Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of stress in each of the following questions.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Read the following advertisement/school announcement and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct option that bestfits each of the numbered blanks from 10 to 15.
WANT TO BE A volunteer?
If you are interested (10)…….. a volunteer work and want to get practical experience in teaching citizens how to use digital public services, we invite you to become a UNDP volunteer.
Selection criteria:
- Over 18 years old;
- Experienced PC user;
- Experienced user of digital signature and digital services;
- Advanced user of mobile applications;
- Good oral skills;
- Availability of a computer with a video camera and audio system,
(11)……..selected candidates will undergo online training on teaching citizens how to use digital public services and will work remotely (during the lockdown) and through “Government for Citizens” Public Corporation’s regional branches (after the lockdown) in their regions.
The duration of the volunteer practice is 6 months (June-November 2020).
Workload – not less than 10 hours per week
Language skills - Kazakh, Russian
In order to participate in volunteer practice, please, send your CV, motivation letter and (12) letter from employers (for students from teachers) to e-mail: urkiya.janzakova@undp.org
Applications are accepted from all regions of Kazakhstan until May 2, 2020.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF SCHOOL Reopening
We are excited to announce we will officially resume in-person classes as of [Date]! We truly appreciate the outpouring of support over the past several weeks. Our community has come together in so many ways and has exemplified the true meaning of having a black belt mentality. Because we care for your health and safety, we ask that you take note of some policy updates we’ve (14)…to ensure we are adhering to the highest standard with physical distancing and sanitization procedures. How you can help keep our building healthy and clean:
- Parents (13)….to please drop off and pick up students. This helps us to reduce the group sizes within our facility. We will stream our classes live, so you can watch your children participate in class and be ready for pick up when class wraps up.
- Students should arrive ready to train in their uniforms.
- Everyone should keep moving after classes. We understand you haven’t seen your [Business Name] friends in a while, but we must continue to maintain social distancing and also allow the staff time to disinfect.
- You should expect to show up for class no more than 5 minutes ahead of the start time to minimize the number of people in the building.
- We will be checking temperatures using a touch-free Infrared forehead thermometer. Please expect this before you enter the building.
(15) _________ you have any questions, please contact us.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct arrangement of the sentences to make a meaningful paragraph/letter in each of the following questions.
Question 16:
a. Also, doing housework promote independence, sense of responsibility.
b. Additionally, students develop such important skills as organizational skills and better time management.
c. Firstly, students who do housework gain valuable real-world experience which can help in their life skills
d. Finally, Build self-esteem and confidence in their abilities, especially when the children complete their tasks and are recognized and encouraged by their parents
e. Children benefit from doing house work in many ways.
Question 17:
a. My math teacher asked me to spend more time on it. I must study harder next semester in order to improve it.
b.Dear Kate,Thanks for your letter, I'm pleased to hear that you and your family are well. Now I write this letter to tell you about my study ay school.
c. I'm looking foward to seeing your letter.
d. I received my first semester report last week. I got good grades for Science, English and History, but my math result was poor.
e. How about you ? Please write soon and tell me all your news.
f. Best wishes.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct option that bestfits each of the numbered blanks from 18 to 23.
Nowadays, media development has many positive influences in human’s life. People have lots of sources to get information and take entertainment such as television, radio, Internet, etc. but nobody can deny the importance as well as the benefits of reading books.
First, reading books helps us widen our knowledge. Vietnamese has a proverb which means(18)….., if we always stay at home with our mother, we will never be wise. However, nowadays, not only does reading books costs less money but it is also more comfortable than taking a trip. We just lie on the couch and comprehensive what is happening in the books. Thanks to the wide range of books such as science, literature, astronomy, archeology, biology, physics, etc. we can get information focus on our own fields as well as the others. The more books we have read, the more knowing we have obtained.
Secondly, reading books helps us improve our expression ability like writing and speaking. The writing style of some our favorite writers will affect ours. Especially, (19)….., we will not only know more about that country but also have chance to improve our reading skill, learn new words which can be used to better our essays.
Last but not least, reading books helps us relax after a hard-working day. It is also an interest for everybody who does not like to visit crowded places at the weekend. They like quiet atmosphere and (20)………. They meet their stories, their lives in books(21)…………. Reading books makes them happy and relieve stress.
In conclusion, reading books is so important and has many benefits. It not only (22)……..become more clever but also bring us happiness. Therefore, everyone (23)…….as much as possible.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct option that bestfits each of the numbered blanks from 24 to 28.
A stinky gym bug in your kitchen? Who will be more upset by the smell - the men or the women in your family? (24) _______ scientists suggest that women not only smell, but feel, taste, and hear more accurately than men.
Take colors, for example. One study suggests that men are not as good as women at distinguishing between (25) _______ of color, although they focus well on rapidly changing images. As for touch, small fingers have a finer sense of touch, whether male or female.
Hearing is possibly one of the most debated areas, when talking about the senses. Evidence shows that boys hear as well as girls at birth, but with age, a man’s hearing may soon deteriorate. (26) _______, environmental factors could play a role in this. Women may also be better at identifying different flavors (27) _______ need both taste and smell to experience, as studies have shown that they have more taste buds on their tongue.
Going back to the smelly gym bag - yes, it’s likely that Mom will be the most (28) _______ out by it. But is that because women’s brains have more ‘smell cells’ or because you were too lazy to move it?
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 29 to 33.
Dogs originally came from wolves. Wolves look a lot like dogs, but they are bigger. They are also quite fierce. At some point, some wolves changed through evolution. Some of them were smaller and gentler. These nicer wolves were the first dogs. No one knows for sure when this happened or why. Some people say it happened naturally over 50,000 years ago. Others say people made it happen between 15 000 and 50 000 years ago.
However they came to be, people quickly saw that dogs were useful. Scientists who study humans say the first tame dogs appeared with humans about 13,000 years ago in the Middle East. Not long after there were dogs in Asia, Africa, Europe and eventually, North America. These dogs were probably used mostly for hunting and traveling. They were also good companions.
Dogs were an important part of life in ancient Egypt. Egyptian dogs were used not only for hunting but as guards and warriors as well. They believed the god that guarded hell was a dog. Ancient Egyptians also named their pet dogs. Some popular names meant Brave One, Reliable, North-wind, Blacky, and Useless.
Dogs were also good ancient Roman warriors. The Roman army used dogs all over Europe. Sometimes the dogs were attack dogs, but other times the dogs were messengers.
There are many different kinds of dogs today. How could they all come from wolves? There are many different explanations. Some scientists believe that dogs mixed with other animals from the Canidae family. This includes coyotes, foxes and jackals. Most scientists also believe that evolution and breeding influenced the variation. Later, people found breeds of dogs they liked and combined them to make all new breeds. In this way. people are still helping new breeds to appear today!
Question 29: Which of the following best states the main idea of the reading?
Question 31: According to some scientists, when did the first tame dogs appear with humans?
Question 33: According to the reading, which of the following is TRUE?
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 34 to 40.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 34 to 40.
Many people see large urban cities as a wonder of human imagination and creativity. They represent how far the human population has come in terms of community development. Despite its positive things, there are also negatives from urbanization on the physical health of humans living.
As it would be expected, developing countries tend to see more negative physical health effects than modern countries in regard to urbanization. One example of a developing country experiencing these problems is China. China is a country that in the past 30-40 years went from being an agrarian based society to a significant industrialized country. This industrialization has in effect caused the need for more centralized cities, centralized meaning having lots of jobs and living spaces within a close proximity. In most recent decades, since China’s change to being more of an industrial based economy, the country has experienced record high numbers of people migrating within its borders. In effect, the number of cities with over 500,000 people has more than doubled. These migrations are typically of people from rural areas of China moving to the new urban areas. Due to this large influx in the urban population, there are many possibilities for health challenges among these people.
One very common and fairly obvious negative aspect of highly congested urban areas is air pollution. It could include particulate matter, most commonly attributed to industrial plants and refineries waste, or chemicals like CO2 or Methane. Due to a vast number of people in these urbanized cities, the air pollution is known to be very extreme. These conditions can lead to many different health problems such as: Asthma, cardiovascular problems or disease. When exposed to these conditions for a prolonged period of time, one can experience even more detrimental health effects like: the acceleration of aging, loss of lung capacity and health, being more susceptible to respiratory diseases, and a shortened life span.
Another way that urbanization affects the populations’ health is people’s change in diet. For instance, urban cities tend to have lots of accessible, quick, and easy to get food. This food is also more than likely not as high quality as well as contains a large amount of sodium and sugar. Because this food is so accessible, people tend to eat it more. This increase in consumption of low-quality food can then lead to diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, obesity, or many other health conditions.
Question 34: Which of the following could be served as the best title for the passage?
Question 39: Why are urban populations easy to get diseases from food, according to the last paragraph?
Question 40: What can be inferred from the passage?