Mark the  letter  A,  B,  C,  or  D  on  your  answer  sheet  to indicate  the  word  or  phrase  that  is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.

Because China rises, people can anticipate that more and more people will speak the Chinese language.

A. doubt

B. assume

C. predict

D. expect

Ex.Complete the second sentences so that it has a similar meaning to the first one.

1. I think my IT skills are not good now because I have forgotten it.
My IT skills are a bit .............................

2. Paul's father is English, and his mother comes from Italy.
I think Paul ............. in English and Italian.

3. Many people now speak English as a second or foreign language.
For many people, English is not ....................

4. When you live in London, you can soon learn how to speak the language.
In London, you can .............. the language.

5. You shouldn't go straight for your dictionary to know the meaning of words.
You should try ................ rather than going straight to your dictionary.

6. If you are VietNamese learning English, you can copy a native English speaker.
If you are VietNamese learning English, you can ...................

7. Whenever you find a new word, try to predict the meaning and then look into the dictionary to know the meaning.
Whenever you find a new word, try to predict the meaning and ....................

8. Many students in my class come from different countries.
I attend a .................

9. I spent only two months learning Korea, but I had little problem with my Korea when I was in Seoul last summer.
Although I spent only two months learning Korea, I could ..............

10. In India with innumerable regional languages in different states, English serve as the common language in the country.
In India, English is regarded as ................

Read the passage carefully, then answer the following questions.

The Coho people have a population of 92,190 people living mainly in Lam Dong in the Tay Nguyen region. The Coho language belongs to Mon-Khmer group. A written form of the Coho language is based on the Latin system. The Coho group cultivate rice on widened fields which they change periodically, using the slash-and-burn method to prepare the land for planting. In general, the Coho’s farming methods and tools are similar to other groups in the Tay Nguyen region. Coho men wear lion cloths and women wear short skirts. Coho folktale is abundantly rich. The Coho also have many traditional dances, which are performed at festivals and ceremonies. Their traditional musical instruments include the set of six-pattern gongs. Each year in December after the harvest, the Coho celebrate their Tet or New Year holidays. Coho families take turns sacrificing a buffalo for the village buffalo sacrifice ceremony. The ceremony is held outdoors, either in front of the house of the host who has offered the buffalo, or in front of the village chief’s house. People sing and dance around a ceremonial pole, called cay nieu.

                     (periodically: định kì; slash-and-burn : đốt & chặt cây lấy đất trồng)

   QUESTIONS:

   1.  What is the population of the Coho group?

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  2. Where do the Coho people live?

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  3. Do the Coho people have many traditional dances?

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  4. When do the Coho people celebrate their New Year holidays?

  ->______________________________________________________

V. Reading comprehension and answer the questions:

Hi, my name is Ha. I'm Vietnamese. I'm twelve years old. Now I'm in grade 6. Sometimes I speak English in English class. I live in Ho Chi Minh City with my parents and my brother, Nam. He can speak Chinese and English. My country is very beautiful. We have a lot of mountains and rivers. We have large forests and long beaches, too.

1. What's Ha's nationality?

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2. Which grade is she in ?

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3. Can she and her brother speak English ?

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4. Who does she live with ?

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5. Is her brother Chinese ?

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Read the following paragraph and complete it with one suitable word in each blank

Canada is an officially bilingual country, with two official _________ (1): French and English. French speaking Canadians take a much smaller percentage of the population, and more _________ (2) 90 per cent of them live in Quebec – the only province where French is the language of daily life. 3.8 million Quebecers can only speak French, _________ (3) another 3.2 million can speak French and English. Together those groups comprise basically the entire provincial population. Canadians who speak neither English _________ (4) French as their first language are sometimes called Allophones, and the majority of these people are either immigrants or their children.

Question 3:

Read the following paragraph and complete it with one suitable word in each blank

Canada is an officially bilingual country, with two official _________ (1): French and English. French speaking Canadians take a much smaller percentage of the population, and more _________ (2) 90 per cent of them live in Quebec – the only province where French is the language of daily life. 3.8 million Quebecers can only speak French, _________ (3) another 3.2 million can speak French and English. Together those groups comprise basically the entire provincial population. Canadians who speak neither English _________ (4) French as their first language are sometimes called Allophones, and the majority of these people are either immigrants or their children.

Question 1:

Read the following paragraph and complete it with one suitable word in each blank

Canada is an officially bilingual country, with two official _________ (1): French and English. French speaking Canadians take a much smaller percentage of the population, and more _________ (2) 90 per cent of them live in Quebec – the only province where French is the language of daily life. 3.8 million Quebecers can only speak French, _________ (3) another 3.2 million can speak French and English. Together those groups comprise basically the entire provincial population. Canadians who speak neither English _________ (4) French as their first language are sometimes called Allophones, and the majority of these people are either immigrants or their children.

Question 2:

B) Exercises:

I. Fill “a few, a little” in each gap.

1. She asks us …………. questions.

2. I can speak …………. French.

3. ………. people go to the meeting.

4. There are only ………..books on the shelf.

5. My father is eating ………. chicken soup.

6. They will have ………. milk for breakfast.

7. There are ……….. letters in the letter-box.

8. He has ……….money and he will buy ……….. vegetables.

II. Fill “little, few” in each gap.

1. Hurry up or we’ll be late. We’ve got very ………… time.

2. Very ……….. people come to hear him play the piano because they are too busy.

3. There are ……….. cars parked outside the bank today.

4. I am so cold that there is very …………. feeling in my legs.

III. Supply the correct form of the adjs in the brackets.

1. Mr Tan works ……….. hours than my father. (many)

2. Summer vacation is the …………. vacation. (long)

3. He drinks ………… wine than Mr.Hai. (little)

4. Christmas is one of the ……….. vacation in America. (important)

5. This old woman has …………money than all of her daughters. (much)

6. Bill is ………… than you. (good)

7. These shoes are …………. than those shoes. (expensive)

8. Riding a bike is ………… than walking. (dangerous)