Read the passage then choose the true (T) or false (F) statement.(2marks)

How Nam has improved his English.

"...In the first semester of grade 7, I had some difficulties in learning English. My pronunciation of English was really bad and my English grammar was worse. I didn't know how to improve.One day, my English teacher took me to the school library and showed me cassettes of pronunciation drills. She also told me how to use an English - English dictionary to improve my English grammar.I made much progress and only short time later I got  excellent grades in English. Now I like learning English best. " 

1. Nam's English is poor in the first semester of grade of 7.  

2. He improved his English himself.

3. His teacher told him how to learn new words.

4. He is good at English now. 

Read the passage carefully and decide if the following sentences are true or false.

It is a sunny Saturday morning in North County. At 46 Elm Street, several people are standing next to a pile of lumber and bricks. They are going to build a house. But these people are not carpenters, plumbers, electricians, or roofers.

They are students from a nearby high school and business people from the community. They are volunteers for Habitat for Humanity International, a group that helps build houses for low-income families all over the world. These volunteers give their time because they like to help people. Today they are going to help the Dean family build their new house.

1. Habitat for Humanity helps build houses.

2. Carpenters and electricians build the house.

3. Students and business people are volunteers.

4. Now the Dean family is going to live in a nice apartment. 

XIV. Read the passage carefully and decide if the following sentences are true or false.

By late afternoon there were about 50,000 boys in the camp. They came from the United States and from twenty-two other countries. All of them were at least twelve years old. They all knew how to set up camp, cook meals, and clean up afterwards. And they all knew how to plan and put on campfire programs. Now they were ready for a week’s big Jamboree at Irvine Ranch. Irvine Ranch was a ranch of 3,000 acres with no buildings, only grass as far as the eye could see. By afternoon it was changed into Scout City, with streets running from one end of the 3,000 acres to the other. Each street was named and marked by a signpost, so that no Scout could get lost in this big new tent city.

1. About 50,000 Boy Scouts attended the Jamboree.

2. All Boy Scouts came from twenty three countries.

3. Some of the Boy Scouts knew how to set up camp, cook meals, and clean up.

4. After the boys arrived at Irvine Ranch, they changed it into Scout City.

XV. Read the passage then choose True, False:

I remember the days when I was a little girl. When the New Year came, my mother used to tell me not to cry, she used to take me to the market and buy new clothes for me. She always made my room more beautiful and baked cakes all night. My father used to paint the walls and redecorate the house and he often helped my mom with housework.

1. My mother often asked me not to cry when the New Year came.

2. She used to make new clothes for me when the New Year came.

3. My father never helps my mother with the chores.

4. I never forget the days when I was a little girl.

câu 1 : đọc đoạn văn và hoàn thành thông tin với các từ cho sẵn trong khung :

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is celebrated in the US on the fourth Thursday in November. (1)............many Americans it is the most important holiday apart from christmas schools, offices and most businesses close for Thanksgiving, and many people make the whole weekend a vacation. Thanksgiving is (2)..............with the time when europeans fist came to North America. In 1620 the ship the Mayflowers arrived, bringing about 150 people (3).............. today are usually called pilgrims. They arrived at the beginning of a very (4)..............winter and could not find enough to eat , so many of them died. But in the following summer native Americans (5).............. them what foods were safe to eat (6)............they could save food for the next winter. They held a big celebration to thank god and the native Americans for the fact that they had (7)............... Today people celebrate Thanksgiving to remember these early days the most important part of the celebration is a (8)............ dinner with foods that come from north America

bài 2 : đọc đoạn văn và hoàn thành thông tin

Vietnamese's New Year is (1).........according to the Lunar calendar. It is (2)............know as the Lunar New Year or Tet. It occurs in (3)............. january or early February. The exact date changes (4).................year to year . Vietnanese people usually make (5)..............for Tet holiday several weeks boforehand . They clean and decorate their homes, cook special food such as (6)...............rice cakes, and make(7).................on the family altars. On the New Year's Eve, the whole family(8)............together for the reunion dinner in which many different kinds of dishes are served. On Tet, people usually(9)............their new clothes, give one another the Tet season's greetings, and pay(10)............vistis

bài 3 :đọc đoạn văn và hoàn thành thông tin với các từ cho sẵn trong khung

Valentine's Day is always on February 14 .It's not a (1).................day. On weekdays, schools are open. Banks are open. People go to work. Life gose (2).....................as usual, but there is one(3)..................people give cards and gifts to friends and people they love. They say '' Be may Valentine'' . There are many kinds of Valentine cards. Some people make cards. Most people (4)................them. Men ad women often give each another romantic cards. There(5)................say, ' I love you' The husbands give cards to their(6)....................

Childen and friends usually give funny and humorous cards. These cards do not say 'I love you' They are not romantic. Children give cards to their friends school parties. Flowers and candies are popular gifts on Valentine's day . Many people give red roses (7)....................people they love . Stores sell chocolates and other candies in heart (8)................

Bài 4 :Hoàn thành các câu bên dưới

Tet is a national and traditional festival in Vietnam. It is an occasion for every Vietnamese to bereturned to thik about their past activities and hope for good luck when the year to come . Before Tet all houses are white washed and decorated with yellow apricot flowers and colorful lanterns everybody is looking forward to a more favorite life on New Year's Eve, children are smartly dressed . They are hoping to receive money put in small red envelope as they are wishing longevity to their grandparents and parents. Wrong doings should be absolutely avoidedon these days

1/..................................Tet is a national and traditional fetival

2/ Before tet all houses.................................with yellow apricot flowers and colorful lanterns

3/ Everybody is looking forward to.......................................

4/...................................children are smartly dressed and they are hoping..........................put in small red envelopes

Bài 5 : hoàn thành các câu bên dưới :

Viet Nam's New year is celebrated according to the Lunar calendar. It's officially known as Tet6s Nguyên Đán or Tet. It begins between January twenty - first and February nineteenth. the exact date changes from year to year . Vietnamese people usually make preparations for the holiday several weeks beforehand . They tidy their houses, cook special food, clean and make offerings on the family altars . On the New Year'Eve, people sit up to midnight to see the New Year coming up, then they put on new clothes and give one another the greetings of the season

1/ Viet Nam's New Year is celebrated acoording to................................

2/ Tet begins....................................

3/ People usually........................................

4/ People sit up midnight to.........................................

đặt câu hỏi cho phần gạch chân:

1/ Ethnic groups in Central Highlands have the custom (of making funeral house and statues fpr the dead)

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2/People in the Central Highlands believe (that man after death will move to another world)

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3/ If the dead were not buried in beautiful graves. They would (return and harass the living)

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4/Making funeral houses and cutting wooden statues are (the way of building palaces and supply slaves to the dead in the other world)

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5/People in the Central Highlands use (three tools) to make statues

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6/The topics for funeral statues are taken from (modern life)

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V. Read the passage.

Tet holiday is celebrated on the first day of the Lunar New Year in Viet Nam. Some weeks before the New Year, the Vietnamese clean their houses and paint the walls. New clothes are bought for the occasion. One or two days before the festival, people make Banh chung, which is the traditional cake, and kinds of jam. On the New Year's Eve, the whole family get together for the reunion dinner. Every member of the family should be present during the dinner in which many different kinds of dishes are served. On New Year morning, the young members of the family pay their respects to the elders. And the children receive lucky money wrapped in red tiny envelopes. Then people go to visit the neighbors, friends and relatives

a. True or false.

1. Vietnamese people clean their houses some weeks before the New Year.

2.A week before Tet, people make Chung cake.

3. The young members of the family pay their respects to elders.

4. The elders receive lucky money wrapped in red tiny envelopes.

b. Answer the questions.

1. When is Tet holiday celebrated in Viet Nam?

.......................................................................................

2. Do they make Banh chung three days before the festival?

............................................................................................

3. What do they do on the New Year's Eve?

..................................................................................................

4. Who receives lucky money?

...........................................................................................................

5.Do they visit their neighbors, friends, relatives on New Year morning?

................................................................................................................

VI. Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the same.

1. I don't have a motorbike.

I wish ......................................................

2. It takes long two hours to do his homework every day.

Long spends .......................................................................

3. My sister started learning english 5 years ago.

My sister has .........................................................................

4. Finding an apartment in a big city is not easy.

It is not .......................................................................................

Read the following passage and answer the questions

Tet or Lunar New Year holiday is the most important celebration for Vietnamese people. Tet is a festival which happens in late January or early February. Before Tet, people usually clean and decorate their homes. They go to market to buy candy, jams or dried water melon seeds. They also get new clothes which are worn at Tet. They often buy beach blossoms and marigolds which are traditional flowers on Tet holiday. Tet is a time for family members gather and have some special meals with special food such as sticky rice cakes. People often visit relatives and close friends on the second day of the holiday.

True (T) or False (F)

People often visit relatives and close friends on the first day of New Year.

Cho đoạn văn:

Many people from rural areas are leaving behind their traditional way of life and moving to the city . They believe that well -paying jobs are plentiful in the city.

At home on the farm,life is always a struggle with nature . Typhoons,floods or droughts can easily destroy a harvest and leave the farmer with little or no money until the following year . Often farmers look  for other work when they need more money for their family.

The increase in population , however , has led to overcrowding in many cities . This puts a strain on school and hospitals , as well as water and electricity supplies . Increased pollution is another unpleasant result.

There is also a human side to this tragedy . Families sometimes has to live apart . In these cases , children may live at home with relatives , while their parents go and live in an urban area.

Governments all over the world are trying to provide facilities for these migrants , but it can be quite a problem.

1.Complete the summary . Use information from the passage.

People from the countryside are ( 1 ) ______ their ( 2 ) _____ to go and live in the ( 3 ) _____. Farming can sometime be a difficult life and these people from ( 4 ) _____ ares feel the ( 5 ) _____ offers more opportunities. However, many people coming to the city create

( 6 ) _____. There may not be enough ( 7 ) _____ or ( 8 ) _____, while water and electrcity supplies may not be adequste. This is a

( 9 ) _____ facing governments around the ( 10 ) _____.

2.Find the word in the passage that means :

a)of the countryside               ......................................

b)as many as needed            ......................................

c)become greater or larger    ......................................

d)a great pressure                 ......................................

e)a terrible event                    ......................................

f)of the city or city life              ......................................

Some people believe that soon schools will no longer be necessary. These people say that because of the Internet and other new(1) ______________ ,there is no longer any need for school buildings, former classes, or teachers. Perhaps this will be true one day, but it is hard for me to (2) ________________ a world without schools. In fact, we need to look at how we can use new technology to make schools better not to (3) _________________ them. We should invent a new kind of school that is (4) __________________ to libraries, museums science centres, laboratories, and even companies. Experts could give (5) ________________ on video or over the Internet. TV networks and local stations could (6) _________________ programming about things students are actually studying in school. 

          Is this just a dream? No. Already there are several towns where this is beginning to happen. Blacksburg, Virginia, is one of them. Here the entire city is linked to the Internet, and learning can take place at home, at school and in the office. Businesses provide (7) _________________ for the schools and the (8) __________________. The schools provide computer labs for people (9) ___________________ their own computers at home. Because everyone can use the Internet, older people participate as much as younger ones, and everyone can visit distant libraries and museums as easily as (10) _____________________ ones.

Đề bài là điền từ vào chỗ trống nha

Read the following passage and answer the questions

Tet or Lunar New Year holiday is the most important celebration for Vietnamese people. Tet is a festival which happens in late January or early February. Before Tet, people usually clean and decorate their homes. They go to market to buy candy, jams or dried water melon seeds. They also get new clothes which are worn at Tet. They often buy beach blossoms and marigolds which are traditional flowers on Tet holiday. Tet is a time for family members gather and have some special meals with special food such as sticky rice cakes. People often visit relatives and close friends on the second day of the holiday.

True (T) or False (F)

People don’t clean and decorate their homes.

Read the following passage and answer the questions

Tet or Lunar New Year holiday is the most important celebration for Vietnamese people. Tet is a festival which happens in late January or early February. Before Tet, people usually clean and decorate their homes. They go to market to buy candy, jams or dried water melon seeds. They also get new clothes which are worn at Tet. They often buy beach blossoms and marigolds which are traditional flowers on Tet holiday. Tet is a time for family members gather and have some special meals with special food such as sticky rice cakes. People often visit relatives and close friends on the second day of the holiday.

True (T) or False (F)

Tet happens in early January.

Read the passage below and decide whether the statements are TRUE or FALSE?

I’m Bing. My grandmother told me that our village used to be very poor many years ago. The villagers had to work hard in the fields all day but they could not earn enough for their living. Their lives were very simple. Many people had to live in houses made of straw and mud. Nowadays my village has changed a lot. People live in big brick houses. In the evening, they can listen to the news on the radio or watch TV for entertainment. All people in my village try their best to make their living better. They raise and resurface the roads so that the roads will not be muddy and flooded after it rains.

Question: Many people had to live in houses made of straw and mud.