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VSTEP LISTENING Thời gian: Khoảng 40 phút Số câu hỏi: 35

PART 1-Questions 1-8

Woman: Hello. This is the travel agency returning your call. You left a message about the holiday you’ve
booked, asking which meals are included in the cost during your stay at Sunny Hotel. Lunch and dinner are free
but if you wish to have breakfast in the hotel, you will need to pay an extra amount of money, depending on
what you order. Let me know if I can help you with any other information. Goodbye.

Which meal is NOT included in the price of the D. A talk about history of art
holiday?
4. Where does the woman live?
A. Breakfast
A. Opposite the cinema
B. Lunch
B. Next to Anna Boutique
C. Dinner
C. On Floor 1 of C5 building
D. All
D. On Floor 3 of C5 building
The correct answer is A. Breakfast. Now, let’s begin
with the first question. 5. What is the woman doing?

Nghe phần 1: Nghe thông báo, hướng dẫn A. Introducing the sports centre

1. How many languages are taught at Hanoi B. Selling equipment to the new members
International Language School?
C. Explaining the rules in the centre
A. 1
D. Answering members’ questions
B. 2
6. What time do the banks open in winter?
C. 3
A. 8.00 a.m.
D. 4
B. 8.30 a.m.
2. What is the boarding time of Flight VN178?
C. 9.00 a.m.
A. 3.30
D. 9.30 a.m.
B. 3.45
7. What is the woman talking about?
C. 4.15
A. How to change the topic of a term paper
D. 4.45
B. When and where to hand in a term paper
3. What will be happening in Lecture hall 4 next
Monday? C. How to write a term paper

A. An art workshop D. The list of topics for a term paper

B. An art exhibition 8. How is the weather today?

C. A history lesson A. Cool all day

B. Rainy in the early morning D. Sunny during the day

C. Windy at noon

PART 2- Questions 9 to 12. Listen to the discussion between two exchange students Martha and Peter.

9. How has the man mainly learnt Japanese? C. They are more popular with foreigners than locals.

A. By listening D. There are a lot of famous hotels and food there.

B. By speaking 14. Why are the costs in Galapagos Islands so high?

C. By writing Kanji A. To improve their service quality

D. By reading aloud B. To protect the environment

10. Why did the woman travel to Spain? C. To attract international tourists

A. To reach her goal D. To solve local economic problems

B. To learn Japanese 15. Which place can be compared to the Galapagos in

terms of scenery?
C. To meet her pen friends
A. The Amazon region
D. To practice her Spanish
B. The lowlands
11. According to the woman, why do young people
learn language more quickly? C. South Ecuador

A. They have friends at university. D. Ecuadorean countryside

B. Their brains are fresher. 16. What do the speakers mean by mentioning “more
rights”?
C. They do not have much concern other than study.
A. Islanders should have more freedom to do
D. They find languages easier than the elder. business.

12. What is the conversation mainly about? B. Ecuadoreans should visit the island with more ease.

A. Learning English C. Tourists should be given more freedom on the

island.
B. Learning languages
D. Visitors should be encouraged to visit the island.
C. Learning French
Questions 17 to 20. Listen to the conversation
D. Age and learning between Todd and Katia.

- 13 to 16. Listen to the conversation between Emma, 17. What is the topic of the conversation?
the tourist and Felipe, a local person from Ecuador.
A. Ways to get an internship
13. What does the man say about the Galapagos
Islands? B. Methods of studying at university

A. They are unattractive. C. Contrasts between working and studying

B. They are a must-visit place for tourists. D. Skills needed in working environment
18. What does the girl say about presenting skills? C. It’s worrying and unacceptable.

A. She wanted more practice with them. D. It’s annoying but totally avoidable.

B. She was not aware of their importance before 20. What advice does the girl have for those about
working. going to start working?

C. She didn’t know how to do them in Spanish. A. Prepare themselves for unexpected situations

D. She taught them to herself at university. B. Relax and have some fun

19. What does the girl think about making mistakes in C. Make good transition from university to work
the working world?
D. Make their best effort and follow their passion
A. It’s frequent and natural.
PART 3-Questions 21-35
B. It’s undesirable but normal.

Questions 21 to 25. Listen to a presentation about summer job searching.

21. What factor deserves initial consideration when a B. Having a great outfit
summer job search is launched? A. Sort of jobs within
the field C. Stressing the achievements with the current
company
B. Flexible working hours
D. Emphasizing the working experiences
C. Employees’ hobbies
25. What is of greatest importance for a successful
D. Commitment to the job attempt at the job search?

22. Why does the speaker mention photography? A. Asking for references from the current company

A. To highlight the importance of hobbies in job B. Referring to what have been achieved in the
searching current job

B. To illuminate a job search process C. Getting the track record of the current job

C. To prove the role of local area in job searching D. Talking to somebody in the current company for
advice
D. To suggest looking for a job on the internet
Questions 26 to 30. Listen to a talk about recycling
23. What principle does a person necessarily stick to carbon.
when looking for the second job? A. Value the second
job over the current one 26. Which process is mainly discussed in the talk?

B. Ask for the current employer’s permission A. Producing carbon through photosynthesis

C. Make all the contact out of company time B. Returning carbon to the atmosphere through
decomposition
D. Have interviews scheduled during official working
hours C. Recycling carbon into the soil through soil
breathing
24. What behavior will place a candidate at a great
advantage in an interview? D. Maintaining the availability of environmental
factors
A. Showing up on time
27. What happens during decomposition?
A. Natural elements directly come into the soil when B. The definition of poor comprehender
they fall on the ground.
C. The reading process of a poor comprehender
B. Natural nutrients are produced in death leaves and
trees. D. The causes and effects of poor comprehension

C. Organic matter is absorbed into the soil through 32. What can be inferred about poor comprehenders’
some natural processes. level of understanding?

D. Organic elements are mineralized to CO2. A. They are better at decoding than reading a text
fluently. B. They are not good at decoding and
28. What does “soil respiration” refer to? understanding a text. C. They struggle to reveal what
they have read. D. They often have general
A. The cycle of minimalizing CO2 in the soil understanding of the text.

B. The stage of decomposing organic matter 33. What is the speaker’s opinion about exploring
poor comprehenders?
C. The circle when CO2 is recycled
A. It is challenging in a regular classroom context.
D. The process when CO2 gets out of the soil
B. It is best to work with one child at a time.
29. What does the speaker say about the cycle of
carbon? C. It requires children to make some questions about
the text.
A. It helps remain carbon in litter for a long time.
D. It is done by asking children to talk about the text
B. It finishes when CO2 comes out of the soil to the in pairs.
air.
34. What does the speaker say about poor
C. It is the result of soil respiration. comprehenders at primary school age?

D. It creates the amount of carbon in the living A. They make up the majority of primary students.
biomass.
B. They perform badly in subjects that require higher
30. What does the example of tropical rainforest and cognitive levels.
the Arctic Tundra illustrate?
C. Oral tasks are more difficult for them to achieve
A. The balance between photosynthesis and than reading ones.
decomposition rate
D. They have greater receptive skills than productive
B. The importance of litter and organic matter in the ones.
production of carbon
35. What is meant about poor comprehenders’ ability
C. The effect of environmental factors on to look over their comprehension?
photosynthesis and decomposition rate
A. They actually know reasons for their poor
D. The way how the nutrient availability stores carbon comprehension.
within the soil
B. They can monitor their comprehension only
Questions 31 to 35. Listen to a lecture about poor occasionally.
comprehenders.
C. They change their monitoring process when their
31. What is the talk mainly about? comprehension has broken down. D. Controlling
comprehension is beyond their ability.
A. The difficulties poor comprehenders encounter
PHẦN 2: ĐỌC HIỂU – Thời gian: 60 phút Số câu hỏi: 40

FALL WEATHER

One of the first things we look for in fall is the first frost and freeze of the season, killing or sending into
dormancy the beautiful vegetation you admired all summer long. For some locations along the Canadian
border, and in the higher terrain of the West, the first freeze typically arrives by the middle part of September.
Cities in the South may not see the first freeze until November, though a frost is very possible before then. A
few cities in the Lower 48, including International Falls, Minnesota and Grand Forks, North Dakota, have
recorded a freeze in every month of the year.

0. When does the first freeze often arrive in the South?

A. Early September

B. Mid September

C. November

D. Before November

PASSAGE 1- Questions 1-10 Ever wondered what it feels like to have a different job? Here, four people with
very different careers reveal the trade secrets of their working day.

Luc

My day typically starts with a business person going to the airport, and nearly always ends with a drunk. I don't
mind drunk people. Sometimes I think they're the better version of themselves: more relaxed, happier, honest.
Only once have I feared for my life. A guy ran out at a traffic light and so I sped up before his brother could
run, too. He seemed embarrassed and made me drop him at a car park. When we arrived, the first guy was
waiting with a boulder, which went through the windscreen, narrowly missing my head. But the worst people
are the ones who call me “Driver!”

Harry

I not only provide appearance for my client, I also do damage control. We've had clients involved in lawsuits,
divorces or drugs. One mistakenly took a gun to an airport. On the red carpet – at the Academy Awards or the
Golden Globes – I'm the person making my client look good. The other day at an Oprah Winfrey event, the
carpet wasn't put down properly and my clients almost went flying – I had to catch them. They can make some
strange requests, too. At a black-tie gala at the White House, two clients hated the dinner and insisted that we
circle around Washington DC to find a KFC open at 1a.m. I had to go in wearing a gown and order so they
could eat it in the car.

Jennifer

I could teach you to do a basic brain operation in two weeks. But what takes time and experience is doing it
without wrecking the brain of the patients - learning your limitations takes years.

I ended up working as a pediatric neurosurgeon because children make better recoveries from brain damage
than adults. So it's more rewarding in terms of outcome and I find their resilience really inspiring. It's taken me
a decade to become comfortable discussing an operation with children, but they have to be able to ask
questions. You have to show them respect. Sometimes their perspective is funny; most teenage girls just want
to know how much hair you'll shave off.
I don't get upset by my job. These children are dying when they come in and I do whatever I can to make them
better.

Solange

When you become a judge after years of being a barrister and trying to make points that win cases, you have to
remember that a huge part of what you do is listening - to advocates, to witnesses, to defendants. Behind closed
doors most judges, even very experienced ones, are much more anxious about their work than most people
might think. We agonise over what we do and the decisions we have to make. It would be bizarre to say that as
a judge, we learn to be less judgmental. But as you see the complex and difficult lives of the people who end up
in front of you, you realise that your job is not so much to judge them as to ensure that everyone receives
justice.

1. In the first paragraph, what best paraphrases the B. understand what he cannot help.
sentence ‘My day typically starts with a business
person going to the airport, and nearly always ends C. perform even a basic operation.
with a drunk’?
D. be able to perform a brain surgery.
A. Normally, I will take a business person and a drunk
at the airport. 5. The word ‘their’ in line 25 refers to

B. Normally, I will go to the airport in the morning and A. patients’

come back with a drunk.
B. neurosurgeons’
C. Normally, my first passenger will be a businessman
and my last one a drunk. C. children’s

D. Normally, I will drive a businessman to the airport D. adults’

and come back almost drunk.
6. The word ‘perspective’ in line 28 is closest in
2. What does Harry probably do for a living? meaning to

A. A tour guide A. question

B. An agent B. worry

C. A lawyer C. view

D. A driver D. prospective

3. The word ‘circle’ in line 17 could be best replaced 7. According to the passage, whose job involves in a
by large part listening to others?

A. drive A. Luc’s

B. look B. Harry’s

C. walk C. Jennifer’s

D. ride D. Solange’s

4. In lines 23-24, what does Jennifer mean when she 8. According to the passage, who is likely to meet
says, ‘Learning your limitations takes years’? different types of people every day?

It takes a person a long time to A. Luc

A. control his weakness in a brain operation. B. Harry

C. Jennifer 10. What is the purpose of this passage?

D. Solange A. To inform people of what to expect in those jobs.

9. The word ‘ones’ in line 34 refers to B. To report what different people do and think about
their jobs.
A. judges
C. To raise awareness of the importance of different
B. barristers jobs.

C. advocates D. To discuss the advantages and disadvantages of

these jobs.
D. defendants

PASSAGE 2- Questions 11-20

Spring is the season when newly minted college graduates flock to New York City to start their careers. They
begin the search for their dream apartment, brokers say, with the same singleminded determination that earned
them their degrees and landed them their jobs in the first place. But that determination only goes so far when it
comes to Manhattan real estate. [A]

“Almost every single person I’ve worked with thinks there’s a golden nugget of an apartment waiting right for
them,” said Paul Hunt, an agent at Citi Habitats who specializes in rentals. “They all want to be in the Village,
and they all want the ‘Sex and the City’ apartment.”

The first shock for a first-time renter will probably be the prices. Consider that the average monthly rent for a
one-bedroom in the Village is more than $3,100 and that the average for a studio is over $2,200. Or that the
average rent for a one-bedroom in a doorman building anywhere in Manhattan is close to $3,500. [B]

Mr. Hunt said that when he shows prospective renters what their budget really can buy, they are sometimes so
appalled that “they think I’m trying to fool them or something, and they run away and I don’t hear from them
again.”

Alternatively, the renter checks his or her expectations and grudgingly decides to raise the price limit, or look in
other neighborhoods or get a roommate. “When expectations are very high, the process can be very frustrating,”
Mr. Hunt said.

The thousands of new graduates who will be driving the engine of the city’s rental market from now until
September will quickly learn that renting in New York is not like renting anywhere else. [C]

The second shock is likely to be how small a Manhattan apartment can be. It is not uncommon in New York,
for example, to shop for a junior one-bedroom only to find out it is really a studio that already has or can have a
wall put up to create a bedroom.

[D] To start with, landlords want only tenants who earn at least 40 times the monthly rent, which means an
$80,000 annual salary for a $2,000 apartment. According to census data, more than 25,000 graduates aged 22 to
28 moved to the city in 2006, and their median salary was about $35,600.

Those who don’t make 40 times their monthly rent need a guarantor, usually a parent, who must make at least
80 times the monthly rent. In addition to a security deposit, some landlords also want the first and last month’s
rent. Tack on a broker’s fee and a prospective renter for that $2,000 apartment is out of pocket nearly $10,000
just to get the keys to the place.

11. Which of the following would be the best title for A. Best Guide to Finding an Apartment in New York
this article? City

B. New York City - Haven for First-time Renters

C. Surprises Await First-time Renters in New York B. Hopeful
City
C. Reluctant
D. Sure You Can Afford it in New York City?
D. Frustrated
12. On average, how much do tenants have to pay for
a studio in New York City? 17. In which space (marked A, B, C and D in the
passage) will the following sentence fit? Aside from
A. About $2,000 the realities of price and space, the requirements set
by New York landlords are also bound to help turn a
B. More than $2,000 bright-eyed first-time renter’s outlook grim. A. A

C. More than $3,100 B. B

D. Less than $3,500 C. C

13. Which of the following words can best replace the D. D

word ‘prospective’ in line 12?
18. Why did the writer mention the income of college
A. Apparent graduates in 2006?

B. Prosperous A. To demonstrate that graduates can earn a decent

salary if they work in New York City
C. Potential
B. To indicate that less than 50% of the surveyed
D. Upcoming graduates could afford apartments in New York City

14. Which of the following is NOT listed by Mr. Hunt C. To suggest that New York City is not a place for
as a reaction of prospective renters when he informs graduates
them of the prices?
D. To prove that to guarantee a place in New York
A. They think the broker is meaning to deceive them. City is financially out of reach for an average
graduate
B. They decide to move to another city.
19. What does the word ‘Those’ in line 28 refer to?
C. They decide to look for a place in a different
neighborhood. A. Landlords

D. They find someone to share the accommodation B. Graduates

with.
C. Guarantors
15. According to Mr. Hunt, what would make the
process of finding an apartment challenging? D. Parents

A. Renters do not trust the brokers. 20. Which of the following sentences would best
complete the last paragraph?
B. Renters over-expect about places they can rent.
A. On top of that, every owner also has their own
C. Landlords expect tenants to have secured income. requirements, so just because you qualified here
doesn’t mean you’ll qualify there.
D. Renters want to bargain with landlords.
B. So you had better accept that you’ll never have
16. Which of the following would best describe the what you want no matter how hard you work.
attitude of renters who decide to raise their price limit
after being informed of the price? C. So the key to finding that first apartment is to learn
as much as possible about the market before arriving
A. Willing in the city and to keep an open mind.
D. You have to be flexible and you have to come to
the city armed with information and financial
paperwork.

PASSAGE 3 – Questions 21-30

‘Ladies and gentlemen’, the captain's voice crackled over the plane's public address system. "If you look out of
the window on the right side of the aircraft," he said, "you will have a clear view of Greenland. In my 15 years
of flying, I have not seen a scene like this." I opened the window shade, and I understood what had so startled
the pilot. Instead of the habitual snowy landscape and frozen glaciers, a wide swathe of black water was visible
as it flowed into the Atlantic. It was late spring, but the giant icebox that is Greenland was already melting.

The fleeting image that I saw from 30,000 feet in early May is consistent with massive amounts of climate data
gathered from across the planet. It is now clear that on average, the global surface temperature has increased by
about one degree Celsius since 1900 and has been the cause of extreme climate events across the planet.

At times, warming climate combined with soot in the air thrown by wild fire has accelerated the melting. Warm
weather is leading ice sheets to break up and turning glaciers into flowing streams. In May, NASA scientists
concluded that the rapidly melting glacial region of Antarctica has passed "the point of no return", threatening
to increase sea levels by as much as 13 feet within the next few centuries. A The fact that the melting is taking
place slowly and its effect may not be felt for a few decades seems to offer comfort to those who want to
continue their lifestyle relying on fossil fuels. Unwilling to believe in global warming or make the sacrifices
needed to face the challenge, politicians have been finding excuses to do nothing. B

American President Barack Obama, not hobbled by the need to fight elections, has now broken ranks with such
politicians. Unable to pass legislation in the face of Republican (and sometimes Democratic) opposition, he
instructed the Environmental Protection Agency to announce regulatory policies to curb emissions from power
plants in the United States by 30 per cent by 2030. He hopes that regulations would influence the US states to
adopt aggressive market interventions to address global warming. Of course, execution of the policy still lies in
the hands of many state governors who would find ways to resist, saying that regulations would raise the cost to
the economy and cause unemployment among coal workers. As President Obama told Thomas Friedman of the
New York Times: "One of the hardest things in politics is getting a democracy to deal with something now
where the payoff is long term or the price of inaction is decades away." C

The price of inaction could be raised - if the coming global summit on climate in Paris could do what other
summits have failed to do: agree on a fixed target for greenhouse gas emissions and a rigorous system for
monitoring. China has hinted at capping coal burning in the next 15 years, adding weight in favour of action. D
Meanwhile, melting in Greenland and the Antarctica will continue as the sun scorches the fields and rising
water threatens the coastal areas.

21. In paragraph 1, what does the pilot mean by B. To give specific detail to support his point that
saying, ‘In my 15 years of flying, I have not seen a global warming needs public awareness
scene like this’?
C. To express his opinion towards research on global
A. This scene is very unusual. surface temperature

B. The pilot is not an attentive person. D. To contrast with what the pilot is saying

C. The scene makes flying worthy. 23. What is ‘offer comfort’ in line 16 closest in
meaning to?
D. This scene is very magnificent.
A. Warm up
22. What is the author’s purpose when recounting
the scene he saw from the plane? B. Reassure

A. To introduce the idea of global warming C. Discourage

D. Assist A. skeptical

24. What is the main idea of paragraph 3? B. appreciative

A. Hot weather combined with wild fire soot has C. sympathetic

been melting glaciers.
D. supportive
B. There has been enough evidence that global
warming is an urgent issue. 28. What can the word ‘scorches’ in line 35 be best
replaced by?
C. Global warming is evident but some are not
willing to deal with this. A. shines

D. The earliest effects of melting glaciers can only B. warms up

been seen in centuries.
C. burns
25. Who does ‘such politicians’ in line 20 refer to?
D. heats up
A. Those who have protested against Obama’s
views. 29. Which of the following best describes the tone of
the author in this passage?
B. Those who are not at the same rank as Obama.
A. skeptical
C. Those who take no actions against global
warming. B. concerned

D. Those who do not believe in global warming. C. indifferent

26. In which space (marked A, B, C and D in the D. pessimistic

passage) will the following sentence fit? India, the
world's third largest user of coal, may have to take 30. Which of the following could best describe the
measures on its own or face isolation. message that the author wants to pass to readers?

A. A A. Fossil fuel should be replaced in the future.

B. B B. Solutions to global warming need political

support.
C. C
C. Rapid glacial melt has reached an irreversible
D. D point.

27. According to paragraph 4, the author's attitude D. Politicians play a key role in resolving global
toward Obama’s actions can be best described as issues.

PASSAGE 4 – QUESTIONS 31 – 40

The earliest evidence for life on Earth comes from fossilized mats of cyanobacteria called stromatolites in
Australia that are about 3.4 billion years old. Ancient as their origins are, these bacteria, which are still around
today, are already biologically complex—they have cell walls protecting their protein-producing DNA, so
scientists think life must have begun much earlier, perhaps as early as 3.8 billion years ago. But despite
knowing approximately when life first appeared on Earth, scientists are still far from answering how it
appeared. Today, there are several competing theories for how life arose on Earth. Some question whether life
began on Earth at all, asserting instead that it came from a distant world or the heart of a fallen comet or
asteroid. Some even say life might have arisen here more than once. Most scientists agree that life went
through a period when RNA was the head-honcho molecule, guiding life through its nascent stages. According
to this "RNA World" hypothesis, RNA was the crux molecule for primitive life and only took a backseat when
DNA and proteins—which perform their jobs much more efficiently than RNA—developed. RNA is very
similar to DNA, and today carries out numerous important functions in each of our cells, including acting as a
transitional-molecule between DNA and protein synthesis, and functioning as an on-and-off switch for some
genes. But the RNA World hypothesis doesn't explain how RNA itself first arose. Like DNA, RNA is a
complex molecule made of repeating units of thousands of smaller molecules called nucleotides that link
together in very specific, patterned ways. While there are scientists who think RNA could have arisen
spontaneously on early Earth, others say the odds of such a thing happening are astronomical. "The appearance
of such a molecule, given the way chemistry functions, is incredibly improbable. It would be a once-in-a-
universe long shot," said Robert Shapiro, a chemist at New York University. "To adopt this, you have to believe
we were incredibly lucky." But "astronomical" is a relative term. In his book, The God Delusion, biologist
Richard Dawkins entertains another possibility, inspired by work in astronomy and physics. Suppose, Dawkins
says, the universe contains a billion planets, a conservative estimate, he says, then the chances that life will
arise on one of them is not really so remarkable. Furthermore, if, as some physicists say, our universe is just one
of many, and each universe contained a billion planets, then it's nearly a certainty that life will arise on at least
one of them. Shapiro doesn't think it's necessary to invoke multiple universes or life-laden comets crashing into
ancient Earth. Instead, he thinks life started with molecules that were smaller and less complex than RNA,
which performed simple chemical reactions that eventually led to a selfsustaining system involving the
formation of more complex molecules. "If you fall back to a simpler theory, the odds aren't astronomical
anymore," Shapiro concluded.

31. The word ‘they’ in line 3 refers to C. Like DNA, it executes many duties in human cells.

A. mats D. There is still disagreement over how RNA first

appeared.
B. origins
35. What does Robert Shapiro mean when he says,
C. bacteria ‘To adopt this, you have to believe we were incredibly
lucky’?
D. DNA
A. Supporters of RNA world hypothesis must think
32. According to the passage, what is RNA? that humans were extremely blessed.

A. A protein B. Humans were incredibly lucky because the RNA

was the first form of life on Earth.
B. A molecule
C. He believes it is near impossible that RNA
C. A nucleotide accidentally arose on Earth.

D. A cell D. Humans were unlucky because the RNA world

hypothesis is highly improbable.
33. The phrase ‘took a backseat’ in line 12 is closest
in meaning to 36. Which of the following statements would
Dawkins most probably support?
A. enjoyed more dominance
A. As there are a countless number of planets, it is
B. turned to be useless surprising that life arose on Earth only.

C. stepped back to its place B. Life may exist on planets other than Earth and in
universes other than ours.
D. became less important
C. There are many universes like ours, which contain
34. According to the passage, what is NOT true about an incredible number of planets.
RNA?
D. Given the colossal number of planets, the
A. It is the crux of a widely accepted theory on the appearance of life on one of them was not unusual.
origin of life.
37. According to the passage, which is most likely
B. It is believed to be most important for early life. supported by Robert Shapiro?
A. Life on Earth first came from outer space. A. Among many hypotheses for life origin on Earth,
RNA remains the most important one.
B. It is highly possible that DNA was present in
earliest stages of life. B. Many theories of the origin of life have been
proposed but no fully accepted theory exists. C.
C. Earliest life might not have arisen in the form of Trying to explain what happened billions of years ago
complex molecules. is an extremely difficult but possible task.

D. Life has arisen more than once on Earth. D. The answer to the question of how life appeared
would have important implications for the likelihood
38. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a of finding life elsewhere in the universe.
hypothesis of life origin?
40. Which of the following best describes the
A. Life was formed elsewhere and then came to Earth. organization of this passage?

B. Life was brought to Earth with crashing comets. A. A general presentation followed by a detailed
discussion of both sides of an issue.
C. RNA played a central role in the early form of life.
B. A list of possible answers to a question followed by
D. DNA is more efficient than RNA for primitive a discussion of their strengths and weaknesses.
life.
C. A general statement of an issue followed by a
39. Which of following conclusions can be drawn discussion of possible answers. D. A discussion of
from this passage? different aspects wrapped up by an answer to the
question.

PHẦN 3: VIẾT - Thời gian: 60 phút Số câu hỏi: 2

TASK 1 You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

You received an email from your English friend, Jane. She asked you for some information about one of your
friends. Read part of her email below.

I’ve just got an email from your friend, An. She said she’s going to take a course in London this summer. She
asked if she could stay with my family until she could find an apartment. Can you tell me a bit about her (things
like her personality, hobbies and interests, and her current work or study if possible)? I want to see if she will fit
in with my family.

Write an email responding to Jane.

You should write at least 120 words. You do not need to include your name or addresses. Your response will be
evaluated in terms of Task Fulfillment, Organization, Vocabulary and Grammar.

TASK 2 You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.

Read the following text from a book about tourism.

Tourism has become one of the fastest growing industries in the world. Millions of people today are travelling
farther and farther throughout the year. Some people argue that the development of tourism has had negative
effects on local communities; others think that its influences are positive.

Write an essay to an educated reader to discuss the effects of tourism on local communities. Include reasons
and any relevant examples to support your answer.

You should write at least 250 words.

PHẦN 4: NÓI - Thời gian: 12 phút Số câu hỏi: 3

Part 1: Social Interaction (3’)

Let’s talk about your free time activities.

- What do you often do in your free time?

- Do you watch TV? If no, why not? If yes, which TV channel do you like best? Why?

- Do you read books? If no, why not? If yes, what kinds of books do you like best? Why?

Let’s talk about your neighborhood.

- Can you tell me something about your neighborhood?

- What do you like most about it?

- Do you plan to live there for a long time? Why/why not?

Part 2: Solution Discussion (4’)

Situation: A group of people is planning a trip from Danang to Hanoi. Three means of transport are suggested:
by train, by plane, and by coach. Which means of transport do you think is the best choice?

Part 3: Topic Development (5’)

Topic: Reading habit should be encouraged among teenagers.

Reading

- increases knowledge

- improves memory

- reduces stress

- [your own ideas]

Câu hỏi thêm:

- What is the difference between the kinds of books read by your parents’ generation and those read by your
generation?

- Do you think that governments should support free books for all people?

- In what way can parents help children develop their interest in reading?