KET 1 Europe Level A2 1 Test 1 PAPER 1 READING AND WRITING (1 hour 10 minutes) PART 1 QUESTIONS 1-5 Which notice (A-H) says this (1-5)? For questions 1-5, mark the correct letter A-H on the answer sheet. EXAMPLE ANSWER 0 We can answer your questions. E 1 You can’t drive this way. 2 Children do not have to pay. 3 You can shop here six days a week. 4 Be careful when you stand up. 5 We work quickly. A B C D E F G H KET 1 Europe Level A2 2 PART 2 QUESTIONS 6-10 Read the sentences (6-10) about a birthday. Choose the beat word (A, B or C) for each space. For questions 6-10, mark A, B or C on the answer sheet. EXAMPLE ANSWER 0 Nina up early that morning because it was her birthday. A stood B woke C came B 6 Nina was very because she got lots of presents. A interesting B lovely C happy 7 She some friends to her house for a party. A decided B agreed C invited 8 Her mother made a big chocolate with ‘Happy Birthday’ on the top. A meal B cake C dish 9 Nina and her friends had a great time, singing and dancing and to their favourite music. A listening B hearing C looking 10 When they had to go, everybody Nina and her mother for the party. A said B thanked C told KET 1 Europe Level A2 3 PART 3 QUESTION 11-15 Complete the five conversations. For conversations 11-15, mark A, B or C on the answer sheet. 11 It’s time for lunch. A Oh good! B One hour. C Half past twelve. 12 Would you like a drink? A I don't like coffee. B I prefer tea. C Coffee, please. 13 How much was your new shirt? A It's a red shirt. B It was very cheap. C It was in a shop. 14 I'm very sorry. A I'm afraid so. B I think so. C That's all right 15 Do you spaek English? A No, I'm not. B Only a little. C Yes, very much. KET 1 Europe Level A2 4 QUESTIONS 16-20 Comlplete this conversation at a garage. What does the woman say to the car mechanic? For questions 16-20, mark the correct letter A-H on the answer sheet. EXAMPLE ANSWER Mechnic: Good morning, Madam. What's the problem? Woman: 0 B Mechanic: What do you mean? Woman: 16 Mechanic: I see. We can probably repair that easily. Can you leave the car now? Woman: 17 Mechanic: I'm sorry. We're completely full on Saturday. Woman: 18 Mechanic: Yes, all right. Could you come in the morning? Woman: 19 Mechanic: OK. Woman: 20 Mechanic: I'm not sure, but probably about £30. Woman: That's fine. I'll see you on Monday. A B C D E F G H I'd prefer the afternoon. I'm not sure. The brakes aren't working very well. Oh! One other thing, how much will it cost? The engine is hard to start in the morning. I work on Mondays. I'm afraid I need it today. How about the weekend? When I brake, the car goes to the left. Oh. Could you do it on Monday? KET 1 Europe Level A2 5 PART 4 QUESTIONS 21-27 Read the information about three books and then answer the questions. For questions 21-27, mark A, B or C on the answer sheet. New books this month The Long Night This is David Reilly's first book. David became a writer after teaching English for several years. Maha is a nurse in northern Australia, where she works in a small hospital. One day a baby is so ill that Maha has to dive all night to get her to the nearest big city. They have a lot of problems getting there and Hard Work This exciting story is Joanna Jones's twentieth. Hard Work is about Sombat, who works, with his father, a carpenter, in Thailand. They work long, hard hours making tables and chairs, but they do not have any money. Then one day a man dressed all in black buys the most beautiful table in the shop Hospital or Cinema? Marcie Jacome, who studies English in London, wrote this story earlier this year. Tina is a young Brazilian woman whose dream is to become a doctor. She goes to London to study English and medicine but one day she meets a man who asks her to go to the USA with him to become a film star What will Tina do? KET 1 Europe Level A2 6 EXAMPLE ANSWER 0 Which book is about somebody who VnDoc - Tải tài liệu, văn pháp luật, biểu mẫu miễn phí Test PAPER READING (1 hour 15 minutes) Part You are going to read three extracts which are all concerned in some way with providing a service For questions 1-6, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which you think fits best according to the text Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet Fish who work for a living Cleaner wrasses are small marine fish that feed on the parasites living on the bodies of larger fish Each cleaner owns a ‘station’ on a reef where clientele come to get their mouths and teeth cleaned Client fish come in two varieties: residents and roamers Residents belong to species with small territories; they have no choice but to go to their local cleaner Roamers, on the other hand, either hold large territories or travel widely, which means that they have several cleaning stations to choose from The cleaner wrasses sometimes ‘cheat’ This occurs when the fish takes a bite out of its client, feeding on healthy mucus This makes the client jolt and swim away Roamers are more likely to change stations if a cleaner has ignored them for too long or cheated them Cleaners seem to know this: if a roamer and a resident arrive at the same time, the cleaner almost always services the roamer first Residents can be kept waiting The only category of fish that cleaners never cheat are predators, who possess a radical counterstrategy, which is to swallow the cleaner With predators, cleaner fish wisely adopt an unconditionally cooperative strategy Which of the following statements about the cleaner wrasses is true? A They regard ‘roamer’ fish as important clients B They take great care not to hurt any of their clients C They are too frightened to feed from the mouths of certain clients D They are in a strong position as they can move to find clients elsewhere The writer uses business terms in the text to A illustrate how fish negotiate rewards B show how bigger fish can dominate smaller ones C exemplify cooperation in the animal world D describe the way fish take over a rival’s territory Level C1 VnDoc - Tải tài liệu, văn pháp luật, biểu mẫu miễn phí Extract from a novel The Giordano painting 'I was up in town yesterday,’ I tell Tony easily, turning back from my long study of the sky outside the window as if I’d simply been wondering whether the matter was worth mentioning, ‘and someone I was talking to thinks he knows someone who might possibly be interested.’ Tony frowns ‘Not a dealer?’ he queries suspiciously ‘No, no - a collector Said to be keen on seventeenth-century art Especially the paintings of Giordano Very keen.’ ‘Money all right?’ Tony asks ‘Money, as I understand it, is far from being a problem.' So, it’s all happening The words are coming And it’s not at all a bad start, it seems to me I’m impressed with myself I’ve given him a good spoonful of jam to sweeten the tiny pill that’s arriving next ‘Something of a mystery man, though, I gather,’ I say solemnly ‘Keeps a low profile Won’t show his face in public.’ Tony looks at me thoughtfully And sees right through me All my boldness vanishes at once I’ve been caught cheating my neighbours! I feel the panic rise ‘You mean he wouldn’t want to come down here to look at it?’ ‘I don’t know,’ I flounder hopelessly ‘Perhaps … possibly ’ ‘Take it up to town,’ he says decisively ‘Get your chum to show it to him.’ I’m too occupied in breathing again to be able to reply He misconstrues my silence ‘Bit of a bore for you,’ he says When he brings up the subject of the Giordano painting, the narrator wants to give Tony the impression of being A cautious B resigned C mysterious D casual What is the narrator referring to when he uses the expression ‘tiny pill’ in line 12? A his shortage of precise details about the collector B his lack of certainty about the value of the painting C his concerns about the collector’s interest in the painting D his doubts about the collector’s ability to pay for the painting Level C1 VnDoc - Tải tài liệu, văn pháp luật, biểu mẫu miễn phí The invention of banking The invention of banking preceded that of coinage Banking originated something like 4,000 years ago in Ancient Mesopotamia, in present-day Iraq, where the royal palaces and temples provided secure places for the safekeeping of grain and other commodities Receipts came to be used for transfers not only to the original depositors but also to third parties Eventually private houses in Mesopotamia also got involved in these banking operations, and laws regulating them were included in the code of Hammurabi, the legal code developed not long afterwards In Ancient Egypt too, the centralization of harvests in state warehouses led to the development of a system of banking Written orders for the withdrawal of separate lots of grain by owners whose crops had been deposited there for safety and convenience, or which had been compulsorily deposited to the credit of the king, soon became used as a more general method of payment of debts ...Level B2 1 Test 1 PAPER 1 READING (1 hour) Part 1 You are going to read a magazine article about an artist who paints flowers. For questions 1-8, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which you think fits best according to the text. Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. An eye for detail Artist Susan Shepherd is best known for her flower paintings, and the large garden that surrounds her house is the source of many of her subjects. It is full of her favourite flowers, most especially varieties of tulips and poppies. Some of the plants are unruly and seed themselves all over the garden. There is a harmony of colour, shape and structure in the two long flower borders that line the paved path which crosses the garden from east to west. Much of this is due to the previous owners who were keen gardeners, and who left plants that appealed to Susan. She also inherited the gardener, Danny. ‘In fact, it was really his garden,’ she says. ‘We got on very well. At first he would say, “Oh, it’s not worth it” to some of the things I wanted to put in, but when I said I wanted to paint them, he recognised what I had in mind.’ Susan prefers to focus on detailed studies of individual plants rather than on the garden as a whole, though she will occasionally paint a group of plants where they are. More usually, she picks them and then takes them up to her studio. ‘I don’t set the whole thing up at once,’ she says. ‘I take one flower out and paint it, which might take a few days, and then I bring in another one and build up the painting that way. Sometimes it takes a couple of years to finish.’ Her busiest time of year is spring and early summer, when the tulips are out, followed by the poppies. ‘They all come out together, and you’re so busy,’ she says. But the gradual decaying process is also part of the fascination for her. With tulips, for example, ‘you bring them in and put them in water, then leave them for perhaps a day and they each form themselves into different shapes. They open out and are fantastic. When you first put them in a vase, you think they are boring, but they change all the time with twists and turns.’ Susan has always been interested in plants: ‘I did botany at school and used to collect wild flowers from all around the countryside,’ she says. ‘I wasn’t particularly interested in gardening then; in fact, I didn’t like garden flowers, I thought they looked like the ones made of silk or plastic that were sold in some florists’ shops - to me, the only real ones were wild. I was intrigued by the way they managed to flower in really awkward places, like cracks in rocks or on cliff tops.’ Nowadays, the garden owes much to plants that originated in far-off lands, though they seem as much at home in her garden as they did in China or the Himalayas. She has a come-what- may attitude to the garden, rather like an affectionate aunt who is quite happy for children to run about undisciplined as long as they don’t do any serious damage. With two forthcoming exhibitions to prepare for, and a ready supply of subject material at her back door, finding time to work in the garden has been difficult recently. She now employs an extra gardener but, despite the need to paint, she knows that, to maintain her connection with her subject matter, ‘you have to get your hands dirty’. line 12 Level B2 2 Paper 1 Reading 1 In the first paragraph, the writer describes Susan’s garden as A having caused problems for the previous owners. B having a path lined with flowers. C needing a lot of work to keep it looking attractive. D being only partly finished. 2 What does ‘this’ in line 12 refer to? A the position of the path B the number of wild plants C the position of the garden D the harmony of the planting 3 What does Susan say about Danny? A He felt she was interfering in his work. B He immediately understood her feelings. C He was recommended by the previous owners. D He was slow to see the point of some of her ideas. 4 What is Susan’s approach to PET 2 Europe Level B1 1 TEST 1 PAPER 1 READING AND WRITING (1 hour 30 minutes) READING PART 1 Questions 1-5 * Look at the text in each question. * What does it say? * Mark the letter next to the correct explanation - A, B or C - on your answer sheet. Example: 0 A B C Do not leave your bicycle touching the window. Do not ride your bicycle in this area. Broken glass may damage your bicycle tyres. Example answer: 1 Whose textbook does Natalie want to borrow? A B C Ken's Maria's Francesco's PET 2 Europe Level B1 2 2 A B C Users must lock the car park after leaving. People can park here while they are at work. This car park is for employees only. 3 A B C The basketball team only wants to see experienced players. There aren't enough team members available on Friday. The Bart on College team will visit the gym later today. 4 A B C All Sunday evening tickets are already sold. You must book tickets for Sunday in advance. A ticket is not necessary for Sunday evening. 5 A B C Giacomo will be able to see Charlo tte early tomorrow morning. Charlotte needs to arrive in time for Giacomo's meeting tomorrow. Giacomo can collect Charlotte from the airport tomorrow afternoon. PET 2 Europe Level B1 3 PART 2 Question 6-10 * The people below all want to go to the cinema. * On the opposite page there are descriptions of eight films. * Decide which film (letters A-H) would be the most suitable for each person or poeple (numbers 6-10). * For each of these numbers mark the correct letter on your answer sheet. 6 Jo is studying art at university. She usually goes to the cinema on Friday evenings. She enjoys films that are based on real life and from which she can learn something. 7 Sheila has decided to take her mother to the cinema for her birthday. They both like love stories that have happy endings. 8 Brian is a hard-working medical student. He doesn't have very much free time, but he likes going to the cinema to relax, and enjoys a good laugh. 9 Adam wants to take his 8-year-old son Mark to the cinema at the weekend. They want to see a film with plenty of excitement. 10 Harry and Joyce go to the cinema about twice a month. They particularly like detective stories and do not pay much attention to which actors are in the film. PET 2 Europe Level B1 4 A The Delivery Jim Treace stars in this well-known comedy about two workmen who have to deliver a long piece of wood to a house. But unfortunately the performances are poor, and the film is too long for such a simple joke. B And Tomorrow We Find You A fast-moving adult story about a San Francisco policeman in danger. Based on a real-life happening, it keeps you guessing right until the last minute. Although there are no big stars, there are some fine performances. C The Ends of the Earth A story based on a real- life journey to the South Pole. This film contains some quite wonderful wildlife photography- make sure you see it while you have the chance, or you'll be sorry. D Island of Fire You get spectacular scenery and lots of thrills in this action- packed story, in which a young sea-captain rescues terrified villagers from a volcanic island in the South Seas. E Out of School Here we live through a day in the life of an American teenager who has problems not only with his parents and their boring friends but also with his first girlfriend who just doesn't seem to understand him. F A Time of Silence Don't forget your handkerchief for this story of a young college boy and girl who manage to survive all the pressures of modern life. And what an unforgettable wedding scene! G A Private Party A wonderfully funny comedy, which takes place in the 1940s. A reporter VnDoc - Tải tài liệu, văn bản pháp luật, biểu mẫu miễn phí TOPICS OF SPEAKING TEST 1. Home and family 2. Learning a foreign language 3. Transport 4. Hobbies and entertainment 5. Sport and games 6. Health and welfare 7. Education 8. Houses 9. Holidays 10. Social problems 11. Economic development 12. Environment 13. Food 14. Fashion 1. Home and family (Gia đình) My name is TVC. I come from Thai Binh. I was born in a big family with my grandmother, my parents and my two brothers. My gandmother is a kind and beautiful old women. She always tells me old stories and teaches me how to cook. It is good for my life in the future. My parents have a small restaurant. Everyday, they must work very hard to earn money. My older brother is an engineer of informatic technology. Now, he is working in Mobi company. I like him so much because he gives me some money every month. My younger brother is a student. Now, he is studying at Ha Noi University of Aricutule. He wants to study further with a scholarship in a famous country after graduation. My brothers are very intelligent. I am always proud of my family. I like the atmosphere in my family. We have dinner together every day. We often talk about our work, the weather, educating children during the meal. After dinner, we watch the news and films. Sometimes, we comment on the content of the films or football matches. Moreover, we go on holiday once a year. We enjoy many activities together on the beach or in the mountains. I happy, beaucause I have a wonderfull family. informatic infə:'mætik technology: kỹ sư công nghệ thông tin further 'fə:đə] (học bổng) scholarship 'skɔlə∫ip graduation grædʒu'ei∫n: proud praud (hãnh diện) atmosphere 'ætməsfiə comment 'kɔment (bình luận) VnDoc - Tải tài liệu, văn bản pháp luật, biểu mẫu miễn phí 2. Learning foreign language (Học ngôn ngữ nước ngoài) Nowadays, learning foreign languages is very important, especially English. English is very necessary in social communication in many countries. There are some advantages of learning English. Firstly, if you are good at E, you can read any document that is necessary for your study. Secondly, you can find a good job with a high salary with good E skill. Furthermore, nowadays, E is a global language. Learning E will help you to communicate with foreign people from around the world more easily. It also helps you open your mind. As for me, I am not good at English but I will spend more time on English in the near future. I believe my E skill will be better if I am hard-working. foreign 'fɔrin in social 'sou∫l (tính xã hội) necessary 'nesisəri communication (sự giao tiếp) Furthermore (hơn nữa) global 'gloubəl (toàn cầu) It also (ngoài ra) salary (lương) spend more time: sử dụng thời gian nhiều hơn communicate kə'mju:nikeit (truyền đạt) 3. Transport (Giao thông vận tải) I’m going to tell you about transport problems in Vietnam. Firtsly, Transport in VN is very terible. Especially, in big cities like Hanoi, there are too many motorbikes on the road and people don’t follow the traffic laws. They cross the road while the lights are red. They may be the reasons why there are too many accidents in Vietnam. Another problem of transport in Vietnam is road systems. They are too old and narrow. They should be repaired. More new roads should be built. In my opinion, now the most necessary solutions to the transport problems in Vietnam are educating people, especially young people about traffic laws and building more modern road systems. reasons 'ri:zn: lý do opinion ə'piniən VnDoc - Tải tài liệu, văn bản pháp luật, biểu mẫu miễn phí 4. Hobbies (sở thích riêng) and entertainment (giải trí) I have a lot of hobbies. For example :play football, travelling or listen to music…. But today, I’m going to tell you about My favourite sport. My most favourite sport is Hocthuat.vn – Tài liệu online miễn phí Test PAPER READING (1 hour) Part You are going to read a magazine article about an artist who paints flowers For questions 1-8, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which you think fits best according to the text Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet An eye for detail Level B2 Hocthuat.vn – Tài liệu online miễn phí line 12 Artist Susan Shepherd is best known for her flower paintings, and the large garden that surrounds her house is the source of many of her subjects It is full of her favourite flowers, most especially varieties of tulips and poppies Some of the plants are unruly and seed themselves all over the garden There is a harmony of colour, shape and structure in the two long flower borders that line the paved path which crosses the garden from east to west Much of this is due to the previous owners who were keen gardeners, and who left plants that appealed to Susan She also inherited the gardener, Danny „In fact, it was really his garden,‟ she says „We got on very well At first he would say, “Oh, it‟s not worth it” to some of the things I wanted to put in, but when I said I wanted to paint them, he recognised what I had in mind.‟ Susan prefers to focus on detailed studies of individual plants rather than on the garden as a whole, though she will occasionally paint a group of plants where they are More usually, she picks them and then takes them up to her studio „I don‟t set the whole thing up at once,‟ she says „I take one flower out and paint it, which might take a few days, and then I bring in another one and build up the painting that way Sometimes it takes a couple of years to finish.‟ Her busiest time of year is spring and early summer, when the tulips are out, followed by the poppies „They all come out together, and you‟re so busy,‟ she says But the gradual decaying process is also part of the fascination for her With tulips, for example, „you bring them in and put them in water, then leave them for perhaps a day and they each form themselves into different shapes They open out and are fantastic When you first put them in a vase, you think they are boring, but they change all the time with twists and turns.‟ Susan has always been interested in plants: „I did botany at school and used to collect wild flowers from all around the countryside,‟ she says „I wasn‟t particularly interested in gardening then; in fact, I didn‟t like garden flowers, I thought they looked like the ones made of silk or plastic that were sold in some florists‟ shops - to me, the only real ones were wild I was intrigued by the way they managed to flower in really awkward places, like cracks in rocks or on cliff tops.‟ Nowadays, the garden owes much to plants that originated in far-off lands, though they seem as much at home in her garden as they did in China or the Himalayas She has a come-whatmay attitude to the garden, rather like an affectionate aunt who is quite happy for children to run about undisciplined as long as they don‟t any serious damage With two forthcoming exhibitions to prepare for, and a ready supply of subject material at her back door, finding time to work in the garden has been difficult recently She now employs an extra gardener but, despite the need to paint, she knows that, to maintain her connection with her subject matter, „you have to get your hands dirty‟ Paper Reading In the first paragraph, the writer describes Susan‟s garden as A having caused problems for the previous owners B having a path lined with flowers C needing a lot of work to keep it looking attractive Level B2 Hocthuat.vn – Tài liệu online miễn phí D being only partly finished What does „this‟ in line 12 refer to? A the position of the path B the number of wild plants C the position of the garden D the harmony of the planting What does Susan say about Danny? A He felt she was interfering in his work B He immediately understood her feelings C He was recommended by the previous owners D He was slow to see the [...]... science and engineering at university in Britain Only 14% of those who have gone for engineering (12) … at university this year are women, although this figure does represent an improvement on the 7% recorded some years ago Level C1 12 VnDoc - Tải tài liệu, văn bản pháp luật, biểu mẫu miễn phí 1 A foremost B uppermost C predominant D surpassing 2 A styled B shaped C built D modelled 3 A in B by C on... spend UNABLE One in every five people is thought their spending under control 50 My passport needs renewing because I’m going abroad this summer GET I need because I’m going abroad this summer Level C1 18 VnDoc - Tải tài liệu, văn bản pháp luật, biểu mẫu miễn phí Test 1 PAPER 4 LISTENING (approximately 40 minutes) Part 1 You will hear three different extracts For questions 1—6, choose... accessible B feasible C reachable D obtainable 11 A characters B parts C states D roles 12 A options B alternatives C selections D preferences Level C1 13 VnDoc - Tải tài liệu, văn bản pháp luật, biểu mẫu miễn phí Part 2 For questions 13-27, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap Use only one word in each gap There is an example at the beginning (0) Write your answers IN CAPITAL... made a major DOUBT contribution to twentieth-century thought and many useful insights into psychological processes have been gained through his work Level C1 15 VnDoc - Tải tài liệu, văn bản pháp luật, biểu mẫu miễn phí Part 4 For questions 38-42, think of one word only which can be used appropriately in all three sentences Here is an example (0) Example: 0 The committee decided to the money equally... the company single-handed after her husband’s death 42 This is the exact where the famous scene from the film was shot When they felt the first of rain, they gathered the picnic together and rushed inside The high of my trip around India was definitely the trip to Calcutta Level C1 16 VnDoc - Tải tài liệu, văn bản pháp luật, biểu mẫu miễn phí Part 5 For questions 43-50, complete the second... the plot and say why you think Lucky Jim would be interesting for other students Write your report (b) John Grisham: The Pelican Brief As part of your course you have chosen to write an essay with the following title ‘Who is the most corrupt character in The Pelican Brief? 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