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VÙNG DUYÊN HẢI VÀ ĐỒNG BẰNG BẮC BỘ NĂM 2019

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Part A. LISTENING
I. For questions 1 – 5, complete the notes below.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
CHILDREN'S ART AND CRAFT WORKSHOPS
Example Answer
Workshops organised every: Saturday

• Adults must accompany children under 1 _______________

• Cost: £2.50
• Workshops held in: Winter House, 2 _______________ Street
• Security device: must push the 3 _______________ to open door
• Should leave car behind the 4 _______________
• Book workshops by phoning the 5 _______________ (on 200765)

II. For questions 6 – 10, you will hear a radio interview with the gardening experts
Jed and Helena Stone. Listen and indicate the most appropriate response, A, B, C, or
D.
6. How does Helena feel about the use of Jed's name for their joint business?
A. occasionally frustrated that her contribution goes unnoticed
B. amused that they have a name people tend to remember
C. appreciative of the respect that the name has brought her
D. irritated by the fact that Jed is more of a celebrity than she is
7. What is Jed's attitude to his public profile?
A. He likes the fact that complete strangers often want to talk to him.
B. He's unhappy that it prevents him doing everyday activities.

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 C. He enjoys it more now than he did when he was younger.
D. He's proud of the way it reflects his achievements.
8. How did Helena feel about her work on The Travel Show?
A. She would have enjoyed it more in different circumstances.
B. It was convenient for her to be away from the house then.
C. It was a welcome alternative to manual work.
D. She felt obliged to do it at that particular time.
9. What explanation does Helena give for the name of the garden?
A. It provided a useful framework for the project.
B. It was a response to the bright colours they wanted there.
C. It allowed them to experiment with a wide range of options.
D. It was meant to inspire them to embrace unconventional ideas.
10. Jed says that, for him, the name 'jewel garden' is ____________.
A. a reminder of the value of creativity
B. an appropriate one for something so beautiful
C. a positive way of combining both past and present
D. a way of explaining his philosophy of design to people

III. For questions 11 - 15, you will hear the historian, George Davies, talking about
society and the theatre in England in the time of William Shakespeare. Decide
whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).
11. ______ According to Professor Davies, the level of literacy in sixteen-century England
matched his expectations.
12. ______ In Professor Davies' opinion, the advantage of the usual method of
communication in the sixteenth century was that people absorbed more of what they
heard.

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13. ______ Professor Davies believes that Shakespeare's company developed their basic
acting skills by attending special voice classes.
14. ______ In Professor Davies' view, the advantage of sixteen-century theatres was that
the performances were complemented by everyday life.
15. _____ Professor Davies thinks that sixteen-century plays were expected to deal with
personal confessions.

IV. For questions 16 - 25, listen to a piece of VOA news about the huge increase in
obesity and fill in the missing information.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS taken from the recording for each answer
in the spaces provided.
Globally, one in three adults is now considered overweight or obese. In 1980 it was
one in five.
The Future Diets report analyzed existing data and found the
(16)_________________ has been in developing nations like Mexico and Egypt, where
people are spending their increasing (17)____________ on fatty sugary foods. Numbers
almost quadrupled from 250 million to (18)___________ million.
The report also said that western countries which (19)___________________ with the
obesity problem for longer have so far failed to (20)____________________ effectively.
It highlighted a more successful (21)__________________ in South Korea to train
women how to prepare traditional (22)_________________ meals.
The report suggests following the example of some American states in taxing things
like (23)_________________ and sugary sweets. It also warns if current global trends
continue, there will be a huge increase in (24)_________________, strokes and
(25)________________.

Part B. LEXICO-GRAMMAR
V. For questions 26 – 45, choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence.

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26. There is a great deal of pressure in the newspaper industry, editors might work a 12-
hour day with no __________.
A. come-down B. letdown C. let-up D. crackdown
27. I’ve got such a __________ headache that I can’t concentrate on the lecture.
A. beating B. drumming C. hammering D. throbbing
28. I have no idea whether the restaurant will be open – we’ll just have to take pot
__________.
A. choice B. chance C. luck D. fortune
29. I had an amazingly __________ dream last night. I was flying and I could see the whole
football field from a bird’s eye view.
A. dull B. logical C. incoherent D. lucid
30. “At least give this supplement a try. My sister _________ it. It will help you sleep
better,” said Lucy to her roommate.
A. gets by B. drops by C. swears by D. stands by
31. The government stopped the local companies from importing fake milk powder
________ of public health.
A. in the interest B. to the best C. for the attention D. on the safe side
32. The threat of a general strike can only be __________ through government
intervention.
A. averted B. converted C. subverted D. diverted
33. It isn’t easy to make friends with him, he puts up a __________ between himself and
other people.
A. barrier B. barricade C. border D. boundary
34. That little man goes unnoticed in the street, but he __________ immense power.
A. swings B. handles C. wields D. practices
35. Space travel would not be possible without the right source of __________ , which
currently still comes from chemical fuel.
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 A. propulsion B. emulsion C. compulsion D. expulsion
36. The lecture was rather boring, but the ___________ discussion proved fruitful.
A. subsequent B. latter C. consecutive D. successive
37. The painting was a valuable family possession, which had been ___________ from
generation to generation.
A. handed over B. handed down C. handed across D. handed out
38. By an unfortunate ___________, the bride’s sister was not invited to the wedding.
A. insult B. oversight C. neglect D. disregard
39. __________ a fire, hotel guests are asked to remain calm.
A. As a result of B. In the event of C. By reason of D. In the time of
40. Too many hotels have been built and this has ___________ down prices, making
holidays cheaper.
A. forced B. cut C. slowed D. reduced
41. She can’t be interested in the lessons, ___________ that she always arrives late.
A. viewing B. seeing C. noting D. judging
42. The lecture __________ from prehistory to modern times and gave the audience much
to think about.
A. covered B. included C. ranged D. dealt
43. It’s a foregone ___________ that he’ll be top of the class again.
A. concept B. proposal C. conclusion D. prediction
44. But ___________ some countries have ruined their agriculture, squandering money on
uneconomic factories, the Ivory Coast has stuck to what it is good at.
A. after B. during C. when D. while
45. No one really knows who composed this piece of music, but it has been ___________
to Bach.
A. identified B. associated C. referred D. attributed

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VI. The passage below contains 10 errors in spelling, grammar, or word form. For
questions 46 - 55, underline the errors and write the corrections in the corresponding
numbered boxes in the answer-sheet.

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1. The traditional definition of literacy is considered to be the ability to
2. read and write, or the ability to use language to read, write, listen, and
3. speak. In modern contexts, the word refers to reading and writing at
4. level adequate for communication, or at a level that enables one to
5. successfully comprehend and communicate in printing society.
6. The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization
7. (UNESCO) has drafted the following definition: “Literacy
8. is the ability to identify, understand, interpret, create, communicate
9. and compute, using printed and written materials associated with
10. varying contexts. Literacy involves a continua of learning to enable
11. an individual to achieve his or her goals, to develop his or her ability
12. and potential, and to participate fully in the wider society.”
13. Many policy analysts consider literacy rates a crucial measure of a
14. region human capital. This claim is done on the grounds that literate
15. people can be trained less expensively than illiterate people, generally
16. have a higher socio-economic state and enjoy better health and
17. employment prospects. Policy makers also argue that literacy increases
18. job opportunities and access higher education. In Kerala, India, for
19. example, female and child mortality rates declined in the 1960s, when
20. girls educating in the education reforms after 1948 began to
21. raise families. Recent researchers, however, argue that correlations

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 22. such as the one listed above may have more to do without the effects of
23. schooling rather than literacy in general. Regardless, the demand for
24. educational systems worldwide include a basic context around
25. communication through text and print, which is the foundation of most
26. definitions of literacy.

VII. For questions 56 - 65, complete each sentence with the correct form of a phrasal
verb in the box. Use each ONCE only. There are two extra phrasal verbs which you
do not need to use.

drop out pull out fall out put forward pull up own up
fly at make up go off stand up to be over get down

56. None of the children would ______________ to breaking the window.

57. She decided to ______________ of the weight lifting competition because she
sprained her wrist.
58. The Prime Minister will ______________ a new plan to reduce the budget deficit.
59. She ______________ of university in the second year because it was too stressful.
60. When you are a student you must ______________ to studying during exam time. If you
don't concentrate hard you will fail.
61. I wish you wouldn’t ______________ me like that every time I make a mistake.
62. The piece of equipment is very well made and ______________ the roughest
treatment. You won’t have any trouble with it.
63. I am not friends with Beck any more. We have ______________.
64. I knew I ______________ the hill when I started needing glasses to read.
65. My son has ______________ computer games. They are not as interesting as before.

VIII. For questions 66 - 75, read the text below. Use the word given in capital at the
end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line.

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For many people Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) is the most 0. influential
(0) ……. figure in the history of western classical music. His (66)
______________ talent was already clearly evident as a young 66. ORDINARY
man, (67) ________________ surviving a somewhat (68) 67. MERCY
______________ upbringing during which his eccentric father 68. CONVENTION
would often force him to take music lessons in the middle of the
night.
The young Beethoven's ability won him the admiration of
the leading contemporary musical figures. Throughout the
1790s he worked hard to secure the interest of wealthy
patrons. Such (69) ______________ enabled him to concentrate 69. PATRONISE
on becoming a successful composer.
Whatever his awe-inspiring musical (70) ______________, 70. ACHIEVE
however, his personal life was something of a disaster. His day-to-
day relationships with people (71) ______________ turned out to 71. VARY
be rather (72) ______________. Although he apparently fell in 72. TURBULENCE
love with a number of society women, the identity of the girl who
lay closest to his heart remains (73)______________ to this day. 73. ELUDE
However, just at the point when Beethoven was beginning to reap the
rewards of his early endeavours, he had to come to terms with the
(74)______________ realisation that his increasing deafness was
(75) ______________ . From that point on, his music displayed a 74. CRUSH
striking change in style, becoming both heavier in tone and larger 75. CURE
in scale.

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PART C: READING COMPREHENSION

IX. For questions 76 - 85, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best
fits each gap.
I suffer from a debilitating condition called “procrastination” – the ability to put off
endlessly the things I have to do. Each morning when I wake up, my mind launches into
its own decision-making (76)________. Shall I get up or shall I press the snooze button?
By the time I get to what I should wear, the complexity of the decision would need an
advisory committee to solve it. I’m ready hours behind (77)________, and I haven’t even
eaten my breakfast yet.

I have always been a procrastinator. I’m tortured by menus and holiday brochures,
paint colour (78)________ and satellite television. So much so that I decided to invest in a
new book on the subject, which (79) ________ it could treat my condition. According to
the book, I should identify my weaknesses, then become more productive and develop
priorities that (80) ________ my personal goals.

My problem, I am told, is that I put off doing something because I (81) ________
the outcome. But even filling in a tax form is rarely as dreadful as we think. Apparently,
each day I should think of something I don’t want to do, stick to it, then use a kitchen timer
to (82) ________ how long it actually took. If I still can’t (83) ________ the task, I should
visualize newspaper headlines (84) ________ my achievement.
So when do I start my new (85) ________? That’s the big problem. I just can’t
decide.

76. A. course B. process C. development D. case

77. A. timetable B. schedule C. programme D. communication
78. A. maps B. diagrams C. graphs D. charts
79. A. claimed B. demanded C. challenged D. pretended
80. A. exhibit B. imitate C. display D. reflect
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81. A. expect B. fear C. worry D. panic
82. A. establish B. authorise C. secure D. institute
83. A. head B. back C. shoulder D. face
84. A. announcing B. notifying C. informing D. stating
85. A. structure B. control C. regime D. management

X. For questions 86 - 95, read the text below and think of the word which best fits
each gap. Use only ONE word in each gap.
Football is traditionally a man’s sport, but now the women are muscling in on their act,
or so it seems. So many top male footballers have been transferred (86) ______________
astronomical sums of money that the game has become more a high-powered business than
a sport. This is (87) ______________ the women come in, more motivated, more interested
in the game rather than in promoting themselves and generally better behaved both (88)
______________ and off the pitch, (89) ______________ a strong contrast to (90)
______________ male counterparts’ greed and cynicism. Indeed, according to FIFA, the
world football governing body, the future of football belongs to women, and the
organization has (91)______________ out to actively promote women’s football. Perhaps,
in (92) ______________ of the fact that women are half the world population, this is how
it should be. In the USA, many members of national women’s football teams are better
known than male footballers, and some professional female players in both North America
and Europe have attracted lucrative sponsorship deals. Generally, two problems beset
women’s football: the need to be taken more seriously and for more funding to be made
available. (93) ______________ these have been achieved (94) ______________ with the
blessing of FIFA, we should see footballers who are accessible, cooperative, decent and
supporting in (95)______________ of the spoiled mercenary star boys of sport.

XI. For question 96 – 105, read the passage and answer all of the questions about
them.

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 The Underground Railroad
Slavery was legal for over 200 years in some parts of North America, particularly the
southern states of the United States, where the plantation system of agriculture depended
on the labor of slaves, most of whom came from Africa. Slaves had no rights or freedoms
because they were thought of as property. From the time of its origin, slavery had
opponents. The abolitionist movement began in the 1600s when the Quakers in
Pennsylvania objected to slavery on moral grounds and wanted to abolish the institution.
In 1793, Canada passed a law abolishing slavery and declared that any escaped slaves
who came to Canada would be free citizens. Slavery was already illegal in most northern
states; however, slaves captured there by slave hunters could be returned to slavery in the
South. Canada refused to return runaway slaves or to allow American slave hunters into
the country. It is estimated that more than 30,000 runaway slaves immigrated to Canada
and settled in the Great Lakes region between 1830 and 1865.
The American antislavery movement was at the height of its activity during the 1800’s,
when abolitionists developed the Underground Railroad, a loosely organized system
whereby runaway slaves were passed from safe house to safe house as they fled northwards
to free states or Canada. The term was first used in the 1830s and came from an Ohio
clergyman who said, “They who took passage on it disappeared from public view as if they
had really gone to ground.” Because the Underground Railroad was so secret, few
records exist that would reveal the true number of people who traveled it to freedom.
The most active routes on the railroad were in Ohio, Indiana, and western Pennsylvania.
Runaway slaves usually traveled alone or in small groups. Most were young men
between the ages of 16 and 35. The fugitives hid in wagons under loads of hay or potatoes,
or in furniture and boxes in steamers and on rafts. They traveled on foot through swamps
and woods, moving only a few miles each night, using the North Star as a compass.
Sometimes they moved in broad daylight. Boys disguised themselves as girls, and girls

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dressed as boys. In one well-known incident, twenty-eight slaves escaped by walking in a
funeral procession from Kentucky to Ohio.
The “railroad” developed its own language. The “trains” were the large farm wagons
that could conceal and carry a number of people. The “tracks” were the backcountry roads
that were used to elude the slave hunters. The “stations” were the homes and hiding places
where the slaves were fed and cared for as they moved north. The “agents” were the people
who planned the escape routes. The “conductors” were the fearless men and women who
led the slaves toward freedom. The “passengers” were the slaves who dared to run away
and break for liberty. Passengers paid no fare and conductors received no pay.
The most daring conductor was Harriet Tubman, a former slave who dedicated her life
to helping other runaways. Tubman made 19 trips into the South to guide 300 relatives,
friends, and strangers to freedom. She was wanted dead or alive in the South, but she was
never captured and never lost a passenger. A determined worker, she carried a gun for
protection and a supply of drugs to quiet the crying babies in her rescue parties.
A number of white people joined the effort, including Indiana banker Levi Coffin and
his wife Catherine, who hid runaway in their home, a “station” conveniently located on
three main escape routes to Canada. People could be hidden there for several weeks,
recovering their strength and waiting until it was safe to continue on their journey. Levi
Coffin was called the “president of the Underground Railroad” because he helped as many
as 3,000 slaves to escape.
The people who worked on the railroad were breaking the law. Although the escape
network was never as successful or as well organized as Southerners thought, the few
thousand slaves who made their way to freedom in this way each year had a symbolic
significance out of proportion to their actual numbers. The Underground Railroad
continued operating until slavery in the United States was finally abolished in 1865.
96. Why did thousands of runaway slaves immigrate to Canada?
A. They preferred the climate of the Great Lakes region.
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 B. Working conditions for slaves were better in Canada.
C. Canada had no laws restricting immigration.
D. Former slaves could live as free citizens in Canada.
97. The phrase The term in paragraph 3 refer to _________.
A. antislavery movement B. abolitionist
C. Underground Railroad D. free state
98. Which sentence below best expresses the essential information in the highlighted
sentence in paragraph 3? Incorrect choices change the meaning in important ways or
leave out essential information.
A. The Underground Railroad kept secret records in which all of the passengers and
trips were documented.
B. Few people understood why the Underground Railroad would not reveal how many
people chose to travel in this way.
C. The Underground Railroad’s records were not accurate, so the true number of
travelers is difficult to estimate.
D. We do not know exactly how many slaves escaped on the Underground Railroad
because it was a secret organization.
99. The word fugitives in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to ________.
A. leaders B. old men C. runaways D. brave ones
100. All of the following are mentioned as methods of escape on the Underground Railroad
EXCEPT ________.
A. hiding in a hay wagon B. wearing a disguise
C. finding in a railcar D. walking in a procession
101. The author discusses the language of the Underground Railroad in paragraph 5 in
order to ________.
A. trace the history of American English words
B. illustrate the secret nature of the escape network
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 C. point out that some words have more than one meaning
D. compare the Underground Railroad to other railways
102. Which of the following statements is true about passengers on the Underground
Railroad?
A. Their destination was in the northern states or Canada.
B They were not allowed to make stops during the journey.
C. Their babies were disguised to look like baggage.
D. They paid the conductors at the end of the journey.
103. Why was Harriet Tubman wanted dead or alive in the South?
A. She was a criminal who carried a gun and sold drugs.
B. She refused to return the runaway slaves that she captured.
C. She was an escaped slave who led others to freedom.
D. She became the president of the Underground Railroad.
104. It can be inferred from paragraph 8 that the author most likely believes which of the
following about the Underground Railroad?
A. The people who worked on the railroad should have been arrested.
B. The railroad was unsuccessful because it could not help every slave.
C. Southerners did not know about the railroad until after it closed.
D. The railroad represented a psychological victory for abolitionists.
105. Look at the four squares, A, B, C, and D which indicate where the following
sentence could be added to the passage. Where would the sentence best fit?
Women and children also escaped, but they were more easily captured.
Runaway slaves usually traveled alone or in small groups. Most were young men
between the ages of 16 and 35. A The fugitives hid in wagons under loads of hay or
potatoes, or in furniture and boxes in steamers and on rafts. B They traveled on foot
through swamps and woods, moving only a few miles each night, using the North Star as
a compass. Sometimes they moved in broad daylight. C Boys disguised themselves as girls,
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and girls dressed as boys. In one well-known incident, twenty-eight slaves escaped by
walking in a funeral procession from Kentucky to Ohio. D

XII. For question 106 – 115, read the passage and do the tasks that follow.

Therapeutic Jurisprudence
An Overview
Therapeutic jurisprudence is the study of the role of the law as a therapeutic agent. It
examines the law's impact on emotional life and on psychological well-being, and the
therapeutic and antitherapeutic consequence of the law. It is most applicable to the fields of
mental health law, criminal law, juvenile law and family law.
The general aim of therapeutic jurisprudence is the humanising of the law and
addressing the human, emotional and psychological side of the legal process. It promotes the
perspective that the law is a social force that produces behaviours and consequences.
Therapeutic jurisprudence strives to have laws made or applied in a more therapeutic way so
long as other values, such as justice and due process, can be fully respected. It is important to
recognise that therapeutic jurisprudence does not itself suggest that therapeutic goals should
trump other goals. It does not support paternalism or coercion by any means. It is simply a
way of looking at the law in a richer way, and then bringing to the table some areas and issues
that previously have gone unnoticed. Therapeutic jurisprudence simply suggests that we think
about the therapeutic consequences of law and see if they can be factored into the processes
of law-making, lawyering, and judging.
The law can be divided into the following categories: (1) legal rules, (2) legal procedures,
such as hearing and trials and (3) the roles of legal actors-the behaviour of judges, lawyers, and
of therapists acting in a legal context. Much of what legal actors do has an impact on the
psychological well-being or emotional life of persons affected by the law, for example, in the
dialogues that judges have with defendants or that lawyers have with clients. Therefore,
therapeutic jurisprudence is especially applicable to this third category.

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 Therapeutic jurisprudence is a relatively new phenomenon. In the early days of law,
attitudes were very different and efforts were focused primarily on what was wrong with
various sorts of testimony. While there were good reasons for that early emphasis, an
exclusive focus on what is wrong, rather than also looking at what is right and how these
aspects could be further developed, is seriously short-sighted. Therapeutic jurisprudence
focuses attention on this previously under-appreciated aspect, encouraging us to look very
hard for promising developments, and to borrow from the behavioural science literature,
even when this literature has nothing obviously to do with the law. It encourages people to
think creatively about how promising developments from other fields might be brought
into the legal system.
Recently, as a result of this multidisciplinary approach, certain kinds of rehabilitative
programmes have begun to emerge that look rather promising. One type of cognitive
behaviour treatment encourages offenders to prepare relapse prevention plans which
require them to think through the chain of events that lead to criminality. These reasoning
and rehabilitation-type programmes teach offenders cognitive self-change, to stop and
think and figure out consequences, to anticipate high-risk situations, and to learn to avoid
or to cope with them. These programmes, so far, seem to be reasonably successful.
From therapeutic jurisprudence standpoint, the question is how these programmes
might be brought into the law. In one obvious sense, these problem-solving, reasoning and
rehabilitation - type programmes can be made widely available in correctional and community
settings. A way of linking them even more to the law, of course, would be to make them part
of the legal process itself. The suggestion here is that if a judge or parole board become familiar
with these techniques and is about to consider someone for probation, the judge might say,
"I'm going to consider you but I want you to come up with a preliminary relapse prevention
plan that we will use as a basis for discussion. I want you to figure out why I should grant you
probation and why I should be comfortable that you're going to succeed. In order for me to

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feel comfortable, I need to know what you regard to be high-risk situations and how you're
going to avoid them or cope with them."
If that approach is followed, courts will be promoting cognitive self-change as part
and parcel of the sentencing process itself. The process may operate this way; an offender
would make a statement like "I realise I mess up on Friday nights; therefore, I propose that
will stay at home on Friday nights." Suddenly, it is not a judge imposing something on the
offender. It's something that the offender has come up with him or herself, so he or she
should think it is fair. If a person has a voice in his rehabilitation, then he is more likely to
feel a commitment to it, and with that commitment, presumably, compliance will increase
dramatically rehabilitation.

* Complete the notes below. Choose NO MORE THAN ONE WORD from the passage
for each answer.
NOTES: Therapeutic Jurisprudence
Therapeutic jurisprudence: study of the law as a therapeutic agent and the therapeutic
and (106) _____________ consequences of the law.
Goal: the (107) _____________ of the law, but NOT at the expense of justice and due
process.

Applicable to: especially applicable to the role of legal actors such as judges and lawyers.

Therapeutic jurisprudence = new attitude:

1/ It asks people to seek out (108) _____________ developments, not problems.
2/ It urges people to think (109) _____________ and borrow from other fields.

* Complete the sentences. Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the passage
for each answer.
110. One aspect of cognitive behavioural treatment includes the preparation of
_____________ by offenders.

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111. The treatment requires offenders to consider _____________ that lead to a crime
being committed.
112. Treatment programmes encourage offenders to recognize _____________ before they
happen, and know what to do in case they do happen.

* Do the following statements agree with the information given in the passage? Write:
True if the statement agrees with the information
False if the statement contradicts the information
Not Given If there is no information in this
113. The use of rehabilitative programmes has been proved to greatly reduce the chance of
a criminal re-offending.
114. Therapeutic jurisprudence aims to make cognitive behavioural treatment a part of the
legal process itself.
115. Offenders might be encouraged by judges to take part in deciding what their
punishment should be.

PART D. WRITING
XIII. Use the word given in brackets and make any necessary additions to write a new
sentence in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the original
sentence. Do NOT change the form of the given word. You must use between THREE
and EIGHT words, including the word given.
116. The news of the merger came as a complete surprise to the workers. (aback)
The workers ____________________________________ the news of the merger.
117. Everybody in the audience stood to applaud the actor's performance. (standing)
The actor was ___________________________________ for his performance.
118. Would it be possible to speak to you in private for a moment? (having)
Is there ________________________________________ word with you?
119. What explanation can we offer for this sudden drop in temperature? (account)

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 How ________________________________ temperature has suddenly dropped?
120. There is a remarkable similarity in how the two sisters dress. (alike)
The two sisters __________________________________ way they dress.

XIV. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one,
using the word given. Do not change the word given.
121. I used to find computers difficult before I started taking these lessons.
 Since ______________________________________________________________.
122. Government guidelines really do emphasize the importance of starting education
early.
 A lot of emphasis _____________________________________________________.
123. He doesn’t shop there anymore because that store sells clothes made by child labour
in foreign factory.
 He doesn’t shop there anymore on _______________________________________.
124. My brother and I have the same liking for junk food.
 My brother likes _____________________________________________________.
125. The moment I saw the dirty state of the restaurant kitchen, I no longer felt hungry.
 I lost _______________________________________________________________.

XV. Write about the following topic:

Happiness is considered very important in life.
Why is it difficult to define?
What factors are important in achieving happiness?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own experience
or knowledge.
Write at least 250 words.
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