VI. Read the following passage carefully, then do as direct (1.5pt)

Friendship is the most valuable relationship in the life of a person instead of having many important things in life. No one of us has a complete and satisfied life if we lack faithful friendship. Everyone needs a good and loyal friend to share bad or good life events, enjoy happy moments and share unbearable events of the life. A good and balanced human interaction is very necessary for the survival of everyone. Good friends share each other’s emotions or sentiments which bring feeling of well-being and mental satisfaction. A friend is a person whom one can know deeply, like and trust forever. Instead of being some similarity in the nature of two persons involved in the friendship, they have some different traits but they need each other without changing their uniqueness. Generally, friends motivate each other without criticizing but sometimes good friends criticize to bring some positive changes in each other.

            Task A: True or False?

   23. Everyone has a complete and satisfied life without faithful friendship.                 ........... 

   24. A good and loyal friend will help us to share our sadness and happiness in our life.  

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   25. We can trust our friends forever if they are really good friends.   

....................                               

   26. Good friends never criticize each other.      

.................                                                                  

Task B: Choose the best answer:

   25. What is the passage mainly about?                                                                              

      A. The most valuable relationships.            B. Disadvantages in friendship

       C. Friendship                                            D. Changes in friendship.

   28. The word “unbearable” in the passage is closest in meaning to ________.                

       A. acceptable             B. too painful             C. avoidable              D. bored

Read the passage carefully and decide if the statements are true (T) or false (F)

I like to think that I’m qualified to talk about friendship. See, I hardly have any friends, so I can look at the issue objectively, as an outsider. I could get all emotional about the topic of friendship, and the drama that can cause some friendships to end. However, friendship is something that can be considered to be seasonal or unconditional.

So, for me, it’s interesting to look at it from the perspective of our various life stages, and to see which friendships survive each transition. Friendship conjures a few interesting memories for me, the main one was in primary school, where my schoolmates would spend most of break time arguing or discussing various going-ons, from who could have a piece of whose snack to who was whose best friend.

ĐÚNG      SAI

1. The writer has a lot of friends. 

2. Friendship is considered to be seasonal or unconditional. 

3. We can look at friend from different life stages. 

4. An interesting memory of the writer about friendship happened in primary school. 

5. His primary schoolmates would spend most of break time on playing sports and studying. 

An individual has several relationships in their studying and working environment. To me, it is necessary to maintain friendship in daily life. As friends have no age limit. Everyone has friends, some are best friends, and others are friends. Having good friends brings people many advantages. They help us in different aspects of life, whenever we are in trouble or whatever we do. Friend is the one we can freely share opinion, thought, emotion and confidence. One feels better, trustful and comfortable when having a suitable friend. There are a large number of things friends can do together such as: traveling to new lands, going shopping in addition to sharing hobbies. Friendship is priceless and it has to be built on love, trust, caring without any exaggeration, flattery and pretensions. Therefore, a true friendship stands by you through thick and thin and makes you feel not lonely when being in a crowd. Besides, friendship has positive and negative effects in life. If we have good friends, they make us a happier and worthy life. In contrast, they may ruin our career and living if we choose bad friends. Therefore, no matter how often we meet each other, but how much you care and feel for another in good times as well as in bad times. Since famous saying states that: “To live life without the experience of friendship, is life without living”.

Answer True or False

   1. Everybody has at least one relationship in their life.                                    _________

   2. Elderly people can’t make friends with each other.                                     _________

   3. A suitable friend helps us feel better, trustful and comfortable.                  _________

   4. We only have advantages when we have friends.                                       _________

   5. What is the passage mainly about?

       A. How to make friends                                             B. How to choose a good friend.

       C. Friends and work                                                   D. The importance of a good friendship

   6. What can be inferred from the passage?  

       A. No one needs true friendships.                              B. Friendship doesn’t affect our life.

       C. Life without friendship is meaningless.                 D. Friendship is only for the rich.  

Dịch

Everyone has a number of acquaintances, but no one has many friends, for true friendship is not common, and there are many people who seem to be incapable of it. For a friendship to be close and lasting, both the friends must have some very special qualities.

The first quality is unselfishness. A person who is concerned only with his own interests and feelings cannot be a true friend. Friendship is a two-sided affair; it lives by give-and-take, and no friendship can last lone which is all give on one side and all take on the other.

Constancy is the second quality. Some people do not seem to be constant. They take up an interest with enthusiasm, but they are soon tired of it and feel the attraction of some new object. Such changeable and uncertain people are incapable of a lifelong friendship.

Loyalty is the third quality. Two friends must be loyal to each other, and they must know each other so well that there can be no suspicions between them. We do not think much of people who readily believe rumours and gossip about their friends. Those who are easily influenced by rumours can never be good friends.

Trust is perhaps the fourth quality. There must be mutual trust between friends, so that each can feel safe when telling the other his or her secrets. There are people who cannot keep a secret, either of their own or of others’. Such people will never keep a friend long.

Lastly, there must be a perfect sympathy between friends - sympathy with each other’s aims, likes, joys, sorrows, pursuits and pleasures. Where such mutual sympathy does not exist, friendship is impossible. 

 Read this passage and choose correct answers:

The Statue of Liberty, one of America’s most familiar image, is on an island in New York Harbor. It is a symbol of freedom. It was a gift to American people from French to show the friendship between the two nations. This is the statue of a woman who is wearing a loose robe and a crown on her head. Her right hand holds a burning torch, and her left hand holds a tablet with the date July 4th,  1776 on it. The statue weighs 205 tons and it is 46 meters high. It stands on a stone base. The base and the pedestal increase the height of the monument to 93 meters. The statue was completed in 1884 in France, and then transported to America in 1886. Tourists can visit the statue from 9.30 a.m to 5 p.m daily except Christmas Day.

1.The Statue of Liberty was put ………….

A.on an island                      B. inland               C. in the mountain           D. in a capital

2.  The Statue of Liberty was designed in ……….. .

A.The USA                   B. France                     C. Australia                     D. Italy

3. The Statue of Liberty is  ……….

A. a boy                           B. a girl                  C. a man                     D. a woman

4. The exact body height of The Statue of Liberty is …………. meters .

A.46                      B. 64                       C. 39                          D.93

5. When  did they complete The Statue of Liberty? – In ……….

A. 17^th century                      B. 18^th century                   C. 19^th century             D. 20^th century   

1.Read the passage carefully,then write true (T) or false (F) for the following sentences

1.Do you have any close friend ? I think everybody at least has one close friends in their life.And so do.I have two close friend,Hanh and Mai.We are in the same class at primary school and then secondary school.We are also neighbours,so we spend most of our time learning and playing toghether.Hanh is a beautiful girl with big black eyes and an oval face.She is an intelligent student who is always at the top of the class.She likes reading and she often goes to the library whennever she has free time.Mai isn't as beautiful as Hanh,but she has lovely smile and looks very healthy.Mai is very sporty.She spends most of her free time playing sports .Mai is a volleyball star of our school.She is also very sociable and has a good sense of humor.Her jokes always make us laugh.I love both of my friends and I always hope our friendship will never die.

1.The writer formed her friendship at primary school.

2.The writer lives far from her friends.

3.Hanh always spends most of her free time in the library

4.Mai is good at sport

5.Mai's friends sometimes get tired of her jokes

6.The writer hopes to have a lasting friendship

Example 1. Do you have any close friends? I think everyone has at least one best friend in their life. And me too, I have two close friends: Linh and Chi. We were in the same elementary and middle school grades. We were also neighbors, so we spent most of our time studying and having fun together. Chi is a beautiful girl with big black eyes and a rosy oval face. She is a smart student and always the best in my class. She also likes to read books. Linh is not as pretty as Chi but she has a very cute smile and looks very healthy. Linh is very athletic. She spends most of her free time playing sports. Linh is a volleyball star in our school team. She is very sociable and has a good sense of humour. Her jokes always make us laugh. I love both of my friends and I always hope our friendship will never falter.
1. What does Chi look like?              
Chi is a beautiful girl with big black eyes and a rosy oval face
 2. What is Linh's hobby?
3. What sport does Linh play on the school's team?
4. What is Linh's character?
5. What does the writer hope about their friendship?

do you have any close friends ? I think everybody at least has one close friend in their life . and so do I . I have two close friends , Lan and Nga . We are in the same class at primary school , and then secondary school . We are also neighbors so we spend most of our time on learning and playing together . Lan is a beautiful girl with big black eyes and an oval rosy face . she is an intelligent student who is always at the top of the class . she likes reading , and she often goes to the library whenever she has free time . nga isn't as beautiful as lan but she has a lovely smile and looks very healthy . Nga is very sporty . she spends most of free time playing sports . Nga is a volleyball star of our school . she is also very sociable and has a good sense of humor . Her jokes always make us laugh . I love both of my friends and I always hope our friendship will never die . dịch sang tiếng việt