My aunt is one of those people who can talk to anyone aout anything. If she goes to a party where she doesn't know any of the people, she just walks up to the first person that she sees and introduces herself. And yet she doesn't seem to talk about deeply important things like politics or religion. She always starts off with something very obvious like the other person's job. Very soon she's talking as if she's known the other person for years. I asked her once what her secret was. She said that the most important thing in a conversation was listening. People love to talk about themselves, so if you allow them to do, it's very easy to keep a conversation going. You have to listen very carefully and ask question. And you have to look interested, too. So don't keep looking at other things in the room while you're talking to someone.

Another thing that I've noticed is that she only pays a people compliments. She say: "I like your hair. Which hairdresser do you go to?" or "You look very well. Have you been on holiday?" Friendly messages like this seem to provide an easy way into a conversation.

1/ According to my aunt, the most important thing in a conversation was _____

A. Speaking B. Discussing C. Looking D. Listening

2/ At parties where she does not know anybody, my aunt normally

A. feels embarrased and stays away from people

B. asks people to introduce themselves to her

C. comes over to the first person and introduce herself

D. sits alone and avoids talking to other people

3/ My aunt thinks that it's very easy to keep a conversation going if you _____

A. Let people talk about themselves

B. Let people hear about yourself

C. Talk about politics or religion

D. Ask people about their secrets

4/ What should you not do when you have a conversation with someone?

A. Looking very interested in his or her story

B. Looking at other things in the room

C. Listenig very carefully and asking questions

D. Paying him or her compliments

5/ According to the passage my aunt often starts a conversation by talking about _____

A. The other person's wealth

B. The other person's health

C. The other person's daily activities

D. The other person's jobs

Change these sentences into reported speech:

1. Hong told Hoa, '' I want to know what was Mom doing at that time''

2. Simon is saying to Susan, '' Would you and Maline like to come to my party?''

3. '' I have left my key a home. What time it is now?'' he asked me.

4. '' I am going shopping. Can I get you anything?'' she said to Tan.

5. '' Someone is coming'', he said. '' Get behind the screen.''

6. '' Please, please don't drink too much! Remember that you'll have to drive home''

7. Daniel said, '' Is there a café nearby?'' and Tom said, ''No'' 

8. Hang said: '' Why doesn't Ha buy them this pictures as a wedding present?''

9. '' I can't work at all ! My typewriter isn't working properly,'' she said

10. '' I think you should try to be more punctual,'' she said to Ha

11. '' You can't park here'', the policeman said.

12. '' Have you worked before?'' she said to him

13. '' Can you worked on Saturday before?'' she said to him

14. '' May I open the window?'' she asked

15. '' Would it be alright if had the day off?'' she said to her boss

16. '' May I borrow your tennis racket?'' she asked him

17. '' Are you coming to the party tonight, Ha?'' she asked 

18. '' Do you know where my tennis racquet is, Mum?'' she asked her Mum

19. '' Was Ha at work yesterday?'' she asked her secrectery

20. '' Did you read the article about Prince Diana?'' she asked him

21. '' Where do you live?'' she said to him

22. '' Why do you want the job?'' she sai to him

23. '' How did you hear about it?'' she said to him

Mark the stress in the underlined words. Then listen and repeat the sentences. 

1. The interviewees said that they were Taiwanese.

2. Joe agrees with me that learning Chinese is difficult.

3. She obtained a bachelor's degree in Japanese.

4. The Taiwanese company gave each awardee a smartphone.

5. The Japanese teacher sent a video to the absentees on Monday.

I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently.

1. A recycle B. sky C. why D. century

2. A. reources B. beaches C. lakes D. oranges

3. A. meal B. ahead C. reading D. please

4.A. youth B. thank C. thirsty D. these

5. A. favor B. glad C. bank D.happy

II. Read the passage , then circle the letter A , B , C or D to check the best answer to the question .

I have a little notebook . I always have it with me . I try to fill one page a day . Sometimes I put words in groups, like fruit-all kinds of fruit. You know? Or colors , or clothes, or things and the shops where you buy them . I have some grammar pages, where I write regular verbs or irregular verbs , or a page of prepositions . I think prepositions are difficult, you know- no Sunday, in the morning , listen to the concert- but you say " phone someone " . In my language we say " phone to someone "

Questions .

6. What does the writer always have with her ?

A . a book B. the little book C. a little notebook D. a notebook

7.How many pages does she try to fill a day ?

A. one page B. two pages C. pages D. some pages

8. In what way does she put words ?

A. She lists words B. She puts words together

C. She lists groups of words D. She lists words in groups

9. What does she write on grammar pages ?

A. She writes all forms of verbs B. She writes important verbs

C. She writes relugar verbs D. She writes irregular verbs

10. Why does she have a page for prepositions ?

A. Because they are important B. Because they are diffcult

C. Because they are easy to get D. Because of their usages

Mark the letter A, B,C or D on your answer sheet that completes each of the following questions or that is closest in meaning to the underlined part

I can’t hear every word in her lecture. I wish she would________.

A. speak clearer

B. speak clearlier

C. speak more clearer

D. speak more clearly

1,go home ,said the teacher us

a,the teacher told us to go home

b,the teacher said us to go home

c,the teacher told us go home

d,the teacher told to us to go home

2,please bring me some fish soup,he said to the waitress

a,he asked the waitress bring him some fish soup

b,he asked the waitress to bring her some fish soup

c,he asked the waitress to bring him some fish soup

d,he asked the waitress bring her some fish soup

3,i said to nick:where are you going?

a,i asked nick where was he going

b,i asked nick where he was going

c,i asked nick where is he going

d,i asked nick where he is going

4,you'd better apologize for being latesaid my mother

a,my mother advised me to apologize for being late

b,my mother suggested me to apologize for being late

c,my mothe suggested apologizing for being late

d,my mother warned me to apologize for being late

5,he said,my wife has just bought a diamond ring

a,he said that his wife had just bought a diamond ring

b,he said that my wife had just bought a diamond ring

c,he said that his wife has just bought a diamond ring

d,he said that his wife just bought a diamond ring

6,i will come with you as soon as i am ready,she said to philip

a,she said to phlip he will come to see you as soon as he i am ready

b,she told philip she will come to see her as soon as she was ready

c,she told philip she would come to see you as soon as she was ready

d,she told phlip she would come to see him as soon as she was ready

7,he is talking to your sister,she said to me

a,she told me he was talking to your sister

b,she told me she was talking to my sister

c,she told me he was taling to my sister

d,she told me he was talking to her sister

8,miss white sad to him,why are you so late?did your car have a flat fire?

a, miss white told him why was he so late and did your car have a flat fire

b, miss white asked him why was he so late and did your car have a flat fire

c,miss white asked him why was he so late and if your car have a flat fire

d,miss white asked him why he was so late and whether his car had a flat fire

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 do we learn about Mollie Hunter as a very young child?

A. She didn’t enjoy writing stories 

B. She didn’t have any particular ambitions

C. She didn’t expect to become a writer 

D. She didn’t respect her teacher’s views 

I. Read the passage carefully then do the tasks below

I have a little notebook. It's an address book with the letters of the alphabets, and I writr the new words two or three times a week. I write the english words first, then the translation and a short sentence as an example. I try to learn five new words a day.

1. How often do you write the new words in the little notebook?

......

2. How many new words do you try to learn a day ?

........

II. Complete the passage with the words in the box

Hi! I am Thu. My sister and I like each other very much..........we are very different .She is twenty years old and she works in a bank. I am still........school. My sister likes her job and she can go out and enjoys herself at weekend. She is very kind and often invites me go to with her, but I am studying very hard at the moment...........I want to pass my first exam. I usually say" No".........she asks me. But last night I was tired of work, so I went for a drink with her. We had a great time !

True or False

1. Thu is a student........

2. Thu usually goes out with her sister......

3. Thu's sister works in the bank......

4. Last night, Thu went out for a drink without her sister........