• Complete the sentences with the words and phrases in the box. You don’t need to change the form of the words and phrases.

(cockpit motorists / overtaking runway/ commuter diesel/ jet lag departure lounge)

1, The _______________ at Qamdo Bamda Airport in Tibet is 5.5 kilometers long; it needs to be this length to allow planes to accelerate enough to take off at high altitude.

2, A ______________ is the area of a plane where the pilot and co-pilot seat, and is also known as the flight deck.

3, It is estimated that there will be about 2 billion ______________ in the world by 2035.

4, Research shows the average American ______________ spends 142 hours every year stuck in traffic.

5, Vehicles running on ______________ are believed to be more harmful to the environment and members of the public than petrol vehicles.

6, Dangerous ___________ is the most common cause of car accidents worldwide.

7, The first-ever beach ________________ has been planned in Barbados, where passengers can check-in, pick up their boarding passes and relax until their flight.

KEY PHRASES Complete the useful phrases with the words below. Underline them in the sample.

page          recommend          set          tells          twists

Describing stories

It's (1) ______________ in (place and / or time).

It (2) ______________ the story of (character).

There are lots of (3) ______________ and turns.

It’s a real (4) ______________-turner.

I would definitely (5) ______________ it.

KEY PHRASES Complete the useful phrases with the words below and find them in the text in exercise 3.

1 Introducing your opinions

I (strongly) believe that

In my ¹___________ / ²___________

It ³___________ to me that

As I ⁴___________,

2 Introducing other people's opinions

It is a ⁵___________ held view that

It is often ⁶___________ that

It is a ⁷___________ belief that

3 Making an additional point

⁸___________is more,

Moreover,

Furthermore,

4 Introducing proposals and solutions

One ⁹___________ might be to

What ¹⁰___________ (instead) is that

I ¹¹___________strongly recommend that

5 Concluding

To ¹²___________up,

In ¹³___________,

To conclude,

I/. Complete the sentences with the words and phrases in the box:

collection            typical              language              writing system

crafts                   festivals              speciality             ethnic minorities

1. The Yao people use ideograms of Chinese origin to write their __________ .          2. The Museum of Ethnology has a huge __________ of items of cultural importance from different ethnic group s in Viet Nam.                                                  3. The Thai have their own language, and they also have their own ____________ .  4. If you are interested in ethnic minority culture, you should really go to one of the  ____________ in the northern mountainous regions.                                                     5. The Viet people have many traditional ___________: weaving, carpentry, embroidery …, and their products are famous everywhere.                                          6. The schools in this region have done much to help children of ____________ .    7. Mua sap is a ____________ dance of the Muong people in the North West.          8. Five-coloured sticky rice is a _____________ in many parts of Viet Nam.

VI. Complete the sentences using the given words and phrases.
1. We / arrive / country / two years / ago / but / there / many places / we / not / visit / yet.
2. It / advisable / take / swimming / because / it / suitable / your health condition.
3. Julie / work as / accountant / since / she / graduate / university.
4. Tim / wear / sunglasses / whenever / he / go / out / protect / eyes / the sun.
5. This / small city / change / little / over time / and / its streets / be / still /  crowded.
6. We / find / play / table-tennis / interesting / because we / can / meet / make friends / interesting people.
7. You / need / patient / follow / eggshell carving / as / it / take / 2 weeks / complete / one shell.
8. I / think / cycling / not / cost / you / much / , and / all / you / need / time
 

Complete the sentences with the words and phrases from the box.

1. There are many _____ in a shopping centre.

2. I spent the whole morning just _____ online for clothes, but I didn’t buy anything.

3. Alice doesn’t know how to _____ so she paid too much for her T-shirt.

4. Both online and offline supermarkets offer a wide _____.

5. She’s a _____, she spends too much time and money shopping.

1. Nick /and/ is / kind / friendly / very .

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

2. going/ cinema/ to / I/ the/ am/ friends/ with.

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

3. My sister/ at the bookstore./ buys/ usually/ new books

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

4. dinner?/ we/ go/ Shall/ to/ the/ after/ cinema

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

5. Many/ going/ the/ like/ pupils/ Camp/./Summer/ to

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