Listen and pay attention to the fall-rise (  ) intonation in the following sentences. Then practise saying them in pairs.

1. Shall we now talk about other learning methods?

2. Could you please pay attention when I’m talking to you?

3. Why don't we use public transport to go to school?

4. Would you like to join our cooking course?

My aunt is one of those people who can talk to anyone aout anything. If she goes to a party where she doesn't know any of the people, she just walks up to the first person that she sees and introduces herself. And yet she doesn't seem to talk about deeply important things like politics or religion. She always starts off with something very obvious like the other person's job. Very soon she's talking as if she's known the other person for years. I asked her once what her secret was. She said that the most important thing in a conversation was listening. People love to talk about themselves, so if you allow them to do, it's very easy to keep a conversation going. You have to listen very carefully and ask question. And you have to look interested, too. So don't keep looking at other things in the room while you're talking to someone.

Another thing that I've noticed is that she only pays a people compliments. She say: "I like your hair. Which hairdresser do you go to?" or "You look very well. Have you been on holiday?" Friendly messages like this seem to provide an easy way into a conversation.

1/ According to my aunt, the most important thing in a conversation was _____

A. Speaking B. Discussing C. Looking D. Listening

2/ At parties where she does not know anybody, my aunt normally

A. feels embarrased and stays away from people

B. asks people to introduce themselves to her

C. comes over to the first person and introduce herself

D. sits alone and avoids talking to other people

3/ My aunt thinks that it's very easy to keep a conversation going if you _____

A. Let people talk about themselves

B. Let people hear about yourself

C. Talk about politics or religion

D. Ask people about their secrets

4/ What should you not do when you have a conversation with someone?

A. Looking very interested in his or her story

B. Looking at other things in the room

C. Listenig very carefully and asking questions

D. Paying him or her compliments

5/ According to the passage my aunt often starts a conversation by talking about _____

A. The other person's wealth

B. The other person's health

C. The other person's daily activities

D. The other person's jobs

Listen and read the conversation. Pay attention to the highlighted parts.

Tom: What do you think about life in the mountains?

Trang: I think it’s very interesting. People in the mountains live close to nature.

Tom: What about you, Mai? What do you think?

Mai: To my way of thinking, there are better services in the city.

Listen and repeat. Pay attention to the contracted forms in the following sentences. What are their full forms?

1. Today, we'll talk about the generation gap.

2. You're right, Mark.

3. We can't avoid daily arguments.

4. That's a good point.

5. No, they don't.

6. Now let's continue our discussion with ...

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word(s) for each of the following blanks.
                                                What is a coincidence?

A coincidence is a surprising thing that happens to us. For example, you and a friend both go shopping on the same day. You don’t go together and don’t discuss your shopping plans in (21) ______, but when you meet up afterwards, you are amazed to discover that you’ve bought an identical T-shirt.

By (22) , you each decided to buy the same one. Many people (23) coincidences as significant. Did you and your friend communicate with each other in some subconscious way? What does it tell you about your friendship? Well, the simple (24) ________ could be that, being (25) friends, you have similar taste in clothes.

In reality, life is (26) ________of coincidences, but normally we don’t notice them. For example, in almost fifty percent of all football matches, two players share the same birthday. This seems surprising, (27) ________ that there are 365 possible birthdays in the year. But most of these matches will be played without anybody being (28) _______ that coincidence exists. (29)________your birthday is today, you don’t generally tell people about it. In addition, without realising it, you probably (30) ______ into contact with lots of people who were born on the same day as you. But when a coincidence brought to your attention, it still seems amazing.

Điền vào ô 23

A. believe            

B. consider           

C. say                            

D. think

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word(s) for each of the following blanks.
                                                What is a coincidence?

A coincidence is a surprising thing that happens to us. For example, you and a friend both go shopping on the same day. You don’t go together and don’t discuss your shopping plans in (21) ______, but when you meet up afterwards, you are amazed to discover that you’ve bought an identical T-shirt.

By (22) , you each decided to buy the same one. Many people (23) coincidences as significant. Did you and your friend communicate with each other in some subconscious way? What does it tell you about your friendship? Well, the simple (24) ________ could be that, being (25) friends, you have similar taste in clothes.

In reality, life is (26) ________of coincidences, but normally we don’t notice them. For example, in almost fifty percent of all football matches, two players share the same birthday. This seems surprising, (27) ________ that there are 365 possible birthdays in the year. But most of these matches will be played without anybody being (28) _______ that coincidence exists. (29)________your birthday is today, you don’t generally tell people about it. In addition, without realising it, you probably (30) ______ into contact with lots of people who were born on the same day as you. But when a coincidence brought to your attention, it still seems amazing.

Điền vào ô 21

A. ahead              

B. advance           

C. previous                    

D. beforehand

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word(s) for each of the following blanks.
                                                What is a coincidence?

A coincidence is a surprising thing that happens to us. For example, you and a friend both go shopping on the same day. You don’t go together and don’t discuss your shopping plans in (21) ______, but when you meet up afterwards, you are amazed to discover that you’ve bought an identical T-shirt.

By (22) , you each decided to buy the same one. Many people (23) coincidences as significant. Did you and your friend communicate with each other in some subconscious way? What does it tell you about your friendship? Well, the simple (24) ________ could be that, being (25) friends, you have similar taste in clothes.

In reality, life is (26) ________of coincidences, but normally we don’t notice them. For example, in almost fifty percent of all football matches, two players share the same birthday. This seems surprising, (27) ________ that there are 365 possible birthdays in the year. But most of these matches will be played without anybody being (28) _______ that coincidence exists. (29)________your birthday is today, you don’t generally tell people about it. In addition, without realising it, you probably (30) ______ into contact with lots of people who were born on the same day as you. But when a coincidence brought to your attention, it still seems amazing.

Điền vào ô 24

A. motivation                

B. explanation      

C. definition                   

D. resolution

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word(s) for each of the following blanks.
                                                What is a coincidence?

A coincidence is a surprising thing that happens to us. For example, you and a friend both go shopping on the same day. You don’t go together and don’t discuss your shopping plans in (21) ______, but when you meet up afterwards, you are amazed to discover that you’ve bought an identical T-shirt.

By (22) , you each decided to buy the same one. Many people (23) coincidences as significant. Did you and your friend communicate with each other in some subconscious way? What does it tell you about your friendship? Well, the simple (24) ________ could be that, being (25) friends, you have similar taste in clothes.

In reality, life is (26) ________of coincidences, but normally we don’t notice them. For example, in almost fifty percent of all football matches, two players share the same birthday. This seems surprising, (27) ________ that there are 365 possible birthdays in the year. But most of these matches will be played without anybody being (28) _______ that coincidence exists. (29)________your birthday is today, you don’t generally tell people about it. In addition, without realising it, you probably (30) ______ into contact with lots of people who were born on the same day as you. But when a coincidence brought to your attention, it still seems amazing.

Điền vào ô 22

A. chance            

B. fate                            

C. fortune             

D. luck