3. Complete the sentences with affirmative and negative forms of there was and there were. Use many, any or a / an.

(Hoàn thành các câu với dạng khẳng định và phủ định của there was and there were. Sử dụng many, any hoặc a / an.)

2,500 years ago... (cách đây 2500 năm)

1 ....rich footballers.

2 .... chariot races.

3 .... country called Persia.

4 .... sport called skateboarding.

3 .... messengers.

6 .... iPads.

2. Complete the text with affirmative and negative forms of there was and there were.

(Hoàn thành văn bản với các dạng khẳng định và phủ định của there was và there were.)

The first marathon

2,500 years ago  (1)................ a war between Greece and Persia and (2) ........................ a lot of battles. (3)..................... a big battle in a place called Marathon, which the Greeks won”. This was important news, but (4) ....................... any internet and (5) ........................ any telephones. So a man called Pheidippides ran to Athens with news of the battle. He ran about forty-one kilometres. (6).............. any good roads, so it was a difficult journey. When he arrived in Athens, he died.

*won = past of win, ran = past of run.

Amateur Astronomy

Many things have changed in astronomy over the past half-century. Until about 30 years ago, there was a great (1) .... of charts and catalogs. Telescopic equipment was limited and there were few books on practical astronomy. Today, the range of off-the-shelf telescopes and equipment covers almost everything one could need. Electronic calculators and computers have revolutionized almanacs and chart production, and (2) .... the analysis of observations and the publication of results.

All this must surely make this the golden (3) .... of amateur astronomy. Well, perhaps, but a great deal has been lost as well. Now one may have to travel 80 km to find a sky comparable to that found in urban areas 50 years ago. The daytime skies are now (4) .... by aircraft condensation trails which can (5) .... for hours and often spread out to form amorphous clouds, making solar observations impossible and (6) .... night-time observation too.

hãy dịch đoạn văn sau sang tiếng việt:

The first Olympic Games took place in Greece more than two thousand and seven hundred years ago Every year there was no war in five days and sports competitions took place. The games were organized for more than six hundred years. Then, for one thousand and five hundred years, nothing more was heard of them
The modern Olympic Games began again in 1896. They take place every four years. They can not take place in a country which is at war and during the two world wars there were no Olympics games. During the Olympics games there are many competitions in many knids of sports such as running, jumping, athletics, swimming, boxing, basketball, soccer and more.

My father was the police (inspect)_____and my mother was a primary school(teach)___. They had both grown up in the city and lived there their entire lives. Their(decide)____to move to a small town when I was a child changed my life. It was a very(peace)____place and of course, living there meant that I had much more(free)___to go wherever I pleased. The people all knew each other and were(friend)____but I missed my close friends, my school, and the (noise)___city I had lived in. As I grew up, I realized that there wasn't much for a young person to do there, expect rush into(marry)_____. When I left, my parents were sad, but they realized that staying there would only make me(misery)____. The big city I live in now is not very far away, so I can visit my parents(frequent)___and have the best of both worlds.

IX, Fill a suitable word in each sentence

 Nowadays, more and more people are changing the way they use their televisions. Some years ago we (71) ……… to turn on TV and watch whatever there was. But now we choose the programs we watch (72) …………. more carefully because we have many (73) ……… interesting things to do. One result of this change is that we are also becoming (74) ………. careful about the actual television ste itself. As we watch fewer programs, we want to be sure that we will (75) ……… a really good picture, with bright color and sound. Because it will be switched off (76) ……… of the time, we also want the television to look good when we aren’t watching it. So when we (77) ……. or rent we look at the outside to make sure it is  attractive and will look right (78) ………. other furniture. Of course, we have to pay more (79) ……… high quality.    However, it seems that the number of people (80) …………….. are content to do so is increasing, and this should have a good result, because in the end all televisions will have better quality.