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BÀI TẬP
TIẾNG ANH 8
(CÓ ĐÁP ÁN)
A. PHONETICES
/br/ | /pr/ |
Prince | present | principal | brick | branch |
breakfast | prize | bridge | bracelet | price |
B. VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR
Task 1: Fill in each blank with the verbs below.
play | listen to | write | watch | have | do |
Task 2: Add these words/ phrases from the table to Part A. (There may be more than one possibility.)
shopping | a magazine | the cinema | an e-mail | the guitar |
CDs | a video | computer games | a restaurant | a shower |
leisure activities | the library | cousins | a game show | music |
something interesting | a quiz show | hiking | swimming | an outdoor activities |
n | 2moro | u | wd | 4 | luv | thx | ur |
2 | c u | @ | abt | gr8 | btw | r | xx |
1. | about = ______ | 2. | and = _______ | 3. | are = ______ | 4. | at = ________ |
5. | for = _____ | 6. | great = ______ | 7. | kisses = ____ | 8. | by the way = ____ |
9. | love = ______ | 10. | you = ______ | 11. | see you = ___ | 12. | thanks = ______ |
13. | to/two = ______ | 14. | would = _____ | 15. | your = _____ | 16. | tomorrow = _____ |
A. Hi, Katy! Thx 4 ur text … Yes, wd love 2 meet 2moro. c u @ Roebuck’s abt 5?
B. Fantastic!!! What is it? r u in luv.
C. That’s gr8, c u @ 5. btw, I’ve got some important news 4 u …
D. Hi Sue! … Joe n I will be in town 2moro. wd u like 2 meet 4 a coffee? Luv Katy
E. Tell u 2moro Love n xxxxx Katy
do | go | play | ski | swim | watch |
Mai: I (1. not like/ watch) _______________________ football. I (2. hate/ stand) ____________________ around and (3. get) _______________ cold.
Lan: Me, too. I (4. prefer/ be) ________________ indoors. I (5. not mind/ play) ________________ football – on my computer!
Nick: Ha ha! I know your brother’s really good at football, Mai. _________________ (6.he/ like/ play) at the back?
Mai: Tuan? No, he (7. prefer/ play) _____________ centre forward. He (8. like/ soccer) ____________ goals!
Lan: Great pass, Tuan!
Mai: Lan, do you like football?
Nick: No, but she (9. not mind/ watch) _____________________ Tuan!
C. SPEAKING
do | o’clock | likes | like | and you | joke | afternoon | take |
Mai: Do you (1) ___________________ roller skating, Mike?
Nick: Yes, I do. I go roller-skating every Saturday!
Mai: Oh, really? Where?
Nick: Well, I go to the park with my friends after school, at about five (2) ___________. We roller-skate for about an hour and then we go home.
Mai: I go roller-skating too – but I go on Sunday. I go to the market with my mother in the morning, and then I (3) ____________ our dog for a walk. Then in the (4) ________________ I go to the park with my mother.
Nick: Your mother?
Mai: Yes, she (5) __________ roller-skating too, and she’s really good!
Nick: And what do you do on Sunday evening?
Mai: Oh, I usually go out with my friends. We have a drink together or go to the cinema. (6) _______________?
Nick: Oh, on Sunday I (7)___________________ my homework.
Mai: What? Is that a (8) ___________________?
Nick: No! It’s true!
Mai: Oh, Nick! Get a life!
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lots to see | come back | a good place | why don’t | somewhere different |
Mai: Do you two still want to go away for the weekend – you know, on the 22nd?
Phuc: Yeah, definitely.
Nick: Yeah, I want to …
Mai: Because we talked about going to the countryside, do you remember?
Phuc: Oh, yes, I’d love to go there. People say it’s (1) _____________ for walking.
Nick: Mm, it’s just that I went there last summer and the summer before. I’d like to try (2) _____________ … a city maybe.
Mai: Yeah, I can understand that.
Phuc: (3) _______________ we go to the suburb for the weekend? There’s something for all of us.
Mai: Yeah, there’s (4) _______________: the temples, the pagodas, the woods.
Nick: It sounds great to me. We all like going out!
Phuc: And we can (5) ____________ on the same day.
Mai: And should we bring some foods and drinks with us?
Nick: That’s right. It’s a good idea, Mai.
Phuc: Great!
D. READING
In this digital age, many people think that young adults spend all their time on the computer. And a new government survey of how young adults spend their leisure time says that 87 percent of people in the UK between the ages of 13 to 19 use the Internet every day. But it’s still important for young people to go out with friends. And the most popular evening out is going to the cinema: 42 percent say it’s their favourite way to spend an evening.
For people who don’t go out, not surprisingly, television is more popular than radio. 82 percent say that they watch television for more than ten hours a week – mainly for films and news programmes – but only 23 percent listen to the radio.
Music is always a favourite topic, but it seems that many people listen to music than can play a music instrument. The survey reveals that 38 percent watch live music, but 30 percent of people between 13 and 19 can play a musical instrument.
Only 32 percent of young adults play sports; with football, swimming, and cycling the most popular activities. But that means that more than two-thirds don’t play any sport!
Leisure Time Survey of Teenagers In The UK
On Friday’s afternoon, after school, I usually surf the Net or listen to music. In the evening I often go to the cinema with my friends.
On Saturday morning I get up late and have breakfast. Then I play football with my classmates in the park. In the afternoon I watch TV (usually a football match). In the evening I go to my best friend’s place – we sometimes play computer games, or we talk.
On Sunday morning I do my homework. Then I listen to music or watch TV. On Sunday evening I surf the Net again, or read a book.
In the 1970s, skateboarding suddenly became very popular. At first, skateboarders moved slowly on flat, smooth areas. Then they began to ride quickly. This is called ‘freestyle’ skateboarding. Soon they were skateboarding skillfully up ramps and doing tricks in the air. This is called ‘ramp’ skateboarding. Then they started skateboarding and doing tricks on the street. This was ‘street-style’ skateboarding – a combination of freestyle and ramp. For this, the skateboarders needed protective clothing such as knee and elbow pads and helmets. This allowed them to skateboard safely.
Today skateboarding is still a very popular sport, and there are lots of competitions.
Note: skateboarding (n) = môn trượt ván
Sport: In the UK, football, rugby, tennis and basketball are the most popular sports for teenagers. In the USA, American football, athletics, basketball and baseball are popular.
The Internet and television: Teenagers in both the UK and the USA today watch television less than before but they use the Internet more. They spend over 25 hours a week online.
Pocket money and shopping: The average teenager in the UK get about £7 a week pocket money. In the USA it is about $10. They spend their money on clothes and going out, but magazines, presents and snacks are also important.
Friends: The average British and American teenager has seven close friends. He or she has sixteen online friends on social network websites.
Mai: I think computer games are the most popular entertainments in modern societies. Is it right?
Phuc: Yes, that’s right. And (1)______________________________________________
Mai: And they cause addiction among teenagers…
Nick: That’s it. Because we (2)_______________________________________________
Mai: I think one of the reasons that computer games are very popular is that they provide (3)______________________________________________________________
Phuc: Yeah, (4)___________________________________________________________
Nick: But the negative effects they bring (5)____________________________________
Mai: I think so, and students who prefer computer games to other entertainments have more behavioral problem than other students.
E. WRITING
A. One 2010 study showed that only 37% of “heavy” media users had grades lower than the average, while 35% of “light” social users were lower in average grades.
B. Other studies have found a negative relationship between social media usage and overall Grade Point Average (GPA).
C. But does too much time social networking harm students’ schoolwork?
D. One small girl said that checking text messages and Facebook on her smartphone was the biggest obstacle to her homework.
E. Several studies have showed opposite results.
F. Some students are turning on software such as “Block Facebook” to block certain website on their computers, and allow them to have only certain amounts of time on Facebook so that they can focus on homework.
G. Social networking can help connect people with friends, give people the chance to share pictures online, and help people communicate easily.
H. One study stated that “sending text message and using Facebook while doing homework were bad for overall GPA”.
I. According to Facebook in 2016, there are over 618 million active users per day, and over a billion active users per month.
J. In this study, there was no relation between an excess of social media and a below average grades.
TEST (UNIT 1)
1. | A. | leisure | B. | eight | C. | celebrate | D. | penalty |
2. | A. | fun | B. | sun | C. | surf | D. | cut |
3. | A. | bracelet | B. | cake | C. | cake | D. | hat |
4. | A. | although | B. | laugh | C. | paragraph | D. | enough |
5. | A. | comedy | B. | novel | C. | princess | D. | cinema |
Jay: My computer is very important for me. I’m a student at Manchester University, so I (16) _________________ the Internet a lot for my studies and my friends and I (17) _____________ a lot of computer games. I don’t (18)__________ any sports. I (19)___________ to evening classes twice a week; it’s a course on Computer Skills. On other nights, I (20) ____________ with friends – we usually (21)___________ to the cinema.
Tina: I’m an amateur musician, so music is my life! I (22)___________ the radio nearly all day – mainly classical or jazz. When I (23)___________ TV, it’s always a music channel. I even (24)____________ music when I (25)___________ to the gym! I (26)______________ the piano and the saxophone. And I (27)____________ a lot of live music in my free time.
28. Hi, Alex. Are you free tomorrow? Would you like to go to see a film? Love Ed
29. OK. What would you like to see?
30. How about “The Queen and I”? It’s at the Odeon Cinema at 7.30 pm.
31. Great… What time?
32. About 7.15?
33. See you there. By the way, I haven’t got any money… Can you pay for my ticket?
34. I’ll lend you the money.
35. Thanks for that! See you tomorrow.
Love and kisses, Alex.
Hi Susan!
Well. I’m here in Ha Noi, now. I see quite a lot of my cousin Hoa because we (36. enjoy/ do) ___________ the same things. I have some new friends called David and John. David is very good at computers and he (37. not mind/ help) ______________ me so that’s good. John is really nice too. He (38. play) ______________ basketball and he (39. go/ skateboard) __________ quite a lot. His brother Toby is 18 and he’s really cool but he (40. prefer/ play) ______________ football. I (41. do) _____________ gymnastics once a week and Hoa (42. do) _____________ karate. She prefers indoor sports because she (43. not like/ get) _________________ cold! Write soon!
Love, Mai
Mai: Hi, Susan. I’m going out with Hoa and Lan this evening. (44) _______________ We’re going to have something to eat and then go to the cinema.
Susan: I can’t. I’m going to chat with Linda.
Mai: (45)
Susan: She’s my best friend. You don’t know her.
Mai: (46)
Susan: We chat online. She’s great.
Mai: (47)
Susan: No. She’s from Scotland. I really like her, we chat all the time.
Mai: Come on, Susan. She’s not your real friend. Let’s go and have a drink and a cake.
Susan: I’m not hungry. Anyway, I want to go to the Internet café. Linda might be online.
Mai: Well, I’m going to meet Hoa and Lan in the canteen. You know, real people you can talk to. (48)
By SimsFan
I love “The Sims”! It’s a strategy game and you control the lives of cartoon characters – the “Sims”. You help them work, play, shop and do things in their houses. I bought the first Sims when I was thirteen and I played it every day. This new version is much better – it has got amazing graphics, lots of new and fun characters and incredible music. But it does crash sometimes. It’s not a cheap game (£19.99), but it is great fun!
So strange! People have strange hobbies
Mr. and Mrs. Ball live in Oxford. They collect garden gnomes. They have 225 in their garden! The gnomes are all different colours and come from different countries.
Today, Mr. and Mrs. Ball are preparing a big garden party for their gnomes. They are putting lanterns on the trees and decorating the garden with colourful ballons. “We’re writing 225 invitations and we are putting up little tables and chairs for the gnomes,” Mrs. Ball says. “It’s a lot of work, but it’s fun.”
Note:
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Task 1: Match the heading (A-E) to the paragraphs (63-67).
No computer day! How did you survive?
It was very difficult. I had quite a lot of homework to do. Usually, I use the computer to find information and I write my essay on it. My dad has lots of books, atlases and reference books, but most all of them are out of date! It wasn’t difficult to find information, but it took more time.
I didn’t have email contact with my friends. I hate it! I sent a lot of texts. A few of my friends also turned off their computers, but most of them didn’t. On Sunday, there were lots of emails to read.
I usually listen to sports on the Internet on Saturdays. I can listen to baseball from anywhere in the USA or football from Europe. I listened to my mum’s small kitchen radio. It was awful. There was no football at all. I won’t join in the next “no computer” day!
My main problem was music. The batteries in my MP3 player were flat. I don’t have a DVD player – only on my computer – so I listened to the radio. It wasn’t very good. A few DJs are OK, but most of them talk too much.
I read a lot. My mum has some good books. It was very relaxing. Usually, my eyes hurt in the evening. Last Saturday, they were fine. I went to bed earlier, too. The next day, I didn’t turn on my computer at all. I wanted to finish my book.
Task 2: Match the words/ phrases (68-72) with their meanings (F-J). Write the answer in each blank.
68. survive (v) F. a device giving electricity
69. atlas (n) G. continue to live
70. out of date (adj) H. a book of maps
71. battery (n) I. not working
72. flat (adj) J. no longer used
In my opinion | In short | Finally | Second |
In addition | First | Besides | also |
I choose reading as my favourite leisure activity for a number of reasons. (73)________. I read everywhere I can and whenever I am free. (74) ____________. I read many kinds of books, such as: short stories, novels, science books, etc. Books help me to have more knowledge and experience of society, science, and our world. Have you read the book “The Art of Happiness” by the Dalai Lama? It teaches us how not only to get over sadness, but also to be always cheerful. (75)__________, it (76)______________ reminds us to live because everybody and real happiness only comes when helping other people. (77)___________ that, I read a lot of detective stories, like “The Godfather”, “Sherlock Holmes”, etc. (78)__________, a number of comic books and magazines for teenagers make me feel relaxed in my free time. (79)_____________, reading makes my mind rich, my life more pleasant, and I learn a lot from it. (80)______________, reading brings me many benefits.
A. PHONETICES
/bl/ | /kl/ |
B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
grapes | food | buffaloes | a camel | data |
dolls | a tent | water | cattle | a flag |
strawberry | a bike | a fence | tea buds | a car |
goats | information | an ostrich | blackberry | sheep |
a motorbike | a notice | postcards | a memorial | a donkey |
Note: -ostrich (n) = đà điểu
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ride | grassland | cattle | loaded | kites |
beehive | vast | harvest | convenient | dry |
cheap | expensive | good | small | hot |
intelligent | bad | big | hard | important |
I work .
Mai sings .
We arrived .
Phong speaks .
I speak English .
C. SPEAKING
Decide whether the statement is an advantage (A) or a disadvantage (D) of the nomadic life, and write the answer in the blank. Then practice the conversation about what you like or dislike about it.
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D. READING
Living in the country is something that people from the city often dream about. However, in reality, it has both advantages and disadvantages.
There are certainly many advantages to living in the country. First, you can enjoy peace and quietness. Moreover, people tend t be friendlier. A further advantage is that there is less traffic, so it is safer for young children.
However, there are certain disadvantages or drawbacks to life outside the city. First, because there are fewer people, you are likely to have few friends. In addition, entertainment is difficult to find, particularly in the evening. Furthermore, the fact that there are fewer shops and services means that it is hard to find jobs.
In short, it can be seen that the country is more suitable for some people than others. On the whole, it is often the best for those who are retired or who have young children. In contrast, young people who have a career are better provided in the city.
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The country is (1)____________ beautiful than a town and pleasant to live in. Many people think so, and go to the country (2)_____________ the summer holiday although they can’t live (3)_____________ all the year round. Some have a cottage built in a village (4)_________ that they can go there whenever they (5)__________ find the time.
English villages are not all alike, but (6)______________ some ways they are not very different from (7)_______________ other. Almost every village (8) ____________ a church, the round or square tower of which can (9)______________ seen from many miles around. Surrounding the church is the church yard, (10)_______________ people are buried.
E. WRITING
Name: Linda
Home: a farm/ the country/ Colorado/ USA.
Likes: summer – hiking/ mountains; winter – snowboarding.
Reasons: relaxing/ quiet
Dislikes: city life/ not safe enough/ walk around alone/ too dangerous/ cycle/ street/ heavy traffic
TEST (UNIT 2)
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blame | close | black | clock | click |
club | clothes | blood | blue | block |
slow | vast | quiet | peaceful | nomadic |
inconvenient | colourful | safe | hard | brave |
generous | bad | optimistic | healthy |
traditional | quick | sound | good |
Nick writes essays .
49. A snail is slower than a crab. (slowly)
A snail moves .
My father explained the subject .
My cousin sings .
Phong swims .
Nick: Hi, Mai. Have you just comeback from your stay in the countryside?
Mai: Yeah, I stayed on my uncle’s farm for the weekend. (53)_____________________
Nick: Do you really like the life in the countryside? Why?
Mai: First, you can enjoy (54)___________________________.
Nick: What do you mean, Mai?
Mai: In the countryside, we have the yard or the garden to play in. You can run around, kick a ball or chase butterflies. (55)_____________________________
Nick: In my opinion, the countryside … it’s only nice if people are retired or they get old. (56)_______________________________________.
Mai: But in the country, you are not in a hungry. (57)___________________________. We can say “no” to traffic jams there.
Nick: Well, (58)___________________________ are becoming much better. Anyway, we can ride a bicycle around (59)______________________________.
Mai: (60)__________________. Maybe we can live in the town and go to the countryside at the weekend or during the summer holiday.
The country and the city have advantages and (61)____________. People in the country live in more beautiful surroundings. They enjoy (62)__________ and quietness, and can do their work at their (63)____________ pace because no one is in a (64)______________. They live in larger, more comfortable houses, and their neighbors are more friendly, and ready to help them (65)_____________ they need it. Their life, however, can be (66)____________ and they may be isolated, which is serious problem (67)____________ they are ill or want to take children to school.
The city has all the services that the country lacks, but it (68)___________ has a lot of disadvantages. Cities are often polluted. They not (69)_____________ have polluted air but also have noisy streets. Everyone is always in hurry and this (70)______________ that people have no time to get to know each other and make friends.
61. | A. | joy | B. | enjoyment | C. | happiness | D. | disadvantages |
62. | A. | quiet | B. | quietly | C. | peace | D. | peaceful |
63. | A. | less | B. | own | C. | just | D. | only |
64. | A. | hurry | B. | hurried | C. | hurriedly | D. | hurrying |
65. | A. | when | B. | which | C. | what | D. | that |
66. | A. | bore | B. | bored | C. | boring | D. | bores |
67 | A. | unless | B. | because | C. | although | D. | if |
68. | A. | also | B. | yet | C. | already | D. | so |
69. | A. | never | B. | ever | C. | hardly | D. | only |
70. | A. | aims | B. | means | C. | asks | D. | said |
The country is more beautiful than a town and more pleasant to live in. Many people think so, and go to the country for the summer holidays though they cannot live there all the year round. Some have a cottage built in a village so that they can go there whenever they can find the time.
English villages are not all alike, but in some ways they are not very different from one another. Almost every village has a church, the round or square tower of which can be seen from many miles around. Surrounding the church is the church yard, where people are buried.
The village green is a wide stretch of grass, and houses or cottages are built round it. Country life is now fairly comfortable and many villages have running water brought through pipes into each house. Most villages are so close to some small towns that people can go there to buy what they can’t find in the village shops.
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A. PHONETICES
/sk/ | /sp/ | /st/ |
B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
a tour | ethnic groups | little bridges | information |
research | cultural heritage | stilt house | display area |
The museum is full of (2)_____________ about traditional Vietnamese ways of life of all the Vietnamese (3)________________.
The display hall shows everyday objects representing each ethnic group, a (4)____________ center, a library and an auditorium. Its indoor exhibition area provides you (5)________________ which includes the Viet, Muong, Tay, Thai, H’Mong, Yao, Khmer, Cham, and Hoa ethnic groups.
The outdoor (6)____________ presents a variety of Vietnamese homes including a Tay (7)____________ and a Viet house, each separated by a small stream and reached via (8)___________. The museum is suitable for children, and all documents and signs are translated into English and French.
ethnic | for | villages | dress | valleys |
home | at | with | provide | their |
The villages surrounding Sa Pa are (1)_____________ to several of Vietnam’s 54 ethnic minority groups, each with their own distinctive (2)_____________, customs and dialects. These tribes can all be seen (3)_____________ the weekend market in Sa Pa town to trade (4)___________ one another. Apart from its fascinating (5)________ diversity, Sa Pa is also famous (6)__________ its trekking. With Vietnam’s highest peak, Mt. Fansipan (3,143m) only 9km away the (7)___________ and mountains (8)___________ the perfect backdrop for some great treks. Some of the (9)__________ now have local stays where you can stay overnight with a family in (10)_____________ traditional home.
Ethnic Groups
Vietnam is (1)_________ multi-nationality country with 54 ethnic groups. The Viet (Kinh) people account for 87% of (2)________ country’s population and mainly inhabit (3)__________ Red River Delta, (4)_________ central coastal delta, (5)_________ Mekong Delta and major cities. (6)_______ other 53 ethnic minority groups, totaling over 8 million people, are scattered over mountain areas spreading from the North to the South.
(7)______ number of ethnic minorities had mastered some farming techniques. They grew rice plants in swamped paddy fields and carried out irrigation. Others went hunting, fishing, collecting and lived (8)_________ semi-nomadic life. Each group has its own culture, diverse and special.
However, (9)_________ evident gap in the material and moral life has indeed still existed between peoples living in the deltas and those living in mountain areas as well as among ethnic minorities themselves. (10)_________ Vietnamese government has worked out specific policies and special treatments in order to help mountainous people catching up with lowland people, and made great efforts to develop and preserve traditional cultural identities of each ethnic minority group.
(1)__________ Lo Lo ethnic group can be divided into Flower Lo Lo and Black Lo Lo. Living in Lung Cu since ancient time, the Lo Lo people have made many efforts in making (2)__________ homeland suitable for farming. (3)_________ Lo Lo folkloric culture is very rich and unique, demonstrated with dances, songs, legends. (4)_________ Lo Lo calendar divides a year into 11 months, each corresponding to (5)__________ animal’s name. Decorations on their turbans, shirts, skirts and trousers are particularly colourful.
(6)___________ ancient bronze drums are very important. (7)___________ head of each family is entitled to keep the drums which are used only during funerals or festivals to maintain rhythms for dances. The Lo Lo people are among (8)____________ few ethnic groups in Vietnam who still use bronze drums, (9)__________ traditional musical instrument closely associated with (10)__________ legend about the Flood.
In 2006, the house of a local family in Dong Van District, Ha Giang Province was chosen for the background of the film “The Story of Pao”. From distance, the house looks beautiful as a painting. Bushes of wild but beautiful flowers in blossom in the right and an old learning cherry blossom tree at the gate create a romantic scene for the house. The film is about the life of a Hmong girl named Pao. She was raised by her stepmother because her real mother left her when she was a little. One day, her stepmother died in an accident, and she began to look for her birth mother.
The house was chosen for the background of the film in 2006.
The house is in Dong Van District, Ha Giang Province.
The film is about the life of a Hmong girl named Pao.
She was raised by her stepmother because her real mother left her when she was little.
She began to look for her birth mother when her stepmother died in an accident.
The Ha Nhi ethnic group has about 12,500 inhabitants.
They live in the provinces of Lai Chau and Lao Cai.
The Ha Nhi mainly worship their ancestors.
They live on rice cultivation of burnt-over land or terraced fields.
They use ploughs and harrows pulled by oxen and buffaloes to work in the fields.
The gardens are often close to their houses.
C. SPEAKING
Talk with a partner. One plays the role of a reporter asking the questions, and the other answers with the questions below.
A: (1)
B: The Hmong speak a language that belongs to the Hmong-Dao language family.
A: (2)
B: They grow mainly corn, rice, and wheat.
A: (3)
B: They also plant lotus, potatoes, vegetable, peanut, sesame, beans, etc.
A: (4)
B: The Hmong raise water buffaloes, cows, pigs, chickens, and horses.
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B: The horse is the most effective source of transportation in these mountainous areas.
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B: The Hmong handicraft is famous for embroidery, blacksmithing, and the making of horse saddles, wooden furniture, and silver jewelry.
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B: The Hmong’s New Year is in December, about one month earlier than Vietnamese Tet.
A: (8)
B: During the New Year’s Festival, villagers play shuttlecock, swing, flute and sing and dance at public areas around the villages.
D. READING
Communal House (Rong House)
The Rong House can only be (1)__________ in villages to the north of the Central Highlands, especially in Gia Lai and Kon Tum provinces. It is a large, imposing, beautifully decorated stilt house built (2)__________ the middle of the village. It is where community activities (3)__________, meetings, wedding ceremonies, or praying ceremonies. It is also the place for reception of guests. The Rong House of each ethnic group has its own architectural style, design, and décor. Yet there are shared (4)_________. In the village, it is often (5)_________ house roofed with yellow-dried thatch leaves and having 8 big wood columns. The rafters are decorated with patterns of bright colours, depicting religious scenes, legendary stories about ancient heroes, stylized animals, and other familiar things of the village life. The most distinction of the décor of the Rong House is the (6)_________ of the brilliant God of Sun. The Rong House is a (7)__________ of the culture of Central Highlanders, an age-old and stable culture. The bigger the house, the wealthier the village is. It is a (8)_______ of the whole village.
1. | A. | find | B. | found | C. | to find | D. | finding |
2 | A. | on | B. | at | C. | in | D. | under |
3 | A. | take place | B. | take on | C. | happens | D. | occurs |
4 | A. | designs | B. | cultures | C. | customs | D. | features |
5. | A. | a big | B. | a bigger | C. | the biggest | D. | biggest |
6. | A. | painting | B. | photo | C. | image | D. | portrait |
7 | A. | signal | B. | symbol | C. | sign | D. | scene |
8. | A. | design | B. | respect | C. | proud | D. | pride |
Duong Lam: An ancient Vietnamese village
Duong Lam Village is located in Duong Lam Commune at a 45 km distance from Ha Noi. It is the birthplace of two kings in the history of Vietnam, Phung Hung (or Bo Cai Dai Vuong) and Ngo Quyen, who opened up the long-term self-control and independence period of Vietnam after Bach Dang Victory in the year 938.
All houses, gates, village gates and wells are built of laterite creating an architectural complex, a unique village that is typical for villages in the midlands in the North of Vietnam.
At present, there are still nearly old 200 houses and many other historical monuments such as Phung Hung Temple, Ngo Quyen Royal Tomb, Mong Phu Communal House, Ho Gam Hill at which Phung Hung killed tigers to secure villagers and the temple at which the diplomat Giang Van Minh is worshiped.
E. WRITING
Write full sentences about the Cham ethnic group, using the words and phrases given.
TEST (UNIT 3)
1. | The Gong Festival is held __________ in the Central Highlands. | |||||||
A. | year | B. | yearly | C. | annual | D. | annually | |
2. | ________ does Hoa Ban Festival take place? – In Lai Chau. | |||||||
A. | What | B. | Where | C. | When | D. | How | |
3. | It is typical of the cultural life of _________ Thai people | |||||||
A. | some | B. | a | C. | the | D. | Ø | |
4. | ________ do the cattle provide for the nomads? – Dairy products, meat, and clothing. | |||||||
A. | What | B. | Where | C. | Why | D. | How | |
5. | The crops _________ on the weather. | |||||||
A. | depend heavy | B. | depend heavily | C. | affect heavy | D. | affect heavily | |
6. | Mai studies Maths a little bit ___________. | |||||||
A. | bad | B. | badly | C. | good | D. | smartly | |
7. | During the festival, they fly many _________ kites in different shapes and sizes | |||||||
A. | colour | B. | colourless | C. | colourful | D. | colouring | |
8. | An old woman was __________ the goats up the mountainside. | |||||||
A. | riding | B. | taking | C. | herding | D. | running | |
9. | _________ is the festival celebrated? – Every year. | |||||||
A. | When | B. | How often | C. | How | D. | What | |
10. | There are no high building to block ___________ in our village. | |||||||
A. | view | B. | a view | C. | some view | D. | the view |
disk | sports | stone | ask | best | speech |
spelling | school | speak | stamps | spend | skill |
A: What/ population/ Khmer ethnic group?
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A: Where/ the Khmer/ live?
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A: What/ their customs?
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A: What/ they/ do/ live on?
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A: What/ their main festivals?
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marriage | share | a funeral house | branch |
stilt house | ethnic minorities | ceremonies | musical instruments |
Jarai (or Giarai)
The largest (38)___________ group on the Central Highlands is the Jarai, with a population of about 250,000. It is thought that Jarai people left the coastal plains around 2000 years ago, settling on the fertile plateau around Pleiku, and in Kon Tum Province. Some ethnologists think that Cham people are in fact a (39)____________ of the Jarai, and they certainly (40)____________ common linguistic traits.
Villagers are often named for a nearby river, stream or tribal chief. In the centre of each can be found a large (41)____________, which acts as a kind of community centre where the council of elders and their elected chief meet. House are traditionally built on stilt, facing north. Jarai women typically propose (42)___________ to men through a matchmaker, who delivers the prospective groom a cooper bracelet.
Perhaps more than any of Vietnam’s other hill tribes, the Jarai are famous for their (43)____________, from stringed “gongs” to bamboo tubes, which act as wind flutes and percussion.
Animist beliefs are still strong and the Jarai world is filled with spirits, the most famous of which are the kings of Water, Fire and Wind, represented by shamans who are involved in rain-making (44)___________ and other rituals. Funeral rites are particularly complex and expensive: after the burial, (45)____________ is built over the grave and evocative sculptures of people, birds and objects from everyday life are placed inside.
Note: evocative (adj) = making you remember or imagine something pleasant.
(46)__________ history of Da Nang Museum of Cham Sculpture started in 1891 when (47)____________ French scientist began to collect Cham sculptures that had been discovered in scattered areas of Quang Nam Province and brought them to Da Nang.
(48)___________ first museum building was designed by French architects, and construction began in 1915 and was finished by May 1916.
(49)___________ Museum has played (50)_________ important role in preserving sculpture items featuring the cultural, spiritual and ritual lives of the Cham people. They arranged (51)___________ displays in order of (52)__________ areas where (53)____________ objects were found.
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The Muong (60)_______________ ethnic roots with the Vietnamese people and their language is classified in the Vietnamese-Muong language branch. The Muong live in (61)____________ areas which have abundant land for (62)___________ wet rice. In a Muong hamlet, stilt houses are located in the shade of big trees, huddle against the mountain, and (63)_________ out on vast rice fields. A Muong house is designed to maximize convenient use and air ventilation to counter the warm, humid mountain climate.
The Muong’s (64)_________ is special. Men often wear a round-neck shirt which opens in the front and has two pockets. Their pants have large trouser legs. The Muong women wear a long, black dress and a white or brown shirt with a line of buttons in the front and long sleeves. They wind a white or indigo headscarf (65)__________ their head.
The Muong have (66)__________ folk arts including folk songs and poems, sorcerer’s worshiping songs, tales, and riddle songs. The gong is (67)____________ popular musical instrument (68)__________ the flute, the (69)____________ violin, the drum, and the panpipe.
60. | A. | have | B. | share | C. | divide | D. | cut |
61. | A. | mountain | B. | mount | C. | mountainous | D. | hill |
62. | A. | growing | B. | harvesting | C. | putting | D. | raising |
63. | A. | watch | B. | see | C. | stare | D. | look |
64. | A. | cloth | B. | material | C. | costume | D. | costumes |
65. | A. | out | B. | around | C. | at | D. | above |
66. | A. | diverse | B. | diversity | C. | variety | D. | range |
67. | A. | most | B. | the most | C. | more | D. | the more |
68. | A. | together | B. | as well | C. | along | D. | along with |
69. | A. | two strings | B. | two-string | C. | two string | D. | second-string |
The Space of Gong Culture in Central Highlands
The space of gong culture in Central Highlands of Viet Nam covers 5 provinces of Kon Tum, Gia Lai, Dak Lak, Dak Nong and Lam Dong. The masters of gong culture are the ethnic groups of Ba Na, Xo Dang, M’Nong, Co Ho, Ro Mam, E De, Giarai… The gong performances are always closely tied to community cultural rituals and ceremonies of the ethnic groups in Central Highlands. Many researchers have classified gongs as ceremonial musical instrument and the gong sounds as a means to communicate with deities and gods.
The gongs are made of bronze. Their diameter is from 20 cm to 60cm or from 90cm to 120cm. A set of gongs consists of 2 to 12 or 13 units and even to 18 or 20 units in some places.
In most of the ethnic groups, namely Giarai, Ede Kpah, Ba Na, Xo Dang, Brau, Co Ho, etc., only males are allowed to play gongs. However, in others such as Ma and M’Nong groups, both males and females can play gongs. Few ethnic groups (for example, E de Bih), gongs are performed by women only.
As for the majority of ethnic groups in Central Highlands, gongs are musical instruments of sacred power. It is believed that every gong is the settlement of a god who gets more powerful as the gong is older. Therefore, gongs are associated to all events in one’s life, such as the inauguration of new houses, funerals, buffalo sacrifice, new harvest, ceremony to pray for people’s and cattle’s health, ceremony to see off soldiers to the front, and the victory celebration.
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How to cook “Thang Co” – a speciality of Hmong
TEST YOURSELF 1
1. | A. | harmful | B. | slowly | C. | cloudy | D. | unique |
2. | A. | worship | B. | belong | C. | enjoy | D. | behave |
3. | A. | alternate | B. | entertain | C. | symbolize | D. | cultivate |
4. | A. | heritage | B. | museum | C. | decorate | D. | blackberry |
5. | A. | minorities | B. | populated | C. | activity | D. | experience |
6. | Yoga helps us learn ___________ to co-ordinate breathing and movement. | |||||||
A. | what | B. | when | C. | why | D. | how | |
7. | Teenagers enjoy _______ to music and _________ out with friends. | |||||||
A. | listen – hang | B. | to listen – to hang | C. | listening – hang | D. | listening – hanging | |
8. | __________ should children do yoga too? | |||||||
A. | Why | B. | When | C. | What | D. | How | |
9. | Don’t worry. It is ____________ to travel to that village event at night. | |||||||
A. | safe | B. | unsafe | C. | difficult | D. | inconvenient | |
10. | Life in a small town is __________ than that in a big city. | |||||||
A. | peaceful | B. | much peaceful | C. | less peaceful | D. | much more peaceful | |
11. | The boys often help their parents to _________ water from the village well. | |||||||
A. | gather | B. | collect | C. | give | D. | find | |
12. | In the Central Highlands, the biggest and tallest house in the village is the ___________ house. | |||||||
A. | communication | B. | community | C. | communal | D. | commune | |
13. | The Viet people have many ___________ customs and crafts. | |||||||
A. | tradition | B. | traditional | C. | culture | D. | customary | |
14. | ____________ month is the Hoa Ban Festival of the Thai people held in? | |||||||
A. | When | B. | Which | C. | How many | D. | How often | |
15. | The __________ on display in Da Nang Museum of Cham Sculpture are vert interesting. | |||||||
A. | items | B. | goods | C. | products | D. | shows |
classical | blouse | cleaning | blanket | blackberry |
clerk | blank | block | clearly | blind |
Back in 2006, 79-year-old Peter Oakley made a film of himself talking about his life experiences and 26uploaded/ downloaded it onto the web. He used a new 27online community/ video-sharing site, YouTube (which was then only one year old). He called the film “First Try”, and the 28blog/ online community loved it. Within a week, Peter was the number one use on YouTube, making him an Internet celebrity. The film has now had nearly three million 29hits/ websites. Peter 30posted/ searched more films online about himself and his life, and called the series “Telling it All”. He also has his own 31hits/ website (askgeriatric.com), where you can read his 32blog/ video sharing site. Oh, yes, and you can 33download/ post Peter’s song from it – he’s also in a rock band!
Note: hit (n) = a request to use a web page, and we can know the number looking at that page.
love | don’t mind | hate | don’t really like | quite like |
A Nick: Jenny, please help me with the washing up.
Jenny: Why? There’s not much.
Nick: I know, but I (39)___________ doing it. It’s awful.
B Mum: Let me help you.
Sarah: No, that’s OK. I (40)___________ doing the cooking. It’s one of my favourite hobbies.
C Phong: What are you doing?
Phuc: I’m tidying my room.
Phong: What? Still?
Phuc: Yeah, I (41)____________ doing it. It’s a bit boring.
D John: And we also need lots of drinks. Shall I come with you?
Mai: No, I’m fine. I really (42)____________ shopping.
E Mum: Ok, give me the next shirt. I (43)__________ doing another one.
Mai: You really don’t mind? How sweet of you.
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Cat Cat Village – Sa Pa
Cat Cat Village is located on the Muong Hoa Valley, this is the village of Hmong hill (52)____________. It’s not far from Sa Pa Town, about 3 km and it (53)__________ you 45 minutes to walk here. The village is on the (54)___________ of the hill and easy walking, rice and corn are grown here.
Visiting Cat Cat Village, we can have a chance to visit a big waterfall on the (55)__________ and the old Hydro-electric Power Station built by the French here. We can also see the (56)____________ of young women sitting by looms with colourful pieces of brocade decorated with designs of flowers and birds. When these pieces of brocade are finished, they are dyed and embroidered with beautiful (57)___________. It is interesting that Hmong women (58)__________ plants and leaves to dye these brocade fabrics. And then they roll a round and smooth section of wood covered with wax on fabrics to polish them, making their (59)___________ durable.
My village is about 50 kilometers from the city center. It is a very (60)_________ place where people (61)_________ flowers and vegetables only. It is very famous of its pretty roses and picturesque scenes. The air is quite fresh, however, the smell of the roses make people (62)___________ cool. In spring, my village looks (63)____________ a carpet with plenty of colors. Tourists come to visit it so often. Nowadays, with electricity, it doesn’t take the villagers much time (64)___________ the roses.
60. | A. | beauty | B. | beautiful | C. | beautify | D. | beautifully |
61. | A. | plant | B. | plants | C. | grow up | D. | grows up |
62. | A. | feel | B. | feeling | C. | felt | D. | to feel |
63. | A. | as | B. | like | C. | alike | D. | same |
64. | A. | water | B. | watering | C. | to water | D. | watered |
There are only a few things that I don’t like about Northville. One thing is that we have not got many things to do in the evening; we haven’t got (68)___________ cinemas or theaters. The other thing is that people always talk about (69)___________, and everyone knows what everyone is doing. But I still prefer village life to life in a big city.
65. | A. | so | B. | although | C. | because | D. | but |
66. | A. | for | B. | at | C. | up | D. | after |
67. | A. | knows | B. | know | C. | is knowing | D. | knew |
68. | A. | little | B. | some | C. | any | D. | few |
69. | A. | others | B. | other | C. | another | D. | one another |
The thing I liked most when I was small was the change of seasons. Spring, summer, autumn and winter – I could see them all come and go and each one was completely different. Now in the city, you can buy summer flowers in winter ad eat the same vegetables all the year round. Whereas, in the country, I could only eat things at certain times of the year, for example, strawberries in June and turnips in winter. I lived my childhood with the seasons.
We also made most of our food and would never eat frozen or tinned food. Everything was fresh, so it must be better than the type of food I am taking now in the city. City people may think people in the country miss a lot of things about modern life. In fact, in my opinion they miss a lot more than people in the country, they miss real life.
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My favourite leisure activity is listening to music.
(75)___________, listening to music not only helps me relax but also provides me with musical knowledge. I (76)___________ like the time that I can lie lazily in bed, put on the small earphone with my iPod and enjoy any favourite songs of many kinds of music: pop music, hip-hop, rock or jazz… I like pop music very much because I think it is gentle and suitable for teenagers. I listen to rock music when I am sad and after that I feel cheerful and happy. (77)_________ music from other countries is also good for teenagers to understand other cultures. (78)______________ that, the lyrics are easy to understand and interesting. (79)_____________, it can improve my English and listening skills.
(80)____________, music is an important part of my life and it helps me love my life more.
A. PHONETICES
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B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
a tradition | provider | death | gift |
according to | clocks | cultural | a temple |
unlucky | take off | the custom of | break with tradition |
there’s a tradition that
according to the tradition
follow the tradition of
break with tradition by
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open | talk | stop | take |
decide | get up | send | explain |
C. SPEAKING
I)-Rearrange the sentences to make a conversation by writing the correct number (2-8) in each blank. The conversation starts with number 1.
1 A. Nick: Guess what! I just got invited to my English teacher’s house for dinner!
B. Mai: Well, it’s also the custom in Viet Nam to bring a small gift.
C. Nick: And is it alright to bring a friend along?
D. Nick: Yes, but what do you do when you’re invited to someone’s here?
E. Mai: Well, if you want to bring someone along, you should call first and ask if it’s OK.
D. Mai: Oh, how nice!
G. Nick: Really? Like what?
H. Mai: Oh, maybe some fruit or a box of candy or biscuits.
R: Was Spiderman is a difficult part to play?
TM: Yes, I (1. be)_______ fit so I (2. train)_________ for six months before the film started.
R: What time _______________ (3. you/ be) at the film studio in the morning?
TM: I (4. start) ___________ at six o’clock. Too early!
R: _______________ (5. you/ wear) the Spiderman costume all day?
TM: Almost all day! But I (6. not wear)___________ it when I was playing Peter Parker, of course. Then I had normal clothes.
R: Was it scary to climb all those buildings?
TM: Well, I (7. not climb)_________ the really tall building. They use computer effects for that.
R: Have you ever seen the film at the cinema yet?
TM: Yes, I took my daughter to see it. It was cool because the cashier recognized me and we (8. not pay)___________!
Nick: Can you tell me about the typical kind of family in Viet Nam? A nuclear family or an extended one, Mai?
Mai: (1)
Nick: Yeah, I see. What is the role of the man or the father in the family?
Mai: (2)
Nick: How about the role of the woman?
Mai: (3)
Nick: I think the society in Vietnam has changed a lot. Is there any change in family life?
Mai: (4)
Nick: How to deal with the housework?
Mai: (5)
Nick: Yeah, the same situation in England now, Mai. Are there any family traditions in Viet Nam?
Mai: (6)
Nick: In other Asian countries, every member of family tries to do good actions so that their family will have good fame, and the parents feel happier.
Mai: (7)
Nick: Are there any traditions or customs for children in Viet Nam?
Mai: (8)
Nick: They are lucky, because in England many parents have to go to a nursing home when they get very old.
Mai: We think we owe our parents so much. One of the most well-known Vietnamese proverbs is, “The debt we owe our father is as great as Mount Thai Son; the debt we owe our mother is as inexhaustible as water flowing from its source.”
D. READING
Different Customs
Canada and the US: Don’t arrive early if you’re invited to someone’s home.
Indonesia: Never point to anything with your foot.
Korea: Don’t pass something to an older person or supervisor with only one hand.
Muslim countries: Don’t eat with your left hand.
Samoa: Don’t eat while you’re walking in public.
Thailand: Never touch anyone except a child on the head.
In Japan, take off your shoes at the entrance to all homes, and most businesses and hotels. Usually a rack will be provided to store your shoes, and pair of guest slippers will be put nearby; many Japanese bring a pair of indoor slippers just in case, though.
Never wear slippers when you need to step onto a tatami mat (used in most Japanese homes and hotels), and be careful to remove the toilet slippers waiting for you in the bathroom. It is extremely bad form, for example, to reenter the main room of a house wearing slippers that have been running that have been running across a dirty area.
Unlike in western cultures, the Japanese bath is used after you have washes and rinsed, and feel like soaking in extra-hot water for 10, 20, 30 minutes. If you happen to be invited into a Japanese household, you will be given the honor of using the bath first, usually before dinner. Be extra careful so as not to dirty the water in any way because of its importance.
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Marriage and family are very important in Viet Nam. In the countryside, parents often arrange marriages; divorce remains uncommon, though is more frequent in cities. In traditional Vietnamese families, roles are rigid. The man of the house is primarily responsible for the family’s economic well-being. Older children help to look after younger siblings. Discipline is viewed as a parental duty.
The woman of the house looks after her parents, husband and children. In rural areas, women also do much agriculture work. Vietnamese women live by the “four virtues”: hard work, beauty, refined speech and excellent conduct.
The Vietnamese attach great importance to two traditional family obligations: to care for their parents in their old age and to worship them after death. In each Vietnamese family, there is at least one altar on which there are the pictures of their ancestors. Family members worship their ancestors because they think parents after death will go to live in another world and this altar is the place where the ancestor’ souls live in. As a result, every day Vietnamese people lay flowers or sometimes fruits on the altar for the belief that those ancestors will enjoy them.
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Culturally, in Thailand there are many practices and beliefs that are very different to those from other countries.
The Royal Family of Thailand is held in very high respect. Making impolite remarks about any of the royal family is against the law.
The traditional greeting is with two hands prayer-like palms together known as a “wai”. If a local gives a “wai” to you, to be polite, it is nice to “wai” back. A “wai”, however, is always appreciated.
Thai culture places certain spiritual importance to certain parts of the body. You should not point your feet at people, touch people with your feet, prop your feet up on seats or tables or step over people sitting on the ground. The head, in contrast, has a much higher importance. Avoid touching people on the head as this is considered very rude. You should also avoid sitting on pillows meant for head rests. In some rural areas, food is often served while seated on the ground. Stepping over food on the ground is another extremely rude gesture and will surely embarrass your Thai host.
Throughout all of Thailand, if you notice a pile of shoes at or near an entrance to a home, shop or guesthouse, you should remove your shoes before entry; it is considered rude not to do so.
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Ancestor worship is a religious practice based on belief that one’s ancestors process supernatural powers, such as gods, angels, saints, or demons.
Ancestor worship in some cultures honors the deeds, memories, and sacrifice of the dead. Much of the worship includes visiting the ancestors at their graves, making offerings to them to provide for their welfare in the afterlife.
Spirit money (also called Hell Notes) is sometimes burned as an offering to ancestors as well for the afterlife. The living may regard the ancestors as “guardian angels” to them, perhaps in protecting them from serious accidents, or guiding their path in life.
Families burned incense every day on the domestic ancestral altar. In China, the family altar houses the family spirit tablets. On the outer surface of the spirit tablet is engraved the year of the death, his full name, and the name of the son who erects the tablet.
Anniversary rites take place on the death date of each major deceased member of the family every year. Sacrificial food is offered, and living members of the family participate in the ceremony in ritual based on age and generation.
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E. WRITING
Make sentences about the xoe dance, using the words and phrases given. You can add some words and make changes.
TEST (UNIT 4)
1. | The wai is the traditional __________ of people in Thailand. | |||||||
A. | goodbye | B. | hello | C. | greeting | D. | greetings | |
2. | When two Maori people meet, they ________ each other’s noses. | |||||||
A. | touch | B. | feel | C. | take | D. | kiss | |
3. | Do you know the __________ way to welcome people in Tibet? | |||||||
A. | custom | B. | customer | C. | customary | D. | tradition | |
4. | The xoe dance is a sprititual ________ of Thai ethnic people. | |||||||
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5. | In Vietnam you shouldn’t use only the first name to ________ people older than you. | |||||||
A. | speak | B. | talk | C. | say | D. | address | |
6. | We are going to prepare _________ sticky rice served with grilled chicken for the celebration. | |||||||
A. | five colours | B. | five-colours | C. | five-colour | D. | five-coloured | |
7. | A tradition is something special that is __________ through the generations. | |||||||
A. | passed | B. | passed to | C. | passed down | D. | passed out | |
8. | According to the _________ in England, we have to use a knife and fork at dinner. | |||||||
A. | table ways | B. | table manners | C. | behaviours | D. | differences | |
9. | We have to ___________ our shoes when we go inside a pagoda. | |||||||
A. | take off | B. | give off | C. | turn off | D. | put on | |
10. | In Australia, you shouldn’t ____________ on a person’s accent. | |||||||
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Thai New Year (Songkran Festival)
The traditional Thai New Year is celebrated in April each year. Thailand adopted this (11)____________ with the belief that the sun re-entered Aries and finished its orbit round the earth on April 13. In Thailand, this (12)_________ is celebrated for three days from April 13 to April 15. Before the (13)___________, people will clean their houses in the hope of casting away of any bad luck of the old year, so that good (14)____________ will enter their new lives instead. Food and sweets will be prepared in advance for merit making and for treating guests.
The Songkran celebrations will begin with food (15)_____________ to the monks who will walk along the street in the early morning to receive food and other offerings. One of the most popular (16)___________ for young people is to convey their best (17)_______ to their elders by pouring water onto them or their palms. After this, it is time for children and young people to have full (18)___________ with water-throwing, dancing and folk games.
Do not expect to escape the (19)____________ activities, these take place on every street in Thailand. They can be a welcome break to the (20)____________ of the dry season, but if you wish to stay dry it is best to stay indoors!
Example: You look very pale and terrible. (see a doctor)
You should see a doctor
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Hi, Johnny!
I got back home this morning. What a crazy holiday! First, my sister forgot her passport so we (41)_________ for it. Then we went to the wrong airport terminal so we (42)_________ to the right one. After that the airline cancelled our flight so we (43)_______ in an airport hotel for the night but luckily we (44)____________ for it. Finally, we arrived. There was octopus for dinner every last day, my brother Toby dropped his phone in the sea and he (46)__________ a new one. He was not pleased!
Write soon.
Nick.
Nick: What should I do first if I am invited to a Vietnamese home for dinner, Mai?
Mai: (47)
Nick: Which kinds of gift shouldn’t I bring?
Mai: (48)
Nick: Can I sit at the dining table as I would like to?
Mai: (49)
Nick: What are the most common utensils for a meal in Viet Nam?
Mai: (50)
Nick: Where should I place my chopsticks when breaking to drink or speak?
Mai: (51)
Nick: Is there anything else that I have to pay attention to during the meal?
Mai: (52)
Nick: What should I do when I finish dinner?
Mai: (53)
Nick: Do Vietnamese people often use toothpicks after finishing a meal?
Mai: (54)
Nick: Thank you so much, Mai.
Mai: You’re welcome. I hope you’ll enjoy having a meal with a Vietnamese household.
The Vietnamese are now to be polite, hospitable and sensitive. They have a casual and friendly (55)__________. They regard friendship as being very important throughout one’s life. They are always open to visit from friends. Drop-in visits are welcome. The Vietnamese are very (56)_________ to their family.
When they (57)__________ you a gift, the Vietnamese will usually speak lightly about it. Even though it is an expensive gift, they may pretend it is of no great monetary value.
(58)__________ 4,000 years of civilization, the Vietnamese are proud people who like to recite to a myth that they are descendants of an angel and a dragon.
If you happen to be in their homes at meal time, the Vietnamese will probably (59)___________ you to sit down and share whatever food is (60)_____________. Let them know that you enjoy their food is one way to successfully (61)_____________ a better relationship with them.
When they invite you to their homes for a meal, celebration, or special occasion, some (62)__________ - usually food, fruits, chocolate or liquors – should be offered to the host’s family.
55. | A. | manner | B. | feature | C. | culture | D. | tradition |
56. | A. | closed | B. | closing | C. | close | D. | being closed |
57. | A. | sell | B. | carry | C. | send | D. | offer |
58. | A. | Of | B. | With | C. | At | D. | In |
59. | A. | take | B. | require | C. | speak | D. | invite |
60. | A. | available | B. | present | C. | good | D. | delicious |
61. | A. | setting | B. | building | C. | taking | D. | being |
62. | A. | offers | B. | invitations | C. | gifts | D. | situations |
60. | A. | have | B. | share | C. | divide | D. | cut |
61. | A. | mountain | B. | mount | C. | mountainous | D. | hill |
62. | A. | growing | B. | harvesting | C. | putting | D. | raising |
63. | A. | watch | B. | see | C. | stare | D. | look |
64. | A. | cloth | B. | material | C. | costume | D. | costumes |
65. | A. | out | B. | around | C. | at | D. | above |
66. | A. | diverse | B. | diversity | C. | variety | D. | range |
67. | A. | most | B. | the most | C. | more | D. | the more |
68. | A. | together | B. | as well | C. | along | D. | along with |
69. | A. | two strings | B. | two-string | C. | two string | D. | second-string |
Greeting Customs Around the World
USA
It is normal for men to shake hands when they meet, but it is quite unusual for men to kiss when they greet each other. Greetings are casual – a handshake, a smile and a ‘hello’ will do just fine.
UK
The British often simply say ‘hello’ when they meet friends. They usually shake hands only when they meet for the first time. Social kissing is common in an informal situation between men and women and also between women who know each other very well.
France
The French, including children, shake hands with their friends and often kiss them on both cheeks, both upon meeting and leaving.
Arab countries
In Arab countries, close male friends or colleagues hug and kiss both cheeks. They shake hands with their right hand only, for longer but less firmly than in the West. Contact between the opposite genders in public is considered obscene. Do not offer to shake hands with the opposite sex.
Hungary
Hungarians like to use the friendly greeting form of kissing each other on the cheeks. The most common way is to kiss from your right to your left. When men meet for the first time, the casual greeting is a firm handshake.
Belgium
People kiss on one cheek when they meet, regardless of the gender or how well they know.
Chinese
Chinese people tend to be more conservative. When meeting someone for the first time, they would usually nod their heads and smile, or shake hands if in a formal situation.
Russia
The typical greeting is a very firm handshake while maintaining direct eye contact. When men shake hands with women, the handshake is not firm. It is considered gallant to kiss women three times while alternating cheeks, and even to kiss hands.
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3. | A. | foundation | B. | location | C. | organization | D. | performance |
4. | A. | affection | B. | recognition | C. | contribution | D. | animation |
5. | A. | consumption | B. | explosion | C. | technician | D. | mathematician |
6. | A. | magician | B. | historian | C. | musician | D. | vegetarian |
7. | A. | librarian | B. | physician | C. | Brazilian | D. | Indonesian |
8. | A. | civilian | B. | grammarian | C. | politician | D. | Shakespearian |
B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
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International Kite Festival in Vung Tau
Vung Tau has become a familiar tourist destination to make people (1)________ it has its own beautiful beaches and mountains. (2)_______, Vung Tau even has more to offer. International Kite Festival in Vung Tau, first held in 2009, is the biggest kite festival in Vietnam. (3)____________ the festival is still new, it has attracted kite artisans all around the world such as France, Australia, the UK, US, Cambodia, Malaysia, the Philippines, etc.
The festival may take place in various tourist sites, (4)____________ the events are in the same order. (5)____________ you come to Vung Tau during the first days of summer, you can enjoy the colourful sky with kites from skillful hands of artisans around the world. (6)__________ kites from other countries are in different styles, Viet Nam showed up kites of Hue royal style in shape of a phoenix or a dragon. In 2009, the clubs from Hue had tradition (7)______________ most diversified kites, (8)_________ they were awarded special prizes.
1. | The extended family arranged marriage, _________ individuals were consulted on the choice of their mate. | |||||||
A. | so | B. | and | C. | yet | D. | otherwise | |
2. | ________ the first footer has a good reputation and success, the family believes that they will receive luck and good fortune throughout the year. | |||||||
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3. | Parents usually buy new clothes and shoes for their children a month before the New Year; __________, children cannot wear their clothes until the first day of the New Year and onward. | |||||||
A. | moreover | B. | although | C. | otherwise | D. | however | |
4. | The left hand is customarily used for cleaning, _______ Indian people never eat with their left hands. | |||||||
A. | so | B. | but | C. | however | D. | therefore | |
5. | The yellow apricot blossoms are often see in Southern Vietnam, _________, the pink peach blossoms are known as the primary flower in every home in the North. | |||||||
A. | moreover | B. | however | C. | therefore | D. | yet | |
6. | _________ children have performed a certain greeting before receiving lucky money, adults return good advice, encouraging children to keep up with the schoolwork, and obeying their parents. | |||||||
A. | Although | B. | If | C. | When | D. | However | |
7. | ___________ the Vietnamese believe in fate in marriage, they also think that marriage arrangement plays some role in activating a positive or negative fate. | |||||||
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8. | ___________ the Chinese greet other people, they have the custom of bowling, folding their hands on chest. | |||||||
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I)-Rearrange the sentences in order to make a meaningful conversation, writing the number (1-10) in each blank. The first (0) has been done for you.
1 Mai: Hi, everyone. he first term is coming to an end, and we have some days off. Let’s go somewhere.
A. Mai: It takes only one and half hours to travel there by coach. It is located 60 kilometers southwest from Ha Noi.
B. Phong: We should take some snacks, and some bottles of mineral water.
C. Mai: I think that’s enough for a short trip to Huong Pagoda, and we’ll present the plan in front of the class next Monday.
D. Mai: Yes, I agree with you, Nick. It’s a good opportunity for us to go to Huong Pagoda Festival.
E. Nick: And what about umbrella and trainers? We have to climb the hills, and the weather is not always fine, maybe some rain.
F. Phong: It sounds very interesting, Mai. Is it a long way from here to Huong Pagoda?
G. Mai: Besides the camera, I think we need to bring some food and drink.
H. Nick: That’s a good idea, Mai. How about going to a festival? I have heard that you have many festivals in January. Right?
I. Phong: Sounds great. It doesn’t take us so long to get here. The sights and landscapes are very beautiful.
J. Nick: I’ll bring along a digital camera. I hope we can take many nice pics.
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Viet Nam Pig Slaughter Festival
The traditional Pig Slaughter Festival is held on the 6th day of the Lunar New Year in Nem Thuong Village, in Bac Ninh Province. This festival is held to commemorate a general in the Ly Dynasty – Doan Thuong, who reclaimed this land. According to legend, the general brought his troops to this land and slaughtered with male pigs to feed his soldiers. The Pig Slaughter Festival originated from this. Pig blood in the festival is believed to symbolize prosperity, vitality and good harvest. However, the festival is known as the most brutal in the country, and many people have asked the government to stop the festival. “Animal Asia” – an international organization to protect anmal rights – is calling on the Vietnamese authorities to end the Nem Thuong Pig Slaughter Festival.
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Kate Festival
Kate Festival is (1)________ by the Cham people for 3 days at the beginning of October. This event is held in a large space in the three Champa Towers (Po Nagar, Po Klong Garai and Po Rome). The main purpose of the festival is to (2)__________ their heroes like to Po Klong Garai and Po Rome. (3)_________, the festival is a chance for the local people to relax, meet and wish one another (4)______ in the future.
This is one of the biggest and most important events of the Cham people in Vietnam. (5)___________, it is a good opportunity for the visitors to explore the (6)_________ in the Cham culture, from architecture to costumes, instruments and traditional songs that are used to praise their kings in the past. The Kate festival in each tower starts at the same time on the same day, and the day after, villages and family begin to hold their own rites. During the rite, the people (7)________ their ancestors and gods with the help of a shaman, and then pray (8)________ health and prosperity. The actual festivals (9)___________ after the rites. It is a combination of traditional music and dance, including some activities (10)________ performances of Ginang Drum and Saranai Flute or the traditional dance of Cham girls.
1. | A. | organize | B. | organized | C. | hold | D. | being held |
2. | A. | commemorate | B. | see | C. | watch | D. | love |
3. | A. | However | B. | Nevertheless | C. | Therefore | D. | Moreover |
4. | A. | lucky | B. | happy | C. | fortune | D. | dream |
5. | A. | However | B. | Therefore | C. | Because | D. | Although |
6. | A. | beautiful | B. | beautifully | C. | charm | D. | charming |
7. | A. | call | B. | ask | C. | shout | D. | speak |
8. | A. | to | B. | about | C. | of | D. | for |
9. | A. | take place | B. | take places | C. | take part | D. | take the place |
10. | A. | such | B. | so | C. | like | D. | like as |
Chol Chnam Thmay Festival
This holiday is the New Year festival in ancient calendar of Khmer people. Held in mid-April, the festival occurs in 3 days (4 days for the leap year). People prepare new clothe, food and drinks for whole festival days. They also repair, clean and decorate their house. Everyone is excited to care for holiday.
At night of New Year’s Eve, every family prepares a lavish meal, burns incense and candles to welcome the new god, farewell the old god. On the altar, they present 5 flower branches, 5 candles, 5 incenses, 5 cereal seeds and fruit crops. They pray for health and luck in the New Year.
On the first New Year – Chol Chnam Thmay, major activities are bathing, dressing nice, bringing sacrifice gifts to the temple in good time which has been selected.
On Wonbof day – the second day, they make rice offerings and cover the sand mountain. People cook rice and bring it to the temple in the morning and the afternoon.
On Lom Sak day – the third day, they do Buddha bathing and monk-bathing ceremony. In the morning, people bring breakfast to monks and listen to the sermon. At noon, they burn the lamps, offer sacrifice gifts and bring fragrant water to bathe Buddha statues. After the ceremony at the temple, the monks go to the grave to pray for the souls of those who died.
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1. | A. | malnutrition | B. | prohibition | C. | recommendation | D. | superstitious |
2. | A. | application | B. | congratulation | C. | recreation | D. | education |
3. | A. | exhaustion | B. | maintenance | C. | opinion | D. | pollution |
4. | A. | reduction | B. | competition | C. | objection | D. | appearance |
5. | A. | comparison | B. | organization | C. | communication | D. | socialization |
6. | _________ different regions and religious have a variety in marital arrangements, the arranged is a traditional feature of every community. | |||||||
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7. | The Vietnamese are influenced by Buddhist theology and Confucian philosophy, _________ they believe in fate in marriage. | |||||||
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8. | Always take your shoes off before you enter a temple in India, __________ you will be considered impolite. | |||||||
A. | otherwise | B. | therefore | C. | however | D. | moreover | |
9. | “Giao Thua” is the most sacred time of the year; ________, the first houseguest to offer the first greeting is very important. | |||||||
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10. | The five-fruit tray on the altar symbolizes the gratitude of the Vietnamese to their ancestors;_______, it demonstrates their hope for a life of plenty. | |||||||
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11. | The Hung King Temple Festival _______ from the 8th to the 11th day of the third lunar month in Phu Tho. | |||||||
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12. | During the Buddhist Festival, visitors join the procession and make offerings to _________ Buddha at the pagoda. | |||||||
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13. | I think the Kate Festival is a really joyful festival which _______ many activities. | |||||||
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14. | In Vietnam, the _________ we mostly use is chopsticks. | |||||||
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15. | You shouldn’t ___________ your promise to the children. | |||||||
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Vu Lan Festival
Vu Lan Festival takes place on 15th day of the seventh lunar month. It is also called “Xa toi vong nhan” festival (16)_________ this is the day for the death’s souls. Many people believe that on that day, (17)_________ the gate of the hell opens, souls of the dead can come back to their home (18)________ gather with their family. (19)_________, Vietnamese people consider that it is also the occasion for family gatherings as well as expressing love (20)__________ gratitude to ancestors and parents. (21)_________, Vu Lan Festival is known as Mother’s Day in Vietnam.
(22)_________, in the morning of that day, a lavish tray with various delicious dishes set on the altar, and the householder will burn incense and invite ancestor to come back home and celebrate the festival with family. (23)__________ at night the Vietnamese hold a ceremony of releasing lighted lanterns on the river, (24)__________ Vietnamese people believe by doing that, their wishes for parents will come true.
Pagodas are crowded during the festival say (25)_________ Buddhist gather for the monk’s lecture. Each Buddhist has a flower (usually rose) in front of their chest: red flower (26)_________ their parents are living and white flower (27)______________ their parents are dead.
Mai: Our class is going to hold a three-day trip. Shall we go to Da Lat Flower Festival or Nha Trang Carnival?
Nick: (28)__________________________________, so I choose Nha Trang Carnival.
Phong: I would like to go to Da Lat to see colourful flowers – flowers bloom everywhere from indoors to outside lane, across the road and the city, from the small shop to the beautiful large park.
Mai: My younger sister and I likes flowers so much, (29)_______________ Nha Trang Carnival is much more exciting with a lot of cultural and recreational events.
Nick: I want to swim and (30)___________________. It sounds great!
Phong: Are there any other activities in Nha Trang?
Mai: I know your hobby is flying a kite, so in Nha Trang you have (31)______________ ______________________________________________________________________
Phong: Really! Awesome. Let’s (32)_______________ Nha Trang Carnival this year. Right?
Nick: Yeah. I think we should take some canned food (33)______________________.
Phong: And (34)______________. Remember to bring the sun lotion for your younger sister and you, Mai.
Mai: Thanks, Phong. We should book our trip in advance, so we can stay at (35)________________.
Phong: We’ll talk about this to our class in the next meeting.
Nick: That’s right! Maybe our classmates have more interesting ideas.
Mai: And our teacher will tell our parents about the plans for the trip to Nha Trang.
Khau Vai Love Market Festival – Beauty of Love
Khau Vai Commune, located in Meo Vac District, is (36)___________ to ethnic minority group of Giay, Nung and Muong. The love market festival is held (37)____________ Lunar March 26th and 27th with the participation of a large number of local people. The festival features food and drink culture, song (38)_____________ and folk games. Ethnic (39)____________, jewellery, ethnic musical instruments, culture and art publications are (40)___________ at the market, reflecting activities of the local people.
The story concerns two temples in the area of Khau Vai Market. Once upon a time, there was a boy and a girl born from two different places of the Dong Van Plateau. Since forbidden to get married (41)___________ the two families, they decided (42)_____________ home to come and settle down together in Khau Vai, a prosperous land with green plants.
Since then, over every Lunar March 27th, Khau Vai has attracted couples of different ages, including those who seek (43)__________ for the first time. (44)______________, most of them are those who love each other very much but cannot marry (45)_____________ different reasons.
36. | A. | family | B. | home | C. | house | D. | hometown |
37. | A. | in | B. | at | C. | on | D. | during |
38. | A. | performances | B. | rituals | C. | ceremonies | D. | celebrations |
39. | A. | cloth | B. | materials | C. | costume | D. | costumes |
40. | A. | in show | B. | on display | C. | in display | D. | on stage |
41. | A. | between | B. | on | C. | by | D. | because of |
42. | A. | leave | B. | to leave | C. | leaving | D. | left |
43. | A. | partners | B. | couples | C. | lovers | D. | wives |
44. | A. | Otherwise | B. | Therefore | C. | Moreover | D. | However |
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Nha Trang Sea Festival
Nha Trang Sea Festival takes place every two years for a week in around June in Nha Trang City, Khanh Hoa Province. This is a colorful and dynamic sea festival which honors natural beauty of Nha Trang – the charming city overlooking the sea. The first Nha Trang Sea Festival was held in 2003 when Nha Trang Beach was proclaimed as a member of the Most Beautiful Bays in the World Club. Coming to Nha Trang at the time of festival, visitors will be able to take part in various cultural and recreational events. First of all is an abundant opening ceremony by Vietnamese and international art groups. Besides, many interesting activities also take place during the festival like seafood competition, wine festival, beach volleyball, art kite flying festival, underwater group wedding, etc. The festival is also a great chance for tourists to know more about Viet Nam through special events. Nha Trang Sea Festival will definitely give you an unforgettable impression about Vietnam’s charming beauty as well as time-honored traditional values.
Ha Long Carnival
The festival is joined by thousand of actors, dancers, singers, musicians as well as students. Most of them are the local residents of Ha Long Bay. The highlight of Ha Long Carnival is street parades with variety of colorful costumes and dance on wide streets along the coast. Moreover, a laser, sound and water performance combining with a sparkling aerial firework show is an amazing party of light and color which tourist shouldn’t miss at the festival. Ha Long Carnival is the heart of the series of events within the schedule of Ha Long Tourism Week – a tourism promotional celebration which has been held yearly for six years. It’s usually taken place in a week in late-April to early-May. On the occasion of the 6th celebration in 2012, Ha Long Bay was officially recognized as one of New 7 Wonders of Nature of the world by the New 7 Wonders Organization.
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Mid-Autumn Festival is held on 15th day of the eight lunar month to celebrate biggest full moon in the year. In Viet Nam, this festival is for children (56)___________ children are center of all activities on that day. (57)_____________ the festival is coming, the adults and the parents prepare many different foods - moon cakes, candies, biscuits, jellies, and fruit. (58)_____________, the children are given many nice lanterns – star lanterns, flower lanterns and diverse funny masks, (59)__________ they can light the lantern during the Mid-Autumn night.
(60)______________ the autumn is the time of the beginning of the new school year, the adults and parents give gifts to the children. The festival takes place (61)_______________ people have had good crops. (62)____________, it is also the congratulation for the full harvest.
Nowadays, (63)__________ some of the traditional toys have been replaced by modern toys, the meaning of the festival has been kept and developed. It is certain that Mid-Autumn Festival is a good example of the traditional culture of the Vietnamese.
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King Hung Temple Festival
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B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
1. | Thach Sanh was very ________ when he let Ly Thong and his mother go back to their home town. | |||||||
A. | selfish | B. | mean | C. | generous | D. | brave | |
2. | The ogre was so ___________, and was about to catch Thach Sanh with its sharp claws. | |||||||
A. | fierce | B. | mean | C. | clever | D. | ugly | |
3. | Thach Sanh was so ________ that he could push back the troops with his magical guitar and rice pot. | |||||||
A. | kind | B. | clever | C. | hard-working | D. | fast | |
4. | An Tiem was very ____________ to move to a deserted island. | |||||||
A. | brave | B. | honest | C. | kind | D. | generous | |
5. | Khoai was very _________, but his landowner was ___________. | |||||||
A. | lazy-cunning | B. | clever-brave | C. | honest-wise | D. | honest-cunning | |
6. | Tam was a very _________ girl who had to work all day. | |||||||
A. | mean | B. | generous | C. | hard-working | D. | lazy | |
7. | Cam was very __________ when she killed the nightingale, cooked it and threw the feathers in the Imperial Garden. | |||||||
A. | wicked | B. | ugly | C. | honest | D. | mean | |
8. | Luu Binh was very _________ to invite Duong Le to come and live with him. | |||||||
A. | selfish | B. | kind | C. | mean | D. | brave |
Last Saturday, we were very busy. In the morning, …
At two o’clock in the afternoon, …
At five o’clock in the afternoon, …
At six o’clock in the evening, …
The Woodcutter and his Axe
One day, a woodcutter (1. cut)__________ a tree on the bank of the river when his axe (2. slip)____________ from his hands and (3. fall)_____________ into the water. The poor man (4. be)_____________ so sad that he (5. start)______________ to cry bitterly.
At this moment, and angel (6. appear)__________ there and (7. ask)__________ the woodcutter why he (8. cry)____________. He (9. tell)______________ the story, and the angel (10. feel)_____________ sorry and (11. drive)_______________ into the river to find the lost axe. Later, he (12. appear)_________ from the water with a gold axe in his hand, but the woodcutter (13. refuse)__________ to take it, saying that it (14. not be)____________ his axe. The angel (15. drive)___________ into the water once again and (16. appear)____________ with an axe that was made of silver. The woodcutter (17. be)____________ still sad. He (18. shake)___________ his head harder and (19. tell)______________ the angle that his own axe (20. be)____________ made of iron. The third time the angel (21. come)__________ out of the water with an iron axe in his hand. Filled with joy, the woodcutter (22. cry)___________, “This belong to me”.
He (23. thank)_____________ the angel for helping him. The angel (24. be) ______________ greatly impressed by his honestly, and he (25. give)______________ the woodcutter the other two axes as a reward for his honestly.
Nick: Hi, Hoa. What ______________ (1. you/ do) yesterday afternoon? I tried to chat, but you didn’t reply. _______________ (2. you/ play) badminton?
Hoa: Hello, Nick. No, I (3. not play)_____________ badminton. It (4. rain)____________ all afternoon.
Nick: Really? The sun (5. shine)_____________ here.
Hoa: Well, it (6. not shine)_______________ here. I didn’t turn on my computer because I (7. watch)_____________ TV. There was a great film on. Did you see it?
Nick: No. I (8. help)_____________ my parents. They (9. clean)_____________ the house for a party.
Hoa: My dad (10. clean)_____________ the house, too.
Nick: ________________ (11. he/get) ready for a party?
Hoa: No, we’re going to sell the house. We’re going to the countryside.
Nick: What! When? You can’t…
Hoa: Nick …
Nick: Yes?
Hoa: I (12. wind)_______________ you up!
Note: to wind someone up = to annoy or upset someone (trêu chọc ai)
Wisdom
A farmer was ploughing his field. Sometimes, he shouted at and beat the buffalo that was (1)____________ the plough. A tiger happened to stroll along the edge of the field.
“Buffalo, you are so big. (2)____________ do you let this weak man beat you?”, he asked.
The buffalo answered, “The man is small (3)______________ his wisdom is big.”
The tiger did not understand what wisdom was (4)__________ he shouted at the man. “Hey you, man, what is wisdom? Let me see it.”
“Wisdom? Oh, my wisdom (5)____________ at home,” replied the man, looking at the tiger’s teeth and claws.
“Go home (6)_____________ get it. Bring it here so that I can see it,” the tiger ordered.
“Oh, no! I am afraid that you will eat my buffalo (7)______________ I am gone. (8)_____________ you agree to be tied with rope, I will run home and fetch the wisdom.”
The tiger agreed. (9)______________ fastening the tiger, the farmed beat its back.
“(10)______________ is my wisdom. This is my wisdom”, he explained.
1. | A. | pull | B. | pulling | C. | pulled | D. | to pull |
2. | A. | What | B. | How | C. | When | D. | Why |
3. | A. | and | B. | but | C. | so | D. | or |
4. | A. | and | B. | but | C. | although | D. | so |
5. | A. | is | B. | are | C. | was | D. | were |
6. | A. | but | B. | and | C. | so | D. | yet |
7. | A. | why | B. | while | C. | although | D. | if |
8. | A. | While | B. | Because | C. | Although | D. | If |
9. | A. | Before | B. | After | C. | Because | D. | But |
10. | A. | Here | B. | There | C. | She | D. | That |
C. SPEAKING
I)-Complete the conversation between Nick and Phong about the legend of the Mid-Autumn Festival with the responses given (A-H). Practise the conversation with your partner.
Phong: Hi, Nick. Nice to see you on Monday. Did you enjoy the Mid-Autumn Festival in Viet Nam this year?
Nick: Hello, Phong. Thanks a lot. I really enjoyed this festival. It’s for all teenagers like us.
Phong: Yeah. It’s colourful and very exciting with moon cakes and the lanterns in all shapes.
Nick: But I had a question. Did the festival have an origin from any legend in your country?
Phong: (1)
Nick: What did the legend begin?
Phong: (2)
Nick: Awesome! What a hero!
Phong: (3)
Nick: Wow, good news for him. What happened next, Phong?
Phong: (4)
Nick: Really? Elixir? A liquid with magical power!
Phong: (5)
Nick: I don’t think something good would happen to the hero and his wife.
Phong: (6)
Nick: I feel sorry for Hong Yi and Chang E. What did Hou Yi do after that?
Phong: (7)
Nick: I also read it in the book: we could see the image of Chang E and her palace at full moon.
Phong: (8)
Nick: How wonderful the legend is! Thank you so much, Phong!
Phong: You’re welcome! Let’s go to our classroom!
The Emperor’s New Clothes: a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen
Long ago, a foolish emperor didn’t spend any time doing the things an emperor should do, but he was only interested in trying on new clothes and parading them in front of his people.
One day, two strangers arrived, offering the chance to try some magical cloth, which would be invisible to anyone who was a fool, or not suitable for their job.
The Emperor ordered some cloth to be prepared, paying two bags of gold for it. The Chief Minister and a servant couldn’t see the cloth, but neither wanted to tell the truth because they didn’t want to lose their jobs. The Emperor thought the same thing, and ordered a suit of clothes to be made at the cost of more gold.
The cheating strangers helped him into the imaginary clothes and he went on a procession through the town. Nobody wanted to admit that they couldn’t see the clothes, until a small boy shouted that the Emperor had nothing on at all. This caused the rest of the crowd to start laughing. The Emperor just carried on with his parade – thinking the people were all the fools.
A: I’ve just read a very interesting story named “The Emperor’s New Clothes”
B: Really? Do you know the author of that story?
A: It was written (1)
B: What kind of story is it?
A: I think (2)
B: Who are the main characters in it?
A: They are (3)
B: The Emperor? How was he? Was he kind to his people?
A: Of course, not. He was foolish and he (4)
B: What happened then?
A: One day, two strangers arrived, and they told (5) which was invisible to fools.
B: Sounds exciting. What happened next?
A: The Chief Minister and the servant pretended to see the magic cloth, and the Emperor (6) .
B: What happened when the “magic” cloth was completed?
A: The Emperor went on a procession through the town. Nobody wanted to admit that they couldn’t see the clothes, until (7)
B: What’s the end of the story?
A: (8)
B: I think the Emperor was the real fool because he was cheated by the two strangers.
➊ Title: Hansel and Gretel
Genre: fairy tale (one of Grimm brother’s fairy tales)
Plot: A woodcutter and his second-wife couldn’t afford to feed his own children. The step-mother suggested leaving them in the forest for a while. The children, Hansel and Gretel, heard that and they left their home. Hansel used small rocks to mark the way back home. The two kids had no food when they found a witch’s house made of bread, cake and sugar. Of course, they ate a lot and didn’t die. The witch asked them to stay. After that, she locked up Hansel to fatten him, and made Gretel work hard around the house. This went on for a while until the witch decided to eat both of them. She asked Gretel to check the oven’s heat from inside. Gretel tricked the witch into doing that instead. The witch was burned up and the children went home with a lot of her treasure. Unluckily, the stepmother died. The kids and the father lived happily ever since.
➋ Title: The Bronze Pig
Genre: fairy tale (one of Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tales)
Plot: A poor young boy in Florence, Italy, was begging for money, but was not successful. He slept on top of a famous paintings. The next morning, the boy woke up and went home. His stepmother made him go away for not bringing in any money, so he ran away. A glove-maker and his wife took him in. The boy met an artist and he taught the boy to draw. He grew up to become a very talented artist who painted many beautiful pictures, including painting of the bronze pig.
A: I want to read Hansel and Gretel/ The Bronze Pig.
B: What kind of the story is it?
A: It’s a fairy tale.
B: Who are the main characters in it?
A: (1)
B: What is the story about?
A: (2)
B: What happened first?
A: (3)
B: What happened next?
A: (4)
B: What is the end of the story?
A: (5)
D. READING
Once upon a time, there was a girl called Cinderella who did all the work in the kitchen while her lazy sisters did nothing. One night her sisters went to a ball at the palace, Cinderella was left a home, feeling very sad. After a time her fairy godmother appeared and told Cinderella that she could go to the ball, but she has to return home by midnight. So she went to the ball in a beautiful dress and a wonderful coach. She danced with the prince, but at midnight she ran back home, leaving one of her shoes on the dance floor. The prince wanted to see her again and went to every house in the capital until he found that the shoe was right size for Cinderella. The prince and Cinderella were married and lived happily ever after.
Da Trang and the Magic Pearl
Long ago, there was a hunter named Da Trang who lived near the edge of the forest. One day, when he returned from hunting, he was terrified to see two bright green snakes moving quickly moving quickly through the grass to the temple! But when he saw them raise their heads to listen to the prayer coming from the nearby temple, he thought, “They are surely harmless. Maybe they are sacred snakes.”
When passing the temple one morning, Da Trang saw a big cobra, jaws open, attacking the snakes. He raised his bow and shot the cobra to save the snakes.
When the arrow struck him, the cobra hissed horribly and moved away as the male snake chased it down the hill. The female snake was badly wounded, and soon died. Da Trang buried her under the temple.
The male snake gave him a beautiful white pearl to allow one to understand the language of animals as a gift of its gratitude.
The King had Da Trang bring the magic pearl to the palace because the King was very enthusiastic to hear about the animals’ conversation and spent a great deal of time listening to them.
One beautiful spring morning, the King and Da Trang went sailing. While the fish were singing happily, Da Trang burst out laughing and dropped the magic pearl into the sea.
Da Trang ordered an army of workmen who brought hundreds of cartloads of sand to the seashore to fill up the sea to find his lost pearl, but he failed and died. Before death, he asked to be buried near the seashore.
Nowadays, when you are at the seashore early in the morning, you can see many small crabs, believed to do the work of Da Trang.
Task 1: Match a word in column A with its definition in column B, writing the answer in each blank.
Answer | A | B |
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Task 2: Read the passage again, and then answer the following questions.
Task 3: Read again, and then complete the details of the legend by filling in each blank with ONE suitable word.
Main characters Character 1: Da Trang. He was (11)____________, but he did an impossible thing.
Character 2, 3: The green snakes. They were (12)__________, sacred and (13)____________.
Character 4: The cobra. It was (14)____________.
Plot: beginning Long ago, there was a (15)_____________ named Da Trang who lived near the edge of the forest.
Plot: middle One day, when he (16)___________ the temple, he saw a big cobra, attacking the snakes. He (17)___________ to shoot the cobra to save the snakes. The female snake died (18)____________ Da Trang buried her under the temple. The male snake gave him a magic pearl to allow one to understand the language of animals.
The King was also (19)_______________ in the magic pearl, and asked him to bring the magic pearl to the palace.
Plot: end One day, (20)__________ sailing on the boat with the King, Da Trang dropped the pearl into the sea. He tried to fill up the sea with sand but he failed and died.
E. WRITING
Make sentences about the Legend of the Milky Way, using the words and phrases given. You can add some words and make changes. The first two sentences have been done for you as examples.
The Legend of the Milky Way
0. Once upon a time, there was a very beautiful and charming princess, named Chuc Nu.
TEST (UNIT 6)
1. | The toad was very ___________ because he tried to find way to the heaven to sue God. | |||||||
A. | brave | B. | kind | C. | generous | D. | mean | |
2. | The King was very ___________ to allow his daughter. Tien Dung, to travel to many wonderful places of the kingdom. | |||||||
A. | wise | B. | mean | C. | kind | D. | wicked | |
3. | The Peacock was well known to be a/an ___________ animal, so he just applied black colour to the Crow’s feathers. | |||||||
A. | hard-working | B. | lazy | C. | ugly | D. | clever | |
4. | The wife of the fisherman was very ___________ when she demanded for bigger and bigger things. | |||||||
A. | kind | B. | generous | C. | greedy | D. | fierce | |
5. | Ali Baba was very _____________ when he also used the words “Open Sesame!” to enter the cave of treasures. | |||||||
A. | wise | B. | cunning | C. | kind | D. | evil | |
6. | The servant was very ___________ to mark other houses with white chalk so that the thieves couldn’t find Ali Baba’s house. | |||||||
A. | mean | B. | wicked | C. | kind | D. | clever |
The Fisherman and His Wife
A fisherman and his wife (7. live)________ in a little hut by the sea. One day, while the fisherman (8. perform)___________ his usual work, he (9. catch)__________ a fish who (10. say)___________ he (11. be)_____________ actually a magical prince as well as a talking fish.
The fisherman (12. agree)_____________ to let him go.
The wife (13. not like)_____________ that, and (14. tell)___________ him to go back and ask for a cottage. This wish (15. come)__________ true, but the cottage (16. not be)___________ nice enough so the wife then (17. send)____________ the fisherman (18. be)____________ the rulers of the country, and then to be emperors.
Finally, the wife (19. want)___________ to be like God. On returning home, the fisherman (20. find)___________ that his wife (21. sit)____________ in their humble hut again.
“Toad is God’s uncle
Beat him, God beats back.”
A: I’ve just read a great story named “The Toad is the God’s Uncle”.
B: Really? What’s it about?
A: It’s about a toad who sued the God for rain.
B: Who are the main characters?
A: (22)
B: And what’s the story?
A: (23)
B: They were to die soon.
A: (24)
B: I see. Each type of animals has a different power.
A: (25)
B: How powerful and clever animals were, especially the toad!
A: (26)
B: I see. Is it from that day on it may rain if toad grinds his teeth?
A: (27)
The Farmers and his Sons
There was once an old, dying farmer (28)____________. Before he died he wanted to teach his three sons how to be good farmers. So he called them to him and said, ‘My boys, before I die I want you to know that there is a great treasure buried in the vineyard. Promise me that you will look for it when I am dead.’
The sons promised and (29)_________, they began looking for the treasure. They worked very hard in the hot sun (30)____________. In their minds, they thought of boxes of gold coins, diamond necklaces and other such things. (31)____________. But they found not a simple penny. They were very upset. (32) ____________. But then the grapes started to appear on the vines and their grapes were the biggest and best in the neighbourhood, and they sold them for a lot of money.
Now they understood (33)____________ and they lived happily and wealthily ever after.
“Hard work brings (34)______________.”
Note:
Legend of the Water Melon
35. ___________ B. King Hung was very proud of having a son who was brave and strong enough to overcome difficulties without anyone’s help. An Tiem was immediately called back to the court. He brought his fruit with him to offer the King, his father. The King gave him his crown and An Tiem became King Hung the Sixth.
36. ___________ C. An Tiem carved the island’ name and his own on some of the fruit and threw them into the sea. Later, seamen found the strange fruit with An Tiem’s name floating in the sea.
37. ___________ D. Since then the fruit which was called “dua hau”has become the symbol of luck. People often offer it to relatives and friends as a New Year present.
38. ___________ E. When the dry season came, all the plants were dry and the well had no water left. One day An Tiem was so tired and thirsty that he tasted the fruit. He found out that it tasted delicious and satisfied his thirst. He tried to grow the plant around his house then. Soon the whole island was covered with the green fruit.
39. ___________ F. Soon, words about the fruit reached the mainland and many merchants tried to find the way to the island. The island was now crowded. Many boats came and went. An Tiem helped anyone who wanted to settle on the island. Soon, news about that reached the King.
40. ___________ G. The Prince had to build his own shelter, dig a well for water, and fish and hunt animals for food. One day, he found a green fruit as big and round as a ball. He split the fruit into halves and found the inside of the fruit red. He did not eat it because he was afraid it was poisonous.
Once upon (41)__________, in the land called Lac Viet, Lac Long Quan, the dragon king of the ocean, lived (42)__________ and sometimes turned to the land to help people fight against demons, (43)__________ them to grow rice and cut wood for building houses.
Lac Long Quan (44)_________ Au Co – the daughter of Agriculture Saint. The couple lived in harmony in a palace. Later, Au Co gave birth to a one-hundred-egg bag, hatching to 100 sons. One day, Lac Long Quan (45)__________ that he couldn’t live (46)__________ the land all the time. He took 50 of their sons to settle down into the sea. The rest (47)______________ Au Co to go up to the mountain.
Although they separated, they remembered to help and protect (48)__________ in need. The eldest son, who followed the mother with 49 brothers, (49)____________ King Hung. He set up his capital in Phong Chau and gave his country the name Van Lang.
From the story, the Vietnamese (50)_______________ always proud of the noble origin: dragon’s children and family’s grandchildren.
41. | A. | time | B. | a time | C. | the time | D. | times |
42. | A. | on water | B. | on the water | C. | under water | D. | under the water |
43. | A. | teach | B. | ask | C. | learn | D. | make |
44. | A. | got married with | B. | got married | C. | married | D. | married with |
45. | A. | was believed | B. | was thought | C. | considering | D. | felt |
46. | A. | at | B. | on | C. | in | D. | under |
47. | A. | follow | B. | following | C. | followed | D. | were followed |
48. | A. | other | B. | each other | C. | another | D. | others |
49. | A. | become | B. | becoming | C. | was becoming | D. | became |
50. | A. | is | B. | are | C. | was | D. | were |
Kitchen Gods
Once upon a time, there was a childless couple. The wife was faithful and loved the husband passionately while the husband was treated his wife badly. One day he beat the poor wife with a stick and dismissed her from home. The women had to come to another place. She then got married with a kind man, and they lived in harmony.
One afternoon when her husband had gone for hunting, a beggar came and asked for some food. The woman was kind; she filled the poor beggar’s bag and recognized that the beggar was her former husband. The man also recognized his wife then. She felt sorry for the man when hearing that from the day he dismissed her, he was deeply sad and regretful. So he decided to go away to find her until he spent all money and became a beggar.
After being offered a big meal, the man was drunk so the woman had to drag him out and hid him in a stack because it was time for her recent husband to come back from the forest.
After a while, there was a knock at the door, the hunter appeared with a deer on his back. He then happily asked the woman to go to the market to prepare for the dinner. When the woman came back, she found that the stack of straw, where the drunk former husband was sleeping, had been burned with a deer roasted. She cried painfully, and then jumped into the fire. The hunter didn’t know what had happened and what to do but jumped into the fire to die beside his wife.
At that moment, God was in the heaven, he was moved by the story so he turned three of them into three parts of the earthen tripod so that they could live side by side forever and conferred them with the title of Kitchen Gods to oversee all the cooking of people. Every year, they all together came back to the heaven on the 23rd of the 12th lunar month to report to God.
Task 1: Match a word in column A with its definition in column B, writing the answer in each blank.
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Task 2: Read the passage again, and then answer the following questions.
Task 3: Read again, and then complete the details of the legend by filling in each blank with a suitable word or phrase or not more than four words.
Main characters Character 1: The wife. She was kind, and (61)_____________.
Character 2: The former husband. He treated his wife badly, but after that he felt (62)__________________.
Character 3: The recent husband (the hunter). He was kind and (63)____________ his wife very much.
Plot: beginning Once upon a time, there was a childless couple. The husband treated his wife badly. One day he beat the poor wife and dismissed her from home. The women had to (64)____________. She then got married with a kind man, and they (65)_______________.
Plot: middle One afternoon, when her husband had gone for hunting, a beggar cam and asked for some food. The woman recognized that the beggar as her former husband. She (66)___________ her former husband when hearing that from the day he dismissed her, he was deeply sad and regretful. Therefore, he (67)______________ to find her until he spent all money and became a beggar.
After a big meal, the man was drunk so the woman had to pull him out and hid him in a stack of straw (68)___________ time for her recent husband to come back from the forest.
Plot: end The hunter appeared with a deer on his back. He then happily asked the woman to go to the market to prepare for the dinner.
When the woman came back, she found that the stack of straw, where her drunk former husband was sleeping, had been burned with a deer roasted. She cried painfully, and then (69)____________. The hunter didn’t know what had happened and (70)______________ but jumped into the fire to die beside his wife.
God turned three of them into three part of the earthen tripod so that they could live side by side forever and conferred them at Kitchen Gods to oversee all the cooking of people.
TEST YOURSELFT 2
1. | ____________ the head of the household cleans the dust and ashes from the altars, children are in charge of sweeping and scrubbing the floor. | |||||||
A. | When | B. | While | C. | Because | D. | Although | |
2. | Seven days before Tet, each Vietnamese family offers a farewell ceremony for “Ong Tao”(the Kitchen Gods) to go up to Heaven Palace, ___________ his task is to make an annual report to the Jade Emperor of the family’s affair throughout the year. | |||||||
A. | and | B. | but | C. | so | D. | yet | |
3. | ___________ the yellow apricot blossoms are more adaptable to the hot weather of southern regions, the pink peach blossoms match well with the dry, cold weather from the North. | |||||||
A. | If | B. | Although | C. | When | D. | While | |
4. | Lucky money is put in red envelopes, ____________ the red envelopes symbolize luck and wealth. | |||||||
A. | and | B. | because | C. | so | D. | yet | |
5. | ____________ you take the fruit, you should think of grower. | |||||||
A. | Although | B. | However | C. | When | D. | While | |
6. | You ____________ address a person older than you as Mrs., Miss, Ms. or Mr. until the person allows you to use her or his first name. | |||||||
A. | should | B. | shouldn’t | C. | don’t have to | D. | could | |
7. | _____________ tips are not given in fast shops, tipping is the usual custom in expensive restaurants in England. | |||||||
A. | However | B. | Moreover | C. | Even | D. | Although | |
8. | It is the ___________ for Australians to eat with their fingers at barbecues or picnics outside the home. | |||||||
A. | habit | B. | belief | C. | custom | D. | tradition |
9. | The Mountain Spirit (Son Tinh) was very ___________, but the Sea Spirit (Thuy Tinh) was _________. | |||||||
A. | gentle-wise | B. | fierce-gentle | C. | gentle-fierce | D. | wicked-ugly | |
10. | I think An Tiem was very ____________ to carve the island’s name and his own name on the water melon and threw them into the sea. | |||||||
A. | wise | B. | mean | C. | generous | D. | fierce | |
11. | The Crow was so ___________ that he painted the Peacock’s feathers with bright and beautiful colours. | |||||||
A. | pretty | B. | brave | C. | clever | D. | beautiful | |
12. | The Little Mermaid was so ____________ that she didn’t kill the prince with the knife. | |||||||
A. | brave | B. | pretty | C. | clever | D. | generous | |
13. | The magician had a brother, who was even more _________, and he wanted to kill Aladdin. | |||||||
A. | wicked | B. | fierce | C. | ugly | D. | mean | |
14. | The elder brother was __________ when he gave his brother only a starfruit tree. | |||||||
A. | lazy | B. | mean | C. | generous | D. | clever | |
15. | The ___________ king kept all the rice to himself when his people had no food. He was very ____________. | |||||||
A. | selfish-cruel | B. | selfish-wise | C. | generous-cruel | D. | generous-cunning | |
16. | Giant eagles and waves were very ________ during Captain Sinbad’s voyages. | |||||||
A. | wise | B. | ugly | C. | fierce | D. | generous |
Answer | Aesop’s fables | Morals |
______ | 17. Hercules and the Wagoner: A worker was pulling a cart along a country road when the wheels were deep in the mud. He did nothing but shouted out to call Hercules to come and help him. Hercules appeared and said, “Put your shoulder to the wheels, and never call me for help.” | A. A little thing in hand is worth more than a great thing in prospect. |
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______ | 19. The Lion and the Eagle: An eagle wanted to make friends with a lion. But the lion said that, “How can I trust anyone as a friend who can fly away whenever he pleases?” | C. There is no believing a liar even when he speaks the truth. |
______ | 20. The Fisherman and the Little Fish: After fishing all day, a fisherman caught only a little fish. The fish asked the man to let him go and said, “If you put me back into the river, I shall soon grow, then you can make a fine meal off me.” But the fisherman said, “My little fish, maybe I won’t catch you later.” | D. Self-help is the best help |
______ | 21. The Shepherd Boy and the Wolf: A shepherd boy who watched a flock of sheep often cried to ask villagers to come and help him because the wolf attacked his sheep, and it was only a lie. However, the wolf cam at last, but no one came to help the shepherd boy. | E. Slow but steady wins the race. |
Mai: Can you tell me a little bit about English table manners, Nick?
Nick: (22) ____________________________________________________________
Mai: How can we use the fork and the knife in the correct way?
Nick: (23) ____________________________________________________________
Mai: l see. But is there anything that we should not do?
Nick: (24) ____________________________________________________________
Mai: Our teacher has already mentioned it in the English lesson.
Nick: (25) ____________________________________________________________
Mai: Do we hold the knife and the fork all the time?
Nick: (26) ____________________________________________________________
Mai: Are there any foods that you don't eat with a knife, fork or spoon?
Nick: (27) ____________________________________________________________
Mai: And is there any that we eat with our fingers, Nick?
Nick: (28) ____________________________________________________________
Mai: If we are invited to a party, when should we start eating?
Nick: (29) ____________________________________________________________
Mai: How can we show that we finish eating?
Nick: (30) ____________________________________________________________
Mai: Anything else? For example, say “thank you” or pay the bill?
Nick: (31) ____________________________________________________________
Mai: Thank you so much. I think all of us should have good table manners at anywhere, in England or in Viet Nam.
Nick: You're welcome, Mai.
The Little Match Girl
(32) ___________ New Year’s Eve, a little girl was wandering the streets in bare feet, trying to (33) ____________ matches.
Both her shoes got lost, (34)__________ she got very cold in the snow. She held her arms and legs close to her body, and lighted a match to warm her hands. She could see a warm stove in front of her. She lighted a second match, and could sec through the wall of the house she would go to. On the table (35)_____________ all kinds of delicious foods.
She lighted a third match, and saw that she was sitting (36) __________ a Christmas tree. (37) ____________, she saw a shooting star, and her mother, who was dead. She lighted another, and saw a vision of her grandmother. She (38) ___________ lighting matches to make her grandmother close, and then her grandmother took her and flew (39) ____________ heaven.
The girl’s dead body was found the next morning.
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33. | A. | sell | B. | buy | C. | sold | D. | bought |
34. | A. | yet | B. | but | C. | or | D. | so |
35. | A. | is | B. | are | C. | was | D. | were |
36. | A. | on | B. | at | C. | under | D. | in |
37. | A. | Since then | B. | Right then | C. | Now | D. | After |
38. | A. | keep | B. | kept | C. | keeping | D. | to keep |
39. | A. | up to | B. | up | C. | through | D. | on |
Australian Customs
Men usually shake hands firmly the first time they meet. Women may or may not shake hands. “How do you do”, "Good morning" and “Good afternoon” are formal greetings. Usually students and young people just say “Hello" or “Hi”. People often appreciate it if you add their name, for example “Hi. Linda”.
Whenever you receive an invitation formally in a written note or informally by telephone, it is good to reply quickly and honestly. On a written invitation, “RSVP,” means, “Please reply” by the date that is stated. It is usual to ring and tell your friend if you have to change your plans or if you are delayed.
When you are invited to join friends for an outing to a restaurant or the theatre you will usually be expected to pay for your own meal or tickets.
Don't be worried if you are not fluent in the English language. If an English speaker is speaking too fast, ask them to speak a little more slowly.
Some questions are not asked in Australia unless you know a person very well or unless you are related to them. Don't ask someone their age, especially an older person, and don't ask men or women how much money they earn. Questions about the cost of a person’s house and the cost of the various things they own are considered impolite in Australia. If you would like to know the cost of something, ask the question in a general way. For example, you could say, “How much does the average house cost in Sydney?”
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Cow Racing Festival
The purpose of Cow Racing Festival is to celebrate the last day of the year, according to the Khmer calendar. The festival takes place within the region of Seven Mountains, An Giang Province, from the 29th day of the 8th lunar month to the 2nd day of the 9th lunar month.
Before the competition, from several villages of An Giang Province, best pairs of cows chosen for joining the activity go under special treatment for months. They are well fed and traditionally taught. On the racing day, pairs of cows perform their skills on a rice field which must be really muddy and in a length of 120 meters.
When the race starts, with each pair of cows, the rider, holding a tow, will make them run as fast as possible by slashing. However, within a pair, the cows must maintain a same speed. The race is a circular track, including two laps. In the first round, pairs of cow are under control, while, in the second one, there is no holding back. The pairs which remain until the end of the event and manage to reach the finish line before their competitors will be the winners. The rider leading their cows to the first position will be awarded the greatest honor — the bravest rider in the region.
Elephant Racing Festival
To local people in Central Highlands, the elephant has become a close friend with humans as they help people in working, transporting, and traveling. To express the bond between human beings and this friendly creature, Elephant Racing Festival, one of the biggest festivals in Central Highlands, is held annually in the third lunar month.
As preparation for the festival, villagers feed their elephants with a wide range of food apart from grass, including corns, sugar canes, sweet potatoes, papayas, and bananas. Also, in order to preserve their strength, the elephants take a rest without hard work.
Attending the event, festival goers are in their most beautiful and colorful holiday clothes. On this day, elephants from several villages gather at Don Village. Each time, ten elephants will run at the same time for about one or two kilometers. Therefore, the track’s ground should be large enough. The competition is guided by the sound of tu va, a kind of horn. The first elephant which reaches the appointed destination will receive a laurel wreath as a sign of victory, and it will enjoy the achievement excitedly with sugar canes and bananas from surrounding people.
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Saint Chu Dong Tu is one of the four immortal gods in Viet Nam. It is a popular religious festival celebrating Godfather Chu Dong Tu, who discovered culture, conquered marsh, and developed agriculture and trade in the Vietnamese society. The festival is a joyful occasion, including several events such as a procession, religious ceremonies, feasting, music and dance and children’s games. The procession includes musical bands, and eight weapons for ornaments and big pots. They sit on tens of boats, rowing to the middle of the river, scooping water into the pots and coming back to bathe the statue. After the purifying ceremony, you will be treated with various forms of entertainment like wrestling, fighting with sticks, human chess, traditional and religious dances and cheo traditional music.
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A. PHONETICES
scenic | economic | terrific | Arabic | kinetic | linguistic |
sonic | supersonic | statistic | cosmetic | aerobic | symbolic |
fantastic | systematic | phonetic | emphatic | sympathetic | automatic |
historic | comic | heroic | specific | scientific | mechanic |
republic | romantic | microscopic | magic | fabric | oceanic |
arithmetic | traffic | elastic | ceramic | aquatic | geographic |
energetic | botanical | classical | typical | logical | numerical |
political | tropical | vertical | practical | critical | mythical |
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C. SPEAKING
to stop them | By the way | into the river |
to do about it | That’s terrible! |
Mai: You know, there’s a factory outside our town that’s pumping chemicals (1)__________________
Nick: How can they do that? Isn’t that against the law?
Mai: Yes, it is. But a lot of companies ignore those laws.
Nick: (2)_______________. What can we do now?
Mai: Well, one thing (3)_____________ is to talk to the management.
Nick: What if that doesn’t work?
Mai: Well, then another way (4)___________ is to get a TV station to run a story on it.
Nick: Yes! Companies hate bad publicity. (5)_________, what’s the name of this company?
Mai: It’s called Apex Industries.
Nick: Oh, no. It was in the news last month.
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- ignore (v) = to pay attention to somebody/ something (không để ý đến, lờ đi)
- bad publicity = notice that is harmful (tiếng xấu)
0 Mai: Our group will give a presentation about visual pollution. It’s new to me. Do you know what is it, Phong?
A. Phong: Yes, maybe. Because billboards, litter, or junkyards can also be considered visual pollution.
B. Mai: I hate seeing a man throw an empty cigarette package from a motorbike or a car. He should be given a fine.
C. Mai: Oh, I see. Can you give some examples of it, Phong?
D. Phong: That’s right. There are rules, or regulations that apply punishment to anyone that makes the surroundings ugly. I dislike seeing too many billboards along the streets. How about you, Mai?
E. Mai: Can we see visual pollution when we walk along the streets?
F. Phong: Well, visual pollution is anything that makes our neighbourhood unattractive or unpleasant, Mai.
G. Mai: All of us should try to protect the beautiful sight around us. We must have laws or regulations to protect out pretty landscape.
H. Phong: Yeah, for example, skyscrapers or high buildings that block a natural view, graffiti or carving on trees or rocks.
D. READING
Light pollution is not (1)______________ serious as water or air pollution. (2)_____________, it is the type of pollution that (3)______________ more in cities than in rural areas. In the past, we could sit out at night and (4)____________ at glittering stars in the sky and light from objects in the out space. Nowadays, cities are covered with lights from buildings, streets, advertising displays, many of which direct the lights up into the sky and into many unwanted places. The real problem is that it is very (5)_______________ to apply light to almost everything at night. Millions of tons of oil and coal (6)____________ to produce the power to light the sky. Eye strain, (7)___________ of vision and stress are what people may get from light pollution. (8)___________ light at night can harm our eyes and also harm the hormones that help us to see things properly.
1. | A. | more | B. | as | C. | much | D. | only |
2. | A. | Moreover | B. | However | C. | Therefore | D. | Nevertheless |
3. | A. | happen | B. | occur | C. | occurs | D. | is occurred |
4. | A. | watch | B. | see | C. | spend | D. | gaze |
5. | A. | waste | B. | wastes | C. | wasting | D. | wasteful |
6. | A. | used | B. | using | C. | is used | D. | are used |
7. | A. | use | B. | lost | C. | loss | D. | losing |
8. | A. | Very much | B. | Too much | C. | Too many | D. | So many |
There are many causes that lead to water pollution. One main cause of this issue is waste water coming from many factories and then being directly pulled out into water bodies, especially into rivers or seas without any treatment because this is the most convenient way of disposing waste water. Industrial waste consists of some kind of chemical substance such as sulphur, which is harmful for marine life. Lead is known as the main reason for cancer disease. Cancer has become a popular disease in several communes which is called “cancer villages. Another cause is the awareness of citizens, people always use water for many purposes and then they dump waste water or garbage directly into rivers, canal, and ponds and so on. In 2004, because of bird fly outbreak in Vietnam, people threw poultry to water body that made water highly polluted.
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Space Pollution
The launch of Sputnik I and Yuri Gagarin, the first human being in space, marked the beginning of space exploration and the beginning of a new and unfamiliar type of pollution.
Satellites, solar panels, rocket bodies and fragments from space shuttles that are floating in space and are no longer functional are considered space debris. This pollution of man-made objects in space affects us here on Earth as well and will continue to affect us in future travel. In 1978, the Soviet Union Kosmos 954, which contained a nuclear power source, reentered over Canada and left debris over an area the size of Austria. In 1969, five Japanese sailors were injured by pieces of space debris that hit their ship. The largest piece, weighing one thousand pounds, landed in Australia in 1979.
Many solutions are being considered by scientists and engineers. However, the challenge to finding a solution lies within all of the nations which take part in the space exploration.
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E. WRITING
Write a paragraph about noise pollution (definition, causes, effects, and solutions).
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2. | A. | arithmetic | B. | geographic | C. | energetic | D. | economic |
3. | A. | linguistic | B. | classical | C. | phonetic | D. | romantic |
4. | A. | fantastic | B. | historic | C. | comic | D. | symbolic |
5. | A. | oceanic | B. | specific | C. | ceramic | D. | aquatic |
people dump wastes and poisonous chemicals into water
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0 Mi: Nick, last Sunday my mother and I went to the mall in the city center to buy some new clothes for our Tet holiday. The streets were so bright at night.
34. A. Mi: I see. Do you know any other example of light pollution?
35. B. Mi: Besides the waste, light pollution many affect human health and our sleep cycles.
36. C. Mi: Light pollution? Our teacher has just mentioned it in the lesson this morning. Why is too much light at night harmful?
37. D. Mi: And sometimes we also have extra or unnecessary lights around the house.
38. E. Nick: I enjoy Tet in Vietnam, Mi. But a lot of lights and posters along the streets may cause light pollution.
39. F. Nick: You’re right, Mi. I think it is very wasteful because we use much more energy to light up the city or our home all day round.
40. G. Nick: Because it may prevent us from seeing the stars and other planets.
41. H. Nick: Yes, we can mention street lamps that shine in all directions, instead with a hood to point light downward the streets, or cities with lights all night long.
Have a walk (42)___________ a beach, listen to the sound of the sea waves, and suddenly you see a lot of rubbish on the beach. Pollution takes away all the (43)__________ of our beaches. I feel really very annoyed (44)_____________ I see plastic bags lying on the sand, cigarette ends buried in the sand, and soda cans floating in the sea.
There are a lot of things that we can do. (45)___________ we see rubbish, we should do our part in the protecting the land (46)___________ picking it up and throwing it in dust bins. (47)_____________, we can form some kind of organization that helps (48)___________ the beaches. If everyone does their part, the beaches will be a wonderful and beautiful place. We need to start now (49)___________ the beaches are damaged beyond repair.
42. | A. | at | B. | in | C. | on | D. | over |
43. | A. | beauty | B. | beautiful | C. | beautifully | D. | being beautiful |
44. | A. | before | B. | after | C. | when | D. | while |
45. | A. | While | B. | If | C. | Unless | D. | Soon |
46. | A. | by | B. | with | C. | of | D. | in |
47. | A. | Nevertheless | B. | Therefore | C. | However | D. | Moreover |
48. | A. | cleaning up | B. | clean up | C. | cleaning off | D. | clean off |
49. | A. | before | B. | after | C. | until | D. | when |
Bike Capital of the World
Copenhagen has over 390 kilometers of bike lanes and is widely regarded as the bike capital of the world. The Danes are well-known for their love of cycling, and Copenhagen’s network of bike lanes is studied by other cities.
Cyclists in Copenhagen are saving the city 90,000 tons of CO2 emission annually. Every day, about 789,000 miles are cycled in Copenhagen. Thirty-six percent of the city’s residents bike to school or work. The city is looking to increase that number to 50% by building more bike lanes, widening existing lanes, creating biking –only bridges over the city’s waterways, providing more space for parking bikes, and improving safety along existing bike routes.
The city of Copenhagen clearly understands the value of biking-friendly cities. They are healthier, more environmentally-friendly, and allow for better quality of life.
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Pollution can be seen not only throughout the world, but also in our own homes. It comes from household chemicals, the amount of water people use and the waste people produce and throw away. What can be done to stop this pollution? Surprisingly, a person can help save the environment by doing simple things.
First, we need to recycle, which allows products to be used over and over again. Recycling can also reduce the number of trees cut down to produce paper products. It takes very little effort. It is not hard to place plastic and glass bottles, aluminum cans and paper in a bin. Anyone can do it.
Second, we need to watch the amount of water used in the home. It can be conserved by taking short shower instead of baths, repairing leaky faucets, using the dishwasher or washing machine only when fully loaded, or simply turning the faucet off while brushing your teeth.
Third, we need to reduce waste. We need to recycle whenever possible, but should also try to use this waste effectively. For example, grass clippings and food scraps can be made into compost for plants. The average person produces 4.3 pounds of waste every day, but we can reduce that amount by recycling and reusing.
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Another cause of water pollution in Vietnam is the lack of awareness among citizens. Every day people generate a lot of (71)__________, and they throw it directly into canals, rivers, and ponds. They (72)_________ water from these sources to do their laundry, wash dishes, and bathe, and then they throw the dirty water that contain detergent and shampoo directly into them.
A. PHONETICES
examinee | interviewee | trainee | absence | devotee |
committee | coffee | nominee | referee | trustee |
refugee | expellee | addressee | jubilee | guarantee |
divorce | payee | Sudanese | Burmese | Lebanese |
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Homes: Most British people live in houses, not flats. Most houses have (1)__________.
Daily life: Most office workers (2)_____________ at about nine o’clock in the morning and finish at about five or six in the evening. People don’t go home for lunch. People usually eat a big meal in the evening – they just have (3)___________ at lunchtime.
School life: Children start school at about nine o’ clock and (4)___________ at about half past three. Most children have lunch at school. Children (5)___________ school when they are four or five years old and leave when they are sixteen or eighteen.
Shops and restaurants: Shop (6)______________ at about nine o’clock in the morning and (7)____________ at about ten in the evening. Normally, they don’t close for lunch. Most shops open on Sunday, too. Many supermarkets (8)___________ open twenty-four hours, but most pubs and restaurants close at about eleven o’clock in the evening.
English is the (1)___________ language of the Philippines. English-medium education (2)_____________ in the Philippines in 1901 after arrival of some 540 US teachers. English was also chosen for newspaper and magazines, the media, and literary writing.
The latest result from a recent survey suggest that about 65 percent of the (3)____________ of the Philippines has the (4)_____________ to understand spoken and (5)______________ English, with 48 percent stating that they can write standard English.
The economy is based on English, and successful workers and managers are fluent (6)__________ English. (7)____________, many schools know that their (8)__________ must be fluent in English to be successful.
C. SPEAKING
Wales - Interesting facts
A: My group is going to give the presentation about Wales, and I have just download a lot of interesting facts of that country.
B: Really? Is English the only official language there?
A: No, (1)
B: Does Wales have any coastline?
A: Yes, and (2)
B: Wales is not as famous for football as England, so what is the most popular sport there?
A: (3)
B: Scotland is very well-known for ancient castles. How about Wales?
A: Well, (4)
B: It sounds interesting. Are Welsh people fond of music?
A: Sure, (5)
B: Why?
A: (6)
B: Awesome. I think your group’s presentation will be very interesting.
D. READING
Maple Tree
Tree have (1)____________ a meaningful role in the (2)___________ development of Canada and continue to be of commercial, environmental and aesthetic importance to all Canadians. Maples contribute valuable wood products, keep the maple sugar (3)__________ alive and help to beautify the landscape.
Since 1965 the maple leaf (4)_________ the most important feature of the National Flag of Canada and the maple tree with the leaves has become the most well-known Canadian (5)__________, nationally and internationally. Maple leaf pins and badges are proudly (6)__________ by Canadians abroad, and are recognized around the world. (7)___________ the maple leaf is closely associated with Canada, the maple tree was never officially recognized (8)___________ Canada’s emblem until 1996.
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2. | A. | history | B. | historical | C. | historic | D. | historian |
3. | A. | industry | B. | industries | C. | industrial | D. | industrially |
4. | A. | was | B. | have been | C. | has been | D. | is |
5. | A. | sign | B. | symbol | C. | tree | D. | leaf |
6. | A. | wear | B. | wore | C. | worn | D. | to be worn |
7. | A. | Because | B. | So | C. | But | D. | Although |
8. | A. | of | B. | with | C. | as | D. | for |
Gherkin
The Gherkin is one of several modern buildings that have been built over the years in a historic area of London. The (1)_______ skyscraper was built in 2004, and its unique, and energy-efficient design has won the Gherkin many (2)___________.
The cigar-shaped structure has a steel frame (3)__________ circular floor planes and a glass facade with diamond-shaped panels. The building’s energy-saving (4)___________ allows the air to flow up through spiraling wells. The top of the tower, (5)____________ visitors find an open hall covered by a glass conical dome, is even more spectacular. From here you have great (6)____________ over the city.
1. | A. | 41 stories | B. | 41-stories | C. | 41-story | D. | story-41 |
2. | A. | awards | B. | rewards | C. | stories | D. | achievements |
3. | A. | of | B. | with | C. | at | D. | in |
4. | A. | machine | B. | machines | C. | system | D. | systems |
5. | A. | where | B. | at where | C. | from where | D. | there |
6. | A. | sights | B. | scenes | C. | signs | D. | views |
The Kiwi
The kiwi lives only in New Zealand. It is a very strange bird because it cannot fly. The kiwi is the same size as a chicken. It has no wings or tail. It does not have any feathers like other birds.
A kiwi likes a lot of trees around it. It sleeps during the day because the sunlight hurts its eyes. It can smell things with its nose. It is the only bird in the world that can smell things. The kiwi’s eggs are very big.
There are only a few kiwis in New Zealand now. New Zealanders want their kiwis to live. There is a picture of a kiwi on New Zealand money. People from New Zealand are sometimes called kiwis.
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The Hopi live in the northwestern part of Arizona in the United States. With modern things all around them, the Hopi keep their traditions.
There are about ten thousand Hopi and they live in twelve villages in the desert. The weather is very hot in the summer, but in winter it freezes. The wind blows hard. Farming is difficult. Corn is the Hopi’s main food, but they plant vegetables, too. They raise sheep, goats, and cattle. They also eat hamburgers, ice cream and drink soft drinks. They live in traditional stone houses, but many of them have telephones, radios, and television. They have horses, but they have trucks too.
Kachinas are an important part of the Hopi religion. Kachinas are spirits of dead people, of rocks, plants, and animals, and of the stars. Men dress as kachinas and do religious dances. People also make wooden kachinas. No two wooden kachinas are ever alike.
The children attend school, and they also learn the Hopi language, dances and stories. The Hopi want a comfortable, modern life, but they don’t want to lose their traditions.
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Task 1: Match the headings (A-E) with the paragraphs (1-5) of the text.
🞏 A. The European Union
🞏 B. Ireland
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🞏 E. How have immigrants influenced British life?
Task 2: Match the highlighted words in the text with their meanings.
_______ 6. settled A. countries which another country controls
7. colonies B. most
8. famine C. came and lived
9. majority D. not long ago
10. recently E. a time when there is very little food
11. immigrants F. people who come and live in another country
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English is an important global language, but that doesn’t mean it is easy to learn. Many experts have tried to make English easier to learn, but they weren’t always successful.
In 1930, Professor CK Ogden of Cambridge University invented Basic English. It had only 850 words (and just eighteen verbs) and Ogden said most people could learn it in just thirty hours. The problem was that people who learned Basic English could write and say simple messages, but they couldn’t understand the answers in ‘real’ English! It was also impossible to explain a word if it wasn’t in the Basic English word list.
RE Zachrisson, a university professor in Sweden, decided that the biggest problem for learners of English was spelling, so he invented a language called Anglic. Anglic was similar to English, but with much simpler spelling. ‘Father’ became ‘faadher’, ‘new’ became ‘nue’ and ‘years’ became ‘yeerz’. Unfortunately, for some students of English, Anglic never become popular.
Even easier is the language which ships’ captains use: it is called ‘Seaspeak’. Seaspeak uses a few simple phrases for every possible situation. In Seaspeak, for example, you don’t say, ‘I didn’t understand, can you repeat that?’ it is just, “Say again.” No more grammar!
In the age of international communication through the Internet, a new form of English might appear. A large number of the world’s e-mail are in English and include examples of ‘NetLingo’ like OIC (Oh, I see) and TTYL (Talk to you later).
The Maori of New Zealand
The Maori arrived in New Zealand from other Polynesian islands over a thousand years ago. They were the first people to live there. They made beautiful wooden buildings with pictures cut into the wood. There are about 280,000 Maori today. Maori have brown skin, dark brown eyes, and wavy black hair.
In 1840, they agreed to become a British colony, and they learned European ways quickly. Today there are Maori in all kinds of jobs. They attend schools and universities and become lawyers and scientists. There are Maori in the government. Most of them live like the white New Zealanders.
However, the Maori do not forget their traditions. Children learn the language, music, and old stories. They have yearly competitions in speaking, dancing, and singing. The Maori live a comfortable, modern life, but they keep their traditions by passing them to their children.
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The Sydney Opera House
The Sydney Opera House is built on Bennelong Point, in Sydney Harbour, close to the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The first known concert on Bennelong Point was held in March 1791. Public pressure to build a suitable concert facility in Sydney became greater in the 1940s. In 1955, the New South Wales government announced an international competition for the design of “an opera house”. Danish architect Jørn Utzon’s entry was selected as the winning design. His design was for a complex with two theatres side by side on a large podium. This was covered by interlocking concrete shells, which acted as both wall and roof. A third smaller shell set apart from the others was to cover the restaurant.
The construction of the Opera House was sometimes difficult and controversial with Jorn Utzon resigning from the project in 1966. However, the Opera House was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 20 October 1973. The Sydney Opera House became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2007.
Task 1: Match the underlined words in the text with their meanings, and write each answer in the blank.
1. entry (n) A. joined together, especially by one part fitting into another
2. podium (n) B. causing public discussion and disagreement
3. interlocking (adj) C. a thing that is entered for a competition
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0. This is the schedule for my one-day sightseeing tour to London. First, at 9 o’clock in the morning, I meet my guide on board my air-conditioned coach, and relax as I travel around London to see the sights …
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2. | A. | referee | B. | guarantee | C. | Japanese | D. | jubilee |
3. | A. | refugee | B. | committee | C. | absence | D. | Taiwanese |
4. | A. | Viennese | B. | Chinese | C. | Burmese | D. | Maltese |
5. | A. | engineer | B. | volunteer | C. | mountaineer | D. | reindeer |
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8. | In 1893, _____________ became the first country in the world to give all women the right to vote. | |||||||
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10. | The name “Australia” comes from the Latin word “australis”, meaning ____________. | |||||||
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The London Eye
At 135 metres, the London Eye is the world’s tallest observation (26)____________. It has become the modern (27)___________ representing the capital of England and a global icon.
The gradual rotation in one of the 32 high-tech glass capsules (28)_________ about 30 minutes and (29)____________ you a view of London. Within each capsule, the interactive guide (30)____________ you to explore the capital’s (31)___________ landmarks in several languages.
An experience on the London Eye will lift you (32)____________ enough to see up to 40 kilometres on a clear day and keep you (33)_____________ enough to see the spectacular details of the city beneath you.
0 Mai: Nick, I know that Uncle Sam is a popular symbol of the United Sates, but I don’t know its origin. Do you know that?
44. A. Nick: That’s right, Mai. And the town of Troy, New York is called “The Home of Uncle Sam”.
45. B. Nick: Well, the soldiers considered the barrels of meat as “Uncle Sam’s”. The local newspaper told the story and Uncle Sam had widespread acceptance as the nickname for the US government.
46. C. Mai: Thank you so much, Nick. I wish I had a trip to New York.
47. D. Mai: A meat supplier? How did the nick name Uncle Sam start, Nick?
48. E. Nick: The cartoonist Thomas Nast gave the white beard and stars-and-stripes suit to the image of Uncle Sam in the 1870s.
49. F. Nick: Yes, it’s also the nickname of the USA, Mai. The name is lined to Samuel Wilson, a meat supplier from Troy, New Work during the war of 1812.
50. G. Mai: I think since that time it has been considered America’s national symbol.
51. H. Mai: The story was simple. And who painted the image of Uncle Sam?
London’s Tower Bridge
London’s Tower Bridge is one of the most famous (52)_________ in the world. The bridge, designed by the architect Horace Jones together with John Wolfe Barry, was finally completed in 1894. It (53)__________ 11,000 tons of steel to build the framework of the 265-meter-long bridge. Over time, the bridge has become one of London’s most famous (54)___________.
(55)_________ photographs of the Tower Bridge is a favourite London tourist activity, but you can also go inside the bridge, where you’ll have a magnificent view over London from the walkway (56)__________ the two bridge towers.
In 2014, glass floors were installed in the walkways, giving visitors another, unusual view from the bridge. The long glass floors, more than 40 meters above the river, allow you to (57)___________ the traffic over the Tower Bridge from above. It is particularly (58)___________ to see the bridge (59)__________ and close below your feet.
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53. | A. | brought | B. | built | C. | took | D. | gave |
54. | A. | symbols | B. | views | C. | landscapes | D. | scenes |
55. | A. | To take | B. | Take | C. | Taking | D. | To taking |
56. | A. | at | B. | between | C. | on | D. | in |
57. | A. | watch | B. | follow | C. | record | D. | consider |
58. | A. | fascinate | B. | fascination | C. | fascinated | D. | fascinating |
59. | A. | open | B. | to open | C. | opened | D. | be opened |
If we travel all over Scotland, we can see that it consists of three main parts: Lowlands, Uplands and Highlands with their Grampian Mountains, where the tallest mountain peak, Ben Nevis, is located.
You are sure to enjoy the beauty of the Scottish varied landscape: the hills covered with purple heather, its beautiful lakes (here they are called lochs), its green and narrow valleys.
The biggest and the most beautiful lake in Scotland is Loch Lomond, but the most famous one is Loch Ness with its mysterious monster Nessie. Nessie sometimes appears to scare the tourist but only in fine weather!
But what can be more curious and attractive for tourist than a man in the kilt, playing the bagpipes? The Celts of Scotland made the chequered pattern of tartan – the national dress of the country. The earliest Scots formed themselves into clans (family groups) and the tartan became a symbol of the sense of kinship. There are about 300 different clans in Scotland, and each has its own colour and pattern of tartan together with the motto.
Scotland is a land of many famous people: writer and poets, scientist and philosophers, such as Robert Burns, Arthur Conan Doyle, Alexander Graham Hell, or Alexander Fleming.
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Stonehenge stands in a grassy field in the Wiltshire countryside. It is one of the most popular sights in England.
Stonehenge is a prehistoric, mysterious circle of upright stones in southern England. Construction on the great monument began 5,000 years ago.
Stonehenge draw over 800,000 visitors per year. Stonehenge was built as a spectacular place of worship. A visit to Stonehenge begins from Visitor’s Centre to the monument. There is a fee for parking as well as for admission, which includes an optional audio guide. For conversation reasons, visitors are no longer allowed to approach the stones except on certain occasions or on a special tour.
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65. prehistoric (adj) A. very interesting or attractive
66. upright (adj) B. attract somebody
67. draw (v) C. vertical
68. spectacular (adj) D. come near
69. approach (v) E. of the time before history was written down
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Junior Summer Camp in San Francisco, California
A. PHONETICES
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bacteriology | biology | biotechnology | ecology | ethnology |
futurology | geology | ideology | methodology | microbiology |
musicology | philosophy | psychology | sociology | volcanology |
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Drought is an condition that results when the average rainfall for a fertile area (1)____________ far below the normal amount for (2)___________ long period of time. In areas that are not (3)_________, the lack of rain (4)_________ farm crops to wither and die. Higher than (5)___________ temperatures usually accompany periods of droughts. The soil of a drought area becomes (6)__________ and crumbles. Often the rich topsoil is (7)____________ away by the hot, dry winds. Streams, ponds, and (8)_________ often dry up during a drought, and animals (9)____________ and may even die (10)_______________ the lack of water.
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My Great Grandmother Meets Hurricane Cleo
Hurricane Cleo struck the United States in August, 1964. My great grandmother, Ana, was travelling in Miami when the hurricane struck. She (1. said/told) me that she still remembers how scared everyone was.
She (2. said/told) me that the hotel (3. has called/ had called) her room one morning and (4. had said/ had told) her that a big storm (5. is/ was) on its way. They said that all hotel guests (6. have to/ had to) stay in the hotel until the weather forecast (7. tell/said) that it (8. is/was) safe to leave.
She stayed in her room and she turned on the TV, the reports said that a lot of people (9. have been/ had been) injured and that all the roads (10. are/were) flooded. She always (11. says/said) that she still (12. feels/felt) lucky to have survived Hurricane Cleo.
El Nino and La Nina
The tropical Pacific Ocean (1)______________ a warming and cooling cycle. This cycle is a completely natural event and usually (2)___________ between three to seven years.
When the waters become (3)______________, it is called El Nino, and when they become cooler it is called La Nina. During the cycle, the (4)___________ of the ocean can change by around 3oC between the warmest and coolest times.
(5)_____________ off the South American coast have known about this (6)____________ event for hundreds of years. When it (7)____________, they see a huge fall in the numbers of fish caught. But scientists are only just beginning to (8)____________ how the event affects Earth’s weather and climate.
C. SPEAKING
A. Thank goodness for that
B. What a shame!
C. What’s going on in the news today?
D. Really?
E. But there haven’t been any deaths
F. Well, the Times says there was a terrible storm in the north
G. Yes. It says lots of houses were destroyed
A. Nick: A levee is a wall built next to a river to stop the river from overflowing. Well, local people felt angry because the government did not prepare New Orleans for a disaster like Hurricane Katrina, and people did not have shelter and food.
B. Duong: Why did it cause a lot of damage in New Orleans?
C. Nick: Yes. Hurricane Katrina was one of the strongest storms to affect the coast of the United States for the last 100 years.
D. Nick: Yes, but the government did not provide help in time
E. Nick: Because the levees all over the city of New Orleans were broken and collapsed, then 80% of the city was left under water.
F. Duong: Really? That’s awful. America is a rich country.
G. Duong: The strongest storm for the last 100 years? What happened then?
H. Duong: This morning our teacher talked about Hurricane Katrina in America in 2005. Do you know much about it, Nick?
I. Duong: What are the levees, Nick?
J. Nick: At first, it was only a tropical depression, and then it quickly grew in strength and soon became a tropical storm.
D. READING
A Family Emergency Plan
The best way to deal with an emergency or a disaster is to prepare for it before it happens. You can do this by making a family emergency plan. Here are some tips on how to prepare one.
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3. | A. | proficiency | B. | power | C. | practice | D. | performance |
4. | A. | wet | B. | shower | C. | plenty | D. | heavy |
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Storm Chasers
Tornadoes. Hurricanes. Enormous storms. Just reading these words make people imagine disastrous events that can cause countless injuries and severe damages. No one looks forward to weather reports or breaking news that announces these natural disasters. No one, except a small group of about 100 people known as “storm chasers”.
Who are these people, and what do they do? A storm chaser is a person who tries to get as close to a severe storm as possible. A few storm chasers are scientists who want to learn more about storms and how they develop. They want to be able to learn more so that someday they can better predict when and where storms will occur. With more information, they could help people avoid the severe destruction and high casualties that often happen when huge storms hit. Others are professional photographers, film makers, or TV reporters. Some are tour guides who take people close to the fascinated by nature and chase storms as a hobby.
Storm chasers study weather data and look closely at the sky to guess the timing and location of storms when they form. They hope to be there when a tornado forms and to follow it as it touches ground. If they are lucky, they will catch a tornado at least once in every five to ten trips.
In 1996, the thriller “Twister” introduced storm chasing to filmgoers. Since then, a lot of people have been fascinated by the topic. There have been TV shows, and hundreds of books about this exciting “sport”.
But storm chasing is not for everyone. It is a dangerous hobby. Roads are often wet and dangerous to drive, severe floods can wash away cars, and lightning storms can cause casualties.
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In April 2010, a group of 14- and 15-year-old students from Loughborough, in the UK, went to Iceland on a school trip. They wanted to see things they studied in their Geography lessons at school so they visited an area which has a lot of active volcanoes. However, in the middle of the night on Tuesday 13th April the Eyjafjallajökull volcano began to erupt.
Emergency services woke up the students and their teachers in their hotel at 4am. They didn’t have time to get dressed and left in their pyjamas. A bus took them to Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland, where they were safe.
When Eyjafjallajökull erupted, it affected people all over the world. In the local area 800 people left their homes immediately because of floods from local rivers and dangerous smoke and gases. The volcano also sent a big cloud of ash 8km up into the air. This was dangerous for planes because the pilots couldn’t see in the ash cloud.
Many countries in Europe, including the UK, France, Sweden and Norway, closed their airports for many days in April. Thousands of travellers around the world couldn’t get home. They slept in airports or tried to get to their destinations by car, train, bus or even taxi.
Icelandic volcanoes are very active. When the volcano Laki erupted for eight months in 1783, almost two million people died around the world. It was the worst volcanic eruptions in history. The students from Loughborough were lucky!
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In 1969, Hurricane Camille hit my three-storey blocks of flats near the Gulf of Mexico. First, the sea hit the building and all the windows broke. Then the room flooded. Five minutes later, my bed was floating near the ceiling. Then it floated out of the window. It was dark and the wind was howling. I was terrified. The building was falling down all around me. The wind was awful. It reached a speed of 234 miles per hour. I was cut and bleeding from head to toe. Finally, someone found me 8 km from my house and they took me to hospital.
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The people of Kiribati are afraid that one day their country in the not-too-distant future will disappear from the surface of the earth. Several times this year, the Pacific island nation has been flooded by a sudden high tide. These tide, which swept across the island and destroyed houses, came when there was neither wind nor rain. This never happened before.
What is causing these mysterious high tides? The answer may be global warming. When fuels like oil and coal are being burned, pollutants are released, these pollutants hold heat in the earth’s atmosphere. Warmer temperatures cause water to expand and also create more water by melting glaciers and polar ice caps.
If the situation continues, scientists say that many countries will suffer, Bangladesh, for example, might lose one-fifth of its land. The coral island nations of the Pacific like Kiribati and the Marshall Islands, however, would face an even worse fate – they would be swallowed by the sea. The loss of these coral islands would be everyone’s loss. Coral formations are home to more species than any other place on the earth.
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I often hear or read about ‘natural disasters’ – the eruption of Mount St. Helen, a volcano in the state of Washington. Hurricane Andrew in Florida, the floods in the America Midwest, terrible earthquakes all over the world, huge fires, and so on. But I’ll never forget my first personal experience with the strangeness of nature – ‘the London Killer Fog’ of 1952. It began on Thursday, December 4, when a high-pressure system of warm air covered southern England. With the freezing-cold air below, heavy fog formed. Pollution from factories, cars and coal stoves mixed with the fog. The humidity was terribly high, there was no breeze at all. Traffic such as cars, trains, boats stopped. People couldn’t see, and some walked onto the railroad tracks or into the river. It was hard to breathe, and many people got sick. Finally, on Tuesday, December 9, the wind came and the fog went away. But after that, even more people got sick. Many of them died.
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Drought in Central Vietnam
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1. | A. | rescue | B. | supply | C. | erupt | D. | damage |
2. | A. | mudslide | B. | earthquake | C. | typhoon | D. | debris |
3. | A. | hurricane | B. | tornado | C. | volcano | D. | eruption |
4. | A. | disaster | B. | injury | C. | tsunami | D. | provision |
5. | A. | tropical | B. | natural | C. | terrible | D. | destructive |
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7. | Monsoon rains across Thailand _____________ millions of people in 61 of its provinces. | ||||||||||
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8. | Typhoon Haiyan made the damage, and ____________ of life became great in the Philippines. | ||||||||||
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9. | Thanks to the extensive ___________ measures taken, loss of life in Typhoon Xangsane in Da Nang and other provinces seemed to be relatively low. | ||||||||||
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10. | A number of other provinces will declare drought _____________ in the coming weeks. | ||||||||||
A. | accident | B. | emergency | C. | event | D. | situation | ||||
11. | In some areas, human ____________ can be a contributing factor in causing landslides. | ||||||||||
A. | acts | B. | actions | C. | acting | D. | activities | ||||
12. | The Pacific Ring of Fire is an area of frequent _____________ and volcanic ___________, encircling the basin of the Pacific Ocean. | ||||||||||
A. | floods-eruptions | B. | earthquake-flood | ||||||||
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13. | Magma is the liquid rock inside a volcano, but lava is magma that ________ a volcano. | ||||||||||
A. | flows | B. | flows into | C. | flows out | D. | flows out of | ||||
14. | A soft, loose soil may ____________ more intensely than hard rock at the same distance from the same earthquake. | ||||||||||
A. | erupt | B. | rage | C. | shake | D. | collapse | ||||
15. | During the next 24 hours, the storm will be moving north, around 10 km per hour and is expected to ____________ the southeastern part of China’s Guangdong Province. | ||||||||||
A. | strike | B. | scatter | C. | bury | D. | struck |
rainstorm | properly | emergency | tsunami |
debris | ash | assistance | warnings |
damage | climate changes | weather bureau | officials |
Typhoon Linda in Viet Nam
During the night of November 2, 1997, Typhoon Linda (44. hit) __________South Viet Nam, and (45. affect)___________ all the Southwestern provinces. Before the disaster (46. occur)____________, the Government of Viet Nam (47. warn) _________ populations in the areas. Moreover, the government (48. instruct) ___________ the provinces to combat the effects of the typhoon. Thanks to these efforts, more than 3,500 fishermen (49. rescue)____________. However, 464 people (50. kill) _________, over 3,000 boats (51. sink)_____________, and about 100,000 houses (52. destroy) _____________. The Government also (53. take) ___________ all measures to provide health and other services to the affected population.
Drought
Drought occurs when there is a (54)______________ of rainfall over a long period of time, resulting in water shortages for groups of people, activities or the (55) _____________. Droughts have a significant effect (56)___________ agriculture and can harm the economy.
Water vapour needs to rise high through the atmosphere in order to form (57) _____________. However, in (58)____________ of high pressure, water vapour does not rise and no rain or clouds will form. When the high pressure stays in an area for a prolonged length of (59)____________, the result is drought,.
60. A. Nick: I think so, Duong. If we are outside, stay away from water because water conducts electricity.
61. B. Duong: I know. It carries an enormous charge of electricity. Trees are burned, metal can be melted and people can be killed. Is that right?
62. C. Duong: Yes, water is a conductor of electricity. And I think if we are outside, we should stay away from trees or electricity poles.
63. D. Duong: Lightning struck a village in Dong Thap Province, and 2 people were killed.
64. E. Nick: And what’s more, if your hair stands on end which is caused by electricity in the air, bend your body close the ground with your hands on your knees and your head between them.
65. F. Duong: It’s a practical way to know how close the lightning is, Nick. We can be safe from lightning if we do not go fishing or boating during a thunderstorm.
66. G. Nick: That’s shocking! Lightning kills and injured more people each year than hurricanes or tornadoes in America.
67. H. Duong: Did you watch the news last night, Nick?
68. I. Nick: Yes, that’s right. We see the lightning before we hear the thunder because light travels faster than sound. It is easy to calculate how far away the lightning is by counting the seconds between the flash of lightning and the clap of thunder.
69. J. Nick: No, I didn’t. What happened?
The large movement of the earth under the water causes a very large and powerful tsunami. That tsunami was called the Asian Tsunami in most of the world. It was called the Boxing Day Tsunami in England, Australia, South Africa and Canada because it happened on the holiday which they call Boxing Day. The tsunami caused a lot of damage to countries such as the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia and Sri Lanka.
Waves as high as 30 meters killed many people and damaged or destroyed a lot of buildings and other property. Over 225,000 people died or they were not found after the tsunami. The waves traveled as far away as South Africa (8,000 kilometers) where as many as 8 people died because of high water caused by the waves. Because of how much damage was caused and the number of people the earthquake affected, over $7 billion was donated to help the survivors and rebuild the areas damaged.
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TEST YOURSELF 3
1. | A. | emergency | B. | astrology | C. | scientific | D. | environment |
2. | A. | survivor | B. | property | C. | resident | D. | government |
3. | A. | historic | B. | iconic | C. | spectacle | D. | attraction |
4. | A. | official | B. | together | C. | koala | D. | popular |
5. | A. | poisonous | B. | pollutant | C. | artistic | D. | aquatic |
landscapes | while | but | area | capital |
variety | development | popular | mountainous | diverse |
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34. __ A. Nick: How wonderful! What was the story, Mai?
35. B. Mai: Well, she tried to balance her ship and order her sailors to throw all the fish they had already caught back into the sea and remove water from the bottom of the ship.
36. C. Nick: That's awful. How about rescue workers? Could they do anything to help fishermen on board?
37. D. Mai: Boats and ships near hers were sinking, and she could hear the shouts for rescue from them. She told her sailors to throw their two buoys into the sea. After five hours of struggling, her crew and she brought 36 people on board. I think she was in fact a heroine, Nick.
38. E. Mai: 480 people were killed, 1,300 boats sank, and over 100,000 houses were damaged or destroyed.
39. F. Nick: What could she do to rescue herself and others?
40. G. Mai: On that fateful night, Ms. Hong was on board with four of her crew. The storm arrived so fast that no one could do anything.
41. H. Nick: Oh, no! The most severe storm? Did it cause great damage, Mai?
42. I. Nick: That was the right thing to do. How could she rescue fishermen from other boats?
43. J. Mai: Yes. They rescued more than 3,500 fishermen. I also read the story of Captain Nguyen Thi Hong, who rescued 36 people during the fierce Typhoon Linda.
Water Pollution in India
Contamination of water from any external source that makes it (44)______ to life is known as water pollution. (45)________the fast industrial development and modern civilization, the problem of water pollution is (46)_______day by day. The (47)_______ sources of water pollution are domestic wastes, agricultural wastes, sewage disposal, industrial wastes, radioactive wastes and oil leakages.
All the Indian rivers, including the holy river Ganga, have become highly polluted today. However, the Ganga Action Plan to control its water from pollution has not been proved (48)_______ .The (49)________ of water pollution is widespread. It causes many severe water-borne diseases.
According to WHO, 21 per cent of all (50)________ diseases in India are water-borne diseases. Oil is the main pollutant of the sea water. Huge tankers often dump oil into the sea. This act of dumping (51)________kills sea plants and animals.
44. | A. | harm | B. | harmful | C. | harmless | D. | unharmed |
45. | A. | At | B. | Of | C. | In | D. | With |
46. | A. | increase | B. | increasing | C. | increased | D. | to increase |
47. | A. | most | B. | more | C. | major | D. | hard |
48. | A. | success | B. | successful | C. | unsuccessful | D. | succeeded |
49. | A. | effect | B. | effects | C. | affect | D. | affects |
50. | A. | communicate | B. | communicative | C. | communicable | D. | communication |
51. | A. | poisons | B. | poisonous | C. | poisoning | D. | poisoned |
In the first 20 years of the 20th century, English medium education became popular for all groups in Singapore. By the 1950s nearly all children went to school, and the majority were educated in (52)___________.
Since Singapore became an independent Republic in 1965, the (53)________ of English has increased still further. For many Singaporeans, English is the (54) _________language. Many families (55)________ English at home and it is one of the (56)__________ languages learnt by about half of the current pre-school (57)____________.
Over half of the population born since 1965 is (58) ________ speakers of English, and the proportion of this group is still (59)____________.
Earthquakes
Earthquakes are among the deadliest natural disasters, causing the largest numbers of casualties, the highest death tolls, and the greatest destruction. In 1556 in China, the deadliest earthquake in history killed 830,000 people. But many other earthquakes have caused the deaths of more than 100,000 people, and it is not unusual, even in modern times, for an earthquake death toll to reach 20,000 to 30,000 people with hundreds of thousands left homeless and with countless injured. The floodwaters of the 2004 tsunami in Sumatra, which killed over 200,000 people, were caused by a catastrophic earthquake.
Task 1: Match a word in column A with its definition in column B, writing the answer in each blank.
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________ | 60. deadly (adj) | A. a person killed in a war or disaster |
________ | 61. casualty (n) | B. very many |
________ | 62. (death) toll (n) | C. causing great damage |
________ | 63. countless (adj) | D. causing death |
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Super Typhoon Haiyan
Super Typhoon Haiyan is one of the strongest tropical cyclones ever observed. It ripped through the Philippines, and the destruction across the islands was disastrous and widespread. Houses and buildings were leveled by the storm's powerful winds. Trees fell down and neighborhoods were under flood water. One CNN reporter, upon seeing the hard-hit city of Tacloban, said: “It is like a tsunami has hit here.” About 9.5 million people have been affected by the typhoon. Typhoon Haiyan weakened to a tropical storm, but at least five people died in Vietnam when Haiyan hit the country. Recovery from the monster typhoon, locally known as Yolanda, would be long and difficult.
The National Cherry Blossom Festival calendar of events.
Festival | Date | Activity |
Opening Ceremony | Saturday, March 21 | a variety of live entertainment including the AUN-J Classic Orchestra, pop singer Misato Watanabe, jazz and classical pianist Miami Morita and singer/song writer Deborah Bond |
Blossom Kite Festival | Saturday, March 28 | kite flying competition, special demonstrations and kite making for children. |
Southwest Waterfront Fireworks Festival | Saturday, April 14 | practical activities, musical entertainment, food and drink |
National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade | Saturday, April 11 | marching bands, dance troupes, giant helium balloons and special celebrity guests |
Sakura Matsuri – Japanese Street Festival | Saturday, April 11 | arts, crafts, demonstrations, live entertainment, food and drink |
A. PHONETICES
purity | continuity | inactivity | longevity | mentality | density |
gravity | capability | clarity | facility | hospitality | nationality |
similarity | priority | authority | relativity | visibility | generosity |
majority | minority | fatality | curiosity | opportunity | quality |
quantity | reality | community | university | possibility | security |
additive | appositive | insensitive | positive | infinitive | primitive |
inquisitive | repetitive | transitive | definitive | acquisitive | genitive |
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A/-What can you see in the photos? Which phrases in the table do you connect with each item?
take/ send a photo | write a letter | make a phone call |
write a note | post a letter/ card | send/ receive an e-mail |
send a card | leave a message | send/ get a text message |
go on the Internet | check your messages | call someone |
Picture a:
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B/-Complete the sentences in as many ways as you can, using the phrases in section A.
In the year of 2100,…
C. SPEAKING
n | 2moro | u | wd | 4 | luv | thx | ur |
2 | c u | @ | abt | gr8 | btw | r | xx |
You reply:
Your reply:
A/-You phone your friend, Nick. His sister Suzj answers.
Suzj: Hello?
You: (1)
Suzj: I’m not sure if he's in ... just a minute. NICK!!! Sorry he's not here. He’s probably at his uncle's. He's usually there after four o’clock.
You: (2)
Suzj: OK, what’s your number?
You: (3)
Suzj: OK, I’ll tell him.
You: (4)
Suzj: Bye
B/-You call your friend, David, but you hear an answering machine message.
David: Hello, this is David speaking. I’m afraid I'm not here at the moment, but if you’d like to leave a message, speak after the tone. (BEEP)
You: (5)
A: (1) B: OK, so, let me think… Well, I don’t like it when people use their mobile phones all the time. (2) _____________, mobile phones are good for keeping in touch with people …………. and for making arrangements with friends. (3) _______ They are good for getting information if you have a smartphone… (4) ___________
A: (5)
B: I use my phone a lot, you know … especially to text people to say when to meet and if I’m going to be late. (6) __________ But some people use their phone all the time ... they are addicted … (7) ____________ … Addicted to their phone. Yes, they are addicted to their mobile phone … and when you speak to them, they always look at their phone and they don’t listen to what I’m saying. (8) __________, that is not polite. It is very rude and I think at is annoying. Umm … (9) _________ I look at my texts when I am out with friends or at a meal, (10)__________. I try to put my phone away … when I’m eating a meal.
A: OK. Thank you so much. Well done.
How do you feel about communication technology?
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D. READING
Linking the World
Because of the Internet, people from all over the world can now be friends even if they never meet. Michelle and Kenji are online friends. They tell us how they use their computers.
Michelle, 15, New York, USA
"When I’m doing a school project, I use my computer to go online and search the Internet for information. Then I write the project on the computer. Right now I’m doing one on the Brazilian rainforest. If I find some good photos, I’ll include them. And, of course, I use my computer to stay in touch with friends like Kenji"
Kenji, 14, Manchester, UK
"I’m on my computer from eight until ten o’clock every evening. I use it to chat to Michelle, play games, to check the latest football news and to chat about my favourite team, Manchester City. If they win the match this Saturday, I’ll be really happy. Unfortunately, Michelle is a Manchester United supporter!"
Telepathy: Mind to Mind Communication
The (1) ___________ “telepathy” has been derived from the words “tele” meaning “distance” and “pathy” meaning “feeling”. So telepathy actually means (2) _____________ feelings through a distance. Telepathy is the communication (3) ___________ two minds, (4) _________ over a distance, without the (5) ___________ of the five known senses.
At some point of time or the other, we all have (6) ___________telepathy. Maybe you were thinking of someone you haven’t talked to for months and you suddenly get a call from them. Or (7) _________ two people are together, they might say the same thing at the same time. These are spontaneous mind-to-mind (8)____________ that tend to occur frequently between closely related individuals.
1. | A. | letter | B. | phrase | C. | word | D. | signal |
2. | A. | holding | B. | carrying | C. | bringing | D. | getting |
3. | A. | between | B. | among | C. | through | D. | across |
4. | A. | separate | B. | separated | C. | separating | D. | be separated |
5. | A. | use | B. | using | C. | take | D. | taking |
6. | A. | made | B. | brought | C. | experienced | D. | taken |
7. | A. | where | B. | when | C. | during | D. | since |
8. | A. | ways | B. | methods | C. | techniques | D. | communications |
Getting In Touch Through The Ages
Nobody knows who wrote the first letter or when, but we know that 4,000 years ago in Ancient Egypt people carried letters by hand over hundreds of kilometers. Very few people could write, so there were special people, called scribes, who wrote letters for everyone else.
The first stamp didn’t appear until 1840 and it cost just one penny. Nowadays one of the original stamps cost €375. Letter writing was so popular in the 1840s that people delivered the post several times a day.
An American company - Remington and Sons - made the first typewriter in 1871. All the letters in the word 'typewriter' were on the top line of the keyboard so that salesmen could demonstrate the machine more easily. Amazingly, the letters are still in the same place on the modern computer keyboard!
In 1875, when Alexander Graham Bell demonstrated a fantastic new invention called the telephone, nobody was very interested in it. The first fax machine appeared at around the same time, but it was so enormous that no one wanted one - in fact, fax machine didn’t become popular for another hundred years.
Then there was the walkie-talkie, a small two-way radio first used by the US army in the 1930s. However, since they weighed around 13.5 kilos, the talking was perhaps easier than the walking! After World War Two, they became popular with police officers.
Nowadays, we can send messages and pictures around the world in a few seconds using computers and mobile phones. It is hard to believe that e-mail was only invented in 1971, and the first text message was sent in 1992. Today we send over a billion text messages around the world every single day, and an incredible thirty-six billion e-mails.
Nick: I’ve spent about thirty hours on the Internet so far this week. I'm really into it. I usually go on about 9.00 in the evening after dinner and homework. I maybe stay on until half past eleven in the evening when the rest of my family are all in bed.
Mi: I haven't watched any TV so far this week. I don't have a television. I hate television - it’s really bad for you.
Phong: I haven't written any letters so far this year. Nobody writes letters these days, do they? I always send e-mails or cards if it's a birthday or something personal.
Mai: I don't know how many books I've read so far this year … too many to count. I've read five books this week. I usually read about four or five in a week. I love reading. If I really like a book, I might read it five or six times.
E. WRITING
I)-Complete the answers. Write the letter of the things you should do and the things you shouldn't do in formal e-mail etiquette.
Do’s:
Don’ts:
Maria, Thanks 4 lunch yesterday. it was GR8 2 C U. let's continue our conversation about the project, maybe Wednesday next week? My place? There's still lots 2 discus. ☺ BTW, please don't forget to bring the info we talked about.
LMK about next week. C U L8R.
Peter
Your answer:
A. I really appreciate if you give some comments on my essay so that I will write better in the near future.
B. I have attached my essay on “Communication In the 21st century”, which is due by the end of today.
C. Best regards, Nguyen Thi Mai
D. Subject: English Essay from Nguyen Thi Mai
E. Thank you so much.
F. To: [email protected]
G. My name is Nguyen Thi Lan, and I am your student from class 8C.
H. Dear Ms. Lan,
I. From: [email protected]
J. Thank you for allowing me to email it to you instead of turning it in during class.
Email Homework To Teacher
TEST (UNIT 10)
1. | A. | charity | B. | reality | C. | quality | D. | density |
2. | A. | curiosity | B. | personality | C. | community | D. | university |
3. | A. | additive | B. | positive | C. | primitive | D. | possessive |
4. | A. | nationality | B. | mobility | C. | equality | D. | majority |
5. | A. | transitive | B. | effective | C. | positive | D. | sensitive |
6. | A study shows that teenagers use text messaging to communicate with their friends more than ________________. | ||||||||||
A. | to send email | B. | to write letters | C. | emailing | D. | texting | ||||
7. | The _____________ communication services, along with chat rooms, continue to be an important part of children's online interactions. | ||||||||||
A. | online | B. | offline | C. | direct | D. | phone | ||||
8. | Email __________ are often necessary to join social networking sites, online games, and virtual worlds. | ||||||||||
A. | address | B. | information | C. | senders | D. | accounts | ||||
9. | Email, and chat rooms let children __________ with friends and family members. | ||||||||||
A. | talk | B. | say | C. | speak | D. | communicate | ||||
10. | Skype is a voice __________ allowing users to talk to others across the world. | ||||||||||
A. | hardware | B. | software application | C. | Internet access | D. | web browser | ||||
11. | Luckily, there are many communication techniques to help overcome ___________. | ||||||||||
A. | foreign languages | B. | culture shocks | C. | language barriers | D. | sound barriers | ||||
12. | A non-native speaker most likely can recognize the _________ the non-verbal communication. | ||||||||||
A. | second language | B. | official language | C. | sign language | D. | body language | ||||
13. | The facial expressions for happiness, sadness, anger, surprise, fear, and disgust are the same across ____________. | ||||||||||
A. | languages | B. | cultures | C. | habits | D. | people | ||||
14. | Seven of 10 people prefer face-to-face _________ when having a date. | ||||||||||
A. | code | B. | sign | C. | language | D. | contact | ||||
15. | We should not _________ passwords with anyone. | ||||||||||
A. | share | B. | send | C. | bring | D. | lend |
16. | I __________ with my aunt when I go to Ha Noi next summer. | ||||||||||
A. | stay | B. | staying | C. | stayed | D. | will be staying | ||||
17. | “When is your math exam?” - “Well, at this time tomorrow, I _______for it.” | ||||||||||
A. | will sit | B. | will be sitting | C. | sit | D. | is sitting | ||||
18. | You'll recognize Jenny when you see her. She _________ a red hat. | ||||||||||
A. | wears | B. | is wearing | C. | will wear | D. | will be wearing | ||||
19. | Do you spend a lot of time _________ to music? | ||||||||||
A. | listen | B. | to listen | C. | listening | D. | to be listening | ||||
20. | How many times have I told you ____________ football in the street? | ||||||||||
A. | not to play | B. | do not play | C. | not playing | D. | will not play | ||||
21. | I don’t mind ____________ up early in the morning. | ||||||||||
A. | get | B. | to get | C. | getting | D. | to getting | ||||
22. | It was nice of her to let me ___________ her laptop. | ||||||||||
A. | borrow | B. | to borrow | C. | borrowing | D. | to borrowing | ||||
23. | She is looking forward ____________ her grandparents again soon. | ||||||||||
A. | see | B. | to see | C. | seeing | D. | to seeing |
cyber-bullying | homepage | keep in touch with |
online | posted | view |
I’ve stopped going on social networks now because I was suffering from (24) ____________. Somebody was posting aggressive comments on my homepage. I’ve never (25) _____________ a nasty comment on anybody's (26) _________, and I don’t have any enemies so I think it was a stranger. I don't like the idea that a stronger can (27) _______________ my photos or my personal information. Now, I prefer to (28) ___________ my friends by phone. If I want my friends to see photos or videos, I don’t need to post them (29) ________. I can send them on my phone by using the mobile application — Viber
30. A. Nick: When a student stays at home for illnesses, that student can have lessons through the Skype platform.
31. B. Nick: Besides language learning, we can have virtual field trips by using Skype to take students to another country or area.
32. C. Phuc: Hi, Nick. I think it’s a good idea to use Skype in our classroom. Can we present it in the next meeting?
33. D. Phuc: I agree with you. Skype can be used to set up short communication sessions with native speakers to improve listening skills and oral communication.
34. E. Phuc: It sounds very interesting. I like travelling very much. Teachers can offer help with homework, or give extra lessons to students through Skype.
35. F. Nick: Great, Phuc. Teachers and students can benefit from Skype in the classroom, for example foreign language learning.
E-mail, and chat rooms let children communicate (36) _________ friends and family members. They can also allow children to connect with people that they have never (37) ____________ in person. Knowing a little about each of these communication services can help parents (38) __________children safer while online.
Through e-mail, (39) ________ can easily send and receive messages. These messages may also have text, audio, and picture files attached. Signing up for an e-mail account is simple (40) __________ most services offer them for free. Sometimes these messages contain viruses, or other inappropriate content, so parents should warn children to be wary of e-mails from (41) ________ people.
Chat rooms are online hang-out spots where anyone can talk about (42) ___________ - current events, books, and other common interests. Users often do not know each other in real life, so it is important that parents keep a close eye on the content of any (43)__________________.
36. | A. | to | B. | with | C. | for | D. | through |
37. | A. | met | B. | gone | C. | asked | D. | called |
38. | A. | save | B. | protect | C. | surround | D. | keep |
39. | A. | receivers | B. | messengers | C. | users | D. | partners |
40. | A. | due to | B. | because | C. | because of | D. | so |
41. | A. | known | B. | well-known | C. | unknown | D. | unpopular |
42. | A. | every | B. | something | C. | nothing | D. | anything |
43. | A. | conversations | B. | meetings | C. | letters | D. | users |
Telepathy is the ability to communicate information using your mind. Information is transmitted from one mind to another using means other than your well-known perceptual senses. Telepathy ranges from the basic reading of minds to more intense power, such as implanting or disrupting thoughts in other people's minds.
There are a few common reasons why someone becomes telepathic. For example, there are those who are simply born with a sense of knowing. These people talk about seeing spirits. But they tend to suppress their abilities as children and often lose it as adults. Alternatively, a life-changing event may open them up to being telepathic and exploring their gift even further.
Also, there are times when a near-death experience or serious accident can also open someone up and cause a telepathic awakening. And in some cases, hypnosis or healing sessions can help a sixth sense to awaken. Such sessions help with getting energy flowing and causing a shift in awareness and consciousness.
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Mind-blowing facts about modern communication
The Internet holds about 5 million terabytes of data. That's about the same as 1 million human brains. According to experts, there are about 2 billion Internet users in the world. 70% of people in developed countries go online, but only 20% of people in developing countries can access to the Internet.
The average Internet user has 25 online accounts and logs in 8 times a day. 30% of Internet users have just 1 password for all their online accounts, and the most common password is “password1”. About 55% of users choose words which have some personal meaning, and 15% write down both their password and username.
Many people use Wi-Fi hotspots in public places, such as café, airports and hotels. 46% of them are worried about viruses and hackers. Many people type in personal information while using public Wi-Fi: 22% regularly type in email passwords, 21% log onto Facebook and 8% do online banking, but they are unaware about how to be totally secure.
The first computer virus appeared in 1981. The first virus to affect mobile phones appeared in 2005. And the first anti-virus software came out in 1990. There are now about 6,000 new computer viruses every month.
87% of Internet users go online with their smartphone at least once a day. About 80% keep their smartphone turned on 24-7 and 23% use it during mealtimes.
500,000,000 people in the world have a Facebook account - that's about one in every 13 people. The average user has 130 “friends”, and 48% of adults check their Facebook page as soon as they wake up in the morning. Every 20 minutes. Facebook users around the world upload 2,716,000 photos.
Note: mind-blowing (adj) = extremely exciting or surprising (làm cho mê mẩn, sửng sờ)
Task 1: Choose the best answers.
Task 2: Match the sentence halves and write the answer in each blank.
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Dear Teacher,
Best regards,
Hoang Diem Mi.
Dear Ms. Huong,
Thank you very much.
Best regards,
Pham Van Phong.
A. PHONETICES
unacceptable | unachievable | unafraid | uncertain | unambitious |
uncomfortable | unaware | unbelievable | unfasten | unemployment |
uncommon | uncommunicative | unworried | uncompleted | unpopular |
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The scientist said that .
Dr.Nelson said that .
Our teacher told us that ___________________________________________.
The doctor told his patient that _____________________________________.
The physicist said that ____________________________________________.
The politician told the audience that _________________________________.
Duong: You know, Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876.
Chau: Many people think that the real inventor of the telephone was Antonio Meucci, a poor Italian American.
Duong: Really? How could he do that?
Chau: He shared a workshop with Bell in the 1860s, and made a “talking telegraph” for his wife, who was ill in bed.
Duong: Why didn’t Meucci become the inventor?
Chau: He didn't become the inventor because he never took his idea to the US Patent Office.
Duong: Why not?
Chau: He was too poor to pay the $250 that he needed.
Duong: But Alexander Graham Bell is considered the inventor of the telephone, isn't he?
Chau: Alexander Graham Bell took the invention to the Patent Office, and became the inventor.
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C. SPEAKING
An ordinary life... an amazing idea
Tim Berners-Lee looks very ordinary. He is about sixty years old and has brown hair. He was born in England but now lives in Massachusetts in the USA. But in 1989 Tim had a very important idea. He invented the World Wide Web (www).
Tim went to school in London. Both his parents worked with computers so it isn’t surprising that he loved computers from an early age. When he was eighteen, he left school and went to Oxford University where he studied physics. At Oxford, he became more and more interested in computers, and he made his first computer from an old television. He graduated in 1976 and got a job with a computer company in Dorset, England. In 1989, he went to work in Switzerland where he first had the idea of an international information network linked by computer. He decided to call it the World Wide Web, and he also decided to make his ideas free to everyone - that is why we do not pay to use the Internet.
In 1994, he went to live in the United States where he now works. In 1995, he wrote an article in the New York Times in which he said, "The web is a universe of information and it is for everyone.” Today his idea of a web, where people from all over the world can exchange information, is real.
A: Where was Tim Berners-Lee born?
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A: Where does he live now?
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A: What does he look like?
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A: Did he go to school in England?
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A: Why did he love computers from an early age?
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A: Which university did he go to? What did he study there?
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A: What did he become more interested in while he was at Oxford?
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A: When and where did he have the amazing idea of the World Wide Web?
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A: Why don’t we have to pay to use the Internet?
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A: What is his idea about the web?
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A. Mai: In sports, they can be used to improve muscular strength, so athletes take nutrition pills to have belter performance.
B. Mi: Consuming nutrition pills has both advantages and disadvantages, so to be sale, it is better to speak to our doctor before taking them.
C. Mi: So do I. Nutrition pills can also prevent some diseases, too. For example, mothers-to-be are advised to take folic acid to prevent birth defects.
D. Mi: Besides supply of vitamins, nutrition pills can be used together with medicines as a treatment for health conditions.
E. Mai: I think nutrition pills are very useful because they can supply us with vitamins and minerals to help protect the body from illnesses. Do you think so, Mi?
F. Mi: But athletes cannot use illegal drugs - dope. And nutrition pills are still expensive. Having healthy, nutritious meals are much cheaper.
G. Mai: Yeah, pregnant women also have a shortage of vitamin D, so they should take a daily vitamin D supplement of 10 micrograms.
H. Mai: I agree with you, Mi. They are less healthy than food, some important nutrients cannot be found in nutrition pills.
D. READING
Computers are helpful (1) _________ many ways. First, they are fast. They can work with information even (2) _________ quickly than a person. Second, computers can work with a lot of information at the same time. Third, they can (3) __________ information for a long time. They do not forget things that the common people do. (4) __________, computers are almost always correct. They are not perfect, but they usually do not (5) _________mistakes.
Recently, it is important (6)__________ about computers. There are a number of things to learn. Some companies have (7) ___________at work. In addition, most universities (8) _________ day and night courses in Computer Science. Another way to learn is from a book, or from a friend. After a few hours of practice, you can (9) __________ with computers. You may not be an expert, but you can have (10) ______________.
1. | A. | in | B. | on | C. | at | D. | over |
2. | A. | much | B. | rather | C. | more | D. | less |
3. | A. | hold | B. | carry | C. | stay | D. | keep |
4. | A. | However | B. | Moreover | C. | Therefore | D. | Nevertheless |
5. | A. | do | B. | make | C. | have | D. | take |
6. | A. | know | B. | knowing | C. | to know | D. | knew |
7. | A. | classes | B. | meetings | C. | schools | D. | discussions |
8. | A. | send | B. | offer | C. | bring | D. | spend |
9. | A. | use | B. | make | C. | work | D. | take |
10. | A. | fun | B. | funny | C. | enjoy | D. | for fun |
A Home of The Future
Dr Michiko Ishiguru describes a typical day at her smart home in Tokyo.
7.00 I wake up. The lights are on and I can hear my favourite music. The curtains open automatically, too. It is cold outside but my bedroom is warm.
7.05 I get up and go to the bathroom. I watch the TV in my intelligent shower- it knows my favourite water temperature.
7.20 My mother and I have breakfast. We have fruit - my intelligent fridge orders food from the Internet. It knows when we need food, like milk or fruit.
7.45 I program my vacuum cleaner, Homebot, to clean the floor. I put tonight's dinner in the intelligent oven. I can check the dinner with my mobile phone.
8.00 I go out. I go to work in my PIVO 2 car - it talks and gives me traffic information. My mother stays with Wakamaru, our intelligent robot. It looks after her and phones me when she is not well.
18.00 I get back home. I ride my exercise bike - it has got a computer. I can choose different routes and today I go cycling in the Alps!
19.00 Dinner is ready in the intelligent oven. Great!
20.00 We watch a film on the home cinema in the living room.
23.30 I go to bed and read an e-book. Then I go to bed.
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Two great inventors
László Biró was born in Budapest in 1899. After he left school, he studied medicine at university, but he didn't finish his studies. (1) ___________. He noticed that newspaper ink dried very quickly on the paper, and put the ink into his fountain pen. (2) ___________. He and his brother Gyõrgy then invented a new type of pen with a small ball at the end. The new pen worked with the thick ink. (3) _____________. In 1939, Biró moved to Paris and then to Argentina. Biró invented many other things but the most important was the ball-point pen, or “biro”. László Biró died in Buenos Aires in 1985.
Emö Rubik’s father was an engineer and his mother was a poet. (4) _________. After leaving school, he studied architecture and design at the Technical University. (5) _____________. Rubik called it the “Magic Cube”. It soon became popular in Hungary and the rest of Europe. (6) _______________. In the early 1980s, the cube became popular in the USA too, and got a new name: “Rubik’s Cube”. It is the world's best-selling toy - some people say there are 300 million cubes in the world. Rubik became very rich and went on to invent many more games and puzzles.
Becky Schroeder, Glo-Sheet
Becky was only 10 years old when she was attempting to do homework in her mom’s car. As it got darker outside, she bad the idea that there should be a way to make her paper easier to see in the dark. Becky took matters into her own hands and began playing around with phosphorescent materials, which emitted light but without heat. She then used phosphorescent paint to cover an acrylic board and the Glow-Sheet was created.
In 1974, at the age of 12, Becky became the youngest women to be granted a U.S. patent for her Glo-Sheet invention.
2. Why did Becky have the idea of the Glo-Sheet?
3. What did she do to make the first Glo-Sheet?
4. What is one advantage of her invention?
5. How old was Becky when she became the youngest women to be granted a U.S. patent?
There are several advantages of smartphone.
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TEST (UNIT 11)
1. | A. | unaffected | B. | undrinkable | C. | uncountable | D. | unsuitable |
2. | A. | unpopular | B. | unorganized | C. | unfortunate | D. | unambitious |
3. | A. | imperfect | B. | immature | C. | immobile | D. | immoral |
4. | A. | translator | B. | director | C. | editor | D. | spectator |
5. | A. | consumer | B. | performer | C. | shopkeeper | D. | believer |
6. | A. | cloning | B. | genetics | C. | cyberspace | D. | life span |
7. | A. | rocket | B. | spaceship | C. | astronaut | D. | ship |
8. | A. | driverless | B. | computer | C. | online | D. | websites |
9. | A. | technician | B. | scientist | C. | technologist | D. | musician |
10 | A. | advantage | B. | drawback | C. | benefit | D. | achievement |
11. | Facebook was built on the _______________ of earlier social network sites like MySpace and Bebo. | ||||||||||
A. | succeed | B. | successful | C. | successfully | D. | success | ||||
12. | It is thought that driverless cars will transform the way we move ________ cities in the future. | ||||||||||
A. | around | B. | away | C. | along | D. | ahead | ||||
13. | Little Pascal ___________ a mechanical calculator which could do additions or subtractions very quickly | ||||||||||
A. | discovered | B. | found | C. | found out | D. | invented | ||||
14. | Robots save workers from ______________ dangerous tasks. | ||||||||||
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15. | Many people believe that robots have made workers jobless, __________ that is not necessarily true | ||||||||||
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16. | Recent________ developments have made robots more user-friendly, and intelligent. | ||||||||||
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17. | Teenagers spend most of their time playing computer game; ________, they lose their interests in daily activities. | ||||||||||
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18. | Science and technology have _________ the life safe, secure and comfortable. | ||||||||||
A. | transformed | B. | made | C. | done | D. | changed | ||||
19. | Terrorists are using modern technology _________ their destructive work. | ||||||||||
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20. | With the advance of the science and technology, our life changes greatly in various _________. | ||||||||||
A. | scenes | B. | fields | C. | sights | D. | regions |
21. Due to the _____________ in the science and technology, impossible things have become possible. (develop)
22. Robots increase worker ____________ by preventing accident since humans are not performing ____________ jobs.(safe-risk)
23. As a ________________ (science), Professor Tran Dai Nghia set an example as a true _______________ (research) who devoted himself to the ___________ (science) career.
24. Robots save worker from performing _____________ tasks. (danger)
25. One disadvantage of robots is its high cost for the ___________. (produce)
26. Robots are being used in both ____________manufacturing and the ___________ field. (industry – medicine)
27. There is no ____________ reason why Japan will not be able to make progress in robotics. (technology)
28. The key to Youtube’s success is the ____________ for anyone from anywhere in the world to broadcast themselves for free. (able)
29. A person who runs, especially in competition, is a ________________.
30. A person who manages a home and raises children is a ______________.
31. A person who comes from another country is a _______________.
32. A person whose job is to produce computer programmes is a _______________.
33. A person who does something as a hobby is a _________________.
Le Van Thiem - the founder of contemporary mathematics in Viet Nam
Le Van Thiem was bom in 1918 in Ha Tinh, Viet Nam, in an intellectual family. He was the (34. young) ______________ of 13 brothers and sisters. He was the first Vietnamese to earn a “modem” doctoral degree. In 1939, after passing the final examinations with excellent marks, Le Van Thiem was offered a scholarship to study in Paris, France. His (35. contribute) _____________in Paris placed him among the best young (36. research) _______________in mathematics in the 1940s.
In 1949, he returned to Viet Nam to take part in our country's struggle for (37. independent) __________. In 1951, he founded a teacher training college and a college of fundamental sciences in Viet Bac with the aim of providing the country with qualified teachers and (38. technique)__________.
After 1954, he was the first director of Viet Nam Institute of Mathematics, the first Headmaster of Ha Noi National University of Education, and Ha Noi University of Science. Together with other (39. mathematics) _____________, such as Hoang Tuy, Ta Quang Buu, Professor Le Van Thiem founded two Vietnamese (40. mathematics) ___________ research journals in foreign languages, and he was also one of the (41.found) _______________of the journal “Mathematics and Youth". He died in 1991 in Ho Chi Minh City.
42. “We are learning more about our universe.” (Our teacher said)
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43. “Scientists have made various applications in long distance communication.” (Dr. Nelson said)
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44. “Science is a good and useful servant but it is a bad destructive master.” (Our Chemistry teacher told us)
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45. “Space tourism will broaden our knowledge of space.” (Our headmaster said)
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46. “During the time in Paris in 1946, Uncle Ho attracted several Vietnamese scientists to return to the country.” (Our History teacher told us)
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47. “Professor Le Van Thiem believed in the importance of education and science, so he founded a teacher training college and a college of fundamental science.” (Our Math teacher said)
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48. _________A. Nick: That's right. Science and technology have made the world become a global village. But, let's look into disadvantages. How about your opinion?
49. _________B. Duong: I agree with you. Now we have express trains, jet planes, and rockets.
50. _________C. Duong: In addition to that, some children are playing computer games all day. They stop playing outside, so they may have some illnesses. They may become very fat, or get high blood pressure.
51. _________D. Duong: I think science and technology are greatly changing our lives in many fields.
52. __________E. Duong: I think all of us will live longer and healthier. Sitting at home, we can do many things, shopping, booking tickets, chatting with friends all over the world through social networks.
53. _________F. Duong: I think modem technology has made people become lazier. Many people spend so much time on various hi-tech appliances around them.
54. _________G. Nick: I think so. Technology has brought about a revolution in the modern world.
55. _________H. Nick: In my opinion, we have to use technology in a good way in order to progress and lead a healthy life.
56. _________I. Nick: Besides transportation, we have made progress in medicine, too. Almost all our organs can be transplanted, such as heart, liver, kidney, lungs, and so on.
57. _________ J. Nick: Young people spend too much time online with social networks.
Global Positioning Systems
If you've ever said, “I wish I knew where I was going” or “If only there were some ways to find this address,” then it may be time to consider buying yourself a Global Positioning Systems, or GPS.
Let's look at some of the uses of GPS device. Maybe you travel a lot by car and cannot look at a paper map to find your way around. There is a GPS for cars that speaks to you and tells you exactly how to get to your destination. Maybe you're a golfer who has lost his golf ball and you need to find it on the field. There's a GPS for this. You're runner and want to track your speed, distance, and the courses you run. Well, there’s a GPS for this, too.
What kinds of GPS devices are there? Well, GPS devices come in all kinds of shapes and sizes, and are available in a variety of prices. Some are small and can fit into a pocket, and others are waterproof. And for people who don’t like to carry anything extra with them, GPS systems are also available on smart phones.
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Tran Dai Nghia (1913-1997) - The Buddha of Guns
Professor, Academician Tran Dai Nghia is a heroic Scientist of Vietnamese intellectuals. In 1935, the young man Pham Quang Le, his real name, had a scholarship to study in France. He tried to take 6 college degrees and certificates of the most famous universities of France. Unlike the others, Pham Quang Le had a clear purpose when studying abroad. He studied the science of making weapons to serve the country's independence.
The meeting between him and President Ho Chi Minh in Paris in 1946 changed the life of Pham Quang Le. In 1946, under the requirements of the French war, he was assigned as Head of Military Department by Uncle Ho with the responsibility of researching, manufacturing weapons for our soldiers to fight the enemy. Uncle Ho said, “This is the good thing. So from now on your name is Tran Dai Nghia...”
In difficult conditions, Professor Tran Dai Nghia and his comrades made successfully bazookas, recoilless canons (SKZ), and flying bombs. In praise of the success of bazookas, when General Vo Nguyen Giap saw Mr. Tran Dai Nghia as a gentle and quiet engineer. General called him “The Buddha of guns”.
In short, Professor Tran Dai Nghia contributed his entire life for the country, for the people.
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67. What did Pham Quang Le try to study when he was in France?
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68. Why did Uncle Ho change his name?
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69. Why did General Vo Nguyen Giap call him “The Buddha of guns”?
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70. What was one of his great achievements?
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A. PHONETIC
powerful | painful | expressionless | skillful | fearless |
spotless | wonderful | harmful | thoughtful | cloudless |
directionless | disgraceful | bottomless | delightful | leaderless |
breathless | successful | tasteless | faithful | effortless |
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2. The picture has many colours. It is very____________. (colour)
3. We enjoyed the party. It was very _____________. (joy)
4. She did not show any fear. She was ______________. (fear)
5. The pan is very hot. She must be ______________. (care)
6. He does not have any friends. He is ____________. (friend)
7. He always has a big smile. He is always __________. (cheer)
8. Now she is very tired, because she spent a ___________night. (rest)
9. That old man has a bad memory. He is ____________. (forget)
10. He does not care about his actions. He is often _____________. (thought)
11. We have made a lot of progress this school year. We have had another _____________ year. (success)
12. You should throw this pen away. It is ____________. (use)
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Can there be Life in the Environment of Titan?
Titan is Saturn’s largest moon and the second largest in the solar (1) ____________ (after Ganymede of Jupiter). It is the only moon in the solar system with clouds and a dense, planet-like (2) _____________. Scientists believe that (3) _________on Titan are similar to Earth's early years. The main (4) ___________is that, because it is closer to the sun, Earth has always been warmer. Titan's atmosphere is very cold, from -200 degrees to -179 degrees Celsius!
In the atmosphere there are layers of (5) ___________composed of complex molecules such as methane. There also may be an (6) ____________of methane, or perhaps a liquid water layer inside the moon. This type of environment, except for the cold, is the (7) ___________of environment in which scientists think (8) __________began.
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Tony: Guess what just happened?
Sally: What?
Tony: I was walking down Ashley Road when I saw two lights. They were on a huge silver thing that was blocking the street. Then a door (1) ___________ and lot of men (2) __________. They were wearing silver and (3) __________. The tallest one (4) ___________and said, “Why are you here?” I said, “I'm here because I live around here.” But he asked me again, "Why are you here?” (5) __________, but the other ones blocked my path. The tall one said, “Send him away. There are not many more streets left and we don’t have much time.”
Harry: To do what? Catch people like you? What’s this all about? Aliens?
Tony: Maybe. They're still out there. Why don’t you check?
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Harry: Brilliant, Tony. Your aliens are people from the gas company, looking for a gas leak.
Tony: Got you!
Notes:
- leak (n) = lỗ thủng, khe hở
- (1) Got you! = Tôi hiểu bạn muốn nói gì!
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Our planet (1) ___________ is revolving around the sun, which is a fairly small and (2) ___________star. There are about 250 (3) ________stars in our galaxy, and billions of galaxies in the (4) ___________. In recent years, scientists have wondered about the possibility of (5) ___________ life forms on the other planets.
Some scientists (6) _____________ that there may be large (7)_________ of stars with their own planets. It is almost impossible to reach the stars (8) ____________the Milky Way galaxy. It would take the fastest Earth (9) ____________ about 40,000 years to reach the (10) __________star.
Mai: When did the International Space Station start working, Dr. Nelson?
Dr. Nelson: An American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts started working on the ISS on November 2, 2000.
Mai: How many people have worked there?
Dr. Nelson: More than 220 people from more than a dozen countries have worked there.
Mai: How long and how heavy is the ISS?
Dr. Nelson: The station is 100 meters long and it weighs about 420 tons.
Mai: Is there anyone living on the space station all the time?
Dr. Nelson: There has always been a crew of three to six people on board all the time.
1. Mai asked Dr. Nelson ____________ the International Space Station _________ working.
2. Dr. Nelson answered that an American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts _______________ working on the ISS on November 2, 2000.
3. Mai wanted _____________how many people ____________there.
4. Dr. Nelson ____________ that more than 220 people from more than a dozen countries _______________there.
5. Mai asked how long and how heavy _______________.
6. Dr. Nelson said that the station ____________ 100 meters long and _________ about 420 tons.
7. Mai asked ____________there ____________anyone living on the space station all the time.
8. Dr. Nelson told Mai that ______________ crew of three to six people on board all the time.
1. Nhi: Space offers unique pleasures including the view and zero gravity activities.
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2. Duong: Space travel is risky and expensive.
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3. Mai: Will Enceladus provide a habitable environment for life?
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4. Nick: When did the flyby take place?
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5. Mi: What do scientists discover from the photos of Saturn's moon - Enceladus?
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C. SPEAKING
A. With solar power, we might produce oxygen and water from the gases in the upper atmosphere of Venus. But we have to bring food from the Earth for the first period.
B. The surface temperature is nearly 500 degrees centigrade, and the pressure is 92 times more than that of the Earth. Actually, the spaceship is kept 50 kilometers above the surface of Venus, and we will not have any of these problems.
C. You know, scientists are looking for places where we can live outside the Earth.
Passage 1
Robert Hammond was driving home one night with his wife Judy when their car suddenly stopped. He turned the key but the car did not start. Judy looked at her watch. It was one minute before midnight and there were no other cars on the road. They were discussing what to do when they saw a bright light in the sky.
Robert opened the car door. Judy told him to stay in the car but he didn’t listen. She watched her husband walk towards the light. He walked until he was under the light and stopped. Then suddenly the light disappeared and it was dark. It was also silent again. At the same time, the car started again. Judy looked at her watch again. It was still one minute to midnight. She waited for her husband but he didn’t return. She called his name but there was no reply. Robert Hammond disappeared and his wife Judy never saw him again.
Passage 2
Mary was studying late one night for her final exams when she fell asleep in front of her computer. She started to have a really strange dream. She was wearing a white dress and she was lying on a bed. She tried to move but she couldn't. She looked up and saw two alien faces looking at her. They had big grey heads with large black eyes.
Then another alien arrived. He was carrying a large machine. He put something over her mouth. When Mary woke up, she was not in front of her computer. She was in her bed. Then she got up and looked into the mirror. Her two front teeth were missing.
1. Robert and Judy were on a busy road. T/F _________________________
2. They saw a bright white light in the night sky. T/F _________________________
3. Robert got out of the car. T/F _________________________
4. Robert's encounter lasted for twenty minutes. T/F _________________________
5. Mary went to bed because she was tired. T/F _________________________
6. In her dream, she saw three aliens. T/F _________________________
7. The aliens put something over her hand. T/F _________________________
8. Her mother woke her up the next morning. T/F _________________________
A New Home
The president of the planet Trojan was standing in front of her palace. She spoke to all the people. “People of Trojan!” she said. “I have some bad news. Another planet is coming towards use. One hundred years from now, the other planet is going to hit us and destroy us. There is nothing we can do.”
The Trojan people were very frightened. The president said more.
“Don’t worry. We have a plan. We’re going to build spaceships - the biggest spaceships in the history of universe. Each spaceship is going to carry 10,000 people - and we are going to build 20,000 spaceships! In this way, we can take every Trojan man, woman, and child to a safe place - before the other planet hits us”
The people asked, “Where? Where is this safe place?"
The president said, “There is another planet, very far from here. It is a planet where Trojan people can live. The air is like our air; the water is like our water, and there is room for us. The name of this planet is Earth!”
The next day, the people of Trojan started to build the spaceships. It took them a very long time - more than fifteen years - to build the first 1,000 spaceships. And after fifty years, 5,000 spaceships were ready. And finally, all the 20,000 spaceships were ready. The spaceships were round, like huge yellow footballs - so big that 10,000 Trojans could go inside each one.
Then, one day, the people of Trojan said goodbye to their borne. They got into the spaceships. And, one by one, the spaceships took off. And the Trojans began the journey to their new home.
20 years later, the spaceships landed on the planet Earth.
________ 1.Another planet was going to... A. into each spaceship.
________ 2.The Trojan people planned... B. 20,000 very big spaceships.
________ 3.The Trojan people built... C. hit the planet Trojan.
________ 4.10,000 Trojan people went... D. on the planet Earth.
________ 5.After twenty years, the Trojan people E. to travel to Earth.
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The International Space Station - the manned satellite - bus constantly circled the Earth in low orbit up to now. Since the first permanent crew moved in on 2 November 2000, 220 people representing 17 countries have come and gone. Most of those astronauts have been Americans on the space shuttle flights to deliver the equipment, food and other supplies.
Russia has sent the second largest number of people, with Canada and Japan tied for third. At least one American and one Russian have been on board at all times.
The ISS orbits 240 miles above the planet at 17,150 mph and can often be seen by the naked eye. The complex has grown from three to 13 rooms and the current structure has a mass of nearly 450 tons. More than 26,500 meals have been served. 1,760 experiments carried out and 189 spacewalks undertaken, according to NASA. The 189 spacewalks have been undertaken to build and maintain the space station.
The most important experiment, according to Commander Scott Kelly, was about keeping humans alive in space.
NASA administrator, Charles Bolden, called the 15-year milestone in 2015 “a remarkable moment”. He added, “It has taught us about what's possible when tens of thousands of people across 15 countries work together with the shared goals.”
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The New Horizons - a NASA probe - went past Pluto in summer 2015. Pluto was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh - an American astronomer - in 1930 as the ninth planet in the solar system. However, in January 19, 2006, Pluto was regarded as a dwarf planet. In the solar system, there are the inner rocky planets, such as the Earth, Mars, Venus and Mercury, and the outer gas giants, like Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Pluto and its largest moon, Charon, belong to a third category known as “ice dwarfs". They have solid surfaces but, unlike the other planets, their mass is icy material.
The probe traveled more than 3.6 billion miles to take the photos. The new image shows a clear view of Pluto's surface, and it is covered with wide smooth areas, and mountains. Huge mountains are made of water ice. Scientists hope that information from the New Horizons will prove that there might be a lot of water on Pluto. Finding water on another world is important because water is considered one of the key materials to life.
Besides Charon, Pluto has four other small moons: Styx, Nix, Kerberos, and Hydra.
The New Horizon's mission makes the United States the first nation to send a space probe to every planet from Mercury to Pluto.
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6. When was Pluto discovered?
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7. Why was Pluto not considered a planet but a dwarf planet?
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8. How far did the New Horizons travel to take the photos of Pluto?
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9. Why do scientists hope that there might be a lot of water on Pluto?
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l0. Why was the mission to Pluto important to the United States?
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E. WRITING
1. “Every weekend, the astronauts can have private video-conferences with their families on the Earth,” Dr. Nelson said.
Dr. Nelson said _________________________________________________________
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2. “Have the astronauts ever forgotten anything from the Earth?” Nick asked his teacher.
Nick asked his teacher.___________________________________________________
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3. “The astronauts on the ISS use a 3-D printer on board to print certain objects,” the teacher answered Nick.
The teacher told Nick ___________________________________________________
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4. “Where can we look for life?” Mai asked Dr. Nelson.
Mai asked Dr. Nelson ___________________________________________________
5. “Ganymede, the largest moon of Jupiter, has a large salt water ocean,” the teacher said.
The teacher said _______________________________________________________
6. “Docs Mars have ice under its surface?” Mi asked the teacher.
Mi asked the teacher ___________________________________________________
1. Aliens/ small creatures/ made of chitin/ an insect skeletal protein.
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8. They/ look like/ jellyfish/ which/ communicate/ through flashes/ light
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TEST (UNIT 12)
1. | A. | alien | B. | but | C. | because | D. | because of |
2. | A. | exploration | B. | accommodate | C. | environment | D. | experience |
3. | A. | forgetful | B. | wonderful | C. | beautiful | D. | waterless |
4. | A. | sighting | B. | climate | C. | attempt | D. | system |
5. | A. | astronaut | B. | Mercury | C. | Jupiter | D. | computer |
6. | An astronaut has to wear a spacesuit ___________it may be very cold in space. | ||||||||||
A. | so | B. | but | C. | because | D. | because of | ||||
7. | The UFO landed on a ____________area. | ||||||||||
A. | grass | B. | grassy | C. | grassed | D. | grassing | ||||
8. | Scientists have been trying to find ___________ of aliens. | ||||||||||
A. | amounts | B. | records | C. | traces | D. | sights | ||||
9. | There have been many UFO _____________reported. | ||||||||||
A. | sights | B. | signs | C. | signals | D. | sightings | ||||
10. | Mars is called the Red Planet due to its ___________ surface. | ||||||||||
A. | red | B. | redder | C. | reddest | D. | reddish | ||||
11. | In the mid-19th century, scientists discovered that Mars had some similarities _____________ Earth. | ||||||||||
A. | to | B. | with | C. | of | D. | from | ||||
12. | Neptune is bright blue __________it is named after the Roman God of the sea. | ||||||||||
A. | because | B. | but | ||||||||
C. | so | D. | or | ||||||||
13. | There is a lot of interest in doing experiments in the __________conditions. | ||||||||||
A. | weigh | B. | weighing | C. | weight | D. | weightless | ||||
14. | Titan, one of Saturn's ____________, has a thick atmosphere. | ||||||||||
A. | satellite | B. | spaceships | C. | moons | D. | comets | ||||
15. | Scientists believe that Mars also __________seasons just as the Earth does. | ||||||||||
A. | spends | B. | experiences | C. | experiments | D. | takes |
16. Bob is full of hope. He is ____________ of receiving a job offer.
17. Water is ___________.It has no colour.
18. He lost everything, and finally he sold his house. He became ______________.
19. Mary’s arm is full of dirty clothes. Mary brought in a/an _____________of dirty clothes.
20. We ate a/an ____________ meal in the new Japanese restaurant. It was full of wonder.
21. Without a thought, Mi really hurt Duong's feeling with that comment. She is sometimes ____________________.
22. ____________A. Mai: If we are lucky, we may live on another planet like Kepler-452b in the near future.
23. ____________B. Mai: And the greenhouse effect might indicate life on it.
24. ____________C. Nick: Mai, recently scientists from NASA have announced the discovery of Kepler-452b, the most Earthlike planet.
25. ____________D. Nick: I think so. Scientists may have to invent a special spaceship to travel over 1,400 light years - to take people from the Earth to this new planet.
26. ___________ E. Nick: Kepler-452b is about 60 percent larger than the Earth. The orbit is nearly the same, and its year is about 20 days longer than the Earth’s.
27. ____________F. Nick: Yes, there are. The heat from its sun might cause the new planet to lose its oceans, but there might be lakes, pools and rivers left. Scientists think that the new planet might soon experience a greenhouse effect.
28. ____________G. Mai: Really? Are you kidding? Does it have the same size as the Earth?
29. ____________H. Nick: The planet is 5 percent farther from its parent star Kepler-452 than Earth is from the Sun. So it is a little bit hotter on the new planet
30. ____________I. Mai: How about its temperatures? Is it too hot or too cold to live on the new planet?
31. ____________J. Mai: Maybe the temperatures are OK. Are there any signs of life on it Nick?
Long ago a lot of people (32) ________ the moon was a god. Other people thought it was just a light in the sky. And others thought it was a big (33) __________ of cheese!
The telescopes were made, and men saw that the moon was really another world. They Wondered (34)__________it was like. They dreamed of going there. On July 20, 1969, that dream came (35) _________. Two American astronauts landed on the moon. (36) ___________names were Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin.
The first thing the men found was that the moon is covered (37) ___________ dust. The dust is so thick that the men left (38) _______________where they walked. Those were the first marks a living thing had ever made on the moon. And they could (39) __________there for years and years. There is no wind or rain to wipe them off. The two men (40) _________ rocks to bring back to Earth for study. They dug up dirt to bring back. They set up machines to find out things people wanted to know. Then they were off on their long trip (41) _____________ the earth.
32. | A. | thought | B. | guessed | C. | told | D. | said |
33. | A. | form | B. | stone | C. | ball | D. | round |
34. | A. | how | B. | which | C. | that | D. | what |
35. | A. | real | B. | true | C. | unreal | D. | untrue |
36. | A. | Their | B. | His | C. | Its | D. | Theirs |
37. | A. | by | B. | for | C. | to | D. | with |
38. | A. | fingerprints | B. | footprints | C. | handprints | D. | prints |
39. | A. | go | B. | remain | C. | put | D. | run |
40. | A. | got up | B. | gave up | C. | picked up | D. | set up |
41 | A. | back to | B. | from to | C. | into | D. | onto |
People have been talked about UFOs for ages. Millions of normal people keep saying that they were caught and taken into UFOs.
The first case was in the 1950s when George Adamski said a UFO had taken him to the far side of the moon. Another case took place in 1961, when an American couple, Betty and Barley Hill, were chased by a UFO while they were driving home one night in New Hampshire. The couple stopped to observe the UFO through binoculars. To escape from it, they took the back roads and arrived home two hours later.
Fourteen years later, in 1975, one of the most shocking events happened in a small town in Arizona, when a woodcutter called Travis Walton disappeared with a blue-green light from a flying saucer under his teammates' eyes. Five days later, the missing woodcutter returned home and said, “I woke up on the UFO and found myself among strangers with no hair and half-formed face. They put a mask over my face and I fell asleep again. I remembered nothing else until I awoke in the forest where I had been caught.”
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In the late 1960s, NASA began a series of missions to the moon. On the (47) ______________ three missions the astronauts explored on foot only a few hundred meters around their spacecraft, but on the last three missions, they used a small electric car which allowed them to see and do much more on their short visits.
The Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) was an electric car which bad a top (48) _____________ of 8 mph, and allowed the astronauts to visit sites five miles away from their landing, and to (49) ___________ samples from a much wider area to help scientists get a better (50) __________ of the moon’s surface.
The LRV had to be (51) __________ to the moon in the bottom part of the spacecraft. A camera was set up in the LRV so that NASA could control remotely (52) ___________ the Earth, allowing them to (53) ___________the astronauts as they explored the moon’s surface in the LRV.
NASA plans to go (54) _____________ to the moon in the year 2020. This time they aim to explore thousands of miles of the surface, staying for months at a time. Right now NASA is working on new ideas for moon cars in which astronauts can live and (55) ______________for up to two weeks. They will be able to deep in the cab, and there is a separate compartment where they can put on the space (56) ___________ to go exploring on foot
A UFO (Unidentified Flying Object) is any object flying in the sky which cannot be identified by the person who sees it. Sometimes the object is investigated. If people cannot figure out what the object is after an investigation, it is called a UFO. If they figure out what the object is, it can no longer be called a UFO because it has been identified.
Even though UFOs can be anything, people can use the word UFO when they are talking about alien spacecraft. Flying saucer is another word that is often used to describe an identified flying object.
Studies estimate that 50-90% of all reported sightings are identified later. Usually 10 - 20% are never identified. Studies also show that very few UFO sightings are hoaxes (people trying to trick other people). Most UFOs are actually natural or man-made objects that looked strange. 80-90% of UFOs are identified as one of three different things: (a) astronomical causes (for example: planets, stars, or meteors); (b) aircraft; and (c) balloons. 10-20% of UFOs are other causes, such as birds, clouds, mirages, searchlights, etc.
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A. | astronaut | B. | cooking plane | C. | spacecraft | D. | flying saucer | |
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A. | 10-20% | B. | 20-30% | C. | 30-50% | D. | 80-90% | |
59. | Most of UFOs are identified as one of the following things except ________. | |||||||
A. | balloons | B. | rains | C. | stars | D. | clouds | |
60. | Which of the following sentences is NOT true? | |||||||
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C. | Many UFO sightings are hoaxes. | |||||||
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61. | What does the word “figure out” in paragraph 1 mean? | |||||||
A. | explain | B. | observe | C. | calculate | D. | require |
Neptune, like the other gas giants in our solar system, doesn’t have much of a solid surface to live on. However, the planet’s largest moon, Triton, might make an interesting place to set up a space colony.
So far, only a spaceship has ever flown flew by Neptune and its system, and was able to photograph the southern hemisphere of the moon.
Images show that Triton's surface is mostly made up of rock and nitrogen ice, and there are smooth areas next to volcanos. The smooth areas are formed by clouds of dust and nitrogen gas which erupt from the volcanos.
62. What is Triton?
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63. What is the interesting thing about Triton?
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64. How many spaceships have ever flown past Triton?
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65. What can we see on the surface of the moon?
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66. How are the smooth areas formed?
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67. Dr. Nelson: The heat from its sun made Kepler-452b lose its oceans.
Dr. Nelson said ______________________________________________________
68. Mai: How old is Kepler-452b - the Earth's cousin?
Mai asked __________________________________________________________
69. Nick: The recycling system of the ISS supply 4 liters of water a day.
Nick said ___________________________________________________________
70. Duong: How can the astronauts wash their hair, Mi?
Duong asked Mi _____________________________________________________
71. Mi: They use no-rinse shampoo and a towel to wash their hair.
Mi said ____________________________________________________________
72. Phong: Many thousand people saw a UFO hovering around the International Space Station last year.
Phong said _________________________________________________________
73. Aliens/ a hard container/ the brain.
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74. They/ two eyes/ a nose/ a mouth/ us.
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75. Their eyes/ bug-eyed/ and/ the nose/ not/ in the middle of the face.
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76. Besides teeth/ aliens/ other systems/ eating.
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77. They/ not have necks/ because/ they/ turn round/ their heads.
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78. They/ two arms/ but/ arms/ suckers/ pick up small objects.
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TEST YOURSELF 4
1. | A. | telepathy | B. | community | C. | development | D. | scientific |
2. | A. | incident | B. | terrorist | C. | adventure | D. | cultural |
3. | A. | disease | B. | tablet | C. | buggy | D. | robot |
4. | A. | unnatural | B. | impossible | C. | emotionless | D. | disrespectful |
5. | A. | multimedia | B. | communication | C. | similarity | D. | possibility |
6. | People will take __________ of robots to do household chores. | ||||||||||||
A. | chance | B. | condition | C. | advantage | D. | success | ||||||
7. | Many people think that robots will make workers ______________. | ||||||||||||
A. | employed | B. | unemployed | C. | no job | D. | the jobless | ||||||
8. | It is certain that robots will ____________ the quality of our lives. | ||||||||||||
A. | improve | B. | rise | C. | life | D. | develop | ||||||
9. | With healthier ___________ and better medical __________ people will have a longer life expectancy. | ||||||||||||
A. | ways-care | B. | lifestyles –care | ||||||||||
C. | life – cares | D. | lifestyles - medicine | ||||||||||
10. | Many people think the cyberworld will ____________ the real world. | ||||||||||||
A. | take | B. | provide | C. | take place | D. | replace | ||||||
11. | The invention of penicillin is very useful because it has _____________lots of lives. | ||||||||||||
A. | lost | B. | brought | C. | saved | D. | solved | ||||||
12. | It is said that in a couple of decades, we ___________________telepathy and holography. | ||||||||||||
A. | use | B. | will be used | C. | have used | D. | will be using | ||||||
13. | Mars is named___________ the Roman God of war. | ||||||||||||
A. | to | B. | about | C. | after | D. | under | ||||||
14. | By 2050 we _______________ in smart homes. | ||||||||||||
A. | will live | B. | will be lived | C. | will have lived | D. | are living | ||||||
15. | The Earth seems too small to ___________ the increasingly population. | ||||||||||||
A. | provide | B. | accommodate | C. | supply | D. | stand |
a smartphone | a landline phone | a laptop | a social network |
a tablet computer | an Internet connection | a Wi-Fi connection |
16. You can make a phone call with _______________________________________.
17. You can send a text message with _____________________________________.
18. You can use the Internet with ________________________________________.
19. You can send an email with __________________________________________.
20. You can send an attachment with _____________________________________.
21. You can leave a voice message with ___________________________________.
22. You can pick up voicemail with _______________________________________.
23. You can use video chat with _________________________________________.
24. You can update your status with _____________________________________.
25. You can connect and share your status or photos with your family and friends online with ________________________________________.
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35. Our grandparents (come)____________ to stay with us next weekend.
36. People (wonder) ____________ for ages whether we are alone in the universe.
37. This time next week, we (take)___________ an English test.
38. By the end of this year, I (learn) ____________ English for 6 years.
39. By the end of this century, scientists (discover) ___________ intelligent life.
40. Beagle 2 - the first British spaceship to Mars - (look for)_____________signs of aliens this time next month.
41. Astronauts (travel) _____________ to planets outside our solar system by 2050.
42. I expect your English (improve) __________ a lot by the time you got back from England.
43. NASA (develop)___________ new aircraft to replace space shuttles by the end of this decade.
Mai: Do you like your student life, Nick?
Nick: (44)_________________________________________________ ____________
Mai: Where do you study?
Nick: (45) ____________________________________________________________
Mai: How often do you go online?
Nick: (46) ____________________________________________________________
Mai: How does the Internet help you in your studies?
Nick: (47) ____________________________________________________________
Mai: How do your friends contact you?
Nick: (48) ____________________________________________________________
Mai: Your mother is a teacher. Does she use technology at work?
Nick: (49)_________________________________________________ ____________
Mai: And your family? Do they work with computer?
Nick: (50)_________________________________________________ ____________
Mai: Really?
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52. ____________ A. Mai: What does community media mean?
53. ____________ B. Mai: How wonderful! We can learn several foreign languages then, and we will be living in the cyberworld in the year of 2030.
54. ____________ C. Mai: Virtual cafes? Great! Are they useful for education, too?
55. ____________ D. Mai: Communication in the form of electronic signals. Right! Picking up ideas and transmitting them to another brain will be as easy as storing them on the Net.
56. ____________ E. Nick: Yeah, it will replace the real world, and we can chat with our friends over a cup of tea or coffee.
57. ____________ F. Nick: I think so. Telepathy sounds like out of Hollywood, but it is certainly possible. Communication is understood to be electrical signals rather than words.
58. ____________ G. Nick: Community media is a system by which people can access to various communities of people. Virtual cafes allow people to meet others in virtual environments at any time.
59. ___________ H. Nick: Yes, that’s right. Transmitting ideas through telepathy will become faster. And I think social media will be developing into community media.
60. ___________ I. Mai: Will we be using telepathy as the main type of communication in the 21st century, Nick?
61. ___________ J. Nick: Students can play and learn languages from other students all over the world.
Eye Contact
Eye contact is an important type of (62) ____________communication. The way you look at someone can (63) ___________ many things, including interest, affection, hostility, or attraction. Eye contact is also important in (64) _____________ the flow of conversation.
Eye contact will be more continuous (65) ___________ a person is trying to listen to you. Looking at a person can be an indication of (66) ___________. People who are interested in someone show (67) ___________ eye contact and lean forward toward the other person in the conversation. (68) ___________ eye contact with another person can be (69) ______________ to show respect.
62. | A. | verbal | B. | non-verbal | C. | oral | D. | online |
63. | A. | mean | B. | bring | C. | transmit | D. | communicate |
64. | A. | maintaining | B. | stopping | C. | preventing | D. | increasing |
65. | A. | although | B. | because | C. | unless | D. | if |
66. | A. | attract | B. | attracted | C. | attractive | D. | attraction |
67. | A. | high | B. | strong | C. | weak | D. | deep |
68. | A. | Taking | B. | Doing | C. | Making | D. | Bringing |
69. | A. | use | B. | used | C. | using | D. | to use |
Netiquette is the etiquette or good manners of using the Internet. Being friendly and polite shows good manners both offline and online. You should ask someone's permission before posting anything about them on the web or sharing their emails, photo, or chat conversations. You need to make sure they know you are sharing it and agree with it.
If your friend gives you permission to forward something, be sure to protect them by removing any personal information like their name and email address, and remove any parts that have nothing to do with what you want to share.
If someone is rude in cyberspace, you have a choice between joining in and making it worse or just walking away from it. If their attacks are directed at you, you can block them and talk to a trusted adult about how to best deal with them before responding.
70. What is netiquette?
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71. What are good manners when you are online or offline?
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72. What should you do before posting and sharing something related to other people on the web?
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73. What can you do to protect personal information you post on the Internet?
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74. What will you do if you get cyberbullying?
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Many people think that computer games are only harmful to humans. Studies discovered that playing games overtime could cause health risks such as obesity, eye damage. Most game players don’t exercise; instead, they eat junk food, which is not good for our health.
However, playing computer games makes the players think critically, in order to win matches or proceed to the next stages of the game. Some of the games are very difficult and no one can win easily, unless he thinks for a while. I believe it is good for the players, because they learn how to think, plan ahead strategically and solve their problems.
Moreover, we can relax our mind by playing computer games. After a day of hard working, playing such games can be a good way to have relaxation. In addition, computer games create a friendship and have become a tool to build strong relationship between friends.
In conclusion, playing computer games results in both positive and negative effects on our lives.
The outline
Paragraph 1 Opposing opinion: Computer games are harmful.
They can cause (75)
Most game players eat junk food, and they (76)
Paragraph 2 Supporting opinion: Thinking critically.
Players have to think critically in order (77)
They learn (78) __________________ the problems.
Paragraph 3 Supporting opinion: Having relaxation
It is (79) ________________ to have relaxation.
It is also a tool (80) ___________________ relationship between friends.
Paragraph 4 Conclusion: Computer games have both positive and negative effects on our lives.
ĐÁP ÁN
I.
/br/ | /pr/ |
Brian, broth, branch, toothbrush, brother, browsing | apricot, presentation, prepare, prevention, programme, pronunciation, precious, private, project, |
II.
1. principal 2. present 3. bridge 4. brick | 5. breakfast |
6. price 7. branch 8. Prince 9. bracelet B. VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR I.
| 10. prize |
1. about = abt 2. and = n 3. are = r | 4. at = @ |
5. for = 4 6. great = gr8 7. kisses = xx | 8. by the way = btw |
9. love = luv 10. you = u 11. see you = c u | 12. thanks = thx |
13. to/two = 2 14. would = wd 15. your = ur | 16. tomorrow = 2moro |
III.
2 A. Hi, Katy! Thx 4 ur text … Yes, wd u love 2 meet 2moro? c u @ Roebuck’s abt 5?
A. Hi, Katy! Thanks for your text … Yes, would you love to meet tomorrow? See you at Roebuck’s about 5?
4 B. Fantastic!!! What is it? r u in luv.
B. Fantastic!!! What is it? Are you in love?
3 C. That’s gr8, c u @ 5 btw … I’ve got some important news 4 u … C. That’s great, see you at 5. By the way, I’ve got some important news for you. 1 D. Hi Sue! … Joe n I will be in town 2moro. wd u like 2 meet 4 a coffee? Luv Katy
D. Hi Sue! … Joe and I will be in town tomorrow. Would you like to meet for a coffee? Love Katy
5 E. Tell u 2moro Love n xx Katy E. Tell you tomorrow. Love and kisses Katy
IV. 1. playing 2. watching 3. skiing 4. doing 5. swimming 6. going
V.
1. don’t like watching 2. hate standing 3. getting 4. prefer to be
5. don’t mind playing 6. Does he like playing 7. prefers to play
8. likes scoring 9. doesn't mind watching
I. 1. like 2. o’clock 3. take 4. afternoon 5. likes
6. And you 7. do 8. joke
II. 1. a good place 2. somewhere different 3. Why don’t 4. lots to see 5. come back
I. 1. 87 2. 42 3. 82 4. 10 5. 23 6. 38 7. 30 8. 32
II.
III.
IV.
V. 1. C 2. E 3. B 4. D 5. A
I. 1. B 2. C 3. D 4. A 5. C
II.
6. brown 7. break 8. bread 9. broken 10. bring
11. pretty 12. prize 13. Broccoli 14. practice 15. prepositions
III.
16. use 17. play 18. play 19. go 20. go out
21. go 22. listen to 23. watch 24. listen to 25. go
26. play 27. watch/listen to
IV. 28. Hi, Alex. r u free 2moro? wd u like 2 go 2 c a film? Luv Ed 29. OK.What wd u like 2 c?
40. prefers to play 41. do 42. does 43. doesn’t like getting
X.
73. First 74. Second 75. In my opinion 76. also 77. Beside
78. In addition 79. Finally 80. In short
/bl/ | /kl/ |
black, blue, blow, blouse, block, blame, blank, blossom, blind, blink(ed) | clothing, club, class, classical, clean, clear, clever, climb(ing), clerk, close |
I.
II. 1. F 2. E 3. I 4. H 5. C 6. B 7. J 8. G 9. A 10. D
III.
1. kites 2. vast 3. ride 4. dry 5. loaded 6. harvest 7. grassland 8. beehive 9. convenient 10. cattle
IV.
1. peaceful 2. nomadic 3. collector 4. inconvenient 5. unsafe 6. friendly 7. healthily 8. traditional 9. generously 10. soundly
V.
1. bigger than 2. hotter than 3. more expensive than 4. bigger than
5. more intelligent than 6. more important than 7. cheaper than 8. harder than 9. better than 10. worse than VI.
1. cheaper than 2. more effective than 3. more beautiful than 4. taller than
5. heavier than 6. longer than 7. easier than 8. easier than
9. more comfortable than 10. more interesting than
VII.
4
Advantages: 3, 4, 5, 6
Disadvantages: 1, 2, 7, 8
I. 1. C 2. B | 3. A | 4. D | 5. C | |
II. 1. more | 2. for | 3. there | 4. so | 5. can/may |
6. in | 7. each | 8. has | 9. be | 10. where |
I.
11. block 12. club 13. clock 14. close 15. clothes
III. 16. colourful 17. inconvenient 18. peaceful 19. brave 20. vast
21. nomadic 22. slow 23. safe 24. quiet 25. hard
36. more happily 37. more noisily 38. more easily 39. better VI. 40. more soundly 41. more healthily 42. more traditionally 43. better 44. more generously 45. more quickly 46. more optimistically 47. more badly VII. 48. Nick writes essays more carefully than Phuc (does).
XI.
/sk/ | /sp/ | /st/ |
disconnect, discourage, tasks, school, ask, discover, skillful | spell, speech, spend, sport, speak, crisp, spicy | stamp, stone, best, text, stand, story |
I. 1. cultural heritage 2. information 3. ethnic groups 4. research
5. a tour 6. display area 7. stilt house 8. little bridges
II. 1. home 2. dress 3. at 4. with 5. ethnic
6. for 7. valleys 8. provide 9. villages 10. their
III. 1. a 2. the 3. the 4. the 5. the 6. The 7. A 8. a 9. an 10. The IV. 1. The 2. the 3. The 4. The 5. an 6. The 7. The 8. the 9. a 10. a
V.
I. 1. B 2. C 3. A 4. D 5. C 6. A 7. B 8. D
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II.
I. 1. D 2. B 3. C 4. A 5. B 6. B 7. C 8. C 9. B 10. D II. 11. speech 12. spend 13. ask 14. sports 15. stone 16. skill
17. spelling 18. speak 19. disk 20. school 21. best 22. stamps
III. 23. mountainous 24. agricultural 25. traditional 26. diversity 27. peaceful IV. 28. What is the population of the Khmer ethnic group?
V. 38. ethnic minority 39. branch 40. share 41. stilt house
42. marriage 43. musical instruments 44. ceremonies 45. a funeral house
VI.
46. The 47. a 48. The 49. The 50. an 51. the 52. the 53. the
VII. 54. What custom do ethnic groups in Central Highlands have?
21. clearly 22. blackberry 23. classical 24. block 25. clerk
IV. 26. uploaded 27. video-sharing site 28. online community 29. hits
30. posted 31. website 32. blog 33. download
34. populated 35. optimistically 36. peaceful 37. villagers 38. inconvenience VI. 39. hate 40. quite like 41. don't really like 42. love 43. don’t mind VII. 44. Courses 1, 3 45. Course 1 46. Course 4 47. Course 2
48. Courses 2, 3 49. Course 3 50. Course 4 51. Course 1
VIII. 52. tribe 53. takes 54. slope 55 stream
56. image 57. designs 58. use 59. colors
79. In addition 80. As I have noted
I.
/spr/ | /str/ |
spray, spout, spring roll, spread, spring, spreadsheet, offspring | straight, strange, stranger, street, strength, stress, strict, striker, strings, stripes, instructions, pedestrians, strawberries, streams, district, |
II.
/spr/: spread, spring, newsprint, spreads, spout
/str/: strange, stress, strange, district, street, astronaut, frustrated
I.
1. a temple 2. take off 3. provider 4. according to – break with tradition
5. a tradition 6. cultural 7. the custom of 8. gift 9. unlucky
10. death 11. clocks
II.
III. 1. You shouldn’t drink at a dinner party until everyone is served.
IV.
1. don’t have to get up 2. have to decide 3. don’t have to take 4. has to open
5. have to talk 6. don’t have to send 7. don’t have to explain 8. have to stop
V.1. should 2. should 3. shouldn’t 4. shouldn’t 5. should 6. shouldn’t 7. should 8. shouldn’t 9. should 10. should
VI.
1. You should 2. You should 3. You shouldn’t 4. You shouldn’t
5. You shouldn’t 6. You should 7. You should 8. You shouldn’t
I. 1. A 2. F 3. D 4. B 5. G 6. H 7. C 8. E
II.
1. had to be 2. had to train 3. did you have to be 4. had to start
5. Did you have to wear 6. didn’t have to wear 7. didn't have to climb 8. didn't have to pay
III. 1. F 2. C 3. H 4. B 5. E 6. A 7. D 8. G
I. 1. In Indonesia. 2. In Samoa. 3. In Muslim countries.
4. In Canada and the US. 5. In Korea.
16. activities 17. wishes 18. enjoyment 19. water-throwing 20. heat
III.
21. You should not work so hard. 22. We should buy her a nice birthday present.
23. We should take it to the garage. 24. We should go to bed early tonight.
25. You should not listen to him. 26. You/We should not worry so much.
27. He should look for another one. 28. We should turn it off.
29. You should have a haircut. 30. He should meet the teacher after class. IV.
31. should 32. should 33. have to 34. should 35. have to
36. don’t have to 37. should 38. don’t have to 39. shouldn’t 40. should
V. 41. had to go back 42. had to walk 43. had to stay
44. didn't have to pay 45. didn't have to eat 46. had to buy
VI. 47. F 48. D 49. H 50. E 51. A 52. G 53. C 54. B VII. 55. A 56. C 57. D 58. B 59. D 60. A 61. B 62. C
VIII. 63. D 64. E 65. A 66. C 67. B 68. T 69. F 70. T 71. F 72. T
IX.
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I.
Verbs | Nouns | Verbs | Nouns |
1. concentrate | concentration | 16. organize | organization |
2. compose | composition | 17. compare | comparison |
3. consider | consideration | 18. attend | attention |
4. construct | construction | 19. recognize | recognition |
5. coordinate | coordination | 20. animate | animation |
6. depress | depression | 21. consume | consumption |
7. donate | donation | 22. explode | explosion |
8. erect | erection | 23. discuss | discussion |
9. found | foundation | 24. celebrate | celebration |
10. locate | location | 25. educate | education |
11. apply | application | 26. commemorate | commemoration |
12. generate | generation | 27. invade | invasion |
13. oblige | obligation | 28. preserve | preservation |
14. reflect | reflection | 29. recommend | recommendation |
15. converse | conversation | 30. present | presentation |
Stress on 2nd syllable | Stress on 3rd syllable | Stress on 4th syllable |
depression, donation, erection, foundation, location, attention, consumption, explosion, discussion, reflection, invasion | concentration, composition, construction, comparison, recognition, animation, celebration, education, application, generation, obligation, conversation, preservation, presentation | consideration, coordination, organization, commemoration, recommendation, |
II. 1. C 2. A 3. C 4. A 5. D 6. D 7. D 8. C
I. 1. because 2. Moreover 3. Although 4. but
5. When 6. While 7. and 8. so
5. symbolizes 6. hold 7. perform 8. honour/ worship
IV. 1. C 2. E 3. B 4. A 5. D
I. 1. H 2. D 3. F 4. A 5. I 6. J 7. G 8. B 9. E 10. C II. 1. E 2. F 3. D 4. B 5. A 6. C
I. 1. D 2. C 3. B 4. E 5. A
I.
22. First 23. Then 24. because 25. because/when 26. if 27. if
VII. 56. and 57. When 58. Moreover 59. so
60. Because 61. when 62. Therefore 63. although
IX. King Hung Temple Festival
1. What a beautiful princess My Chau was! 2. What a cunning prince Trong Thuy was!
4. Were you watching – phoned 5. met – was wearing 6. broke – were playing
7. were waiting – arrived 8. was not driving – happened
9. fell – was painting 10. were you doing
III. 1. saw – were trying 2. was walking – felt 3. were driving – appeared
4. was she driving – happened 5. was waiting – came 6. invited – was visiting
7. didn’t want – was waiting 8. rang – was watching
9. began – was sitting 10. went – were having
IV. 1. came – were watering 2. was talking 3. was practicing – was reading
4. were climbing – visited 5. was talking – entered 6. was making – went
7. was crossing – stepped – fell 8. began – was planting 9. arrived – was writing 10. were walking – heard
V.
1. was doing 2. were shopping 3. was chatting 4. were driving 5. was making
6. were cooking 7. was sleeping 8. were having 9. were drinking 10. was trying
VI. 1. was cutting 2. slipped 3. fell 4. was 5. started 6. appeared 7. asked 8. cried 9. told 10. felt
11. dived 12. appeared 13. refused 14. was not 15. dived
16. appeared 17. was 18. shook 19. told 20. was 21. came 22. cried 23. thanked 24. was 25. gave
VII.
1. were you doing 2. Were you playing 3. wasn't playing 4. was raining
5. was shining 6. wasn't shining 7. was watching 8. was helping
9. were cleaning 10. was cleaning 11. Was he getting 12. was winding
VIII. 1. B 2. D 3. B 4. D 5. A 6. B 7. B 8. D 9. B 10. A
C. SPEAKING
I. 1. E 2. G 3. C 4. A 5. H 6. F 7. D 8. B
II.1. by Hans Christian Andersen
boy into the museum where he saw a lot of famous paintings.
I. 1. One night her sisters went to a ball at the palace.
II. 1. C 2. A 3. D 4. B
11. kind | 12. harmless | 13. grateful | 14. cruel | 15. hunter |
16. passed | 17. tried | 18. and | 19. interested | 20. while/when |
The Legend of the Milky Way
0. Once upon a time, there was a very beautiful and charming princess, named Chuc Nu.
00. She was a very hard-working lady and she was often sitting on the shore of the Silver River to sew clothes.
I. 1. A 2. C 3. B 4. C 5. A 6. D
II.
7. lived 8. was performing 9. caught 10. said 11. was
12. agreed 13. didn’t like 14. told 15. came 16. was not
17. sent 18. were 19. wanted 20. found 21. was sitting
65. lived in harmony 66. felt sorry for 67. decided to go away 68. because it was
69. jumped into the fire 70. what to do
VIII. 71. Twenty-five tin toy soldiers are given to the boy as a birthday present.
10. T 11. T 12. T 13. F 14. F
X. 75. Apsara dance is a form of Cambodian classical dance.
I.
Oo | scenic, sonic, comic, magic, fabric, traffic |
Ooo | Arabic, classical, typical, logical, tropical, vertical, practical, critical, mythical |
oOo | terrific, kinetic, linguistic, statistic, cosmetic, aerobic, symbolic, fantastic, phonetic, emphatic, historic, heroic, specific, mechanic, republic, romantic, elastic, ceramic, aquatic |
oOoo | arithmetic, botanical, numerical, political |
ooOo | economic, supersonic, systematic, sympathetic, automatic, scientific, microscopic, oceanic, geographic, energetic |
II. 1. chemicals 2. historical 3. medical 4. aquatic
5. specific 6. psychological 7. dramatic 8. heroic
5. pollutants 6. difficulty
III. 1. Air pollution leads to asthma, allergies and other respiratory illnesses.
V. 1. If a person looks at the sky at night, he won’t be able to see the Milky Way by naked eye.
I. 1. into the river 2. That’s terrible! 3. to do about it
4. to stop them 5. By the way
II. 1. F 2. C 3. H 4. E 5. A 6. G 7. D 8. B
D. READING
I. 1. B 2. A | 3. B 4. C 5. A | |
II. 6. Natural | 7. harmful 8. contaminated | 9. polluted |
10. unable | 11. environmental |
V. 22. results → results in 23. make → cause 24. because → because of
25. because → so 26. if → because 27. so → because
VI.
69. in 70. caused 71. rubbish/ garbage/… 72. collect
XII. 73. If my home installed a solar water heater, we would save a lot of energy.
Oo | coffee, Maltese |
oO | trainee, trustee, payee, Burmese, Chinese, Viennese |
Ooo | jubilee |
oOo | committee |
ooO | absentee, devotee, nominee, referee, refugee, expellee, addressee, guarantee, divorcee, Sudanese, Lebanese, Nepalese, Congolese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Togolese, Annamese |
oooO | examinee, interviewee, Senegalese |
I. 1. gardens 2. go to work 3. a snack 4. finish 5. start
6. open 7. close 8. stay
II. 1. official 2. began/ started 3. population 4. ability
5. written 6. in 7. Therefore 8. students
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III. 1. is 2. has 3. takes 4. has welcomed
5. has adopted 6. has become 7. is occurring 8. has been
Task 2: 6. C 7. A 8. E 9. B 10. D 11. F
Task 3: 12. False 13. True 14. False 15. True 16. False 17. False VI. 1. English is an important global language.
VII. 1. T 2. T 3. F 4. F 5. T
6. from other Polynesian islands 7. 280,000 8. They have brown skin, dark brown eyes, and wavy black hair.
VIII. 1. C 2. D 3. A 4. B 5. T 6. F 7. T 8. T
9. T 10. T 11. F 12. F
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6. sincere 7. quality 8. symbol 9. accents 10. native
IV. 1. wheel 2. symbol 3. takes 4. gives
5. allows 6. iconic 7. high 8. close
V. 1. has 2. are 3. have been 4. use – feel 5. has become
6. have made 7. has become 8. shares 9. has won 10. are shaking
I.
oOoo | analogy, apology, astrology, biology, ecology, ethnology, geology, philosophy, psychology, biography, geography, telegraphy, photography, calligraphy, stenography, cosmography |
ooOoo | archaeology, audiology, futurology, ideology, methodology, musicology, sociology, volcanology, radiography, oceanography, |
oooOoo | bacteriology, biotechnology, microbiology, historiography |
II. 1. aˈnalogy 2. audiˈology 3. ethˈnology 4. ideˈology 5. biotechˈnology
6. cosˈmography 7. caˈlligraphy 8. biˈography 9. oceaˈnography 10. historiˈography
6. dry 7. blown 8. wells 9. suffer 10. because of
IV. 1. provided 2. taken 3. recover 4. suffered
5. buried 6. were evacuated 7. are scattered 8. have raged
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V. 1. told 2. told 3. had called 4. had told 5. was
6. had to 7. said 8. was 9. had been 10. were
11. says 12. feels
VI.
1. had done 2. had paid 3. hadn't slept 4. had broken down 5. hadn’t flown
6. Had they gone 7. had heard 8. had tried 9. hadn't had 10. hadn't seen
VII. 1. had done – went 2. had lived – moved 3. told – had learned
4. had worked – retired 5. got – had already started 6. came – had changed
7. had grown 8. came – had waited
VIII. 1. had hit 2. had returned 3. suffered 4. occurred – had rained
5. said – had caused 6. erupted – covered
IX.
1. was built 2. are greeted 3. are given 4. is decorated 5. are kept
X. 1. has 2. lasts 3. warmer 4. temperature
5. Fishermen/People 6. natural 7. happens/ occurs 8. understand
C. SPEAKING
D. READING
Part B: 1. True 2. True 3. False 4. NM 5. False 6. True 7. False 8. False V. 1. It hit the Gulf of Mexico in 1969.
I. 1. I couldn’t play football because I had broken my leg.
II. Severe Landslides in Mekong Delta provinces
III. Drought in Central Viet Nam
9.
20. accommodation 21. provision
IV. 22. assistance 23. damage 24. tsunami 25. officials
26. property 27. debris 28. weather bureau 29. warnings
30. ash 31. emergency 32. Climate changes 33. rainstorm
V. 34. was caused 35. will be closed 36. was expected 37. were sent
38. were hit 39. were blown 40. are warned 41. are put out
42. were flooded 43. were destroyed – were damaged VI.
44. hit 45. affected 46. occurred 47. had warned 48. had instructed
49. were rescued 50. were killed 51. sank 52. were destroyed 53. took VII. 54. lack 55. environment 56. on 57. clouds 58. areas 59. time
11. but 12. area 13. landscapes 14. diverse 15. development
56. first 57. children/kids 58. native 59. rising/increasing
X. 76. The Opening Ceremony on Saturday, March 21 includes a variety of live entertainment including the AUN-J Classic Orchestra, pop singer Misato Watanabe, jazz and classical pianist Manami Morita and singer/song writer Deborah Bond.
I.
Ooo | purity, density, gravity, clarity, quality, quantity, additive, positive, primitive, transitive, genitive |
oOoo | longevity, mentality, facility, priority, authority, majority, minority, fatality, reality, community, security, appositive, insensitive, infinitive, inquisitive, repetitive, definitive, acquisitive |
ooOoo | continuity, inactivity, capability, hospitality, nationality, similarity, relativity, visibility, generosity, curiosity, opportunity, university, possibility |
II. 1. density 2. security 3. opportunity 4. community
5. positive 6. responsibility
IV.
A/ Picture a (a pen): write a letter, write a note
Picture b (a cell phone): send/get a text message, check your messages
Picture c (a computer): send/receive an e-mail, go on the Internet
Picture d (a phone): make a phone call, leave a message
Picture e (a card): post a letter/card, send a card
Picture f (a digital camera): take/send a photo
B/ 1. send an e-mail or call someone 2. send an e-mail or send a text message
3. go on the Internet 4. leave a message
5. wrote a letter 6. send a card
7. make a phone call or send an e-mail 8. leave a message
9. send a card or send an e-mail 10. go on the Internet V.
1. will be sharing 2. will be using 3. will be developing 4. will be helping
5. will be using 6. will be changing 7. will be using 8. will be developing
9. will be using 10. will be making
VI. 1. to post 2. to have – (to) drink 3. tidy 4. to stop
5. doing – to do 6. going
I. 1. Hi! Are you free to meet tomorrow for a drink? Where? When? See you! Nick xx Your reply: I am free 2moro 2. How abt seeing @ my house, abt 7? C u soon!
2. Hello. We’re having a party this Saturday at my house? Can you come? Are you going to bring anyone? Let me know. Thanks! Mai.
Your reply: Gr8. Wd I bring Mi n Phong 2 the party? Thx 4 invitation. Luv.
II. (Suggested answers)
5. (your own idea)
III. 1. G 2. D 3. B 4. I 5. E 6. A 7. H 8. J 9. C 10. F
Don’ts: D, E, J
Thanks for lunch yesterday. It was great to see you. Let’s continue our conversation about the project. Maybe it is Wednesday next week at my place. There is still a lot of things to discuss. By the way, please don’t forget to bring the information we talked about.
Let me know about next week. See you later.
Peter
Email Homework To Teacher
From: [email protected]
Subject: English Essay from Nguyen Thi Mai
Dear Ms. Lan,
My name is Nguyen Thi Lan, and I am your student from class 8C. I have attached my essay on “Communication in the 21st century”, which is due by the end of today. Thank you for allowing me to email it to you instead of turning it in during class. I really appreciate if you give some comments on my essay so that I will write better in the near future.
Thank you so much.
Best regards, Nguyen Thi Mai
28. keep in touch with 29. online
VIII.
Task 1: 1. C 2. C 3. C
Task 2: 4. D 5. G 6. E 7. F 8. B 9. A 10. C
Task 3: 11. F 12. I 13. D 14. B 15. J 16. E 17. G
18. A 19. C 20. H
IX. Dear Teacher,
My name is Hoang Diem Mi, and I am your student from class 8A. I would like to express my appreciation for all your efforts in teaching chemistry to our class. I write/ am writing this letter to apologize for not submitting my lab report on time. I am sorry for forgetting the
deadline of the report, due last week. I promise that this thing does not happen again. I hope for your kind understanding, and accept my late submission.
Best regards,
Hoang Diem Mi
X. Dear Ms. Huong,
I am sorry that I was absent from your Biology class yesterday. A classmate told me that handouts for the next lab assignment were given. We have to submit our assignments next Friday. Can I meet you during tomorrow’s recess to ask some questions about the correct way to write it? I look forward to speaking to you soon.
Thank you very much.
Best regards,
Pham Van Phong
I.
oOo | uncertain, unfasten, uncommon, unworried, immortal, |
ooO | unafraid, unaware, |
oOoo | uncomfortable, unpopular, impossible, impersonal, improbable, immovable, impurity, impassable |
ooOo | unambitious, unemployment, uncompleted, imprecision |
oOooo | immeasurable |
ooOoo | unacceptable, unachievable, unbelievable, immaterial |
ooOooo | uncommunicative |
II. 1. unattractive 2. impolite 3. impractical 4. unnatural 5. unofficial
6. unpleasant 7. uncompetitive 8. unlucky 9. unnecessary 10. improper
I. 1. artist 2. novelist 3. beginner 4. ancestor 5. pianist
II.1. educational 2. inventions 3. construction 4. exploration
5. comfortable 6. harmful
III.
1. will have built 2. will connect 3. will design 4. will have run 5. will have implanted 6. will be taking 7. will become 8. will create IV.
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I.
II. 1. E 2. C 3. G 4. D 5. A 6. F 7. H 8. B
11. T 12. T
III. 1. B 2. D 3. F 4. C 5. E 6. A
IV.
There are several advantages of smartphone. Smartphones give users the ability to surf websites instead of using a desktop or a laptop. They also have applications which help us to create and edit Microsoft office documents. Smartphones have GPS which helps us to find the place we are looking for. With a smartphone, we can have access to any email accounts, like Outlook or Gmail, social networking sites, such as Facebook and Twitter. However, smartphones have some disadvantages. Smartphones are not durable, especially when they are not taken good care of. It is very expensive to buy smartphones compared to other phones. Smartphones can only work efficiently when there is an Internet connection. You cannot depend on smartphones for all your work but you need a computer to do some tasks.
(131 words)
IV.
21. development 22. safety – risky 23. scientist – researcher – scientific
24. dangerous 25. production 26. industrial – medical
27. technological 28. ability
38. technicians 39. mathematicians 40. mathematical 41. founders
VII. 42. Our teacher said that we were learning more about our universe.
VIII. 48. D 49. G 50. B | 51. I | 52. E | 53. A | 54. F | 55. J | 56. C 57. H |
IX. 58. T 59. F 60. T | 61. T | 62. F | 63. T | 64. F | 65. T |
X. 66. He studied to serve the country’s independence.
I.
Oo | painful, skillful, fearless, spotless, harmful, thoughtful, cloudless, breathless, tasteless, faithful |
Ooo | powerful, wonderful, bottomless, leaderless, effortless, motionless |
oOo | disgraceful, delightful, successful, respectful, resourceful |
oOoo | expressionless, directionless |
ooOo | uneventful, disrespectful |
II.
1. careless 2. colourful 3. joyful 4. fearless 5. careful
6. friendless 7. cheerful 8. restless 9. forgetful 10. Thoughtless
11. successful 12. useless
B. VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR
I. 1. D 2. F 3. H 4. E 5. B 6. A 7. J 8. I 9. G 10. C
II.
1. system 2. atmosphere 3. conditions 4. difference
5. clouds 6. ocean 7. kind 8. life
III.
1. opened 2. came out 3. had masks on their faces
4. came up to me 5. wanted to run away
IV.
1. Earth 2. ordinary 3. billion 4. universe 5. intelligent
6. believe 7. numbers 8. in 9. spaceship 10. nearest
V.
1. when – had started 2. started/ had started 3. to know – had worked
4. said – had worked 5. the ISS was 6. was – it weighed
7. if/ whether – was 8. there had always been
VI.
I. 1. A 2. C 3. C 4. B 5. A 6. B 7. D 8. B II. 1. B 2. A 3. C 4. D 5. A 6. B 7. C 8. C 9. D 10. B
III.
I.
II.
20. wonderful 21. thoughtless
47. first 48. speed/velocity 49. collect 50. understanding 51. transported
52. from 53. watch 54. back 55. work 56. suits
XI. 73. Aliens may have a hard container for the brain.
17. a smartphone, a laptop, and a tablet computer 18. a smartphone, a laptop, and a tablet computer 19. a smartphone, a laptop, and a tablet computer
37. will be taking 38. will have learned 39. will have discovered
40. will be looking for 41. will have travelled 42. will have improved 43. will have developed
78. how to solve 79. a good way 80. to build strong
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