Dave got (1)…………early. He put (2)…………his clothes and went (3)………..the stairs (4)………..the kitchen. He sat (5)…………the table (6)………..the window and looked (7)………….the garden and saw his father sitting (8) ……….a tree. When he had finished eating he went (9)………….the door, (10)………….and (11)………...the garden to join his father. He sat (12)………….him on the ground and looked seriously (13)…………his eyes. “Can you lend me some money, Dad?” he asked. His father said nothing and put his hand (14)……….his pocket and took (15)………..five dollars note. He gave it (16)………..him and said “no more”.

IV. Reading the passage carefully and do as directed:

           Liz met Ba’s family at his house early in the morning, and after two hours traveling by bus, they reached the big old tree. Everyone felt tired and hungry, so they sat down under the tree and had a snack.

          After the meal, they started to walk into the village for about thirty minutes to visit Ba’s uncle. Then,  they walked up the mountain to visit the shrine of a Vietnamese hero and enjoyed the fresh air there. In the afternoon, they went boating in the river and had a picnic on the river bank before going home late in the evening. It was an enjoyable day. Liz took a lot of photos to show the trip to her parents.

      * Answer True (T) or False (F):

          1.  It took them two hours to get to the village.             _________

2. Liz had a videotape to show the trip to her parents.   _________

      * Answer these questions:

3. What did they do in the afternoon?

4. Where did they have the picnic?

Ex3: Read the following passage carefully and then choose the best option to fit each numbered blank:
Gilberto Gil is a brazilian singer and guitarist, and one of his country's most (21)_____songwriters. As a young (22) _____ in the 1950s, he was influenced by the style of Joao Gilberto, but he didn't release his first album, Louvacao, (23)_____1967. He travelled in the 1970s, recorded a album in english, (24)_____in 1980, introduced reggae to Brazil when he released his version of Bob Marley's song, 'No woman, no cry.' He has played (25)_____ may musicians, while continuing his career as a solo artist. In all he has produced over 40 albums. His music appeals to people because of its rhythms and melodies but people also admire him for his work in politics and for social causes.
Question 21:   A.talent      B.talenting    C.talented        D.talents
Question 22:   A.music     B. musical     C. musically     D. musician
Question 23:   A. before    B. until          C. after             D. in
Question 24:   A.but          B.so              C.and               D.or
Question 25:   A.for           B. with          C. by                 D. to

 V.Read the passage carefully, then choose the correct answers

    Volunteers for hundreds of expeditions

He has counted birds in the rain forests of South America. He has planted trees in Europe and he has studied whales

in the Pacific Ocean. “On my last expedition I was in Hawaii. We were in a small island. We got up at 6 a.m every morning and had our breakfast. Then we went out in the boats and we looked for whales. We spent most of the day in a boat. We photographed the whales, counted them, and we recorded their songs. Whales sing to each other, you know? In the evening, we put all the data into the computer. It was hard work, but we had a lot of fun, and I learnt a lot, too.”Earthwatch has found volunteer for hundreds of expeditions. They are all ordinary people - male and female, young and old, teachers, students, office workers, engineers. They’ve dug up dinosaur bones in North America and they’ve studied ancient civilizations in Central America and Australasia.

1.“He” in the passage means____________

A.               a teacher    B. a student                     C. an organization       D. a volunteer

2. What did the volunteers do in the Pacific Ocean?

A.They studied whales.    B. They studied elephants    C. They studied birds.         D. They studied animals

3.What exactly did they do?

A.               They took a lot of photographs of themselves.

B.               They counted the photographs.

C.               They took photographs of whales.

D.               They played with the whales.

4.What did they do in the evenings?

A.               They put the data on TV.

B.               They put all the data to the computer.

C.               They put all the data on the computer.

D.               They put all the data into the computer.

5.What sort of people does the organization want to find?

A.               It wants to find volunteers for hundreds of expeditions.

B.               It wants to find ordinary as volunteers.

C.               It only wants to find males as volunteers.

D.               It only wants to find females as volunteers

EX9. Fill in each blank with a suitable word to complete the passage.

This is a story (1) ............. Mark Twain, a famous American writer and homourist. We all know that Twain was famous in his day as a lecture and teller of funny stories. We also know that he (2) .............. to play jokes on his friends. In this case, the joke was on Mark Twain.

One day, he was walking along the streer of a small town where he was going to deliver a lecture that evening. (3) ............ was a young man who stopped him on his way just to (4) ............. about his uncle. The young man said that his uncle (5).............. laughed and smiled. Mark Twain told the young man to take his (6) ........ to his lecture that evening, and he could guarantee to make the young man's uncle laugh.

That (7) ............. the young man and his uncle sat in the (8) ............ row. Mark Twain spoke directly at them. He told many funny stories, but the old man didn't smile smile. Then he told the (9)........... stories which he knew, but the old man'd face still remains blank. At ( 10 )..........., Mark Twain left the platform feeling exhausted.

Later Mark Twain was talking to his friend about this. His friend laughed and said: " Oh, I know that old man. He has been as deaf as a post for years!!!''.