The pictures show how River City has changed over time. Work in pairs. Read the words and phrases and decide which describe the city in the past (P) and which now (N).
V. Read the passage and decide whethere each statement below is true T or False F
LONDON
London is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. It is the largest city in the United Kingdom. It has over 9 million people.
The river Thames in London is the longest river in England. With more than 40 % green space or open water, London is one of the world’greenest cities.
London is a world cultural capital. In 2012, London became the first city to host the modern Summer Olympic Games three times.
London has the largest ariport system in the world. Its bus network is also one of the largest in the world, running 24 hours a day. There are about 8,500 buses, more than 700 bus routes and around 19,500 bus stops. The red double – decker buses are the quickest and cheapest way to travel around the city.
22. London is the capital city of the United States……………..
23. The river Thames is the largest river in England……………….
24. London is the world’s greenest city………………..
25. London is the first city to host the modern Summer Olympic Games………………….
26. The bus network in london runs all day……………….
27. Travelling around London by bus is quick and cheap……………….
V. Read the passage and decide whether each statement below is true T or False F
LONDON
London is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. It is the largest city in the United Kingdom. It has over 9 million people.
The river Thames in London is the longest river in England. With more than 40 % green space or open water, London is one of the world’s greenest cities.
London is a world cultural capital. In 2012, London became the first city to host the modern Summer Olympic Games three times.
London has the largest airport system in the world. Its bus network is also one of the largest in the world, running 24 hours a day. There are about 8,500 buses, more than 700 bus routes and around 19,500 bus stops. The red double – decker buses are the quickest and cheapest way to travel around the city.
22. London is the capital city of the United States…………F…..
23. The river Thames is the largest river in England…………F…….
24. London is the world’s greenest city………T………..
25. London is the first city to host the modern Summer Olympic Games……F……
26. The bus network in London runs all day……T………….
27. Travelling around London by bus is quick and cheap……T………….
USE IT! Work in pairs. Use the words in exercise 1 and the key phrases to make suggestions for the problems below. Decide which two changes you would make.
- People litter a lot in Nhieu Loc canal.
- People don't use the bins on the street.
- There's too much traffic in the city centre.
- There's a lot of food waste in buffets.
KEY PHRASES Suggesting changes 1. I think people should (support victims more) 2. We need to ... 3. I think it’s the best thing to do. 4. I hope they introduce (a law against it soon). 5. Let’s create a petition. |
A: We must campaign to encourage people to put litter in the bins.
B: Let's create a petition.
1. People litter a lot in Nhieu Loc canal.
A: We need to propose a public campaign to raise awareness about the importance of keeping the canal clean.
B: I think people should volunteer to participate in canal cleaning activities.
2. People don't use the bins on the street.
A: I hope they introduce a law to demand strict fines and penalties for those who litter in public areas.
B: I think it is the best thing to do.
3. There's too much traffic in the city centre.
A: We need to aim to encourage people to use public transportation to reduce the number of cars on the road.
B: I think it is the best thing to do.
4. There's a lot of food waste in buffets.
A: I think people should propose a ban on excessive food waste in buffets by limiting the amount of food customers can take at one time.
B: Let’s create a petition.
6. Work in pairs. Choose a city for your next summer holiday. Ask and answer questions about the weather of that city. Use the phrases in the box and the words in exercise 1.
(Làm việc theo cặp. Chọn một thành phố cho kỳ nghỉ hè tiếp theo của bạn. Hỏi và trả lời các câu hỏi về thời tiết của thành phố đó. Sử dụng các cụm từ trong ô và các từ trong bài tập 1.)
in spring/ summer / autumn/ winter / last weekend/ today/ yesterday (vào mùa xuân/ hè/ thu/ đông/ cuối tuần trước/ hôm nay/ hôm qua) |
What's the weather like today? - It's hot and sunny.
(Thời tiết hôm nay thế nào? - Trời nóng và có nắng.)
A: What will the weather be like in Nha Trang in July?
(Thời tiết ở Nha Trang vào tháng 7 sẽ như thế nào?)
B: It will be sunny, a little hot. And there is a lot of wind in the afternoon.
(Trời sẽ có nắng, hơi nóng một chút. Và có nhiều gió vào buổi chiều.)
A: What is the weather like in the spring, summer, autumn and winter there?
(Thời tiết vào các mùa xuân, hạ, thu, đông ở đó như thế nào?)
B: Oh. There are only 2 seasons: the rainy season and the dry season. In the rainy season, it rains a lot and is quite cool. In the dry season, it is sunny, dry and a little hot.
(Ồ. Ở đó chỉ có 2 mùa: mùa mưa và mùa khô. Vào mùa mưa, trời mưa nhiều và khá mát mẻ. Vào mùa khô, trời nắng, khô và hơi nóng một chút.)
A: I get it. Where did you go last week?
(Tôi hiểu rồi. Tuần trước bạn đã đi đâu?)
B: Last week I went to visit my grandparents in Ha Nam. My grandparents just sent me a present today.
(Tuần trước tôi đã đi thăm ông bà tôi ở Hà Nam. Hôm nay ông bà vừa mới gửi quà cho tôi.)
A: Did you finish your homework yesterday?
(Bạn làm hết bài tập ngày hôm qua chưa?)
B: Oh, I'm done. See you tomorrow.
(Ồ, tôi làm xong hết rồi. Hẹn gặp lại bạn vào ngày mai.)
A: Yes. See you.
(Vâng. Hẹn gặp lại bạn.)
Read the text below and decide which answer best fits each space given.
Over the past forty years, TV sets have become standard pieces of equipment in ( 1 ) …. and watching TV has become a standard activity for many families. Children in our culture grow up and ( 2 )…. TV in the morning, in the afternoon, and often in the evening as well. ( 3 )………..there are many excellent programs for children, many people think that TV may not be good for them.
( 4 )… TV may be a bad influence ( 5 ) …………children for three main reasons. ( 6 )… some programs are not good for children to see. For example, there are many police stories on TV: people are killed ( 7 )……… guns, knives and even poisons. Some children might think these things could ( 8 )….. to them at any time. ( 9 )…. they can become ( 10 )…. .
1. a. each of home | b. all of homes | c. most homes | d. almost homes |
2. a. to watch | b. seeing | c. watching | d. watch |
3. a. Despite | b. Yet | c. Although | d. But |
4. a. So that | b. Though | c. In addition | d. In fact |
5. a. on | b. to | c. of | d. about |
6. a. The first | b. Firstly of all | c. After all | d. First of all |
7. a. by | b. of | c. with | d. to |
8. a. be | b. take place | c. happen | d. work |
9. a. After all | b. Therefore | c. But | d. Whereas |
10. a. fearful | b. frightened | c. frightening | d. fearlessness |
1. a. each of home
b. all of homes
c. most homes
d. almost homes
2. a. to watch
b. seeing
c. watching
d. watch
3. a. Despite
b. Yet
c. Although
d. But
4. a. So that
b. Though
c. In addition
d. In fact
5. a. on
b. to
c. of
d. about
6. a. The first
b. Firstly of all
c. After all
d. First of all
7. a. by
b. of
c. with
d. to
8. a. be
b. take place
c. happen
d. work
9. a. After all
b. Therefore
c. But
d. Whereas
10. a. fearful
b. frightened
c. frightening
d. fearlessness
Find the underlined words or phrases which is incorrect.
An increased number of city dwellers has made the obsolete infrastructure worse and required a lot of repairs in these days.
A. obsolete infrastructure
B. has made
C. required
D. repairs
Đáp án B
Has made => have made vì chủ ngữ A number of + danh từ là chủ ngữ số nhiều
Read the passage carefully and answer the question.
Da Nang has a population of nearly 800,000 people. The Han River flows through the city. The city part on the east bank is the newest and more spacious. The city part on the west bank is more crowded. There are five bridges across the river. The Han River Bridge is the newest one now. The cost of living in Da Nang is the lowest in Central Viet Nam. Da Nang has many beaches. Among them, Non Nuoc Beach is one of the beautiful beaches in the world. But walking in the street on a summer afternoon is not a good idea in Da Nang. There are not many trees so there are not many shadows. It is often very hot at noon.
Which part of the city is more spacious?
A. The city part on the west bank
B. The city part on the east bank
C. The Han River
D. x
Phần nào của thành phố rộng rãi hơn?
A.Phần thành phố ở bờ tây
B.Phần thành phố ở bờ phía đông
C.Sông Hàn
Thông tin: The city part on the east bank is the newest and more spacious.
(Phần thành phố bên bờ phía đông là mới nhất và rộng rãi hơn.)
Đáp án cần chọn là: B
VOCABULARY Work in pairs. Read the Learn this! box. Decide which sports venues from exercises 2 and 5 you are likely to describe with these compound adjectives.
Compound adjectives
25-metre | 400-metre | air-conditioned | brightly lit | eight-lane |
full-sized | open-air | solar-heated | soundproof | well-equipped |
LEARN THIS! Compound adjectives a. Compound adjectives are adjectives formed from two words. well-known half-eaten record-breaking wind-powered b. We usually write compound adjectives with a hyphen. c. Sometimes, compound adjectives have more than two words (state-of-the-art) |
- 25-metre: swimming pool
(25m: hồ bơi)
- 400-metre: athletics track
(400m: đường chạy điền kinh)
- air-conditioned: ice rink
(có điều hòa: sân trượt băng)
- brightly lit: boxing ring
(sáng rực rỡ: võ đài quyền anh)
- eight-lane: swimming pool
(tám làn: bể bơi)
- full-sized: golf course
(kích thước đầy đủ: sân golf)
- open-air: climbing wall
(ngoài trời: leo tường)
- solar-heated: football pitch
(năng lượng mặt trời sưởi ấm: sân bóng đá)
- soundproof: dance studio
(cách âm: phòng tập nhảy)
- well-equipped: weights room
(đầy đủ tiện nghi: phòng tập tạ)
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
“Where is the university?” is a question many visitors to Cambridge ask, but no one can give them a clear answer, for there is no wall to be found around the university. The university is the city. You can find the classroom buildings, libraries, museums and offices of the university all over the city. And most of its members are the students and teachers or professors of the thirty-one colleges. Cambridge is already a developing town long before the first students and teachers arrived 800 years ago. It grew up by the river Granta, as the Cam was once called. A bridge was built over the river as early as 875.
In the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, more and more land was used for college buildings. The town grew faster in the nineteenth century after the opening of the railway in 1845. Cambridge became a city in 1951 and now it has the population of over 100000. Many young students want to study at Cambridge. Thousands of people from all over the world come to visit the university town. It has become a famous place all around the world.
After which year did the town really begin developing?
A. 800
B. 875
C. 1845
D. 1951
Chọn đáp án C
Sau năm nào thì thị trấn bắt đầu phát triển?
A. 800
B. 875
C. 1845
D. 1951
Câu thứ 2 đoạn 3: The town grew faster in the nineteenth century after the opening of the railway in 1845.
(Thị trấn phát triển nhanh hơn vào thế kỉ 19 sau khi mở đường sắt vào năm 1945)
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 38 to 42.
“Where is the university?” is a question many visitors to Cambridge ask, but no one can give them a clear answer, for there is no wall to be found around the university. The university is the city. You can find the classroom buildings, libraries, museums and offices of the university all over the city. And most of its members are the students and teachers or professors of the thirty-one colleges. Cambridge is already a developing town long before the first students and teachers arrived 800 years ago. It grew up by the river Granta, as the Cam was once called. A bridge was built over the river as early as 875.
In the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, more and more land was used for college buildings. The town grew faster in the nineteenth century after the opening of the railway in 1845. Cambridge became a city in 1951 and now it has the population of over 100000. Many young students want to study at Cambridge. Thousands of people from all over the world come to visit the university town. It has become a famous place all around the world.
After which year did the town really begin developing?
A. 800
B. 875
C. 1845
D. 1951
Chọn C
Sau năm nào thì thị trấn bắt đầu phát triển?
A. 800
B. 875
C. 1845
D. 1951
Dẫn chứng: The town grew faster in the nineteenth century after the opening of the railway in 1845.
(Thị trấn phát triển nhanh hơn vào thế kỉ 19 sau khi mở đường sắt vào năm 1945)
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
“Where is the university?” is a question many visitors to Cambridge ask, but no one can give them a clear answer, for there is no wall to be found around the university. The university is the city. You can find the classroom buildings, libraries, museums and offices of the university all over the city. And most of its members are the students and teachers or professors of the thirty-one colleges. Cambridge is already a developing town long before the first students and teachers arrived 800 years ago. It grew up by the river Granta, as the Cam was once called. A bridge was built over the river as early as 875.
In the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, more and more land was used for college buildings. The town grew faster in the nineteenth century after the opening of the railway in 1845. Cambridge became a city in 1951 and now it has the population of over 100000. Many young students want to study at Cambridge. Thousands of people from all over the world come to visit the university town. It has become a famous place all around the world.
After which year did the town really begin developing?
A. 800
B. 875
C. 1845
D. 1951
Đáp án C
Sau năm nào thì thị trấn bắt đầu phát triển?
A. 800
B. 875
C. 1845
D. 1951
Câu thứ 2 đoạn 3: The town grew faster in the nineteenth century after the opening of the railway in 1845.
(Thị trấn phát triển nhanh hơn vào thế kỉ 19 sau khi mở đường sắt vào năm 1945)