PHO- A POPULAR DISH IN HA NOI

Among the many special dishes in Ha Noi,pho is the most popular. It is a special kind of Vietnamese  soup. We can enjoy pho for all kind of meals during the day,from breakfast to dinner, and even for a late night snack. Pho has a very special taste.The rice noodles are made from the best variety of rice. The broth for pho bo (beef noodle soup) is made by stewing the bones of cows for a long time i a large pot. The broth for another kind of pho, pho ga (chicken noodle soup) is made by stewing chicken bones. The chicken meat served with pho ga is boneless and cut into thin slices... It’s so delicious!    

  * True (T) or Fasle (F).                                                        T      F

 1.  Pho is the most popular dish in Ha Noi.                                                  

 2.  We can enjoy pho even for a late night snack.                                                        

 3.  The rice noodles are made from the worst variety of rice.                   

 4.  The broth for pho bo is made by stewing chicken bones.                                              

 5.  The broth for pho ga is made by stewing chicken bones.                

Americans like sport very much. One of the most  popular kinds of sports in Autumn is football. All the high schools and  universities have their own teams.

In winter the most popular kind of sports is basketball. There is usually a match every evening  in one school gymnasium or another. In some parts of theUnited Statesthere is a lot of snow and ice. Many people like skiing and skating.

In the other two seasons millions of Americans enjoy baseball. The schools have their games in spring, but the most important professional games are played during summer. Many people listen to the games on the radio, watch them on television or read about them on the newspapers.

Some also play tennis or golf and others go fishing. They like to stay outdoors because it is warm during the months of June, July and August.

1. Which sport is the most popular in Autumn inAmerica?

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2. Is basketball the most popular sport in witer ?

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3. Do they enjoy baseball?

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4.  Why do they like to stay outdoors?

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Country music is one of the most popular kinds of music in the United States today. Maybe, country music is very popular because it is about simple but strong human feelings and events like love, sadness, good times and bad times. It tells real-life stories and sounds the way people really talk. As life becomes more complicated and difficult, it is good to hear about simple ordinary people. Country music is sometimes called country-western music. It comes from two kinds of music. One is the traditional music of the people in the Appalachian Mountains in the eastern United States . The other is traditional, cowboy music from the American West. The singers usually play guitars or electric guitars when they sing .

Country music become very popular in the South. During world war II, thousand of people from the South moved to the Northeast and  the Midwest to work in factories. They took their music with them. Soldiers from the rest of the country went to army camps in the South and learned to like country music there. Slowly, it became popular all over the United States

1. Country music is very popular because ………………………………………..

   A. It tells real-life stories and sounds the way people really talk.                  B. it’s about events like love, sadness

   C. it is good to hear about simple ordinary people                

   D. it is about simple but strong human feelings and events like love, sadness, good times and bad times.

   2.Country music is ……………

   A. the traditional music of the people in the eastern United States

   B. considered as the cowboy music from the American West.

   C. sometimes called country-western music         D. from two kinds of music which haven’t been widely known.

   3. According to the passsge, it’s true to say that ……………………………..

   A. Country music is very close to people’s real lives.

   B. Country music is a kind of complicated  and difficult music.         C. Only good singers can sing country music.  D. We cannot sing country music if we don’t know how to play the guitar.

   4. The best title for the passage is …………………………………………

   A. Country Music  B. music in the United States  C. The Formation of Country Music D. The Benefits of Country Music.

5. The word ‘It’ in line 4  refers to ____.   A. music     B. country music   C. the way people really talk        D. sound

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Country music is one of the most popular kinds of music in the United States today. Maybe country music is very popular because it is about simple but strong human feelings and events like love, sadness, good times and bad times. It tells real-life stories and sounds the way people really talk. As life becomes more complicated and difficult, it is good to hear about simple ordinary people.

Country music is sometimes called country-western music. It comes from two kinds of music. One is the traditional music of the people in the Appalachian Mountains in the eastern of the United States. The other is traditional, cowboy music from the American West. The singers usually play guitars when they sing.

Country music became very popular in the South. During World War II, thousands of people from the South moved to the Northeast and the Midwest to work in factories. They took their music with them. Soldiers from the rest of the country went to army camps in the South and learned to enjoy country music there. Slowly, it became popular all over the United States.

Country music is very popular because ______

A. it is about events like love, sadness.

B. it is about strong human feelings.

C. it tells about good times, bad times.

D. All are correct.