WRITING
Rewrite the sentences keeping the same meaning
Question 33. Students have to finish their homework before class (NECESSARY)

Question 34. If the pairs don’t run in straight line, they will be disqualified from the Cow racing festival. (OTHERWISE)

Question 35. [VD] Huy plays tennis better than Phong. (AS)

Combine two following sentences using the given words. 
Question 36. Vu Lan is a time for people to show their gratitude towards their parents. It is a time for them to worship ghosts and hungry spirits. (MOREOVER)

Question 37. I was watching a festival on TV. My wife was telling our sons a fairy tale. (WHILE)

Make meaningful sentences using the words or phrases given.
Question 38. How long/ it/ take/ student/ this/ mountainous area/go/ to/boarding school?

Question 39. He/ adore/ visit/ the/ Louvre museum/ family/every/ weekend.

Question 40. Students/ mustn’t/ noisy/ the/school/ building.

Rewrite sentences so that they are similar in meaning to the one given. 
Question 33. Be careful or you will have an accident. (if)
 _______________________________________________________________________________.
Question 34. What is the distance between Ha Noi and Da Nang? (far)
 _______________________________________________________________________________.
Question 35. My dad used to work in a small village. (worked)
 _______________________________________________________________________________.
Question 36. Although they were tired, they finished their jobs. (but)
 _______________________________________________________________________________.
Question 37. Although he was inexperience in the field, John applied for the job. (however)
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Question 38. This restaurant has a good service; however, the food is not delicious. (although)
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Question 39. My teacher is always a careful driver. (driv es)
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Question 40. Is it possible to travel to Korea by car? (can)
 _______________________________________________________________________________.

Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.

 If you want to go to a university, you usually apply during your last year at school, when you are 17-18. You can apply to study at any university in Britain and most people choose a university that is not in their own town. So, university students usually live away from home. Students get a grant from the government to study. At the beginning of your last year at school, you receive an application form. On this form you choose up to five universities that you would like to go to. The form is sent to those universities with information from your school about you and your academic record. If the universities are interested in your application, they will ask you to attend an interview. If they are still interested after the interview, they will offer you a place. Any offer, however, is only conditional at this stage. Applications and interviews take place several months before students do their A-level examinations. These are the exams that you do at the end of your time at school. So, when a university makes an offer, it will tell you the minimum grades that you will have to get when you do your A-level exams. If you don’t obtain those grades then, you will not be able to get the place. It will be offered to someone else and you must apply again to another university. You don’t have to accept your place immediately. Some students don’t want to go straight from school to university. So, after they have taken their A-level, they take a year out to work or travel.

Question: If the university is interested in the application, _____.

A. the student will be offered a place

B. the student will have to attend an interview

C. the student will go straight to the university

D. the student will take an A-level examination

Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.

 If you want to go to a university, you usually apply during your last year at school, when you are 17-18. You can apply to study at any university in Britain and most people choose a university that is not in their own town. So, university students usually live away from home. Students get a grant from the government to study. At the beginning of your last year at school, you receive an application form. On this form you choose up to five universities that you would like to go to. The form is sent to those universities with information from your school about you and your academic record. If the universities are interested in your application, they will ask you to attend an interview. If they are still interested after the interview, they will offer you a place. Any offer, however, is only conditional at this stage. Applications and interviews take place several months before students do their A-level examinations. These are the exams that you do at the end of your time at school. So, when a university makes an offer, it will tell you the minimum grades that you will have to get when you do your A-level exams. If you don’t obtain those grades then, you will not be able to get the place. It will be offered to someone else and you must apply again to another university. You don’t have to accept your place immediately. Some students don’t want to go straight from school to university. So, after they have taken their A-level, they take a year out to work or travel.

Question: Students do their A-level examination _______.

A. at the beginning of their last year at school

B. before they send the application forms to the universities

C. at the end of their time at school

D. right after they receive an application for

D. WRITING
Rewrite sentences so that they are similar in meaning to the one given. 
33. What is the distance from Madrid to Barcelona? (far)
 _______________________________________________________________________________.
34. Why don’t we cycle to the town at the weekend? 
 How_____________________________________________________________________________.
35. Some people said that the film was terrible. I found it quite gripping. (although)
 _______________________________________________________________________________.
36. It takes me 1 hour to travel to work during rush hour. (spend)
 _______________________________________________________________________________.
Use the given words to make full sentences.
37. Christmas / be / one / most famous / religious festivals / the world.
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38. My family and I / go / Thailand / last April / take part / the Songkran Festival.
 _______________________________________________________________________________.
39. The roads/ Vietnam/ too/ narrow/ travel/ easily. 
 _______________________________________________________________________________.
40. Mai/ used/ go/ school/ foot/ when/ she/ primary school. 
 _______________________________________________________________________________.

Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.

 If you want to go to a university, you usually apply during your last year at school, when you are 17-18. You can apply to study at any university in Britain and most people choose a university that is not in their own town. So, university students usually live away from home. Students get a grant from the government to study. At the beginning of your last year at school, you receive an application form. On this form you choose up to five universities that you would like to go to. The form is sent to those universities with information from your school about you and your academic record. If the universities are interested in your application, they will ask you to attend an interview. If they are still interested after the interview, they will offer you a place. Any offer, however, is only conditional at this stage. Applications and interviews take place several months before students do their A-level examinations. These are the exams that you do at the end of your time at school. So, when a university makes an offer, it will tell you the minimum grades that you will have to get when you do your A-level exams. If you don’t obtain those grades then, you will not be able to get the place. It will be offered to someone else and you must apply again to another university. You don’t have to accept your place immediately. Some students don’t want to go straight from school to university. So, after they have taken their A-level, they take a year out to work or travel.

Question: If the student’s score is below the minimum grades announced by the university, ______.

A. the place will be offered to someone else

B. he must take a year out

C. he mustn’t apply to any other university

D. he will be able to get the place

Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.

 If you want to go to a university, you usually apply during your last year at school, when you are 17-18. You can apply to study at any university in Britain and most people choose a university that is not in their own town. So, university students usually live away from home. Students get a grant from the government to study. At the beginning of your last year at school, you receive an application form. On this form you choose up to five universities that you would like to go to. The form is sent to those universities with information from your school about you and your academic record. If the universities are interested in your application, they will ask you to attend an interview. If they are still interested after the interview, they will offer you a place. Any offer, however, is only conditional at this stage. Applications and interviews take place several months before students do their A-level examinations. These are the exams that you do at the end of your time at school. So, when a university makes an offer, it will tell you the minimum grades that you will have to get when you do your A-level exams. If you don’t obtain those grades then, you will not be able to get the place. It will be offered to someone else and you must apply again to another university. You don’t have to accept your place immediately. Some students don’t want to go straight from school to university. So, after they have taken their A-level, they take a year out to work or travel.

Question: The main idea of the passage is______.

A. how to be accepted to a university

B. how to take an A-level examination

C. studying at a university

D. what to do after leaving school

Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.

 If you want to go to a university, you usually apply during your last year at school, when you are 17-18. You can apply to study at any university in Britain and most people choose a university that is not in their own town. So, university students usually live away from home. Students get a grant from the government to study. At the beginning of your last year at school, you receive an application form. On this form you choose up to five universities that you would like to go to. The form is sent to those universities with information from your school about you and your academic record. If the universities are interested in your application, they will ask you to attend an interview. If they are still interested after the interview, they will offer you a place. Any offer, however, is only conditional at this stage. Applications and interviews take place several months before students do their A-level examinations. These are the exams that you do at the end of your time at school. So, when a university makes an offer, it will tell you the minimum grades that you will have to get when you do your A-level exams. If you don’t obtain those grades then, you will not be able to get the place. It will be offered to someone else and you must apply again to another university. You don’t have to accept your place immediately. Some students don’t want to go straight from school to university. So, after they have taken their A-level, they take a year out to work or travel.

Question: The maximum number of universities that a student can apply for is_______.

A. two

B. three

C. four

D. five

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 33 to 37. Fill in the appropriate word in question 34

The Internet has truly transformed how students do their homework. (33)_______ homework today still means spending time in the library, it’s for a different reason. Rather than using books for research, students today are (34) _____ to the Internet to download enormous amounts of data available online.

In the past, students were limited to their school’s (35)_______ of books. In many cases, they got to the school library and found out that someone had already taken the books they needed.

Nowadays, such inconvenience can be avoided since the Internet never runs out of information. Students, however, do have to (36)_______  sure that the information they find online is true. Teachers have also benefited from the homework which is done on the Internet. They do not need to carry students’ papers around with them any more. This is because online (37)_______  allow students to electronically upload their homework for their teachers to read and mark. Of course, this also means that students can no longer use the excuse that the dog ate their homework!

(Adapted from “Gold Pre–first Exam Maximizer,” by H. Chilton & L. Edwards, 2013, Harlow: Pearson)

A. connecting

B. linking

C. searching

D. looking