3. A BOARD GAME. Work in pairs. You need a dice. Take turns rolling the dice and moving from START to FINISH. If you land on a blue, red or green square, follow the instructions in the coloured box.

(Làm việc theo cặp. Bạn cần một con xúc xắc. Lần lượt tung xúc xắc và chuyển từ BẮT ĐẦU đến KẾT THÚC. Nếu bạn hạ cánh trên một hình vuông màu xanh lam, đỏ hoặc xanh lá cây, hãy làm theo hướng dẫn trong hộp màu.)

The Game of Squares

Either boys or girls, usually aged from seven to ten, play the two-person game of"Mandarin's Box". They draw a rectangle on the ground and (1)……….. it into ten smallsquares called "rice fields" or "fish ponds”.

They also draw two additional semi-circular boxesat the two (2)………. of the rectangle, which are called"mandarin's boxes" - the game's name. Each person has 25 small pebbles and a bigger stone.

Each player places the stone in one of the mandarin's boxes and five small pebbles in each of the other squares. Then the game begins. The first player takes up the contents of one square on his or her side ofthe board, but not a mandarin's box and distributes the pebbles one by one, (3)……….. with the next square in (4)………. direction. Since each square contains five pebbles at the beginning, the first move will distribute five pebbles to the left or right.

After the last pebble is distributed, the player takes the contents of the following squareand repeats the distribution (5)………... But if the following square is one of the mandarin's boxes, the turn ends and passes to the other player.

If the last pebble falls into a square that precedes one empty square, the player wins all the contents of the square following the empty square and (6)……….these pebbles from the board. However, if there are two or more empty squares in a row, the player (7)…….. his or her turn.

Once a player has taken pebbles from the board, the turn is (8)……….to the other player. If all five squares on one player's side of the board are emptied at any time, that player must place one pebble he or she has aside back in each of the five squares so that the game can resume.

The game (9)………until the two mandarins' boxes have both been (10)……….. At the end of the game, the player with more pebbles wins, with each of the large stones counting as ten points.

Question 1

A.share

B.divide

C.separate

D.leave

Read the text then choose the best answer to fill in the blanks.

The Game of Squares

Either boys or girls, usually aged from seven to ten, play the two-person game of"Mandarin's Box". They draw a rectangle on the ground and (1)……….. it into ten smallsquares called "rice fields" or "fish ponds”.

They also draw two additional semi-circular boxesat the two (2)………. of the rectangle, which are called"mandarin's boxes" - the game's name. Each person has 25 small pebbles and a bigger stone.

Each player places the stone in one of the mandarin's boxes and five small pebbles in each of the other squares. Then the game begins. The first player takes up the contents of one square on his or her side ofthe board, but not a mandarin's box and distributes the pebbles one by one, (3)……….. with the next square in (4)………. direction. Since each square contains five pebbles at the beginning, the first move will distribute five pebbles to the left or right.

After the last pebble is distributed, the player takes the contents of the following squareand repeats the distribution (5)………... But if the following square is one of the mandarin's boxes, the turn ends and passes to the other player.

If the last pebble falls into a square that precedes one empty square, the player wins all the contents of the square following the empty square and (6)……….these pebbles from the board. However, if there are two or more empty squares in a row, the player (7)…….. his or her turn.

Once a player has taken pebbles from the board, the turn is (8)……….to the other player. If all five squares on one player's side of the board are emptied at any time, that player must place one pebble he or she has aside back in each of the five squares so that the game can resume.

The game (9)………until the two mandarins' boxes have both been (10)……….. At the end of the game, the player with more pebbles wins, with each of the large stones counting as ten points.

Question 1

A. share

B. divide

C. separate

D. leave

F. Underline ten verbs in the wrong tense and rewrite them correctly.

‘One game I am loving is backgammon. You are throwing the dice and then you move your pieces around the board. It is seeming quite easy, but it fact you are needing to be it off the board and you send it back to the beginning. You are winning by getting all your oieces to the end and off the board. Some people are preferring chess, but I am not understanding that game. Right now, I wait to have a game with my brother. He does his homework. I usually win, so I think he doesn’t want to play a game with me!’

Underline ten verbs in the wrong tense and rewrite them correctly

 One game I am loving is backgammon. You are throwing the dice and the you move your pieces around the board. It is seeming quite easy, but in fact you are needing to be quite careful. When your pieces lands on one of the person's pieces, you are taking it off the board and you send it back to the beginning. You are winning by getting all your pieces to the end and off the board. Some people are preferring chess, but I am not understanding that game. Right now, I wait to have a game with my brother. He does his homework. I usually win, so I think he doesn't want to play a game with me.

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Fill in each numbered blank with ONE suitable word to complete the passage.

When you hear the word " bank ", what do you think of ? A .......(1) to put money ? The land on the edge of a river ? To depend on something or someone ? If you choose any of ........(2) things, you are right. Why ? Because words often have ........(3) than one meaning. The tricky part is figuring out ........(4) meaning is appropriate. Choosing the correct meaning of a word depends on ........(5) things. First, it depends on the words and .......(6) surrounding your particular word. The other words and sentences give you context clues. .........(7), the meaning depends on how the words is ...........(8) in the sentence. It is a noun, a verb, ........(9) adjective or part of a phrase ? Knowing the word's part of speech will .......(10) discover the word's precise meaning.

Fill in each blank with a suitable hobby

        gardening, basketball, cycling, bird-watching, chess, dancing, ice skating

1,___________: A game played by two people on a square board,in which each player has 16 piecer that can be moved on the board in different ways.

2___________: the job or activity of working in a garden, growing and taking care of the plants, and keeping it attractive.

3___________:A game played by two teams of five men or six women who score points by throwing a large ball through an open net hanring from a metal ring.

4___________: the sport or activity of riding a bycycle.

5___________: the are of moving your boby to music.

6___________:moving across ice using special shoes with a thin metal bar fixed to the bottom that you wear to move quickly on ice.

7___________:the hobby of studying wild birds in their naturel environment.

A horse on board Enterprise was perhaps the first and only horse ever to save the lives of his shipmates. The Enterprise was sailing for North Carolina. She carried a mixed cargo And there were fifteen passengers on her. She was making good time until at dawn, she struck something. Water poured into the ship. The holds soon flooded. Frightened men and women climbed the rigging to save their lives. The crew tried to pump the holds out, but with no luck. Then the cargo caught fire. All those on board thought they would die.

The captain knew the coast was near. But how near? Perhaps if the horse could reach land, the people could, too. The horse was led to the side and pushed over. The horse did reach land. In fact, it almost waded ashore! The people soon followed. All were saved, thanks to a nameless horse.

1.There were ...................people on the Enterprise

2.The ship was wrecked at .........................

5.The horse got ashore almost by ...................

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 23 to 27.

     Welcome to the Netherlands, a tiny country that only extends, at its broadest, 312 km north to south, and 264 km east to west - (23) _________ the land area increases slightly each year as a result of continuous land reclamation and drainage. With a lot of heart and much to offer, ‘Holland,’ as it is (24) _________ known to most of us abroad - a name stemming from its once most prominent provinces - has more going on per kilometer than most countries, and more English-speaking natives. You’ll be impressed by its (25) _________ cities and charmed by its countryside and villages, full of contrasts. From the exciting variety on offer, you could choose a romantic canal boat tour in Amsterdam, a Royal Tour by coach in The Hague, or a hydrofoil tour around the biggest harbour in the world - Rotterdam. In season you could visit the dazzling bulb fields, enjoy a full day on a boat, or take a bike tour through the pancake-flat countryside spiced with windmills. The possibilities are countless and the nationwide tourist office is on hand to give you information and help you (26) _________reservations. You’ll have (27) _________language problems here, as the Dutch are true linguists and English is spoken here almost universally.

Điền vào ô số 23

A. so

B. despite    

C. in spite of

D. although