IV. Read the text below. Complete the gaps (1-3) with appropriate words A-F from the box to obtain a
grammatically and lexically correct text. Fill in the gaps with appropriate letters. There are three
extra words that do not match any of the gaps.

A. invented

B. designed

C. discovered

D. planned

E. first

F. early

CALENDARS
These days, everybody uses calendars to note important dates like birthdays, but when did we start
measuring time?
Until recently, experts believed that people in the Near East made the 1) ………………..……. calendar
5,000 years ago. However, they then 2) ………………..……. an ancient site in Scotland from over
10,000 years ago. At the site, there were 12 holes in the ground. Scientists think that people
3) ………………..……. them to track the movement of the Moon and measure time. It’s an exciting discovery because it shows that people had calendars many centuries ago.

Read the text and match the highlighted words in the text with their meanings.

Nowadays humans are still wondering what planets in outer space might support life.

Scientists say planets need to meet three main conditions to support life. Firstly, they must have liquid water, so their temperature must not be too high or too low. Secondly, the planets need to have the correct amount of air so that they can hold an atmosphere around. Finally, their size is also important. If a planet is too small, its gravity is not strong enough to hold an enough amount of air. If it is too big, its gravity will be so strong that it will hold too much air.

Scientists are using space telescopes to find habitable planets. According to them, Mars is one of the most promising planets for life in our solar system. It is a planet like Earth. Its days last for 24.5 hours and its seasons are similar to Earth's. Although scientists have not found actual water on Mars, there seems to be traces of it on the planet's surface. However, the climate on Mars is unsuitable for human life because it is too cold and Mars lacks oxygen to support human life.

Complete the text with the correct form of the words in parentheses.

London and Athens are very different cities. In general, Athens is much 

WRITING A special day

(VIẾT: Một ngày đặc biệt)

Exercise 14. Complete the text with the words. There are five extra words.

(Hoàn thành văn bản với các từ. Có 5 từ bị thừa.)

Every November in the USA, there's a big celebration called Thanksgiving Day. On this special (1)……........ American people give thanks for what they have.

In many cities, there are big parades in the (2)……........ and there's great food too. People make nice costumes for the parades. They also sing, dance and (3)……........ music. It's noisy but it's (4)……........ very exciting.

We don't usually go in the parade, but we always watch it. We also dance because we (5)……........ the music and the songs.

Lời giải chi tiết:

Every November in the USA, there's a big celebration called Thanksgiving Day. On this special (1) day American people give thanks for what they have.

In many cities, there are big parades in the (2) streets and there's great food too. People make nice costumes for the parades. They also sing, dance and (3) play music. It's noisy but it's (4) also very exciting.

We don't usually go in the parade, but we always watch it. We also dance because we (5) like the music and the songs.

WRITING An email about your school

(VIẾT: Thư điện tử về trường em)

Exercise 16. Complete the text with the words. There are five extra words.

(Hoàn thành văn bản với các từ. Có 5 từ bị thừa.)

Hi Ivan,

I'm very (1)……….that you can come to Scotland and visit our school next week.

Firrhill High School is a (2)……….school with 1,200 students. My house is in the centre of  Leith, (3)………. . I go to school on foot.

Classes here always start at 8.30 and (4)………. at 3.30. There's a (5)……….at 10.30 and lunch is at 12.45. Some subjects like English and maths are (6)………. . We need to study them. Other subjects like languages are (7)……….. I like languages so I study Spanish and German.

Write soon,

Jamie

1.     Read the text. Choose the right words and write them on the lines.

 Whales are sea animals that look like very big fish. But whales are different from fish because their babies stay with their mothers and drink their mother's milk for a year or more. Whales are also different 1…………… fish because they have to swim up to the top of the water to take air in every 30 or 40 minutes. There are two different kinds of whale hales with teeth and whales without teeth. One kind of whale that doesn't have teeth is the Blue Whale. Blue Whales are the 2…………… animals in the world, but they only eat very small sea animals. These are 3……….. "krill". Dolphins are a kind of whale with teeth. They eat fish and live in family groups. They learn quickly and people 4…………. swim with dolphins never forget them because they are very clever, friendly and beautiful. Whales have strange songs which they whistle or sing under the water. These songs are very loud. The whole is noisier 5…………… all other animals.

1.     From                of                    to                    for

2.     Bigger              biggest          most big        big

3.     To call             calling            calls                called

4.     When              who                which             whom

5.     As                     or                    than               from

2 Complete the text with the words below.

Both photos 1____________ people using smartwatches. In the 2____________ photo, there is a woman on a train who is looking at her watch, 3____________ in the second photo there are two men jogging and wearing smartwatches. The woman looks as 4____________ she is on her way to work and checking her emails. It 5____________ to me that she’s just had a notification of a new message and is looking to see who the sender is. She is holding a book, but her attention is directed at the small screen on her wrist. 6____________ the first photo, the second photo does not show the men looking at their watches. It doesn’t look to me 7____________ if they are interested in anything apart from running. In my 8____________, athletes wear smartwatches to check their performance, such as counting their steps or their heart rates, and not to stay connected with work. They don’t 9____________ stressed or like they need to be checking their phones every two minutes. The way I 10____________ it, we should all have periods of time when we are unconnected from our studies or work, and just use technology for leisure.

2. Read the text again and study the highlighted examples of reported speech. What are the speakers' original words? Complete the table with the correct tenses for the direct speech.

(Đọc lại bài đọc và nghiên cứu các ví dụ được tô nền của câu trần thuật. Lời dẫn trực tiếp của người nó là gì? Hoàn thành bảng với thì đúng cho câu trần thuật.)

Complate each sentences with the opposite of the word in brackets. Choose one form of the words in the box. Use each word once only

1. We live in a very ...... neighbourhood. NOISY

2. The sea is very ...... in this season . CALM

3. The houses with ...... numbers are on this side . ODD

4. Are the flowers in that window ......? REAL

5. The water is quite ........ around here . DEEP

6. I think this is a ....... footpath. PRIVATE

7. We are now living in a ......... area of the city. HISTORIC

8. It's. ....... to get a job in this town. DIFFICULT

9. The food in that restaurant is very ........ . CHEAP

10. They live in a ....... house in the country. BIG