Pray (v)
They are praying ______ Jesus ______ a good life.
She always says _________ before going to bed.
She doesn’t have a ________ of winning the cup.
I’d like to see the __________ mantis jumping.
1. The _______pressure is high here.( atmosphere)
The hotel has a lovely relaxed_______
.praying
1. They are praying ______Jesus________a good life.
She always says _________before going to bed.
She doesn't have a _________of winning the cup.
I'd like to see the _______mantis jumping
The atmospheric pressure is high here.( atmosphere)
The hotel has a lovely relaxed atmosphere
They are praying to Jesus for a good life.
She always says a prayer before going to bed.
She doesn't have a prayer of winning the cup.
I'd like to see the praying mantis jumping
I. Use the correct form of the word given in each sentence.
23. While Maryam was praying, Lan enjoyed the __________ atmosphere in the mosque. (peace)
24. Maryam said that she always said __________ before going to bed. (pray)
25. She can find the __________ of the people everywhere she goes during her visit. (friend)
26. In English lessons, my teacher always gives us __________ in English. (instruct)
1 peaceful
2 prayers
3 friendliness
4 instructions
1 peaceful
2 prayers
3 friendliness
4 instructions
1.A 2.C 3.D 4.B 5.A 6.C 7.A 8.D 9.A 10.C
1-a 2-c 3-d 4-b 5-a 6-c 7-a 8-d 9-a 10-c
1-a
2-c
3-d
4-b
5-a
6-c
7-a
8-d
9-a
10-c
2. Maryam said that she always said _____________ before going to bed. (pray)
3. She can find the ______________ of the people everywhere she goes during her visit. (friend)
4. In English lessons, my teacher always gives us _____________ in English. (instruct)
2. Maryam said that she always said prayers before going to bed.
3. She can find the friendliness of the people everywhere she goes during her visit.
4. In English lessons, my teacher always gives us instructions in English.
Fill in each blank with a suitable word from the box.
extra | interests |
outside | going |
horse | alone |
skiing | afternoons |
Mary has a lot of hobbies and (1) ………... She always gets up early, so she can run before (2) …….. to school. She doesn’t have time to ski, but she occasionally goes (3)……….. on Sundays during the winter. Mary often rides a ( 4) ………….. near her home. She usually goes horseback riding on Sunday ( 5) ………………. She loves music. She always goes to practice singing on Wednesdays evenings and sings in church on Sundays mornings. She doesn’t have (6) ……… money , so she rarely goes to concerts in the city. She never watches TV because she likes doing things outside. She usually goes to the gym if it is raining ( 7) …………. She isn’t often ( 8) ………. because she has a lot of friends. She feels happy because she always does her activities with her friends. She’s a happy girl.
1 interests
2 going
3 skiing
4 horse
5 afternoons
6 extra
7 outside
8 alone
1. Interests
2. Going
3. Skiing
4. Horse
5. Afternoons
6. Extra
7. Outside
8. Alone
1. interests
2. going
3. skiing
4. horse
5. afternoons
6. extra
7. outside
8. alone
CHÚC BẠN HỌC TỐT!
EXERCISE 1: Complete the sentence with the correct form of the word in parentheses.
1. The landmarks of Hanoi were very _____________ . Maryam was really impressed by them. (impress)
2. My English teacher is young and _________ dressed. (beauty)
3. We were surprised at the ____________ atmosphere of the temple. (peace)
4. When I first met them, they gave me an impression of warmth and ___________ (friend)
5. My mother always says ___________ before going to bed. (pray)
6. Maryam's trip to Hanoi made a strong ___________ on her. (impress)
7. Mary was cooking while her baby was sleeping _________ in his cradle. (peace)
8. Tan and Nam are good friends. Their ____________ has lasted for years. (friend)
9. The tourists admired the ____________ of the Temple of Literature. (beautiful)
10. Lan and Maryam have been in _____________ for over two years. (correspond)
1. impressing
2. beautifully
3. peaceful
4. friendliness
5. prayers
6. impression
7. peacefully
8. friendship
9. beauty
10. correspondance
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 following questions.
‘A good book for children should simply be a good book in its own right.' These are the words of Mollie Hunter, a well known author of books for youngsters. Born and bred near Edinburgh, Mollie has devoted her talents to writing primarily for young people. She firmly believes that there is always and should always be a wider audience for any good book whatever its main market. In Mollie's opinion it is essential to make full use of language and she enjoys telling a story, which is what every writer should be doing: 'If you aren't telling a story, you're a very dead writer indeed,' she says.
With the chief function of a writer being to entertain, Molly is indeed an entertainer. 'I have this great love of not only the meaning of language but of the music of language,' she says. This love goes back to early childhood. 'I've told stories all my life. I had a school teacher who used to ask us what we would like to be when we grew up and, because my family always had dogs, and I was very good at handling them, I said I wanted to work with dogs, and the teacher always said "Nonsense, Mollie dear, you'll be a writer." So eventually I thought that this woman must have something, since she was a good teacher - and I decided when I was nine that I would be a writer.’
This childhood intention is described in her novel, A Sound of Chariots, which although written in the third person is clearly autobiographical and gives a picture both of Mollie's ambition and her struggle towards its achievement.
Thoughts of her childhood inevitably brought thoughts of the time when her home was still a village with buttercup meadows and strawberry fields - sadly now covered with modern houses. 'I was once taken back to see it and I felt that somebody had lain dirty hands all over my childhood. I'll never go back,' she said. 'Never.' 'When I set one of my books in Scotland,' she said, 'I can recapture my romantic feelings as a child playing in those fields, or watching the village blacksmith at work. And that's important, because children now know so much so early that romance can't exist for them, as it did for us.'
To this day, Mollie has a lively affection for children, which is reflected in the love she has for her writing. 'When we have visitors with children the adults always say, "If you go to visit Mollie, she'll spend more time with the children." They don't realise that children are much more interesting company. I've heard all the adults have to say before. The children have something new.'
In comparison with children of earlier years, Mollie feels that modern children are _____.
A. better informed
B. more intelligent
C. less interested in fiction
D. less keen to learn
Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu
Giải thích:
So với trẻ em của những năm trước, Mollie cảm thấy rằng trẻ em hiện đại là _____.
A. thông tin tốt hơn B. thông minh hơn
C. ít quan tâm đến tiểu thuyết D. ít ham học
Thông tin: 'I can recapture my romantic feelings as a child playing in those fields, or watching the village blacksmith at work. And that's important, because children now know so much so early that romance can't exist for them, as it did for us.'
Tạm dịch: 'Tôi có thể lấy lại cảm xúc lãng mạn của mình khi còn là một đứa trẻ chơi trên những cánh đồng đó, hoặc xem thợ rèn trong làng làm việc. Và điều đó rất quan trọng, vì trẻ em bây giờ biết rất sớm nên sự lãng mạn không thể tồn tại với chúng, như nó đã làm cho chúng ta.
Chọn A
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 following questions.
‘A good book for children should simply be a good book in its own right.' These are the words of Mollie Hunter, a well known author of books for youngsters. Born and bred near Edinburgh, Mollie has devoted her talents to writing primarily for young people. She firmly believes that there is always and should always be a wider audience for any good book whatever its main market. In Mollie's opinion it is essential to make full use of language and she enjoys telling a story, which is what every writer should be doing: 'If you aren't telling a story, you're a very dead writer indeed,' she says.
With the chief function of a writer being to entertain, Molly is indeed an entertainer. 'I have this great love of not only the meaning of language but of the music of language,' she says. This love goes back to early childhood. 'I've told stories all my life. I had a school teacher who used to ask us what we would like to be when we grew up and, because my family always had dogs, and I was very good at handling them, I said I wanted to work with dogs, and the teacher always said "Nonsense, Mollie dear, you'll be a writer." So eventually I thought that this woman must have something, since she was a good teacher - and I decided when I was nine that I would be a writer.’
This childhood intention is described in her novel, A Sound of Chariots, which although written in the third person is clearly autobiographical and gives a picture both of Mollie's ambition and her struggle towards its achievement.
Thoughts of her childhood inevitably brought thoughts of the time when her home was still a village with buttercup meadows and strawberry fields - sadly now covered with modern houses. 'I was once taken back to see it and I felt that somebody had lain dirty hands all over my childhood. I'll never go back,' she said. 'Never.' 'When I set one of my books in Scotland,' she said, 'I can recapture my romantic feelings as a child playing in those fields, or watching the village blacksmith at work. And that's important, because children now know so much so early that romance can't exist for them, as it did for us.'
To this day, Mollie has a lively affection for children, which is reflected in the love she has for her writing. 'When we have visitors with children the adults always say, "If you go to visit Mollie, she'll spend more time with the children." They don't realise that children are much more interesting company. I've heard all the adults have to say before. The children have something new.'
What does Mollie Hunter feel about the nature of a good book?
A. It should be based on original ideas
B. It should not aim at a narrow audience
C. It should not include too much information
D. It should be attractive to young readers
Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu
Giải thích:
Mollie Hunter cảm thấy gì về bản chất của một cuốn sách hay?
A. Nó nên dựa trên những ý tưởng ban đầu
B. Nó không nên nhắm vào một đối tượng hẹp
C. Không nên bao gồm quá nhiều thông tin
D. Nó sẽ hấp dẫn độc giả trẻ
Thông tin: She firmly believes that there is always and should always be a wider audience for any good book whatever its main market.
Tạm dịch: Cô tin chắc rằng luôn luôn có và nên luôn có đối tượng rộng hơn cho bất kỳ cuốn sách hay nào bất kể thị trường chính của nó nhắm vào ai.
Chọn B
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 following questions.
‘A good book for children should simply be a good book in its own right.' These are the words of Mollie Hunter, a well known author of books for youngsters. Born and bred near Edinburgh, Mollie has devoted her talents to writing primarily for young people. She firmly believes that there is always and should always be a wider audience for any good book whatever its main market. In Mollie's opinion it is essential to make full use of language and she enjoys telling a story, which is what every writer should be doing: 'If you aren't telling a story, you're a very dead writer indeed,' she says.
With the chief function of a writer being to entertain, Molly is indeed an entertainer. 'I have this great love of not only the meaning of language but of the music of language,' she says. This love goes back to early childhood. 'I've told stories all my life. I had a school teacher who used to ask us what we would like to be when we grew up and, because my family always had dogs, and I was very good at handling them, I said I wanted to work with dogs, and the teacher always said "Nonsense, Mollie dear, you'll be a writer." So eventually I thought that this woman must have something, since she was a good teacher - and I decided when I was nine that I would be a writer.’
This childhood intention is described in her novel, A Sound of Chariots, which although written in the third person is clearly autobiographical and gives a picture both of Mollie's ambition and her struggle towards its achievement.
Thoughts of her childhood inevitably brought thoughts of the time when her home was still a village with buttercup meadows and strawberry fields - sadly now covered with modern houses. 'I was once taken back to see it and I felt that somebody had lain dirty hands all over my childhood. I'll never go back,' she said. 'Never.' 'When I set one of my books in Scotland,' she said, 'I can recapture my romantic feelings as a child playing in those fields, or watching the village blacksmith at work. And that's important, because children now know so much so early that romance can't exist for them, as it did for us.'
To this day, Mollie has a lively affection for children, which is reflected in the love she has for her writing. 'When we have visitors with children the adults always say, "If you go to visit Mollie, she'll spend more time with the children." They don't realise that children are much more interesting company. I've heard all the adults have to say before. The children have something new.'
In Molie Hunter’s opinion, one sign of a poor writer is ________.
A. complicated ideas
B. the weakness of the description
C. lifeless characters
D. the absence of a story
Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu
Giải thích:
Theo ý kiến của Molie Hunter, một dấu hiệu của một nhà văn nghèo là ________.
A. ý tưởng phức tạp B. điểm yếu của mô tả
C. nhân vật vô hồn D. sự vắng mặt của một câu chuyện
Thông tin: In Mollie's opinion it is essential to make full use of language and she enjoys telling a story, which is what every writer should be doing: 'If you aren't telling a story, you're a very dead writer indeed,' she says.
Tạm dịch: Theo ý kiến của Mollie, việc sử dụng toàn bộ ngôn ngữ là điều cần thiết và cô ấy thích kể chuyện, đó là điều mà mọi nhà văn nên làm: 'Nếu bạn không kể chuyện, thực sự bạn là một nhà văn đã chết', cô nói .
Chọn D