I have twin brothers, Tim and Tom. They are very similar and a lot of people don’t know which is which. They both have blond hair and blue eyes, and they always wear jeans and T-shirts.

They like doing the same things, too. For examples, they both like jazz and they’re crazy about football. They go to football match once a week. Tim doesn’t like dancing or discos and Tom doesn’t like them, either. Although they’re twins, they’re not exactly the same at everything. Tim works hard at school because he wants to go to the university, but Tom is a bit lazy. Our mother is often away from home because of her job, so we all work together in the house.   

Most of the time it’s fine, but sometimes we fight a bit.

 Khai and I are team mates in our school’s soccer team, and that is the reason we became best friends. At first we did not know each other, but we quickly became close friends after just a few weeks. Khai is a good player, so he always helps me practice to improve my skills. In order to thank him, I become his instructor in some of the subjects in class. I am as tall and slim as Khai, and many people say that we look like brothers. In fact, we are even closer than brothers. Khai is very sociable, but I’m not as outgoing as him. We can share almost everything, from feelings to clothes and hobbies although we don’t have the same characters. I am always proud of our friendship, and we will keep it like this as long as we can.

Answer True/ False

5. What is the main idea of this passage?

A. Classmates are best friends.                                   B. Team mates are best friends.

C. Brothers are best friends.                                       D. All are correct.

6. What does the word “it” in line 6 mean?

A. friend                                 B. friendship                     C. friendliness                  D. B&C are correct

There were two friends called Sam and Mark. One day, when they were walking in the forest, they saw a big bear. They didn’t want the bear to attack them. Sam quickly stood on Mark’s shoulders and climbed up a tree. He said that there wasn’t enough space for Mark. Mark didn’t know what to do, so he lied down and pretended to be dead. When Mark was lying down, the bear came and said something to him. After that, it walked away. Sam climbed down and asked Mark what the bear said. Mark told Sam, “The bear said that I should choose better friends”.

Answer True or False

5. What is the main idea of this passage?

A. the best friend.                                                       B. how to develop the friendship.

C. how to attack the bear.                                           D. advice to choose the real friend.

6. What does the word “space” in line 3 mean?

A. room           B. seat C. place                                     D. all are 

Do you have any close friends? I think everybody at least has one close friend in their life. And so do I. I have two close friends, Mary and Susan. We are in the same class at primary school, and then secondary school. We are also neighbors in Manchester so we spend most of our time in learning and playing together. Mary is a beautiful girl with big blue eyes and an oval rosy face. She is an intelligent student who is always at the top of class. She likes reading, and she often goes to the library whenever she has free time. Susan isn’t as beautiful as Mary, but she has a lovely smile and looks very healthy. Susan is very sporty. She is interested in all kinds of sport and music. Her favorite group is U2, but her favorite singer is Bryan Adams. Sports View is her favorite TV program. She is a volleyball star of our school. She is also very sociable and has a great sense of humor. Her jokes always make us laugh. I love both of my friends and I always hope our friendship will never die.

Answer True or False

1. The author formed her close friendship when she was a child.     _________

2. The author’s close friends are also her next-door neighbors.        _________                                                                      

3. Susan isn’t fond of all kinds of sport and music.                           _________                                                  

4. The author hopes to have a lasting friendship.                               _________

5. What is the main idea of this passage?

A. the author’s classmates.                                         B. the author’s childhood.

C. the author’s close friends.                                      D. the author’s next-door neighbors.

6. What does the word “sociable” in line 9 mean?

A. generous         B. outgoing                  C. humorous                     D. reserved 

Dear Mai,

I’m very (1) _____ that we’re going to be pen pals. I’ll tell you a little about me, and you can do the same when you write to me.

I live in an area of London called Maida Vale. It’s quite near the center, but there are parks nearby where I often take my dog, Mickey, for a walk. I live with my parents and my younger brother, Paul. My father works for the post office and my mother has a (2) _________ job as a nurse.

I go to the local comprehensive school, where I have a lot of friends. I like most subjects, but not all of them! In the evening I sometimes (3) _____ friends or stay at home and listen to music, and (4) _____ the weekends I like going swimming or horse-riding.

At the moment I (5) _____ very hard because I have exams soon, so I’m spending a lot of time in the library!

I’m looking forward to (6) _____ from you. Write soon!

1. A. please                            B. pleased                     C. pleasing                         D. pleasure

 2. A. half-time                       B. free-time                   C. part-time                       D. spare-time

3. A. visit                               B. come                         C. stay                               D. correspond

4. A. in                                  B. to                              C. at                                   D. for

5. A. work                             B. worked                     C. am working                   D. has worked

6. A. hear                               B. to hearing                 C. heard                             D. hearing

Now teenagers spend a lot of their free time (1) _______ the Internet. They like using social networking sites to keep in touch (2) _____ their friends, write blogs or upload photos. They also follow (3) ______ people on the Internet. Teenagers don’t usually use their real names online, but have (4) _______. They use it this on their profile pages which (5) _____ their pictures, interests and other details. Some people don’t like social networking (6) _______ they think teenagers are wasting too much time on it. But the use of networking is still increasing. How about you? Do you love or hate spending your free time on it?

1. A. use                           B. to use                            C. using                           D. used

2. A. with                         B. for                                 C. to                                D. above

3. A. poor                         B. rich                                C. sick                             D. famous

4. A. first name                 B. username                       C. middle name               D. password

5. A. sell                           B. show                             C. introduces                   D. advertises

6. A. but                           B. or                                   C. because                       D. and