Read and fill in the blank with the suitable word

Air; staying; backyard; are; cleaner; noisy;

Dear Nick,

I’m sorry I couldn’t write to you earlier because I was very busy. Now, we’re (1) …………………in a small hotel near a shopping area. Near my hotel, there’s a cinema, and a supermarket. There (2) ………………… some big shops at the end of the street. It’s also very (3) …………………here because there’s always a lot of traffic, day and night. In my hometown I live in a quieter street. There are some small shops, a school, a post office but there isn’t so much traffic. The (4) ………………… is much fresher, too.

Vocabulary and Grammar

Choose the letter A, B, C or D to complete the sentences

Question 1: My grandmother often told __________ to me when I was young.

A. fairy tales       B. court music       C. wolf pack        D. ogre man

Question 2: The fox in the fable “The fox and the grape” is very __________.

A. brave        B. generous        C. cunning        D. giant

Question 3: Have you ever seen a very huge person, or a __________?

A. tale        B. evil        C. giant        D. glitch

Question 4: In the story, the princess was walking in the campus of the cattle when an eagle __________.

A. appear        B. appeared       C. was appearing       D. appearing

Question 5: Unlike Cam, Tam was a __________ and generous girl.

A. hard-working       B. mean        C. wicked       D. cunning

Question 6: There is a __________ that this temple has an ogre.

A. evil        B. Buddha       C. emperor        D. legend

Question 7: At 7 p.m. yesterday, the lion __________ its meal in the zoo

A. is having       B. was having       C. had       D. has

Question 8: The fable is about a race __________ a tortoise and a hare.

A. between        B. behind       C. next        D. front

Question 9: The glitch was so __________ that the two kids felt afraid.

A. cruel        B. nice       C. kind       D. generous

Question 10: Cinderella lives unhappily because her step mother isn’t kind __________ her.

A. with        B. to        C. of        D. on

Question 11: I __________ of meeting a prince last night.

A. dreaming       B. dream        C. dreamt        D. to dream

Question 12:The princess __________ by a brave knight after five days.

A. was rescued       B. rescue        C. rescued        D. rescuing

Question 13:John fell of the ladder when he __________ the wall.

A. paints       B. paint       C. was painting       D. painted

Question 14:What was the end __________ the story?

A. on        B. of        C. to        D. at

Question 15: He tried __________ the dragon because it harmed the village.

A. beat        B. beating        C. to beat        D. beats