It is often said that books are always a good friends and reading is an active mental process. Unlike TV, books make you use your brain. By reading, you think more and become smarter. Reading improves concentration and focus. Reading books takes brain power. It requires you to focus on what you are reading for long periods. Unlike magazines, Internet posts or E-mails that might contain small pieces of information. Books tell the whole story. Since you must concentrate in order to read, you will get better at concentration. Many studies show if you do not use your memory, you lose it. Reading helps you stretch your memory muscles. Reading requires remembering details, facts and figures and in literature, plot lines, themes and characters.
Reading is a good way to improve your vocabulary. Do you remember that when you were at elementary school you learned how to infer the meaning of one word by reading the context of the other words in the sentence? While reading books, especially challenging ones, you will find yourself exposed to many new words.
Reading is a fundamental skill builder. Every good course has a matching book to go with it. Why? Because books help clarify difficult subjects. Books provide information that goes deeper than just classroom discussions. By reading more books, you become better informed and more of an expert on the topics you read about. This expertise translates into higher self-esteem. Since you are so well-read, people look to you for answers. Your feelings about yourself can only get better.
Books give you knowledge of other cultures and places. The more information you have got, the richer your knowledge is. Books can expand your horizons by letting you see what other cities and countries have to offer before you visit them.
1. Books have great influence on ________
A. muscle B. Brain C. Friendship D. TV
2. When you are reading a book, _________
A. You have to read small pieces of information. B. You have to read during a very long time.
C. You use your brain in concentration and focus. D. You lose your memory.
3. A challenging book ________.
A. helps you to improve your vocabulary B. is only for primary pupils
C. can translate all new words D. contains a lot of difficult vocabulary
4. Books are __________________
A. are compulsory in every course B. are not needed in most of course
C. contain less information than class discussions D. make a sick patient feel better
5. According to the passage, reading books cannot give you ________.
A. widen your knowledge of other cultures and places. B. enrich your vocabulary
C. be self- confident D. Become a good builder
15/ Yesterday, I was reading books when she came.
16/ Next month, I shall finish this book.
chọn A, B, C, D:
My Life in Books
It was my parents, of course, who taught me to read. I can’t (1)_________my life before reading, without books. When I started reading, a book was mainly pictures. Now (2)______I am older, a book (3)_______only words in most cases. (4)_______I also love art books, (5)________ the pages to look slowly and hungrily at paintings (6)________the walls of galleries and museums around the planet.
I spend hours and hours reading, lost in other words, travelling, dreaming, imagining people and places. Books (7) _______me smells and sounds I may never experience directly, but (8)_______ seem to make my life more interesting.
This love of books is not without (9)___________own problems. For example, when I go to the cinema to watch a film with friends, I don’t get as excited as they (10)__________. I can’t wait to get back home to my books.
1. | A. repeat | B. register | C. remind | D. remember |
2. | A. then | B. so | C. that | D. how |
3. | A. counts | B. controls | C. keeps | D. contains |
4. | A. But | B. Or | C. And | D. Why |
5. | A. changing | B. turning | C. putting | D. placing |
6. | A. with | B. in | C. from | D. at |
7. | A. move | B. carry | C. bring | D. pull |
8. | A. who | B. what | C. where | D. which |
9. | A. its | B. their | C. the | D. some |
10. | A. be | B. do | C. make | D. go |
some people were arresred.They have now been released
--->some
''do you enjoy reading books? it is very useful habit''.Nam said to me
--->Nam
she is a teacher. She teach us enghlish
--> she
what a restaurant. The food was amazing
-->what a restaurant. The food was out
she occasionally swim across the river
--> she once
how often do you learn at the shool library?'' the teacher ask Nga
--> the teacher
II. Put the dialogue into the correct order.
___ What types of books do you like most?
___ Well, reading gives me much pleasure and knowledge. Books are a rich source of information, you know.
___ Yeah, it’s my favourite pastime.
_1_ Hello! Where are you going?
___ Comic books, science fiction novels, story books, etc. I also like to draw and paint in my
leisure time.
___ What an enjoyable pastime you have!
___ Hi! I’m going to the book store to buy some books.
___ Nice! You’re so talented!
___ You enjoy reading, don’t you?
___ I spend my leisure time gardening. I have planted many different types of flowers, plants,
and trees in my garden.
___ Thanks. What do you enjoy doing in your spare time?
___ I don’t like reading at all. Why do you like reading?
Đổi các câu sang bị động
1. My mother is cooking meal at this time.
2. The workers are painting the house now.
3. The students are doing exercises on passive forms
4. Lan isn’t reading books at the moment
5. What are you doing at the moment?
6. Is Tom making a toy now?
7. Are the workers building the school now?
8. What is the teacher writing on the board?
1. She will open a new shop tomorrow.
2. Nam will buy a new bike next week.
3. My mother will give me a new story next Sunday.
4. They will build a new market here next month.
5. They will not plant trees in the school tomorrow.
6. People won’t build a new bridge in this village.
7. What will Nam do tomorrow?
8. Will you do your homework tonight?
9. When will your mother buy a new car?
10. Nam will make a cake for me on my up-coming birthday.
Mình cảm ơn
Why do you like reading books? GẤP MN OI
1i was reading books at 7 o'clock yeaterday morning
2 theey were breaking television at 9 o'clock last night
3 nina was singing a song when you came
4 while MS.Nina was cleaning the house , she hurt her back
5 they where decorating their house when you phoned
6 i was eating sandwich
7 i was writing an important report
8 she was not cleaning her room at 9 o'clock yesterday evening
9 mr.sam was reading a neww paper
10 we were washing the dishes when you called
1. What do you often do in your free time?
2. What do your family members often do in their free time?
3. When you have friends round, what do you like to do?
4. Do you like reading books? What do you like to read most?
5. How often do you chat to your friends online?
6. Do you like listening to music? What kinds of music do you often listen to?
7. Do you often play games? What is your favorite computer game?