VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI
UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
B1 TEST 12.01.14
PAPER ONE: READING AND WRITING
PART 1: READING
Section 4: Fill in the blank with ONE suitable word
| as | fears | projects | idea | according |
| result | success | depend | like | one |
| other | over | failure | think | attitude |
Do you ever wish you were more optimistic, someone who always expected to be successful? Having someone around who always (1)……………….. the worst isn’t really a lot of fun – we all know someone who see a single cloud on a sunny day and says, ‘It’s looks (2)……………….. rain.’. But if you catch yourself thinking such things, it’s important to do something (3)……………….. it.
You can change your view of life, (4)……………….. to psychologists. It only takes a little effort, and you’ll find life more rewarding as a (5)………………... Optimism, they say, is partly about self-respect and confidence but it’s also a more positive way of looking at life and all it has to offer. Optimists are more likely to start new (6)……………….. and are generally more prepared to take risks.
Upbringing is obviously very important in forming your (7)……………….. to the world. Some people are brought up to (8)……………….. too much on others and grow up forever blaming other people when anything goes wrong. Most optimists, on the (9)……………….. hand, have brought up not to regard (10)……………….. as the end of the world – they just get on with their lives.
PART 2: WRITING
Section 1: Rewrite the following sentences
1. I did not remove the money from the safe.
I denied…………………………………………………………………………………..
2. I was on holiday, and you were on holiday, too
Both of…………………………………………………………………………………..
3. He is a slow driver.
He drives………………………………………………………………………………..
4. The box was empty
There was………………………………………………………………………………..
5. I can't explain the situation because it is too complicated.
The situation……………………………………………………………………………..
Section 2:
Write to an English penfriend. Write about your favourite sport(s). What sports do you like? Do you play sports?
PAPER TWO: LISTENING
Section 2: Listen and fill in the blank with ONE suitable word.
Millions of people all over the world use the word OK. In fact, some people say the word is used more often than any other word in the world. OK means all right or (6)……………. It expresses agreement or approval. You might ask your brother, "Is it okay if I (7) ……………your car?” Or if someone asks you to do something, you might say, “Okay, I will.” Still, language experts do not agree about where the word came from.
Some people say it came from the Native American Indian tribe known as the Choctaw. The Choctaw word okehmeans the same as the American word okay. Experts say early (8) ……………in the American West spoke the Choctaw (9) in the nineteenth century. The language spread across the (10) ……………
But many people (11) …………… this. Language expert Allen Walker Read wrote about the word OK in (12)…………… published in the nineteen sixties. He said the word began being used in the eighteen thirties. It was a short way of writing a (13) …………… spelling of the words “all correct.” Some foreign-born people wrote “all correct” as “o-l-l k-o-r-r-e-c-t,” and used the letters O.K. (14) …………… people say a railroad worker named Obadiah Kelly invented the word long ago. They said he put the first letters of his names -- O and K -- on each(15) …………… people gave him to send on the train
KEY
READING
Section 4
1 fears (Động từ chia ở ngôi thứ 3 số ít sau someone)
2 like
3 over
4 according (cấu trúc according to: theo như)
5 result (cấu trúc: as a result: kết quả là)
6 projects
7 attitude (cấu trúc: attitude to/ towards: thái độ đối với)
8 depend (cấu trúc: depend on: phụ thuộc vào)
9 other (cấu trúc: on the other hand: mặt khác)
10 failure
WRITING
Section 1
1. I did not remove the money from the safe.
=> I denied removing the money from the safe.
(Cấu trúc: DENY + VING: phủ nhận đã làm việc gì)
2. I was on holiday, and you were on holiday, too
=> Both of us were on holiday.
3. He is a slow driver.
=> He drives slowly.
(Chuyển từ cấu trúc ADJ + N = V + ADV)
4. The box was empty
=> There was an empty box.
5. I can't explain the situation because it is too complicated.
=> The situation is too complicated, so I can’t explain it.
(Biến đổi sử dụng so thay because. Because đặt trước mệnh đề chỉ nguyên nhân, so đặt trước mệnh đề chỉ kết quả). Chỉ được sử dụng một trong hai từ này trong câu.
LISTENING
Section 2
6. acceptable
7. borrow
8. explorers
9. language
10. country
11. dispute
12. reports
13. different
14. Other
15. object