B. Read the article. Which activities in A are in the article? Check the boxes.

(Đọc bài viết. Trong bài có những hoạt động nào ở bài A? Đánh dấu vào ô trống.)

Make Your Vacation More Interesting

Aziz Abu Sarah has a travel company and often gives advice to tourists. Here he answers the question: “How can a vacation be more interesting?”

Don't plan everything

Tourists often study maps and plan everything before they go on vacation. It's fun to go sightseeing, but sometimes it's interesting to leave the map at the hotel. When I was in Tokyo for the first time, I traveled to the suburbs. Two hours later, I was singing karaoke and dancing with local people.

Try the local food

Eating local food always makes a vacation more interesting. Go to food markets where local people sell fresh food that they grew or cooked. You can learn more about their food and culture. It's much more interesting than going to a supermarket - and the food is better!

Find out where local people go

When you arrive in a new place, find out about festivals and events. Local magazines and posters have information about art galleries and live music. If you like sports, find out where people play. When I was in Tunisia, I played soccer on the beach with a group of local men.

Ask for advice and suggestions

All around the world, people are always happy to give advice. Don't always use the guidebook or the Internet. Ask local people for suggestions on where to go or where to eat. Once, in Curitiba, Brazil, I asked a local group where I should have dinner in the city. They invited me for dinner and I am still friends with them!

Exercise 1. Read the text and fill in the blanks with suitable words in the box below.

           City is often (1) ___________ as a large and a highly populated area. (2) __________, city life is living in a large populated, technologically advanced area. (3) ____________ to World Health Organization, 54% of the world’s population lived in urban areas by 2014. A city is technologically (4) ____________ advanced and complex than the countryside. Therefore, there are many advantages in living in a city. Technology (5) ____________ our lives easy in a city. Cities have many facilities like high-quality hospitals, educational institutes, banks, shops (6) ____________ other business institutes. This makes our life easy as we (7) ____________ access the facilities provided by these institutes and organizations without delay. Moreover, many employment opportunities are available in the city as many major business institutes, factories are (8) ____________ here. City life also gives us access to developed infrastructure facilities, like water, electricity, telecommunication and transportation facilities.

          (9) ____________, we can also notice the difference in the behavior of the people living in the city. City dwellers tend to be (10) ____________, ambitious and distant compared to the village folk.

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B. Read the article quickly. Underline the food words.

FOODSCAPES

Carl Warner takes photos of interesting things. He also makes beautiful landscapes using food. These are called “foodscapes”. It takes Warner four or five days to make each foodscape. Look carefully at the photo with sea animals. What do you see? There’s an ocean with a lot of fish and rocks. There's seaweed, and there are sea animals. There's also sand. But what are the fish made from? The fish are made from fruit. There’s an island and some trees. The trees are made from pineapples. In fact it's all made from food - fruit and vegetables! What other foods do you see in the photo? Do you see apples and oranges? Now look at the photo with Warner. What foods do you see in that photo?

Read the article. Then complete the headings for paragraphs A-C with the words in the box.

A. Scent and …............................

B. Training a …............................

C. Life without .............................

Follow your nose...

Meet three people whose sense of smell has made a difference to their lives.

A. Helen Keller - a famous activist - was deaf and blind herself. With an extraordinary sense of smell, she could identify people's jobs by the odour on their clothes. ‘When a person passes’, she said, 'I get a scent impression of where he has been’. For her, a smell can remind us of another time and place.

B. James Bell has worked for a perfume company for over twenty years. He says, 'To develop a superior sense of smell, you must train it, like a concert pianist’. After passing a 'smell test', James studied perfumery in France, where he learned to recognise about 2,800 synthetic and 140 natural materials. Since then he has helped to create the world's favourite fragrances.

C. Journalist Lucy Mangan has been anosmic since birth. So she can't smell anything, even the fragrances of roses. She has never tried different perfumes in a shop. As 75-95% of the food flavour comes from its smell, meals haven't had much flavour. Although she can feel the different textures of lasagne, steak or fish, they're all quite tasteless.

2. This is the most interesting novel I _____. *

A. ever read

B. like reading

C. have ever read

D. often read

3. Beijing is one of ________ polluted cities in the world. *
A. more
B. more and more
C. the most
D. the more and more

5. The _____ food in Britain is chips. *
A. more popular
B. more and more popular
C. delicious
D. most popular

15. I first have visited Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum with my family in 2018. *

Choose the word or phrase that needs correcting.

A. first

B. have visited

C. with

D. my

16. There is a lot of big trees in my grandparents’ garden. *

Choose the word or phrase that needs correcting.

A. is

B. a lot of

C. in

D. grandparents’

17. I can TAKE CARE OF myself every day. *

Choose the word or phrase that has the SAME meaning to the underlined word.

A. take after

B. look after

C. famous for

D. take part in

s 2. Will you _________ making models in the future? A. pick up B. look for C. find D. take up 3. Do you think that hobby is ______ and boring? A. difficult B. interesting C. danger D. easy 4. Eat ______ junk food. It makes you fat. A. less B. more C. little D. too 5. I love cooking, _____ my sister doesn’t. A. because B. so C. but D. and 6. Laughing is good _______ your health. A. for B. to C. with D. of 7. What does your father do _________ his free time? A. on B. in C. at D. while 8. Nowadays people ________ hours sitting in front of computers. A. take B. last C. set D. spend 9. Don’t eat too much junk food, _____you will get fat. A. or B. and C. so D. as 10. Nga finds carving eggshells_________ A. interesting B. interested C. interest D. interests 11. She is creative and draws very well. Her hobby is____________ A. paint B. painting C. paints D. painted 12. My father didn’t go to class to learn______ A. how to carve B. carve C. carving D. carves 13. He took_________ this hobby when he came back to the US. A. with B. to C. on D. up 14. My sister ___________to pop music every day. A. do B. collects C. listens D. goes 15. A hobby helps you to connect with _______people. A. the other B. others C. another D. other 16. I have a temperature, _________I feel tired. A. so B. and C. or D. but 17. I join a photography club, and all the members love __________ a lot of beautiful photos. A. taking B. take C. make D. making 18. I think you should take up swimming ____________ it is suitable for your health condition. A. so B. though C. but D. because 19. I love my sister’s paintings because she is very ___________in using colours. A. careless B. care C. creative D. imagine 20. If your hobby is greeting card making, you can give your ________ to your friends as presents. A. hobby B. money C. greetings D. products 21. My sister’s hobby is sewing, and she can get the sewing patterns from the ______ magazines. A. fashion B. cooking C. sports D. science 22. My brother doesn’t like ice-skating because he thinks it is __________ . A. danger B. in danger C. dangerous D. endangered 23. We often read the instructions carefully in order to make __________ of the things we like best. A. meanings B. models C. copies D. uses 24. You need to be _____ to follow eggshell carving because it may take two weeks to complete one shell. A. careful B. interested C. fit D. patient 25. If you choose sewing as your hobby, you will __________ your own clothes. A. do B. make C. take D. get 26. They think carving wood ____ because we can work with wood and make new beautiful products. A. wonderful B. not wonderful C. is wonderful D. isn’t wonderful 27. I find dancing _______ because we can work with music. A. interesting B. is interesting C. it is interesting D. to be interesting. 28. If you like playing monopoly or chess, your hobby is __________ A. bird- watching B. playing board games.C. collecting D. making pottery. 29. If you spend most of your free time making vases or bowls from clay, your hobby is __________. A. bird- watching B. playing board games. C. collecting D. making pottery. 30. It is interesting _______ tree leaves from different countries. A. collecting B. to collect C. collect D. collects 31. People ___________between 1,600 and 2,500 calories a day to stay healthy. A. need B. needed C. have need D. needs 32. A good diet contains ____________________. A. fat food B. fresh milk C. low- fat food D. high -fat food 33. Be a Buddy was founded_________ to help the street children. A. since 2000 B. in 2000 C. every year D. for 2000 34. She looks very red. She was outdoors all day yesterday. I think she has_______________ A. a temperature B. sunburnt C. a stomachache D. sunburn 35. He keeps sneezing and coughing. I think he has__________ A. flu B. sunburn C. a toothache D. an earache 36. He is holding his neck. I think he has a_______________ A. headache B. allergy C. sore throat D. itchy II/ Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. 1. Her mum likes (lie) on the blanket and loves (read) her favourite magazines. 2. Anna’s family members (like) the park because they love (be) outdoors. 3. I enjoy (collect) dolls and it becomes my pleasure. 4. We love (watch) ________ new films, and we (go)_______to watch

A.   Read the article. Then answer the questions.

THREE SISTERS

Millions of local Australians and tourists travel to visit the Three Sisters rock formation each year. The formation is located in Australia’s Blue Mountains located just over 100 kilometers northwest of Sydney. Its breathtaking views and fascinating folklore continue to attract visitors.

The Three Sisters are actually three peaks right next to each other that reach heights of 922, 918 and 906 meters above sea level. The peaks were formed by erosion. This means that over time, wind, rain, and rivers wore down the rock and left the three shapes people see today.

The name “Three Sisters” comes from Aboriginal folklore. The peaks are named after three human sisters—Meehni, Wimlah, and Gunnedoo. According to one story, the sisters were very beautiful and had fallen in love with three brothers from another tribe. The sisters were forbidden to marry the brothers, so the brothers decided to take the girls by force. This resulted in a tribal war. In order to protect the girls, a witch doctor turned them into stone. He intended to turn the girls back into humans again after the war ended, but he got killed instead, so the spell was never reversed. The rocks stand today to remind people of the sadness of war.

Another story talks about Meehni, Wimlah, and Gunnedoo’s father using a “magic bone” to turn them into stone. He did so in order to protect the girls from an evil monster. Then he turned himself into a bird to escape as well. When he became a bird, he lost his magic bone and was never able to turn his daughters back into humans again. It is said that the bird continues to search for the magic bone so that someday, the girls can return to their human form.

Visitors can read about these stories as they bushwalk, or hike, around the area. Some visitors walk down The Giant Stairway—a set of 800 stone and steel steps built in 1909—to get a view of the rocks from below. Others ride the historic Scenic Railway built in the 1880s to take in the sights. Any way you experience it, the Three Sisters is an incredible sight for everyone to enjoy.

1.    What is the purpose of this passage?

a. to persuade people to visit a place                b. to decide which story is true

c. to describe a place

2.    Which paragraph scientifically explains how the Three Sisters were formed?

a. Paragraph 2                              b. Paragraph 3                      c. Paragraph 4

3.    What does “spell” mean in paragraph 3?

a. a period of time                                              b. how a word is written

c. words that make something happen

4.    What happens in both of the Aboriginal stories?

a. The girls were turned into stone.                  b. A witch doctor tried to help the girls.

c. There was a war between two tribes.

5.    In paragraph 3, which event from the story happened first?

a. The girls were turned into stone.                  b. A war started between two tribes.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

What makes the links in a food chain?

A. the plants and the herbivores

B. the herbivores and the carnivores

C. the carnivores and the decomposers

D. the plants and the decomposers

Read the article and write the names of the dishes next to the pictures.

FOOD IN VIETNAM

Bún chả is a famous meat dish from Vietnam. It is grilled pork. You eat it with rice noodles,

vegetables, and a sauce in a small bowl. People make this sauce with sugar, lemon juice, chili, and fish sauce.

The dish is delicious.

If you don't like pork, bún bò Nam Bộ is a popular Vietnamese beef dish. It is very easy to make. People make

bún bò Nam Bộ with beef, noodles, and herbs. You eat it with peanuts on top. Bún chả and bún bò Nam Bộ

are both delicious dishes. Vietnam has lots of other amazing dishes, too. Its food is becoming very popular all

over the world.

28. What meat is in bún chả?

29. What do you eat bún chả with?

30. What do they make the sauce in bún chả with?

31. What do people make bún bò Nam Bộ with?

32. What do you put on top of bún bò Nam Bộ?

Complete the conversation between two friends outside a cinema.  What does Mary say to Sarah? 

Read the article about bears. Then choose the best answers.

Read the note and the ticket. Fill in the information in Mary’s diary.