation very much in her stride. Her thoughts, she later confessed, were on the
realization that she had fulfilled the ambition that had dominated her life for the
previous four or five years. 'Throughout that time my sole focus had been crossing the
finishing line, and in the fastest possible time.' Now she could savour that moment.
But despite MacArthur's belief that everyone who finishes the Vende is a winner,
she still feels a sense of disappointment that, having taken the lead from the eventual
winner Michel Desjoyaux 10 days from the finish, she did not quite have the energy or
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good fortune to turn her advantage into victory. 'You have to believe you can win from
the start,' she asserts. 'Deep down you're a competitor, you don't climb the mast and
come back black and blue just for a cruise. You do it because it's a race.'
The public will now be hoping to see a suitable encore, some new feat of
endurance to justify her celebrity status. For Ellen can no longer claim, as she did in her
post-race press conference, to be the simple Derbyshire girl with 'no mobile, no credit
cards, no money, no nothing'; she is a heroine and an inspiration to others of her
generation. As if to reinforce this, and despite her reluctance to take on this role, she
later commented: 'If there's one thing I've learned in this past year, it's that deep down
in your heart, if you have a dream, then you can and must it happen.'
1. The word feted in the second paragraph means
A. to make somebody pleasant. B. to praise somebody.
C. to make somebody happy. D. to give somebody a reward.
2. At the time of her achievement we learn that Ellen
A. enjoyed only short-lived success.
B. was more famous in France than anywhere else.
C. attracted more attention than Michel Desjoyaux.
D. became popular because of her size.
3. The word landlocked in the third paragraph means
A. having no seaport. B. having no fresh water.
C. having no land. D. having no sea coast.
4. Where did Ellen's initial interest in sailing come from?
A. She came from a family of sailing enthusiasts:
B. She went to see one of her relatives.
C. She read widely on the subject.
D. She lived near the sea.
5. The word single-handed in the fourth paragraph means
A. without any help from anyone else.
B. using only one of one's hands to row.
C. on a boat with only one paddle.
D. on a boat with only one sail.
6. What do we learn about Ellen at the start of the race?
A. People thought she had a very good chance of winning.
B. She was a more experienced sailor than the other racers.
C. She had been waiting for this moment since she was 18.
D. She had gone to great lengths to achieve her ambition.
7. The writer suggests that one cause of discomfort for Ellen at sea was
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 A. the shortage of water. B. her failure to sleep.
C. extremes of temperature. D. a lack of cooking facilities.
8. According to the writer, when Ellen finished the race, she was
A. overwhelmed by her new-found fame.
B. surprised by the number of people who came to greet her.
C. able to reflect on her achievement.
D. delighted to be amongst people again.
9. According to the writer, Ellen
A. thinks she deserved to win the race.
B. has mixed feelings about the outcome of the race.
C. knew she would win the race.
D. thinks Michel Desjoyaux was lucky to beat her.
10. Which of the following views does the writer express in the last paragraph?
A. She has the power to motivate. B. She has no right to fame yet.
C. Her comments lack depth. D. She needs to change her lifestyle.

Your answer:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Section 4. The reading has fine paragraphs A-E. For questions 1-5, choose the
correct heading for paragraphs A, B, C, D and E from the list of the headings below.
Write your answers in answer box below. (10 pts)
List of headings Your answers

i Considering ecological costs 0. Paragraph A _____v____

ii Modifications to the design of the snow
gun Paragraph B _____x____
iii The need for different varieties of snow
1. Paragraph C __________
iv Local concern over environmental issues
v A problem and a solution 2. Paragraph D __________
vi Applications beyond the ski slopes
vii Converting wet snow to dry snow 3. Paragraph E __________
viii New method for calculating
modifications 4. Paragraph F __________
ix Artificial process, natural product
5. Paragraph G __________
x Snow formation in nature

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 SNOW-MAKERS
Skiing is big business nowadays. But what can ski resort owners do if the snow
doesn't come?
A In the early to mid-twentieth century, with the growing popularity of skiing, ski
slopes became extremely profitable businesses. But ski resort owners were completely
dependent on the weather: if it didn't snow, or didn’t snow enough, they had to close
everything down. Fortunately, a device called the snow gun can now provide snow
whenever it is needed. These days such machines are standard equipment in the vast
majority of ski resorts around the world, making it possible for many resorts to stay
open for months or more a year.
B Snow formed by natural weather systems comes from water vapour in the
atmosphere. The water vapour condenses into droplets, forming clouds. If the
temperature is sufficiently low, the water droplets freeze into tiny ice crystals. More
water particles then condense onto the crystal and join with it to form a snowflake. As
the snow flake grows heavier, it falls towards the Earth.
C The snow gun works very differently from a natural weather system, but it
accomplishes exactly the same thing. The device basically works by combining water
and air. Two different hoses are attached to the gun. one leading from a water pumping
station which pumps water up from a lake or reservoir, and the other leading from an air
compressor. When the compressed air passes through the hose into the gun. it atomises
the water - that is, it disrupts the stream so that the water splits up into tiny droplets.
The droplets are then blown out of the gun and if the outside temperature is below
0°C, ice crystals will form, and will then make snowflakes in the same way as natural
snow.
D Snow-makers often talk about dry snow and wet snow. Dry snow has a relatively
low amount of water, so it is very light and powdery. This type of snow is excellent for
skiing because skis glide over it easily without getting stuck in wet slush. One of the
advantages of using a snow-maker is that this powdery snow can be produced to give
the ski slopes a level surface. However, on slopes which receive heavy use, resort
owners also use denser, wet snow underneath the dry snow. Many resorts build up the
snow depth this way once or twice a year, and then regularly coat the trails with a layer
of dry snow throughout the winter.
E The wetness of snow is dependent on the temperature and humidity outside, as
well as the size of the water droplets launched by the gun. Snow-makers have to adjust
the proportions of water and air in their snow guns to get the perfect snow consistency
for the outdoor weather conditions. Many ski slopes now do this with a central
computer system that is connected to weather-reading stations all over the slope.
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F But man-made snow makes heavy demands on the environment. It takes about
275,000 litres of water to create a blanket of snow covering a 60x60 metre area. Most
resorts pump water from one or more reservoirs located in low-lying areas. The run-off
water from the slopes feeds back into these reservoirs, so the resort can actually use the
same water over and over again. However, considerable amounts of energy are needed
to run the large air-compressing pumps, and the diesel engines which run them also
cause air pollution.
G Because of the expense of making snow, ski resorts have to balance the cost of
running the machines with the benefits of extending the ski season, making sure they
only make snow when it is really needed and when it will bring the maximum amount
of profit in return for the investment. But man-made snow has a number of other uses as
well. A layer of snow keeps a lot of the Earth’s heat from escaping into the atmosphere,
so farmers often use man-made snow to provide insulation for winter crops. Snow-
making machines have played a big part in many movie productions. Movie producers
often take several months to shoot scenes that cover just a few days. If the movie takes
place in a snowy setting, the set decorators have to get the right amount of snow for
each day of shooting either by adding man-made snow or melting natural snow. And
another important application of man-made snow is its use in the tests that aircraft must
undergo in order to ensure that they can function safely in extreme conditions.

For questions 6–10, complete the table below. Use NO MORE THAN THREE
WORDS from the reading passage for each answer. Write your answers in the spaces
provided. (10 pts)

6. Dry snow is used to give slopes a level surface, while wet snow is used to increase
the _______ on busy slopes.
7. To calculate the required snow consistency, the_______ of the atmosphere must first
be measured.
8. The machinery used in the process of making the snow consumes a lot of _______
which is damaging to the environment.
9. Artificial snow is used in agriculture as a type of _______ for plants in cold
conditions.
10. Artificial snow may also be used in carrying out safety checks on _______

Your answer:
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

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 Section 5: You are going to read a magazine article in which five career
consultants give advice about starting a career. For questions 1-10, choose from the
consultants (A-E). The consultants may be chosen more than once. (10 pts)
Starting out on your career
Are you a graduate trying to plan out the best career path for yourself? We've asked five
careers consultants to give some tips on how to go about it.
Consultant A
A university degree is no guarantee of a job, and job hunting in itself requires a whole
set of skills. If you find you are not getting past the first interview, ask yourself what is
happening. Is it a failure to communicate or are there some skills you lack? Once you
see patterns emerging it will help you decide whether the gaps you have identified can
be filled relatively easily. If you cannot work out what the mismatch is, get back to the
selection panel with more probing questions, and find out what you need to do to bring
yourself up to the level of qualification that would make you more attractive to them:
but be careful to make this sound like a genuine request rather than a challenge or
complaint.
Consultant B
Do not be too dispirited if you are turned down for a job, but think about the reasons the
employers give. They often say it is because others are 'better qualified', but they use
the term loosely. Those who made the second interview might have been studying the
same subject as you and be of similar ability level, but they had something which made
them a closer match to the selector's ideal. That could be experience gained through
projects or vacation work, or it might be that they were better at communicating what
they could offer. Do not take the comments at face value: think back to the interviews
that generated them and make a list of where you think the shortfall in your
performance lies. With this sort of analytical approach you will eventually get your foot
in the door.
Consultant C
Deciding how long you should stay in your first job is a tough call. Stay too long and
future employers may question your drive and ambition. Of course, it depends where
you are aiming. There can be advantages in moving sideways rather than up, if you
want to gain real depth of knowledge. If you are a graduate, spending five or six years
in the same job is not too long provided that you take full advantage of the experience.
However, do not use this as an excuse for apathy. Graduates sometimes fail to take
ownership of their careers and take the initiative. It is up to you to make the most of
what's available within a company, and to monitor your progress in case you need to
move on. This applies particularly if you are still not sure where your career path lies.
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Consultant D
It is helpful to think through what kind of experience you need to get your dream job
and it is not a problem to move around to a certain extent. But in the early stages of
your career you need a definite strategy for reaching your goal, so think about that
carefully before deciding to move on from your first job. You must cultivate patience to
master any role. There is no guarantee that you will get adequate training, and research
has shown that if you do not receive proper help in a new role, it can take 18 months to
master it.
Consultant E
A prospective employer does not want to see that you have changed jobs every six
months with no thread running between them. You need to be able to demonstrate the
quality of your experience to a future employer, and too many moves too quickly can be
a bad thing. In any company it takes three to six months for a new employee to get up to
speed with the structure and the culture of the company. From the company's
perspective, they will not receive any return on the investment in your salary until you
have been there for 18 months. This is when they begin to get most value from you -
you are still fired up and enthusiastic. If you leave after six months it has not been a
good investment - and may make other employers wary.
(Source: CAE Handbook. Reproduced with permission from Cambridge English)

Which consultant Your answers

1) Keep your final objective in mind when you are planning 1. …………………
to change jobs.
2) It takes time to become familiar with the characteristics 2. …………………
of a company you have joined.
3. …………………
3) You should demonstrate determination to improve your
job prospects. 4. …………………
4) Make sure your approach for information is positive in
tone. 5. …………………
5) It is not certain that you will be given very much support
in your job initially. 6. …………………
6) Stay optimistic in spite of setbacks.
7. …………………
7) Promotion isn't the only way to increase your expertise.
8) Ask for information about your shortcomings. 8. …………………
9) Some information you are given may not give a complete
picture.
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 10) It will be some time before you start giving your 9. …………………
employers their money's worth.
10. ……………….

PART IV. WRITING (60 pts)

Section 1. Summarize this article about Man and his destruction of wildlife
habitat in not more than 120 words (10pts)

Man is forever changing the face of nature. He has been doing so since he first
appeared on the earth. Yet, all that man has done is not always to the ultimate advantage
of the earth or himself. Man has, in fact, destroyed more than necessary.
In his struggle to live and extract the most out of life, man has destroyed many
species of wildlife; directly by sheer physical destruction, and indirectly by the
destruction or alteration of habitats. Some species may be able to withstand disruptions
to their habitat while others may not be able to cope.
Take the simple act of farming. When a farmer tills a rough ground, he makes it
unsuitable for the survival of certain species. Every change in land use brings about a
change in the types of plant and animals found on that land.
When man builds a new town, this means the total destruction of vast areas of
farmland or woodland. Here, you have the complete destruction of entire habitats and it
is inevitable.
It follows therefore, that every form of human activity unavoidably upsets or changes
the wildlife complex of the area. Man has destroyed many forms of wildlife for no
reasonable purpose. They have also made many great blunders in land use, habitat
destruction and the extermination of many forms of wildlife.
Man's attitude towards animals depends on the degree to which his own survival
is affected. He sets aside protection for animals that he hunts for sport and wages a war
on any other creature that may pose a danger or inconvenience to him. This creates
many problems and man has made irreversible, serious errors in his destruction of
predators. He has destroyed animals and birds which are useful to farmers as pest
controllers. The tragedy that emerges is that all the killing of predators did not in any
way increase the number of game birds.
Broadly speaking, man wages war against the creatures which he considers
harmful, even when his warfare makes little or no difference to the numbers of those he
encourages. There is a delicate predator and prey equilibrium involving also the
vegetation of any area, which man can upset by thoughtless intervention.

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 Therefore, there is a need for the implementation of checks and balances. The
continued existence of these animals depends entirely on man and his attitude towards
his own future.

Section 2. Table description (20pts)

The chart shows the proportion of renewable energy in total energy supply in 4
countries from 1997 to 2010. Summarize the information and Write at least 150 words.

Section 3. Essay writing (30pts)

“Teenagers should be allowed to make their own decisions on such things as
what to wear, who to play with, and what career to choose.” Do you agree or disagree
with the statement above?
Write an essay of about 300 - 350 words to express your idea.

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