2)They believe there are some creatures on Mars (create)
3)There have been three volcanic eruptions in this area this week (erupt)
4)Jeans seem to be always fashionable . Many people like to wear them ( fashion)
are you looking forward toanother busy week? You should be according to some experts. They argue that the stress encountered in our daily lives is not(1)............good for us, but essential to survival. They say that the response to(2)........, which creates a chemical called adrenalin, helps the mind and body to act quickly(3).......... emergencies.Animals and human beings use it to meet the hostile conditions which exist on the planet.Whilst nobody denies the pressures of everyday life,(4)................ is surprising is that we are yet to develop successful ways of(5)............ with them. Even the experts consider the current strategies to be inadequate and often dangerous. They believe that(6)................... trying to manage our response to stress with drugs or relaxation technques, we must exploit it. Apparently, research shows that people who create conditions of stress for themselves (7).............. doing exciting and risky sports or looking for challenges, cope much better (8)............ life's problems. Activities of this type have been shown to create a lot of emotion; people may actually cry or feel extremely uncomfortable. But there is a point at which they have succeeded and know that it was a positive(9)...................
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
A Mission to Mars
Have you ever had a dream of traveling to another planet in our solar system? If you have, there is an actual programme that is happening right now, and it hopes to send people to Mars in 2023. Known as the Mars One Mission, it will send a crew of four people on a one -way mission to colonize Mars. Those chosen people will have to be ready to say good-bye to the earth forever, as there will not be a return trip. For the people chosen, they will have to learn to do many different things. First of all, they will be living the rest of their lives with just a handful of other people, so they all must have personalities that allow them to get along. Second, the living quarters that they will have won’t be very spacious, so they will have to deal with that condition as well. If they feel homesick, they will only be able to communicate with people back on the earth via e-mail, video and audio sent back and forth. However, there won’t be any real-time communication. Even at the speed of light, communication between the earth and Mars takes about 20 minutes. Whether the Mars One Mission will actually happen is the big question that a lot of people are asking. There is an enormous skepticism in the science community, and Wired magazine gave the mission a miserable score of two out of ten on its probability scale. However, for those who dream of going to Mars, at least they can say there is a possibility that it could happen.
1, Who might like to go on this mission ?
A. People who get along with thers
B. People who get homesick easily
C. People with angry personalities
D. People who don't like to communicate
2, What will NOT happen to the people who go on the Mars One Mission ?
A. They will communicate with people on the earth
B. They will have to live with other people
C. They will live in quarters that don't have a lot of space inside
D. They will return to the earth
4. Which of the following is considered miserable ?
A. A crew on board of the Mars One Mission
B. A score of the programme on the probability scale
C. A personality of people taking part in the programme
D. A mission of astronauts to the ISS
5. How long will it take for a message to come back from Mars ?
A. Around 20 minutes
B. Only a few seconds
C. Almost immediately
D. About an hour
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Like most people, i've been using a mobile phone and a laptop (1)..........they became cheap to use, and i know plenty of people (2)...........to spend every evening using the Internet or playing computer games. (3).............,lately i have started to worry that(4).......these electronic gadgets are taking over our lives. (5).........people used to write letters and read books and worked out problems using theirs brains, but (6)..........most of us have become (7)............accustomed to using machines that we can't do without them. There are lots of people, (8)......example, who depend on them entirely for their entertainment. It's easier to sit (9)..........home taking to people (10)..........the phone, or watching television, rather than going out and meeting them (11)........... person!. I wonder whether this makes everyone feel more lonely, (12)............ though it is easier now to stay in touch with people. Of course, there are many other kinds of gadgets, such as electonic organizers or microwave ovens,(13)......... we use to save time, though they may not be really necessary . I'm (14) ............the idea of everything in life depending on the push of a button, though i think it's probably(15) .........late to avoid it
Long ago in Britain, people ........ go to wise old women .......... " witches" to learn about the future. They believed that these witches had the .......... to tell the future and to use magic words to protect people or change them. There were many beliefs about these witches, ............ are now a symbol of Halloween. For example, people belived witches flew on broomsticks to big, secret meetings ............. they ate, sang and ....... The Christians tried to stop people ......... believing in witches, but many uneducated people, especially in the countryside, hold on to their beliefs.
When people went to North America from the British Isles, they brought their Halloween customs with them. Today, Halloween is a night......... children dress up like ghosts, witches, devils and so on. They go from house to house in their..........., ring doorbells, and shout "Trick or Treat!". People give them candy, apples, gum and nuts and the children have a good time. But most children have ......... that their holiday has such a long history.
In most lines of the following text, there is either a spelling or an punctuation error, for each numbered line 1- 15, write the correctly spelt word or show the correct punctuation in the space on the right. Some lines are correct. Indicate these lines with a tick (P). The first three lines are done for you as examples.
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How Equal Are Woman, Really?
On the face of it, women in Britain haven’t done too badly over the passed thirty years. There has been a woman Prime Minister a woman has gone into space, and women are ordained as priests. They have won the right to equal pay with men for the same work inspite of the fact that they still earn only 80% of their male colleague’s salaries. They have even become professionals in what have always been considered male sports, like football. But can it really be said that equality of the sexes is fact rather than wishful thinking. The trouble begins at school, though equality shouldn’t be an issue in education since, acording to the Department of Education’s statistics, they do better than boys in exams at all levels. Nevertheless, they are at an immediate disadvantage as soon as they apply for jobs and go out to work. Teachers believe its vital to overcome this by encouraging them to study subjects like physics, which have been almost exclusively a male preserve. A peice of research recently carried out at Reading University may explain why boys succeed, weather or not they have better academic qualifications. It shows that they are willing to call out answers in class and risk making mistakes, whereas girls feel self conscious. This capacity to take the lead is why boys tend to make a better impresion at an interview for a business career, though they may not always prove to be the best choice thereafter. |
Advertisements are very important in the modern world. Often your T-shirt or jeans show the name of the company that made them. This is a popular form of advertising. A special picture or symbol, called logo, is sometimes used.
You see logos on many different products. The idea of a logo is that whenever you see it, you think of that product or company.
Many people like to buy a product because it is made by a certain company. Some people only buy a product that is made by a famous company. People wear clothes and carry bags that have a famous label to show that they are fashionable and have good taste.
It is very common to see advertisements on TV and hear them on the radio. Most advertisements are only a few seconds long but very attractive. Sometimes, the advertiser uses a slogan because it is easy to say and easy to remember.
The idea of advertisements is to try to make you buy the product. They sometimes show rich and famous people using that product. The message is, if you want to feel rich and famous, then buy this product.
1. What do your T-shirt or jeans often show?
2. Do many people like to buy a product which is made by a certain company?
3. Why do people wear clothes and carry bagsthat have a famous label?
4. where do people often see and hear advertisement?
5.Are most advertisements short?
Chuyển những câu chủ động sau thành câu bị động
1. No one expected that I would fail the final exam
2. Do they think that they will have the chance to visit that place?
3. They expected that this summer holiday would be swelteringly hot
4. They reported that a vast area of forest in my hometown was destroyed
5. Did they believe that the information was true?
6. Did anyone hope that there would be a significant change in the standards of living?
7. They never believe that Peter and Jane will get married
8. People know that there is no life on Mars
WORD FORM:
1. There are many ................. temples in Cambodia. (Buddhism)
2. The editor welcomes ........................ from readers on any subject. (correspond)
3. His ............. always annoysus. (person)
4. Bahasa Malaysia is known .............. as Malay. (simple)
5. The girl went to see areas for ..................... . (recreate)
6. My father's words are always ...................... . (persuade)
7. Vietnamese women often wear the ao dai, ................................ on special occasions . (especial)
8. Buses run .................. from the city center to the airport. (frequent)
9. In the 1960s, many university and college ..................... wore jeans. ( study)
10. The ................... of jeans seem unlikely to decline. (popular)
11. We have to leave the party .............. or we'll miss the train. (hurry)
12. Tim is ................... talking to his classmates about his report card. (pride)
13. Much to the ................. of the audience, the clown fell off the ladder. (amuse)
14. I find this peace of music very ............... . (rest)
15. At that time, ice cream couldn't be ............................ bought in a store. (convenient)
16. Please go along the road ................... and you'll see the pagoda. (north)
17. There are several families ..................... on the river bank during summer. (picnic)
objects-spacecraft-UFOs-meteor
UFOs are strange flying (1)................that some people report that they have seen in the sky and believe to be (2)....................from another planet. Many scientists do not believe so. They say if people see a (3)........................,it might be an aircraft, a weather balloon or a (4).................. However, there is still evidence for people to believe in the existence of UFOs.
