ĐỀ DỰ TUYỂN BUỔI 5 ĐỘI TUYỂN QUỐC GIA NĂM 2021 MÔN TIẾNG ANH - PRACTICE TEST FOR NEC 2021-2022 Mã A753240

PRACTICE TEST FOR NEC 2021-2022 A.LISTENING: Part 1: For questions 1-10, listen to a piece of news and supply the blanks with the missing information. Write NO MORE THAN FOUR WORDS taken from the recording for each answer in the space provided. Xinhua, the state news agency, said the fall of Kabul marked the collapse of America's 1. ________________. On Twitter, Hu Xijin, the editor of a nationalistic state newspaper, cited a joke circulating in China that the Taliban's takeover was smoother than the U.S. 2. _________________. "America's exit lowers 3. ____________ on China," says Zhu Yongbiao, an expert on Afghanistan at China's Lanzhou University. "The situation has positives for China, but the negatives 4. _____________ the positives. What China could stand to gain is quite modest." China claims the group encouraged Uyghurs inside China to engage in terrorist acts and trained fighters outside China. Chinese authorities have built a sprawling network of 5. ______________ and prisons in the Xinjiang region to contain hundreds of thousands of ethnic Uyghurs, who Beijing claims are predisposed to terrorism. The U.S. says the effort amounts to 6. _____________. Afghanistan provides China with a potential path to Iran and Turkey that avoids the Pacific Ocean, where the U.S. and its allies wield power. It also allows China to 7. ______________ Central Asian countries where Russia retains influence. What Beijing has offered the Taliban so far is an open hand and a hint of 8. ____________ "The Chinese state is just as happy to work with a democracy as it is with an autocracy, and in this case, perhaps with a 9. ___________," says Roberts. Still, Beijing has yet to officially recognize the Taliban as Afghanistan's new leaders. Until there's more stability, as well as clarity about Afghanistan's future, China seems likely to remain 10. ____________________.

Part 2: For questions 11-15, listen to a discussion between Belinda Phipps and Kate Andrews about Prime Minister David Cameron's pledge to close the gender pay gap by making large businesses publish their pay gap figures, and choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which fits best according to what you hear. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided. 11. Belinda Phipps suggests that the Equal Pay Act A. should be repealed by the government. B. allows equal pay claims to be brought. C. requires businesses to publish their pay gap figures. D. is too outdated to exert any effect on the gender wage gap.

12. Why does Kate Andrews mention the data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS)? A. To encourage women to opt out of the workforce B. To highlight overall imbalance in favour of women C. To make a point against the proposed legislation D. To demonstrate as evidence of gender discrimination in the workplace

13. What puts female workers at a disadvantage compared with their male counterparts? A. Inability to achieve a work-life balance B. Unwillingness to stay focused on one career path C. Mental strength to catch up after falling behind D. Ineptitude to deal with the harsh realities of working life

14. Belinda Phipps and Kate Andrews agree that A. whether to work overtime or not is of one’s own accord. B. gender pay gap is the result of social beliefs rather than employer discrimination. C. some women tend to be deprived of the right to make free choices related to their career. D. forcing businesses to publish their pay gap figures cannot solve the issue of income inequality by gender.

15. When the host cites possibilities about the promising future of women at work, Belinda Phipps A. implies that these have insignificant impact on whether gender pay gap will continue to exist or not. B. asserts that more rigorous action need to be taken to turn these possibilities into realities.