END-OF-COURSE TEST - CODE 4

LISTENING (around 20 minutes)

SECTION 1:
Questions 1-5: You will hear Judy asking about music lessons. Listen and complete the
form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each blank. You will
hear the conversation twice.

GUITAR LESSONS
Class: Beginners
Day: (1) _________________
Starting time: (2) _________________
Price of each lesson: (3) £_________________
Teacher’s name: (4) Mrs_________________
Room number: (5) _________________

Questions 6-10: You will hear a teacher talking about a school trip. Listen and complete the
note. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each blank. You will
hear the conversation twice.

SCHOOL TRIP
Day: Saturday
Visit (6) _________________
Leave at: (7) _________________
Meet in: (8) _________________
Cost: (9) £_________________
Bring: (10) _________________
SECTION 2:
Questions 11-15: Listen to Jenny asking Mark about school holiday activities. Choose the
correct answer A, B or C. You will hear the conversation twice.
11. The show begins at
A 1.15.
B 2.00.
C 3.30.
12. A child’s ticket costs
A 25p.
B 75p.
C £1.50.
13. The holiday reading course is for
A 4 weeks.
B 6 weeks.
C 10 weeks.
14. This year from the library, children can win
A a pen.
B a school bag.
C a book.
15. Jenny should meet Mark again
A next week.
B tomorrow.
C today.
Questions 16-20: Listen to a woman asking a travel agent for some information about a park
in the mountains. Choose the correct answer A, B or C. You will hear the conversation twice.
16. In the park, there is
A a café.
B a hotel.
C a guest-house.
17. The village has a
A swimming pool.
B cinema.
C food shop.
18. You can only go through the park
A by car.
B by bus.
C on foot.
19. On weekdays, a visit to the park costs
A $12
B $13
C $16
20. In the park, the woman will see
A animals.
B flowers.
C snow.

YOU NOW HAVE 2 MINUTES TO CHECK YOUR ANSWERS.

READING (25 minutes)
PASSAGE 1. Answer questions 1-7, which are based on Passage 1 below.
Learning to learn at University

Section I
When I first went to university, I had a lot of difficulty. It wasn’t the subject that I was studying,
and it wasn’t that I missed my family, friends, and hometown. They were problems, but not
the biggest. The biggest problem was that the method of learning at university is so very
different from the way we learn in school.

Section II
Take the professors, for example. You might think they will be just like teachers, but they’re
not. They never ask you if you understand or not. They just keep on talking, and if you lose
track of what they’re saying, that’s just your bad luck. They won’t repeat what they just said,
or speak more slowly. I had a friend who spoke English as a foreign language, and he hardly
understood anything for the first three months!

Section III
The other thing about classes is that no one seems to care if you attend or not. It’s up to you
to get up in time and not to arrive late. You could probably miss every class and still pass.
You’d just have to do all the work the professors gave you, read all the books and papers,
and pass the exams at the end of the year. But studying like that is a skill I don’t have. I went
to all my classes, and I must say that they were interesting and useful to me.

Section IV
The terms are different at different universities, but at mine they were very different from the
ones at my school. There were three terms, and each one was ten weeks long. One ended at
Christmas, the next at Easter, and the third in the summer. We had two weeks of vacation at
Christmas and Easter, and nearly three months in the summer. That seems like a lot, but I
had plenty of studying to do. I also had a job in the summers. Ten weeks for a term isn’t very
long, and you can’t miss too many days. Imagine, if you’re sick for two weeks, that’s 20% of
the term gone!

Questions 1-4. Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D.

1. What is true about the writer’s time at university?
A. She had no time to make friends.
B. She found the style of education familiar.
C. She chose a very difficult subject.
D. She felt homesick at times.

2. Who had the most trouble in class?

A. the professor
B. the writer
C. a foreign student
D. the school teacher

3. How did the writer study at university?

A. She went to her classes and studied hard.
B. She went to every class and relaxed on vacation.
C. She didn’t go to her classes and studied alone.
D. She didn’t go to any class and studied very little.
4. What lasts for thirty weeks?
A. one term at the university
B. the university year
C. the Christmas vacation
D. the summer vacation

Questions 5-7. Complete the sentences below. Use NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from
the reading passage for each answer.
5. School was ____________________ university for the writer.
6. Professors don’t ____________________ or say things a second time.
7. Both ____________________ vacations were two weeks long.
PASSAGE 2. Answer questions 8-15, which are based on Passage 2 below.

My work as a Christmas Elf

A few years ago, I worked as an elf at a holiday resort in Lapland, in the north of Sweden.
The resort was in a forest. Visitors and workers stayed in small wooden cabins all around the
forest. There was one large cabin where people ate meals. I started work there in mid
November and stayed until just after Christmas.

Tourists used to stay at the resort for four days. On the first day, they arrived at the airport
and travelled to the resort by coach. I didn’t have to work until the evening. Sometimes I went
skiing. Then, while the guests had their evening meal, I worked behind the desk in reception. I
helped people find their cabins, told them about the itinerary and sold tickets for extra tours. I
didn’t dress as an elf at that time; I wore the hotel uniform.

On day 2, I and three other elves got up at about eight o’clock. Of course, it was still dark at
that time. In Lapland it gets light at about half past ten during the winter, and it gets dark again
soon after two o’clock. We dressed in our elf costumes and drove across the snow on
skidoos to a cabin in the forest. Inside the cabin, there were huge presents and huge tools.
We had to wrap the presents and pretend to make toys with the tools. There were mirrors in
the cabin windows. These made us look very small. When tourists looked through the
windows, they saw tiny elves using normal-sized tools!

On the third day, we went to a different cabin – Santa’s cabin! This was the day when the
children finally met Father Christmas. The children would meet Santa and get a toy. Then
they came into the elves’ workshop to meet us. This room was full of toys and beautifully
decorated with a Christmas tree. I and the other elves pretended to make toys and chatted to
the children in our own elf language.

The next day, the tourists went home and the next group arrived. I worked on reception again.
Working as an elf was great fun, and a magical way to spend Christmas!

Questions 8-11. Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D.

8. How long did the writer work at the resort in Lapland?
A. for about 1 week
B. for about 2 weeks
C. for about 6 weeks
D. for about 10 weeks
9. On which days did she wear her elf costume?
A. Days 1, 2 and 3
 B. Days 2 and 3
C. Day 1 only
D. Day 2 only
10. What is the use of the mirrors in the cabin?
A. They made the elves look smaller.
B. They made the cabins look bigger.
C. They allowed the elves to get ready.
D. They allowed tourists to look bigger
11. What happened on the third day?
A. children met Santa and the elves in the same room.
B. children met Santa and then met the elves.
C. children met the elves and then met Santa.
D. children made toys and gave to each other as gifts.

Questions 12-15. Read the statements. Write T (True) or F (False).

12. ____ The writer had to work all day on the first day.
13. ____ The writer wore the hotel uniform on the second day.
14. ____ In the morning during winter, Lapland was dark until half past ten.
15. ____ The writer did not enjoy working as a Christmas elf.
WRITING (25 minutes)
TASK 1: Re-order the words to make complete sentences.
1. Do /your /you/ free /read /books /in /time/?
__________________________________________________________________________
2. You /it/ have/ this / book /I /when /can /finish/.
__________________________________________________________________________
3. English / English magazines / by / reading / learns/ to / read / Rafael/.
__________________________________________________________________________
4. parents/ My/ in / live/ small/ in / a / the / village / countryside/ in/.
__________________________________________________________________________
5. Sunday/ he/ book/ bought/ a/ at/ comic/ the bookshop/ last/.
__________________________________________________________________________

TASK 2:
Write a short paragraph (about 80 words) about activities that you do to improve your
health.
In my opinion, one of the most important thing in my life is healthy. There are several
measures to improve my health. First of all, I usually wake up at 6 o’clock to exercise in
the moring, because regularly exercise will helps me prevent disease. Secondly, I have
a habit of drinking two liters of waters everyday instead of drink a lot of fizzy or eat fast
food. Apart from that, I am extremely like to eat a wide range of vegetables and fruits,
because I like to eat healthy as well as I want to lose weight. In short, that is all solution
to improve my health, so I believe that it is very fanstatic and easy to do.

In my opinion, one of the most important event changed my life is pass university.
There are several reason I consider it events as a critical element to change my life.
First of all, The pass university is my dream, I want to life long learning to succeed in
the future. Secondly, I am currently studying at University of Transport HCM city and
speciallize is Logistics and supply chain management after I graduated from university
I can make a lot of money because that is the major easy to make job. In short, The
pass university has become an essential to change in my life.
In my opinion, one of the most important goals which me posed in the future is build a
house for my family and me. There are several reason I am considered for its as a
critical element. First of all, I love my family so much, I desire to my house to have two
bedroom, two bathroom, a livingroom, a dining room and a swimming pool. Secondly, I
want to my dream house to have three floors, because in the evening after work I can
scenic a bird’s eye view of the city which at night it is just like heaven. Finally, my
dream house is located in the city center and nearly the supermarket so my morther
can easily go shopping for family. In short, that is my dream house in the future so I
make an effort to work to make a lot of money to make it come true.

In my opinion, a critical element when it comes to my favorite city is Switzerland, the

switzerland is one of the city I want to visit in the future. There are several reason I
desire to set food there. First of all, the switzerland has a wide range of trees and hills, I
can lie on the hill to scenic the beautiful sky. Secondly, I want to wake up at 6 o’clock
to go to a sidewalk cafe, order coffe and soak up the atmosphere of the switzerland.
Finally, switzerland at night is just like heaven. In short, I am extremely like to visit the
switzerland once in my life.

In my opinion, If I have given the opportunity, there are a few changes I would like to
propose to enhance the learning environment in my school. First of all, the school
should build time discipline for students, example: class will start at 7
o’clock,...Secondly, invest in infrastructure for students to study effectively. Finally, the
school should improve the quality of teaching, example: invite teachers with good
teaching experience or foreign teachers.In short, enhance the learning environment are
extremely necessary in the school.

You should say:

● What the food is
● How you make it
● How often you have that dish
and explain why you enjoy eating it
SPEAKING (6 minutes)

Part 1 - Introduction and interview (3 minutes)

Do you work or are you a student?

Let’s talk about travelling

• Do you enjoy travelling?
• Do you prefer travelling by car or by plane?
• Do you often watch travelling videos on the Internet?

Let’s move on to talk about your future plans

• Do you have any plan for next week?
• Do you often make future plans?
• Do you have any plan in 5 years’ time?

Part 2 - Individual long turn (3 minutes)

Describe a holiday trip with your family that you enjoyed.
You should say:
Where you went
When you went
What you did
and explain why you enjoyed this trip.

You will have to talk about the topic for 1 minute.

You have one minute to think about what you're going to say.
You can make some notes to help you if you wish.