English 9 - Unit 7 SVIP

Read the passage and answer the questions.

VIETNAMESE SNACKS

Vietnamese peasants used to have a lot of free time after the busy crop time passed, and preparing some nosh to eat is a certain result of the circumstance. Sweet potato is a prime example of the case. It is considered the most popular nosh in the countryside. Ever experience Vietnam home-staying? You must realize boiled sweet potato, cassava and peanuts are the most typically Vietnamese snacks - of course without salt or sugar added.

And if you dare venture beyond the standard ones, there are surely bizarre things to try. The best place to taste purely Vietnamese snacks is to have them right in a family or on the sidewalks along every street. Tasting a fertilized egg at 4 pm on a breezy afternoon may scare you, yet it is one of the most popular snacks out here and is considered extremely nutritious.

Besides varieties of wonderful noodle, made-of-rice cakes, bean sweet soups you may be too shy to eat a bowl of pig raw blood soups. Does it originate from Totem belief? Not many Vietnamese questions that when eating the dish. All they want to do is to choose the right restaurant and wait to be served the raw blood soups with Vietnamese spirit.

1. When do Vietnamese farmers used to have lots of free time?

2. What is considered the most popular nosh in the countryside?

3. What are the most typically Vietnamese snacks?

4. Are blood soups can be served in restaurants?

Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence.

1. I didn’t know that you were in the hospital, so I didn’t visit you.

→ If ____________________________________________.

2. Hurry up or you will be late.

→ If ____________________________________________.

3. She is very busy, so she can’t help me now.

→ If ____________________________________________.

4. He didn’t phone me because he didn’t know my phone number.

→ If ____________________________________________.

5. You’re unfit because you don’t take exercise.

→ If ____________________________________________.

6. Unless you are careful, you will cut yourself with that knife.

→ If ____________________________________________.

7. If I have time, I’ll help you.

→ Unless ____________________________________________.

8. He didn’t study his lessons very carefully, so he gets bad marks now.

→ If ____________________________________________.

9. Dick often causes accidents because he drives carelessly.

→ If ____________________________________________.

10. I can’t apply for that job because I don’t know English.

→ If ____________________________________________.

Rewrite the sentences starting with the given words.

1. I didn’t eat lunch, I feel hungry now.

→ If ____________________________________________.

2. I only come if they invite me.

→ Unless ____________________________________________.

3. He didn’t revise all his lessons, he failed the exam.

→ If he ____________________________________________.

4. The park is over there, only 5 minutes walk.

→ If you walk ____________________________________________.

5. Leave me alone or I’ll call the police.

→ Unless ____________________________________________.

6. If you arrive at the office earlier than I do, please turn on the air-conditioner.

→ Should ____________________________________________.

7. The children don’t go to school in the snowy weather.

→ If it ____________________________________________.

8. He died so young; otherwise, he would be a famous musician by now.

→ Had ____________________________________________.

9. You must tell me the whole truth or I won’t help you.

→ Unless ____________________________________________.

10. The car breaks down so often because you don’t take good care of it.

→ Were I ____________________________________________.

Complete the second sentence in each pair so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using “you”.

1. Vegetarians don't eat meat.

→ If you're a vegetarian, ____________________________________________.

2. People who live in a cold country don t like hot weather.

→ If you live ______________________________________________________.

3. Teachers have to work very hard.

→ If you're a teacher, _______________________________________________.

4. People who do a lot of exercise stay fit and healthy.

→ If you __________________________________________________________.

5. Mechanics understand engines.

→ If you're a ______________________________________________________.

6. People who read newspapers know what's happening in the world.

→ If you _________________________________________________________.

Complete the second sentence in each pair so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence.

1. Eating healthy foods is very important.

→ It is _______________________________________________________________________

2. I suggest having spaghetti and pizza tonight.

→ Let's ______________________________________________________________________

3. You need to peel the onion and slice it.

→ The onion __________________________________________________________________

4. Follow these safety instructions or you may get burnt.

→ If you______________________________________________________________________

5. My aunt has never tasted sushi before.

→ This is _____________________________________________________________________