VIII.  Read the text about snacks in Germany, Brazil and Japan. Complete the blanks with a/an, some, any or  (no word).

     Susan (from Germany): “Well, I often have (51) _____snack at about eleven in the morning. I usually go to a kiosk near here and buy (52)       ______ sausage, and then I eat it, standing up at a small table near the kiosk. Then at about four o’clock we usually stop work and have (53) a cup of coffee and (54) _____ cakes.”

     Renato (from Brazil): “I don’t usually have (55) ______ food in the middle of the morning, but in the afternoon, at about five o’clock, I sometimes have a coffee. Yesterday, for example, I had (56) _______ loaf of bread and (57) _______ cheese. I get very hungry in the afternoons! Oh, yes. and I had (58) iced tea. You can buy it at the beach or on the streets - it’s very popular in Brazil.”

     Mariko (from Japan): “In Japan we eat food from all over the world, and young people like European snacks. Older people like more traditional food. For example, every afternoon, my grandfather has (59)______ Japanese sweets with traditional green tea. At work, on weekdays we usually have a ‘three o’clock snack’. Today I had (60)           biscuits and tea, but no milk! I find it very strange that English people have milk in their tea!”

1.Read the text about snacks in Germany, Brazil and Japan. Complete the blanks with a/an, some, any or  (no word).

      Susan (from Germany): “Well, I often have (51)                      snack at about eleven inthe morning. I usually go to a kiosk near here and buy (52)                                sausage, and then I eat it, standing up at a small table near the kiosk. Then at about four o’clock we usually stop work and have (53)              cup of coffee and (54)                       cakes.”

Renato (from Brazil): “I don’t usually have (55)                       food in the middle of themorning, but in the afternoon, at about five o’clock, I sometimes have a coffee. Yesterday, forexample, I had (56)             loaf of bread and (57)                                     cheese. I get veryhungry in the afternoons! Oh, yes. and I had (58)                         iced tea. You can buy it at thebeach or on the streets – it’s very popular in Brazil.”

Mariko (from Japan): “In Japan we eat food from all over the world, and young people like European snacks. Older people like more traditional food. For example, every afternoon,my grandfather has (59)               Japanese sweets with traditional green tea. At work, onweekdays we usually have a ‘three o’clock snack’. Today I had (60)                     biscuits andtea, but no milk! I find it very strange that English people have milk in their tea!”

2.Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined.

A. indicate                   B. mistake                        C. take                        D.says

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks .

Manuel Gonzalez comes from Spain. He usually lives in Madrid and works (31)________a journalist for a Spanish newspaper, but two years ago he decided to take a year (32)________work to live in different countries in Europe and write a book about Europeans. He spent the first two months in Scandinavia (33)________information and then moved to Germany for a month. At present he is staying in Paris, where he is renting a flat for five weeks. Four years ago he wrote a (34)________travel guide to Spain and now he is working hard to have the same (35)________with his book about Europeans.

Question 31

A. in

B. for

C. by

D. as

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks .

Manuel Gonzalez comes from Spain. He usually lives in Madrid and works (31)________a journalist for a Spanish newspaper, but two years ago he decided to take a year (32)________work to live in different countries in Europe and write a book about Europeans. He spent the first two months in Scandinavia (33)________information and then moved to Germany for a month. At present he is staying in Paris, where he is renting a flat for five weeks. Four years ago he wrote a (34)________travel guide to Spain and now he is working hard to have the same (35)________with his book about Europeans.

Question 34

A. best-sell

B. best-sold

C. best-selling

D. best-to- sell

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks .

Manuel Gonzalez comes from Spain. He usually lives in Madrid and works (31)________a journalist for a Spanish newspaper, but two years ago he decided to take a year (32)________work to live in different countries in Europe and write a book about Europeans. He spent the first two months in Scandinavia (33)________information and then moved to Germany for a month. At present he is staying in Paris, where he is renting a flat for five weeks. Four years ago he wrote a (34)________travel guide to Spain and now he is working hard to have the same (35)________with his book about Europeans.

Question 35

A. succeed

B. success

C. successful

D. successfully

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks .

Manuel Gonzalez comes from Spain. He usually lives in Madrid and works (31)________a journalist for a Spanish newspaper, but two years ago he decided to take a year (32)________work to live in different countries in Europe and write a book about Europeans. He spent the first two months in Scandinavia (33)________information and then moved to Germany for a month. At present he is staying in Paris, where he is renting a flat for five weeks. Four years ago he wrote a (34)________travel guide to Spain and now he is working hard to have the same (35)________with his book about Europeans.

Question 32

A. off

B. to

C. away

D. from

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks .

Manuel Gonzalez comes from Spain. He usually lives in Madrid and works (31)________a journalist for a Spanish newspaper, but two years ago he decided to take a year (32)________work to live in different countries in Europe and write a book about Europeans. He spent the first two months in Scandinavia (33)________information and then moved to Germany for a month. At present he is staying in Paris, where he is renting a flat for five weeks. Four years ago he wrote a (34)________travel guide to Spain and now he is working hard to have the same (35)________with his book about Europeans.

Question 33

A. collected

B. to collect

C. collecting

D. collection

I.       Read the following passage and choose the item (a, b, c, or d) that best answers each of the questions about it.

Levi Strauss, a young immigrant from Germany, arrived in San Francisco in 1850. California was in the middle of the Gold Rush. Thousands of men were coming to California to dig for gold. And Strauss came to sell canvas to these gold miners. Canvas is a heavy fabric. So Strauss thought the miners could use the canvas for tents.

One day Strauss heard a miner complain that he couldn't find clothes strong enough for the work he was doing. Strauss got an idea. He quickly took some of his canvas and made it into pants. These pants were what the miners needed. In one day Strauss sold all the pants he had made.

Strauss wanted to improve his pants. He wanted to make them even better. He bought a fabric that was softer than canvas but just as strong. This fabric came from Nimes, a city in France, and was called serge de Nimes. The miners liked this fabric. They called it "denim" (from de Nimes) and bought even more pants from Strauss.

However, denim had no color. Because of this the denim pants did not look very interesting, and they got dirty easily. To solve these problems, Strauss dyed the denim blue.

Strauss continued to improve his jeans. Today, the company he started is known around the world. And jeans are considered not just practical but very fashionable as well.

26. What could be the best title of the passage?  

      a. A Young Immigrant From Germany                  b. The History of Blue Jeans

      c. Serge de Nimes                                                   d. The Gold Rush

27. According to the writer, why did Levi Strauss come to California?

      a. He came to California to dig for gold.               b. He came to California to sell pants.

      c. He came to California to buy denim.                 d. He came to California to sell canvas.

28. Blue jeans _____.

      a. did not look very interesting                               b. are considered not practical

      c. got dirty easily                                                    d. are considered good for many uses

29. What is the meaning of the word “immigrant” in the first paragraph?

      a. person who is good in business                          b. person who buys and sells things

      c. person who moves to another country               d. person who works in a mine

30. Which of the following is not true?

      a. Levi Strauss was the first person to make blue jeans.

      b. Strauss made his first jeans from a fabric called serge de Nimes.

      c. The first jeans were very strong.

      d. Nimes is a city in France.

I. Read and answer the questions

People in my city love good food and they often eat three meals a day- breakfast, lunch and dinner. At about 7.00 in the morning, they usually have a light breakfast with bowl of pho or eel soup with some slices of toast. Sometimes they have a bowl of instant noodles or a plate of xoi (sticky rice) before going to work. Lunch often starts at about 11.30, and most of them have lunch at home. They often have ~sh, meat, and vegetables for lunch. Dinner often starts at about 8.00 in the -evening. It is the main meal of the day. People in my city often have rice with a lot fresh vegetables and a lot of seafood or various kinds of meat. Then, they often some fruit and a glass of green tea. I think food in my city is wonderful. It is light and full of fresh vegetables. It’s healthy and very tasty, too.

1. How many meals do people often have a day?

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2. Do they have a lot of dishes?

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3. What does the write think about food in the area?

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