C. READING

I. Read the text and cho the best answer.

MY BEST FRIEND (By Andres Diaz)

          My best friend is called Ernesto and he is my classmate.We go to school together. Ernesto comes from an educated family. His father is a school principle and his mother is also a teacher. He is punctual, well- educated and has good manners. He is friendly,clever and really hard- working. He always does his homework. He is also well dressed and well behaved, all the teachers have a high opinion of him.

Ernesto has a well- built body, he is tall and slim and has small blue eyes and curly brown hair. He likes to do different stuffs. He takes part in all sports, scout and mountaineering activities and he also likes to paly the guitar. He has a goo heart. He is truthful, honest and obedient.

Ernesto make his parents very pround of him. He secures his good marks and usually top of his class in all examinations. He inspires me to work harder. He keep me away from bad company. I am happy to have such a good friend.

1. Ernesto’s mother is……………….

          A . a farmer                                       B. a teacher          

C.  a guitar player                              D. a school priniple

2.  What does Ernesto look like?

          A. He is tall and slim                          B. He is tall and fat

          C. He is friendly and honest               D. He likes to play the guitar.

3. Ernesto has………………

          A. curly brown hair and blue eyes       B. straight blond hair and blue eyes

          C. green eyes and curly bwown hair   D. blue eyes and straight blond hair

4. What does Ernesto like?

          A. tall and thin                                   B. He likes sport            

C.He is friendly, clever and honest.    D. small blue eyes and curly brown hair

5. What is Erneto like?

A. tall and thin                                   B. He likes sport. 

C.He is friendly, clever and honest.    D. small blue eyes and curly brown hair

II. Read the text and choose the best option.

My family

          Hello, my name is Lucy. I am about thirteen years old. So I’m very young. I’m from North America. I’m an American and I live in San francisco. I have (1)………….. and blue eyes. I’m short and thin. I’m very adventurous, (2)…………..and funny. I’m (3)……………. person in my family.

          I’ve got one brother and one sister. My brother , Alex is 20 years olds. He has  got long blond hair and blue eyes. He is muscular and (4)…………... He is (5)………….. person in my family. Everyday I usually get up at 7 oclock,  and listen to music loudly. My brother, Alex doesn’t like it. So we sometimes fight about music. He likes swimming and basketball. He is very neat and (6)…………. He is more seriou than other people in my family. My sister, Megan is 25 years old. She is a teacher. She has long blond hair and blue eyes. She is tall and very thin. She is(7) ………… person in the family. She likes reading books and going picnics. My father , Danny is a security guard and he is middle- aged but he looks (8)………... He has curly hair and blue eyes. He is muscular and (9)………….. He also likes picnics. We always go for picnics once a week. My mother, Helen is a boss at a company. She is also middle- aged but looks so young. She has short blond hair and blue eyes. She is cute , creative ,(10)…………. and flexible. So I like her very much. She is more friendly than other people in my family. I’m the luckist person to have such a family.

1. A. short blond hair                                   B. blond short hair

    C. hair short blond                                   D. hair blond short

2. A. the most talkative                                B. talkative

    C. more talkative                                               D. the more talkative     

3. A. the most talkative                                B. talkative

    C. more talkative                                               D. the more talkative     

4. A. good                      B. good-look                  C. best look          D. good- looking  

5. A. tall                         B. taller                C. the tallest          D. as tall as

6. A. hardwork                                            B. more hard work

    C. the most hard-working                         D. hard- working

7. A. thin                        B. thinner             C. the thinnest       D. as thin as

8. A. very young             B. more young      C. younger            D. older               

9. A.  funny                    B. more fun           C. funniest            D. fun

10. A. friend                   B. friendly            C. unfriend           D. unfriendly

III. Read the text and choose the best option.

          Hi friends. Let me introduce my sister.Her name is Sophia and she is 23 years old. She is absolutely  (1)…………….. The boys are very fond of her. She has got (2), ……………blue eyes and pretty little nose. Her eyelashes are extremely (3)…………….. She has got very (4). ……………..She is about 176 cm tall and she weighs 56kg.  She is slim and she has got (5)……………..but her feet are quite small. Sho go to the university where she studies economics. Sophia is (6)…………….. that’s why she gets a lot of money from various scholarships. I can’t mention any negative feature about her. She is very kind, she pay attention to her friends ( she has many). She is(7)……………..and likes jokes alots. My sister is (8)……………... She helps me with my homework and always helps my parents around the house. In her free time she (9)……………..for a big and famous company. She often goes jogging to keep herself fit and healthy. My parents are (10)……………..her.

1. A. beautiful                                             B. beauty             

    C. beautifully                                          D. beautifulness

2. A. black long hair                                              B. long black hair

    C. hai long black                                               D. long hair black

3. A. hight                                                   B. big         

    C. weight                                                 D.long

4. A. nice white teeth                                   B. teeth white nice

    C. white teeth nice                                   D. nice teeth white

5. A. long leg                                                         B.big legs             

    C. long legs                                              D. high legs

6. A. more very clever                                  B. much clever               

    C. very clever                                          D. clever very

7. A. usually cheerful                                   B. usually cheer

    C. cheerful usually                                   D. usually cheerfully

8. A. very helpfulnees.                                 B. very help.

    C. very helpfully.                                              D. very helpful.

9. A. works as model                                   B.work as model

    C. works a model                                              D. works model

10. A. very of  pround                                  B. pround very

      C. very pround of                                   D. very pround about

Hi Nick, It's great to hear from you. Now I'd like to tell you about my best friend. My mom is my best friend. She is 37 year old. She is a teacher...................... a secondary school. She ..............math. My mother is tall and slim and she has.............................. hair. She is very kind and..................... She never gets angry with us. She likes cooking and......................math magazines. She usually helps............................with difficult math problems. I love my mother very much.

V.  Read the passage about Nga and her best friend, then choose the best answer (A, B or C) to each question.

My name is Nga and my best friend is Lan. She is my classmate. We are both in grade 6 at Lam Son Secondary School. Lan lives next to my house. Every day, my father takes us to school on his motorbike, and we come home on foot in the evening. She is an intelligent girl. Her favourite subject is math, and she is really good at it. Mine is English. We usually help each other with our homework. Whenever i am sad, Lan always tells me stories to make me happy. I feel really lucky to have a best friend like Lan.

1. How old are Lan and Nga?

A. 10                    B. 12                    C. 14

2. How do they go to school?

A. By bus            B. On foot             C. By motorbike

3. What is NOT TRUE about the passage?

A. They are classmates.        B. They are neighbours.   C. English is Lan's favourite subject.

4. What do they usually help each other?

A. Do their homework            B. Do their housework    C. Do their shopping

5. What does Lan do to make Nga happy?

A. Sing a song                    B. Tell stories                       C. Buy presents VII. 

X. Rewrite the sentence so that it is closest in meaning to the original one.

51 My best friend’s hair is long and black.

→ My best friend has …………………………………………………………………

52. There are 25 classes in my school.

→ My school ………………………………………………………………………

53. The bookstore is to the left of the toystore.

→ The toystore…………………………………………………………………….

54. Mr Nam has a daughter, Mai.

→ Mai is ………………………………………………………………………

55. My favorite room in the house is the living room.

→ I like ………………………………………………………………………

Read the passage and answer some questions below

My best friend

   My best friend is Hannah. She lives next door to me. We go to the same school but we are in different classes. I walk to school, but Hannah goes by bike, because she always gets up late. After school we finish our homework first, then we listen to our favourite music. I like R&B, but Hannah hates it. She think it’s boring. She loves rock music.

Questions:

1.Who is Hannah?

…………………………………………………………………………………………

2.How does the writer go to school?

…………………………………………………………………………………………

3.What do the writer and Hannah do after school?

…………………………………………………………………………………………

4. Does Hannah dislike R&B? Why?

…………………………………………………………………………………………

5. What kinks of music does the writer love?

…………………………………………………………………………………………

Hi Nick,

It’s great to hear from you. I want to tell you about my best friend. My grandma is my best friend. She is 68 years old. She (1)________with our family. She was a maths teacher (2)________a secondary school. She likes (3)________up early and watering the flowers in our garden. She usually helps (4)________ with my homework. In the evening, she tells me interesting stories. She also listens (5)________ me when I'm sad. I love my grandma very much.

What about you? Who's your best friend?

Bye bye,

An

Hi Nick,

It’s great to hear from you. I want to tell you about my best friend. My grandma is my best friend. She is 68 years old. She (1)________with our family. She was a maths teacher (2)________a secondary school. She likes (3)________up early and watering the flowers in our garden. She usually helps (4)________ with my homework. In the evening, she tells me interesting stories. She also listens (5)________ me when I'm sad. I love my grandma very much.

What about you? Who's your best friend?

Bye bye,

An

1. A. lives            B. works            C. goes

2. A. for              B. on                     C. at 

3. A. going          B. staying            C. getting 

4. A. I                B. me                  C. my

5. A. with          B. to                     C. for