Read the following text and do the tasks.

HASSAN’S UNUSUAL HOBBY

Hassan has a very interesting hobby. He collects tropical fish! His bedroom has a gigantic aquarium all around the wall. He has been collecting fish since he was four. His first fish was an Angel fish. The only problem is that they can eat smaller fish.Hassan has visited a lot of different countries like Austra lia to dive in the beautiful weather there. He has always loved the ocean. Now, he’s fourteen.He has had his big aquarium for three years, since he was eleven.

 Last year when Hassan was in Caribbean for his holiday, he saw sharks when he was diving. He wants to have an aquarium where he can keep one or two small sharks, but it’s quite difficult in England. He works as a volunteer at the aquarium of  his local zoo. There he can feed the big fish. He hasn’t fed the sharks yet, because he is too young.

ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS.

1. What is Hassan’s hobby?________________________________________

2. Where does he have a huge aquarium?______________________________

3. When did he start his hobby? _____________________________________

4. Has he visited many different countries? ____________________________

5. Where did he see big sharks when he was diving? _____________________

6. Can he feed sharks now? ________________________________________

SAY WHETHER THESE STATEMENTS ARE TRUE OR FALSE:

1. Hassan has a boring hobby.          __________

2. He spends all his holidays in England             _________

3. When Hassan was eleven, he had a big aquarium.             _________

4. He helps in the zoo in the Caribbean.                ___________

5. He wants to have small sharks at home.                 ____________

CHOOSE WORDS FROM THE TEXT WHICH MEANS THE SAME AS:

1. Very big               ___________________________________

2.The sea                 ___________________________________

3. A glass home for fish       ____________________________

4. Work without receiving any money   ___________________

5. Give food to an animal         __________________________

Put the verbs into correct form.

1.My father enjoys (fish) ____________ because it (be) ______ relaxing.

2.If there (be) ________ to much litterin the streets, the environment (become) ___ polluted.

3.They (watch) _________ their favorite television program at the moment.

4.My mother hates (eat) _________ out. She thinks it (cost) _____________ a lot of money.

5.We (begin) _________ to study English in 1999.

6.Most people prefer (spend) _________ money to (earn) ___________ it.

7.Are you interested in (arrange) _________ flowers?

8.Tuan (love) _________ cartoons, but he says he (not, continue) __________ this hobby in the future.

9.____________ you still (play) ________ badminton next year?

10.My brother is crazy about (play) ___________ basketball.

11.I like ( collect) ___________ stamps. I (collect) _________ a lot of stamps from foreign countries so far.

Read the passage, and decide whether the sratements that follow are True or False:

 Garbage is a serious problem in the United States. Every year, Americans produce 308 billion pounds of garbage (about 140 billion kilos). A lot of garbage goes into landfills, but there arenot enough landfills for all the garbage.

 One answer to the garbage problem is recycling. About half of garbage in the USA can be recycled and used again. Recycling helps people solve the landfill problem and save natural resources. For examples, tires can be recycled to make pipes and floor coverings; glass is collected and sent to the factorises to make into new glassware. Moreover, household and garden wastes are collected to make compost.

Therefore, everybody should know how to protect the environment and save natural resources.

1.Every year, people all over the world produce 308 billion pounds of garbage.  ________

 2.In America, there are enough landfills for all the garbage.      ________

3. To solve the problem of garbage, Americans have to recycle it.    _______

4.About 50% of the garbage in the USA can be recycled and used again.      _____

5.Things which can be recycled are tires, glass and even waste around house.

6.Household and garden wastes aren’t reused.      ________

Put the verbs into correct tenses.

1.I(try) ______ to learn English for years, but I(not, succeed) _______yet.

2.They(watch) ___ their facorite television program at the moment.

3.The sun(rise) ___ in the west.

4.Mr Jone __ (be) principal of our school since last year

5.Her son(not, visit) ______ her very often

6.I _______ (read) that novel by Hamming way several times before

7.The Moon(go) _____ around the Earth, and theEarth(move) _______around the Sun.

8.How Long _______ you(wait) ______ for me?

9.What _______ Miss Lan(look) ________ like?

10.Look at the plane. It(land) _____________.

11.Mary and John are neighbors. They(know) _________ each other for a long time.

12.In England the sun(not, shine) _______ every day

13.Minh (dance) ________ with his friends at present

14.It’s 6.00 p.m. Marry is at home. She(have) _____ dinner. She always(have) ________ dinner with her family around six o’clock.