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Câu 1. Your English teacher asked you to write a story (120-150 words) for your school story writing competition. Your story MUST begin the following sentence:
Being a typical student, Thuy Dung knew she would have to come to a decision soon
Câu 2. Your English teacher asked you to write a story (100-120 words) for your school story writing competition. Your story MUST begin the following sentence:
It was a summer night
Your English teacher asked you to write a story (120-150 words) for your school story writing competition. Your story MUST begin the following sentence:
This morning Hien did not go to school..........................................................................
Your English teacher has asked you to write a story.
Your story must begin with this sentence:
"Carla looked at the car in surprise."
write your story in about 100 words
_Your English teacher wants you to write a story
_This is the title for your story:
How I met my best friend
_Write your story in about 100 words on your answer sheet.
P/s: Có ai có trí tưởng tượng phong phú giúp tớ với! ( Cho tớ ý = tiếng việt cũng được)
Finish the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one, beginning each new one with the given word(s). Write the new sentences on your answer sheet.
Question33: His short story will win the first place in the writing competition. He is confident about it.
-> He is …………………………………………………………………………………….
Question34: Somebody stole his watch yesterday.
-> His watch …………………………….…………………………………………………
Question35: Nick told the stranger “If I were you, I wouldn’t write anything on the walls of the cavern”.
-> Nick suggested that ..………………..………………………………………....………..
Question36: He left school and then joined the army.
-> After ………………………………………………………………………………….…
Write an essay about of 200 words, giving your opinions on the following problem.
" Although English has been taught in all the schools in our province for a long time, the learners' ability of using English is not up to our expectationd. As a teacher of English, you can give the basic causes and the solutions to this problem."
( Any pesonal information is not allowed to mention in your writing)
1. What a pity! She isn’t the most beautiful girl in the world
-> She wishes ................
2. “Is your father working for this company now?” asked the man
-> The man asked me ......................
3. Work hard or your parents will be unhappy
-> If you ..............
4. He gave all the money to his relatives 3 weeks ago
-> All the money .............
5. They were building a new stadium when we came
-> A new stadium ..................
6. He has been reading the book for 2 days
-> He started .................
7. This story is more interesting than that one
-> That story isn’t ......................
8. I have never written such a good essay before
-> This is the best essay ................
9. “What are they doing?”, asked the man
-> The man asked me .............
10. She is young so she can’t drive a car
-> If she ................
Underline odd words in the following paragraph.
It was a great to see you again after so long and to be able to discuss about all the things we used to do when we were students together learning english in London. I hope you and had a good time journey home. Did the flight reach to Athens in time for you to get up your connection? I hope so. Do you remember I promised to send you that a book we talked about? Well, I've searched in everywhere for it but so far I haven't managed to find it. As soon as I will do, I'll put it in the post to for you - it's a really exciting story. And now I'd like to ask you about a favor, ont for me but for mys sister. She wants to have a work in Greece. She doesn't mind what she does- she would be to happy to work in a bar or to look after children. So if only you know of anything, please let us know. She'd like to spend until one year there from next January, which it should be possible. I think. She has been decided it is the best thing for her. I'm looking forward to know hearing from you soon. Give my regards to your family.
Best wishes, Costars
What is good writing for children? Before you send a story you have written to any publisher at all, your severest critic ought to be you vourself. To have a chance of succeeding in the competitive market of children’s fiction, you should constantly be aware, every single time you sit down at your word-processor, of the need to produce ‘good, original writing’. A difficult task, maybe, but one which hopefully we will help you to achieve. To begin with, let us try to pin down exactly what publishers mean when they talk about ‘good writing’ for children. A useful starting point would be to take a look at some of the children’s books which won literary prizes last year. Reading these books is one of the easiest and most enjoyable ways of: (a) finding out what individual publishers are publishing at the moment, and (b) learning a few tricks of the trade from well-established professionals. It goes without saying, of course, that slavishly copying the style and subject matter of a successful author is usually a recipe for disaster. Nor should you become downhearted after reading a particularly brilliant piece of work, and miserably think you will never be able to match up to those standards. Remember, overnight success is rare - most successful children’s authors will have struggled long and hard to learn their trade. Read these books as a critic; note down the things you enjoyed or admired, as well as areas where you feel there was possibly room for improvement. After all, nobody is perfect, not even a successful, prize-winning author. Possibly the toughest challenge is right at the youngest end of the age range - the picture book. The would-be author/ illustrator is attempting to create an exciting story out of the narrow, limited, everyday world of a young child’s experience - not easy at all. The whole storyline has to be strong enough to keep the reader turning the pages, yet simple enough to fit into a few pages. Another problem for the new picture-book author is that it can seem that every subject and every approach has been done to death, with nothing new left to say. Add to this the fact that printing costs are high because of full colour illustrations, which means that the publisher will probably want a text that suits the international market to increase sales, and a novel for ten-year olds, with hardly any pictures at all, starts to look much more inviting. You would be forgiven for wondering if there are any truly original plots left to impress publishers with. But remember that, in many ways, it is the writer’s own personal style, and intelligent handling of a subject that can change a familiar, overworked plot into something original and fresh. To illustrate this, read The Enchanted Horse by Magdalen Nabb. A young girl called Irina finds an old wooden horse in a junk shop, takes it home and treats it as if it was real. Soon it magically starts to come to life ... Sounds familiar? The magic object that comes alive is a storyline that has been used in hundreds of other children’s stories. So why does it succeed here? The answer is that Magdalen Nabb has created a strong, believable character in the lonely, unhappy heroine Irina, and the descriptions of her relationship with the wooden horse are poetic and touching. So, to return to the question asked at the beginning: What exactly is ‘good writing’ for children? The answer is that it is writing which is fresh, exciting and unpredictable, and which gives a new and original angle on what might be a well- worn subject. But do not be put off if you feel that you simply cannot match up to all these requirements. While there is obviously no substitute for talent, and the ability to come up with suitable ideas, many of the techniques for improving and polishing your manuscript can be learned. |
8. Why does the article advise people to look at prize-winning books?
A. to copy the author’s style
B. to realise what a high standard needs to be reached
C. to get an idea of what might be successful
D. to find out how to trick publishers
9. What do most successful children’s authors have in common?
A. They did not get depressed by early failures.
B. They have learned how to be critical of other authors’ work.
C. They find it easy to think of storylines that will sell.
D. They have worked hard to become well-known.
10. Why is the picture book the most difficult to write?
A. There is a limited range of subjects available.
B. Young children cannot follow storylines easily.
C. The pictures need to be exciting.
D. Children want to be able to read it quickly.
11.What looks ‘more inviting’ in line 54?
A.the international market
B. the increased sales
C. the novel for ten-year-olds
D. the type of pictures
12. The book about Irina is successful
A. because of the unusual way magic is used.
B. because of the way the character is described.
C. because the story has not been told before.
D. because the pictures bring the story to life.
13. What does ‘it’ refer to in line 68?
A. the storyline
B. the magic object
C. the horse
D. the children’s story
14. What conclusion does the writer of the text come to?
A. Anyone can learn to write a good story.
B. The subject matter is the most important consideration.
C. If you have natural ability, you can learn the rest.
D. Some published fiction is badly written.
15. Why was this text written?
A. to explain what kind of books children like to read
B. to give advice to people who want to write children’s fiction
C. to discourage new authors from being too optimistic
D. to persuade new authors to get away from old ideas