People are very social animals. We need to talk with others and do things with other people, too. We often understand ourselves better when we discuss our opinions, emotions and activities with other people. We need (46)…… make meaningful connections with friends and family members. These connections helps us put aside our frustrations and worries. We can focus (47)…… things that are important, for example, the persons we care about. Your local community is the area near your home. It is where you work, play and go to school. It is the neighborhood where your family (48)…… connections with other people. It is the places you feel like you belong. Communities grow and change (49)…… time. Families move from one city to another because of work or family situations. Older adults often move to smaller homes or vacation areas after their children have grown up. Their children move out to start families of (50)…… own. New families move in when others leave. Basic service, such as police, fire, post office, health and public schools are in almost in every community. Businesses provide services to the community, too. Stores sell things that people need. Restaurants sell prepared food; offices provide a variety of skilled work. The local city government is usually an elected mayor and city council. It is their job to listen to the people of the community and help them connect. Some individual may move on, but the community remains.

Fill in each gap to complete the text

People are very social animals. We need to talk with others and do things with other people, too. We often understand ourselves better when we discuss our opinions, emotions and activities with other people. We need ........... make meaningful connections with friends ang family members. These connections help us put aside our frustration and worries. We can focus.......... things that are important, for example, the persons we care about. Your local community is the area near your home. It is where you work, play and go to school. It is the neighborhood where your family .............. connections with other people. It is the places you feel like you belong. Communities grow and change ........... time. Families move from one city to another because of elwork or family situations. Older adults often move to smaller homes or vacation areas after their children have grown up. Their children such as police, fire, post office, health and public schools are in almost in every community. Business provide services to the community, too. Stores sell things that people need. Restaurants sell prepared food; offices provide a variety of skilled work. The local city goverment is usually an elected mayor and city council. It is their job to oisten to ythe people of the community and help them connect. Some individual may move on, but the community remains.

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Fill in each gap to complete the text

People are very social animals. We need to talk with others and do things with other people, too. We often understand ourselves better when we discuss our opinions, emotions and activities with other people. We need ........... make meaningful connections with friends ang family members. These connections help us put aside our frustration and worries. We can focus.......... things that are important, for example, the persons we care about. Your local community is the area near your home. It is where you work, play and go to school. It is the neighborhood where your family .............. connections with other people. It is the places you feel like you belong. Communities grow and change ........... time. Families move from one city to another because of elwork or family situations. Older adults often move to smaller homes or vacation areas after their children have grown up. Their children such as police, fire, post office, health and public schools are in almost in every community. Business provide services to the community, too. Stores sell things that people need. Restaurants sell prepared food; offices provide a variety of skilled work. The local city goverment is usually an elected mayor and city council. It is their job to oisten to ythe people of the community and help them connect. Some individual may move on, but the community remains.

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II. Read the text carefully then answer the questions.

Community service is work done by a person or group of people that benefits others. It is often done near the area where you live, so your own community gets the benefits of your work. You do not get paid to perform community service, but get to learn a lot. Community service can help many different groups of people, even animals and the environment. Community service is often organized through a local group, such as a place of worship, school, or non-profit organization, or you can start your own community service projects. Community service can even involve raising funds by donating used goods or selling used goods like clothing.

Many people participate in community service because they enjoy helping others and improving their community.

1. What is community service?

____________________________________________________________

2. Where is community service often done?

____________________________________________________________

3. Is community service a paying job?

____________________________________________________________

4. What groups of people can community service help?

____________________________________________________________

5. Is donation of used goods a community service example?

____________________________________________________________

6. Why do many people take part in community service?

____________________________________________________________

Đọc dọn văn vaˋ điền một tưˋ thích hợp :

   For many people sport is a popular part of school life and (1).......... in one of the school teams and playing in matches is very important. If someone is in a (2).......... it means a lot extra practice and often spending a Saturday or Sunday away (3)........... home, as many matches are played then. It also involve traveling to (4).......... towns to play against other school teams and then staying on after the match for a (5)........ or a drink. Some parents, friends or other students will travel with the team to support (6).............. own side.

    When a school team wins a match, it is the whole school which feels proud, (7)........ only the players. It can also mean that a school becomes (8).......... for being good at certain sports and people from thst school may end up playing for national (9)......... international teams so that the school has some relly (10)............ names associated with it.

IV. Reading Comprehension:

1. Read the passage, and decide whether the statements that follow are True of False:

You must put all chemicals and drugs in lock cupboards. Children may drink or eat these things because they look like soft drink or candy.

You must not let children play in the kitchen. The kitchen is a dangerous place.

You have to make sure children don’t play with matches. Each year, fire destroys homes and injuries children because someone plays with matches. Remember, it only takes one match to cause the fire.

1. A kitchen is a suitable place to play..........

2. Drugs may look like candy..............

3. It is safe to leave medicine around the house..........

4. Playing with one match can’t start a fire..............

Dịch đoạn văn sau:

For many people sports is a popular part of school life and being in one of the school teams and playing matches is very important. If someone is in a team it means a lot of extra practice and often spending a Saturday and Sunday away from home, as many matches are played then.

It can also involve traveling to other towns to play against other school teams and then playing on after the match for a meal or a drink. Some parents, friends or other students will travel with the team to support their own side.

When a school team wins a match, it is the whole school which feels proud, not only the players. It can also mean that a school becomes well-known for being good at certain sports and people from that school may end up playing for national and international teams so that the school has some really famous names associated with it.

B. WRITING

I. Write the second sentence so that it has the same meaning to the first one.

1. My father finds playing board games interesting.

→ My father is__________________________________________________

2. He hasn’t smoked cigarettes for a month.

→ The last time_________________________________________________

3. That apartment is more modern than any apartments.

→ That apartment_______________________________________________

4. There are over two hundred stamps in Nam’s collection.

→ Nam’s collection______________________________________________

5. I spend twenty minutes walking to school every morning.

→ It takes _____________________________________________________

6. I find losing weight very difficult.

→ It’s ________________________________________________________

7. Sue started to eat a low carb diet two years ago.

→ Sue has _____________________________________________________

8. How about going to the movies tonight?

→ Let’s________________________________________________________

9. July stayed home from school yesterday because she had a high fever.

→ July had a high fever,___________________________________________

10. She eats fruits and veggies every day, but she keeps gaining weight.

→ Although

C. READING

I. Choose the word which best fits each gap.

Breakfast is the (1) ______ important meal of the day. It provides the nutrients your body needs for good health, the calories it needs for (2) ______ and helps to maintain your blood sugar level. Studies have shown that people who don’t have breakfast have a low blood sugar level and are often slow, tired, hungry and (3) ______ to concentrate. Surprisingly, breakfast actually plays a part in weight control. It's easier to (4) ______ weight if you eat in the morning rather than later in the day. Dividing the day’s calories (5) ______ three meals helps take off weight more efficiently than (6) ______ breakfast and having two larger meals a day does.

1. a. healthy b. tasty c. main d. most

2. a. strength b. power c. energy d. effort

3. a. able b. enable c. unable d. capable

4. a. lose b. put c. gain d. drop

5. a. in b. into c. up d. for

6. a. skipping b. making c. buying d. serving

II. Read the text carefully then answer the questions.

Community service is work done by a person or group of people that benefits others. It is often done near the area where you live, so your own community gets the benefits of your work. You do not get paid to perform community service, but get to learn a lot. Community service can help many different groups of people, even animals and the environment. Community service is often organized through a local group, such as a place of worship, school, or non-profit organization, or you can start your own community service projects. Community service can even involve raising funds by donating used goods or selling used goods like clothing.

Many people participate in community service because they enjoy helping others and improving their community.

1. What is community service?

____________________________________________________________

2. Where is community service often done?

____________________________________________________________

3. Is community service a paying job?

____________________________________________________________

4. What groups of people can community service help?

____________________________________________________________

5. Is donation of used goods a community service example?

____________________________________________________________

6. Why do many people take part in community service?

____________________________________________________________

Your headache and you sneeze and cough. Your nose is all stuffed up, and it keeps running, so you have to blow it every few minutes. You know by these _____ that you have a cold, and you feel completely miserable. You are not sure if you will live through the day.
Everyone suffers ______ the common cold at some time or other. It isn't a serious illness, but over a billion dollars a year is spent on different kinds of cold medicine every year. This medicine can relieve the symptoms. That is, it can make you cough less. Make your head intense, and stop your nose running for a while. However, it can cure your cold. So far ______ no cure for the common cold and no medicine to prevent it. Althrough there is no cure or preventive medicine for cold, people have all kinds of ideas about _____ prevent and treat cold. Some people think that if you eat a lot of onions, you won't catch cold. Others say that you should avoid getting wet and chilled or you will catch cold. However, this is apparently not so.

1. A. diseases B. fevers C. cures D. symptoms

2. A. about B. from C. of D. with

3. A. it is B. they are C. there is D. there are

4. A. what B. why C. where D. how