Instructions: Do the exam task.
You are talking to a friend from Great Britain who you are going to visit during a school exchange. He/She would like to learn more about you. Include information about the following points:
· your family
· where you live
· your free lime
· a typical day
Read the text quickly and choose the best title.
1 Not many English people have pets.
2 English people don't spend money on their pets.
3 English people prefer to spend their time with animals rather than with other people.
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British people love their animals.Over half the households in Britain have got a pet.Goldfish are the most popular pet,but the British own 7.2 milion cats and 6.6 million dogs.1__________
People in other countries often spend a lot of money on comfortable kennels for their dogs,which means that the dogs sleep outside.The British let their dogs take over their houses.2____________ They spoil their dogs with toys and treats and specially prepared meals.
Perhaps the British love their animals so much because they feel more confident with animals than with other people! British people can be very formal and find it hard to talk to people that they do not know.3____________ But there is no problem with dogs.4___________
Greorge Mikes is the author of a famous book about the British.He say that when British people go for a walk with a friend , they don't say a work for hours.But if they go out for a walk with their dogs, they talk to them all the way!
a Thay allow their dogs to lie on their sofas and armchairs, and give them almost as much attention as their children.
b The Britich can easily start a conver sation with a strange dog.
c Friend from other countries are sometimes shocked.
d They think of them as part of the family.
e They feel embarrassed if they have to talk to strangers.
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Think about the advan tages and disadvantages of having pets:
Advantages:______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Disadvantages::___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in brackets
After finishing secondary school,some studentsdecide...........(take) a gap year and go ................(travel).I think it is one of the best decisions a young person can make.My brother .....(go) around South America and the USA last year and i hope .....(go) to Australia after my exams.Some people are worried about travelling alone because they think it might......(be) dangerous. But i think it's fine if you plan your trip carefully and you .......(not take) risk. Of course you can travel with a friend.My best friend and i .........(plan) our trip at the moment.There is a lot of information about gap years on the Internet.But i think it's a good idea to talk to people who.......already..........(do) their trip.You can find out such a lot.
"What usually happens to criminals? In the UK, when the police catch criminals. They go to court and then they usually go to prison. However in New Zealand they have a different system for young people who break the law, the system comes from the Maori people. They were the first inhabitants of New Zealand and they have ancient and respected traditions. They understand that crime hurts many people: the victim, the victim's family, the criminal's family and the criminal too. In Maori society, when a young person breaks the law, the community has a meeting, the people who are affected by the crime sit down together and talk about the situation. In this way, young criminals understand the effects of their actions. They have to meet the person who they have hurt. For example teenagers who have been in a fight have to face each other again and talk about the problem. In the meetings, families decide what the young offender must do in order to compensate their victims. One of the most important things that the offender has to do is apologise to the victim. This is a very difficult and uncomfortable thing for most young offenders to do. If a teenager steals something from a classmate, the community asks him or her to say sorry to the classmate, Most young people say this is the hardest thing to do. The Maori system helps young people to change their behaviour, it tries to bring something positive from a negative situation, and most of the time it succeeds."
Do you think the Maori system is a good idea? Why?/ Why not?
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Everyone has a number of acquaintances, but no one has many friends, for true friendship is not common, and there are many people who seem to be incapable of it. For a friendship to be close and lasting, both the friends must have some very special qualities.
The first quality is unselfishness. A person who is concerned only with his own interests and feelings cannot be a true friend. Friendship is a two-sided affair; it lives by give-and-take, and no friendship can last lone which is all give on one side and all take on the other.
Constancy is the second quality. Some people do not seem to be constant. They take up an interest with enthusiasm, but they are soon tired of it and feel the attraction of some new object. Such changeable and uncertain people are incapable of a lifelong friendship.
Loyalty is the third quality. Two friends must be loyal to each other, and they must know each other so well that there can be no suspicions between them. We do not think much of people who readily believe rumours and gossip about their friends. Those who are easily influenced by rumours can never be good friends.
Trust is perhaps the fourth quality. There must be mutual trust between friends, so that each can feel safe when telling the other his or her secrets. There are people who cannot keep a secret, either of their own or of others’. Such people will never keep a friend long.
Lastly, there must be a perfect sympathy between friends - sympathy with each other’s aims, likes, joys, sorrows, pursuits and pleasures. Where such mutual sympathy does not exist, friendship is impossible.
In this section you will find after the reading passage a number of questions of unfinished statements about the passage , each with four suggested answers or ways of finishing . You must choose the one which you think fits best (10 points)
People usually sing because they like music or because they feel happy. They express their happiness by singing. When a bird sing, however, its song usually means much more than that the bird is happy. Birds have many reasons for singing. They sing to give information. Their songs are their language.
The most beautiful songs are sung by male (cock) birds. They sing when they want to attract a female (hen) bird. It is their way of saying that they are looking for a wife.
Birds also sing to tell other birds to keep away. To a bird, his tree or even a branch of tree, is his home. He does not want strangers to come near him, so he sings to warn them.
If a bird cannot sing well, he usually has some other means of giving important information. Some birds dance, spread out their tails or make other sings. One bird has a most unusual way of finding a wife. It builds a small garden of shells and flowers.
21. Why do people usually sing ?
A. They like birds. B. They feel happy.
C. They want to tell a story . D. They like studying music.
22. Which birds sing the most beautiful songs ?
A. Birds in a good temper. B. Cock birds.
C. Hen birds. D. Female birds which attract male birds.
23. What warnings does a bird sometimes sing ?
A. A warning to keep away. B. A warning to come quickly.
C. A warning about the approach of people D. A warning to stop singing.
24. What do most birds usually do if they cannot sing well ?
A. warn other birds to go away. B. give their information in another way.
C. find a wife. D. fly high in the sky.
25. What is one bird's unusual way of attracting a hen bird ?
A. It dances. B. It spreads out its tail.
C. It searches for a wife. D. It uses shells and flowers to make a garden.
VII. Rearrange these sentences
1. We / don't / the city / because / want / it / expensive. / to live / is / in
2. Many people / spending / the seaside. / their weekends / enjoy / at
3. She / her pleasure / wanted / with / other people. / to share
4. Mai and Lan / for / are / their weekend. / making plane
5. Nga / did not / go / because / sick / she / the party / to / was
6. When / you / working / did / for / star / your organization ?
7. Nhung / never / finishes / all her homework / class. / before
8. I / when / collected / I / a child. / was / stamps
9. because / The air / is clean / there are / in the country / many trees.
10. her younger brother / She hates / because he / playing with / is naughty.
VIII. Write a paragraph ( 60 - 80 words ) about one of the things you like most about your neighborhood.
+ Where you live
+ What you like most ( people / life / environment / place ...)
+ What you think about it
+ Self introduction
+ What there are in your neighborhood
+ Why you like it
SECTION B:
In this section you will find after the reading passage a number of questions of unfinished statements about the passage, each with four suggested answers or ways of finishing. You must choose the one which you think fits best (10 points)
People usually sing because they like music or because they feel happy. They express their happiness by singing. When a bird sing, however, its song usually means much more than that the bird is happy. Birds have many reasons for singing. They sing to give information. Their songs are their language.
The most beautiful songs are sung by male (cock) birds. They sing when they want to attract a female (hen) bird. It is their way of saying that they are looking for a wife.
Birds also sing to tell other birds to keep away. To a bird, his tree or even a branch of tree, is his home. He does not want strangers to come near him, so he sings to warn them.
If a bird cannot sing well, he usually has some other means of giving important information. Some birds dance, spread out their tails or make other sings. One bird has a most unusual way of finding a wife. It builds a small garden of shells and flowers.
Why do people usually sing ? They like birds. B. They feel happy. They want to tell a story . D. They like studying music. Which birds sing the most beautiful songs ? Birds in a good temper. B. Cock birds. Hen birds. D. Female birds which attract male birds.Nhan and Huong want to know their friend's favourite free time activities, so they are asking their friend's about what they like to do in their free time. Many ò their frienf 's say that they usually eat and drinks as well as chat with their frienfs. They like to talk about many things around them: their teachers, their friends, their families as well as their favourite musicians, singers, soccer, players and movie starts. There are some popular activities after lesson at their school such as: skipping rope, reading books and playing sports. At home, many of their friends say they like to watch TV, listen to music or play computer games. They rarely go to the movies. Some of the girls like go to the shopping. Very few of their friends like to do English exersise on the Internet. Many of their friends don't take part in Art, Music Club.
1: What do many of Nhan and Huong's friends usually do in their free time?
A. eat, drink and chat B. go shopping C. go to the movies D. do English exersise on the Internet
2: What do their friends like to talk about?
A: their teachers, friends and families B: their favourite musicians and singers
C: their favourite soccer players and movie starts D: many thing around them
3: Which of the fllowing activities is NOT popular with theirs friends at school?
A: skipping rope B: taking part in Art, Music Club C: reading books D: playing sports
4: Which of the fllowing activities is NOT popular with theirs friends at home ?
A: watching TV B: listenning to music C: do English exersise on the Internet D: playing computer games
5: What the passage talk about ?
A: Nhan and Huong's friends B: Free time activities of Nhan and Huong's friends
C: Nhan and Huong's school D: Nhan and Huong's pastimes