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20. What attitude do scientists have towards synaesthesia nowadays?
A. It has little scientific worth
B. It may help them better understand how the brain functions
C. They need more proof that it exists
 B. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
I. Choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. 
21. I’ve been doing my best to reduce the backlog but I must admit that I’ve hardly put __________ in 
the problem so far.
A. a dent B. a foot C. a brave face D. damper
22. Employees who have a __________ are encouraged to discuss it with the management.
A. hindrance B. grievance C. disadvantage D. disturbance
23. The police are __________ certain who the culprit is.
A. in some ways B. more or less C. here and there D. by and by
24. According to a recent survey, most people are on good __________ with their neighbors.
A. terms B. relations C. relationships D. acquaintance
25. He ________ the dream of a scientific career when he was small.
A. sailed B. landed C. obtained D. harboured
26. It is mandatory that smoking in public ______.
A. prohibited B. prohibit C. be prohibited D. is prohibited
27. ______ with about fifteen times its weight in air does gasoline allow the carburetor to run smoothly.
A. It is mixed B. Only when mixed C. When mixed D. To mix it
28. ______ native to Europe, the daisy has spread throughout most of North America.
A. Although B. If it were C. In spite of D. That it is
29. He was so ________ in the book that he did not hear her footsteps.
A. distracted B. engrossed C. gripped D. attracted
30. The captain realized that unless immediate action was taken to discipline the crew, there could 
be a ________ on the ship.
A. riot B. rebellion C. mutiny D. strike
II. The passage below contains 5 mistakes. Underline the mistakes and write your CORRECTIONS in 
the space provided in the right column on the right. The first one has been done as an example.
 CORRECTIONS
 It is a commonplace about English politicians and journalists that in recent years 0. about => of
 'class distinctions' have been 'diminishing' or 'disappearing'. This does not prove 31. ____________
 that classes actually did exist. It does indicate, though, that people believe that 32. ____________
 classes exist, and are influenced in their behavior by that belief. What people 33. ____________
 believe is true, so the truism goes, is true. But truisms do not take us very far, 34. ____________
 since a more important question might be 'how true?' or, other, 'how significant?' 35. ____________
 in relation to all the other social phenomenon in which people believe or by which 
 they are affected. One can go further and say that a pragmatic assessment of a 
 range of evidence suggests that there be a strong preassumption that classes do 
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 indeed exist, though again the question of how important they are must remain for 
 later exploration.
III. Supply the correct form of the words in brackets. The first one has been done as an example.
 0. MOVEMENT
 The greatest of Britain's lyric poets, the culmination of the Romantic (0. MOVE)______ in English 
literature, appeared in an age which, following on from a series of (36. SUCCEED)______ military 
campaigns that had established British power all over the world, was one of the (37. GLOOM)______ in 
the country's history. If in some ways the Britain of 1800-20 was (38. HEAD)______ of the rest of 
Europe, in others it lagged far behind. The Industrial Revolution, which in time transformed a nation of 
peasants and traders into a nation of manufacturers, had begun; but its chief fruits as yet were increased 
materialism and greed, and (39. POLITICS)______ the period was far from calm. 
 Alone of European peoples, the British had been (40. TOUCH)______ by the tide of Napoleon's 
conquests, which, when it receded from the Continent, at least left behind a framework of (41. 
LIGHT)______ institutions, while Britain's success in the Napoleonic wars only confirmed the grip of 
ruling (42. ARISTOCRACY)______ families on the nation which they had governed since the reign of 
Queen Anne. This (43. DESPOT)______ crushed the humble and stimulated the high-spirited to 
violence, and is the reason why poets such as Byron, Landor, and Shelley, though by birth and fortune 
members of the ruling class, were pioneers of political, as much as of spiritual, (44. REBEL)______. 
Unable to breathe the atmosphere of England, they were driven by their (45. SENSE)______ to live in 
exile. 
IV. Fill in each blank with a suitable preposition or adverb particle.
46. He has taken some painkillers but when the effects wear ______, his leg will hurt quite badly.
A. away B. down C. off D. out
47. You can’t sit ________ and do nothing like that while much remains to be done.
A. back B. away C. for D. off
48. The area has been smartened _______ by the arrival of yuppy residents.
A. out B. off C. over D. up
49. Don't keep_________ me about the door; I'll fix it.
A. up with B. on for C. on at D. out against
50. You can't talk me ________ giving you more money. I've given you enough already.
A. with B. on C. into D. about
 C. READING COMPREHENSION
I. In the passage below, seven paragraphs have been removed. Read the passage and choose from 
paragraphs A-H the one which fits each gap. There is ONE extra paragraph which you do not need to 
use. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided. 
 California's carbon offsetting may actually be increasing emissions
The state's ambitious plan to be carbon-neutral by 2045 relies on carbon offsets through the state’s 
forests. But scientists say it may be causing more harm than good.
 On 15 December, California approved an ambitious plan to reach carbon neutrality by 2045. 
Among other things, it mandates that all passenger vehicles use zero-emission technologies by 2035, with 
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the aim of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 85 per cent below 1990 levels before mid-century. 
“California is leading the world’s most significant economic transformation since the Industrial 
Revolution – we’re cutting pollution, turning the page on fossil fuels and creating millions of new jobs,” 
Governor Gavin Newsom said in a press release after the plan was approved.
 51
 Carbon offsets are at the heart of net-zero emissions plans around the world. The success of the 
programme in the most populous US state – not to mention, the world’s fourth largest economy – is seen 
as a bellwether for how similar schemes may work elsewhere, and is already being used as a model for 
other states’ and countries’ climate policies.
 52
 Cranking carbon dioxide into the atmosphere has disastrous consequences, which become more 
painfully clear by the day. Carbon offset programmes, like those underway in California for the last 
decade, allow companies to balance out their emissions by paying to protect forests. Trees capture carbon 
dioxide from the air, so protecting forests can act like a bulwark against rising greenhouse gases. 
Landowners can earn credits for maintaining forests – thus keeping carbon sequestered – and polluters 
can buy these credits to compensate for their own emissions.
 53
 Getting the maths right is difficult, but crucial. “If your calculations are not perfect, you’re doing 
harm,” says Danny Cullen Ward, policy director at the non-profit Carbon Plan and a member of the 
California Environmental Protection Agency’s Independent Emissions Market Advisory Committee. The 
problem starts with the carbon cycle, he says. The consequences of adding carbon dioxide to the 
atmosphere extend centuries, if not millennia, into the future. Meanwhile, forests have much more short-
term cycles; when trees die, some of the carbon they have sequestered goes back into the air. Under 
California’s law, however, all carbon reductions are required to be permanent. “There’s really no way to 
square that circle,” Cullen Ward says.
 54
 What’s more, the researchers found no evidence that the programme has reduced logging. Some of 
the offset properties are on land already at less risk of harvesting because they contain less commercially 
valuable timber. Conversely, other sites owned by industrial timber companies have continued to harvest 
trees at similar rates, even after enrolling in the offset programme.
 55
 Meanwhile, the forests in the American West are changing rapidly: in many, trees are now dying 
faster than they can be replaced as climate change increases the risks of wildfire, insect infestations, 
disease and drought. “The consequences of the warming and the precipitation changes on forest 
ecosystems are blowing everybody’s minds,” says Cullen Ward.
 56
 When Cullen Ward and his colleagues analysed the buffer pool’s actual performance, they found 
that in the last 10 years, fires have depleted a jaw-dropping 95 per cent of the buffer that was intended to 
manage the next century’s wildfire risks.
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A. The scientists also found that the impact of one single disease, on a single tree species called tanoak, 
would be enough to completely wipe out the credits set aside for all disease- and insect-related mortality. 
A catch-all “other catastrophic risk” category does mention wind, ice and flood damage explicitly, but 
these credits are capped at 3 per cent, no matter the size or location of the offset site. What’s more, the 
buffer pool makes no specific allowances for drought, an increasing driver of tree mortality as the south-
western US endures the most extreme drought in more than 1000 years.
B. The researchers found that more than half of forests in arid, tropical and temperate regions – where the 
majority of the world’s trees are found – showed a significant decrease in resilience over the two decades. 
By contrast, the boreal forests ringing the globe’s northern latitudes saw an increase in resilience.
C. To compensate for these risks, the Air Resources Board created an insurance programme called a 
buffer pool, aiming to ensure that the carbon in the offset programme would stay put for at least a 
century. Landowners pay into the pool when they sell credits. When there are unintentional reversals – 
when wildfire burns down trees that were supposed to be storing carbon, for example – the state can 
withdraw credits from the buffer pool. It was a good idea, Cullen Ward says. The issue is that the Air 
Resource Board “never explained where they came up with their numbers” for the buffer pool’s 
allowances. “If you were in the business of providing insurance for earthquakes or floods, you’d want to 
know how frequent the events are,” he says.
D. Yet despite setting aggressive decarbonisation goals, what some experts noticed was what the plan 
failed to do: address growing criticisms of California’s carbon offsets programme, which is theoretically 
responsible for as much as half of the state’s emissions reductions.
E. In a 2021 study, Cullen Ward and his colleagues found that California’s offsets programme 
systematically over-credits the carbon-absorbing potential of its offset properties by nearly a third. More 
recently, he and his colleagues used satellite data to precisely measure the amount of carbon being 
sequestered in 37 of the state’s offset sites. They found that no additional carbon is actually being 
sequestered in these forests than would have been without the programme.
F. It should raise a red flag that timber companies appear to be meeting the state’s baseline requirements 
without actually doing anything differently, says Shane Coffield, a postdoctoral researcher at the NASA 
Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland and a co-author of the study. “Year after year, they’re getting 
new credits put into these projects, without direct evidence of improved management,” he says.
G. But researchers warn that there are fundamental flaws in how these offsets are being implemented – 
shortcomings that, at best, mean the programme is inefficient and, at worst, suggest that it may actually 
be doing more harm than good.
H. California’s carbon offsets programme is administered by the California Air Resources Board, the 
body responsible for setting the state’s emissions standards. (The agency declined an interview request 
from New Scientist.) Landowners can apply to participate in the programme, agreeing to keep carbon 
stocks above a certain threshold known as a “baseline”. To verify this is happening, third-party analysers 
manually measure a sample of trees.
II. Read the following passage and do the tasks as directed. 
 Having a laugh
The findings of psychological scientists reveal the importance of humour.
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 Humans start developing a sense of humour as early as six weeks old, when babies begin to laugh 
and smile in response to stimuli. Laughter is universal across all human cultures and even exists in some 
form in rats, chimps, and bonobos. Like other human emotions and expressions, laughter and humour 
provide psychological scientists with rich resources for studying human psychology, ranging from the 
development of language to the neuroscience of social perception. 
 Theories focusing on the evolution of laughter point to it as an important adaptation for social 
communication. Take, for example, the recorded laughter in TV comedy shows. Back in 1950, US sound 
engineer Charley Douglass hated dealing with the unpredictable laughter of live audiences, so started 
recording his own ‘laugh tracks’. These were intended to help people at home feel like they were in a 
social situation, such as a crowded theatre. Douglass even recorded various types of laughter, as well 
as mixtures of laugher from men, women, and children. In doing so, he picked up on a quality of laughter 
that is now interesting researchers: a simple ‘haha’ communicates a remarkable amount of socially 
relevant information. 
 In one study conducted in 2016, samples of laughter from pairs of English-speaking students were 
recorded at the University of California, Santa Cruz. A team made up of more than 30 psychological 
scientists, anthropologists, and biologists then played these recordings to listeners from 
24 diverse societies, from indigenous tribes in New Guinea to city-dwellers in India and 
Europe. Participants were asked whether they thought the people laughing were friends or strangers. On 
average, the results were remarkably consistent: worldwide, people’s guesses were 
correct approximately 60% of the time. 
 Researchers have also found that different types of laughter serve as codes to complex human 
social hierarchies. A team led by Christopher Oveis from the University of California, San Diego, found 
that high-status individuals had different laughs from low-status individuals, and that 
strangers’ judgements of an individual’s social status were influenced by the dominant or 
submissive quality of their laughter. In their study, 48 male college students were randomly assigned to 
groups of four, with each group composed of two low-status members, who had just joined their 
college fraternity group, and two high-status members, older students took turns at being teased by the 
others, involving the use of mildly insulting nicknames. Analysis revealed that, as expected, high-status 
individuals produced more dominant laughs and fewer submissive laughs relative to the low-status 
individuals. Meanwhile, low-status individuals were more likely to change their laughter based on 
their position of power; that is, the newcomers produced more dominant laughs when they were in the 
‘powerful’ role of teasers. Dominant laughter was higher in pitch, louder, and more variable in tone than 
submissive laughter. 
 A random group of volunteers then listened to an equal number of dominant and submissive 
laughs from both the high- and low-status individuals, and were asked to estimate the social status of the 
laughter. In line with predictions, laughers producing dominant laughs were perceived to be significantly 
higher in status than laughers producing submissive laughs. ‘This was particularly true for low-status 
individuals, who were rated as significantly higher in status when displaying a dominant versus 
submissive laugh,’ Oveis and colleagues note. ‘Thus, by strategically displaying more dominant laughter 
when the context allows, low-status individuals may achieve higher status in the eyes of others.’ 
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However, high-status individuals were rated as high-status whether they produced their natural dominant 
laugh or tried to do a submissive one. 
 Another study, conducted by David Cheng and Lu Wang of Australian National University, was 
based on the hypothesis that humour might provide a respite from tedious situations in the workplace. 
This ‘mental break’ might facilitate the replenishment of mental resources. To test this theory, the 
researchers recruited 74 business students, ostensibly for an experiment on perception. First, the 
students performed a tedious task in which they had to cross out every instance of the letter ‘e’ over two 
pages of text. The students then were randomly assigned to watch a video clip eliciting either 
humour, contentment, or neutral feelings. Some watched a clip of the BBC comedy Mr. Bean, others a 
relaxing scene with dolphins swimming in the ocean, and others a factual video about the management 
profession. 
 The students then completed a task requiring persistence in which they were asked to guess 
the potential performance of employees based on provided profiles, and were told that making 10 
correct assessments in a row would lead to a win. However, the software was programmed such that is 
nearly impossible to achieve 10 consecutive correct answers. Participants were allowed to quit the task at 
any point. Students who had watched the Mr. Bean video ended up spending significantly more time 
working on the task, making twice as many predictions as the other two groups. 
 Cheng and Wang then replicated these results in a second study, during which they had 
participants complete long multiplication questions by hand. Again, participants who watched the 
humorous video spent significantly more time working on this tedious task and completed more questions 
correctly than did the students in either of the other groups. 
 ‘Although humour has been found to help relieve stress and facilitate social relationships, 
traditional view of task performance implies that individuals should avoid things such as humour that 
may distract them from the accomplishment of task goals,’ Cheng and Wang conclude. ‘We suggest that 
humour is not only enjoyable but more importantly, energising.’ 
Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D. Write the correct letter in boxes 58-62.
58. When referring to laughter in the first paragraph, the writer emphasises ______.
A. its impact on language B. its function in human culture
C. its value to scientific research D. its universality in animal societies
59. What does the writer suggest about Charley Douglass?
A. He understood the importance of enjoying humour in a group setting.
B. He believed that TV viewers at home needed to be told when to laugh.
C. He wanted his shows to appeal to audiences across the social spectrum.
D. He preferred shows where audiences were present in the recording studio.
60. What makes the Santa Cruz study particularly significant?
A. the various different types of laughter that were studied.
B. the similar results produced by a wide range of cultures.
C. the number of different academic disciplines involved.
D. the many kinds of people whose laughter was recorded.
61. Which of the following happened in the San Diego study?
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A. Some participants became very upset.
B. Participants exchanged roles.
C. Participants who had not met before became friends.
D. Some participants were unable to laugh.
62. In the fifth paragraph, what did the results of the San Diego study suggest?
A. It is clear whether a dominant laugh is produced by a high- or low-status person.
B. Low-status individuals in a position of power will still produce submissive laughs.
C. The submissive laughs of low- and high-status individuals are surprisingly similar.
D. High-status individuals can always be identified by their way of laughing.
Complete the summary using the list of words, A-H, below. Write the correct letter, A-H, in boxes 63-
67.
 The benefits of humour
In one study at Australian National University, randomly chosen groups of participants were shown one 
of three videos, each designed to generate a different kind of (63) ______. When all participants were 
then given a deliberately frustrating task to do, it was found that those who had watched the (64) ______ 
video persisted with the task for longer and tried harder to accomplish the task than either of the other two 
groups.
A second study in which participants were asked to perform a particularly (65) ______ task produced 
similar results. According to researchers David Cheng and Lu Wang, these findings suggest that humour 
not only reduces (66) ______ and helps build social connections but it may also have a (67) ______ effect 
on the body and mind.
 A. laughter B. relaxing C. boring D. anxiety
 E. stimulating F. emotion G. enjoyment H. amusing
III. Read the following passage and choose the most suitable answer A, B, C or D for each space.
 Regrets
 Most of us are always forgetting important dates, (68) ______ from the lucky few who are blessed 
with a good memory or the (69) ______ to organize themselves so they don't forget important 
obligations. How many times have we all said, "I wish I had remembered!" How often have we offended 
people by failing to remember their birthdays or names?
 Although they say it doesn't matter, we know, deep down, that we have hurt their (70) ______. We 
can always try to make it (71) ______ to them next time but unfortunately the (72) ______ has been done 
and our relationship with that person can never quite be the same again.
 On the other (73) ______, we sometimes do too much for someone else because we want to please 
them and then feel we have damaged our own interests in doing (74) ______. When friends are involved 
we may find it difficult to say "no" when they ask us to (75)______ them a favour, but true friendship 
should mean that we can say "no" without risk (76) ______ the relationship.
68. A. off B. except C. away D. apart
69. A. capacity B. ability C. proficiency D. aptitude
70. A. souls B. sentiments C. feelings D. emotions
71. A. back B. up C. for D. again
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72. A. damage B. injuries C. detriments D. losses
73. A. approach B. way C. methods D. hand
74. A. so B. such C. thus D. that
75. A. fetch B. make C. do D. bring
76. A. for B. to C. towards D. with
IV. Read the passage and fill each of the numbered blanks with ONE suitable word.
 The unhappiness of phones
 Some people claim we would all feel much happier if, instead of constantly checking for emails 
and texts,
we turned off our smartphones completely and concentrated on those people physically present. Such 
messages are a big distraction and although people may be (77)______ of it, they can cause stress and 
unhappiness. Thinking about something instead of concentrating makes us less productive at work and 
can also lead to our having unsatisfying and incomplete personal relationships. If we are not careful, we 
will lose the knack of enjoying the warmth of human company, preferring to (78) ______ our attention 
taken by messages from those far away. Some people say the art of forming real relationships and 
keeping them going seems to be (79) ______ threat from the march of technology. The good news, 
however, is that making small changes to the way in which we use our phones can be very effective and 
that it is not too (80) ______ to recognise the danger and do something about it. After all, we all want to 
be happy!
 D. WRITING
I. Finish each of the sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed 
before it. You must use the word given in capital letters at the end of the original sentence without 
changing the form of that word. Use THREE to EIGHT words including the word given. 
81. Clara thinks it would be better if Tom discovered the answer for himself. (FOUND)
Clara would prefer ____________________________________________ answer for himself.
82. The issue will be investigated next week without fail. (LOOKED)
The issue is _______________________________________________ next week without fail.
83. I want to know if you have finalised those delivery dates yet? (ROUND)
Have you _______________________________________________ those delivery dates yet?
84. The researcher insisted on proper conduct of the experiment. (CONDUCTED)
The researcher was ____________________________________________________ properly. 
II. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence 
printed before it. 
85. It seems that no one predicted the correct result.
No one ____________________________________________________________________
86. She didn't inherit anything under her uncle's will. 
Her uncle didn't _____________________________________________________________
87. The dress was so tempting that I bought it.
I couldn't resist the ___________________________________________________________
88. Her success went beyond her expectations. 
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Never _____________________________________________________________________
III. Write an essay of (about 200-250 words) about the following topic (89-100): 
 “Some people feel that certain workers like nurses, doctors and teachers are undervalued and 
should be paid more”. How far do you agree? 
 Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or 
experience. 
 .................. .. .. 
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 The end.
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 ĐÁP ÁN
 A. LISTENING
Part 1: Questions 1 - 10. 
 1. B 2. C 3. A 4-6. A, C, F
7. entry requirements 8. funding 9. internal transfer 10. head
Part 2: Choose the correct letter, A, B or C. Write your answers in ‘Your answers’ part.
 11. B 12. A 13. B 14. C 15. B 16. A 17. A 18. A 19. C 20. B
 B. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY 
I. Choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. 
 21. A 22. B 23. B 24. A 25. D 26. C 27. B 28. A 29. B 30. C
II. The passage below contains 5 mistakes. Underline the mistakes and write your CORRECTIONS in 
the space provided in the right column on the right. The first one has been done as an example.
31. did do 32. other rather
33. phenomenon phenomena 34. be is
35. preassumption presumption
III. Supply the correct form of the words in brackets. The first one has been done as an example.
36. successful 37. gloomiest 38. ahead
39. politically 40. untouched 41. enlightened
42. aristocratic 43. despotism 44. rebellion 45. sensibilities
IV. Fill in each blank with a suitable preposition or adverb particle.
 46. C 47. A 48. D 49. C 50. C
 C. READING COMPREHENSION
I. In the passage below, seven paragraphs have been removed. Read the passage and choose from 
paragraphs A-H the one which fits each gap. There is ONE extra paragraph which you do not need to 
use. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided. 
 51. D 52. G 53. H 54. E 55. F 56. C 57. A
II. Read the following passage and do the tasks as directed. 
 58. C 59. A 60. B 61. B 62. D 63. F 64. H 65. C 66. D 67. E
III. Read the following passage and choose the most suitable answer A, B, C or D for each space.
 68. D 69. B 70. C 71. B 72. A 73. D 74. A 75. C 76. B
IV. Read the passage and fill each of the numbered blanks with ONE suitable word.
77. unaware 78. have 79. under 80. late
 D. WRITING 
I. Finish each of the sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed 
before it. You must use the word given in capital letters at the end of the original sentence without 
changing the form of that word. Use THREE to EIGHT words including the word given. 
81. Clara would prefer if Tom found out the answer for himself.
82. The issue is going to be looked into next week without fail.
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