IV. Fill in each gap with a suitable word provided.

poet                         comedian             playwright          composers        artists          poet             sculptor 

1. Shakespeare is renowned as the English __________ and __________ whose body of works is considered the greatest in history of English literature.

2. Charlie Chaplin started his career as a __________ in vaudeville, which eventually took him to the United States in 1910 as a featured player with the Fred Karno Repertoire Company.

3. Trinh Cong Son’s music is often called “Nhac Trinh” .  He is one of my favorite __________.

4. With The Tale of  Kieu , Nguyen Du became a famous Vietnamese __________ in the early 20^th century.

5. The Spanish painter, __________, and graphic artist Pablo Picasso was one of the most productive and  revolutionary  __________ in the history of Western painting.

reading comprehension

William Shakespeare (1564_1616) was an English poet and playwright , widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's outstanding dramatist . He is often called England's national poet. His surviving works consist of 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long story-telling poems, and several other poems. His plays have been translated into very major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.

Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon. At the age of 18 , he married Anne Hathaway, who bore him three children: Susanna, and twins Hamnet and Judith. Between 1585 and 1592 , he began a successful career in London as an actor , writer, and part owner of a playing company called the Lord Chamberlain's Men, later known as the King's Men. He appears to have retired to Stratford around 1613 , where he died three years later.

Shakespeare was a famous poet and playwright in his own day, but his fame did not rise to its present height until the nineteenth century . In the twentieth century, his work repeatedly adopted and rediscoverd by new movements in scholarship and performance . His plays remain highly popular today and are constantly studied , performed and reinterpreted in diverse cultural and political contexts throughout the world

1. The whole passage mentions.....about Shakespeare

A. The major features B. Plays and poems C. Comments D. Memories

2. The second paragraph is primary about....

A. His personal life B. His childhood

C. His marriage and family D. His retirement and death

3. The third paragraph's main idea is about.....

A. Shakespeare's famous works

B. Shakespeare's famous discoveries

C. Shakespeare's plays and films

D. Shakespeare's culture and political activities

4. The passage points out all of the following EXCEPT....

A. Whether he is economically rich or poor

B. His literary success

C. The translation of his works into foreign languages D. His children

5. The passage that follows this one may talk about

A. The List of Shakespeare's works

B. The definition of poetry

C. The political situation in England now

D. The Montague's family tree

I) Fill each black with a word from the box to complete the sentences.

Decorated, design, musician, taking, comedian, poet, organising, opera.

1) Her hobbies are_____ photograghs and collecting coins.

2) A funny man or woman in a film is a ____ .

3) -What should we do to help the poor in the neighbourhood ?

-I suggest ____ a show to raise money.

4) A person who wirtes poem is called a____.

5) A_____ is a person who plays a musical instrument or writes music especially as a job

6) The temples at Angkor were ____ by artists with stone carvings

7) Graphic ___ is a very interesting form of arts.

8) Viet Nam has some kinds of traditional ____ such as

Insert a suitable word in each of the blanks to complete the following passage.

MARY SHELLEY’S STORY

In 1816, English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley and his future wife, Mary, visited another famous poet, Lord Byron, at his house near Lake Geneva in Switzerland. It rained (71) ______ snowed constantly during their stay, forcing the group to (72) ______ most of their holiday indoors. One night, Byron challenged the Shelleys and his doctor, Polidori, to each make up a ghost story. He said that the person who wrote the most terrifying tale (73) ______ be the winner.
Mary, who was only nineteen at the time, came up with the (74) _____ for her story after having a (75) ______ in which she saw a pale student of science kneeling
beside “the thing he had put together”. This ultimately led her to write one of the greatest horror novels of all time - Frankenstein. In the finished novel, a mad scientist'
(76 ) ______ Victor Frankenstein brings a monster to life. It is really a warning (77) _____ man's dangerous relationship with science.
The book was first (78) ______ in 1818, although for several years the writer's identity was not revealed. (79) ______ then her story has become extremely popular and many films have been based (80) ______ it. It is astonishing to think that it was written by a 19-year-old who set about writing the story in a simple attempt to scare her close circle of friends.

IV. Fill in each gap with ONE suitable word.

 Viet Nam is in the South- East Asia. It has (1)________       of beautiful mountains, rivers and beaches. (2)________              are two long (3)________    in Viet Nam: the Red River in the north and the Mekong River in the (4)    ________. The Mekong River is the (5)________           river in the South- East Asia and of course it is longer (6)________the Red River. The Mekong River starts in Tibet and flows (7)________ the sea. Phanxipang is the (8)________mountain in Viet Nam. It’s 3,143 meters (9)________. Viet Nam also (10)________a lot of nice beaches such as Sam Son, Do Son, Nha Trang, Vung Tau.

Fill each gap with suitable word from the box.

1. “Happiness” is a ……………………of “happy”.

2. In English, some questions have a rising …………………….

3. My English is a bit ……………………– I haven’t used it for years!

4. The system is capable of recording ……………………amounts of information.

5. The Scouse ……………………is characterized by the use of “youse” instead of “you”.

6. Since Maria is ……………………, she can speak both German and Spanish fluently.

7. We love the beautiful ……………………that the French have when they speak English.

8. The ……………………of the texts in this book makes it easier for students to study.

9. It is certain that English will continue to grow as the world’s ……………………language.

10. The ……………………of the English language means it is able to adapt very quickly to cultural and social changes.

Fill each gap with suitable word from the box.

1. “Happiness” is a ……………………of “happy”.

2. In English, some questions have a rising …………………….

3. My English is a bit ……………………– I haven’t used it for years!

4. The system is capable of recording ……………………amounts of information.

5. The Scouse ……………………is characterized by the use of “youse” instead of “you”.

6. Since Maria is ……………………, she can speak both German and Spanish fluently.

7. We love the beautiful ……………………that the French have when they speak English.

8. The ……………………of the texts in this book makes it easier for students to study.

9. It is certain that English will continue to grow as the world’s ……………………language.

10. The ……………………of the English language means it is able to adapt very quickly to cultural and social changes.

Fill each gap with suitable word from the box.

1. “Happiness” is a ……………………of “happy”.

2. In English, some questions have a rising …………………….

3. My English is a bit ……………………– I haven’t used it for years!

4. The system is capable of recording ……………………amounts of information.

5. The Scouse ……………………is characterized by the use of “youse” instead of “you”.

6. Since Maria is ……………………, she can speak both German and Spanish fluently.

7. We love the beautiful ……………………that the French have when they speak English.

8. The ……………………of the texts in this book makes it easier for students to study.

9. It is certain that English will continue to grow as the world’s ……………………language.

10. The ……………………of the English language means it is able to adapt very quickly to cultural and social changes.

IV. Fill in each gap with a suitable word

I have a very close friend. Her name is Nga. She is twelve years old (1) ……… she is in grade six. She (2) ……… speak English. She has English (3) ……… Tuesday and Friday. She can also (4) ……… the piano. In her room, (5) ……… is a piano and some books. Everyday she gets up at six. She (6) ………… breakfast at 6.30 and goes to  school at a (7) ………… to seven. She has her (8) ……… from seven o’clock to eleven thirty. Then she (9) ………… home and has lunch at twelve o’clock. It’s three o’clock in the afternoon now. Nga is in her room. She is (10)………… the piano.