Friendship is one of the most precious presents of life. Friendship makes life, sweet and pleasant experience. Friendship is indeed, an asset in life.

Friendship is good and necessary. Man cannot live all alone because he is a social being. He needs someone to share his joys and sorrows. There goes a saying “Friendship increases happiness and diminishes misery by doubling our joy and dividing our grief”.

Friendship can make or break us. It all depends on how we choose our friends. We spent much of our time with them. Their mental outlook, behaviour, attitudes affect us too. Today, many youngsters have become social nuisance mainly due to bad friends. Therefore, we have to choose our friends very carefully. We have to remember the maxim “All that glitters is not gold”. We have to distinguish between fair-weather friends and true friends. True friends remain with us through thick and thin while fair-weather friends are found only during sunny days.

True friendship is a feeling of love, sharing and caring. It is a feeling that someone understands and appreciates you as you are, without any flattery. It gives a feeling that you are ‘wanted’ and that you are ‘someone’ and not a faceless being in the crowd. True friendship knows no boundaries of caste, creed, race and sex.

Good friends are great pillars of life. A person who has true friends in life is lucky enough. It does not matter how often you meet your friends, but how much you care and feel for another in good times as well as in bad times.

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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

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

Supply the correct form of the words in brackets.

31. I made some coffee but it was terrible. In fact, my sister said it was………  (DRINK)

32. Our life is much better with the help of modern…………...   (EQUIP)

33. Walking is a fun, easy and ……………. activity.                   (EXPENSIVE)

34. The teacher usually ……………the students to study harder. (COURAGE)

35. He told me the……..of his room.                                              (DESCRIBE)

36. I’m …about the book she’s supposed to bewriting.                 (CURIOSITY)

37. Huy is very……… He’s not controlled in any way by other people or things (DEPEND)

38. We must remember to eat   …….                                               (SENSE ) 

39. I love this apartment because it is …                                        (FURNISH)

40. I admire her .......beauty. She’s old but she’s still beautiful                     (TIME)

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?

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. 

 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   

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

INTERNATIONAL GIFT-GIVING CUSTOMS

The tradition of gift giving is a worldwide practice that is said to have been around since the beginning of human beings. Over time, different cultures have developed their own gift giving customs and traditions.

In France, the gift of wine for the hostess of a dinner party is not an appropriate gift as the hostess would prefer to choose the vintage for the night. In Sweden, a bottle of wine or flowers are an appropriate gift for the hostess. In Viet Nam, a gift of whisky is appropriate for the host, and some fruit or small gifts for the hostess, children or elders of the home. Besides, gifts should never be wrapped in black paper because this color is unlucky and associated with funerals in this country. Gifts that symbolize cutting such as scissors, knives and other sharp objects should be avoided because they mean the cutting of the relationship. Also, in some countries you should not open the gift in front of the giver and in others it would be an insult if you did not open the gift.

Beyond the gift itself, give careful consideration to the manner in which it is presented. Different cultures have different customs regarding how a gift should be offered - using only your right hand or using both hands, for example. Others have strong traditions related to the appropriate way to accept a gift. In Singapore, for instance, it is the standard to graciously refuse a gift several times before finally accepting it. The recipient would never unwrap a gift in front of the giver for fear of appearing greedy.

Understanding these traditions and customs, as well as taking time to choose an appropriate gift, will help you to avoid any awkwardness or embarrassment as you seek to build a better cross-cultural relationship.

The phrase “associated with" is closest in meaning to ____.

A. connected with

B. familiar with

C. informed of

D. similar to