Read and listen to the text again. Complete the sentences using the words in exercise 1.

1. Yellow and purple are _______ colours.

2. Blue and red are _______ colours.

3. A _______ colour is bright and strong.

4. Green and yellow are _______ colours.

5. Orange and purple are _______ colours.

6. A _______ colour is pale and soft.

The Colour Wheel

Have you ever thought about how colours are related? Why do some colour combinations look good and others don’t ?

According to Isaac Newton, white light consists of all the colours of the rainbow. Newton then arranged them in a circle of warm and cool categories.

Red, blue and yellow are the three primary colours on the colour wheel. By mixing two primary colours, we’ve got the secondary colours green, orange and purple.

Colours can also be harmonious or complementary. Complementary colours are directly opposite each other, like red and green. Harmonious colours sit next to each other on the wheel.

Famous artists and decorators have used the colour wheel to choose the right colours ever since then. Everyone agrees that colours can affect our feelings. A vibrant red, for example, is often associated with anger or danger, while yellow is a happy colour. Blue can make people feel calm; pastel pink, which is a gentle pink, sometimes makes them think of romance, and green is the colour of nature.

What’s your favourite colour? What do you associate it with?

III. Choose the best answer or do the tasks as directed.

1.     The items on display in Da Nang Museum of (Cham / Thai / Tay) Sculpture are very interesting.

2.     The colour (red / yellow / green) of the five –coloured sticky rice represents the earth.

3.     I like (a / an / the) way she solved that problem.

4.     Under the new regulation, workers (have to / should / need) wear protective clothes.

5.  There’s a custom (that / for / of) eating moon cakes at the Mid-Autumn Festival.

6.  We (followed / have followed / are following) this programme since last week.            

7.  (Who / What / Which) of your parents will go to the meeting?

8.     “It’s right up your street” means the type of something (you enjoy doing /you can find near your house / you don’t like).

9.     The time when the farmers collect their crops is (free time / leisure time / harvest time).

10. (Feeding / Herding / Ploughing) is taking the cattle out for food and looking after them.

11. We enjoy running around the fields, shouting and laughing (happy / happier / happily).

12. The abbreviation of “love” is (J /, <3 / n’).

13. She feels (sad / sadly / sadness) because of the bad result.

14. After school, he often helps his mother collect water (from / in / by) the river.

15. (Country/ City /Nomadic) life is hard because people have to move a lot.

16. In the Central Highland, the biggest and tallest house in the village is the (ger/communal house /stilt house).

17. (What / Where / Which) part of our country would you most like to live in?

18.This is (a / an / the) most interesting book I have ever read.

19. It’s the custom for the children in our family (going / go / to go) to bed at 9 o’clock.

20. You (must / should / have to) stop when the traffic light is red.

21. ‘Spot on” means (exactly / wonderful / totally correct).   

22. He told me (a / an / the) very interesting story last night.

23. There is a custom of (given / giving / give) presents at Christmas in my family.

24. This is (a / an / the) book I want you to read.

25. Five-coloured sticky rice is a (speciality / dish / tradition) in many parts of Viet Nam.

26. We like him because he is (a / an / the) honest person.

27. Tet is an occasion for family __________ in Viet Nam. (visitings / meetings / reunions)

28.The Le Mat Festival __________ the founding of the village. (worships / commemorates / performs)   

29.Saint Giong was unable to talk, smile, or walk __________ he was three years old.  (if / because / even though)

30.The English test was _______ than I thought it would be. (the easier / more easy / easier)

1. Our (nation).................flag is red and yellow.

2. Most (instruct)...................are written in English. 

3. A school outfit is no longer (compel).......................

4. The list of their achievements is pretty (impress).................... 

5. He was (instruct)...................to report back to headquarters.

6. Islam is one of the great world (religious)...................

7. Vietnam is an (agriculture)..................... country

8. The (friend)..................they make at school will last through their life.

9. The story the tour guide told us is really (interest)..................

10. First (impress)...................can be misleading.

11. Some people have no (religion).....................beliefs

The four seasons in Britain are very different. Read about what Daniel and Fiona think about winter, spring, summer and autumn.

Daniel

   Autumn is very beautiful time of the year. The leaves on the trees go brown, red and yellow and they go down. I love to watch it! We play in the parks a lot but we wear warm clothes, because the days get cold. School starts again in autumn, at the beginning of September. I don’t like school!

   Summer is the time for me! School finishes in July and we can play in the parks all the time. Sometimes it is very hot. People are happier and they talk with their friends and go for a walk more. The days are very long. In July, for example, it gets dark only about 10 o’clock. It’s very difficult to go to sleep at night! Fiona

   It’s very cold in winter! Sometimes, we have a lot of snow and we can make snowmen. I don’t like winter because we can’t go for a walk very much. We wear thick clothes and in our house it sometimes gets cold. When we come home from school at 4 o’clock, it is already dark. I don’t like it at all! But there is one good thing about winter - Christmas!

   After the long winter, spring is great! There are new leaves on the trees and the birds start to sing.

We can go for long walks again and play in the park. The days are longer and it doesn’t get dark until about six o’clock. It’s much warmer but it rains a lot and the days are very windy.

1.            A. Daniel likes autumn because the trees are beautiful.

B.  Daniel likes autumn because school starts in September.

C.  Daniel doesn’t play in the park in autumn because the days are cold.

D.  Daniel goes to school with great pleasure.

2.            A. School in Britain finishes in May.

B.  Daniel doesn’t like to meet his friends in the park in summer.

C.  People in Great Britain sometimes have hot summers.

D.  In July it is dark at nine.

3.            A. Daniel always goes to sleep at eight in summer because the days are shorter than in winter. B. It is always very hot in Britain in summer.

C.  Daniel doesn’t like autumn at all!

D.  In summer Daniel is happier than in autumn because he doesn’t go to school.

4.            A. Fiona makes snowmen every day in winter.

B.  Fiona likes to go for a walk with her friends.

C.  Fiona doesn’t like winter because it is cold in winter.

D.  It never gets cold in Fiona’s house.

5.            A. Winters are short in Britain.

B.  Fiona comes home in the afternoon.

C.  Fiona doesn’t like winter at all!

D.  It never snows in Great Britain.

6.            A. Fiona likes spring very much. B. Fiona likes dark winter days.

C.  It gets dark at 5 in the afternoon in spring.

D.  In Great Britain it doesn’t rain much in spring.