1 - Read the reading below, say whether the statements are true ( T ) or false ( F ). (Write T or F at the end of the statement.)
HELPING MORTHER AT HOME
Every child should love his mother. A girl or boy learns’ many good things from mother. Mother teachers us to be obedient, helpful and friendly to others.
Ever since my young days I have always helped my mother in the kitchen. I get up early in the morning and help my mother prepare breakfast. Then I clean the kitchen and sweep the floor. I also help mother wash the post and pans.
On Sunday I follow my mother to the market and help her to carry vegetables and fish back home. Some times my mother asks me to cut vegetables. I readily do I wash vegetables. I like to give small help whenever I am free from school work.
One day when my mother was sick, I cooked dishes for lunch. My mother is always happy and tells me that I should be good to everyone.
Every mother will be happy if her children help her at home.
1. It’s a useful lesson for children to love their parents.
2. Children can learn a lot of good things from their mother.
3. The writer seldom helps her mother at home.
4. She gets up late and does nothing in the morning.
5. On Sunday she goes shopping alone.
2 - Read the following passage and the unfinished sentences carefully. Then choose the best answer and circle your choice.
When springtime comes, everything begins to wake up. Many animals in the woods have been asleep all winter. Birds have been away. Under the snow, the ground has been hard and still.
Then, all at once, it is spring! The days begin to grow long. From the south the birds fly back, ready to build their nests. Animals wake up and start to look for food.
Trees grow new leaves. Plants begin to flower. Baby birds and animals are born. Farmers are busy from morning until night.
In many countries, people greet the spring with songs and dancing. Springtime is a happy time all over the world.
1. The story as a whole is about……………
a. living in winter. b. birds flying south. c. flowers. d. springtime
2. Spring is the time when ………………
a. birds fly to the south. b. it starts to snow.
c. baby birds and animals are born. d. farmers have more free time.
3. Farmers ……………………… in the spring.
a. have little to do b. begin to look for food
c. sing and dance to greet the spring. d. begin to get very busy.
4. Many animals go to sleep in winter because ……………………
a. it is difficult for them to find food. b. they have been awake during the other seasons.
c. it is too cold for them to look for food. d. they don’t need to eat
5. Birds fly south in winter because …………………
a. there are more trees for them there. b. it is warmer in the south than it is in the north.
c. they want a warmer place to lay eggs. d. the days there are longer.
3 - Rewrite these sentences, so that their meaning stays the same, using the beginning given for each.
1. The tickets to the show are too expensive for us.
=> " The tickes to the show cost………………………………………………..
2. Nam is a better painter than Lan.
=> " Lan can’t……………………………………………………………………
3. Charles Dickens’ novels attract a lot of children.
=> " A lot of children……………………………………………………………..
4. Her book is not the same as mine.
=> " Her book is…………………………………………………………………..
5. We can get to the art gallery in half an hour.
=> " It only………………………………………………………………………..
4 - Use the phrases in the box to complete the instructions below.
a. eggs together with salt, pepper, and cold water.
b. the egg mixture into the pan and cook for 2 minutes.
c. the omelette in half
d. the omelette on a place and serve it with some vegetables.
e. the oilover high heat in a frying pan.
1. First, beat……………………………………………………………………..
2. Then, heat……………………………………………………………………..
3. Next, pour…………………………………………………………………….
4. After that, fold………………………………………………………………..
5. Finally, put…………………………………………………………………….
5. Choose the one word or phrase A, B, C or D- that best completes sentences.
1. Turn the TV off. The show is…………………
A. exciting B. peaceful C. tiring D. boring
2. What are you doing with all that paper and glue, Giang?
- I am trying to…………..a collage.
A. make B. play C. draw D. do
3. We all enjoyed the play so much that we………..for ten minutes.
A. smiled B. screamed C. cried D. applauded
4. Mozart was one of the famous……………….of classical music.
A. actors B. composers C. artists D. makers
5. His daughter wants to become a well-known……….but she has no talent at all.
A. act B. actor C. actress D. action
6. Match the phrases in column A with the nouns in column B.
A B
1. a bottle of a. cereal
2. a bar of b. oil
3. a carton of c. tuna
4. a tin of d. orange juice
5. a bowl of e. chocolate
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