Imagine that an Australian friend of yours comes to Vietnam and will spend a day in Binh Phuoc
write an email to give him/her some information

What is NASA?

      Would you like to be an explorer? Would you like to help with future missions to other planets and outer space? Then maybe you should work for NASA. NASA is an (1) ………………. It is a word formed from the (2) ………………. letters of other words. N.A.S.A. stands for National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA is in charge (3) ………………. exploring space. This U.S. agency was started in 1958. At that time, the United States and the Soviet Union were in a space (4) ………………. Each country wanted to be the first to explore space and to (5) ……………….a man on the moon. The Soviet Union won a victory (6) ………………. September 13, 1959. Its Luna 2 was the first man-made (7) ………………. to land on the moon. NASA won the final victory on July 20, 1969, when the astronauts from Apollo 11 were the first people to (8) ………………. on the moon.

      1.   A. word                      B. phrase                    C. shortcut                 D. acronym

      2.   A. first                        B. beginning              C. initial                     D. all are correct

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

      4.   A. tournament           B. contest                   C. competition          D. race

      5.   A. take                        B. give                        C. put                          D. make

      6.   A. in                            B. on                           C. at                            D. both B & C

      7.   A. object                    B. machine                C. thing                      D. stuff

      8.   A. run                         B. walk                       C. touch                     D. drive

        Environmental pollution is a term that (1)______ to all the ways by which man pollutes his surroundings. Man dirties the air with (2)______ gases and smoke, (3)_____ the water with chemicals and other substances, and damages the (4)_____ with too many fertilizers and pesticides. Man also pollutes his surroundings (5)_____ various other ways. For example, people ruin natural beauty by (6)_____ junk and litter on the land and in the water.

       Environmental pollution is one of the most serious problems facing mankind today. Air, water and soil are necessary to the (7)_____ of all living things. Badly polluted air can cause illness, and (8)_____ death. Polluted water kills fish and other (9)_____ life. Pollution of soil reduces the amount of land that is available for growing food. Environmental pollution also brings ugliness to man’s (10)_____ beautiful world.

  1. A. means                        B. refers                    C. provides                D. reduces

  2. A. thick                          B. natural                  C. exhaust                  D. influent

  3. A. purifies                      B. pumps                   C. sprays                      D. poisons

  4. A. soil                            B. forests                   C. streets                   D. beaches

  5. A. on                              B. in                          C. by                          D. with

  6. A. spoiling                     B. leaving                 C. scattering               D. gathering

  7. A. survival                     B. environment         C. development          D. growth

  8. A. so                              B. ever                       C. too                          D. even

  9. A. animal                      B. marine                   C. human                     D. plant

10. A. nature                       B. natural                   C. naturally                  D. natured

14.  After the thief (leave).........................the house, the police (come).......................

13. All  people  who  were  without  homes  in  the  flood  were  provided  with  .................. accommodation.

  A. short                    B. temporary             C. present                  D. instant

17. If you were the president, what ..................... you do to help the environment?

  A. will                       B. did                         C. would                    D. do

19. The village’s drinking water ........................ with poisonous chemicals since the factory came

into operation.

  A. contaminates    B. is contaminated   C. has contaminated    D. has been contaminated

20. When the policeman came to the scene, the driver of the car ........................

  A. have left              B. had left                  C. leaves                     D. was left

          We must conserve water. Otherwise we will face serious water shortages. (IF)

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          The weather was awful. We didn’t enjoy our camping holiday. (BECAUSE OF)

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THE LONDON EYE

The London Eye is an attraction not to be missed when visiting London!

The London Eye is the massive Ferris wheel that (1) __________135 meters tall and

120 meters wide on the South bank of the River Thames, near Westminster Bridge and opposite the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben.

Originally called The Millennium Wheel, the formal opening (2) __________was performed

by Tony Blair on the last day of 1999, with the first members of the public riding the wheel

 __________ March 2000. The wheel took only 16 months to build, and at the time was the tallest observation wheel in the world (two larger wheels have since been built). It remains the tallest wheel in Europe.

Around the wheel are 32 capsules, each representing one London (4) __________ . Each capsule weighs 10 tonnes and carries 25 passengers. As the wheel slowly rotates, taking about 30 minutes to complete one rotation at a (5) __________ of 26 cm per second, visitors can sit or walk around inside the capsules and enjoy marvellous views over London of up to 40 kilometres. Visitors might be able to (6) __________ the Olympic park in Stratford, Big Ben, St Pau’s Cathedral and Buckingham Palace. On a clear day it is possible to see Windsor Castle. The slow rotation of the wheel means that it can revolve continuously without needing to stop to let people (7) __________.

The London Eye is the most popular paid for attraction in London, with 3.5 million visitors every year. It has already become an (8) __________ London building. The yearly New Year’s Eve fireworks are launched from the base of the London Eye.

At the top of the list of the costliest natural disasters in the history of the United States is Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Katrina was the third strongest hurricane ever to hit theU.S. It affected 90,000 square miles in Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida, and Alabama. The hurricane formed over the Bahamas and turned into a Category 1 hurricane by the time it hit the southeastern tip of Florida. It got stronger as it traveled across the Gulf of Mexico. It had become a category 4 hurricane when it reached Louisiana. The storm surge that followed caused destruction from central Florida to Texas. Louisiana, experienced even more damage because its levees were breeched, letting water flood a large portion of the city. The National Weather Service warned people of the tropical monster that was heading towards the southern coast. Residents were told to expect power outages.

They were told they might lose their rooftops and to expect water shortages. About 4/5 of the population evacuated. The estimate was that around 100,000 people remained in the metro area. Some were stranded tourists; others did not own a car and had no way out.

Decide if the following statements are true (T) or false (F).

1.Katrina is the most economically damaging hurricane to the US.                                         ....

2.Katrina was the strongest hurricane in the US‟s history.                                                            ...

3.Louisiana suffered the most in the hurricane.                                                                          ....

4.The US residents had no information about the hurricane.                                                     ....

5.Those who got stuck in the metro area were all local resident