Đề thi tuyển dụng FPT – Tiếng anh B – Đề 1

Đề thi tuyển dụng FPT – Tiếng anh B – Đề 1
THE CORPORATION FOR FINANCING AND
PROMOTING TECHNOLOGY
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ENGLISH TEST
Time allowed: 60 minutes
50 questions
PART 1
Read the letter below and choose the opinion A, B, C or D which best fits each gap.
Dear Mr. Hill,
With (1)_____ to your advertisement in the educational Gazette I would like to (2)_____ for one of the scholarships your Trust is offering to students who wish to continue their (3)_____ at a British university.
I am 22 years old and have just (4)_____ in English Philology from the Complutense University in Madrid, Spain. I am very interested in doing a master’s degree in English Literature. My (5)_____ interest is the English playwright Arnold Wesker. However, it is almost impossible for me to study Wesker here in Spain, as he is not very well-known. I would really need to come to Britain. Unfortunately, the (6)_____ cost of university fees in your country makes that almost impossible. I would be leaving away from home. My parents could contribute something towards my keep but that’s all.
My (7)_____ of English is good. I passed the Cambridge First Certificate examination last year with grade A. I hope you will (8)_____ my application.
Yours sincerely,
Carmen Moreno
1. A  connection                   B  reference                 C  relation                   D  concern
2. A  demand                       B  request                    C  inquire                    D  apply
3. A  career                           B  studies                    C  interests                  D  subjects
4. A  completed                   B  finished                  C  graduated               D  studied
5. A  peculiar                        B  general                    C  individual               D  particular
6. A  big                               B  extremely                C  high                        D  expensive
7. A  level                             B  proficiency                         C  grade                      D  stage
8. A  pass                             B  consider                  C  agree                       D  regard
PART 2
Read the text below and fill each gap with one suitable word. An example is given.
THE FOUR-YEAR-OLD UNDERGRADUATE
A child prodigy of four is receiving computer lessons at Brunel University, in London. Nicholas MacMahon (0)__is__ studying at university because he is (9)_____ clever for school. A senior lecturer at the university, Valso Koshy, said (10)_____ boy was remarkably intelligent.
Nicholas spoke fluently before he was one and (11)_____ the time he was 18 months old he was taking telephone messages. This (12)_____ soon followed by conversational French. These are the trademarks of a highly-gifted child, unusual (13)_____ not unique. The strange thing (14)_____ Nicholas is his reading- he taught(15)_____ to read before he could speak. Ms Koshy, (16)_____ expert on gifted children, says Nicholas is quite exceptional. Yet ‘exceptional’ understates his amazing ability (17)_____ read, almost from birth. ‘He was talking when he was one (18)_____ we realized from the start he (19)_____ read,’ his father said. ‘Soon after, he was correcting my spelling, words like caterpillar. Now he identifies insects by (20)_____ Latin names’.
The list (21)_____ achievements is impressive, but frightening. A four-year-old who (22)_____ tell a Boeing 747 from a DC10, devours encyclopaedias, reads The Daily Telegraph and is well on the way to becoming a violin virtuoso is (23)_____ normal.
PART 3
Complete this summary of Marisol’s trip. Fill each gap with a word or expression to do with airports and traveling by air from the box below. An example is given.
duty-free         took off           immigration        departure lounge      gate                 runway
stewardess       check-in           passengers          excess baggage         landed             customs
scheduled        charter             baggage claim    boarding card           crew                aisle
Last autumn, Marisol went to England for a holiday. She took a (0)__charter___ flight rather than a (24)_____ one because it was much cheaper. She arrived at the airport and went straight to the (25)_____ desk where the ground steward gave her a (26)_____ with her seat number on it. She had too much luggage and she was almost charged for (27)_____ . Unfortunately, she was too late for a window seat and had to sit by the (28)_____ . Afterwards, she went to the (29)_____ and waited for her flight to be called. Eventually, after a short delay, she was told to go to (30)_____ number 19 and boarded the plane. The captain welcomed the (31)_____ aboard on behalf of himself and the rest of the (32)_____ . The plane (33)_____ from the (34)_____ and the flight went smoothly. After she had had a meal, the air (35)_____ came round offering (36)_____ goods. Marisol bought some perfume and cigarettes. As soon as the plane had (37)_____ at London Airport, she went to the (38)_____area to pick up her luggage. At first, she thought she had lost it and gave a description to a clerk. Fortunately, just as she was about to leave the airport, the luggage turned up. Half an hour later, she passed through (39)_____and (40)_____ and met her friend and her parents who had been waiting for her.
PART 4
Read the passage and answer questions 41-50.
HOW TO WRITE A WINNING RESUME
The main purpose of a resume is to convince an employer to grant you an interview. There are two kinds. One is the familiar “tombstone” that lists where you went to school and where you’ve worked in chronological order. The other is what I call the “functional” resume- descriptive, fun to read, unique to you and much more likely to land you an interview.
It’s handy to have a “tombstone” for certain occasions. But prospective employers throw away most of those unrequested “tombstone” lists, preferring to interview the quick rather than the dead.
What follows are tips on wri ... (34)__ is done to reduce the volume of waste generated, because disposal costs __(35)__ relatively modest.
Things are different in Denmark. There the government __(36)__ in the waste disposal process beginning __(37)__ the front end. Together with industry, the government formed a corporation to establish and __(38)__ waste disposal facilities. This company, called Kommunichem, has a __(39)__ on waste disposal. Generators of hazardous waste __(40)__ ship their waste to one of Kommunichem’s disposal facilities. In this system, there is no price competition in the waste disposal business.
31. A  solution          B  license                     C  importance              D  goal
32. A  not                  B  just                          C  besides                    D  something
33. A  survive            B  efficient                  C  gain                         D  prosper
34. A  more               B  this                          C  recycling                 D  little
35. A  still                 B  have                        C  remain                     D  cheap
36. A  interferes        B  participates             C  involves                  D  control
37. A  to                    B  by                           C  of                            D  at
38. A  operate           B  found                      C  prepare                    D  generate
39. A  power                         B  profit                      C  monopoly               D  responsibility
40. A  help                B  disposal                  C  take                         D  must
PART FIVE
Most of the lines in this text contain an unnecessary word. A few of the lines are correct. Read the text carefully, find the extra words and write them down in your answer sheet. Tick any lines that are correct. Two examples are given.
0 Having a bad memory can be dangerous. Have you ever left            ___ü___
00 from the house without remembering to turn off the gas                   __from__
41 and almost have caused a fire? I have. And more than once
42 time as well. Now even when I remember to do it I
43 convince to myself that I have forgotten. The picture in
44 my mind is so vivid that I rush home imagining that fire-
45 engines outside of and flames pouring through the
46 window. But of course I find everything in order.
47 Forgetting things can be too embarrassing as well. I may
48 seem like incredible but on one occasion I actually forgot
49 the name of my flat-mate. We had known us each other for
50 two years. I didn’t dare ask her that- she would have
thought I was mad- and two whole days passed before I
finally remembered. If I’m honest, I have to admit that it was
embarrassing and worrying. However, there are advantages.
You can avoid unpleasant experiences like the trips to dentist
simply by forgetting you had an appointment.
KEY
1.
F
26.
Get in touch with
2.
A
27.
Pros and cons
3.
G
28.
First-hand
4.
D
29.
Colleagues
5.
C
30.
Compassionate
6.
F
31.
D
7.
T
32.
A
8.
T
33.
C
9.
F
34.
D
10.
F
35.
C
11.
F
36.
B
12.
T
37.
D
13.
F
38.
A
14.
T
39.
C
15.
T
40.
D
16.
F
41.
Have
17.
A
42.
Time
18.
C
43.
To
19.
G
44.
that
20.
E
45.
Of
21.
D
46.
ü
22.
Pointless
47.
Too
23.
Compromise
48.
Like
24.
Rewarding
49.
Us
25.
Tricky
50.
That
Đề thi tuyển dụng FPT – Tiếng Anh B – Đề 3
THE CORPORATION FOR FINANCING AND
PROMOTING TECHNOLOGY
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ENGLISH TEST
Time allowed: 60 minutes
50 questions
Part 1
Read the following article and choose the best answers to questions 1-5.
Secrets of the Face
Is it really possible to judge someone’s character from their face? The Chinese seem to think so. For over 2,000 years they have been practising Siang Mien, which is the art of judging character and predicting fortune from an analysis of the face. It developed in the ancient imperial courts of China and consisted of  jealously guarded secrets that were hidden away in special books which only a very few could look at.
These secrets cannot have been that well guarded and must have got out because practically all Chinese practise some form of face analysis. Mothers tell their daughters that men with flat noses and small ear lobes will make shy and rather dull husbands.
So how does this analysis work? Well, to start with, people’s faces can be classified according to one of ten basic shapes, each of which has its own special name. A triangular face, for example, is called a fire-face. One which is square is known as a wall-face, while one which is diamond shaped is a jade-face. There are even bucket-faces!
Once the basic shape has been decided, then parts of the face such as the eyes, nose, chin and mouth can be analyzed in their turn. People who have not got conventional or beautiful faces should not worry, as ugly people tend to be lucky.
Anyway, let us see how Siang Mien works by using Princess Diana as a practical example. To begin with, we can say that she has got a jade-face which means that she must be strong-willed. This shape also belongs to people who are said to have had difficult chilhoods. As you may know, the Princess’s parents were divorced when she was a child and this time must have been a period of great unhappiness.
Turning to more specific features, we can see that one eye is a little larger than the other. It is a known fact that people with eyes of different sizes are often brought up by stepparents. They are also believed to be charming as well as being capable of great jealousy. We can see from her photographs that the top of her ears goes above the line of her eyebrows. People who have high ears such as hers are likely to become famous before the age of 30, while those who combine this with eyes of different sizes will be lucky.
1. Siang Mien
A  was a secret art.
B  was known by emperors.
C  is quite recent.
D  is generally practised.
2. Chinese mothers think men with
A  big ears are exciting.
B  small ear lobes are kind.
C  flat noses are not interesting.
D  small ear lobes and flat noses can’t be trusted.
3. A jade-face is best described as
A  flat at the bottom and pointed at the top.
B  pointed at the top and bottom.
C  pointed at the bottom but flat at the top.
D  oval.
4. People with eyes of different sizes
A  often have stepparents.
B  are usually unhappy.
C  are often divorced.
D  are supposed to be generous.
5. Princess Diana
A  proves the truth of Siang Mian.
B  has low ears.
C  was over 30 when she became famous.
D  has an ordinary face.
Part 2
Read the following text and then select from the answer choices at the bottom of the text the word that best fills each blank.
If you ask most people to list what makes them like someone on first meeting, they will say personality, intelligence, and sense of humor. But they are probably deceiving themselves. The characteristic that impresses people the most (6)_____ meeting anyone, from a job applicant (7)_____ a classmate, is apprearance. Unfair(8)_____ it may seem, attractive people are frequently preferred (9)______ their less attractive peers. Research begun in the early 70s has shown that (10)_____ only do good looks influence such things as choice of friends and lovers, but they can also affect grades, selection for jobs, and (11)_____ the outcome of a trial. The very first research on this (12)_____ showed that the more attractive a person is, the more positive (13)_____ people will attribute to him or her. Attractive people are viewed as (14)______ happier, more sensitive, more interesting, and having better character than their less attractive counterparts.
Related research has investigated (15)_____ attractiveness influences sex typing, the tendency of people(16)_____ assign certain stereotypical qualities to each sex. Along with (17)_____ the good qualities people associate (18)_____ good looks, attractive people tend to fit easily into sexual stereotypes. For example, attractive women are often (19)_____ as being more feminine and attractive men as more masculine.
Good looks can be a serious (20)_____ for some people. (21)_____ women, in work situations that conflict with sexual stereotypes. For instance, attractive women might be (22)_____ a real disadvantage (23)_____ they aspire to occupations in (24)_____ stereotypically male traits, such as aggressiveness, are considered(25)_____ for success.
6. A. when                           B. for                           C. is                             D. important
7. A. for                               B. to                            C. as                            D. or
8. A. that                              B. advantage               C. as                            D. because
9. A. than                             B. from                        C. by                           D. over
10. A. the                               B. not                          C. people                     D. appearance
11. A. intelligence                  B. to                            C. even                        D. get
12. A. has                               B. research                  C. phenomenon           D. ease
13. A. impression                   B. the                          C. characteristics         D. other
14. A. being                           B. the                          C. more                       D. if
15. A. that                              B. how                        C. about                      D. on
16. A. can                               B. to                            C. who                        D. and
17. A. research                       B. some                       C. this                          D. all
18. A. the                               B. that                                     C. with                        D. also
19. A. tending                        B. perceived                C. said                         D. consider
20. A. disadvantage               B. advantage               C. matter                     D. reason
21. A. moreover                     B. especially                C. as                            D. for
22. A. at                                 B. in                            C. having                     D. taken
23. A. than                             B. when                       C. that                                     D. because
24. A. their                             B. which                      C. possessing               D. some
25. A. more                            B. negative                  C. necessary                D. as
Part 3
In most lines of the letter below, there is one unnecessary word. It is either a spelling error or does not fit in with the sense of the text. For each numbered line 26-35, find the unnecessary word and then write the word in the space on your answer sheet. Some lines are correct. Indicate these lines with a tick (ü). The exercise begins with two examples (0) and (00).
0
a
00
ü
0
00
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
Dear Andy,
Thanks a lot for the lovely letter. It was a great news about your promotion. Well done. I am really sorry for not having written earlier but life has been busy since moving here. What’s more, I have just started a new job.
I’ve been taken on as a shop assisstant in a bookshop store. The other staff are nice and friendly, and it’s quite well paid.
By the way, the other day I bumped into Anna Granger in a bookshop. Guess what! She has just moved here too. She told me some awfully news though. You’ll be sad to hear that Mr. Green, our old teacher, passed away last month. Poor Mr. Green. Still, life goes on.
Incidentally, I’ve aranged to go to the theatre to see ‘Cats’ with Anna in a couple of week time. Would you like to come too? You can stay at my place. Do let me know as I’ll have to get tickets.
Anyway, I must sign off as I want to catch the post.
Hope to see you soon.
Lots of love,
Celia
Part 4
Complete the story with the correct tenses of the verbs in brackets. An example is given.
Five years ago I ___had to____ (have to) make a big decision. At the time I ___36____ (work) for a small engineering company. However, things were not going very well for the company and it ___37____ (lose) money. One day while we ___38____ (work) as normal, the boss told us that the company ___39____ (be) bankrupt. We were all unemployed.
That lunch-time we went to the pub as usual. We were all very depressed. I ___40____ (work) at the company for over fifteen years and some of the people ___41____ (be) there longer than that. Well, of course we ___42____ (talk) about the problem. Then the landlord of the pub heard the news. He ___43____ (say): ‘Why don’t you buy the company?’ At first we all laughed, but then we started to discuss it properly. We ___44____ (know) the problems. The company ___45____ (lose) a lot of customers, because it ___46____ (not develop) new products. But finally we ___47____ (decide) to go for it.
So we bought the company. The first few years ___48____ (be) very difficult. But we worked hard and we ___49____ (have) a bit of luck. We finally turned the corner three years ago. Since then we ___50____ (do) pretty well. Last year we took on four new people and so far this year we have taken on another ten. It was a big gamble six years ago, but I haven’t regretted it for a minute.
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KEY
1.
A
26.
ü
2.
C
27.
Store
3.
B
28.
ü
4.
A
29.
A
5.
A
30.
Awfully
6.
A
31.
ü
7.
B
32.
ü
8.
C
33.
Aranged
9.
D
34.
week
10.
B
35.
ü
11.
C
36.
Was working
12.
C
37.
Was losing
13.
C
38.
Were working
14.
A
39.
Was
15.
B
40.
Had worked
16.
B
41.
Had been
17.
D
42.
Talked
18.
C
43.
Said
19.
B
44.
Knew
20.
A
45.
Had lost
21.
B
46.
Hadn’t developed
22.
A
47.
Decided
23.
B
48.
Were
24.
B
49.
Had
25.
C
50.
Have done