I. Match the words with their definitions.
1. overcrowded
2. poverty
3. slum
4. crime
5. spacious
6. wealthy
7. diverse
8. megacity
a. very different from each other
b. a very large city, with a population of at least 10 million
c. having a lot of money, possessions, etc.
d. containing too many people or things.
e. a very poor area of a city where the houses are in bad condition.
f. the state of being poor.
g. large and with a lot of space.
h. an illegal act or activity.
Tìm lỗi sai
1) People in the world thrown away a lot of drink cans every year
2) at our school , the student's grades are being sent to their parents four times a year
3) you shouldn't be carried large sums of money with you
4) it's hard for doing in this exercises . I don't understand them
5) this report must signed right away because it's very urgent
6) in industrial , most glass is collected and sent to the factories
7) billion of cans are thrown away every year all over the world
8) she was seriously injuring in a road accident
9) could you help me with the housework ? - No, i couldn't
10) our children have learnt English when they were at primary school
Cho đoạn văn:
Many people from rural areas are leaving behind their traditional way of life and moving to the city . They believe that well -paying jobs are plentiful in the city.
At home on the farm,life is always a struggle with nature . Typhoons,floods or droughts can easily destroy a harvest and leave the farmer with little or no money until the following year . Often farmers look for other work when they need more money for their family.
The increase in population , however , has led to overcrowding in many cities . This puts a strain on school and hospitals , as well as water and electricity supplies . Increased pollution is another unpleasant result.
There is also a human side to this tragedy . Families sometimes has to live apart . In these cases , children may live at home with relatives , while their parents go and live in an urban area.
Governments all over the world are trying to provide facilities for these migrants , but it can be quite a problem.
1.Complete the summary . Use information from the passage.
People from the countryside are ( 1 ) ______ their ( 2 ) _____ to go and live in the ( 3 ) _____. Farming can sometime be a difficult life and these people from ( 4 ) _____ ares feel the ( 5 ) _____ offers more opportunities. However, many people coming to the city create
( 6 ) _____. There may not be enough ( 7 ) _____ or ( 8 ) _____, while water and electrcity supplies may not be adequste. This is a
( 9 ) _____ facing governments around the ( 10 ) _____.
2.Find the word in the passage that means :
a)of the countryside ......................................
b)as many as needed ......................................
c)become greater or larger ......................................
d)a great pressure ......................................
e)a terrible event ......................................
f)of the city or city life ......................................
VII.Supply the correct form of the words in brackets.
1. The Internet is very ______________, it takes up a lot of our time. (addict)
2. I enjoy ______________ with friends and going out at the weekend. (social)
3. Sitting in front of the computer too long can cause ______________. (obese)
4. Are you ______________ about the new Gears Of War games? (excite)
5. She listens to classical music for ______________. (relax)
6. The Internet has changed the English language ______________. (consider)
7. She was ______________ with her job and decided to look for a new one. (satisfy)
8. Face to face ______________ is better than Skype video calls. (communicate)
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Read the text carefully, then do the tasks:
The Britist spend their free time in different ways.People generally use it to relax , but many people also do voluntary work,espeacially for charities A lot of free time is spent in the home, where the most popular leisure activity is wathching telvision, the average viewing time being 25 hours per week.Reading is also a favourite way of spending leisure time.The British spend a lot of time reading newspaper and magazines.In the summer gardening is popular, and in winter it is often replaced by 'do -it-yourself', when people spend time improving or reparing their homes Some leisure activities are mostly or entirely social. Inviting friends for a drink or a meal at home is the most usual one. Sometimes people join friens for a dink in a pub, or have dinner in a restuarant The extra time available at weekends means that some leisure activities, many of them to do with sport,normally take place only then. Traditional spectator sports include football, cricket, horse racing, motor racing and motorcycle racing. Popular forms of exercise are swimming tennis, ice skating, cycling, climbing, and hill or country walking. Familes often have a 'day out' at the weekend, especially in summer, with a visit to a local event such as a festival, fair or show,.Young people espeacally go to clubs and discos , while people of all ages go to the theatre, the cinema, art exhibitions and concert
Read the text carefully, then do the tasks:
The Britist spend their free time in different ways.People generally use it to relax , but many people also do voluntary work,espeacially for charities
A lot of free time is spent in the home, where the most popular leisure activity is wathching telvision, the average viewing time being 25 hours per week.Reading is also a favourite way of spending leisure time.The British spend a lot of time reading newspaper and magazines.In the summer gardening is popular, and in winter it is often replaced by 'do -it-yourself', when people spend time improving or reparing their homes
Some leisure activities are mostly or entirely social. Inviting friends for a drink or a meal at home is the most usual one. Sometimes people join friens for a dink in a pub, or have dinner in a restuarant
The extra time available at weekends means that some leisure activities, many of them to do with sport,normally take place only then. Traditional spectator sports include football, cricket, horse racing, motor racing and motorcycle racing. Popular forms of exercise are swimming tennis, ice skating, cycling, climbing, and hill or country walking.
Familes often have a 'day out' at the weekend, especially in summer, with a visit to a local event such as a festival, fair or show,.Young people espeacally go to clubs and discos , while people of all ages go to the theatre, the cinema, art exhibitions and concert
A.Decide wheter the following sentences (T) or (F)
1.Many British people use their free time to help people in need
2.In the summer, the British prefer indoor activities
3.All free time activities are individual activities
4.Most British people watch or do sports at the weekend
5.Sometimes people go with their friends to a pub or restuarant
6.British young people don't like going to the movie
B.Answer the questions:
1.What's the most popular free time activity in the UK?
=>...................................................................
2.How many hours a week do the British watch TV?
=>..........................................................
3.In winter,what do the British do in their spare time?
=>..........................................................................
4.Which sports do many British people enjoy watching?
=>.................................................................................
I. Match the word or phrase with its definition.
1. custom
2. tradition
3. sharp
4. table manners
5. cutlery
6. prong
7. generation
8. sense of belonging
9. host
10. spot on
a. the feeling of being comfortable and happy in a particular place or with a particular group of people
b. the knives, forks, and spoons that you use for eating food
c. an accepted way of behaving or of doing things
d. exactly right
e. all the people who were born at about the same time
f. a belief, custom or way of doing something that has existed for a long time
g. the socially acceptable way to eat your food, especially when eating a meal with others
h. each of the two or more long pointed parts of a fork
i. at a particular time exactly
j. a person who invites guests to a meal, a party, etc.
Find one mistake in each sentences and correct it.
1 I prefer to come back to my hometown on the harvest time ............
2 Last summer holiday, I had a very forgettable time with my cousin because we had a lot of fun together..............
3 I think that people living in the countryside have to work hard than people in cities ...............
4 Sometimes city people talk much pessimistically than country people .............
5 Some people like living in big cities because of its excited life with a lot of entertainments and modern facilties..............
Living in the countryside gives us fresh air, and a quieter environment, it's a great place to dispel the stress and anxiety of the people, especially for those who have suffered so many words. pollution of the city and crowding. People may also have a larger area to build vegetable or flower gardens, dig a pond of rainbowfish ... meanwhile, it is more difficult to find a variety of jobs in the countryside. However, as urbanization is pervasive, this will not be a big deal in the foreseeable future. Besides, the transportation infrastructure is improving, more and more people are choosing to live in the suburbs and to travel downtown. The environment in which we live has a lot of impact on lifestyle . However, it is up to me to have the most advantages and to get around the limitations such as in the countryside with fresh air and afraid of pollution, pollution, in the countryside with few vehicles moving. and there are few hospitals and many other things still in the city there are many medical stations ... No matter where you live, it's best to live with your family.
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Fill in Present Simple , Present Cont , Past Simple , Present Perfect , will or be going to.
My cousin‘s name (1.be)…………….Sylvie Dupont .She (2.live)………………….in Pairs and (3.work)…………………
in a café in the centre of the city . She (4.work)………………………… there for three years .At the moment her best friend from England (5.stay)……………………….with her.She (6.enjoy)………………………her holiday very much .They (7.already/visit)…………………………………many museums together and they (8.be)……………………. to the theatre three times .Next week they (9.see)…………………….a film and then (10.have )………………………..dinner at an expensive restaurant .Last Tuesday they (11.go)……………………. to a disco with some friends of their .They (12.not/come)…………….…………home until very late . Sylvie (13.be)………………………..…so tired at work the following day customer .She doesn’t think she(15.see)……………………….him at the café again ! In the future she(16.not stay )……………………….out so late and she (17.be)……………………….more careful while she is serving customers
I. Use the adjective in brackets in their correct forms of comparison to complete the sentences.
1. Tea is_____________coffe.(cheap)
2. The new harvest machine is___________than the old one.(effective)
3. The countryside is__________the towm.(beautiful)
4. A tractor is____________a buffalo.(powerful)
5. My sister is__________me.(tall)
6. Blue whales are_____________elephants.(heavy)
7. The Mekong River is___________the Red River.(long)
8. Do you think English is__________French in grammar?(easy)
9. My new bed is___________my old bed.(comfortable)
10. The film about my village towm is___________than the book.(interesting)
II. Read the text and choose the suitable words with the correct blank spaces. (Visitors, stories, mountain, any, riding, to, with, life)
I live in a (1).....................village. My parents often tell me (2).................about their life in the past. It's not much like the village I can see nowadays.
Some villagers now live in brick houses instead of earthen ones. Our houses are better equipped (3)............electric fans and TVs. Thanks to the TV, we now know more about (4)..........outside our village. We don't use oil lamps (5)...............more. We have electric lights which are much brighter. More villagers are using motorcycles for transport instead of (6)..................a horse or walking. We - village children - no longer have to walk a long way and cross a stream to get (7)................school, which is dangerous in the rainy season. Now there's a new school nearby. We also have more (8)..................from the city. They come to experience our way of life.
III. Read the text and decide whether the following statements are True (T) or False (F).
Tokyo is a famous city. There are a few good buildings and impressive temples; there are a few parks worth visiting. Everything has to be small in Tokyo: houses, rooms, shops. Long-side streets consist of tony houses only, and this often creates a toy-like, with small women tip-toeing along in their kimonos.
Tokyo at nights is a very different place from Tokyo in daytime. Millions of neon lights are switched on and nowhere in the world is more attractive.
A towm is not its buildings alone; it is an atmosphere, its pleasure, its sadness, its madness, and above all its people. Tokyo may lack architectural beauty but is has character and excitement; it is alive. I found it a mysterious and lovable city.
1. ________There are many beautiful buildings in Tokyo.
2. _______There is nothing to see in the parks in Tokyo.
3.________Many small houses found along long road.
4.________At night, Tokyo is not as attractive as many other cities.
5. ________ Tokyo has beautiful architecture.
6.________ The author likes Tokyo.
