Binh Phuoc Education and Training Department Loc Ninh High School == & == PAPER TEST Allotted Time: 45 minutes Candidate’s name: Code/Class: ... Locninh, 11/2015 LISTENING (2.5 points) You will hear two tasks TWICE. After each task, you will have a ten-second pause to do. Task 1. Listen to the recording carefully and decide whether the statements are True (T) or False (F). True False People should get on well with one another ¨ ¨ Single parents have time to spend with their children. ¨ ¨ Too much pressure is put on families by stress of modern life. ¨ ¨ Task 2. You will hear a news reporter called Angela Bond, talking on the radio about her job. Choose the best word (A, B or C) for each space. Angela likes her job because she A. loves being in dangerous situations B. never knows where she'll go next C. enjoys watching important events happen What did Angela bring home from Hong Kong? A. pictures B. carpets C. furniture Where did Angela meet her boyfriend? A. at her sister's house B. at university C. in Hong Kong PHONETICS (1 point) PRONUNCIATION. Choose the underlined word which is pronounced differently. A. gap B. manner C. parents D. teenage A.preference B. relationship C. generation D. footsteps A. criticise B. forbid C. identify D. difference STRESS. Choose the word which has the different stress. A. sympathetic B. identify C. relationship D. appropriate A. complain B. parents C. support D. respect USE OF LANGUAGE (2 points) VOCABULARY. Choose the suitable word provided in the box for each question below. Note that there is one unnecessary word in the box. mutual counsellor reconcile decisions friendships arise When the children grow up, they will make their own ____________. Conflicts can ____________ from different interests between parents and their children. They need to talk each other in order to create ____________ understanding. When Jack suffered a break up in her relationships, he saw a ____________ for advice. GRAMMAR. Read the questions carefully and choose the best answer. You ________ use your mobile phone in the examination room. A. oughtn’t to B. mustn’t C. shouldn’t D. don’t have to My grandparents live in the suburbs, so whenever we visit them, we ________ a bus. A. must take B. should take C. have to be taken D. have to take This perfume ________ amazing. I’ll buy it for my mum’s birthday. A. looks B. smells C. feels D. tastes She became very ________ after her boyfriend left her. A. depress B. depressed C. depressing D. depressable COMMUNICATION (0.5 points) Read the sentence in the upper bubble and match to the lower bubble. Hi, Frank. You look so sad. What’s the problem? I don’t like the way my mum behaves me like that. You know. My dad will kill me if I give him a lie. Nothing serious. Leave me alone. I think you should talk to her how you feel. Well, I think it must be solved right now. 1. ____________ 2. ____________ READING (2 points) CLOZE TEST. Read the passage and choose the best answer to fill in each gap. The Generation Gap To put it in simple terms, the generation gap-a broad (1) ____________ between one generation and another, especially between young people and their parents-leads to a problem which is as (2) ____________ as the hills. One may wonder why this problem has been unresolved throughout the ages. There are some reasons for that. Psychologists believe that most young people experience conflict during their adolescence. They are (3) ____________ children anymore nor yet adults, but individuals who are desperately searching for self-identity. As they grow up, they adopt values that differ from those held by their parents, and develop an unfavorable attitude toward the adult world because it symbolizes “the skin they hope to shed away.” Conflicts actually (4) ____________ because young people feel that they have a right to be independent. They look at parents as “enemies” who do not let them live the way they want to-staying out late, wearing fashionable clothes, or choosing their own friends. (5) ____________ makes things even worse is that teenagers suffer a sense of incapability and rage as they realize that financially they still depend on their parents, and they would not have a nice party or a holiday (6) ____________ their parents’ approval and support. The period of adolescence is closely connected to making important life (7) ____________, such as choosing a career path. That is precisely where the trouble lies. Young people are told that they have the world at their feet, that dazzling future opportunities are just waiting to be seized. However, when they finally decide that they want to work, say, as music players instead of majoring in medicine or law, their parents tear out hair and seem to be heartbroken. Difficulties in relationships with parents may in certain cause lead to such serious (8) ____________ as drinking alcohol or taking drugs, refusing to attend school, running away from home, or even turning to violence. In such cases, parental threatening and yelling usually don’t work. It seems that the best way to put matters straight is to take a middle course. Parents should take the (9) ____________ to start a calm, serious discussion with their children in which they treat the latter more or less as “partners” in decision-making. They should also keep in mind that if teenagers feel neglected in the most agitated time of their lives, they may lose them (10) ____________. Note: at their feet: dưới tướng ai tear out hair = tear your hair out: lo lắng, giận dữ A. different B. differently C. difference D. differ A. aged B. old-aged C. old D. age A. neither B. both C. not only D. either A. arise B. raise C. araise D. rise A. What B. How C. That D. Which A. without B. with C. on D. out A. attempts B. decisions C. efforts D. changes A. matters B. troubles C. issues D. problems A. difficulty B. confidence C. initiative D. terms A. together B. others C. each other D. altogether WRITING (2 points) REARRANGEMENT. Read the words below and rearrange them in order. ear / you / some / lend / me / an / Can / and / give / advice /? // à parents / good / me / My / want / to have / manners / table / always /.// à REWRITING. Read the sentences below and rewrite them without changing their meaning. James and his father were reconciled after an argument. (use CLEFT SENTENCE) à It was It is necessary for young people to plan their future career carefully. (use HAVE TO) à -- THE END – No cheat in examination No relevant material
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