Costa Rica, which means "Rich Coast", has beautiful beaches, amazing animals and friendly people. You can walk in a rainforest, go hiking up an active volcano, go white-water rafting on a mountain river and swim or surf in the Pacific or Caribbean. Two million tourists visit this small Central American country every year and Costa Rica is the world's best place for eco-tourism with thirty-two national parks. Fast Facts Population: 4 milion Area: 51,000 sq km (30% is protected) Animals: monkeys, sloths, sea turtles and lots of birds) Happy green: Costa Rica is first in the Happy Planet Index.It has the happiest people and is one of the 'greenest' countries in the world. Climate: The summer season is from May to October. It rains a lot and is very hot. The winter is from November to April and it is sunny and dry. Coffee: This is the national drink and is the best coffee in the world NOTES

Population:(1)

Location:(2)

National drink: (3)

Type of tourism: (4)

Animals you can see: (5)

Best time to go: (6)

III Fill in the gaps with at , on or in .

My favourite season is summer because the weather is warm and there's so much you can do .

School finishes ..........................JUne , so i can go to bed late ...................................nights and wake up .........................around ten o'clock ........................the mornings . ........................weekdays , I usually play video games with my brother and .......................the afternoons , I meet my friends at the park near my house . We play football there and we enjoy the beautiful weather .......................the evenings , I late my dog out for a walk and then my family and i watch DVDs .

Weekends are always fun .............................summer , too .........................Saturdays , I always go to the beach with my family and ......................Sundays , I visit my grandparents and spend the day with them .

Summers are just perfect !

Have a walk(1)............................ a beach, listen to the sound of the sea waves, and suddenly you see a lot of rubbish on the beach. Pollution takes away all the (2)....................of our beaches. I feel really annoyed(3)................... I see plastic bags lying on the sand, cigarette ends buried in the sand, and soda cans floating in the sea.

There are a lot of things that we can do. (4) ...................... we see rubbish, we should do our part in the protecting the land(5)............. picking it up and throwing it in dust bins (6)................., we can form some kind of organization that helps (7)................ the beaches. If everyone does their part, the beaches will be a wonderful and beautiful place. We need to start now (8)................ the beaches are damaged beyond repair.

1. A. on B. in C. at D. over

2. A. beauty B. beautifully C. beautiful D. being beautiful

3. A. before B. after C. when D. while

4. A. While B. Soon C. Unless D. If

5. A. by B. with C. of D. in

6. A. Nevertheless B. Moreover C. However D. Therefore

7. A. cleaning up B. cleaning up C. clean up D. clean off

8. A. when B. after C. until D. before

MẤY BẠN GIÚP MÌNH VỚI. CHIỀU NAY MÌNH ĐI HỌC RỒI

1. Listen and fill in the blanks.

My friend, Lien, is a new (1) ................ . Her house is near a (2) ......................... . It is in front of the (3) ..................... , between the (4) ........................ and the (5) ......................... . Today she doesn't go to school because it's (6) ................ . There are (7) ................... rooms in her house. There is a small (8) ........................ in front of her house, behind the house is a (9)..................... . Lien grows lots of (10) ...................... in that garden. I really like the garden as the flowers are very beautiful.

2. Listen and fill in the blanks:

Every day I get up at 7. I have (1) ..................... at 8 and take my (2) ........................ to school at (3) ........................ . I come to my (4) ............................ class at 8:50, and the lesson starts at (5) ........................ and finish at (6) ...................... .

In the afternoon I go (7)....................... . After that I clean my house and pick up the children from(8) ........................... at 3 p.m.

At about 5 p.m I cook dinner for the whole(9) ..................... . We have dinner at 7 and watch TV for 1 (10) ........................ . We all go to bed at 10.

I. Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the
1. A. tropical B. optional C. notice D. mosque
2. A. child B. which C. school D. catch
3. A. heat B. head C. bean D. meat
4. A. needed B. cooked C. helped D. missed
II. Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D to complete the sentences.
1. I don't know the man______is talking to Rita.
A. who B. when C. which D. whose
2. Can you turn______the air conditioner? It's too hot.
A. off B. on C. up D. down
3. It takes him five minutes______to the post office.
A. walk B. walking C. walked D. to walk
4. “Shall we go out for a swim?” - “______”
A. Yes, we go B. Yes, let's C. Yes, we can D. Yes, we are
5. -If______I had enough money, I______abroad to improve my English.
A. will go B. would go C. should go D. can go
6. You have read this article on the Website, ______?
A. don't you B. do you C. haven't you D. have you
7. My brother has to go to work______it is raining very hard.
A. even though B. because C. however D. in spite of
8. She has made a good______on everyone in my class.
A. impressed B. impressive C. impression D. impress

VI. Read the passage carefully, then answer the questions.
According to the website, it often takes 20 minutes for visitors to reach the peak of Fansipan
Mountain considered the rooftop of Indochina, thanks to the cable car system expected to be completed in
early 2015.
The system, which will be the longest and highest of its kind in the world, runs from Sapa town to
the peak of Fansipan Mountain, and will be able to transport 2,000 people each hour. From the cable cars,
visitors can enjoy the wonderful landscapes and pure air of the beautiful mountainous town.
Sapa is famous for its natural sites including Silver Waterfall, Ham Rong Mountain, Rattan Bridge,
Ta Phin Cave, Bamboo Forest and Sapa Ancient Rock Field in Muong Hoa Valley.
In addition, the town is home to various unique traditional festivals such as Bac Ha Market and Sapa
‘Love Market’. Sapa is listed among world’s most attractive destinations.
1. How long does it often take visitors to reach the peak of Fansipan Mountain?
2. Will the cable car system be the longest and highest of its kind in the world?
3.What can visitors do from the cable car system?
4.What is Sapa well-known for?
VII. Rewrite the sentence so that it means the same as the first one, beginning with the given words.
1. “Do you like to join my Drama Group, Tom?” asked Ann.
→Ann__________________________________________________________________
2. Mark is too young to get married.
→Mark isn’t_____________________________________________________________
3. last saw him 2 weeks ago.
→I haven't______________________________________________________________
4. Because he was careless, he broke the vase.
→Because of _______________________________________

If you are tired of the noisy and narrow city, you should (1) ________ Sapa once to relax and rest. Sapa is a beautiful, (2) ________ town in northern Viet Nam, along the border with China. You can go anywhere in the main village of Sapa on foot because the town is (3) ________ small that you’re not likely to get lost. A basic map will be good enough for most travellers. You will meet many (4) ________ minorities living in and around Sapa, such as: H’mong, Muong, Thai, Ho, etc. They sell (5) ________ goods or traditional souvenirs for visitors. In my opinion, Sapa is a good choice for you.

1. A. travel B. come C. visit D. go

2. A. mountainous B. ethnic C. far D. illiterate

3. A. such B. so C. full D. enough

4. A. strange B. ethnic C. group D. mountainous

5. A. expensively B. cheaply C. locally D. handmade

Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the present perfect

Dear Tina,

Hi! How are you? I'm having such a great time here in Singapore. The city is so clean and the people are very kind and helful!

We(1).........(be) here for three days now and we(2)........(do) something different each day. On Monday, we(3)........(go) to the shops in Singapore's Chinatown. I(4).......(buy) souvenirs for my friends and some CDs for me. On Tuesday, we(5).........(go)on a riverboat tour on the Singapor River. It(6).......( be) fantastic! Yesterday, we (7).....( visit) Singapore Botanic Gardens. We (8)..........(see) many beautiful,exotic flower and plants

There are still a couple of things we(9) .........( not/ do) yet. We (10).........(not/visit) the Jurong Bird Park yet and we(11)......(not/go) to the Singapore Zoo. We're going there tomorrow. I can't wait to see the white Bengal tiger!

Singapore is a beautiful city! I(12)........ ( already/take) so many lovely photographys and I can't wait for you see them when I get back

See you next week!

Lots of love

May