Copyright 1996

List of headings 
 
A  
Rituals for childbirth  
 
B   Simple classification of foods  
 
C  
Blood and breath  
 
D   Detailed classification of foods  
 
E   The development of Vietnamese medical theory  
F  
Cooling and heating foods  
 
G   Theory and practice in food classification  
H   The components of the body life forces    
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2. 
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4. 
Paragraph 5 

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Qi/eslio»s 5-9 
Answer questions 5-9 using NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS TAKEN FROM 
THE TEXT. Write your answers in the spaces numbered 5-9 on the answer sheet. 
5. 
What are the life forces of the body? 
6. 
What TWO kinds of illness can be caused by a lack of balance between the 
life forces? 
7. 
Name TWO life changes which may cause an imbalance of life forces in the 
body. 
8. 
What criterion decides the theoretical classification of foods? 
9. 
What criterion decides the actual classification of foods? 
Questions 10-17 
Below is a table representing the classification of foods into the therapeutic types 
according to traditional Vietnamese medical theory. There are some gaps in the 
information. Complete the table using information from the reading passage. 
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS FOR EACH ANSWER. Write your 
answers in the spaces numbered 10-17 on the answer sheet. 
Table of food classification 
 
CLASS  
FOOD  
EFFECT  
cold  
leafy vegetables, 
some fruit  
cooling  
hot  
meat, 
alcohol, 
fatty foods  
heating  
10 
honey, 
rice  
11.  
12.  
13.  
deplete blood volume  
wind  
raw foods, 
fruit  
14   
15  
beef, fowl  
16  
17.  
(not described)  
(not described)  

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QUESTIONS 18-28 
You are advised to spend about 20 minutes on Questions 18-28 which refer to 
Reading 
Passage 2 below 
READING PASSAGE 2 
The Oeui Supersonic Doom 
 
 
As the world's only supersonic passenger jet  
direct flights with increased comfort  
approaches its 26th birthday, a worldwide race  
Supersonic flights must not cost significantly  
is underway to build the Concorde II The  
more than normal flights and that must be one  
British Airways fleet of seven has as little as 10  
of the primary objectives The market for a new  
years' flying time left British Airways has  
commercial supersonic aircraft could be  
challenged designers to come up with its  
between 500 and 1000  
successor before the fleets, operated by BA and  
 
Air France for nearly 20 years, have exhausted  
In the United States, Boeing and McDonnell  
their commercial lives British Aerospace is  
Douglas are working on a successor plane with  
working with French and German partners to  
the aid of a $1 5 billion grant from the National  
develop a successor capable of carrying three  
Aeronautics and Space Administration  
times as many passengers Racing against them  
(NASA) The first phase of the project began in  
are the Americans, also working toward a  
the US in 1989, with NASA's High Speed  
supersonic passenger plane for the 21st  
Research Program (HSR I), which focused  
century  
solely on environmental issues, such as noise  
 
and pollution, associated with bupersonic  
The projected development cost is a minimum  
travel The second phase, HSR II, will move  
$10 billion — so high that only one version is  
toward the construction of an aerodynamic  
likely to be built in the foreseeable future BAe  
craft capable of withstanding the rigours of  
and Aerospatiale, which pioneered Concorde I,  
daily supersonic travel  
have been joined by Daimler Benz Aerospace  
 
on the joint Concorde II research project The  
Boeing and McDonnell Douglas have  
European Supersonic Research Program  
demonstrated that supersonic travel could be  
(ESRP) will be funded by all three countries  
economically feasible and that demand exists  
They also are involved in wider-ranging talks  
for time-saving travel Developments are  
with Italian, Japanese and Russian  
expected to more than halve the time it now  
organizations under the umbrella of the  
takes to fly between London and New York,  
International Supersonic Study Group  
and between Los Angeles and Tokyo Even  
Japanese Aircraft Industries, the Alenia  
though it is accepted supersonic jets will be  
Company of Italy and the Tupolev Design  
banned from flying over populated areas, there  
Bureau have been looking at environmental  
are still 150 routes of more than 3000km  
requirements, certification bases, market  
between 81 major cities which they could use  
potential, global co operation and business  
Rolls Royce is working on a suitable Variable  
compatibility  
Cycle Engine which will be quieter and faster  
 
than anything now available It is hoped it will  
British Aerospace is looking for a plane  
be acceptable for some overland flights, such as  
holding a minimum of 200 passengers.  
Siberia and northern Canada It will have to be  
compared to Concorde I's 100 The aircraft  
capable of cruising comfortably and  
would have to be capable of flying between  
economically at subsonic speeds using a  
5500 and 6500 miles at a cruising speed of  
turbofan, before the turbojet takes the craft up  
Mach 2 5 The British Aerospace idea is for a  
to supersonic speeds over the seas It is  
90m-long aircraft carrying 289 passengers  
believed that Concorde 11 ib feasible and that  
instead of 60m-long Concorde I's 4000 miles at  
technically it could be produced tod.i) The  
Mach 2 Long distance air travel is constantly  
Boeing group is looking at "500 seal 5000 null-  
increasing and passengers are asking for more  
(8000km) range, Mach 2 4 aircraft which could  

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make extensive use of composite materials. It 
blueprint designed for world leaders and the 
probably will take the full co-operation of 
wealthy. And there is a joint American-Russian 
Europe, the US and Japan to achieve. 
venture for a similar aircraft, involving 
It appears that there are also plans to build 
Gulfstream Aerospace Sukhoi Design Bureau. 
Concorde III, an exclusive supersonic jet to 
While many share this dream, it is not expected 
carry 12 passengers — a British Aerospace  
that such aircraft will enter service before the 
year 2010.