As the epidemic spreaded widely, they stayed at home during their long vacation
As the epidemic spreaded widely, they stayed at home during their long vacation.
D. Write a complaint letter to the head of your authorities to tell about singing karaoke in your neighborhood.
As you know nowsadays , many people sing karaoke at home too much. It is not necessary to say if they sing their karaoke in normal way but theydon’t do that. Many of them turn on the volume too maximize. They make the sound loudly ,and sometime some of their voices are really too bad. This makes their neighbors annoyed. Moreover, some people sing all day with loud sound , even they sing until at middnight . Therefore people who live next door them don’t sleep well and their children can’t concentrate on learning .The noise makes people not take a rest after a hard working. You think the local authorities should prohibit and fine heavily these people who sing karaoke by this way.
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Read the passage about clothes, then answer the questions below.
Clothes can tell a lot about a person. Some people like very colorful clothes because they want everyone to look at them and they want to be the center of things. Other people like to wear nice clothes, but their clothes are not colorful or fancy. They do not like people to look at them. Clothes today are very different from the clothes of the 1800s. One difference is the way they look. For example, in the 1800s all women wore dresses. The dresses all had long skirts.
But today women do not always wear dresses with long skirts .Sometimes they wear short skirts. Sometimes they wear pants. Another difference between1800s and today is the cloth. In the 1800s, clothes were made only from natural kinds of cloth. They were made from cotton, wool, silk, or linen. But today, there are many kinds of man–made cloth. A lot of clothes are now made from nylon, rayon, or polyester.
Were the clothes of the 1800s the same as clothes today?
Cloze test
The African elephant is __________ largest animal in the world. Both the African and the Indian elephant belong to the group of animals which we __________ mammals. The African elephant is larger __________ the Indian elephant and weighs as much as 8 tons. Elephants sleep __________ their feet and the strange thing is that when they have bad dreams, they make __________ noises with their trunks. They need great quantities of food everyday and this's the reason __________ they move to places with rich vegetation. They eat grass, leaves __________ fruit and they walk long distances to large family groups but the old males often live alone __________ they die.
Complete using the correct form of the words in bold type.
In our ( 1.live)..... whether at home, in the car or at work we are constantly bombarded by (2.advertise)..... Their role is to grab our attention and make products (3. attract)..... enough so that people will want to buy them (4.immediate).... There has been a lot of ( 5.discuss)...... on the powerful effects of advertising. Are ads really (6. use)..... to us? Some would ask if the adverts are (7.true).... Do they give us a fair and (8. real)....idea of the product? People are rarely in (9.agree)... on any of these questions, but the fact is that ads are (10. help).... in lettering people know the wide variety of goods available
Combine these sentences using BECAUSE/ AS/ SINCE:
0. I’m going to the post office. I have some postccards to send
-> I’m going to the post office because/ as/ since I have some postccards to send
1. Jane was worried. She stayed at home alone.
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2. Tom couldn’t get the job. He was not confident during the interview.
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3. I have to work extra hours. I want to help support my family.
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4. We adorehim. He is very talented.
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5. She has to depend on us. She is an orphan.
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6. I enjoy reading books. They help broaden my knowldege of the world.
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7. Don’t believe him. He is always being a liar.
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8. I haven’t finished my assighnment yet. I don’t have enough materials.
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9. You must do it right now. It’s very urgent.
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10. I feel atracted to her. Her voice is very sweet.
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Vocabulary Complete the sentences using the correct form of travel, journey or trip.
1 Mum’s away on a business....... at the moment.
2 How long does your......... from home to school take?
3 When he finished school, Peter spent a year .......around Asia and then he got a job.
4 We went on a weekend .........to the seaside last month.
5 I don’t like to......... during the summer months because it’s too hot.
6 Our....... to work is awful because there’s so much traffic.
7 With the railway, .........between cities became very fast.
8 It’s a five-hour ..........from my city to the village where my grandmother lives, so I always
take some music with me.
Choose the word or phrase among A, B, Cor D that best fits the blank space in the following passage.
The changes that (1)……. in schools have changed the roles of teachers. In the past, teachers used to be the (2) ……..source of knowledge, the leader and educator of their students' school life. Nowadays, teachers provide information and show their students how to (3)…….. it. Although they are still considered to be a kind of (4)……….. in the class, they can be thought of as facilitators in the learning (5)………..
Another difference between the past and present tasks of teachers is represented by the technical (6)……… they need to be able to use and handle effectively, such as computer, photocopier, PowerPoint, projectors, etc. Instead of teaching (7)……… chalk, they need tobe an information technology expert.
One of the biggest challenges for teachers is that their role in the school management has also changed. The school needs them as individuals, who can make decisions and cope with the stress of the (8)……….. world of schools. At the same time teachers need to be able to work in teams, and (9)……….. with colleagues and parents. A teacher has not only to instruct but also to (10)…….. the students with confidence and determination.
A. existed
B. took place
C. occurring
D. took first place
1) The last time we drank chamgpage was five months ago.
-> We haven't
2) I stayed at home because of feeling tired.
-> I felt
3) Go to Hanoi capital, and you will have a lot of fun.
-> If
4) John forgot his umbrella, so he got wet.
-> Because of
5) They came to class late because of the heavy rain.
-> It rained
Read the passage about clothes, then answer the questions below.
Clothes can tell a lot about a person. Some people like very colorful clothes because they want everyone to look at them and they want to be the center of things. Other people like to wear nice clothes, but their clothes are not colorful or fancy. They do not like people to look at them. Clothes today are very different from the clothes of the 1800s. One difference is the way they look. For example, in the 1800s all women wore dresses. The dresses all had long skirts.
But today women do not always wear dresses with long skirts .Sometimes they wear short skirts. Sometimes they wear pants. Another difference between1800s and today is the cloth. In the 1800s, clothes were made only from natural kinds of cloth. They were made from cotton, wool, silk, or linen. But today, there are many kinds of man–made cloth. A lot of clothes are now made from nylon, rayon, or polyester.
Who wore dresses with long skirts in the 1800s?
