2. Complete the compound nouns in the fact file with the words below. Use a dictionary to help you. Then listen and check your answers.

(Hoàn thành các danh từ ghép trong hồ sơ dữ liệu với các từ bên dươi. Sử dụng từ điển để giúp bạn. Sau đó nghe và kiểm tra bài làm.)

GLOBAL WARMING

Fact file

> The Earth is heating up. The average (1) _____ temperature is 0.75°C higher now than it was 100 years ago.

> When we burn (2) _____ fuels, they give off (3) _____ gases like carbon dioxide (CO2). This causes (4) _____ warming.

> We have cut down over 50% of the Earth's (5) _____ forests in the last 60 years. These are important because they remove CO2 from the atmosphere and add oxygen. They are also home to over half of the world's plant and animal species.

> Some scientists believe that by 2050, about 35% of all plant and animal species could die out because of (6)  _____ change.

> (7) _____levels are rising and the polar (8) _____ caps are melting.

> Scientists say that fossil fuels like coal and gas may run out by the year 3000. So we need to develop alternatives, such as (9) _____ energy and nuclear energy.

2. Match four of the words below with photos A - D. Then listen to the wordlist and check your answers.

(Nối bốn trong các cụm từ bên dưới với các ảnh A – D. Sau đó nghe danh sách từ và kiểm tra đáp án.)

Films and TV programmes action film   animation   chat show   comedy   documentary   fantasy film   game show   horror film   musical   news bulletin   period drama    reality show   romantic comedy   science fiction   film   sitcom   soap opera   talent show   thriller   war film    weather forecast   western

2. Read the text and circle the correct words. Then listen and check.

(Đọc bài khóa và khoanh tròn từ đừng. Sau đó nghe và kiểm tra lại.)

Ann Davison

Margaret Ann Longstaffe was born (1) in/on 5 June 1914 in Surrey, England. As a child, she really loved adventures. When she grew up, she travelled a lot. She liked riding horses, driving fast cars and flying aeroplanes. Ann became one of the very (2) few/little women pilots in Britain in the 1930s.

In 1947 Ann and her husband, Frank Davison, also a pilot, bought an old boat "Reliance" and decided to (3) go/set sail to travel the world. However, they were caught in (4) rough/hard weather in the Irish Sea. The ship was wrecked and Frank was killed. Ann survived, washed (5) offshore/ashore at the foot of a cliff.

Do the quiz with a partner. Then listen and check your answers.

                                 WORLD of ADVENTURE

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1. The Red Sea is a great place for scuba-diving. Which of these is not a sea?

a. The Yellow Sea

b. The Black Sea

c. The Blue Sea

2. The Grand Canyon is an enormous, deep valley. The river which made it is the.....

a. Nile

b. Colorado

c. Congo

3. In Quảng Bình, Việt Nam, there is an enormous cave called Son Doong. It holds the world's largest natural cave with a volume of....

a. 28.5 million m³

b. 38.5 million m³

c. 48.5 million m³

4. Brazil is a fantastic place for adventure. You can visit the spectacular falls at Iguazu, or watch the wildlife in the Amazon rainforest, which is bigger than.....

a. the USA

b. South America

c. Western Europe

5. You can surf some of the world's biggest waves in the Atlantic ocean off the beaches of Ireland and Portugal. Which of these is not an ocean?

a. Indian

b. North

c. Pacific

6. In the Gobi March, competitors run 250 kilometres through the dunes of the Gobi Desert. The race is part of a four-race desert challenge which also includes the....

a. Sahara, Atacama and the Antarctic

b. Alps, Andes and Himalayas

c. Islands, Highlands and Lowlands

Choose the best linking words to complete the sentences. Then listen again and check your answers.

1. Photo A is of a room in a hostel, I think, unless/ whereas the second shows a small flat.

2. There are bunk beds in the room in the hostel, but/ when the other room has got a double bed.

3. While/When photo A shows a rather untidy room, the room in photo B is very tidy.

4. The room in the hostel looks quite cosy. However,/ Whereas the furniture looks a bit old and worn out.

5. I like the idea of sharing with other students, although / despite the lack of privacy.