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.
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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IV. Read and fill each gap with the name of the sports.
…………………………...: a game in which two teams of six players use their hands to hit a large ball backwards and forwards over a high net while trying not to let the ball touch the ground on their own side.
IV. Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word from the box to complete the passage. (1pt)
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Thousands of people (1) ______ at the August Revolution Square in front of the Hanoi Opera House from 8:30 p.m to 9:30 p.m on March 29 to join the 2014 Earth Hour Campaign. The lights and unnecessary electrical appliances of the (2) ___________, shops and local families around the Hoan Kiem Lake and the Hanoi Opera House were (3) ___________ off during one hour of the campaign. A wide variety of unique arts performances were held at the Square to (4) ____________ this year’s Earth Hour. This is the sixth time Vietnam responds to the Earth Hour campaign launched by the World Wild Fund for Nature (WWF). ‘Let’s unite to save the Earth’ is the message that this year campaign conveys to people around the world.
Question V: Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable preposition.
Traveling (1)…in.…the London underground (the tube) presents few difficulties(2)……visitors because(3)……the clear color-coded maps. It is always useful to have plenty (4)……spare change with you because there are often long queues (5) …..the large stations if you have enough change you can buy your tickets (6)……a machine. You will find signs which list the stations (7) ……correct fares near the machines. You should keep the ticket because it is checked (8)…..the destination.
Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word.
Alice is a new English friend of (1) ........ . She is very (2) ...... to tell me about her new (3) ....... . Her lessons begin at nine each morning and (4) ..... until half past ten.Then she has a (5) ...... for a quarter of an hour. During this time she usually talks to her friend about many things such (6) ....... the class or last night's movies,... . she has five (7) ....... in the morning and three in the afternoon. Alice's favorite (8) ....... is English. The fist term lasts four months from September to December. Alice tries her (9) ........ to become a good student in the class.
Question V: Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable preposition.
Traveling (1)….…the London underground (the tube) presents few difficulties(2)……visitors because(3)……the clear color-coded maps. It is always useful to have plenty (4)……spare change with you because there are often long queues (5) …..the large stations if you have enough change you can buy your tickets (6)……a machine. You will find signs which list the stations (7) ……correct fares near the machines. You should keep the ticket because it is checked (8)…..the destination.
Fill in each numbered blank with ONE suitable word. Write your answers in the space provided. (2.0 points)
Computing is now at the (1) ___________ stage as printing was when the first printing presses were used. (2) ___________ printing presses were invented, only rich people like kings and dukes could afford to buy books. Often these (3) ___________ were unable to read and hadn’t got enough time to learn. In any case, the books were so big that it was difficult for anyone to relax with a book (4) ___________ we do today. They wanted books (5) ___________ they were expensive and there was something magical about them. Only a few people were able to (6) ___________, and it took an extremely long time to write a book. Monks and other people who could write said ordinary people could not learn to read.
The position with computers is very similar today. A few years (7) ___________, computers were very large and expensive. Business managers and rich people ordered them but (8) ___________ didn’t know how to (9) ___________ them. In many (10) ___________, however, the situation has now completely changed. Lots of people not only own microcomputer but also know how to use them.
VII. Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage with only ONE suitable word in each space. Write your answer on your answer sheet.
My wife and I have always enjoyed travelling ...................(1) sea, and last year we decided to go ....................(2) a Mediterranean cruise. .................(3) our holiday was rather expensive we thought that the high standard of accommodation, the first-class food and the many interesting places we saw were well .....................(4) the price we paid.
We found that most of ......................(5) other passengers were friendly and interesting, but there was one man, a Mr James, who irritated and annoyed us, and not .......................(6) us but all the others who shared our table at dinner. Whatever subject we talked about, it seemed that he was an expert .......................(7) it. He ....................(8), apparently, read more books, visited more countries and studied more languages, than anyone ..........................(9). After a few days, we ate our meals in ..........................(10), because nobody wanted to begin a conversation that would soon be taken over by this man
VI Fill in each blank with one suitable preposition.
1. I’m reading a story ………………. history of China.
2. Is it far ………………. your home ………………. Minh’s home?
3. Is Russia the biggest country ………………. the world.
4. John’s worried ………………. his semester exam.
5. What’s HCM city famous ……………….?
