1. Read the following text and answer the questions below.

German wine and beer festivals are great occasions not only to enjoy a variety of wines and beers, but they also provide an opportunity to observe local traditions, sample local foods, as well as to mingle amongst a nice cross-section of people. For connoisseurs of wine and beer, spring and summer are fantastic times to be in Germany. From Berlin to the Rhineland, there is a great choice of wine and beer festivals to attend, depending on whether you prefer to conduct your wine - tasting in one of the small towns along the Mosel or in Rudesheim on the Rhine or at wine festivals in the larger towns like Stuttgart, Hamburg, Mainz, Frankfurt or Aachen. And then there are the almighty giant beer festivals, such as Munich Oktoberfest, to keep you merry as well. There are over 1,000 wine and beer events across Germany during the year.

1. What can people do in German wine and beer festivals?

2. When is the best time to be in Germany?

3. How can you choose festivals to attend?

4. Where are the wine festivals held?

5. What is the name of the giant beer festival?

6. How many wine and beer events are there in Germany every year?

2. Find one mistake in each of the following sentences and correct them.

1. New Year's Day celebrations varies widely across different cultures.

2. Some child receive gifts on New Year's Day in some countries.

3. This is a popular holiday in Japan, where everyone celebrate his or her birthday.

4. New Year's Eve is a public holiday in many places around the world including in Australia, Canada, United Kingdom and the United States.

5. Schools, post offices and government offices are closed at countries where New Year's Day is a public holiday.

6. New Year's Day mark the start of a new year according to the Gregorian calendar. It is a relatively modern practice.

Task 1. Read the text and decide if the following sentences
are true (T) or false (F).
Going to festivals is always fun, but going to festivals that have delicious food is even better! Here are two of our favourite food festivals around the word. They celebrate foods that are made or grown in that part of the country.
If you like chocolate, you will love Eurochocolate. This festival takes place in October every year, in Perugia in Italy. It lasts for nine days. What does it celebrate? Chocolate, of course! Nearly one million people go to the festival every year. The streets are full of places to buy different kinds of chocolate snacks. You can also see big chocolate sculptures!
If you go to India in July, you should go to the Mango Festival! In India, mangoes are called “the king of fruits”. Mangoes aregrown in India and they are very popular. The mango festival is in Delhi and goes for two days. You can taste different mango dishes, mango jams, mango juice, mango desserts and anything else with mango in it! There is also a competition with a prize for the biggest mango!
1. Eurochocolate is an annual chocolate festival.
2. Eurochocolate lasts for over two weeks.

3. Mango Festival celebrates a popular fruit in India.
4. Mango Festival lasts longer than Eurochocolate.
5. You can get a prize if you have the biggest mango.

Reading 4. Read the passage and decide whether the sentences are true (T) or false (F)

       Volunteering is one of the things that are very useful to you. To your future bosses, volunteer work shows that you are interested in both the world and your future.

Although volunteer work does not bring you money, it gives you a time to learn social skills and make a difference in our community.

Volunteers have the chance to teach English, arts, and sports for homeless children. They also help children with health problems, especially children who cannot see, hear and speak.

BÀI 8. Read the passage, and then decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F).

      Volunteering is one of the things that are very useful to you. To your future bosses, volunteer work shows that you are interested in both the world and your future.

      Although volunteer work does not bring you money, it gives you a time to learn social skills and make a difference in our community.

      Volunteers have the chance to teach English, arts, and sports for homeless children. They also help children with health problems, especially children who cannot see, hear and speak.

      True                                                                                                        False

71.Doing volunteer work is very useful to you.                                             o      o

72.Volunteering is good for your future job.                                                  o      o

73.You can earn a lot of money from volunteering.                                       o      o

74.Volunteers can help homeless children to learn English, arts, and learn   o      o

how to play sports.

75.Volunteers only help healthy children.                                                      o      o

I.       Read the text carefully, then decide whether the following statements are true or false.

Jeans are the most popular kind of clothing in the world. They are popular almost everywhere and with everybody. They are considered not just practical but very fashionable as well. But what do you know about the history of jeans? Who made the first jeans?

In 1850 Levi Strauss, a young immigrant from Germany, arrived in San Francisco. He came to sell canvas, a heavy fabric used for tents, to gold miners. One day Strauss saw that the miners needed strong clothes for work. He quickly took some of his canvas and made it into pants. These pants were very strong and lasted a long time. The pants became very popular immediately. Later Strauss wanted to make his pants even better, so he started making his pants from cotton cloth that was softer than canvas but just as strong. This fabric came from Nimes, a city in France, and was called “denim” (from de Nimes). Denim was popular in the fifteenth century. Christopher Columbus used denim for the sails of his ships. Sailors in Genoa, Italy, wore denim pants. The word “jeans” comes from the word “Genoa”. Mr. Strauss made the first jeans in the United States, but their name and their kind of cloth came from Italy and France.

38. Levi Strauss was born in America.

39. Levi Strauss turned strong canvas cloth which he was originally going to sell for tents into pants.

40. The purpose of producing jeans was to provide gold miners strong clothes for work.

41. To make his pants better, Levi Strauss substituted denim for canvas.

42. Blue jeans used to be the most popular pants worldwide.

Part 1: Read the following passage, then decide if the statements are True (T) or False (F). 1.1 Disadvantages of festivals Although people love festivals very much, there are also some disadvantages. First, festivals are very costly. Because the general purpose of festivals is to preserve cultural heritages, a nation is willing to spend a lot of money on this. Moreover, during festivals, most people do not work but spend money on expensive gifts for their friends and relatives. Second, festivals can be dangerous. People may drink a lot during a festival and cause road accidents. In many festivals, there are races like cow – racing, and elephant racing which may be dangerous, especially for children. Moreover, in some festivals, when people rush to see the events they may also cause other people to get burn. Third, festivals may affect the environment. After a festival, the roads are full of colourful paper, flowers, waste cans or bottles that people throw away. Trees along the roadsides may be damaged by the crowds. Furthermore, the noise from music and other performances also cause noise pollution.

1. Festivals are very expensive.

2. The general purpose of festivals is to preserve cultural heritages.

3. No road accidents happen during a festivals.

4. Cow – racing, and elephant racing are safe for children.

5. The environment may be heavily affected after a festival.

Part 1: Read the following passage, then decide if the statements are True (T) or False (F).

1.1 Disadvantages of festivals Although people love festivals very much, there are also some disadvantages. First, festivals are very costly. Because the general purpose of festivals is to preserve cultural heritages, a nation is willing to spend a lot of money on this. Moreover, during festivals, most people do not work but spend money on expensive gifts for their friends and relatives. Second, festivals can be dangerous. People may drink a lot during a festival and cause road accidents. In many festivals, there are races like cow – racing, and elephant racing which may be dangerous, especially for children. Moreover, in some festivals, when people rush to see the events they may also cause other people to get burn. Third, festivals may affect the environment. After a festival, the roads are full of colourful paper, flowers, waste cans or bottles that people throw away. Trees along the roadsides may be damaged by the crowds. Furthermore, the noise from music and other performances also cause noise pollution.

1. Festivals are very expensive.

2. The general purpose of festivals is to preserve cultural heritages.

3. No road accidents happen during a festivals.

4. Cow – racing, and elephant racing are safe for children.

5. The environment may be heavily affected after a festival.