With only needles and colorful rolls of thread, crafts women___ weave ___ skilk pictures, usually of natural wonders such as birds, plants, or landscape.
Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the verbs in the table.
| carve | mould | knit | cast | make | embroider |
1) With only needles and colorful rolls of thread, craftswomen_______silk pictures, usually of natural wonders such as birds, plants, or landscapes.
2) Recently, Southeast Asia's largest bronze statue of the Baddha erected in Bai Dinh pagoda was_______by artisans from Van Diem bronze village.
3) _______cocoon silk was one of the women's chores 3,000 years ago.
4) In the early 20th century, most houses, beds, and household were________from bamboo and rattan.
5) At the beginning of the 20th century, Vietnamese artist used lacquering techniques to draw and______pictures for decorations.
6) Every region has a different quality of clay, varnish color, _______and burning technique in pottery making.
Part A: Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. use only one suitable word for each space (10 points)
Of all the natural wonders of the world, (1)…….... are as spectacular as Niagara Falls. Located on (2).............. Niagara river along the border between the United States and Canada, Niagara (3)....... consists of (4)…...... falls, the American Falls and the Horseshoe Falls. The former is on the US side of the border, in the state of New York , while the (5).......... is on the (6)........... side. About 85% of the water in Niagara river flows over the Horseshoe Falls, which is the (7)...... impressive of the two falls. About ten million people visit the falls(8)....... year, most during the summer tourist reason. Sightseers can ride steamers up close to the boiling water of the falls, or view (9)......... from parks on both sides of the river. Niagara has long been a popular (10)...........
destination for newlyweds
Plans grow(46) almost every part of the world. We see(47) plants as flowers, glass, and tree nearly every day. Plants grow high on moutaintops, far in the oceans, and in many deserts and(48) regions
Without plants, there could be not life on earth. Man could not live without air of food and so he could not live without plants. The oxygen in the air we breathe comes from plants. The food we eat also comes from plants or from animals that eat plants. We build houses and make many(49) products from lumber cut from trees. (50) of our clothing is made from the fitbers of the cotton plants.
Scientists belive there are more than 350,000 species of plants, but no one knowns for(51). Some of the smallest plants, called diatoms, can be seen only with a(52). A drop of the water may hould as many as 500 diatoms. The largest living things are the giant sequoia trees of California. Some of them stand more than 290 feet high and measure over 30 feet wide
Scientist(53) all living things into two main groups - plants and animals. It is usually easy to tell the two(54). Almost all kinds of plants stay in one place, but nearly all species of animals move about under their own power. Most plants make their own food from air, sunglight, and water. Animals cannot make their own food. The basic units of all life, called cells, are also different in plants and animals. Most plants have thick wall that(55) a material called cellulost. Animal cells dl not have this material.
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X.Read carefully the passage and answer the following questions:
Clothes can tell a lot about a person.Some people like very colorful clothes because they want everyone to look at them and they want to be center of things.Other people like to wear nice clothes, but their clothes are not colorful and fancy.Clothes today are very different from the clothes of the 1800s.In the 1800s all the women wore dresses .The dresses all had long skirts .But today women do not wear dresses with long skirts.Sometimes they wear short skirts .Sometimes they wear pants.In the 1800s, clothes were made only from natural kinds of cloth such as cotton,wool,silk,linen.But today,there are many kinds of man-made cloth.A lot of clothes are now made from nylon,rayon,or polyester.
1/ What do some people like to wear?
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2/What do other people like to wear?
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3/When did the dresses have long skirts?
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4/What materials are many clothes now made from?
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Choose the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting.
An extended family consists not only of parents and children but also of others relatives, such as grandparents and unmarried.
There are 10 blanks in the passage. Use the words (phrases) given in the box to fill in the blanks. Use only one word (phrase) in each blank. There are five extra words (phrases) which you do not need to use. (2 ms)
place, easily, alike, bury, carry, contain, imitated, interfered, most, prevent, protect, role, serve, surviving, tamed
Man probably could not live without the help of animals. The (1)______ of animals in the balance of nature ranks as their most important service to man.
Animals also (2)______ man by supplying him with many foods and other useful products. Without animals, man would have no meat, milk, eggs, or honey; or wool, fur, or silk.
For thousands of years, man has caused changes in the animal kingdom. He has (3)______ many kinds of animals and used them for food and clothing. He has killed or driven away animals that once attacked him or (4)______ with his use of land. Today, he tried to (5)______ many kinds of animals that are in danger of dying out.
Like man, (6)______ plants depend on animals for many of their basic needs. Without animals, many plants could not (7)______ reproduce. For example, many plants with flowers depend on bees and other insects to (8)______ their pollen from plant to plant. Many oak trees grow from acorns that squirrels (9)______ and then forget, or from acorns that deer step on and push deep into the soil. Birds often fly from one (10)______ to another with seeds clinging to their feet. The seeds may sprout a great distance from the parent plants.
A forest is a special place. In the forest, surrounded by tall trees, you are cut off from the would around you, and filled with the sights and sounds of nature. Many fairy tales and legends are set in forests, which have been thought to hold magic and mystery. Today we know that these are only stories, but the forest is still a place that holds many of the world's most valuable resources.
Forest has always been important to people. In the past, many people got food by hunting forest animals and gathering wild plants. With the advance of civilization, fewer people now live in forests, but forest are more valuable than ever. Forests have an important economic value because they provide us with resources such as timber. Forests are vital to the environment because they clean the air we breathe. Forests are also treasured for their beauty
Matching
1. Forest |a. Precious
2. Tales |b. The activity of looking for and killing animals
3. Valuable|c. Important
4. Hunt |d. Large area of land covered by trees
5. Vital |e. Stories about imaginary events or people
True or false
1. When you are in the forest you are away from the natural
2. The forest is a place that holds many of the world's most valuable resources
3. Forest are always important to people
4. Many people now live in forest
5. Forest are not only treasured for their beauty but also for their economic value
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Tattooing is an old art. In ancient Greece, people who had tattoos were (1) ______ as members of the upper classes. It was not (2) ______ the late 18th century, when Captain Cook saw South Sea Islanders decorating their bodies with tattoos, that attitude began to change. Sailors came back from these islands with pictures of Christ on the backs and from then on, tattooing (3) ______ in popularity. A survey by the French army in 1881 showed that (4) ______ the 378 men questioned there were 1333 designs. Nowadays, not everybody finds tattoos acceptable. Some people think that getting one is silly because tattoos are more or less permanent. There is also some (5) ______ about catching a blood disease from unsterilized needles.
1. for the same money / We can save/ than we can produce / by conservation / more energy /
=> We can __________________________________________________________________
2. also causes the death of /crabs, or birds / aquatic animals such as fish / Polluted water /
=>Polluted water _____________________________________________________________
3. to encourage people / We should launch / to keep the neighborhood / a campaign / clean/
=>We should launch __________________________________________________________ .
4. contaminated water / in the world / Approximately 80% / are caused by / of infectious diseases /
->Approximately 80% ________________________________________________________ .
5. Pollutants / the food supply/ seep into the earth's soil / and contaminate/ such as metals and pesticides /
=>Pollutants _________________________________________________________________ .
