The camel can go (1)________  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 (2) _________ into fat. Then it stores the fat in its hump. It can't store fat over its body. Fat all over an animal’ s body keeps animal  (3)________. Camels live in the (4)________ . They do not want to 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 (5)_________ are cool.

1. A. with               B. without              C. and                    D. so

2. A. feet                B. lung                   C. food                  D. backbone

3. A. hot                B. cold                   C. warm                 D. cool

4. A. desert            B. land                   C. water                 D. mountain

5. A. daytimes        B. nights                C. afternoon s         C. mornings

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?

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 fat in its hump. It cannot stores fat all over its body. Fat all over an animal's body keeps the animal warm. Camels live in the desert. They don't 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.
There is a lot of sand in the desert. The camel has long eyelashes. The sand cannot go into the camel's eyes.
The Arabian camel has one hump. The Bactrian camel of Central Asia has two hump. It also has long think hair because the winters are cold in Central Asia

Qs

1. where do camel 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?

6. do all camels have one hump?

7. why does a camel need long eyelashes?

I. Read and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D to complete the text.P

    The camel can go (1)________  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 (2) _________ into fat. Then it stores the fat in its hump. It can't store fat over its body. Fat all over an animal’ s body keeps animal  (3)________. Camels live in the (4)________ . They do not want to 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 (5)_________ are cool.

1. A. with               B. without              C. and                    D. so

2. A. feet                B. lung                   C. food                  D. backbone

3. A. hot                B. cold                   C. warm                 D. cool

4. A. desert            B. land                   C. water                 D. mountain

5. A. daytimes        B. nights                C. afternoon s         C. mornings

1.       We should be firm_______ patient in this case.

          a. and                          b. or                          c. in stead of              d. rather

2.       _______ food we eat lacks minerals, then the body an use the stores from its bones for more urgent needs.

          a. As the                     b. If the                    c. The                         d. Since

3.       It sounds like something wrong with the car's engine_______, we'd better take it to the garage immediately.

          a. Otherwise              b. Without it            c. If not                      d. If so

4.       We didn't go to Paris. We went to Rome_______

          a. also                         b. but also                c. instead                   d. instead of

5.       No one _______ Kathy knows very much about it.

          a. and                          b. as                          c. but                          d. however

6.       Some birds, _______ robins and cardinals, spend their winter in the North.

          a. as                            b. such as                 c. and                          d. likely

7.       Galaxies are composed of millions of individual stars_______ are so far away that they appear as single pints of light.

          a. but they                  b. they                      c. in spite of               d. contrary

8.       Internet is a very fast_______ convenient way for us to get information.

          a. and                          b. or                          c. therefore                d. but

9.       It's raining, _______ I can't go to the beach.

          a. so                            b. or                          c. but                          d. and

10.     An effective paragraph must _______ be unified and ordered but also complete.

          a. in addition             b. either                    c. not only                 d. as well

Read the following passage, and mark the letter (A, B, C or D) on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each question.

     Certainly no creature in the sea is odder than the common sea cucumber. All living creature, especially human beings, have their peculiarities, but everything about the little sea cucumber seems unusual. What else can be said about a bizarre animal that, among other eccentricities, eats mud, feeds almost continuously day and night but can live without eating for long periods, and can be poisonous but is considered supremely edible by gourmets?

For some fifty million years, despite all its eccentricities, the sea cucumber has subsisted on its diet of mud. It is adaptable enough to live attached to rocks by its tube feet, under rocks in shallow water, or on the surface of mud flats. Common in cool water on both Atlantic and Pacific shores, it has the ability to suck up mud or sand and digest whatever nutrients are present.

Sea cucumbers come in a variety of colors, ranging from black to reddish – brown to sand – color and nearly white. One form even has vivid purple tentacles. Usually the creatures are cucumber – shaped – hence their name – and because they are typically rock inhabitants, this shape, combined with flexibility, enables them to squeeze into crevices where they are safe from predators and ocean currents.

Although they have voracious appetites, eating day and night, sea cucumbers have the capacity to become quiescent and live at a low metabolic rate-feeding sparingly or not at all for long periods so that the marine organisms that provide their food have a chance to multiply. If it were not for this faculty, they would devour all the food available in a short time and would probably starve themselves out of existence.

But the most spectacular thing about the sea cucumber is the way it defends itself. It major enemies are fish and crabs, when attacked; it squirts all its internal organs into the water. It also casts off attached structures such as tentacles. The sea cucumber will eviscerate and regenerate itself if it is attacked or even touched; it will do the same if surrounding water temperature is too high or if the water becomes too polluted.

Which of the following would NOT cause a sea cucumber to release its internal organs into the water?

A. A touch 

B. food

C. unusually warm water 

D. pollution

Read the passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to complete the passage.

Some doctors think that you should drink a glass of water each morning. You should drink this water first thing before doing anything else. The (25) ______ of the water should be similar to body temperature; (26) ______ too hot nor too cold. Why should you drink this water? Water helps your body in many ways. It helps clean out your kidneys. It prepares your stomach for (27) ______, Water can also help your intestines work better. After drinking water, the intestines can more easily take out nutrients from our food. Water also helps us go to the bathroom more easily,

          Scientists suggest that people (28) ______ 1,600 milliliters of water each day. But don't drink all of that water in one sitting. If you do, your kidneys will have to work much harder to eliminate it. It's better to drink some in the morning and some in the afternoon. Some people think it's better to drink between meals and not during meals. They think water dilutes the juices produced in our stomachs,(29) ______ can interfere with normal digestion. Are you drinking enough water every day? Check the color of your urine. If it is light yellow, you are probably drinking enough. If your urine is very dark yellow, you probably need to drink more water. A little more water each day could make you much healthier!

Điền vào số (29)

A. that        

B. which     

C. who        

D. whom

Read the passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to complete the passage.

Some doctors think that you should drink a glass of water each morning. You should drink this water first thing before doing anything else. The (25) ______ of the water should be similar to body temperature; (26) ______ too hot nor too cold. Why should you drink this water? Water helps your body in many ways. It helps clean out your kidneys. It prepares your stomach for (27) ______, Water can also help your intestines work better. After drinking water, the intestines can more easily take out nutrients from our food. Water also helps us go to the bathroom more easily,

          Scientists suggest that people (28) ______ 1,600 milliliters of water each day. But don't drink all of that water in one sitting. If you do, your kidneys will have to work much harder to eliminate it. It's better to drink some in the morning and some in the afternoon. Some people think it's better to drink between meals and not during meals. They think water dilutes the juices produced in our stomachs,(29) ______ can interfere with normal digestion. Are you drinking enough water every day? Check the color of your urine. If it is light yellow, you are probably drinking enough. If your urine is very dark yellow, you probably need to drink more water. A little more water each day could make you much healthier!

Điền vào số (27)

A. digestion 

B. digestive 

C. digestible          

D. digest