From: ha@fastmail.com
To: nick@quickmail.com
Subject: My family customs and traditions

Hi Nick,
Great to receive your email. Because you'll be here soon, I'd like to share with you my family customs and traditions. Well, we have the custom (41) ______ spending Saturdays together. You may ask why not Sundays. It's simply because my mum works on Sundays. On Saturdays, we always (42) ______ out. Sometimes we visit our grandparents in Vung Tau. Sometimes we go on a (43) ______ in the park or a nearby beauty spot.
You asked me about the Tet holiday, right? There's a (44) _______ that we make tet cake and cook braised pork and eggs (thit kho trung). Tet cake is similar to chung cake in Ha Noi, but it's long, not square. Braised pork and eggs is our traditional (45) ______ for Tet. It's so delicious! When you (46) ______ here, my mum will cook it for you.
What about your family? Share with me the customs and traditions you follow.
Cheers,
Ha

Question 41.A.for                  B.of                  C.in                              D.on

Question 42.A.stay               B.put                 C.find                           D.go

Question 43.A.trip                B.picnic            C.camp                        D.day

Question 44.A.tradition        B.customs        C.thing                         D.regulation

Question 45.A.thing             B.taste              C.dish                           D.jam

Question 46.A.go                 B.leave             C.come                          D.depart

Choose A,B,C or D to fill in the blank in the following email

Hi Nick,

Great to receive you e-mail \.Because you'll be here soon,I'd like to share with you my family customs and traditions.Well, we have the custom (1).........spending Saturdays together.You may ask why not Sundays.It's spimly because my mum works on Sundays.On saturdays,we alway(2).........out.Sometimes we visit our grandparents in Vung Tau.Sometimes we go on a(3).........in the park oer nearby beauty spot

You asked me about the Tet holiday, right? There's a(4)........that we make tet cake and cook braised pork and eggs.Tet cake is smiliar to chung cake in Ha Noi,but it's long, not square.Braised pork and eggs in our traditional(5).......for Tet.It's so delicious!When you (6)........here, my mum will cook for it you.

What about your family?Share with me the customs and tradtions you follow

Cheers,

Han

1.A.for B.of C.in D.on

2.A.stay B.put C.find D.go

3.A.trip B.picnic C.camp D.day

4.A.tradtion B.customs C.thing D.regulation

5.A.thing B.taste C.dish D.jam

6.A.go B.leave C.come D.depart

Read Mi’s email to Nick and do the exercises that follow.
From:  mi@quickmail.com
To:  nick@quickmail.com
Subject: English Camp
Hi Nick,
How are you? I’m having so much fun here at English Camp. It’s a pity you can’t join us. It’s my third day here and I wish the camp would last a month!!! 
On the first day, we put up the tents. They held a tent competition, and although we tried our best, our team was only the runner-up. Guess what? I met Nam, our classmate, but we couldn’t talk much because he was in another team.
Before lunch, we played some team building games. It was exciting! In the afternoon we went fishing. Hung, a student from Luna School, is a really good angler. He caught ten fish while I caught none. However, we let them all go.
The second day, when we had a cooking competition, was also awesome. We had to draw lots to choose the dish we would cook. Hung did ours and we were asked to make sushi. Hung and I didn’t know how to make it, but lucky us - we had Chie in our team! She’s a student who comes from Tokyo and has lots of
experience making sushi. Our sushi won the first prize! It’s great that Chie taught us how to make this healthy dish.
Today there’s an English speaking contest on how to learn English successfully for non-native English speaking students. Hung’s giving a presentation on his top tips for learning English. I must go now. Chie and Hung are calling me. Until next time, 
Mi

* Decide if the statements are true (T) / false (F). 
……1. Mi’s team wasn’t the winner of the tent competition.                
…....2. Mi is the only student from her class to join the camp
……3. They played some team building games after lunch. 
……4. Hung is a better angler than Mi.
……5. They kept some fish and let others go. 
** Answer the questions.
6. How did the campers choose the dish to cook for the competition? – ………………………………………
7. Where does Chie come from? – …………………………………………………………………………………
8. What prize did they win? – ………………………………………………………………………………………
9. Who is the English speaking contest for? – ……………………………………………………………………
10. What is the topic of Hung’s presentation? – ……………………………………………………………………

Read Mi’s email to Nick and do the exercises that follow.

From: mi@quickmail.com

To: nick@quickmail.com

Subject: English Camp

Hi Nick,

How are you? I’m having so much fun here at English Camp. It’s a pity you can’t join us. It’s my third day here and I wish the camp would last a month!!! 

On the first day, we put up the tents. They held a tent competition, and although we tried our best, our team was only the runner-up. Guess what? I met Nam, our classmate, but we couldn’t talk much because he was in another team.

Before lunch, we played some team building games. It was exciting! In the afternoon we went fishing. Hung, a student from Luna School, is a really good angler. He caught ten fish while I caught none. However, we let them all go.

The second day, when we had a cooking competition, was also awesome. We had to draw lots to choose the dish we would cook. Hung did ours and we were asked to make sushi. Hung and I didn’t know how to make it, but lucky us - we had Chie in our team! She’s a student who comes from Tokyo and has lots of experience making sushi. Our sushi won the first prize! It’s great that Chie taught us how to make this healthy dish.

Today there’s an English speaking contest on how to learn English successfully for non-native English speaking students. Hung’s giving a presentation on his top tips for learning English.

I must go now. Chie and Hung are calling me. Until next time, 

Mi

2b6 - NguyÔn Hoµng Quý §øc - 2b6

* Decide if the statements are true (T) / false (F). 

……31. Mi’s team wasn’t the winner of the tent competition.                

……32. Mi is the only student from her class to join the camp

……33. They played some team building games after lunch.  

……34. Hung is a better angler than Mi.

……35. They kept some fish and let others go.  

** Answer the questions.

36. How did the campers choose the dish to cook for the competition? – ………………………………………

37. Where does Chie come from? – …………………………………………………………………………………

38. What prize did they win? – ………………………………………………………………………………………

39. Who is the English speaking contest for? – ……………………………………………………………………

40. What is the topic of Hung’s presentation? – ………………………………………………………………

Part 1: Choose the correct answer (A, B or C) for each blank in the email below.  

1.         A. smart                                              B. great                                   C. new

2.         A. lives                                                B. works                                  C. goes

3.         A. for                                                  B. on                                       C. at

4.         A. going                                              B. staying                                C. getting

5.         A. I                                                      B. me                                       C. my

6.         A. with                                                B. to                                        C. for

VI. Read Trang’s e-mail to her friend, Nick and complete the missing words:

(0) school study Monday new homework next English

From: quynhtrang@fastmail.com To: Nick@quickmail.com

Subject: new school

Hi Nick,

How are you? This is the first week at my new (0) school . Now I am doing my (1) _____________in the library. I have lots of friends and they are all nice to me. We (2)______________many subjects: Math, Physics, and (3)______________of course. I have a new uniform, and I wear it every day from (4)_______________ to Saturday. I have lesson in the morning. In the afternoon I read books in the library or play sports in the playground. How is your (5) _____________school? Do you study the same subjects as me? Do you play badminton with your friends?

School starts again next Monday. It’s late now so good night.

Ex 5.Choose a suitable word or phrase to fill the gaps

Australia is a country in the Southern Hemisphere (1)_____ comprises the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and many smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Neighbouring countries (2)_____ Indonesia, East Timor, and Papua New Guinea (3)_____ the north, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia to the northeast, and New Zealand to the southeast. Australia (4)_____ six states and two major mainland territories.

The (5)_____ city of Australia is Canberra. With a (6)_____ of over 380,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth largest Australian city overall. The (7)_____ city in Australia and Oceania is Sydney, with a population of over 4,700,000. It is (8)_____ the state capital of New South Wales, and is located (9)_____ Australia's southeast coast along the Tasman Sea. (10)_____ large cities are the mainland state capitals: Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, and Adelaide.

1.     A.who      B.where        C.which

2.       A.include        B.contain      C.has

3.          A.on        B.to       C.by

4.         A.takes             B.has           C.gets

5.          A.rural            B.capital                 C.urban

6.              A.people             B.population           C.pollution

7.             A.largest            B.larger                      C.large

8.        A.too        B.also         C.so

9.       A.on        B.in           C.to

10.      A  .Other        B.Others          C.Another

*** tóm tắt văn bản sau bằng tiếng anh***

Nick: There are so many pieces of pottery here, Phong. Do your grandparents make all of them?

Phong: They can't because we have lots of products. They make some and other people make the rest.

Nick: As far as I know, BatTrang is one of the most famous traditional craft villages of Ha Noi, right?

Phong: Right. My grandmother says it's about 700 years old.

Mi: Wow! When did your grandparents set up this workshop?

Phong: My great-grandparents started it, not my grandparents. Then my grandparents took over the business. All the artisans here are my aunts, uncles, and cousins.

Mi: I see. Your village is also a place of interest of Ha Noi, isn't it?

Phong: Yes. People come here to buy things for their house. Another attraction is they can make pottery themselves in workshops.

Nick: That must be a memorable experience.

Phong: In Viet Nam there are lots of craft villages like Bat Trang. Have you ever been to any others?

Mi: I've been to a conical hat making village in Hue!

Nick: Cool! This is my first one. Do you think that the various crafts remind people of a specific region?

Mi: Sure. It's the reason tourists often choose handicrafts as souvenirs.

Phong: Let's go outside and look round the village.