VIII. Read the text carefully, then do the tasks.

                                                  Changes in Food Habits

        Before the Stone Age, people used to eat fruits, leaves, and anything they found from the forest. However, this habit changed into hunting animals, preserving food items, and planting and growing vegetables, which eventually led to farming different crops like maize, corn, and rice. People were healthy, they rarely had diseases and never needed extra exercise because their daily work kept their bodies running. 
       At present, we have turned agriculture into a mass scale production, including machinery, technology, and pesticides, all of which came in with the green revolution. With the green revolution agriculture and the traditional farming culture turned upside down. As far nor now, farmers who are able to cope up with the multinational cooperation’s and their large-scale, expensive products, pesticides, and high-yielding varieties of seeds, keep producing crops for the market. Yet the traditional, low-income farmers even today, especially in Asian countries, are in a dire state.  Fast food is another major factor in modern food habits. Although many people find it convenient, it leads to many health conditions. Today people are unhealthy, need medicine, and function on diets and exercise machines.

      A. Decide whether the following sentences are true (T) or false (F).

1. People in the past ate healthy food so they rarely had diseases.          __________

2. The green revolution is the decrease in agriculture production.             __________

3. The green revolution caused agriculture to change completely.             __________

4. Farmers nowadays can’t meet the great demand of the food market.    __________

5. Fast food is convenient but it’s not good for health.

       B. Answer the following questions. 6. In the past, why didn’t people need extra exercise?   _______________________________________________________________ 

7. Who is still in the serious situation despite the development in agriculture?   _______________________________________________________________ 

8. How are people nowadays compared to those in the past?   _______________________________________________________________  
 

IV.Fill in each blank in the passage with the correct word from the box. There are some extra words. 

     Through centuries, one of the most (16)_____ elements of a Vietnamese village has been its gate. However, the image is fast disappearing due to rapid urbanization. One way of keeping the (17)______ image alive is via photography. A(n) (17)_____ entitled “Old Gates” consisted of nearly 700 photos taken of typical village gates in northern Viet Nam, which opened in Ha Noi on the (18)_____ of the National Cultural Heritage Day. Villages in the north usually have the main gate and one leading to the rice fields alongside minor gates. Many have disappeared forever. Gates differ depending on the typical village (19)___ Amajor trading villages such as Cu Da in Ha Noi would have a sizeable gate while more (20)_____ villages would have their gates engraved and decorated

V.Fill in each blank in the passage with the correct word from the box. There are some extra words. 

     Ha Noi’s Old Quarter has established hundreds of years ago on the east side of the ancient Thang Long citadel. In the old days, the Old Quarter, a system of narrow streets, alleys, and houses, was (1)______ to several guilds such as bronze casting, forging, jewelry making, wood carving, silk, and clothes trading. Small, beautifully styled houses built along with a (2)______ local culture. Streets in the Old Quarter still have names describing their original goods or craft, for example, Hang Bac or “SilverStreet”. The ground-floor shops of the (3______ here now sell handicrafts, fine arts, and food. But the quarter also has a number of pagodas, temples, (4)_____ relics, and festivals dedicated to the founders of some of the local crafts. Now, many guild streets, like Hang Quat street, don’t make fans anymore, but they are remembered as craft streets. The architecture and lifestyle of the local people reflect typical (5)_____ of traditional guild streets in Ha Noi. 

Bài 14:Đọc bài đọc sau đây.Điền T (true) trước câu có thông tin đúng với thông tin bài đọc.Điền F (false) trước câu có thông tin không đúng với nội dung bài đọc, điền NG (not given) trước câu có nội dung không có trong bài đọc. 

                                                  Issues in big cities 

          These days, more and more people prefer urban life because of all the opportunities it brings about, namely job opportunities, recreational facilities, decent education, and a high standard of living. However, once they settle down in a city, they have to face up to more than one problem.     

        To begin with, life in the urban city is also very stressful and busy. City dwellers often have a hectic pace of life, which means that they rarely have enough time for recreational activities. People have to work hard and compete fiercely to earn a decent living, which puts people under a lot of pressure. Moreover, working hard and extra working hours mean that urban residents have very short time for their family and friends. Many people have complained that parents in the cities do not pay much attention to their children and people tend to talk less to each other.

       Furthermore, people have to put up with heavy pollution in the city. There are many kinds of pollution such as air, water, land, noise and even light pollution. This is understandable because there are numerous pollutants in the city. For example, exhaust fumes from vehicles or emissions from factories are the main causes of air pollution. Pollution is detrimental to human health. It can create some incurable diseases for people such as lung cancer when we inhale too much fume and dusk.

      Another serious problem is unemployment. While many people move to the city with the hope of finding a job, their dreams turn sour due to the competitive job market. In the city, the demand for the quality of the workforce is getting higher and higher. Poorly-trained workers from rural areas may become jobless in the city. 

     In conclusion, should people want to move from the countryside to the urban areas, they have to consider all the advantages and disadvantages before making up their mind.

_________1. There are more opportunities than problems for people living in the urban areas

_________2. Although people in the city are busy, they can always have time for entertainment activities.

_________3. People have to work hard and compete fiercely to make money.

_________4. People don’t have to tolerate heavy pollution in the city.

_________5. Air pollution is the most serious issue in the city.

_________6. The competitive job market in the city causes difficulties for workers with low quality to find a job. 

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IV.Fill in each blank in the passage with the correct word from the box. There are some extra words. 

   City icons play an important role in the efforts of cities to get remembered. The icons are that the city (1)______________ that appear on postcards sent to family and friends. By seeing one shot of the Golden Gate Bridge in a television series or movie, we know immediately it is San Francisco.  Good city icons carry a meaning. They tell a story about the associated city. For example, the Eiffel Tower is definitely the most (2)____________ symbol of Paris. It has a simple form but it symbolizes what Paris is and wants to be: the world's most (3)____________ city. Love couples from all over the world go up to see the sunset over Paris.  Besides, Rome's Colosseum stands for the true (4)_________ of Rome: a(n) (5)______ city that relies on its historical importance. The Colosseum as an icon show the current importance of historical values among Rome's inhabitants.  
                              Mong mọi người giúp mình. Mình cảm ơn nhiều ạ !!

Bải 13: Khoanh tròn đáp án đúng:

     Many people who are close to their retirement want to move to the countryside to enjoy the rest of their life. It is widely believed that life in the rural areas are (1)__________ Than that in the city. The countryside is _____________ than the city and people’s health  will improve. (3)_______________ , city folks have warned people about the potential risks of living the rural areas. Life in the countryside may not be blissfully calm as expected, even tougher. For example ,rural houses are (4)___________and people living in it.(5)________,people may also (6)__________ up to the lack of health care service. The vulnerable old people can’t be (7)__________treated in the countryside than in the city.For those who have spent most of their life working and living in urban areas, they may not be able to (8)________the boredom and lack of facility in the rural areas. 

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Bài 12: Hoàn thành những câu sau bằng cụm động từ thích hợp. 

1. I have seen a lot of people brust into tears when they __________ their friends and family.

2.Do you __________  ________________ me that didn’t try hard enough ?

3.Has your teacher ever ____________ you _________ ? No, she hasn’t. She is a nice teacher.

4.Last week I borrowed Tom &50 to buy a book but I _________________him yet.

5.My boyfriend walked towards me and then he___________   __________ a small gift.

6.I never___________  ______________ in ghosts but my brother is always scared of them. 7._______________ ! There is a car coming.

8.I hate the way Peter tells lies and ______  ____________ stories to cheat people.

9.Have you __________   __________ enough to buy a new car.

10.I promised  my mother not to __________ her__________, so I tried my best to get high scores. 

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III. Choose the best answer a, b, c or d to complete the sentence.

1. The museum has a superb collection of ancient __________ from Nubia.

     A. artefacts                B. leather                   C. presence                  D. beads

2. Our aim is to make the performing arts, museums, and our __________ accessible to all.

    A. love                        B. patriotism               C. heritage                   D. status

3. I have ten pictures and eight pieces ________ sculpture on exhibition.

    A. of                            B. on                            C. in                              D. for

4. David Ferris’s father was a bank manager living __________ the outskirts of the Lancastrian town of Preston.

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

5. All people should join hand in protecting the environment _________ we can gain better health.

     A. in order that                    B. when                                  C. because                             D. even though

6. ________we were waiting, a woman with a phone on her hand asked us what we were doing. 

     A. That                              B. In order that                             C. While                             D. Although

7. The bus __________ up passengers outside the airport. 

     A. hits                                    B. sends                                  C. lays                                     D. picks

8. After visiting Van Phuc village, they came _____________ to their hotel for lunch. 

     A. at                                         B. up                                    C. down                                    D. back

9. A: I’ll pick you up at eight o’clock on my way to the airport. 

   B: _______________    

A. For pleasure              B. Great. I’ll see you then.                 C. I have a phone.                 D. Would be.

10. A: Would you like to join us on the trip to La Khe Silk Village? 

     B: ____________________      

A. Sounds great.                B. For now.                   C. Better things happened.                D. I don’t think so.

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