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The ancient town of Hoi An lies on the Thu Non river, 30 km south of Da Hang. It was formerly a major trading center in Southeast Asia between the 16th and 17th centuries. Hoi an is famous for it's old temples, pagodas, small tile - roofed houses and narrow streets. All the houses we're made of wood and their pillar we're carved with ornamental design.
All visitors to Hoi an are commended a visit to the Assembly Hall of Cantonese Chinese Congregation. This house was built in 1855 and still keeps many precious objects that belonged to the Chinese community of Hoi an. Another attractive address to tourists is Tan Ky house, which was conducted nearly two centuries ago as house of a Vietnamese merchant. The house now looks almost exactly as it did in the early 19th century
In recent years, Hoi An has become a popular tourists destination in Vietnam. In 1999, it was certified by UNESCO as a World Culture Heritage Site.
Questions :
1. Where is the ancient town of Hoi An situated ?
=>on the Thu Non river, 30 km south of Da Hang. It was formerly a major trading center in Southeast Asia between the 16th and 17th centuries.
2. What are the old houses in Hoi An like?
=> it's old temples, pagodas, small tile - roofed houses and narrow streets and made of wood and their pillar we're carved with ornamental design.
3. How old is the Assembly Hall of Cantonese Chinese Congregation ?
=>built in 1855 and still keeps many precious objects that belonged to the Chinese community of Hoi an.
4. Was Hoi an declared by UNESCO as a World Cultural Heritage Site twenty years ago ?
=> Yes, it was
III. Read the following passage then answer the questions. (2ms)
Alfred Bernard Nobel (1833-1896), a Swedish scientist, was invented dynamite. He allowed his invention to be used in peace. However, he saw it being used in war to destroy things, he was very unhappy. On his death he left all his money to be spent upon a prize every year. The Nobel Prize is now one of the greatest prizes that a person can ever receive. It is given every year for the best work in one of the following subjects: physics, chemistry, medicine, literature and peace.
* Write true (T) or false (F) for each sentence. (1m)
1. Alfred Bernard Nobel was born in 1896.
=> F
2. The Nobel Prize is now one of the biggest prizes.
=> T
* Answer the following questions. (2ms)
1. What did Alfred Bernard Nobel invent?
=> He invented dynamite.
2. Did he leave all his money for the Nobel Prize after his death?
=> Yes, he did.3. Why was he very unhappy?
=> Because he saw it being used in war to destroy things.
4. What subjects are the Nobel Prize given?
=> It is given every year for the best work in one of the following subjects: physics, chemistry, medicine, literature and peace.
* Write true (T) or false (F) for each sentence. (1m)
1. Alfred Bernard Nobel was born in 1896.
=> F
2. The Nobel Prize is now one of the biggest prizes.
=> T
* Answer the following questions. (2ms)
1. What did Alfred Bernard Nobel invent?
=> He invented dynamite.
2. Did he leave all his money for the Nobel Prize after his death?
=> Yes, he did.
3. Why was he very unhappy?
=> Because he saw it being used in war to destroy things.
4. What subjects are the Nobel Prize given?
=> It is given every year for the best work in one of the following subjects: physics, chemistry, medicine, literature and peace.
1. What is a good description for this text?
A. An autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. B. The life of Benjamin Franklin
C. The works of Benjamin Franklin. D. Franklin and American Independence.
2. When was Benjamin Franklin born?
A. 1806 B. 1794 C. 1717 D. 1706
3. Which of these happened first?
A. Franklin trains as a printer. B. Franklin runs away to Philadelphia.
C. The American colonies rebel. D. Franklin starts his first publication.
4. What was Poor Richard’s Almanak about?
A. Franklin’s reputation. B. How to succeed in business.
C. How to do government printing. D. The text does not say.
5. In which countries did Franklin live?
A. England and France. B. Philadelphia and England.
C. London and America. D. England, America and France.
Mik làm ko biết đúng hay ko nữa, tại vì bài đọc nhìn choáng quá đi, nếu sai thì mong bn thông cảm.Thảo Phương
The reading is followed by several questions about it. There are four possible answers (A, B, C or D) for each question. Choose the best answer.
Benjamin Franklin
Few people can embody the spirit of early America as much as Benjamin Franklin. He lived through almost the whole of the eighteenth century, being born six years after it began, and dying ten years before it ended. In this time he saw the American colonies grow from tiny settlements into a nation, and he also contributed much to the development of the new state.
At the age of 17 Franklin ran away to Philadelphia. He had already received some training as a printer’s apprentice, and this helped him seven years later, with his first publication, the Pennsylvania Gazette. He also received a contract to do government printing work, which helped him to rise from his poor background to become a successful entrepreneur. Some of his experience in business was shared in his famous Poor Richard’s Almanak, which established his reputation throughout the American colonies. In another of his works, the Autobiography, which was written toward the end of his life, he shows the same quiet common sense.
He was deeply interested in science and natural history, and his experiments with electricity and lightning led directly to the invention of the lightning rod. He was also interested in improving the conditions of his fellow men. He was involved in a number of projects in his native Philadelphia, including the setting up of a library, a university, a philosophical society, and - because he was a pragmatic man - a fire prevention service. In 1753 he became Postmaster-General of the colonies. Through this experience he began to develop the idea that the colonies of North America should be a single nation. Later, he went to London to try to persuade the British government to change the conditions, especially the taxes, that later led the American colonists into rebellion.
Whatever Benjamin Franklin’s personal feelings about the rebellion of the American states, he worked hard to make it succeed. As ambassador to France, he encouraged the French to help George Washington. After the war he attended the American constitutional congress. This was his last contribution, for he died later that year. He is still fondly remembered by Americans as one of the creators of the United States.
1. What is a good description for this text?
A. An autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. B. The life of Benjamin Franklin
C. The works of Benjamin Franklin. D. Franklin and American Independence.
2. When was Benjamin Franklin born?
A. 1806 B. 1794 C. 1717 D. 1706
3. Which of these happened first?
A. Franklin trains as a printer. B. Franklin runs away to Philadelphia.
C. The American colonies rebel. D. Franklin starts his first publication.
4. What was Poor Richard’s Almanak about?
A. Franklin’s reputation. B. How to succeed in business.
C. How to do government printing. D. The text does not say.
5. In which countries did Franklin live?
A. England and France. B. Philadelphia and England.
C. London and America. D. England, America and France.
Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each of the questions.
Aging is the process of growing old. It occurs eventually in every living thing provided, of course, that an illness or accident does not kill it prematurely. The most familiar outward signs of aging may be seen in old people, such as the graying of the hair and the wrinkling of the skin. Signs of aging in a pet dog or cat include lass of playfulness and energy, a decline in hearing and eyesight, or even a slight graying of the coat. Plants age too, but the signs are much harder to detect.
Most body parts grow bigger and stronger, and function more efficiently during childhood. They reach their peak at the time of maturity, or early adulthood. After that, they begin to decline. Bones, for example, gradually become lighter and more brittle. In the aged, the joints between the bones also become rigid and more inflexible. This can make moving very painful.
All the major organs of the body show signs of aging. The brain , for example, works less efficiently, and even gets smaller in size. Thinking processes of all sorts are slowed down. Old people often have trouble in remembering recent events.
One of the most serious changes of old age occurs in the arteries, the blood vessels that lead from the heart. They become thickened and constricted, allowing less blood to flow the rest of body. This condition accounts, directly or indirectly, for many of the diseases of the aged. It may, for example, result in heart attack.
Aging is not a uniform process. Different parts of the body wear out at different rates. There are great differences among people in their rate of aging. Even the cells of the body differ in the way they age. The majority of cells are capable of reproducing themselves may times during the course of a lifetime. Nerve cells and muscle fibers can never be replace once they wear out.
Gerontologists- scientists who study the process of aging- believe this wearing out of the body is controlled by a built- in biological time clock. They are trying to discover how this clock works so that they can slow down the process. This could give man a longer life and a great number of productive years.
1. What does the word “it” in line 2 refer to?
A. aging B. a living thing C. an illness D. an accident
2. All the followings may be the outward signs of aging EXCEPT ________.
A. the graying of the hair B. the wrinkling of the skin
C. the decline in hearing and eyesight. D. the loss of appetite
3. When does the human body begin to lose vigor and the ability to function efficiency?
A. Soon after reaching adulthood B. During childhood
C. Early adulthood D. Past middle age
4. What happens to memorization when the brain begins to age?
A. It works less B. It becomes forgetful
C. It declines D. It slows down
5. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
A. All living things grow old.
B. Aging is unavoidable in any livings things.
C. Plants show less signs of aging than any other living things.
D. Most body parts wear out during the courses of a lifetime.
1. What does the word “it” in line 2 refer to?
A. aging B. a living thing C. an illness D. an accident
2. All the followings may be the outward signs of aging EXCEPT ________.
A. the graying of the hair B. the wrinkling of the skin
C. the decline in hearing and eyesight. D. the loss of appetite
3. When does the human body begin to lose vigor and the ability to function efficiency?
A. Soon after reaching adulthood B. During childhood
C. Early adulthood D. Past middle age
4. What happens to memorization when the brain begins to age?
A. It works less B. It becomes forgetful
C. It declines D. It slows down
5. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
A. All living things grow old.
B. Aging is unavoidable in any livings things.
C. Plants show less signs of aging than any other living things.
D. Most body parts wear out during the courses of a lifetime.
Read the following passage, translate and write T (for TRUE) and F (for FALSE).
Like most other hobbies, stamp colleting can be exhilarating, time-consuming and, for the uninitiated, overwhelming. Consider this - it is estimated that in the last 100 years alone, close to one billion diffrent stamps have been issued by governments all around the world. Not only that, but some of these stamps are as rare, and as expensive, as Renaissance paintings. The most famous is probably the upside-down airplane stamp, valued at almost 1 million dollars. Also the result of a printing mistake is the world's most expensive stamp, the Treskilling Yellow, so called because it was originally worth three shillings when issued in Sweden in 1855, and because it was supposed to be printed in green, this being the only known sample in yellow. This stamp was recently sold at auction for 1.7 milion pounds, making it the single most expensive item by weight in the world. Of course, amateur philatelists would do well to concentrate on a sub-section of the wonderful world that is philately, such as collecting every stamp issued by a certain government in a year, or collecting every stamp of a particular design, etc. Any other approach to this hobby is a sure fire recipe for frustration and perhaps for ruin.
1. This artical mainly tells hobbyists how to get into stamp collecting. T
2. The most famous stamp is also the most expensive.T
3. Both of the stamps mentioned have printing mistakes. F
4. The sale of the world's most expensive stamp was arranged through a private dealer. F
5. The world's most expensive stamp was originally supposed to be green
Ruyard Kipling, one of Endland's (26) ______ famous writers, was born in Bombay, India, in 1865, where his English father was working for the British government. Kipling spent his (27) ______ chilhood in India. At six he was to (28) ______ England and educated in an English school. From 1882 until 1883 he was (29) ______ of his school paper. He went back to India in 1883. There he became (30) ______ in writing and worked for a newspaper. When he was 21 he (31) ______ his first book, which was a small book of poetry. Before he was 24 he had brought out a small collection of short stories. There were well-liked and were full of brilliant descriptions and accurate observations.
Between 1887 and 1899 Kipling traveled (32) ______ the world. He visited China, Japan, and he lived for a few years in America, where he married an American woman. Diuring this (33) ______, he wrote several of his most (34) works, the stories for children, which made him famous: The Jungle Books (1894), Kim (1901) and Jusst So Stories (1902). He also published several books of poetry during this time. Kipling returned to England from America and spent the of (35) ______ his life there until his death in 1936.
26. A.such B.most C.extreme D.too
27. A.early B.starting C.young D.beginning
28. A.carried B.transported C.travelled D.taken
29. A.president B.chairman C.editor D.boss
30. A.liked B.interested C.fond D.taken
31. A published B.took out C.invented D.created
32. A.on B.around C.though D.across
33. A.part B.section C.moment D.period
34. A.common B.popular C.usual D.ordinary
35. A.rest B.last C.end D.period
HOMEWORK:
COMBINE EACH PAIR OF SENTENCES, USING PRESENT PARTICIPLE OR PAST PARTICIPLE.
1. Alex bought a bicycle.
It was especially designed for long- distance racing.
=> Alex bought a bicycle which was especially designed for long-distance racing
2. The house is very modern.
It has a beautiful garden.
=> The house is very modern which has a beautiful garden
3. Charles Dickens was a famous English novelist.
He wrote Oliver Twist.
=> Charles Dickens was a famous English novelist who wrote Oliver Twist
4. The cold weather damaged the fruit crop.
It swept in from the north.
=> The cold weather damaged the fruit crop which swept in from the north
5. The man is Mr. Johnson.
The man will teach you listening this semester.
=> The man taught you listening this semester is Mr Johnson
6. The street is wide and shadowy.
It leads to our school.
=> The street is wide and shadowy which leads to our school
7. Nurses are admirable.
Nurses work in hospitals.
=> Nurses worked in hospitals are admirable
8. The chicken soup was tasty.
It was cooked by my mother.
=> The chicken soup was tasty which was cooked by my mother
9. Cars are fashionable and durable.
Cars are produced by Japan.
=> Cars produced by Japan are fashionable and durable
10. The policeman was friendly.
He showed me the way to the nearest bank.
=> The policeman showed me the way to the nearest bank was friendly
11. The story was thrilling.
The story was told by my cousin.
=> The story told by my cousin was thrilling
13. Tom and Sawyer is the most interesting novel I have ever read.
It was written by Mark Twain.
=> Tom and Sawyer is the most interesting novel I have ever read which was written by Mark Twain
14. The students are planting flowers in a park.
They are in the volunteer group.
=> The students are planting flowers in a park which are in the volunteer group
15. The painting hasn't been found out yet.
It was stolen from the museum.
=> The painting was stolen from the museum hasn't been founded out yet
IV. Read the passage, and then answer the questions.
The Old Man and the Sea is a short novel written by the American author Ernest Hemingway in 1951 in Bimini, Bahamas, and published in 1952. It was the last major work of fiction by Hemingway that was published during his lifetime. One of his most famous works, it tells the story of Santiago, an aging Cuban fisherman who struggles with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream off the coast of Florida.
In 1953, The Old Man and the Sea was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and it was cited by the Nobel Committee as contributing to their awarding of the Nobel Prize in Literature to Hemingway in 1954.
1. Where was Ernest Hemingway from?
................Ernest Hemingway was from Bahamas. .........................................................................................................
2. When was The Old Man and the Sea published?
..................The Old Man and the Sea published in 1952........................................................................................................
3. What genre does The Old Man and the Sea belong to?
..............The Old Man and the Sea belongs to fiction...........................................................................................................
4. What is the content of The Old Man and the Sea?
..............The story of Santiago...........................................................................................................
5. When did Hemingway win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
Hemingway won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954
1.Ernest Hemingway was from Bahamas
2.he Old Man and the Sea published in 1952
3.The Old Man and the Sea belongs to fiction
4.The story of Santiago
5.Hemingway won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954