1. Check the meanings of the words in the box and match them with symbols 1-6. Read the text and check your answers.

(Kiểm tra nghĩa của các từ trong khung và nối chúng với các ký hiệu 1 - 6. Đọc văn bản và kiểm tra câu trả lời của em.)

1. Reading (Đọc hiểu)

Read the text and match the interview question A-E with paragraphs 1-4. There is one extra question.

(Đọc văn bản và nối câu hỏi phỏng vấn A-E với đoạn văn 1-4. Có một câu bị thừa.)

A. What is the most dangerous part of being a firefighter?

(Điều gì là phần nguy hiểm nhất khi trở thành một lính cứu hỏa?)

B. How physically fit do you have to be? 

(Bạn phải khỏe đến mức độ nào?)

C. How did you become a firefighter?

(Bạn đã trở thành lính cứu hỏa như thế nào?)

D. Why did you decide to become a firefighter? 

(Tại sao bạn lại quyết định trở thành lính cứu hỏa?)

E. What other skills do you need?

(Những kĩ năng khác cần có là gì?)

(1) _____ I'm Jack Gomez, a firefighter in California. I remember watching an interview with a firefighter pilot when I was a child. He'd been fighting a fire for about five days. He was exhausted then. However, he was so optimistic and committed that I thought that I wanted to do the same thing. And I never changed my mind.

(2) _____ I did a training camp to get my wildfire qualification card - you can't fight fires in the US without one. I learned how to light controlled fires, how to put them out again, and how to use all the equipment. The camp was really hard, but I passed first time! After that I was lucky enough to get a job.

(3) _____ One of the things you have to do in the early days is the pack test. This consists of a five - kilometre walk while carrying a twenty-kilogram backpack. You have to complete it in forty-five minutes or less without jogging or running. This shows how strong you are. 

(4) _____ You can be out alone in vast forests and national parks, and sometimes the smoke is so thick that you can hardly see. So, it is important to be able to read map, and to use a compass. Also, you must know how to put up a tent, cook outdoors, drive a truck, and have other basic survival skills.

1. Check the meaning of the words in the box. Then read and complete the text with the words from the box. Listen and check.

(Kiếm tra nghĩa của các từ trong khung. Sau đó đọc và hoàn thành đoạn văn với các từ trong khung. Nghe và kiểm tra lại.)

The USA invented the Global Positioning System (GPS)in the 1970s. At first, it was a military project, but now anyone can use the system to find out exactly their locations, and (1) ……………. their movements. For GPS to work, your (2) …………….  (or smartphone)must be in contact with four or more satellites inspace. 

Then it uses the data to calculate the exact time and position on Earth. However, it is not enough for survival situations (escaping the jungles or deserts) because you must know your direction (which way you are moving) and your (3) …………….  (how fastyou are moving). GPS provides this information, by tracking yourposition over time. 

For modern explorers, a smartphone and GPS are as important as a compass, torch and map. With the right (4) …………….  , your smartphone will help you survive. 

4. Read the text. Match sentences A-D with gaps 1-4 in the text. Use your answers from exercise 3 to help you.

(Đọc văn bản. Nối các câu A-D với khoảng trống 1-4 trong văn bản. Sử dụng câu trả lời của bạn từ bài tập 3.)

A. Back in 2005, cloud storage was quite a new idea.

B. If you met him, you probably wouldn't realise that he is a multi-millionaire.

C. Most people of his age would lead an extravagant lifestyle if they had so much money.

D. He only goes to expensive restaurants if an important customer wants to eat there.

Aaron Levie loves tinned spaghetti. He lives in a small apartment. At the age of 27, his biggest luxury is his smartphone. (1) _____. However, as co-founder and CEO of Box, a successful IT company, he is worth about $100 million. He loves his job and works hard. Most days, he does not leave the office until after midnight.

Levie and his friend Dylan Smith started Box in 2005 while still at university. It offered a better way of storing data, cloud storage.

Like most new businesses, Box did not bring in much income at the start. When it began, Levie and Smith looked for funding, but couldn't find any investors. (2) _____. For that reason, nobody wanted to risk lending them money. Eventually, a well-down entrepreneur called Mark Cuban agree to put money into Box. Soon, Box grew quickly and had contracts with many of the biggest companies in the USA.

Now, Box has grown a lot and so have its profits, making Levie a multi-millionaire. (3) _____. But Levie says that it doesn't interest him. "I'm certainly not into money." (4) _____. Otherwise, he has lunch meetings in burger bars. "And l still like tinned spaghetti. I'd be happy if I had it every day.”

Exercise 1. Check the meanings of the words in the box and match them with pictures 1-9. Then complete the text with the correct words.

(Kiểm tra nghĩa của các từ trong khung và nối chúng với bức tranh 1-9. Sau đó hoàn thành văn bản với các từ đúng.)

Vertebrates

Vertebrates are animals with backbones. The following groups are the different types of vertebrates.

Fish

Fish are cold blooded animals and they live in water. They have got scales and (1)………… . They haven't got lungs. They have got (2)………… instead.

Mammals

All mammals are warm-blooded and they feed their babies milk. Most mammals live on land, for example, humans and dogs. However, some mammals, like whales, live in water, but they haven't got gills. Mammals have all got (3)………… .

Birds

Birds live on land, but some of them look for food in the water. They have got (4)………… , two legs

and two (5)………… . Some birds, like ostriches and kiwis, can't fly. All birds lay eggs.

Amphibians

When amphibians are young, they live in water and they haven't got lungs. When they are adult, they have got lungs and four (6)………… - for example, frogs and toads.

Reptiles

Most reptiles live on land. They have got lungs and (7)………… but not gills. They haven't got any wings or feathers and they haven't got any (8)………… . They are cold blooded animals and many of them live in warm places.

4. Read the text again. Are the sentences true or false? Write T or F.

(Đọc văn bản một lần nữa. Những câu sau đúng hay sai? Viết T hoặc F.)

1. Phu Quoc is in the north of Viet Nam.

2. You can eat a lot of fish on the island.  

3. Nearly four million people visited the island in 2018.  

4. You can find lots of cheap hotels on the island.

5. Behind the hotel resorts you can see a lot of wildlife. 

2. Read the Skills Strategy. Then listen to the text again and complete the summary with five of the words in the box.

(Em hãy đọc chiến lược kỹ năng. Sau đó, nghe lại văn bản và hoàn thành bản tóm tắt với năm từ trong bảng từ).

The lifestyle of sumo wrestlers (1)................ normal. The food which they eat is (2).............., but they (3)............ a lot. They also sleep a lot in the (4)........ and they don't exercise (5)............. meals.

1. Check the meanings of verbs 1-10. Then read the text and sentences 1-4. Match verbs 1-10 with the past simple forms in blue. Listen and check.

(Kiểm tra nghĩa của các động từ 1-10. Sau đó, đọc văn bản và các câu 1-4. Nối các động từ 1-10 với các thì quá khứ đơn có màu xanh lam. Nghe và kiểm tra.)

X GAMES SUPERSTARS

Sports in the X Games are always exciting and often dangerous. The games started in 1995 when 500,000 fans travelled to Newport in the USA and watched sports like BMX, skateboarding and motocross.

Our programme today looks at two skateboarders who decided to leam to skateboard when they were very young. They competed in the X Games and became big stars - Tom Schaar, the youngest gold medallist in the history of the games, and Alana Smith, the youngest silver medallist.

1. She/ He learned to skate when she/he was…………………

a. four                          b. seven                        c. nine

2. She / He first went to the X Games in…………………

a. Barcelona                 b. Miami                       c. Shanghai

3. She/ He did a trick called…………………

a. 900                           b. 108               c. 540 McTwist

4. She / He won an X Games   medal when she/he was…………………

a. ten                            b. twelve                      c. fourteen