MO PARK - COLLECTOR
Mo Park loves collecting things. He often goes to antique sales to buy old pottery, silver and boxes. He is
fascinated by old things, so when he was online one evening and saw an old metal film container for sale,
he had to buy it. He was attracted by the film container because it looked so old and interesting. The price
was at $3, so he typed in $3.20 and won the auction. When it was delivered by post a couple of days later
he had forgotten all about it. When he did eventually open it, the container was indeed as knocked around
as it had looked in the photograph. Mo was pretty sure that whoever had sold it to him didn’t know anything
about the film within it.
When Mo took the film out and held it up to the light he could see a familiar figure. It was the famous actor,
Charlie Chaplin. About two weeks later, Mo and some friends watched the whole film. To do this Mo had
to look in the phone book and find someone with a specialised machine to show it on. As they watched
they all got a shock. The film was called Zepped but none of the audience had ever heard of it.
Mo decided to find out all he could about it. He looked online but there was nothing. He read biographies
of Chaplin but there was no mention of the film. He even contacted the British Film Institute but with no
success. Then he got lucky. On a research trip to the British Library’s newspaper archive he discovered a
reference to Zepped. He found a poster and an article that explained that the film was released in England
in 1916. It was a short comedy shown to British soldiers during the First World War but it had disappeared
after that.
A good friend of Mo’s became just as interested in the film as Mo. Together they went to Hollywood and
Chaplin’s old film studios to find out more. To do this, Mo put other people in charge of running his company
so that he could work on the film full time. What Mo discovered was that Zepped was one of a kind. No
other film made at that time used the technique of mixing live action with cartoon animation. That did not
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happen until nearly sixty years later, in Mary Poppins. Mo has been told that the film, at just seven and a
half minutes long, could be worth more than a million pounds. But then who knows? He might sell it or he
might keep it. It’s not the money that excites Mo; it’s the fact that he found such a treasure in such an
everyday place.
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......... to dance when he was only 3 years old
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Minh loves travelling around the country.Last week,Minh went to Hue with his family.He went there by train.He did lots of interesting things in Hue.In the morning,he went to Thien Mu gagoda.In the afternoon,he visited the old citadel . In the evening,he went on a boat trip along Huong River and listened to the Hue Folk songs.
On the next day, he travelled to Da Nang city by car and visited his uncle and aunt.Today is the last day.He is going to visit Lang Co beach on this day....
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Minh loves travelling around the country.Last week,Minh went to Hue with his family.He went there by train.He did lots of interesting things in Hue.In the morning,he went to Thien Mu gagoda.In the afternoon,he visited the old citadel . In the evening,he went on a boat trip along Huong River and listened to the Hue Folk songs.
On the next day, he travelled to Da Nang city by car and visited his uncle and aunt.Today is the last day.He is going to visit Lang Co beach on this day.
Answer the questions
1. Who did Minh travel to Hue with?
..........................................................................................
2. How did Minh travel there?
.........................................................................................
3. What did he do in the morning?
.........................................................................................
4. Where did he visit?
.......................................................................................
5. Who did he visit when he was in Da Nang?
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Minh loves travelling around the country.Last week,Minh went to Hue with his family.He went there by train.He did lots of interesting things in Hue.In the morning,he went to Thien Mu gagoda.In the afternoon,he visited the old citadel . In the evening,he went on a boat trip along Huong River and listened to the Hue Folk songs.
On the next day, he travelled to Da Nang city by car and visited his uncle and aunt.Today is the last day.He is going to visit Lang Co beach on this day.
Answer the questions
1. Who did Minh travel to Hue with?
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Minh loves travelling around the country.Last week,Minh went to Hue with his family.He went there by train.He did lots of interesting things in Hue.In the morning,he went to Thien Mu pagoda.In the afternoon,he visited the old citadel . In the evening,he went on a boat trip along Huong River and listened to the Hue Folk songs.
On the next day, he travelled to Da Nang city by car and visited his uncle and aunt.Today is the last day.He is going to visit Lang Co beach on this day.
Answer the questions
1. Who did Minh travel to Hue with?
Minh traveled to Hue with his family
2. How did Minh travel there?
Minh traveled to there by train
3. What did he do in the morning?
He went to the Thien Mu pagoba in the morning
4. Where did he visit?
He visited the old citadel
5. Who did he visit when he was in Da Nang ?
He visited his uncle and aunt when was in Da Nang
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Minh loves travelling around the country. Last week, Minh went to Hue with his family. He went there by train. He did lots of interesting things in Hue. In the morning,he went to Thien Mu Pagoda. In the afternoon, he visited the old citadel . In the evening, he went on a boat trip along Huong River and listened to the Hue Folk songs.
On the next day, he travelled to Da Nang city by car and visited his uncle and aunt. Today is the last day. He is going to visit Lang Co beach on this day.
Answer the questions
1. Who did Minh travel to Hue with?
He travelled to Hue with his family.
2. How did Minh travel there?
He traveled there by train.
3. What did he do in the morning?
He went to Thien Mu Pagoda in the morning.
4. Where did he visit?
He visited the old citadel.
5. Who did he visit when he was in Da Nang?
He visited his uncle and aunt when he was in Da Nang.
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III. Give the correct verb form:
1. Two days ago I (put).......... an ad in the newspaper so that I could find a buyer for my old car. Yesterday 1(sell).....it. It (buy)........ by a teenager who (look)............ for an old car to fix up himself. Today a friend of mine told me that he wanted to buy my old car, but he was too late. By the time he talked to me, the car (sell already)......... to the teenager.
2. The wheel (invent)...... over 5,000 years ago. Throughout history, it (assist) .....
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III. Give the correct verb form:
1. Two days ago I (put).......... an ad in the newspaper so that I could find a buyer for my old car. Yesterday 1(sell).....it. It (buy)........ by a teenager who (look)............ for an old car to fix up himself. Today a friend of mine told me that he wanted to buy my old car, but he was too late. By the time he talked to me, the car (sell already)......... to the teenager.
2. The wheel (invent)...... over 5,000 years ago. Throughout history, it (assist) ............ people in the making better use of oxen, horses and other animals in transporting goods.
3. Mark is a genius. By the time he graduated, he (offer).. . jobs by dozen computer companies.
4. Ever since it (build)........ three centuries ago, the Tag Mahan in Agra (describe, often)................ as the most beautiful building in the world. It (design) .......... by a Turkish architect, and it (take).............20,000 workers 20 years to complete it.
5. By the time Carol (arrive) ....., we had finished eating and were ready to go.
III. Give the correct verb form:
1. Two days ago I (put)......put.... an ad in the newspaper so that I could find a buyer for my old car. Yesterday 1(sell)..sold...it. It (buy)....was bought.... by a teenager who (look)......was looking...... for an old car to fix up himself. Today a friend of mine told me that he wanted to buy my old car, but he was too late. By the time he talked to me, the car (sell already).....had already been sold.... to the teenager.
2. The wheel (invent)....was invented.. over 5,000 years ago. Throughout history, it (assist) ....assisted........ people in the making better use of oxen, horses and other animals in transporting goods.
3. Mark is a genius. By the time he graduated, he (offer)..had been offered . jobs by dozen computer companies.
4. Ever since it (build)....was built.... three centuries ago, the Tag Mahan in Agra (describe, often)........is often described........ as the most beautiful building in the world. It (design) ....was designed...... by a Turkish architect, and it (take).....took........20,000 workers 20 years to complete it.
5. By the time Carol (arrive) ..arrived..., we had finished eating and were ready to go.
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Read the following passage and answer the questionsMinhs father is an engineer. Every morning, he gets up at 6 oclock and travels to work by motorbike. He usually has breakfast and lunch at work. Sometimes he goes out to have lunch with his friends. His favorite sport is soccer. He often watches soccer on TV. Every Sunday, he plays soccer with his brothers in the park. In his free time, he also helps Minhs mother with the housework. Minh is proud of his father and loves him very much.How often d...
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Minh's father is an engineer. Every morning, he gets up at 6 o'clock and travels to work by motorbike. He usually has breakfast and lunch at work. Sometimes he goes out to have lunch with his friends. His favorite sport is soccer. He often watches soccer on TV. Every Sunday, he plays soccer with his brothers in the park. In his free time, he also helps Minh's mother with the housework. Minh is proud of his father and loves him very much.
How often does he play soccer?
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Đáp án: He plays soccer every Sunday/ once a week.
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Read the following passage and answer the questionsMinhs father is an engineer. Every morning, he gets up at 6 oclock and travels to work by motorbike. He usually has breakfast and lunch at work. Sometimes he goes out to have lunch with his friends. His favorite sport is soccer. He often watches soccer on TV. Every Sunday, he plays soccer with his brothers in the park. In his free time, he also helps Minhs mother with the housework. Minh is proud of his father and loves him very much.How often d...
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Read the following passage and answer the questions
Minh's father is an engineer. Every morning, he gets up at 6 o'clock and travels to work by motorbike. He usually has breakfast and lunch at work. Sometimes he goes out to have lunch with his friends. His favorite sport is soccer. He often watches soccer on TV. Every Sunday, he plays soccer with his brothers in the park. In his free time, he also helps Minh's mother with the housework. Minh is proud of his father and loves him very much.
How often does he play soccer?
Đáp án là: He plays soccer every Sunday/ once a week.
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When the old man____past the park, he saw some childen playing football
a) was walking
b) is walking
c) walked
d) walks
Read the following passage and answer the questionsMinhs father is an engineer. Every morning, he gets up at 6 oclock and travels to work by motorbike. He usually has breakfast and lunch at work. Sometimes he goes out to have lunch with his friends. His favorite sport is soccer. He often watches soccer on TV. Every Sunday, he plays soccer with his brothers in the park. In his free time, he also helps Minhs mother with the housework. Minh is proud of his father and loves him very much.What does M...
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Read the following passage and answer the questions
Minh's father is an engineer. Every morning, he gets up at 6 o'clock and travels to work by motorbike. He usually has breakfast and lunch at work. Sometimes he goes out to have lunch with his friends. His favorite sport is soccer. He often watches soccer on TV. Every Sunday, he plays soccer with his brothers in the park. In his free time, he also helps Minh's mother with the housework. Minh is proud of his father and loves him very much.
What does Minh's father do?
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Read the following passage and answer the questionsMinhs father is an engineer. Every morning, he gets up at 6 oclock and travels to work by motorbike. He usually has breakfast and lunch at work. Sometimes he goes out to have lunch with his friends. His favorite sport is soccer. He often watches soccer on TV. Every Sunday, he plays soccer with his brothers in the park. In his free time, he also helps Minhs mother with the housework. Minh is proud of his father and loves him very much.What does M...
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Read the following passage and answer the questions
Minh's father is an engineer. Every morning, he gets up at 6 o'clock and travels to work by motorbike. He usually has breakfast and lunch at work. Sometimes he goes out to have lunch with his friends. His favorite sport is soccer. He often watches soccer on TV. Every Sunday, he plays soccer with his brothers in the park. In his free time, he also helps Minh's mother with the housework. Minh is proud of his father and loves him very much.
What does Minh's father do?
he is an engineer
My father is a professor
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Louis Braille was born in France in 1809 . His father had a small business . He made shoes and other things from leather . Louis liked to help his father in the store even when he was very small . One day when Louis was 3 years old , he was cutting some leather , suddenly the knife slipped and hit him in the eyes . He soon became completely blind .
When he was ten years old , he entered the National Institute for the blind in Paris . One day his c...
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Read the passage and choose the best answers :
Louis Braille was born in France in 1809 . His father had a small business . He made shoes and other things from leather . Louis liked to help his father in the store even when he was very small . One day when Louis was 3 years old , he was cutting some leather , suddenly the knife slipped and hit him in the eyes . He soon became completely blind .
When he was ten years old , he entered the National Institute for the blind in Paris . One day his class went to visit a speacial exhibit by a captain in the army . One thing in the exhibit was very interesting for Louis . It showed messages in code . Armies send messages in secret codes so no - one else can read them . The captain wrote this code in raised letters on very thick paper .
Louis thought a lot about this code . Then he decided to write in the same way so the blind could " read " with their fingers . It is very difficult to feel the differences between raised letters . Instead of letters , Louis used a " cell " of six dots . He arranged the dots with two dots across and three down . So blind people can read and write even write music by Braille .
1 . It is difficult to feel the differences between ................................
A . arrangements of dots
B . coded messages
C . raised letters
D . a system of raised dots
2 . Louis Braille's father made things from .............................
A . codes
B . exhibit
C. leather
D . wood
3 . Which of these sentences is probably not true ?
A . Braille invented a system of reading for blind people .
B . Braille system is used for everyone .
C . Braille visited an exhibit of codes
D . Braille was an intelligent boy .
4 . When Louis was ten years old , he began to study ......................................
A . at a local school
B . at a special school for the blind .
C . in the army
D . at a university .
Read the passage and choose the best answers:
Louis Braille was born in France in 1809 . His father had a small business . He made shoes and other things from leather . Louis liked to help his father in the store even when he was very small . One day when Louis was 3 years old , he was cutting some leather , suddenly the knife slipped and hit him in the eyes . He soon became completely blind .
When he was ten years old , he entered the National Institute for the blind in Paris . One day his class went to visit a speacial exhibit by a captain in the army . One thing in the exhibit was very interesting for Louis . It showed messages in code . Armies send messages in secret codes so no - one else can read them . The captain wrote this code in raised letters on very thick paper .
Louis thought a lot about this code . Then he decided to write in the same way so the blind could " read " with their fingers . It is very difficult to feel the differences between raised letters . Instead of letters , Louis used a " cell " of six dots . He arranged the dots with two dots across and three down . So blind people can read and write even write music by Braille .
1 . It is difficult to feel the differences between ................................
A . arrangements of dots
B . coded messages
C . raised letters
D . a system of raised dots
2 . Louis Braille's father made things from .............................
A . codes
B . exhibit
C. leather
D . wood
3 . Which of these sentences is probably not true ?
A . Braille invented a system of reading for blind people .
B . Braille system is used for everyone .
C . Braille visited an exhibit of codes
D . Braille was an intelligent boy .
4 . When Louis was ten years old , he began to study ......................................
A . at a local school
B . at a special school for the blind .
C . in the army
D . at a university .
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