PART 1.

LISTENING
Section 1:
Task 1.1: Listen to people talking about how they spend their free time. Check () the correct
information about each person (5pts)
Person Exercises a lot Exercises a little Never Exercises
1. Bill X
2. Liz X
3. Victor X
4. Maria X
5. David X

Task 1.2: Listen again. Match the people on the left with the activities on the right (5pts)
1. Bill _____ c a. Golfs
2. Liz _____ d b. Bicycles
3. Victor _____ e c. Plays baseball
4. Maria _____ a d. Takes walks
5. David _____ b e. Plays video games

Section 2:
Task 2.1: Tony is helping Cindy clean up the house. Where should he put the items? Listen and
circle the correct answer (5pts)
1. The magazines
a. On the bookshelf on top of the dictionary
b. On the bookshelf next to the dictionary
c. In the dictionary

2. The remote control

a. Beside the TV on the TV program guide
b. On top of the TV next to the TV program guide
c. Beside the TV program guide in front of the TV

3. The keys
 a. In a box on top of the desk
b. In a box inside one of the desk drawers
c. Inside a drawer next to a box

4. The baseball cap

a. On the hook behind the door
b. On the doorknob
c. On the floor behind the door

5. The glasses
a. Inside the case on the coffee table
b. On the coffee table next to the papers
c. On top of the papers on the coffee table

Task 2.2: Listen again. Are these statements true or false? Check () the correct answer
(5pts)

Questions True False

1. Tony hasn’t read the magazines X
2. The remote control has a new battery X
3. The keys are for the office X
4. The baseball cap belongs to Cindy’s brother X
5. Cindy needs glasses for reading X

Section 3:
Task 3.1: These people are calling friends about the weekend.
Are these statements TRUE or FALSE? Listen and check () the correct answer (5pts)

Questions True False

1. Penny agrees to go to a movie with Bob. X
2. Anne can’t come to the party. X
3. Ken invites Nancy to a movie. X
4. Anne and Mike are going to see a football game. X
5. Wendy can’t go to Jack’s house. X

Task 3.2: Listen again. Circle the correct answer for each question (5pts)
1. When does Bob want to go to the movie?
a. On the weekend
b. On Friday morning
c. On Friday night

2. When is the party?

a. On Saturday night
b. The weekend after next
c. On Sunday night

3. When does Ken want to go out with Nancy?

a. On Friday morning
b. On Friday night
c. On the weekend

4. When is the game?

a. On Sunday night
b. On Sunday afternoon
c. On Saturday afternoon

5. When is the movie on TV?

a. Tuesday night
b. Thursday night
c. Tonight

PART 2. READING
Paragraph 1

What Is Stress?

Most people would say they know what stress is. But for scientists who study stress, is has
been surprisingly hard to define. This is because there are so many ways of looking at
stress.
Some researchers have studied how our bodies react to stress. You know how your heart
beats faster, you perspire more heavily, and your words do not come out right when you
are placed in a stressful situation. But knowing how we feel when we experience stress
does not explain it; nor does it tell us what causes it.
Other scientists have looked at stressors: events or situations that produce stress. A
deadline, a poor test performance, or bothersome noises all may be thought of as stressors.
Even pleasant events can be stressors. Planning a party or starting a new job can be just as
stressful as being called to the principal’s office.
Stress, then, can be caused by both negative and positive events, or stressors. Of course,
whether an event is thought of as positive or negative is, in some ways, a matter of personal
choice.
In sum, it is the way people interpret an event that makes it stressful or not stressful. This
process of interpretation is called appraisal. Depending on how people appraise, or judge,
circumstances, they may or may not consider them stressful.
What, specifically, causes people to appraise a situation as stressful? The answer depends
on how much of a threat or challenge it appears to be. Circumstances that bring a threat or
challenge to a person’s sense of well-being produce stress. Those that do not threaten or
challenge us are not stressful.
Looking at stress this way gives us a general definition of the concept of stress: Stress is a
response to circumstances that seem threatening or challenging.
The circumstances that cause stress vary from one person to another. It all depends on how
we appraise circumstances. In addition, the things that cause us stress today may not cause
us stress at another time. And the opposite is true: things that once caused no stress may
now be stressful.

Exercise 1: Decide which of the following choices is closet in meaning to the underlined word
in the sentence and write down the corresponding letter. (4pts)
 1. Planning a party or starting a new job can be just as stressful as being called to the
principal’s office

A. Teacher
B. Headmaster
C. Assistant

2. A deadline, a poor test performance, or bothersome noises all may be thought of as

stressors.

A. Annoying
B. surprising
C. continuous

3. Depending on how people appraise, or judge, circumstances, they may or may not
consider them stressful.

A. Feel about
B. Judge
C. Adapt to

4. The circumstances that cause stress vary from one person to another.

A. Differ
B. Move
C. Start

Exercise 2: Complete the summary below by choosing NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS
from the passage for each answer (5pts)

It is hard for the scientists to define the word 5_______________ because there are many ways
of looking at it. Your body reacts to stress with a fast-beating heart, heavy perspiration and
so on when you are in 6______________. 7______________ refer to events or situations that
produce stress and they may even include 8______________ such as 9______________ and starting
a new job. In general, stress can be caused by both negative and positive events.

Exercise 3: Look at the following statements. Write (6pts)

TRUE if the statement is true;
FALSE if the statement is false;
NOT GIVEN if the information is not given in the passage.

10. Knowing our feelings about stress can explain what causes the stress.
11. Bother some noises are more likely to cause stress than a poor test performance.
12. Negative events cause more stress than positive ones do.
13. Sometimes whether an event is negative or not is based on a personal decision.
14. Whether an event is considered stressful may be determined by the way people
interpret it.
15. Sometimes those circumstances that are not threatening to us are also stressful.

Paragraph 2

Hot Days, Hot Nights

Paragraph A
Here is what global warming could do in a few years: in Dallas, a doubled level of carbon
dioxide would increase the number of days a year with temperatures above 100 degrees
from nineteen to seventy-eight. On sixty-eight days, as opposed to the current four, the
temperature wouldn’t fall below 80 degrees at night. One hundred and sixty-two days a
year, the temperature would top 90 degrees.
Paragraph B
Although most scientists agree that increasing levels of carbon dioxide and other
greenhouse gases will inevitably lead to global warming, no one is certain how fast and
how much temperatures will rise and what the effects will be in any geographical areas.
This gives policymakers an excuse for delaying action. Some experts predict that within
two centuries glaciers in the North and South Poles will melt, ocean levels will rise, and
much of what is now the coast of the United States will be under water. They also predict
great droughts and hurricanes, as a result of climate changes.

Paragraph C
Other scientists think the changes will be much more gradual, even beneficial. After all,
Canada would not complain if the productive corn-growing lands – now located in the
U.S.Midwest – were shifted north across the border.
Paragraph D
While many nations could end up with milder climates, the change – perhaps 100 times
faster than at any time in human history – could be so drastic that many of the benefits
would be lost. There could be crowds of environmental refugees, as well, making the
tragedy of the Dust Bowl era seem mild in comparison.
Paragraph E
What can we do? Humanity’s contribution to the greenhouse effect comes from so many
basic activities that we can’t hope to eliminate it completely. Some steps have already been
taken. Since the 1970s, the use of CFCs as aerosol-can propellants has been banned in the
United States.
Paragraph F
Another strategy is to burn as much methane as possible. This adds CO2 to the air, but since
methane traps twenty times as much heat as CO2, the net result is worthwhile. The gas in
many garbage landfills is already being used in a number of places around the United
States. It is being used to heat thousands of homes.

Exercise 1: Please match the following words with the definitions (6pts)
1. Delay ________ a. Gentle; soft
2. Shift _______ b. Move from one place to another
3. Mild _______ c. Strong, sudden and often violent
4. Drastic _______ d. Put off
5. Ban _______ e. forbid
6. Eliminate _______ f. Get rid of

Exercise 2: Choose the most suitable heading for each paragraph A-F from the list of
headings below. Write the appropriate numbers (I-VIII) (6pts)
 I. Possible problems due to global warming
II. Warmer summer in Dallas
III. Help from methane
IV. One important step
V. Disagreement about temperatures
VI. Warmer and warmer in some places
VII. But possible benefits too
VIII. Problems bigger than benefits

7. Paragraph A
8. Paragraph B
9. Paragraph C
10.Paragraph D
11.Paragraph E
12.Paragraph F

Exercise 3: Look at the following statements. Write (3pts)

YES if the statement agrees with the writer;

NO if the statement is does not agree with the writer;
NOT GIVEN if there is no information about this in the passage.

13. The number of days in Dallas with temperatures above 100 degrees would increase.
14. Currently in Dallas, there are only 4 days when the temperature falls below 80
degrees at night.
15. Some scientists are sure how fast the temperature will rise due to global warming.

Writing (20pts)
Some people believe that planning for the future is a waste of time. Do you agree?
Write a paragraph with at least 100 words

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 SPEAKING TESTS (20pts)

1 What’s your first name?

2 Where are you from?

3 What’s your address?

4 How do you spell your surname?

5 Do you have any brothers or sisters?

6 What’s your mobile number?

7 What kind of personality do you have?

8 Who’s your ideal partner? Describe him/her

in terms of appearance and personality