Read the article again. Complete the diagrams with information from the text. Use no more than TWO words for each gap.
Read the text again. Complete the diagrams with information from the text. Use no more than TWO words for each gap.
(1): solutions
(2): best option
(3): to-do lists
(4): night's sleep
Read the article again and complete the diagram with information from the text. Use no more than TWO words for each answer.
1. support
2. operate
3. green space
4. transport systems
Read the text and complete the table below with information from the text. Use no more than TWO words or a number in each gap.
UK EDUCATION AFTER SECONDARY SCHOOL
In the UK, students can choose to end their formal education at 16, but in England they must stay in full-time education or do a training course until the age of 18.
Many 16-year-old students go on to study at different vocational colleges. Vocational education usually lasts up to three years. During this time, students learn job-specific skills. That is why vocational education is often referred to as career education or technical education. Many students still go on to higher education after receiving their vocational qualifications.
Alternatively, students can go toa sixth-form college or stay at their secondary school if it offers a sixth form for two more years. Students usually focus on three or four subjects that they are interested in or related to the degree they want to study at university. Exams are taken at the end of the two-year course, and the grades are used to apply for university courses. Not all students leaving sixth form go to university. Some prefer to get into a vocational course or find a job.
At university, students study for at least three years in order to get a bachelor’s degree. After the first degree, they can study for one to two years to get a master’s degree, and three to five years to get a doctorate.
UK education after secondary school | |
Age at end of formal education | - 16 in the UK - stay until the age of (1) ________ in full-time education or do training in England |
Vocational education | - lats up to three years - also called career education or (2) _________ - some students still go on to (3) _________ |
Sixth form | - lasts two years - students study subjects they are interested in or subjects related to higher education. - grades are used to apply for (4) _________ |
University education | Students study to get a (5) ________, a master’s degree, or a doctorate |
1 - 18 | 2 - technical education | 3 - higher education |
4 - university courses | 5 - bachelor’s degree |
1. 18
Thông tin: but in England they must stay in full-time education or do a training course until the age of 18.
(nhưng ở Anh, học sinh phải tiếp tục học toàn thời gian hoặc tham gia một khóa đào tạo cho đến năm 18 tuổi.)
2. technical education
Thông tin: That is why vocational education is often referred to as career education or technical education.
(Đó là lý do tại sao giáo dục nghề nghiệp thường được gọi là giáo dục nghề nghiệp hoặc giáo dục kỹ thuật.)
3. higher education
Thông tin: Many students still go on to higher education after receiving their vocational qualifications.
(Nhiều sinh viên vẫn tiếp tục học cao hơn sau khi nhận được bằng cấp nghề.)
4. university courses
Thông tin: Exams are taken at the end of the two-year course, and the grades are used to apply for university courses.
(Các kỳ thi được thực hiện vào cuối khóa học hai năm và điểm số được sử dụng để nộp đơn vào các khóa học đại học.)
5. bachelor’s degree
Thông tin: At university, students study for at least three years in order to get a bachelor’s degree.
(Tại trường đại học, sinh viên học ít nhất ba năm để lấy bằng cử nhân.)
Read the article again and complete each sentence with no more than THREE words.
1. U Minh Thuong National Park is famous for its rare and rich ____________.
2. Waterways surround the ____________ of the national park.
3. It has more than two hundred ____________.
4. You can find nearly 200 types of birds and 32 ____________ there.
5. The best time to visit U Minh Thuong National Park is from _____________.
1 - biodiversity
2 - central part
3 - species
4 - mammals
5 - August to November
Read the conversation again and complete the notes. Use no more than TWO words for each blank.
Future cities | |
Green city | Smart city |
- More than 50% of it is made up of (1) ___________. - Using public transport will help reduce (2) ___________ and pollution. | - AI (3) ___________ will help the city operate more efficiently. - High-rise buildings will help solve the (4) ___________ problems |
1.green areas
2.traffic jams
3.technologies
4.housing
Listen to the conversation again and complete the notes below. Use no more than TWO words for each gap.
ABC Vocational School
| |
Courses | Tour guide training, hotel and restaurant management, cooking, etc. |
Types of cooking courses
| Short courses: - for all ages and abilities - duration: two or three (1) ________ (2) __________ courses: - for people training to be (3) ________ - duration: two years |
Hands-on experience
| Work as a(n) (4) _________ in a real restaurant |
Information about the school | Parents and students can study the (5) __________ |
1. months
2. Professional
3. restaurant cooks
4. apprentice
5. (school) brochure
Read the text and complete the notes. Use no more than TWO words for each gap.
For people in most cultures, the generation gap in their family is mainly about differences in musical tastes, career choices, and lifestyles. In Asian American families, however, the process of adapting to American culture makes the generation gap wider.
Naturally, children of Asian American immigrants adapt to American culture much faster than their parents. English quickly becomes their first language. They accept American values such as individualism, freedom, honesty, and competition. They also start to follow American traditions in their daily lives.
On the other hand, many first-generation Asian American parents fail to adapt to the new culture. They continue to use their native language. They keep practising their traditional lifestyle and old culture. They often try to force their children to follow their native country's cultural values, such as the importance of family, respect for the elders and the community.
Due to their different attitudes to the new culture, Asian American children may have cultural values different from their parents' Asian cultural values. They may not do what their parents want them to do or what they are expected to do. As a result, Asian American parents may fail to have their children follow the family traditional values.
ASIAN AMERICAN CHILDREN | FIRST-GENERATION ASIAN AMERICAN PARENTS |
Adapt to American culture faster Speak (1) __________________ as their first language Accept American values: individualism, freedom, honesty, and competition Start to follow (2) __________________ in their daily lives | Fail to adapt to American culture Use their (3) __________________ language Practise a traditional lifestyle and their old culture Try to force children to follow native country's (4) __________________: Importance of family respect for the elders and community |
1. English
2. American traditions
3. native
4. cultural values
Read the conversation again. Complete each sentence with no more than TWO words from it.
1. There is a _____ in Mi's home town.
2. Her uncle’s family had to move everything to the _____ last night.
3. A tornado is an example of a _____.
4. Tom’s family _____ dinner when the tornado came.
5. The tornado damaged their roof and _____ up some trees in their yard.
Tom: You look pretty sad, Mi. What's the matter?
Mi: My uncle called us this morning. Our hometown has been affected by a flood. It’s the second time this year.
Tom: I'm sorry to hear that. How are things there now?
Mi: My uncle, his wife, and his children are all safe. They moved everything to the second floor of their house last night. Are there natural disasters in your hometown in the US?
Tom: Yes, we sometimes have tornadoes.
Mi: Tornadoes? Sounds strange. What's a tornado?
Tom: It’s a violent storm that moves in a circle with very strong winds. I still remember the tornado we had last year.
Mi: What happened?
Tom: One evening my parents and I were having dinner. Suddenly, we heard a very loud noise. When we looked out of the window, we saw a big funnel of wind moving towards us.
Mi: Did it cause any damage?
Tom: Yes, a lot. It damaged the roof of our house and pulled up some trees in our yard. Fortunately, no one was hurt.
1. flood
2. second floor
3. violent storm
4. having
5. pulled
flood - second floor - violent storm - having - pulled
1. There is a flood in Mi's home town.
(Có một trận lũ ở quê của Mi.)
Thông tin:
Mi: My uncle called us this morning. Our hometown has been affected by a flood. It’s the second time this year.
(Mi: Bác mình mới gọi sáng nay. Quê mình mới bị ảnh hưởng bởi lũ. Đây là lần thứ hai trong năm rồi.)
2. Her uncle’s family had to move everything to the second floor last night.
(Gia đình bác cô ấy phải chuyển hết đồ đạc lên tầng hai vào tối qua.)
Thông tin:
Mi: My uncle, his wife, and his children are all safe. They moved everything to the second floor of their house last night. Are there natural disasters in your hometown in the US?
(Mi: Bác mình, vợ bác và con của bác ấy, tất cả đều an toàn. Họ chuyển hết đồ đạc ở nhà họ lên tầng hai vào tối qua. Ở quê cậu ở Mỹ có xảy ra những thiên tai không?)
3. A tornado is an example of a violent storm.
(Một trận lốc xoáy là một ví dụ của một cơn bão dữ dội.)
Thông tin:
Tom: It’s a violent storm that moves in a circle with very strong winds. I still remember the tornado we had last year.
(Tom: Đó là một cơn bão rất dữ dội di chuyển theo hình tròn với gió rất mạnh. Mình vẫn nhớ đợt lốc xoáy năm ngoái.)
4. Tom’s family having dinner when the tornado came.
(Gia đình Tom đang ăn tối khi lốc xoáy đến.)
Thông tin:
Tom: One evening my parents and I were having dinner. Suddenly, we heard a very loud noise. When we looked out of the window, we saw a big funnel of wind moving towards us.
(Tom: Một tối, gia đình mình đang ăn tối. Bất ngờ, mình nghe thấy một tiếng động rất lớn. Khi nhà mình nhìn ra ngoài cửa sổ, mình nhìn thấy một cái phễu gió lớn đang tiến về phía nhà mình.)
5. The tornado damaged their roof and pulled up some trees in their yard.
(Lốc xoáy làm như mái nhà họ và nhổ mất vài cái cây trong vườn.)
Thông tin:
Tom: Yes, a lot. It damaged the roof of our house and pulled up some trees in our yard. Fortunately, no one was hurt.
(Tom: Có, nhiều chứ. Nó làm hỏng mái nhà của nhà mình và nhổ bật một số cây cối trong sân nhà mình. May mắn là không có ai bị thương.)
Listen again and complete the notes with no more than TWO words for each answer.
Advice fer students while studying abroad
Learning the foreign language
• helps you understand the lectures at the university and (1) ___________ the exams
• enables you to take part in (2) __________ local people, thus making you more confident in your daily life
Getting a part-time job
• earns some (3) __________ to cover expenses and start saving
• helps you gain some (4) ___________
Learning how to cook for yourself
• saves you lots of money
• gives you a sense of freedom and (5) ___________
1. study for
2. conversations with
3. pocket money
4. work experience
5. independence