Pirates of the Caribbean

Captain Jack Sparrow is a pirate . He has a ship called the Black Pearl . One day , he goes to Jamaica , where he sees a beautiful woman , Elizabeth . Then Jack meets Will , who loves Elizabeth too . Jack , Will , and Elizabeth look for pirate treasure . The treasure is on the island Isla de Muerta . They must fight the pirate Captain Barbarossa , who has the treasure . Captain Jack wins and they all go back to Jamaica . There , Elizabeth tells Will that she loves him .

1 . Is Captain Jack a pirate ?

2. What's the name of his ship ?

3. Who loves Elizabeth ?

4. Who has the treasure ?

5. Who wins the treasure ?

6. Who does Elizabeth love ?

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 23 to 27.

          The story of gold is an adventure involving kings, queens, pirates, explorers, conquerors, and the native peoples they conquered. Throughout history, gold has woven a magic spell over those it touched. Gold is beautiful and rare; a soft shiny metal that can be moulded into many (23) _________. It has been used for money, jewelry, and to decorate special buildings such as palaces and places of worship. (24) _________ the precious metal was discovered, prospectors rushed to mine it, starting new cities and countries as they went. Gold and the people who love it have helped shape the world we live (25)   _________today. Gold is one of many elements, or substances that cannot be changed by normal chemical means, that are found in the Earth's crust. Gold has a warm, sunny colour and (26) _________ it does not react with air, water, and most chemicals, its shine never fades. In its natural (27) _________, gold is soft and easily shaped. When heated to 1,062 Celsius it melts and can be poured into moulds to form coins, gold bars, and other objects. Stories have been told, movies made and legends bom about the discovery of the world’s great gold deposits. It is a saga of dreams, greed, ambition and exploration.

Điền vào số (26)

A. yet

B. despite    

C. because   

D. so

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 23 to 27.

          The story of gold is an adventure involving kings, queens, pirates, explorers, conquerors, and the native peoples they conquered. Throughout history, gold has woven a magic spell over those it touched. Gold is beautiful and rare; a soft shiny metal that can be moulded into many (23) _________. It has been used for money, jewelry, and to decorate special buildings such as palaces and places of worship. (24) _________ the precious metal was discovered, prospectors rushed to mine it, starting new cities and countries as they went. Gold and the people who love it have helped shape the world we live (25)   _________today. Gold is one of many elements, or substances that cannot be changed by normal chemical means, that are found in the Earth's crust. Gold has a warm, sunny colour and (26) _________ it does not react with air, water, and most chemicals, its shine never fades. In its natural (27) _________, gold is soft and easily shaped. When heated to 1,062 Celsius it melts and can be poured into moulds to form coins, gold bars, and other objects. Stories have been told, movies made and legends bom about the discovery of the world’s great gold deposits. It is a saga of dreams, greed, ambition and exploration.

Điền vào số (27)

A. estate     

B. stage       

C. state        

D. position

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 23 to 27.

          The story of gold is an adventure involving kings, queens, pirates, explorers, conquerors, and the native peoples they conquered. Throughout history, gold has woven a magic spell over those it touched. Gold is beautiful and rare; a soft shiny metal that can be moulded into many (23) _________. It has been used for money, jewelry, and to decorate special buildings such as palaces and places of worship. (24) _________ the precious metal was discovered, prospectors rushed to mine it, starting new cities and countries as they went. Gold and the people who love it have helped shape the world we live (25)     _________ today. Gold is one of many elements, or substances that cannot be changed by normal chemical means, that are found in the Earth's crust. Gold has a warm, sunny colour and (26) _________ it does not react with air, water, and most chemicals, its shine never fades. In its natural (27) _________, gold is soft and easily shaped. When heated to 1,062 Celsius it melts and can be poured into moulds to form coins, gold bars, and other objects. Stories have been told, movies made and legends bom about the discovery of the world’s great gold deposits. It is a saga of dreams, greed, ambition and exploration.

Điền vào số (23)

A. formats  

B. outlines   

C. shapes    

D. lines

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 23 to 27.

          The story of gold is an adventure involving kings, queens, pirates, explorers, conquerors, and the native peoples they conquered. Throughout history, gold has woven a magic spell over those it touched. Gold is beautiful and rare; a soft shiny metal that can be moulded into many (23) _________. It has been used for money, jewelry, and to decorate special buildings such as palaces and places of worship. (24) _________ the precious metal was discovered, prospectors rushed to mine it, starting new cities and countries as they went. Gold and the people who love it have helped shape the world we live (25)   _________ today. Gold is one of many elements, or substances that cannot be changed by normal chemical means, that are found in the Earth's crust. Gold has a warm, sunny colour and (26) _________ it does not react with air, water, and most chemicals, its shine never fades. In its natural (27) _________, gold is soft and easily shaped. When heated to 1,062 Celsius it melts and can be poured into moulds to form coins, gold bars, and other objects. Stories have been told, movies made and legends bom about the discovery of the world’s great gold deposits. It is a saga of dreams, greed, ambition and exploration.

Điền vào số (25)

A. at 

B. in  

C. for 

D. on

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 23 to 27.

          The story of gold is an adventure involving kings, queens, pirates, explorers, conquerors, and the native peoples they conquered. Throughout history, gold has woven a magic spell over those it touched. Gold is beautiful and rare; a soft shiny metal that can be moulded into many (23) _________. It has been used for money, jewelry, and to decorate special buildings such as palaces and places of worship. (24) _________ the precious metal was discovered, prospectors rushed to mine it, starting new cities and countries as they went. Gold and the people who love it have helped shape the world we live (25)   _________today. Gold is one of many elements, or substances that cannot be changed by normal chemical means, that are found in the Earth's crust. Gold has a warm, sunny colour and (26) _________ it does not react with air, water, and most chemicals, its shine never fades. In its natural (27) _________, gold is soft and easily shaped. When heated to 1,062 Celsius it melts and can be poured into moulds to form coins, gold bars, and other objects. Stories have been told, movies made and legends bom about the discovery of the world’s great gold deposits. It is a saga of dreams, greed, ambition and exploration.

Điền vào số (24)

A. Whoever

B. However 

C. Forever   

D. Wherever

I. Read the passage, and then answer the questions.

Pirates of the Caribbean

Captain Jack Sparrow is a pirate. He has a ship called the Black Pearl. One day, he goes to Jamaica, where he sees a beautiful woman, Elizabeth. Then Jack meets Will, who loves Elizabeth too. Jack, Will, and Elizabeth look for pirate treasure. The treasure is on the island Isla de Muerta. They must fight the pirate Captain Barbarossa, who has the treasure. Captain Jack wins and they all go back to Jamaica. There, Elizabeth tells Will that she loves him.

1. Is Captain Jack sparrow a pirate? What is the name of his ship?

____________________________________________________________________

2. Who loves Elizabeth? ________________________________________________

3. Who has the treasure? ______________________________________________________

4. Who wins the treasure? __________________________________________________

5. Who does Elizabeth love? _________________________________________________________

II. Read the text and answer the following questions.

The streets are crowded with traffic. Taxis are bringing tired people from the airport and the train stations to the hotels. They hope to sleep a few hours before their busy day in the big city. Trucks are bringing fresh fruits and vegetables into the city. Ships are bringing food and fuel to the harbour.

By seven o’clock in the morning, the streets are filled again with people. Millions of people live in the big city, and millions of people who work in the big city live in the suburbs, the commuters, are hurrying to get to their offices. Everyone is in a hurry. Some stop only to drink a cup of coffee. Others stop to buy the morning paper or to have breakfast.

The noise of traffic gets louder. The policemen blow their whistles to stop the traffic or to hurry it along.

56. Where do taxis often take people from?

_________________________________________________________

57. What are trucks bringing? And what about ships?

_________________________________________________________

58. Who are commuters?

_________________________________________________________

59. What do people often do when they are in a hurry in the early morning?

_________________________________________________________

60. What do the policemen do to control the traffic?

_________________________________________________________

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.

Money

The ancestor of the monetary system is of course the barter system. A farmer could trade his produce for the fish obtained by a fisherman or the cloth produced by a weaver. Even today the barter system tends to come back into style in places suffering from social breakdown, or as an informal sideline activity in more harmonious lands. However, trying to reach agreement over the relative value of different things tends to be time-consuming and vexing, and so societies tended to converge towards a common medium of exchange. Pacific islanders used shells; Aztecs used cacao beans, the main ingredient of chocolate. Livestock was common among herding cultures; slaves were sometimes used, too, but they were much harder to control than cattle and so not as popular; and many cultures used salt, including the Romans for a time- hence, the modern term "salary". Incidentally, after World War II cigarettes were used as a medium of exchange in many countries then in very poor condition, and it is said that in Italy “penny candy” was commonly used as “small change” even into the 1970s.

The medium that gradually gained widespread acceptance was precious metals such as gold and silver. Coins are said to have been invented by the Lydians, a people of Asia Minor, sometime after 640 BC. They used stamped ingots of "electrum", a naturally occurring amalgam of silver and gold. The scheme was refined by King Croesus, ruler of Lydia from 560 to 546 BCE, who introduced coins of true gold. He is still identified with wealth in the expression "rich as Croesus". The introduction of coinage was a great boon for traders, simplifying transactions and allowing them to be conducted more smoothly over long distances.

[1] Coinage also helped support far-flung empires; the Roman Empire was built on silver and gold coins, as well as military victories. As the empire expanded, the expenditures of the state led to the debasement of the coins, beginning with an act of the Emperor Nero in 64 A.D. By the end of his reign, the silver content of Roman coins had shrunk by 10%. [2] Other emperors followed his example, and over 200 years from the start of the process, the content shrank to 5%. The coins’ buying power fell accordingly.

[3] Coins are still with us, though they are now little more than tokens made of non-precious metals. [4] Few countries still use silver or gold coins as anything other than collector's items.

Which is the best place for the following sentence? “The United States gave up minting silver dollars in 1935, and in 1965 eliminated silver in American coins completely.”

A. [4]

B. [3]

C. [1]

D. [2]

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KING MIDAS AND THE GOLDEN TOUCH

Long ago , in Ancient Greece , there wasa king named Midas .He lived in an enormous palace with his wife and his daughter . King Midas was very , very rich . He had more gold than any other king in the world . Hí palace was full of gold statues , gold jewellery and gold coins , but Midas was greedy and he always wanted more .

One day , the king was walking in the garden of his palacewith his daughter .She was picking yellow flowers for her room . "Those yellow flowers are very beautiful ," King Midas said , "but gold flowers aer more beautiful."

The king's daughter ran back into the palace with her flowers and the king walked alone . Then Midas made a wish . He wished that everything he touched became gold . Soon he touched a flower . It became gold . He touched a tree and it became gold .He touched a plant and it too was gold . "My wish has come true !" he shouted .

The king touched many things in his garden and in his palace . He touched pictures and vases and plates and they all became gold .Soon Midas was hungry and thirsty . But , When he put some bread in his moth ,it turned to gold. And when he put some water to his lips , it also turned to gold .

The king sat in his garden ."I have all the gold in the world ," he thought,"but i cannot eat and i cannot drink.What shalli do ?"

At last , the king's daughter saw her father in the garden . She ran to him because he looked so sad .She touched his hand and suddenly she became gold , too. King Midas made another wish . He wished that he could have his daughter back and he wished  to not have any more gold . Suddenly , all the gold was gone and his daughter was playing happily in the garden . King Midas had learnt his lesson and he never asked for more gold again.