I. Read the following passage and decide whether each of the statements is TRUE or FALSE.                                 

                                           THANKSGIVING DAY

Thanksgiving is a national holiday celebrated in Canada and the United States as a day of giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest and the New Year. It is celebrated on the second Monday of October in Canada and on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States. The first Thanksgiving celebration was held in 1621. Traditional foods are turkey, sweet potatoes, fruits and vegetables. Many people have pumpkin pie for dessert at the end of the meal. It is the time for counting our blessings we have received during the year and being with our families and friends.                   

31. Thanksgiving is a national celebration of Canadians and Americans.

32. It is celebrated on 2nd Thursday of November in America.

33. It was first held in 1621.

34. Pumpkin pie is one of the traditional foods on Thanksgiving Day.

Read and decide whether the following statements are True (T) or False (F).

Using various kinds of Media in the classroom has always been a challenge, and how to bring these Media in the classroom is more than a challenge. Students and teachers should be able to use in their classrooms different media through different technologies. Media provide teachers and students with creative and practical ideas. They enable teachers to meet various needs and interests of their students. They also provide students with a lot of language practice through activities using newspaper, magazines, radio, TV, movies, books, Interest, etc, and tasks which develop reading, writing, speaking and listening skills. They entertain students and encourage reading English by giving the students the confidence, the motivation and the ability to continue their reading outside the classroom. Media "inform, amuse, startle, anger, entertain, thrill, but very seldom leave anyone untouched" (Shirley Biagy, 1996)

1. Television, radio, newspapers, magazines, the Internet, Facebook or Twitter, blogs, etc. are forms of mass media.

2. Implementing mass media in the classroom is much easier than using them.

3. Media can support teachers with their instructional objectives.

4. Watching TV can help students develop language skills.

5. Students have hardly been affected by mass media.       

I.  Read and fill in the blanks with ONE word given in the box.

Recent studies show that more and more (23)__________ are turning to screen-based activities for relaxation. Almost every teenager watches TV. Many of them (24)___________ the web. They join social networking and play video games. Unlike (25)____________ activities, more screen time harms children. It makes their eyesight weaker. It does not improve (26)___________ social skills. A child often prefers TV or computer games to physical exercise. They (27) __________ want to meet friends, either. Experts warn people of these harms, (28)______________ parents do little to help their children.

BÀI 8. Read the passage, and then decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F).

      Volunteering is one of the things that are very useful to you. To your future bosses, volunteer work shows that you are interested in both the world and your future.

      Although volunteer work does not bring you money, it gives you a time to learn social skills and make a difference in our community.

      Volunteers have the chance to teach English, arts, and sports for homeless children. They also help children with health problems, especially children who cannot see, hear and speak.

      True                                                                                                        False

71.Doing volunteer work is very useful to you.                                             o      o

72.Volunteering is good for your future job.                                                  o      o

73.You can earn a lot of money from volunteering.                                       o      o

74.Volunteers can help homeless children to learn English, arts, and learn   o      o

how to play sports.

75.Volunteers only help healthy children.                                                      o      o

Exercise 5: Read the passage and decide whether the statements are TRUE or FALSE?

My name is Alice. I’m going to visit the Great Wall of China this summer. It is known across the world for its uniqueness, great length, and historical value. It is also considered to be one of the seven wonders of the world. The Great Wall of China consists of a series of walls built by Chinese in many years. In 1987, UNESCO listed the site as a UNESCO World Heritage site. Every year, a lot of tourists visit the Great Wall of China. I can’t wait to see the wall. I’ll take a lot of pictures and buy some souvenirs for my friends and relatives.

V. Read the following passage and decide whether each of the statements is TRUE or FALSE Never before has the world been facing so many problems. The first problem is overpopulation. Despite different plans to control the population, it has risen continually. The problem of overpopulation is the cause Industrial Revolution, environmental destruction has got worse and worse: disappearing forests, rising sea better air quality because people stopped using cars and factones stopped working. Humans are responsable of other problems the world deals with. More people need more energy. That leads to the present-day energy crisis. Another problem is pollution. Mankind has destroyed the environment with their activities. Since the levels, melting pole ice and polluted air. During the lockdown of Covid-19 in early 2020, many countries had for all the world's problems. 21.The passage mentions three main problems the world is facing. 22. Humans have done nothing to stop the population growth. 23. The energy crisis is now over 24. The environment was better before the Industrial Revolution than now. 25. The writer thinks humans cause their own problems.