I. Use the adjective in brackets in their correct forms of comparison to complete the sentences.
1. Tea is_____________coffe.(cheap)
2. The new harvest machine is___________than the old one.(effective)
3. The countryside is__________the towm.(beautiful)
4. A tractor is____________a buffalo.(powerful)
5. My sister is__________me.(tall)
6. Blue whales are_____________elephants.(heavy)
7. The Mekong River is___________the Red River.(long)
8. Do you think English is__________French in grammar?(easy)
9. My new bed is___________my old bed.(comfortable)
10. The film about my village towm is___________than the book.(interesting)
II. Read the text and choose the suitable words with the correct blank spaces. (Visitors, stories, mountain, any, riding, to, with, life)
I live in a (1).....................village. My parents often tell me (2).................about their life in the past. It's not much like the village I can see nowadays.
Some villagers now live in brick houses instead of earthen ones. Our houses are better equipped (3)............electric fans and TVs. Thanks to the TV, we now know more about (4)..........outside our village. We don't use oil lamps (5)...............more. We have electric lights which are much brighter. More villagers are using motorcycles for transport instead of (6)..................a horse or walking. We - village children - no longer have to walk a long way and cross a stream to get (7)................school, which is dangerous in the rainy season. Now there's a new school nearby. We also have more (8)..................from the city. They come to experience our way of life.
III. Read the text and decide whether the following statements are True (T) or False (F).
Tokyo is a famous city. There are a few good buildings and impressive temples; there are a few parks worth visiting. Everything has to be small in Tokyo: houses, rooms, shops. Long-side streets consist of tony houses only, and this often creates a toy-like, with small women tip-toeing along in their kimonos.
Tokyo at nights is a very different place from Tokyo in daytime. Millions of neon lights are switched on and nowhere in the world is more attractive.
A towm is not its buildings alone; it is an atmosphere, its pleasure, its sadness, its madness, and above all its people. Tokyo may lack architectural beauty but is has character and excitement; it is alive. I found it a mysterious and lovable city.
1. ________There are many beautiful buildings in Tokyo.
2. _______There is nothing to see in the parks in Tokyo.
3.________Many small houses found along long road.
4.________At night, Tokyo is not as attractive as many other cities.
5. ________ Tokyo has beautiful architecture.
6.________ The author likes Tokyo.
Read the following passage and answer the questions
In the country of China, there is a wall that is 1,500 miles long. It is called the Great Wall of China. It winds uphill and down, through valleys and mountains. Every inch of this 1,500- mile wall was made by hand. The Great Wall of China is made many, many years ago. The people of China made it to keep out their enemies. There are watch towers all along the way. The Wall is made of brick and earth. It is high and wide on top. People can walk along the top as if it were a road. It is said that it took ten years to build one part of this wall. No other defense line has ever been made as long as the Great Wall of China.
How long is the Great Wall of China?
Read the following passage and answer the questions
In the country of China, there is a wall that is 1,500 miles long. It is called the Great Wall of China. It winds uphill and down, through valleys and mountains. Every inch of this 1,500- mile wall was made by hand. The Great Wall of China is made many, many years ago. The people of China made it to keep out their enemies. There are watch towers all along the way. The Wall is made of brick and earth. It is high and wide on top. People can walk along the top as if it were a road. It is said that it took ten years to build one part of this wall. No other defense line has ever been made as long as the Great Wall of China.
How long did it take to build one part of this wall?
Fill each os the numbered blanks with ONE suitable word.
It is quite a (1).......... to many people to learn that there is no lead in the common lead pencil. The black substance is graphite, (2).......... is often called "black lead". The(3).......... is not a suitable one, however, bacause graphite is nearly pure carbon and contains(4).......... lead.
Graphite is(5).......... os the softest of all minerals. It is dark gray to black in(6).........., and can be recognized by its greasy feel, its soft-ness, and the black streaks that it(7).......... It is very widely dis-tributed over the(8).......... but it is not often found in large deposits. Graphite is used to(9).......... friction. It is also used in making lead pencils, stove black-ing, paints, and many (10).......... things.
I. Read the text and choose one suitable word to fill in the blank.
Foreign English language teachers for schools in Vietnam
has to is teaching cover teacher
more and high decided
Vietnam ...(1)... well on its way to integrate with the world and for that reason emphasis on English language skills ...(2)... become very essential.
Recently, the City Department of Education and Training ...(3)... to recruit foreign native English speakers to teach in elementary, middle and ...(4)... schools in Vietnam.
The policy calls for social contributions to improve English language ...(5)... from primary schools to senior high schools by employing only foreign native English teachers. Each student will chip in VND120,000 ($5.8) a month to ...(6)... the $35 an hour salary of the foreign ...(7)... .
Compared ...(8).... traditional English teaching methodology, it is better that thousands of students in the City have a chance of practicing listening ...(9)... speaking skills with native English speakers, who create a ...(10)...exciting atmosphere in classrooms for students.
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Read the following passage and answer the questions
In the country of China, there is a wall that is 1,500 miles long. It is called the Great Wall of China. It winds uphill and down, through valleys and mountains. Every inch of this 1,500- mile wall was made by hand. The Great Wall of China is made many, many years ago. The people of China made it to keep out their enemies. There are watch towers all along the way. The Wall is made of brick and earth. It is high and wide on top. People can walk along the top as if it were a road. It is said that it took ten years to build one part of this wall. No other defense line has ever been made as long as the Great Wall of China.
What is the Wall made of?
Read the following passage and answer the questions
In the country of China, there is a wall that is 1,500 miles long. It is called the Great Wall of China. It winds uphill and down, through valleys and mountains. Every inch of this 1,500- mile wall was made by hand. The Great Wall of China is made many, many years ago. The people of China made it to keep out their enemies. There are watch towers all along the way. The Wall is made of brick and earth. It is high and wide on top. People can walk along the top as if it were a road. It is said that it took ten years to build one part of this wall. No other defense line has ever been made as long as the Great Wall of China.
Was the Great Wall made by hand?
I. Read the passage and then answer the questions.
THE CAMEL
The camel can go without water for a long time. Some people think it stores water in its hump. This is not true. It stores food in its hump. The camel’s body changes the food into fat. Then it stores the fat in its hump. It cannot store the fat all over its body. Fat all over an animal’s body keeps the animal warm. Camels live in the desert. They do not want to be warm during the day.
The desert is very hot. The camel gets hotter and hotter during the day. It stores this heat in its body because the nights are cool.
The Arabian camel has one hump. The Bactrian camel of Central Asia has two humps. It also has long, thick hair because the winters are cold in Central Asia.
There is a lot of sand in the dessert. The camel has long eyelashes. Then sand cannot go into the camel’s eyes.
Arabic has about 150 words to describe a camel. Arabs need all these words because the camel is very important to them.
Questions
1. Where do camels live?
2. What does a camel store in its hump?
3. The camel doesn’t store fat all over its body. Why?
4. Why does it store heat during the day?
5. Why does a Bactrian camel have long thick hair?
We are having a lovely time in Ha Long City, which is (21) ______________ by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. The weather is very nice. It’s warm and (22)________________. We are staying in a (23)_______________ near the beach. We have a (24) ____________ sight of the bay from our bedroom. Yesterday, we went (25) _______________ some wonderful caves in Ha Long Bay. Today we are going (26)_______________ a boat trip to Cat Ba island. We will call you next week.
21. | known | said | recognized | told |
22. | sunlight | sun | sunny | sun |
23. | guest house | market | cave | school |
24. | beauty | beautiful | beautifully | beautify |
25. | see | to see | saw | seeing |
26. | in | to | on | from |