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Code 4 - Page 1 of READING PAPER 4 Time permitted: 60 minutes Number of questions: 40 _______________________________________________________________________ Directions:In this section you will read FOUR different passages. Each one is followed by 10 questions about it. For questions 1-40, you are to choose the best answer A, B, C or D, to each question. Then, on your answer sheet, find the number of the question and fill in the space that corresponds to the letter of the answer you have chosen. Answer all questions following a passage on the basis of what is stated or implied in that passage. You have 60 minutes to answer all the questions, including the time to transfer your answers to the answer sheet. PASSAGE 1 – Questions 1-10 Vietnam, a one-party Communist state, has one of south-east Asia's fastest-growing economies and has set its sights on becoming a developed nation by 2020. It became a unified country once more in 1975 when the armed forces of the Communist north seized the south. Vietnam is located on the eastern Indochina Peninsula. Because of differences in latitude and the marked variety in topographical relief, the climate tends to vary considerably from place to place. During the winter or dry season, extending roughly from November to April, the monsoon winds usually blow from the northeast along the Chinese coast and across the Gulf of Tonkin, picking up considerable moisture. Consequently, the winter season in most parts of the country is dry only by comparison with the rainy or summer season. In 2014, the population of Vietnam stood at approximately 90.7 million people. The population had grown significantly from the 1979 census, which showed the total population of reunified Vietnam to be 52.7 million. In 2012, the country's population was estimated at approximately 90.3 million. Currently, the total fertility rate of Vietnam is 1.8 (births per woman), which is largely due to the government's family planning policy and the two-child policy.
Code 4 - Page 2 of The official national language of Vietnam is Vietnamese a tonal Mon–Khmer language which is spoken by the majority of the population.Vietnam has an extensive state-controlled network of schools, colleges and universities, and a growing number of privately run and partially privatized institutions. General education in Vietnam is divided into five categories: kindergarten, elementary schools, middle schools, high schools, and universities. A large number of public schools have been constructed across the country to raise the national literacy rate, which stood at 90.3% in 2008. Vietnam has become a major tourist destination since the 1990s, assisted by significant state and private investment, particularly in coastal regions. About 3.77 million international tourists visited Vietnam in 2009 alone.Popular tourist destinations include the former imperial capital of Hue, the World Heritage Sites of Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, Hoi An and My Son, coastal regions such as Nha Trang, the caves of HaLong Bay and the Marble Mountains. Numerous tourist projects are under construction, such as the Binh Duong tourist complex, which possesses the largest artificial sea in Southeast Asia. 1. What does the word “It” in paragraph 1 refer to? A. Asia B. Vietnam C. Communist state D. A unified country 2. Why does the climate of Vietnam tend to change significantly from region to region? A. Because of the monsoon winds B. Because of the winter or dry season C. Because of differences in latitude and the marked variety in topographical relief D. Because of the rainy or summer season 3. How many people were there in Vietnam in 2012? A. 90.7 million B. 52.7 million C. 90.3 million
Code 4 - Page 3 of D. 1.8 million 4. Why is the present fertility rate of Vietnam 1.8? A. Because the population had grown significantly from the 1979 census . B. Because the government has taken part in family-planning and two-child policy. C. Because the total population of reunified Vietnam was 52.7 million , D. Because the government has carried out family-planning and two-child policy. 5. How many levels are there in the education system? A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6 6. The word “which” in paragraph 3 refers to _______ A. The country's population was estimated at approximately 90.3 million B. The total fertility rate of Vietnam is 1.8. C. The country's population . D. The fertility rate 7. Which of the following words does the word “extensive” have closest meaning to? A. Vast B. Restricted C. Comfortable D. Spacious 8. Which of the following words does the word “assisted” have closest meaning to? A. Attended B. Aided C. Altered D. Entertained 9. How does the author illustrate the development of Vietnam tourism? A. By giving the number of visitors who travel to Vietnam and naming the beauty spots in this country. B. By giving the statistics about tourists' income.
Code 4 - Page 4 of C. By comparing Vietnam tourism with other countries’. D. By traveling to many beauty spots in Vietnam. 10. What is the writer’s purpose in writing this text? A. To support the development of Vietnam. B. To provide general information about Vietnam. C. To advertise the development of Vietnam. D. To compare Vietnam with other countries. PASSAGE 2 – Questions 11-20 Every year for many years the people of Milpa Alta, Mexico, have prepared a feast in the week before Christmas. Sixty thousand tamales and 15,000 litres of hot chocolate are made in less than a week, not too much and not too little for the thousands of people who show up for the feast. The feast is called La Rejunta and is made for pilgrims preparing for the long walk to the holy cave of El Señor de Chalma on January 3rd. The people responsible for organising La Rejunta are called the majordomos. It’s an honour to be chosen and so many people want to do it that the waiting list is full until 2046. The stages in the organisation of La Rejunta are the same every year. Tradition is important to the Milpa Alta people. Corn has been grown here for hundreds of years and the name of the region means ‘high cornfield’. Local farmers grow most of the corn, meat, and vegetables needed as ingredients for the meal. And a year before the event, the men go to the forest and collect wood that they pile up high near the home of the majordomo so that it will be properly dried before it’s used for open-air cooking. This year’s majordomos are Virginia Meza Torres and her husband Fermín Lara Jiménez. ‘There is an infinity of things to do,’ Virginia Meza Torres says firmly, as if to indicate there is no time to talk. Virginia is heading to the local offices to get the necessary permits and Fermín sets off into the countryside in search of more ingredients. They leave their daughter Montserrat Lara Meza in charge. She is a 24-year-old graduate student who’s come home to help her parents for the week. Volunteers are starting to arrive and Montserrat wanders down the hill to a shed to see how the toasting of the corn is