KEY TO PRACTICE TEST 4 PART 1 : VOCABULARY AND READING COMPREHENSION SECTION 1: VOCABULARY (20 marks) 1. lightup 2. succeed 3. heavy 4. so Passage 1 1. Memoshelpus remembersomethingor givespecific information. 2. | KEY TO PRACTICE TEST 4 PART 1 : VOCABULARY AND READING COMPREHENSION SECTION 1: VOCABULARY (20 marks) 1. light up 5. would 9. recovered 13. and 2. succeed 6. in spite of 10. do 14. on 3. heavy 7. sorry 11. going 15. for 4. so 8. have 12. which SECTION 2: READING COMPREHENSION (30 marks) Passage 1 1. Memos help us remember something or give specific information. 2. Memos are faster and more efficient than letters 3. No 4. dependable 5. Memos Passage 2 6. Once, twice, or more times each month 7. They often stay in an unfamiliar place and eat in a strange restaurant. 8. 9. Companies 10. “On the road” 10. Why are companies asking their employees to travel? Passage 3 1. 11. A letter to a friend 12. to inform 13. It was too small 14. It uses a lot of petrol 15. More convenient to use Passage 4. 1. 16. Microsoft 17. No 18. the amount of managers who can use computers. 19. Screens and keyboards 20. No SECTION 3: READING CLOZE (10 marks ) 1. to 2. and 3. live 4. by 5. They 6. doing 7. into 8. helping 9. nail 10. truck PART 2: WRITING SECTION 1: CONTROLLED WRITING (10marks ) Dear Bill, 1. It is ages since I heard from you. (1ñ) 2. I hope everything has been going well. 3. I’m writing to ask you if you know any family who need an au pair. 4. My sister is 18 years old and she wants to spend a year in England. 5. She doesn’t mind looking after children and is good at housework. 6. She’ll be going to university next year to study English. 7. I’m looking forward to hearing from you. SECTION 2: SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION (15marks) 1. They will ask you a lot of questions. 2. Tom said that Ann had bought a new car. 3. Even though I hadn’t eaten for 24 hours, I didn’t feel hungry. 4. Hardly had we started when it began to rain. 5. Because of the heavy rain they didn’t come. 6. It’s years since I enjoyed myself so much. 7. No matter how intelligent you may be, you should be careful about it. 8. It took me 20 minutes to walk to school. 9. Not only did he spend all his money, but he also borrowed some money from me. 10. My brother is not old enough to go to school. SECTION 3: TRANSLATION (15marks ) 1. Please accept my warmest congratulations on your success in the last semester. 2. During the course you have shown yourself to be a hard-working and intelligent student 3. The language of Science is also the common one (language ) for the international community. 4. The computer plays an important role in the modern society because it serves man in a lot of fields. 5. HCM city has a population of about ten million. It’s probably one of the fastest growing cities in the world. 6. Maëc duø coù nhieàu khoù khaên vaø thöû thaùch, Vieät Nam ñaû ñaït ñöôïc nhieàu thaønh töïu quan troïng (coù yù nghóa) trong naêm vöøa qua. 7. MoÄt cuoäc khaøo saùt gaàn ñay cuûa Ngaân haøng Hôïp taùc quoác teá cuûa Nhaät ñaõ xeáp Vieät Nam ñöùng haøng thöù 4 treân theá giôùi veà thò tröôøng ñaàu tö haáp daãn. 8. Duø vaäy Vieät nam caàn caûi thieän hôn nöõa moâi tröôøng ñaàu tö vaø kinh doanh ñeå coù ñuû söùc caïnh tranh vôùi caùc quoác gia khaùc. 9. Nhöõng raøo caûn ñoái vôùi doanh ghieäp caàn ñöôïc nhanh choùng thaùo boû ñeå Vieät nam coù theå thu huùt theâm nhieàu ñaàu tö hôn nöõa trong 5 naêm tôùi. 10. Vieäc gia nhaäp toå chöùc thöông maïi quoác teá vaøo naêm tôùi. seõ laø coät moác quan troïng cho vieäc caûi toå neán kinh teá Vieät Nam.