SPEAKING 1. Have you ever visited a traditional craft villlage? 2. What is its name and where is it? 3. What products do the artisans make? 4. Do you like this crafts village? Why? 5. Do you like to make your own things in the craft village? 6. What can we do to preserve our craft villages? 7. Why do tourists like to buy handicrafts as souvenirs? 8. Are there any challenges that craft villages may face up to?
write an ( 100-200 word) to your foreign friend.tell him/her about the city that you are living
You should base on the suggestions below: - what city is it? - where is it? -what are the special thing of the city - what are the good things of the city - what are the bad things of the city - Do you like your city ? Why?Talk about one of the traditional craft villages you know.
* Questions
1 What are the traditional crafts villages do you know?
2 Which do you choose to tell about? Why do you choose it ?
3.Where is it located? What products is it famous for?
4.How is the development of the traditional crafts in this village ?
Talk about your favorite city ( in Vietnam or in the world)
* Questions
1. What city is it? Where is it?
2. Why do you like this city most?
3. What are the most famous places in the city ?
4. Have you ever been there? ( Your impression of the visit)
5. Do you have any plan to visit in the future?
Teen stress and pressure
* Questions
1. What often make you feel stressed most?
2. What do you often do to relax when you feel stressed?
3. Do you often talk with someone when you are stressed?
If yes, who ? / If no, why not ?
Talk about the traditional game that you know
* Questions
1. What game is it ?
2. Is it the game that you know, like or have played?
3. How do people play the game?
4. Is it still popular with children nowadays or not ? Why ?
Talk about one of the wonders of Viet Nam you have visited/ you know.
* Questions:
1. What is the wonder you like?
2. Where is it located?
3. What are the features of that wonder?
4. What makes you impressed most?
5. Why do you find it interesting?
6. How do you feel when you visit it ?
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V Fill in each numbered blank with a word from the box
throw new underground around disappear room hopefully recycle |
When you throw things into the garbage , that garbage is taken to a garbage dump and it is usually buried ( 26) ................It is buried so that it will decompose . What is de-com-pose? Decompose means to separate into parts and over many years most garbage will ( 27) ....................completely . That is why we bury garbage in the ground . The problem is some things we (28) ..................away take a long time to decompose and that means we could run out of ( 29) .............. nderground to put all the garbage . Then what ? you will have to keep the garbage in your house ! Well , ( 30 ) ....................that won't happen because there is something you can so . You can ( 31) .........................! What does that means ? The prefix " re" means " do again" and " cycle" is something that goes ( 32) ..........................again and again . If you take something old that can be used again and make it (33).........................,you are recycling
2. Write an email (80 - 100 words) to you friend to tell him/her what people should do to protect wonders of Vietnam.
(You should base on the suggestions below: What wonder is it?/ Is it a natural or man-made wonder?/ Where is it located?/What are the special features about it?/ What problems does it have? What should we do to protect it?)
1. In your opinion, what is the most interesting job on your list, and why?
2.Tell your partner about your dream job. Where would or wouldn't you like to work? What would or wouldn't you like to do at work? Give reasons
3.Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of going to work abroad. Would you like to do it?
Choose the word or phrase )A B C D) that best fits the blank space in the following passage
In Part Three of FCE Speaking you work together with a partner. You have to do a (1).... task which usually (2)..... about three minutes. Once possible task is problem (3)......, which means you have to look at some (4)..... information and then (5)..... the problem with your partner. You may be shown photos, drawing, diagrams, maps, plans, advertisements or computer graphics and it is (6)..... that you study them carefully. If necessary, check you know exactly what to do by (7)..... asking the examiner to (8)....... the instructions or make them cleaner
While you are doing the task, the examiner will probably say very (9)...... and you should ask your partner questions and make (10)...... if he or she is not saying much. If either of you have any real difficulties the examiner may decide to stel in and (11)........ Normally, however, you will find plenty to say, which helps the (12)......... to give you a fair mark. This mark depends on your successin doing the task by (13)....... with your partner, which includes taking (14)..... in giving opinions and replying appropriately, although in the end it may be possible to agree or (15).....
What is good writing for children? Before you send a story you have written to any publisher at all, your severest critic ought to be you vourself. To have a chance of succeeding in the competitive market of children’s fiction, you should constantly be aware, every single time you sit down at your word-processor, of the need to produce ‘good, original writing’. A difficult task, maybe, but one which hopefully we will help you to achieve. To begin with, let us try to pin down exactly what publishers mean when they talk about ‘good writing’ for children. A useful starting point would be to take a look at some of the children’s books which won literary prizes last year. Reading these books is one of the easiest and most enjoyable ways of: (a) finding out what individual publishers are publishing at the moment, and (b) learning a few tricks of the trade from well-established professionals. It goes without saying, of course, that slavishly copying the style and subject matter of a successful author is usually a recipe for disaster. Nor should you become downhearted after reading a particularly brilliant piece of work, and miserably think you will never be able to match up to those standards. Remember, overnight success is rare - most successful children’s authors will have struggled long and hard to learn their trade. Read these books as a critic; note down the things you enjoyed or admired, as well as areas where you feel there was possibly room for improvement. After all, nobody is perfect, not even a successful, prize-winning author. Possibly the toughest challenge is right at the youngest end of the age range - the picture book. The would-be author/ illustrator is attempting to create an exciting story out of the narrow, limited, everyday world of a young child’s experience - not easy at all. The whole storyline has to be strong enough to keep the reader turning the pages, yet simple enough to fit into a few pages. Another problem for the new picture-book author is that it can seem that every subject and every approach has been done to death, with nothing new left to say. Add to this the fact that printing costs are high because of full colour illustrations, which means that the publisher will probably want a text that suits the international market to increase sales, and a novel for ten-year olds, with hardly any pictures at all, starts to look much more inviting. You would be forgiven for wondering if there are any truly original plots left to impress publishers with. But remember that, in many ways, it is the writer’s own personal style, and intelligent handling of a subject that can change a familiar, overworked plot into something original and fresh. To illustrate this, read The Enchanted Horse by Magdalen Nabb. A young girl called Irina finds an old wooden horse in a junk shop, takes it home and treats it as if it was real. Soon it magically starts to come to life ... Sounds familiar? The magic object that comes alive is a storyline that has been used in hundreds of other children’s stories. So why does it succeed here? The answer is that Magdalen Nabb has created a strong, believable character in the lonely, unhappy heroine Irina, and the descriptions of her relationship with the wooden horse are poetic and touching. So, to return to the question asked at the beginning: What exactly is ‘good writing’ for children? The answer is that it is writing which is fresh, exciting and unpredictable, and which gives a new and original angle on what might be a well- worn subject. But do not be put off if you feel that you simply cannot match up to all these requirements. While there is obviously no substitute for talent, and the ability to come up with suitable ideas, many of the techniques for improving and polishing your manuscript can be learned. |
8. Why does the article advise people to look at prize-winning books?
A. to copy the author’s style
B. to realise what a high standard needs to be reached
C. to get an idea of what might be successful
D. to find out how to trick publishers
9. What do most successful children’s authors have in common?
A. They did not get depressed by early failures.
B. They have learned how to be critical of other authors’ work.
C. They find it easy to think of storylines that will sell.
D. They have worked hard to become well-known.
10. Why is the picture book the most difficult to write?
A. There is a limited range of subjects available.
B. Young children cannot follow storylines easily.
C. The pictures need to be exciting.
D. Children want to be able to read it quickly.
11.What looks ‘more inviting’ in line 54?
A.the international market
B. the increased sales
C. the novel for ten-year-olds
D. the type of pictures
12. The book about Irina is successful
A. because of the unusual way magic is used.
B. because of the way the character is described.
C. because the story has not been told before.
D. because the pictures bring the story to life.
13. What does ‘it’ refer to in line 68?
A. the storyline
B. the magic object
C. the horse
D. the children’s story
14. What conclusion does the writer of the text come to?
A. Anyone can learn to write a good story.
B. The subject matter is the most important consideration.
C. If you have natural ability, you can learn the rest.
D. Some published fiction is badly written.
15. Why was this text written?
A. to explain what kind of books children like to read
B. to give advice to people who want to write children’s fiction
C. to discourage new authors from being too optimistic
D. to persuade new authors to get away from old ideas