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C. READING (2.25 pts)

Exercise 06: (2.25 pts) Read the passage.

There (1)............... only one disease called common: The common cold. We call it the common cold (2)............... every year millions of people catch it. Everybody knows (3)...............: a runny nose, a (4)............... fever, coughing and sneezing. It is very unpleasant, but nobody knows a cure. Medicines called cold “cures” don’t call a cold, but they do relieve the symptoms. Whatever you do, your cold will last for a few days and then (5)................

a. Choose the correct answers.

24. a. is                                b. are                           c. was                          d. were

25. a. so                                b. because                    c. and                          d. but

26. a. problems                    b. things                      c. symptoms                d. activities

27. a. slight                           b. high                         c. hot                           d. common

28. a. cures                           b. relieves                    c. appears                    d. disappears

b. Answer the questions.

29. Which disease called common? → ………………………………………………………………………..……

30. Why do we call it the common cold? →…………………………………………………………………..……

31. What are the symptoms? → ……………………………………………………………………………………

32. How long will our cold last? →…………………………………………………………………………………

Your headache and you sneeze and cough. Your nose is all stuffed up, and it keeps running, so you have to blow it every few minutes. You know by these _____ that you have a cold, and you feel completely miserable. You are not sure if you will live through the day.
Everyone suffers ______ the common cold at some time or other. It isn't a serious illness, but over a billion dollars a year is spent on different kinds of cold medicine every year. This medicine can relieve the symptoms. That is, it can make you cough less. Make your head intense, and stop your nose running for a while. However, it can cure your cold. So far ______ no cure for the common cold and no medicine to prevent it. Althrough there is no cure or preventive medicine for cold, people have all kinds of ideas about _____ prevent and treat cold. Some people think that if you eat a lot of onions, you won't catch cold. Others say that you should avoid getting wet and chilled or you will catch cold. However, this is apparently not so.

1. A. diseases B. fevers C. cures D. symptoms

2. A. about B. from C. of D. with

3. A. it is B. they are C. there is D. there are

4. A. what B. why C. where D. how

Read the passage and choose the best answer (A, B, C or D). Write your answers on the answer sheet.

You have a headache and you sneeze and cough. Your nose is all stuffed up, and it keeps running, so you have to blow it every few minutes. You know by these (1)............ that you have a cold, and you feel completely (2)................ . You are not sure if you will live through the day.

Everyone suffers (3)................ the common cold at some time or other. It isn't a serious (4)................, but people spend over a billion dollars a year on diffierent kinds of cold medicine every year. This medicine can relieve the symptoms. That is, it can make you cough (5)................., make your head less intense, and stop your nose (6)............... for a while. However, it can't cure you cold. So far, (7)................ no cure for the common cold and no medicine to prevent it.

(8)................. there is no cure or preventive medicine for colds, people have all kinds of ideas about (9)................. to prevent and treat colds. Some people think that if you eat a lot of onions, you won't catch cold. (10)................... say that you should avoid getting wet and chilled, or you will catch cold. However, this is apparently not so.

1. A. diseases B. fevers C. cures D. symptoms

2. A. sad B. hungry C. miserable D. thirsty

3. A. from B. of C. with D. about

4. A. misery B. illness C. headache D. wrong

5. A. less B. fewer C. much D.more

6. A. walking B. jogging C. running D. flowing

7. A. it is B. there is C. they are D. there are

8. A. Although B. Because C. However D. But

9. A. what B. why C. where D. how

10. A. Other's B. Another C. Others D. Other

We don’t only choose clothes to make us look attractive, we also use them to tell the world (1)______ our personality. The clothes we wear and our (2)______ as a whole give other people useful information about what we think, how we feel. If we feel cheerful, we usually wear colorful clothes and if we feel depressed we sometimes put on dark clothes. But why do teenagers wear black so often? Is it because they feel miserable sall (3)______? This is unlikely to be the case. It is probably just because it is (4)______ to wear black, and young people they are real fans of fashion.

1. A. of B. with C. by D. about

2. A. appear B. appearance C. appeared D. appearing

3. A. the time B. the day C. the week D. the month

4. A. comfortable B. compulsory C. equal D. fashionable

I.Dùng từ gợi ý viết thành câu hoàn chỉnh.

1.Why/Hoa/go/hospital/yesterday?

2.Nurse/weighing/measuring/Nam.

3.Doctor/asking/Hoa/questions/abuot/health.

4.Would/stand/here/me/measure?

5.You/were/hat/protect/head.

6.Yesterday/doctor/say/Hoa/headache.

7.We/call/it/common cold/because/every year/millions/people/world/catch/it.

8.Catching/common cold/be/unpleasant/everyone.

II.Tìm lỗi sai và sửa.

1.Why don't you come to school yesterday,Hoa?

2.Where are you yesterday,Nam?

3.I need take your temperature.

4.The doctor will see you after a few minutes.

5.The doctor told me stay in bed.

6.I am heving headache.

7.The doctor told me wait for him in the waiting room.

III.Viết lại các câu bằng từ gợi ý sao cho nghĩa ko đổi.

1.My height is one meter 50 centimeters.

I_________________________________tall.

2.What is your weight?

How_______________________?

3.How heavy is your father?

What is______________________?

IV.Điền vào chỗ trống các từ sau:toothache,relieve,check-up,doctor,illness,stomachache,cold,nurse.

1.If you feel ill,you should call the ___________.

2.During his ___________,we visited him twice.

3.Lan didn't go to school yesterday because she had a bad ___________.

4.If you have a ___________,you have a pain in stomach.

5.It is important to have a medical _______________.

6.Minh has _______________ and went to see a dentist.

7.________________ look after sick people in the hospital.

8.She took an aspirin to _____________ her headache.

V. Điền tính từ.

1.How __________ do you weigh?-Nearly 42 kilos.

2.How __________ do you have a medical check-up?-Every six month.