WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE?
One of the most popular quiz programmes on television in the world is called Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? In Britain, the quiz master is Chris Tarrant. He asks the contestants fifteen questions. The first questions are easy but later they are more difficult. If you can answer the fourteenth question, you can win £500,000. You can win a million pounds if you can answer the last question. Of course, the last question is very difficult.
All the questions on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? are multiple-choice questions. After you hear the question, you see four answers. Only one answer is correct. You have to choose the correct answer. If you don’t know the answer to a question, there are three ways you can get help: you can ask the quizmaster to take away two wrong answers; you can ask the studio audience which answer is right; or you can telephone a friend and ask for help. You can only do these things once. Very few people win the million pounds. The first person won a million pounds one year after the programme started.
Today, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? can be seen in more than 100 countries and is now the world’s most popular quiz programme.
1. Who is the quizmaster in Britain?
A. Chris Tarrant B. Chris Tarrante C. Peter Tarrant D. Tarrant
2. How many questions do you have to answer?
A. 12 B. 13 C. 14 D. 15
3. How much do you win for the fourteenth question?
A. 300.000 B. 400.000 C. 500.000 D. 600.000
4. How many ways can you get help?
A. one B. two C. three D. four
I. Read the passage and do the tasks below.
WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE?
One of the most popular quiz programmes on television in the world is called Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? In Britain, the quiz master is Chris Tarrant. He asks the contestants fifteen questions. The first questions are easy but later they are more difficult. If you can answer the fourteenth question, you can win £500,000. You can win a million pounds if you can answer the last question. Of course, the last question is very difficult.
All the questions on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? are multiple-choice questions. After you hear the question, you see four answers. Only one answer is correct. You have to choose the correct answer. If you don‟t know the answer to a question, there are three ways you can get help: you can ask the quizmaster to take away two wrong answers; you can ask the studio audience which answer is right; or you can telephone a friend and ask for help. You can only do these things once. Very few people win the million pounds. The first person won a million pounds one year after the programme started.
Today, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? can be seen in more than 100 countries and is now the world‟s most popular quiz programme.
1. Who is the quizmaster in Britain?
A. Chris Tarrant B. Chris Tarrante C. Peter Tarrant D. Tarrant
2. How many questions do you have to answer?
A. 12 B. 13 C. 14 D. 15
3. How much do you win for the fourteenth question?
A. 300.000 B. 400.000 C. 500.000 D. 600.000
4. How many ways can you get help?
A.one B. two C. three D. four
II. Read the passage and answer the questions below. (5pts)
WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE?
One of the most popular quiz programs on television in the world is called Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? In Britain, the quiz master is Chris Tarrant. He asks the contestants fifteen questions. The first questions are easy but later they are more difficult. If you can answer the fourteenth question, you can win £500,000. You can win a million pounds if you can answer the last question. Of course, the last question is very difficult.
All the questions on “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?” are multiple-choice questions. After you hear the question, you see four answers. Only one answer is correct. You have to choose the correct answer. If you don't know the answer to a question, there are three ways you can get help: you can ask the quizmaster to take away two wrong answers: you can ask the studio audience which answer is right; or you can telephone a friend and ask for help. You can only do these things once. Very few people win the million pounds. The first person won a million pounds one year after the program started.
Today, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? Can be seen in more than 100 countries and is now the world's most popular quiz program
Ø Answer the questions:
1. Who is the quizmaster in Britain?
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2. How many ways can you get help?
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3. How many questions do you have to answer?
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4. In how many countries can you watch the quiz show?
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5. How much do you win for the fourteenth question?
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IV. Read the passage and answer the questions.
WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE?
One of the most popular television quiz shows in the world is Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? It began in Britain and now can be seen in more than 100 countries. In Viet Nam, the first quiz master is Lai Van Sam. There are fifteen questions in the quiz show. The first questions are easy but later they are more difficult. All the questions are multiple-choice questions. After you hear the question, you see four answers. Only one answer is correct. You have to choose the correct answer. If you don’t know the answer to a ques¬tion, there are three ways you can get help: you can ask the quiz master to take away two wrong answers; you can ask the studio audience which answer is right; or you can telephone a friend and ask for help. The contestants answer the questions one by one from the quiz master. The contestant who can answer the last question will be a winner with the maxi¬mum award. Of course, the last question is very difficult.
1. Where did “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?” begin? ______________________________________________
2. What is it? ______________________________________________
3. Who is the first quiz master in Viet Nam? ______________________________________________
4. How many questions are there in the quiz show? ______________________________________________
5. Can the contestants telephone their friends and ask for help? ______________________________________________
WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE?
One of the most popular quiz programmes on television in the world is called Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? In Britain, the quiz master is Chris Tarrant. He asks the contestants fifteen questions. The first questions are easy but later they are more difficult. If you can answer the fourteenth question, you can win £500,000. You can win a million pounds if you can answer the last question. Of course, the last question is very difficult.
All the questions on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? are multiple-choice questions. After you hear the question, you see four answers. Only one answer is correct. You have to choose the correct answer. If you don't know the answer to a question, there are three ways you can get help: you can ask the quizmaster to take away two wrong answers: you can ask the studio audience which answer is right; or you can telephone a friend and ask for help. You can only do these things once. Very few people win the million pounds. The first person won a millon pounds one year after the programme started.
Today, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? can be seen in more than 100 countries and is now the world's most popular quiz programme.
a. Find the words in the text with these meanings.
1. A TV programme where people answer questions. .................
2. The person who ask the questions. .................
3. The people who try to answer the questions. .................
4. The people who watch the programme in the studio. .................
b. Answer the questions.
5. Who is the quizmaster in Britain?
6.How many ways can you get help?
7. How many questions do you have to answer?
8. In how many countries can you watch the quiz show?
9. How much do you win for the fourteenth question?
Manchester has a population of about five million, but it’s not the capital city of Britain. London is the capital and it’s the biggest city in Britain. But Manchester is the wettest! In Manchester, it rains in spring, summer, fall and winter. The city is very noisy. There are a lot of cars and there is a lot of pollution. People drive their cars to work, and children take the bus to school. There aren’t many bikes or motorbikes because the weather is very cold. Near the city, there are lots of lakes and mountains. People go walking there on the weekend. Manchester also has a lot of cinemas and theaters so there is always something to do on the weekend.
a. Write T (True) or F (False)
1. Manchester has a population of about five million. ______
2. Manchester is the capital city of Britain. ______
3. Manchester is very quiet. ______
4. Children go to school by bus in Manchester. ______
5. There are a lot of cinemas and theaters in Manchester. ______
b. Answer the following questions.
1. Is Manchester bigger than London?
__________________________________________________________________________.
2. How is the city?
__________________________________________________________________________.
3. How do people go to work?
__________________________________________________________________________.
4. Why aren’t there many bikes or motorbikes?
__________________________________________________________________________.
5. Does Manchester have a lot of cinemas and theaters?
__________________________________________________________________________.
VII. Read the passage and do the tasks below.
Manchester has a population of about five million, but it’s not the capital city of Britain. London is the capital and it’s the biggest city in Britain. But Manchester is the wettest! In Manchester, it rains in spring, summer, fall and winter. The city is very noisy. There are a lot of cars and there is a lot of pollution. People drive their cars to work, and children take the bus to school. There aren’t many bikes or motorbikes because the weather is very cold. Near the city, there are lots of lakes and mountains. People go walking there on the weekend. Manchester also has a lot of cinemas and theaters so there is always something to do on the weekend.
1. Is Manchester bigger than London?
__________________________________________________________________________.
2. How is the Manchester?
__________________________________________________________________________.
3. How do people go to work?
__________________________________________________________________________.
4. Why aren’t there many bikes or motorbikes?
__________________________________________________________________________.
5. Does Manchester have a lot of cinemas and theaters?
2. This is the most interesting novel I _____. *
A. ever read
B. like reading
C. have ever read
D. often read
3. Beijing is one of ________ polluted cities in the world. *
A. more
B. more and more
C. the most
D. the more and more
5. The _____ food in Britain is chips. *
A. more popular
B. more and more popular
C. delicious
D. most popular
15. I first have visited Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum with my family in 2018. *
Choose the word or phrase that needs correcting.
A. first
B. have visited
C. with
D. my
16. There is a lot of big trees in my grandparents’ garden. *
Choose the word or phrase that needs correcting.
A. is
B. a lot of
C. in
D. grandparents’
17. I can TAKE CARE OF myself every day. *
Choose the word or phrase that has the SAME meaning to the underlined word.
A. take after
B. look after
C. famous for
D. take part in
7. train / traveling / is / by / slower / but / interesting / than / more / by / traveling / plane
8. person / is / fattest / group / in / your / who / the ?
9. class / who / oldest / the / the / in / is