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PART A: LISTENING - Part 1

Listen to a customer speaking to telephone support and decide whether the following statements are TRUE (T) or FALSE (F) according to what you hear.

PART A: LISTENING - Part 1
Transcript — PART A: LISTENING - Part 1
Part 1.
Jackie: Good morning, Power Net Software, this is Jackie. Can I help you?
David: Hi, I’ve been trying to order some of your software from the website but there seems to be a problem because my order didn’t go through.
Jackie: Oh, I’m sorry about that Sir. The technical department sent everyone a memo this morning saying there was a problem with one of the servers. That’s probably why you had some difficulty.
David: Would it be possible for me to place my order through you now? I really need this software as soon as possible. It’s for my work you see. I don’t want to have to wait until tomorrow as I might be out seeing customers.
Jackie: OK, sure. Now then, what is it you would like to order from us?
David: Your site had a great offer on something called Viva Voce. The price was something like 25% off the normal recommended retail price. Could you tell me something more about this product please?
Jackie: Well, I’m afraid that price is only available for those of our customers who order through our site.
David: That’s hardly fair, is it? I just tried to order through your site and, as I told you, the sale wouldn’t go through. Can’t you give me that discount anyway?
Jackie: Yeah, I think that would be alright. It’s not as if it’s your fault. Now, what did you want to know about Viva Voce? It’s one of our best selling products.
David: Do you have that program also in the Professional edition? I only saw the Standard edition but we need the extra recording software which comes with the Professional edition.
Jackie: Fine, let’s have a look ... Yes, we have the Professional edition and that is also discounted 25%.
David: Now, in our office, there are both Windows and Mac computers. How much is the Mac version of this software? I don’t want to have to pay too much more.
Jackie: Hmmm, we don’t seem to have the Mac version in stock at the moment. It’s arriving this evening or tomorrow morning.
David: One more question for you and then I’ll be done. Is there a microphone included with the software? I tried to find out from your website but it didn’t seem to be very clear whether there was a mic included or not.
Jackie: Yes, all our speech recognition software comes with a free microphone although, between you and me, the quality isn’t the best. I would recommend you buy a higher quality one, especially if you are planning to use this for your work.
David: Thanks a lot for that information. Those free mics are usually pretty poor, aren’t they? OK, we’re done. I have ordered through you before and my customer number is 794791. You should have all my contact information and credit card number on file.
Jackie: 794791 ... let’s see, oh yes. Here you are, Mr. David Thompson, is that correct?
David: Yes, that’s me. How long will the delivery take?
Jackie: You should have this by Wednesday. Can I just confirm then - you want one Windows edition and one Mac edition when it comes through to us this evening or tomorrow?
David: No, just send me the one Windows Professional. We’ll just have to do all the speech recognition work on the Windows computers, it’s not such a big deal.
Jackie: Great. Thanks for calling Power Net Software. Have a nice morning.
David: Thanks very much, goodbye.

Jackie was informed about the problem with one of the servers.

The software David wanted to know is the best-selling product.

Jackie confirmed that the Mac version was in stock.

David would have the software delivered on Wednesday.

David finally decided to buy Windows Professional edition.

PART A: LISTENING - Part 2

Listen to a part of a radio interview with a man who is the director of an Environmental Centre and fill in each blank with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS taken from the recording.

PART A: LISTENING - Part 2
Transcript — PART A: LISTENING - Part 2
Part 2.
Interviewer: I have with me in the studio today Jeffrey Osland, who is the director of an Environmental Centre in mid Wales. Jeffrey, welcome.
Jeffrey Osland: Thank you.
Interviewer: Jeffrey, what exactly is an Environmental Centre?
Jeffrey Osland: Good question. Well, I suppose you could say that basically we’re interested in protecting the environment and that means looking at alternative technologies to provide energy for the future.
Interviewer: I’m still not sure I understand. What does the Centre do?
Jeffrey Osland: It does a whole range of things. We opened twenty-five years ago but in the last ten years we’ve considerably expanded our activities and now we have lots of working displays. These displays are built on the site which we occupy in the heart of the countryside and include ways to use the sun and wind for power, as well as low energy buildings and different kinds of farming. We’re open to the public all year round and last year we had over 80,000 visitors. Everyone is welcome. We get casual visitors, tourists, environmental specialists and lots of school children, especially primary school children who are doing a project on some aspect of the environment. We also run courses for secondary schools, universities and overseas students and these courses are residential, obviously, because people come and stay for short periods of time. Most of the courses last three days although in the summer we run week-long courses.
Interviewer: Goodness, I didn’t realise it was such a big operation.
Jeffrey Osland: Oh yes. Altogether we have accommodation for about 70 people. When I say accommodation, I don’t mean a luxury hotel! What we have are wooden cabins, which contain between two and five beds, and are very simply furnished, although we do have a few single rooms available. There are common rooms for relaxation, with facilities for making drinks. We also grow all our own food and meals are served in the Centre restaurant. As you might expect we only serve vegetarian food, no meat whatsoever. We don’t allow people to bring meat in with them either. But we have an excellent chef who prepares really imaginative vegetarian food and I’ve yet to hear anyone complain. The atmosphere is very relaxed and informal, but we do forbid people to smoke in the buildings.
Interviewer: So, if I wanted to do a short course, what kind of thing could I do?
Jeffrey Osland: It would depend on your interests. You could do one of our general courses on Natural Gardening. You’d learn about nature – garden wildlife, herbs, climbing plants and plants which have particular scents or perfumes. Or you could do one of our more specialised courses on Waterless Toilets.
Interviewer: Waterless toilets?!
Jeffrey Osland: That’s right. It’s our most popular course. There’s a big demand for it from countries where there are serious water shortages. We have designed a dry system which does not require water, it’s a dry system. Our system helps people use their limited supplies for essential things like washing and drinking as water is very precious in many parts of the world. Other courses show people how to save forests, birds and animals.
Interviewer: How amazing. It sounds fascinating. Are these courses expensive?
Jeffrey Osland: Not really. In order to be fair we operate a varied price structure, which charges people what they can afford. For example, if you’re in full-time employment, you pay more than if you’re out of work and haven’t got a job. And for people who are not able to pay anything at all we have a fund which was set up by the Centre a few years ago. This helps us to pay someone’s costs, including their travel costs from home to the Centre. So we never turn anyone away, although we can only help a small number of people each year as we do not make a huge profit.
Interviewer: So if I want to go on a course, how do I apply?
Jeffrey Osland: You need an application form which you can get by ...

The working displays are located in the _____ of the countryside, including methods to harness sun and wind for power, and various forms of (7) ______.

including methods to harness sun and wind for power, and various forms of _____.

Everyone from _____ visitors, tourists, environmental specialists to school children doing environmental projects is welcome.

The majority of the courses take 3 days apart from _____ ones in the summer.

Accommodation is provided in _____ wooden cabins containing two to five beds.

The Centre restaurant serves _____ vegetarian food prepared by an excellent chef.

Though smoking in the building is not allowed, the Centre provides a _____ and informal atmosphere.

The Natural Gardening courses educate people about herbs, climbing plants and plants with special _____ or perfumes.

The Centre has designed _____ helping people save water when washing and drinking.

The cost of the courses is ______, making it suitable to individuals’ affordability.

PART A: LISTENING - Part 3

Listen to a radio interview with the gardening experts Jed and Helena Stone and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D which fits best according to what you hear.

PART A: LISTENING - Part 3
Transcript — PART A: LISTENING - Part 3
Part 3.
Interviewer: Jed Stone’s best known now for his talents as a garden designer – but he and his wife Helena ran a highly successful jewellery business in the nineteen nineties, which brought them fame and high living. Then they lost it all and, some years later, bought a derelict house which they renovated and now together they’ve created a garden. They join me in the studio today. You do seem to do most things in partnership, like the jewellery business, but using Jed’s name. Why’s that? Helena?
Helena: Well, this is a bit of a bone of contention, actually. We have a friend in PR who said, “You have a great name, Jed Stone. People would pay a fortune for such a good name.’ But, sadly, at the time, it never crossed my mind that I wouldn’t get the credit for what we do, and that does get to me sometimes – but, there again, I’m very bad at putting myself forward. People see Jed as a figurehead, which is fine, actually, because I don’t enjoy being recognised or get any thrill out of that, whereas Jed loves it.
Interviewer: Is that right, Jed?
Jed: Obviously, I’d love to say, ‘No, I don’t,’ but yeah, I do. Even as a child, I thought it must be marvellous to walk down a street and have people know who you were. Ironically, that’s the worst of it now. It would be nice just to go and buy a paper without somebody saying something. But I suppose I do like being a public figure. It gives me a sense that I’ve done something people appreciate. It doesn’t stop me doing anything, but it does modify how I do it.
Interviewer: But Helena, you did appear on our television screens briefly as a presenter on The Travel Show. That must have been a dream job, travelling around the world?
Helena: Actually, I thought I was being heroic taking that job. I’d actually rather have gone down a coal mine. It was ironic really, because Jed adores travelling, whilst I hate it. The timing was critical though; I mean, we were living in this derelict house. We’d knocked huge holes in the walls to make windows and we could hardly afford to get the job finished and I wanted to be there when it was done. So I genuinely didn’t want to do the job they were offering, but I felt I had no choice because, apart from anything else, it would provide us with a reasonable income.
Interviewer: So what about this jewel garden? Did you have a clear idea of what you wanted to do when you bought the house?
Jed: Not at all. In fact, we were provoked into action. I was giving a lecture on gardening and I was including some snaps of our own wilderness to show what certain plants looked like. But these photos hadn’t loaded onto my laptop properly, and you couldn’t see a thing. So I started to make it all up – describing this jewel garden with magical colours – it came straight out of my imagination, it hadn’t been a long-term plan or anything. Anyway, as soon as I’d finished, these journalists came rushing up saying, ‘We must come and take pictures of your jewel garden.’ And I heard myself replying, ‘Fine, but come when the colours are good, don’t come now.’ To cut a long story short, we had to make the jewel garden before they came, and actually, we did ninety per cent of the work that summer. That was our incentive!
Interviewer: And why did you call it a ‘jewel garden’? Having read about the disasters with the jewellery business, one would have thought you wouldn’t want the word ‘jewel’ in your house at all.
Helena: Well, I like to work on projects and if you have a project where you’re thinking only of jewel colours then that starts to limit you, and design is all about reduction. Really it was just a good, positive way of tackling what plants we were putting in, and the way we were going to design the garden, wasn’t it, Jed?
Jed: Yeah. But for me it was also partly a metaphor, it’s making something worthwhile out of a failure. We did spend years doing the jewellery and it wasn’t all disastrous; there were good things about it too and we wanted to salvage them and treasure them. It seemed a waste not to take that bit of our lives and to somehow incorporate it into our new design venture – to take the bad experience and use it in a creative way. Jed and Helena, thank you for telling us about it today.

How does Helena feel about the use of Jed's name for their joint business?

What is Jed's attitude to his public profile?

How did Helena feel about her work on The Travel Show?

What explanation did Helena give for the name of the garden?

According to Jed, what does the name “jewel garden” mean?

PART B: PHONETICS - Section I

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced different from that of the others in the same line and write A, B, C or D on your answer sheet.

Pronunciation (21) · crooked / ragged / jagged / noticed

Pronunciation (22) · aboard / keyboard / cupboard / overboard

Pronunciation (23) · enclose / suppose / compose / purpose

PART B: PHONETICS - Section II

Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others in the same line and write A, B, C or D on your answer sheet.

Stress (24) · evaporate / mausoleum / computerize / compulsory

Stress (25) · veterinary / preliminary / incendiary / contemporary

PART C: GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY - Section I: Verb Forms

Supply the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Write the answers on your answer sheet.

Dave’s mother was the first person in his family (hear) ______ the news of his promotion.

(convince) ______ of the advantages of studying overseas several times, the students were determined to apply for the scholarship.

If she (inform) ______ earlier about the schedule change, she would not have missed the interview.

It’s the family doctor’s recommendation that he (not stay) ______ up late for the sake of his health.

The missing scientist is believed (live) ______ in a remote mountainous area for several months.

PART C: GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY - Section II: Word Formation

Supply the correct form of the words in CAPITAL. Write the answers on your answer sheet.

GỢI Ý TỪ GỐC:
FLEX
SKILL
FAIL
ACID
CAST

The committee remained ______ despite mounting pressure from the media and the public.

The program aims at people wanting to ______ or hone their technique in technological field.

He is ______ polite and tries desperately to understand other people’s views.

The books are printed on ______ paper so that they will last for generations.

When I was a child, my family couldn’t afford new clothes at Tet. Therefore, I always had to wear my sister’s ______.

PART C: GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY - Section III: Error Correction

The passage below contains 5 mistakes. Find out the mistakes and write the correct answers on your answer sheet.
Example: line 1: frequent → frequently

1. Adolescent risk-taking behaviors frequent occur in peer-group settings, yet gender
2. differences in susceptibility to deviant peer pressure remains unclear. A review of 26 studies
3. identifying two major trends: adolescent males were often found to be more vulnerable
4. than peer influences encouraging risky behaviors, or no consistent gender difference was
5. observed. Only two studies suggested that females were more susceptible than males.
6. Researchers propose that gender socialization may explain why boys are more likely
7. to conform to risky peer expectations, as if such behaviors are often associated with
8. traditionally masculine ideals. Additionally, methodological limitations, including the use of
9. male-oriented risk-taking assessments, may obscure actual gender differences. The review
10. recommends further research to develop more effective interventions for adolescents.

2. differences in susceptibility to deviant peer pressure remains unclear. A review of 26 studies — sửa: Line 2: remains → remain

3. identifying two major trends: adolescent males were often found to be more vulnerable — sửa: Line 3: identifying → identified

4. than peer influences encouraging risky behaviors, or no consistent gender difference was — sửa: Line 4: than → to

4. than peer influences encouraging risky behaviors, or no consistent gender difference was — sửa: Line 4: or → and

7. to conform to risky peer expectations, as if such behaviors are often associated with — sửa: Line 7: as if → as

PART C: GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY - Section IV: Multiple Choice Questions

Choose the word/ phrase that best fits the gap in each of the following sentences and write A, B, C or D on your answer sheet.

Just think, ______ two years’ time, we’ll be 18!

Emily and Jane are talking about their holiday:
- Emily: “It’s nearly the end of the holiday already”
- Jane: “______!”

The witness finally agreed, ______ reluctantly, to help us.

There was hardly ______ money left in my bank account. I’m a penniless student.

______ AI-driven technology is undeniable.

The volunteers ______ gave of their time and energy to help the poor.

The professor’s lecture was so ______ that even the most attentive students struggled to follow.

The police are often soft on young offenders. All they do is give them ______.

The singer is always surrounded by a(n) ______ of assistants, hairdressers, make-up artists, and bodyguards.

Before launching the new software, the team needed to ______ any remaining bugs and issues to ensure a smooth user experience.

PART D: READING - I. Open Cloze

Read the following passage then fill in each gap with ONE suitable word. Write the answers on your answer sheet.

The Internet bus
In the desert areas that surround Tucson city, USA, students spend hundreds of hours on yellow buses each year getting to and fro their schools. But when mobile internet equipment was (51) ______ on a yellow school bus, the bored, often noisy, teens were (52) ______ into quiet, studious individuals.
District officials got the idea (53) ______ occasional drives on school business to Phoenix, two hours each way, realizing that when they went in (54) ______, one person could drive and the other could work using a laptop and a wireless card. They wondered if internet access on a school bus could boost students’ academic productivity, too.
But the idea for what students call “the internet bus” really took shape when the district’s chief information officer (55) ______ across an article about having internet across in cars. He thought, “What (56) ______ you could put that in a bus?”
The officials have been delighted to see the (57) ______ of homework getting done, both morning and evening, as the internet bus picks up and drops off students along the 70-minute drive. Although some students spend their time playing games or visiting social networking (58) ______, most students do make use of their travel time to study.

PART D: READING - II. Multiple Choice Cloze

Read the passage and choose the best option to complete the passage. Write your answers in the space provided.

Clever Crows - the most intelligent birds?
Crows have yet again confounded scientists with their remarkable problem-solving skills. Researchers carried out an experiment on a group of New Caledonian crows, in (59) ______ their food was placed in a passageway too narrow for their beaks to access. (60) ______, four out of eight birds spontaneously put together two short sticks located nearby to make a longer fishing rod-type device to enable them to reach the food. In the wild, crows have been known to also use leaves, rocks and even their own feathers to facilitate (61) ______ impossible tasks. They even craft and use hooks to snare insects.
How intelligence (62) ______ was studied in one cleverly-designed experiment when birds were trained to use a kind of (63) ______ machine to prompt rewards. By studying the birds’ (64) ______ abilities, the researchers hope that their findings could help the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology. (65) ______ with these tasks, unlike anything crows would come upon in nature, the birds in the study adapted their own (66) ______ behaviour to complete the fabricated tests.

Choose the best option to fill in gap (59).

Choose the best option to fill in gap (60).

Choose the best option to fill in gap (61).

Choose the best option to fill in gap (62).

Choose the best option to fill in gap (63).

Choose the best option to fill in gap (64).

Choose the best option to fill in gap (65).

Choose the best option to fill in gap (66).

PART D: READING - III. Reading Comprehension

Read the passage and choose the best answer to each question that follows. Write A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet.

DIGITAL AMNESIA
Digital amnesia refers to the tendency of individuals to forget information that can be easily retrieved through digital devices. In today’s technology-driven society, smartphones, cloud storage, and search engines have become indispensable tools for storing phone numbers, passwords, appointments, and even personal memories. As a result, people increasingly externalize cognitive responsibilities that were once managed internally by the human brain. Although this dependence greatly improves convenience and efficiency, researchers argue that excessive reliance on technology may undermine the brain’s natural ability to retain and recall information.
The phenomenon is particularly prevalent among younger generations who have grown up in technologically mediated environments. Rather than memorizing factual knowledge, many individuals simply remember how to access information online. Psychologists suggest that this behavioral adaptation alters cognitive processing patterns. Since the brain tends to preserve information considered valuable or indispensable, data perceived as permanently accessible through technology is less likely to be encoded into long-term memory. Consequently, people may struggle to recollect even basic details without digital assistance, thereby developing a subtle dependency on technological aids.
Nevertheless, some scholars argue that concerns surrounding digital amnesia are somewhat exaggerated. Delegating routine mnemonic tasks to technology may liberate cognitive resources for more advanced intellectual activities such as abstract reasoning, creativity, and critical analysis. In this sense, technology should not necessarily be viewed as a replacement for human cognition, but rather as an augmentation of it. Similar anxieties emerged in the past when writing systems and calculators first appeared, yet society eventually adapted to these innovations without severe intellectual decline.
Despite these potential benefits, excessive dependence on digital technology may still engender negative psychological and social consequences. Constant notifications and immediate access to information are associated with diminished attention spans and increasingly superficial engagement with knowledge. Furthermore, excessive screen dependence can weaken interpersonal communication, as face-to-face interactions are often replaced by digitally mediated exchanges. Many educators therefore advocate maintaining a more judicious balance between technological convenience and active cognitive engagement. Activities such as extensive reading, deliberate memorization, and intellectual discussions are believed to strengthen cognitive resilience in the digital age.

The word “undermine” in paragraph 1 is OPPOSITE in meaning to ______.

According to paragraph 2, why is digitally stored information less likely to remain in long-term memory?

The word “it” in paragraph 3 refers to ______.

Which of the following best summarizes paragraph 3?

Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

The word “mnemonic” in paragraph 3 is CLOSEST in meaning to ______.

Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?

Which of the following best summarizes the passage?

PART D: READING - IV. Sentence Insertion Cloze

Read the following passage and choose the most suitable sentence from A - G to fill in each gap. There is one extra sentence that you don't need to use. Write the answers on your answer sheet.

Think you're spending too much time scrolling on your phone? You're not alone. The average American adult logs over two hours a day on social media, while teens double that on platforms like TikTok and Instagram. (75) _____. But does stepping away from your feed really make a difference? Researchers say yes, and the benefits for your brain and well-being might surprise you.
(76) _____. But finding the willpower to cut back is not an easy feat, thanks to how social media taps into our brain's reward system. (77) _____. Based on what we know about how drugs and alcohol affect the brain, we can infer that a similar process takes place when we check social media, with every like, comment, or cute cat video triggering a surge of dopamine, the brain's 'feel-good' chemical. However, our brain is designed to maintain an overall dopamine balance - what Lembke describes as a teeter-totter mechanism. (78) _____. Over time, this can lead us into a state of 'dopamine deficit,' where we need more time online to get back to feeling normal. (79) _____.
There is no one-size-fits-all solution when it comes to social media detoxing. (80) _____. What's key is to make realistic goals to bring down our usual social media consumption. Some people may want to give it up entirely while others may want to cut down time spent on social media by half.

The missing sentences:
A. Many of us suspect we spend too much time scrolling - a concern underscored by Oxford University Press selecting "brain rot" as 2024's word of the year
B. Hitting "pause" on this social-media-induced dopamine cycle can allow the brain to reset reward pathways, Lembke says, allowing us to stop the kind of compulsive overconsumption that leads to "brain rot."
C. Endless scrolling eventually disrupts this balance, prompting the brain to compensate by producing less dopamine or slowing its transmission
D. Excessive social media use can mean different things to different people
E. Anna Lembke, addiction medicine expert and author of Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence, explains that people can get addicted to digital media just like they can get addicted to drugs.
F. Whether you decide to stop using social media for a few weeks or limit your everyday use for some time, you'll probably find the first few days are the hardest to get through.
G. As experts warn of the addictive features of social networks, more people are looking for ways to break free - evidenced by a 60 percent surge in Google searches for "social media detox" in recent months

Choose the correct sentence (A - G) for gap (75).

Choose the correct sentence (A - G) for gap (76).

Choose the correct sentence (A - G) for gap (77).

Choose the correct sentence (A - G) for gap (78).

Choose the correct sentence (A - G) for gap (79).

Choose the correct sentence (A - G) for gap (80).

PART E: WRITING — Section I

Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the same. Write the answers on your answer sheet.

Jack works effectively under the pressure of time.
→ The _____

It was wrong of me to turn down their job offer.
→ I shouldn’t _____

Although Mr. Pike loves his daughter, he can’t tolerate her inappropriate behaviour.
→ Much _____

“I’m sorry, Angela. I’ve damaged your car”, said Martin.
→ Martin _____

Perhaps no one will ever know what happened on that fateful night.
→ What _____

PART E: WRITING — Section II

Rewrite each of the following sentences using the given words so that it keeps the same meaning. Do not change the form of the words given. Write the answers on your answer sheet.

For her, his talent as an actor was astonishing. (HOW)
→ She _____

He avoids employing inexperienced staff if there is no alternative. (RESORT)
→ Only as _____

It’s not easy to distinguish between the twins. (CONFUSE)
→ You can easily _____

They did not reach their destination until it was almost midday. (GETTING)
→ It _____

As the exam approached, the students grew increasingly nervous. (DREW)
→ The _____

PART E: WRITING — Section III

Write an essay of 200-220 words to express your own ideas on the given topic.

In modern society, celebrities have positive impacts on the young generation. Do you agree or disagree?
Write an essay of 200-220 words to express your own ideas and include any relevant examples to support.

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