1. The Khmer living in the South of Viet Nam have created many _________ dances.
A. social B. spiritual C. traditional
Talk about an interesting way of life around the world:
- Where is that lifestyle happening?
- What do people there do every day?
- What is special about that lifestyle? (ways of cooking, crafts, folk songs & dances, festival,...)
- Why do you think that lifestyle is interesting?
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Read the passage and complete the sentences.
One of the main sources for the spreading of news and events through out the world is the newspaper. The purpose of newspaper is to inform the public of political, social, economic and entertainment happenings, among other things. Generally, there are three types of newspapers. Daily newspapers publish at least one edition every weekday. Most dailies also have a weekend edition. Daily newspapers often have sections for news, sports, arts, and entertainment, business, and classified advertising. Weekly newspapers print once a week and cover news of interest to readers in a smaller area than that of a daily paper. They focus on local happenings rather than national or international events. Special-interest newspapers may publish daily, weekly, monthly, or even less frequently. They generally disseminate news of interest to a particular group of readers of feature news about a specific topic.
Thanks to the development of Internet, we can now get access to electronic newspapers. To some extent, e-newspapers are cheap, up-to-date, and convenient for most readers in the world.
1. The purpose of newspapers is to..................................................................................................
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2. There are three types of newspaper. They are .............................................................................
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3. Daily newspapers often have sections for ..................................................................................
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4. Weekly newspapers focus on ......................................................................................................
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5. Special-interest newspapers cover news of interest to ................................................................
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6. Electronic newspapers are ...........................................................................................................
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Read the passage and answer the questions.
THE POSTAGE STAMP
Before the invention of the postage stamp, it was difficult to send a letter to another country. The sender paid for the letter to travel in his or her own country. Then the person in the other country paid for that part of the trip. If a letter crossed several countries, the problem was worse.
Rowland Hill, a British teacher, had the idea of the postage stamp with gum on the back. The British post office made the first stamps in 1840. They were the Penny Black and the Twopence Blue. A person bought a stamp and put it on a letter, the post office delivered the letter. When people received letters, they didn’t have to pay anything. The letters was prepaid.
Postage stamps became popular in Great Britain immediately. Other countries started making their own postage stamps very quickly.
There were still problems with international mail. Some countries did not want accept letter with stamps from another countries. Finally, in 1874, a German organized the Universal Postal System. Each country in the UPS agreed to accept letter with prepaid postage from the other members. Today the offices of the U PS are in Switzerland. Almost every country in the world is a member of this organization. It takes care of any international mail problems.
Today post offices in every country sell beautiful stamps. Collecting stamps is one of the most popular hobbies in the world, and every stamp collector knows about the Penny Black and the Twopence Blue.
Questions
1. Why was it difficult to send a letter to another country before the invention of the postage stamp?
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2. Why were the postage stamps popular?
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3. How did other countries react with the postage stamps?
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4. What does the Universal Postal System do today?
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5. Why do stamp collectors know about the Penny Black?
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Choose the word (A, B, C, or D) that best fits each of the blank spaces.
Dear Sir or Madam,
We are in Class B, Year 8 at Stonehouse School. Every year our class goes (1) an adventure holiday. This year we would like (2) your center. We are planning (3) away for the first week in May, arriving on Friday 2 May. There will be 15 boys and 15 girls in our party, and two teachers. We are (4) in sailing, rock climbing, canoeing, and map-reading. Can you send us information about your center?
We look forward (5) from you.
Yours faithfully,
Class B
1. A. in B. at C. aver D. on
2. A. attend B. attending C. to attend D. to attending
3. A. go B. to go C. going D. to going
4. A. interested B. interesting C. bored D. boring
5. A. hear B. to hear C. hearing D. to hearing
Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage.
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. word B. phrase C. letter D. signal
2. A. holding B. getting C. bringing D. carrying
3 A. through B. among C. between D. across
4. A. separate B. be separated C. separating D. separated
5. A. using B. use c. take D. taking
6. A. experienced B. brought C. made D. taken
7. A. where B. during C. when D. since
8. A. ways B. methods C. techniques D. communications
Complete each sentence so it means the same as the sentence above.
1. The traffic was bad. However, I arrived on time.
--> Though ........................................................................................
2. I don’t know many English words
--> I wish ..........................................................................................
3. “Do you have many friends?”
--> She asked me ..............................................................................
4. We don’t have a lot of money, so we don’t buy a lot of new books.
--> If we ...........................................................................................
5. Learning English is not easy.
--> It is ..............................................................................................
Choose the letter A, B, C or D the word that has the underlined part different from others
1 A. legend B. generous C. giant D. galaxy
2 A. defeat B. leader C. great D. meat
3 A. unity B. unique C. upwards D. music
4 A. social B. course C. clockwise D. cutlery
After three years, the volunteering group ______ English courses for hundreds of children. A. provide B. provided C. has provided
10. A group of volunteers ______ food to patients in our hospital for two weeks last month. A. offered B. offer C. has offered
21. Ask her to come and see me when she ………her work.
A. finish B. has finished C. finished D. finishing
22. Almost everyone……for home by the time we arrived.
A. leave B. left C. eaves D. had left
23. I have never played badminton before.This is the first time I……..to play.
A. try B. tried C. have tried D. am trying
24. Since……,I have heard nothing from him.
A. he had left B. he left C. he has left D. he was left
25. I don’t understand this sentence. What……..?
A. does mean this word B. have this word mean
C. means this word D. does this word mean
26. John……..tennis once or twice a week.
A. usually play B. is usually playing
C. usually plays D. have usually played
27. I …….for Christine. Do you know where she is?
A. look B. looked C. am looking D. looks
28. At 5 o’clock yesterday evening, I………my clothes.
A. am ironing B. have ironed C. ironed D. was ironing
29. I……..along the street when I suddenly heard footsteps behind me.
A. was walking B. am walking C. walk D. walked
30. She ……..German for two years.
A. has learnt B. is learning C. learn D. learns
31. The earth……… round the sun.
A. go B. has gone C. went D. goes
Choose the word or phrase is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following sentences.
16. My grandparents always try their best to find ways to preserve our family unity.
A. consistency B. stickage C. union D. bond
17. I always get into trouble with table manners every time I am invited to a party. All the cutlery etiquettes are so complicated!
A. utensil B. spoon C. fork D. chopstick
18. John asked Kim to marry him and he jumped with join when she accepted.
A. agreed B. argued C. appealed D. attached
Make complete sentences, using the given cues.
1. Telephone/ invent/ Alexander Graham Bell/ 1876. ………………………………………………………………………
2. Watching/ television/ most/ popular/ kind/ entertainment/ nowadays. ……………………………………………………………………… 3. After/ many/ experiments/ finally/ first/ successful/ flight/ make/ by/ Wright brothers. ……………………………………………………………………… 4. Computers/ use/ more/ popular/ next century. ……………………………………………………………………… 5. My mother said/ she/ visit/ Ha Long Bay/ next month ………………………………………………………………………6. My house/ build/ in 2010. ………………………………………………………………………7. French/ not/ teach/ our school.
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8. Mai/ give/ lot/ presents/ her last birthday. ……………………………………………………………………… 9. Rice/ not/ grow/ mountainous areas …………………………………………………………
Choose the best answer:
He spends most of his time ____________volunteer work.
A. with doing
B. did
C. doing
D. to do