Sun, Sea, and Sport

    Australians love sport. They play it, they talk about it and they watch it on TV. Australian weather is perfect for sport, and there are thousands of great beaches, so swimming is very popular. The population of Australia is only about 20 million, but many of the best sportsmen and sportswomen in the world come from Australia.

    Young people in Australia are very active. More than 60% of children go to sports clubs. They also do activities with friends such as skateboarding, cycling, and rollerblading.

    The most popular sports for boys are football, swimming, Australian Rules football, tennis, cricket, basketball, rugby, martial arts, athletics, and hockey.

    The most popular sports for girls are netball, swimming, tennis, basketball, gymnastics, football, athletics, martial arts, hockey, and horse riding.

Choose TRUE/FALSE

17. Australians enjoy sports very much.

           A. TRUE                                            B. FALSE

18. Swimming is not  very popular.

          A. TRUE                                            B. FALSE

19. About  50% of children go to sports clubs.

       A. TRUE                                            B. FALSE

20. The most popular sports for girls and boys are swimming, tennis, basketball, football, athletics, martial arts, and hockey.

                   A. TRUE                                            B. FALSE

 VII.  Read the text and answer the questions.

      Sun, Sea, and Sport

     Australians love sport. They play it, they talk about it and they watch it on TV. Australian weather is perfect for sport, and there are thousands of great beaches, so swimming is very popular. The population of Australia is only about 20 million, but many of the best sportsmen and sportswomen in the world come from Australia.

     Young people in Australia are very active. More than 60% of children go to sports clubs. They also do activities with friends such as skateboarding, cycling, and rollerblading.

     The most popular sports for boys are football, swimming, Australian Rules football, tennis, cricket, basketball, rugby, martial arts, athletics, and hockey.

     The most popular sports for girls are netball, swimming, tennis, basketball, gymnastics, football, athletics, martial arts, hockey, and horse riding.

1.  What do Australians think of sport?

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2. Why is swimming popular?

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3. Which three sports are only popular with boys?

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4. Which three sports are only popular with girls?

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 VIII.  There is ONE mistake in each sentence, try to find the mistake and correct it.

1.  Unluckily, we won the game although we practised a lot.

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2.  His team promise that they should win the match next summer.

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3.  His favourite sport is table tennis, although his father will give him a racket for his 13^th birthday.

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4.  Can you say the difference between a sport and a game?

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5.  In my spare time, I do judo and play a lot of running.

     _______________________________________________________________

Sun, Sea, and Sport!
   Australian love sport. They play it, they talk about it and they watch it on TV. Australian weather is perfect for sport, and there are thousands of great beaches, so swimming is very popular. The population of Australia is only about 20 million, but many of the best sportsmen and sportswomen in the world come from Australia.
​Young people in Australia are very active. More than 60% of children go to sports clubs. They also do activities with friends such as skateboarding, cycling, and rollerblading.
​The most popular sports for boys are football, swimming, Australian Rules football, tennis, cricket, basketball, rugby, martial arts, athletics, and hockey.
​The most popular sports for girls are netball, swimming, tennis, basketball, gymnastics, football, athleticsm martial arts, hockey, and horse riding.
1. What do Australians think of sport?
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2. Why is swimming popular?
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3. Which three sports are only popular with boys?
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4. Which three sports are only popular with girls?

I.Read the passage and then anwer the quetions.

Hoa is a student in class 6B.She likes sports very much.She goes swimming in the afternoon.She plays badminton on weekend and does aerobics every day.I play table tennis with her.Sports are very good.

1.Does Hoa like sports?

2.What does she do in the afternoon?

3.Which sports does she play on weekend?

4.Does she do aerobics every day?

5.Are sports good?

II.Read the passage and then decide whether the sentence are T or F

Nam and Tan are students in grade 6.They are good friends.At school,they are in the same class.They live near school and they walk to school every morning.In the afternoo,they often go to their sports clup.They likes sports very much>Nam plays badminton and Tan plays table tennis.Sometimes thay go swimming or play soccer with their classmate.They don't have time to go camping.

1.Nam and Tan are not in the sameclass

2.They are good friends

3.Thay go to schoolby bicycle

4.In the afternoon,They often go to their sports clup

5.Nam plays table tennis

6.They don't play sports with their classmate

7.They go swimming every day

8.They never go camping

III.

Read the passage and then decide whether the sentence are T or F

On Saturday,Patricia was in the park when she saw a boy on a mountain bike.He was on the hill when suddenly he fell off his bike.Patricia ran over to help"Where's my helmet?"he shouted.It was under a park bench so Patricia went to get it.Just then another boy ran past,took the boy's mountain bike and rope away."Stop!"Patricia shouted.She ran after the other boy.'Thank you,Patricia,'he said'How do you know my name?'Patricia asked.'I live next to you,'he said.'My name's Tom.'On Sunday Tom left some flowers on her doorstep to say'thank you'

1.Patricia was in the street when she saw a boy on a mountain bike

2.The boy fell off his bike

3.Another boy rode away with his helmet

4.Patricia stopped the other boy and took the bike back

5.tom gave Patricia a CD to say'thank you'

IV.Read the passage and then anwer the quetions.

Nam has some plans for his Sunday.First,in the morning he is going to the sports clup to play table tennis with Lan and Ba.Next,in the afternoon he is going to buy some books at the bookstore and after thet he's going to go swimming with Thanh and Tan.Finally,he is going to the movie theater with his parwnts and gis sister in the evening.

1.What is Nam going to do on Sunday morning?

2.What is he going to do in the afternoon?

3.Is he going to play soccer on Sunday afternoon?

4.Where is he going in the evening?

5.Who is he going to the movie theater with?

VI.Read the passage and then anwer the quetions

Autralians love sport.They play it,they talk about it and they watch it on TV.Autralians weather is perfect for sport and there are thousands of great beaches so swimming is very popular.The population of Autralians is only about 20 million but many of the best sportsmen and spoetswomen in the world come from Australia.

Young people in Australia are very active.More than 60% of children go to sports clups.Thay also do activities with friends such as skateboarding,cycling and roollerblading.

the most popular sports for boys are netball,swimming,tennis,basketball,gymnastics,football,athletics,martial arts,hockey and horse riding.

1.vWhat do Autralians think of sport?

2.Why is swimming popular?

3.Which three sports are only popular with boys?

4.Which three sports are only popular with grils?

I find difficult to understand why so many people watch sport on televisio. After all, sport is … to be a way of keeping … and of enjoying yourself and getting out of the house. It seems strange for people to be interested … sport, and to … all the time … in chair watching other people getting involved in it. On the … hand, it is sometimes difficult to buy tickets for big sporting occasions, and if they are taking … on the other side of the world, then television … clearly a … are very good … telling footballers how to play, and accuse them … not trying … enough, while they themselves are sitting … armchairs eating and drinking. There … be something wrong somewhere.

Read the article below.

Country music is one of the most popular kinds of music in the United States today. Maybe country music is very popular because it is about simple but strong human feelings and events like love, sadness, good times and bad times. It tells real-life stories and sounds the way people really talk. As life becomes more complicated and difficult, it is good to hear about simple ordinary people.

Country music is sometimes called country-western music. It comes from two kinds of music. One is the traditional music of the people in the Appalachian Mountains in the eastern of the United States. The other is traditional, cowboy music from the American West. The singers usually play guitars when they sing.

Country music became very popular in the South. During World War II, thousands of people from the South moved to the Northeast and the Midwest to work in factories. They took their music with them. Soldiers from the rest of the country went to army camps in the South and learned to enjoy country music there. Slowly, it became popular all over the United States.

The best tittle for the passage is _____.

A. Music in the United States

B. The Formation of Country Music

C. Country Music

D. The Benefits of Country Music.

Read the article below.

Country music is one of the most popular kinds of music in the United States today. Maybe country music is very popular because it is about simple but strong human feelings and events like love, sadness, good times and bad times. It tells real-life stories and sounds the way people really talk. As life becomes more complicated and difficult, it is good to hear about simple ordinary people.

Country music is sometimes called country-western music. It comes from two kinds of music. One is the traditional music of the people in the Appalachian Mountains in the eastern of the United States. The other is traditional, cowboy music from the American West. The singers usually play guitars when they sing.

Country music became very popular in the South. During World War II, thousands of people from the South moved to the Northeast and the Midwest to work in factories. They took their music with them. Soldiers from the rest of the country went to army camps in the South and learned to enjoy country music there. Slowly, it became popular all over the United States.

Country music is very popular because ______

A. it is about events like love, sadness.

B. it is about strong human feelings.

C. it tells about good times, bad times.

D. All are correct.

II. READING

Exercise 1: Read the following text. Decide if the statements from 1 to 5 are True (T) or False (F).

LIFE IN AN ISLAND

Off the west coast of Scotland, there are many small island communities. Life in these communities is very different from life in the big cities. People from the cities often say that life in the islands is slow and boring. But the island people tell a different story.

Many families live by fishing or farming, and people usually have more than one job. Many families have rooms for tourists who come to visit the islands in summer. The tourists go walking and fishing and play sports. Sometimes they study Gaelic, the local language. And they stay in a 'bed and breakfast' with a local family or in one of the small island hotels. In the long summer evenings, people meet and talk together. They tell stories of where they live and what they do.

The children on the islands go to small local schools. They have their classes in English and Gaelic. Sometimes there are only eight or ten children in one school! When they are twelve, they go to secondary school in a bigger town on the island. When they finish that school, they decide whether to go to university in a big city, or to stay and work on the island.

1. City people and island people have the same opinion about island life. ____

2. People on the islands mainly do one job. ____

3. Tourists can stay with local families in summer. ____

4. Children on the islands speak two languages at school. ____

5. Gaelic is the local language. ____

Exercise 2: Read the following text and answer the following questions:

LIFE IN BRITAIN TODAY

Food

British people like good food and more than half of them go to a restaurant every month. Fast food is also very popular – 30% of all adults have a burger every three months, but 46% have fish and chips!

Sport

British don’t do a lot of sports. Only 17% of people go swimming every week, 9% go cycling and 8% play golf. Football is the most popular sport in Britain, 10% of the population play it and 46%watch it.

Cinema and TV

Films are very popular in Britain and about 60% of people between 15 and 24 go to the cinema every month. At home, men watch TV for about 28 hours every week – two hours more than women.

Holidays

British people love going on holiday and have 56 million holidays a year. The most popular destinations in the UK are Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Dorset and the South Coast. British people also like to go abroad on holiday; 27% go to Spain, 10% go to the USA and 9% go to France. Maybe this is because the weather in Britain isn’t always very good!

1. Which food is popular in Britain?

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2. Do British people do a lot of sports?

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3. How many hours every week do men watch TV at home?

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4. What are the most popular destinations in the UK?

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Read the article below and circle the best answer to each question.

Country music is one of the most popular kinds of music in the United States today. Maybe country music is very popular because it is about simple but strong human feelings and events like love, sadness, good times and bad times. It tells real-life stories and sounds the way people really talk. As life becomes more complicated and difficult, it is good to hear about simple ordinary people.

Country music is sometimes called country-western music. It comes from two kinds of music. One is the traditional music of the people in the Appalachian Mountains in the eastern of the United States. The other is traditional, cowboy music from the American West. The singers usually play guitars when they sing.

Country music became very popular in the South. During World War II, thousands of people from the South moved to the Northeast and the Midwest to work in factories. They took their music with them. Soldiers from the rest of the country went to army camps in the South and learned to enjoy country music there. Slowly, it became popular all over the United States.

The best tittle for the passage is _____.

A. Music in the United States

B. The Formation of Country Music

C. Country Music

D. The Benefits of Country Music