I. Complete the passage with the words given. (1 pt)
for weather of walking
We are in Scotland. It’s great here, but the (1)__________ isn’t very good. We’re in a youth hostel near Loch Ness. Do you know Loch Ness? It’s famous (2)__________ the monster! This is a picture (3) __________ the loch (“Loch” means “lake”). There are lots of lovely mountains all round. We go (4)_____________in the mountains every day.
READ THE PASSAGE AND FILL IN A SUITABLE WORD :
Alion's last holiday Last October Alison went to Scotland ............ one week . She traveled ................... train and she stayed .............. a hotel . She went walking .......... the mountains . he saw some beautifun lakes .......... she didn't see the Loch Ness Monster ! She enjoyed the holiday very much .
VII. Read the text quickly and complete the information in the table.
GREAT LAKES OF THE WORLD
The oldest lake in the world Lake Baikal is 25-30 million years old-the oldest lake in the world. It holds 20 percent of the planet's surface freshwater. It is 650km long and nearly 2km deep.
Lake Baikal is in eastern Shiberia where the winters are very cold. Temperatures average minus 20 degrees. The lake freezes for five months or more of the year. The ice is 1,2m thick, and trucks drive across the lake when it freezes.
The lake has more than 1,200 species of animals and 1,000 species of plants.
It is home to the world's only freshwater seal, the nerpa. There are approximately 50,000 nerpas in the lake. Nerpas can dive down 300m to catch fish!
Giant Lakes
The world's largest lake in the Caspian Sea in south-west Asia. It is 370,000 sq km. It is salt water and not freshwater. The world's largest freshwater lake is Lake Superior, one of the Great Lakes of North America. These lakes are the biggest mass of freshwater in the world.
Stories about lakes
Scotland's Loch Ness is famous for its 'monster', and is only 230m deep. But Lake Nicaragua in Central America is home to the dangerous bull shark, which is more than 3m long. The sharks swim up and down the San Juan River into the Caribbean Sea.
Read the text again and answer the questions:
6. How old is Lake Baikal?
7. How long is Lake Baikal?
8. What happens to Lake Baikal in the winter?
9. What is the name of the seal that lives in Lake Baikal?
10. Why does the seal dive deep into the lake?
11. Is Lake Superior freshwater ỏ salt water?
12. What is Loch Ness famous for?
III. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the adjectives in brackets.
1. Bangladesh is the (wet) ...... of the three countries: Vietnam, England and Bangladesh.
2. The Sahara is the world's (hot) ...... desert.
3. Loch Lomond in Scotland is the (large) ...... freshwater lake in Great Britain.
4. Lake Erie is (small) ...... than Lake Huron.
5. Mount Everest is 8.848 meters (high) ......
6. The Amazon River is (long) ...... than Mekong River.
7. Fansipan is the (high) ...... mountain in Vietnam.
8. Travelling by bus is (cheap) .....than by taxi.
Read and complete
fantastic, beach, to, in, at, small, of, village
Hi, Susan
We are...........in...............mallorea. It's lovely here and the weather is (1) .....................................We're at the Campsite in a small (2) .......................................This Is a picture (3)........................................the beach (4) ......................................the Campsite> We go swimming every morning and Kate goes sailing in the afternoon, (5)........................................
Wish you were here!
Love
Kate
Part 3: Give the correct form of the words in brackets to finish the letter.
Dear Kay,
Isabella and I are having the (1. good).................... holiday of our life! We are in Vinabliss Resort, one of the (2. lovely) .................... islands in the Eastern Sea. Although it is much (3.small)............... than Vinaland, there seems to be (4. much).................... to do than in Vinaland. Moreover, the people here seem to be (5. friendly)..................... than those on other islands. We are staying in the (6. modern) ....................... hotel I have ever seen. It is far (7.comfortable)................................... than any other hotels and it is even (8.big)................. than the world-famous Calton hotel. The (9.near)......................... beach is (10.little) .......................than a hundred meters away, so we can go swimming a lot. It's really good and I want you to be here with us.
Love,
Maltida.
Give the correct form of words to finish the passage
Isabella and I are having the (good) ..... holiday of our life! We are in Vinabliss Resort, one of the (lovely) ...... islands in the Eastern Sea. Although it is much (small ) ....... than Vinaland, there seems to be (much) ....... to do than in Vinaland. Moreover, the people here seem to be (friendly) ........ than those on other islands. We are staying in the (modern) ...... hotel I have ever seen. It is far (comfortable) ...... than any other hotels and it is even (big) ........ than the world-famous Calton hotel. The (near) .......beach is (little) ..... than a hundred metres away, so we can go swimming a lot.
Greeting Yen Son school. Nam and I (1)................. doing something differently this year. We are at Bac Giang Youth activity Centre. People (2) ............... here every summer to learn about (3) ................. hobbies and interests. I am learning English and Nam is learning about computer. We (4)............... up at six every morning and do lessons (5).............. seven to half past eleven. We have (6)............... at tweleve and then there are more lessons. We work very (7)................. but we are very happy. We are (8).................. wonderful time here. It is a (9).............. past seven in the morning now, and we are sitting on the grass in (10) ............. of the Centre. The weather is very fine today. We love summer.
Dear Kay,
Isabella and I are having the ( 1. good )........................holiday of our life! We are in Vinabliss Resort one of the ( 2. lovely ) ...................... islands in the Eastern Sea. Although it is much ( 3. small ).................. than Vinaland, there seems to be (4. much )..................... to do than in Vinaland. Moreover the people here seem to be (5. friendly ) ........................... than those on other islands. We are staying in the ( 6. modern )................... hotel I have ever seen. It is far (7. comfortable )........................ than any other hotels and it is even (8. big ) ...................... than the world- famous Calton hotel. The (9. near ) ............................. beach is (10. little ).......................... than a hundred meters away, so we can go swimming a lot. It's really good and I want you to ne here with us
A. Complete the passage.
Vietnam is a tropical (1)................... . There are four (2)................. in the north and two seasons in the south: the dry seasons and the (3)............... season.It often (4) ................. in the rainy season.The weather is wet and humid.In the dry season,it's (5).............. and sunny.There is lots (6)............... rain,so the country is very ( 7) ............... . There are (8) ............... forests and great (9) ............... like the Mekong and Red Rivers.There are lots of lakes,and many beautiful beaches,too. There aren't (10) .............. deserts in Viet Nam.
B. Frind and Correct the mistake in each sentence.
1. Let is play cards!
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2. Does Lan and Hoa usually go shopping on Sundays?
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3. What are you going to do in this weekend?
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4. What does he do in 1982?
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5. I'm going to cinema this evening.
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