Exercise 2. Read the Skills Strategy. Then read and listen to the text and choose the correct words.

(Đọc chiến lược kỹ năng. Sau đó đọc và nghe văn bản và chọn các từ đúng.)

1. Noel has breakfast / doesn't have breakfast with his family.

2. The younger children help/don't help their older sister.

3. They have dinner at a restaurant/ at home.

4. The parents often / always go to bed after the older children go to bed.

       I.  Read the text and choose the correct answers.

In the United States and Canada, for example, a simple handshake or nod is the norm. The handshake has an interesting origin: it started long ago as a way of showing people that you weren't carrying a weapon. Shaking the person’s right hand while looking him or her in the eye is the usual method. Handshakes are also common in other parts of the world, including Britain and Russia. In Russia, males grasp other men’s hands very strongly during the handshake. Handshakes are also how most people in New Zealand greet each other. However, the native Maori people of that country display more physical contact: they press their noes together in a sign of trust and closeness.

In other countries, such as France and Belgium, hugging and kissing are more common when two people meet. In those cultures, people kiss each other on the cheeks. The number of times varies depending on the particular country. In Saudi Arabia, men might hug and kiss each other (but not a woman) on the cheek. Men will also shake hands with other men there. In some Eastern countries, including Korea and Japan, bowing is the traditional greeting. In Japan, the deeper the bow, the deeper the respect shown. The strangest custom, though, is likely in Tibet. People there opt to stick out their tongue to greet others.

1.    What is this reading mainly about?

       A. The importance of handshakes all around the world.

       B. The origins and histories of various greetings.

       C. The strangest types of greetings on Earth.

       D. The wide range of greeting customs in the world.

2.    Which of the following is true?

       A. People in Russia, but not England, shake hands.

       B. The number of times people kiss on the cheek varies.

       C. In the past, people nodded if they weren't carrying a weapon.

       D. You shouldn't look at people when shaking their hands in the United States.

3.    How do most people in New Zealand greet each other?

       A. With a handshake.                                 B. By pressing noses together

       C. With a kiss on the cheek.                       D. By sticking out their tongues.    

4.    Which country is NOT mentioned in the reading?

       A. America.       B. New Zealand                C. France                            D. Malaysia

5.    What can be inferred about greeting customs in Saudi Arabia?

       A. Men shake hands with women when meeting them for the first time.

       B. It's not proper for men to kiss women when they meet.

       C. Women do not kiss other women when they meet.

       D. Women can kiss men, but men can't kiss women when they meet.

15. Read the text. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D

HOBBIES

Many pupils of our school have (26)______hobbies. Lara is 11 years old. She likes (27)_________ poems and painting pictures.

Tom is 15 years old ans he has very interesting hobbies. He likes dancing, designing Internet sites and (28)_________ the piano.

Robert is almost 13 years old. His hobbies are playing football and (29)________ detective stories. Our pupils do many interesting things and they are very busy.

They also love different (30)_______. Tom is the best pupil at Maths. Lara is good at Arts and Literature. And Robert is one of the best pupils at PE. Their hobbies help them study well too.

26. A. interest                  B. interesting             C. interested                          D. interests

27. A. write                      B. writes                     C. writing                               D. wrote

28. A. playing                  B. play                        C. plays                                  D. to play

29. A. read                       B. reads                      C. to read                               D. reading

30. A. objects                  B. sports                     C. subjects                             D. hobbies

16.Complete the following sentences using the cues given.

I/ work/ in/ bank/ for ten years.

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She/ not watch/ TV/ yesterday.

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Exercise 1. Look at the photo. Choose and write a title a-c for the text. Then read the text and check your idea.

(Nhìn bức ảnh. Chọn và viết một tiêu đề a-c cho bài đọc. Sau đó đọc và kiểm tra ý kiến của em.)

a. Big family, big problems (Gia đình  nhiều con, nhiều vấn đề)

b. An easy life for the Radfords (Cuộc sống nhẹ nhàng cho gia đình Radfords)

c. Happy house (Ngôi nhà hạnh phúc)

Sue and Noel Radford have got 22 sons and daughters and they've also got six grandchildren. It's a big family, and they're very organised.

Noel gets up at 4.45 a.m., has breakfast and goes to work. The children get up at 6.45 a.m.

Sue works at home. Her older daughter sometimes helps with the housework. The younger children don't help. They watch TV with their brothers and sisters. Sue doesn't watch TV a lot. The Radfords don't usually go to restaurants because it's expensive.

The young children normally go to bed at 7 p.m., the older ones at 8 pm. or 9 p.m. and their parents go to bed just before 10 p.m.

I.     Read the text. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D. (1.25 ms)

HOBBIES

Many pupils of our school have (26)______hobbies. Lara is 11 years old. She likes (27)_________ poems and painting pictures.

Tom is 15 years old ans he has very interesting hobbies. He likes dancing, designing Internet sites and (28)_________ the piano.

Robert is almost 13 years old. His hobbies are playing football and (29)________ detective stories. Our pupils do many interesting things and they are very busy.

They also love different (30)_______. Tom is the best pupil at Maths. Lara is good at Arts and Literature. And Robert is one of the best pupils at PE. Their hobbies help them study well too.

26.  A. interest                    B. interesting                            C. interested                             D. interests

27.  A. write                        B. writes                                  C. writing                                 D. wrote

28.  A. playing                    B. play                                     C. plays                                   D. to play

29.  A. read                         B. reads                                   C. to read                                 D. reading

30.  A. objects                    B. sports                                  C. subjects                               D. hobbies

Read the text then choose the best option to answer the question

Long ago a lot of people thought the moon was God. Other people thought it was just a light in the sky. And others thought it was a big ball cheese!

The telescopes were made. And men saw that the moon was really another world. They wondered what it was like. They dreamed of going there.

On July 20th, 1969, that dream came true. Two American men landed on the moon. Their names were Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin. The first thing the men found was that the moon is covered with dust. The dust is so thick that the men left footprints where they walked. Those were the first marks a living thing had ever made on the moon. And they could stay there for years and years. There is no wind or rain to wipe them off.

The two men walked on the moo for hours. They picked up rocks to bring back to earth for study. They dug up dirt to bring back. They set up machines to find out things people wanted to know. Then they climbed back into their moon landing craft.

This story tells …………….

Next day the landing craft roared as the men took off the moon. They joined Michael Collins in the spaceship that wait for them above the moon. Then they were off on their long trip back to earth.

Behind them they left the plains and tall mountains of the moon. They left the machines they had set up.

And they left footprints that may last forever.

A. about the first men to walk in the moon

B. how men found footprints on the moon

C. what the men brought back from their trip to the moon

D. who had left footprints on the moon before the two men landed there.

Read the text. Choose the correct answer (A, B, or C).

(Đọc văn bản. Chọn câu trả lời đúng (A, B, hoặc C).)

I really like art, English, and literature. They're really interesting and can be fun. I don't like math, geography, or science. They're boring. My favorite subject at school is literature. I like learning about stories of people from different places and times. My favorite book is The Secret Garden. The author is Frances Hodgson Burnett. The girl in the novel, Mary Lennox, goes to live at her uncle's house and discovers a secret garden. She becomes friends with Dickon and her cousin Colin Craven. They often play together and take care of the garden. It's a very interesting story and I really love their friendship.

Example: 0. What subjects does Simon like?

(Ví dụ: 0. Simon thích môn học nào?)

A. math, geography, and science

(toán, địa lý, và khoa học)

B. art, English, and literature

(mỹ thuật, tiếng Anh, và ngữ văn)

C. He likes all of them.

(Anh ấy thích tất cả các môn.)

1. Why does Simon like these subjects?

A. They're interesting.

B. He is good at them.

C. They're exciting.

2. What is Simon's favorite subject?

A. English

B. literature

C. math

3. Who's the author of Simon's favorite book?

A. Mary Lennox

B. Frances Hodgson Burnett

C. Colin Craven

4. Why does Simon like the novel?

A. He likes mystery novels.

B. It has many fun adventures.

C. He likes the children's friendship.

Read the text. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D. (1.25 ms)

HOBBIES

Many pupils of our school have (26)______hobbies. Lara is 11 years old. She likes (27)_________ poems and painting pictures.Tom is 15 years old ans he has very interesting hobbies. He likes dancing, designing Internet sites and (28)_________ the piano.Robert is almost 13 years old. His hobbies are playing football and (29)________ detective stories. Our pupils do many interesting things and they are very busy.They also love different (30)_______. Tom is the best pupil at Maths. Lara is good at Arts and Literature. And Robert is one of the best pupils at PE. Their hobbies help them study well too.

Question 27

A. write     

B. writes     

C. writing     

D. wrote