Traditionally, on the night before the wedding, the Egyptian bride’s female friends and family members went to her house while the males went to the groom’s house. They sang and dances all night. On the wedding day, the bride wore her best dress and jewelry. Then, she went to her new house on a horse or a camel. At night, they had a wedding party with different kinds of meat, vegetables and fruits.

Italians traditionally chose Sunday for their weddings. On the night before the wedding, the bride stayed at home with her parents and wore a green dress. In Tuscany, Italy, the bride wore a black wedding dress with a white hat and carried a fan on her wedding day. When the bride and groom got out of the church, guests threw almonds at them

True or False:

1. On the day before the wedding day, the Egyptian bride wore a green dress.

2. In Egypt, the brie traditionally wore her best dress and rode a horse or a camel to her new house.

3 Centuries ago, in Tuscany, the bride carried a fan on her wedding day.

4. Guests threw eggs at the Italian bride and groom on their wedding day.

5. The word “they” refers to:

A. the Egyptian bride’s female friends

B. the bride’s male friends

C. both A&B

6. Topic of the passage

A. Traditional wedding

B. Wedding traditions in Egypt & Italy in the past

C. Wedding celebration

The first school for blind, deaf and mute children in the Tibet Autonomous Region celebrated its first anniversary on Friday. The school is built in the eastern suburb of Lhasa, capital of Tibet, and is designed to hold 200 students. It covers 20, 000 square meters.

The school curriculum includes Braille and sign language training, Tibetan, mathematics, writing, ethics training, physical education, arts, handicrafts, speech and walking courses. At the celebration, the audience was touched by a silent song expressed by the students with sign language. BaibaToinzhub, a ten – year – old blind child, can speak fluent Chinese and is good at singing and dancing. He told the visitors that life in the boarding school was comfortable.

True or False:

1. Children who cannot see, hear, or speak attend this school.

2. The school is unable to hold 200 students.

3. The visitors were welcomed with a beautiful song.

4. BaibaToinzhub can sing and dance very well.

Choose the correct answers:

5. The school is located in ……………………

A. the capital of Tibet                                                       B. the suburb of the capital of Tibet

C. the eastern of Tibet                                                      D. 20, 000 square meters

6. Which subject is taught in the school?

A. Physics       B. Foreign language    C. Computers  D. Braille

Read the passage, then decide if the statements that follow them are True or False.

Passage 1

Personal computers, or Pcs are important part of our everyday lives. Many people cannot imagine life without them. One of the most important people in making these machines work is Bill Gates.

Bill Gates was born in 1955 in Washington State. He grew up in a rich family. His parents sent him to a private school. There he met his business partner, Paul Allen. When they were in the eighth grade, they were writing programs for business computers and making money.

In 1973, Gates was accepted at Harvard University. His parents were happy. They thought he would get over his obsession with computer and become a lawyer like his father. Two years later, Gate dropped out of Harvard to work on a computer program with his friend Allen. They worked eighteen hours a day in a dormitory room at Harvard. They were writing the program that would run one of the first personal computer. In 1975, they created a company called Microsoft to sell their product.

Allen become ill with cancer and left Microsoft in 1983. He recovered a few years later and started his own company. Meanwhile Microsoft become a giant company. By 1990 at the age of thirty- four, Gates was the youngest billionaire in the history of the United States. He was the “King of Software”. For more than ten years, he worked sixteen – hour days, seven days a week. By 1977, he was the richest man in the United States.

True or False:

1. According to the writer, Bill Gates invented personal computers. ______

2. Bill Gates and Paul Allen created Microsoft because they want to sell their program for personal computers._____

3. Bill Gates met his business partner at Harvard.______

4. His parents wanted him to become a computer programmer._______

Choose the correct answers:

5. The words “dropped out of” in line 8 mean ……………………

A. graduated from                 B. got over                         C. took part in                   D. stopped taking class at

6. How old was Bill Gates when he became the richest man in the United States?

A. 34                                      B. 51                                  C. 41                                  D. 44

Dan Nhi and Cong chieng are two famous traditional instruments of Vietnam

Dan Nhi is 1……………... played by the Kinh people. It is made of wood and has two strings. Its strings were traditionally made 2…………… silk but today they are usually made of metal. Musicians use a bow 3……………. the Dan Nhi and put their fingers on the strings to change the sound.

Cong chieng are percussion instruments. They’re made of metal and played with hands 4………... a stick with a large wooden head. Almost every family in Tay Nguyen 5…………... cong chieng at home.

6………… two instruments are parts of Vietnam tradition

1. A. tradition             B. traditional               C. traditionally                        D. traditionaly

2. A. of                        B. from                        C. with                                    D. by

3. A. playing               B. play                         C. plays                                   D. to play

4. A. and                     B. but                          C. or                                        D. either

5. A. have                    B. has                          C. to have                                D. having

6. A. these                   B. this                          C. that                                     D. they

Technology will change our lives in the future. Some companies have already been using drones to help their business. In France and Switzerland, national post offices have tried using them to …………. letters and parcels. In 2016, Amazon tried …………. their products to customers by drones. These are early steps and people need more time to make them better. Now, more companies are interested …………. this idea. In 20 years, drones will make selling and buying things …………. convenient. People will…………. using drones to do their shopping, and companies will be using them to take their products to customers. Drones will be used to help people …………. disasters, too. Carrying products to people in storms, earthquakes, or tsunamis will be easier .and faster.

1. A. sending               B. send                        C make                        D. making

2. A. delivered                        B. deliver                    C. delivering               D. to deliver

3. A. in                        B. at                            C. on                           D. with

4. A. most                   B. more                       C. lots of                     D. least

5. A. be                       B. being                       C. to be                       D. been

6. A in                         B. at                            C. on                           D. with

In the future, we’ll be doing lots of things 1………. the help of technology. Now, we drive our cars to work. But in 20 years, we’ll be travelling to different places in our self-driving cars. Now, we use smartphones to communicate with our families and friends. Communication will be 2………… convenient in the future because we’ll be wearing smart watches around our wrists to make phone calls. The way we watch movies will be different in the future, too. We’ll be watching films on digital walls and 3………… special walls will replace computers. Our free time activities will also change. Nowadays, we play online games but we’ll be playing virtual reality games in 20 years. We won’t have to 4…………. shopping for food or clothes 5…………… we’ll be using 3D printers to print things we need. Today, we use digital cameras to take pictures but in the future we’ll be 6…………pictures using drones. These are small planes that can be controlled from the ground.

1. A. by           B. with                                    C. on               D. at

2. A. less         B. the least                  C. more           D. the most

3. A. these       B. its                            C. their                        D. it

4. A going       B. to go                       C. go               D. goes

5. A so             B. but                          C. and             D. because

6. A taking      B. doing                      C. making        D. playing

Alexander Graham Bell, the American ⁽¹⁾ ……………… and teacher of the deaf, was most famous ⁽²⁾ ……………… his invention of the telephone. He was born on March 3, 1847, in Edinburgh, Scotland and educated at the universities of Edinburgh and London. He ⁽³⁾ ……………… to Canada in 1870 and to the United states in 1871. In the United States he began teaching deaf mutes, publicizing the system called visible ⁽⁴⁾ ………………. The system, which was developed by his father, the Scottish educator Alexander Melville Bell, shows ⁽⁵⁾ ……………… the lips, tongue and throat are used in the articulation of sound. In 1872 Bell founded a school for deaf – mutes in Boston, Massachusetts. The school subsequently became part of Boston University, ⁽⁶⁾ ……………… Bell was appointed professor of vocal physiology. He became a naturalized U.S citizen in 1882.

1. A. scientist                         B. doctor                           C. architect                        D. inventor

2. A. with                               B. of                                  C. for                                 D. about

3. A. departed                        B. emigrated                      C. sent                               D. left

4. A. message                         B. demonstration               C. information                   D. speech

5. A. how                               B. why                               C. which                            D. that

6. A. when                              B. what                              C. where                            D. All are correct