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I want to buy other car. I have no money. (BUT)

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. Children like picture books very much (INTERESTED IN)

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Children like picture books very much

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Let’s go to the amusememt center. (WHY DON’T WE)

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1. Let’s go to the amusememt center. (WHY DON’T WE)

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2. Children like picture books very much (INTERESTED IN)

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3. I want to buy other car. I have no money. (BUT)

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4. He lost the key. He couldn't get into the house.( SO)

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5. This is the first time I had such a delicious meal.( BEFORE)

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6. She started driving 1 month ago. ( FOR)

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7. The painting is bigger than the photograph. (NOT AS……AS)

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8. This film is more interesting than the one we saw last week. (NOT AS……AS))

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9. This picture is the same as the picture in our room.  (NOT DIFFERENT FROM)

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10. My hobby is drawing and John's hobby is also drawing. (SAME)

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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

The Old Man and the Sea is a short novel written by the American author Emest Hemingway in 1951 in Bimini, Bahamas, and published in 1952. It was the last major work of fiction by Heming way that was published during his lifetime. One of his most famous works, it tells the story of Santiago, an aging Cuban fisherman who struggles with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream off the coast of Floria.

In 1953, The Old Man and the Sea was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction ,and it was cited by the Nobel Committee as contributing to their awarding of the Nobel Prize in Literature to Hemingway in 1954.

1.  Where was Emest Hemingway from?

A. Bahamas               B. Cuba                C. America                     D. Spain

2.  When was The Old Man and the Sea published?

A. 1951                     B. 1952                C. 1953                          D. 1954

3.  What genre does The Old Man and the Sea belong to?

A. fiction                   B. comedy            C. literature                    D. romance

4.  What does “it” refer?

A. the Pulitzer Prize

B. The Old Man and the Sea

C. the Nobel Committee

D. the coast of Floria

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each numbered blank.        

Mr. Brown and some (1)________. are on a very dirty beach now. Today they are ready to (2)_______ the beach a clean and beautiful place again. After listening to Mr. Browns instructions, they are divided into three groups. Group 1 needs to walk along the beach. Group 2 should check the sand, (3) ______group 3 has to check among the rocks. Garbage must be put into plastic bags, and the bags will be collected by Mr. Jones. He will take the bags to the garbage dump. Each member will be given a (4)_______ to find the right place. They won’t eat the picnic lunch provided by Mrs. Smith until the whole area is clean. They all are (5)_____ to work hard so as to refresh this area.

1. A. voluntary                 B. volunteers                  C. volunteering     D. volunteer

2. A. make                      B. get                      C. do                    D. change

3. A. so                           B. and                     C. but                            D. although

4. A. book                      B. camera               C. map                           D. tour guide

5. A. exciting                            B. eager                  C. interesting                  D. bored

Read the article and then decide whether the statements are true (T) or (F).

     After school Kien usually goes swimming. He goes to the swimming pool five times a week. His swimming pool is very good. The pool is 25 metres long and has six lanes. More than a thousand children have swimming lessons there every month.

     His swimming instructor is experienced and friendly, but she is also strict. She

     Lessons last 45 minutes, but he usually trains for an hour and a half. During the lesson he swims about two kilometers. His favourite swimming styles are crawl an backstroke.

     He practices a lot to improve his swimming skills. He wants to achieve good results. Last month he participated in a swimming competition. Ten swimmers from three schools took part in the competition. He won first prize.

     Swimming is his favourite sport. Swimming is interesting and pleasant, and it helps him to keep fit.

     True or False?

1.     Kien goes to home after school.

2.     He practices swimming five times a month.

3.     His swimming instructor is so hard.

4.     He swims about five kilometers during the lesson.

5.     The best friend won first prize in the swimming competition.

7.  The weather today is not so hot as it is yesterday.