III/ Reading

Maria used to be very fat and one year ago, she decided to change her lifestyle. Maria didn’t eat big breakfast. She just had a cup of coffee. She didn’t eat anything until about eleven o’clock. Then she had a biscuit and a glass of milk. For lunch she usually had a salad. That’s at about two o’clock. She had dinner at about 6.30. She wanted to be a vegetarian, so she didn’t eat meat or fish. She ate cheese and eggs and things like that, She had a glass of water or fruit juice with her meal. On the weekend she went to a restaurant in the evening. She could get vegetarian meals in a lot of restaurants and pubs. She liked Indian food because it had a lot of things for vegetarians. And after a year now, she feels much better and she also feels good with her out-look.

1. Why did Maria decide to change her lifestyle?

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2. What did she have at about 11 o’clock ?

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3. What time did she have dinner?

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4. Why didn’t she eat fish or meat?

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5. Did Indian food have many things for vegetarians?

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6. How does Maria feel now?

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   I have a sister, she doesn’t usually have breakfast. She only has a…(1)…of coffee. She doesn’t eat ….(2)…. until about half past eleven o’clock. Then she has a chocolate and a glass of milk for lunch she usually has a salad. That’s …(3)…about two o’clock. She has dinner at a quarter past six in the afternoon. She’s a vegetarian, so she doesn’t eat ..(4)…or fish. She eats cheese and things like that. She has a glass of water   or fruit juice with her meal.

At the weekend she goes to a restaurant in the evening. We can …(5)…vegetarian meals in many restaurants now.

1.     A.  bar    B.  cup    C.  bowl    D.  packet

2.     A. some    B. any    C. something    D. anything

3.     A. for                  B. on                               C. at                               D. in

4.     A. meat    B. noodles    C. vegetables    D. rice

5.     A. buying    B. buys    C. getting    D. get

Complete these sentences with the correct form of used to / didn’t use to and the verbs in brackets.

1. She____________ (be) a student, but she finished her university course in June.

2. She____________ (eat) meat, but now she has chicken sometimes.

3. I____________ (like) cats, but I prefer dogs now.

4.____________(enjoy) TV, but now I find most of the programs boring or annoying.

5. He ____________ (speak) a foreign language, but he started going to Spanish lessons last year.

. Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each gap.

I have a sister, she doesn’t usually have breakfast. She only has a…(1)…of coffee. She doesn’t eat ….(2)…. until about half past eleven o’clock. Then she has a chocolate and a glass of milk for lunch she usually has a salad. That’s …(3)…about two o’clock. She has dinner at a quarter past six in the afternoon. She’s a vegetarian, so she doesn’t eat ..(4)…or fish. She eats cheese and things like that. She has a glass of water or fruit juice with her meal.

At the weekend she goes to a restaurant in the evening. We can …(5)…vegetarian meals in many restaurants now.

1. A. bar B. cup C. bowl D. packet

2. A. some B. any C. something D. anything

3. A. for B. on C. at D. in

4. A. meat B. noodles C. vegetables D. rice

5. A. buying B. buys C. getting D. get

35. He didn’t realize it was a day off until he got to the office.
It was not until ……………………………………………………………………………
36.I didn’t meet her so I didn’t know about her good news.
If I had  ……………………………………………………………………………………
37.She didn’t know about that bad news until she came home from work.
It was not until ……………………………………………………………………………
38.Jack lives far away from his parents, so he can’t visit them often.
If Jack didn’t ………………………………………………………………………………

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 23 to 27.

SOCIAL NETWORK

A  16-year-old  girl  from  Essex  has  been  sacked  after  describing  her  job  as  boring  on  the  social  networking website, Facebook. The teenager, who had been working (23) _________  an administrative assistant at a marketing company for just three weeks, didn’t feel very enthusiastic about the duties she was asked to do. (24) _________  of moaning  to  her  friends  she  decided  to  express  her  thoughts  on  her  Facebook  page  to  a  colleague,  who  (25) _________  the  boss’s  attention  to  it.  He  immediately  fired  her  on  the  (26)  _________  that  her  public  display  of dissatisfaction made it impossible for her to continue working for the company. She later told newspapers she had been treated totally unfairly, especially as she hadn’t  even mentioned the company’s name. She claimed she’s  been  perfectly  happy  with  her  job  and  that  her  light-hearted  comments  shouldn’t  (27)  _________  taken seriously. A spokesperson from a workers’ union said the incident demonstrated two things: firstly, that people need to protect their privacy online and secondly, that employers should be less sensitive to criticism.

Điền vào ô 23

A. for

B. as

C. like

D. at