READING (3ms) I. Read the text about Angle Falls. then do the tasks below (3ms) ANGEL FALL Angel Falls is the highest waterfall in the world. It is located in the lonely jungles of Venezuela. The best way to get to the falls is by air. From the top to the bottom, the waterfall is 3,212 feet, over 1,000 feet higher than any other falls in the world. It looks like a siver thread hanging from the clouds. Visitors can see spectacular scenery at the falls. Water drops straight down the cliff and tumbles and foams over the lower canyon wall. The fine spay catches the light and sparkles in the sun. The Falls were named after Jimmie Anglel. He was a pilot and he discovered the falls in 1937. However, the local people already knew it and called it the Churún Merú. * answer the questions. What is Angle Fall ? …………………………………………………………… Where is it? …………………………………………………………………….. What do the falls look like? ……………………………………………………. Is the waterfall 2,313 feet high? ……………………………………………….. Answer True or False. 1. The Falls were named after things around us . ............... 2. A pilot discovered the falls in 1937. ............... 3. The best way to get to the fall is by plane. ............... 4. The local people called it the Churún Merú .............. READING (3ms) I. Read the text about Angle Falls. then do the tasks below (3ms) ANGEL FALL Angel Falls is the highest waterfall in the world. It is located in the lonely jungles of Venezuela. The best way to get to the falls is by air. From the top to the bottom, the waterfall is 3,212 feet, over 1,000 feet higher than any other falls in the world. It looks like a siver thread hanging from the clouds. Visitors can see spectacular scenery at the falls. Water drops straight down the cliff and tumbles and foams over the lower canyon wall. The fine spay catches the light and sparkles in the sun. The Falls were named after Jimmie Anglel. He was a pilot and he discovered the falls in 1937. However, the local people already knew it and called it the Churún Merú. * answer the questions. What is Angle Fall ? …………………………………………………………… Where is it? …………………………………………………………………….. What do the falls look like? ……………………………………………………. Is the waterfall 2,313 feet high? ……………………………………………….. Answer True or False. 1. The Falls were named after things around us . ............... 2. A pilot discovered the falls in 1937. ............... 3. The best way to get to the fall is by plane. ............... 4. The local people called it the Churún Merú ...........

Read and complete the sentence.

Angel Falls is the highest waterfall in the world. It's almost 980m high. It's in Venezuela. It's in the largest national park in Venezuela. It's the third biggest park in the world. It was named Angel Falls because an American pilot, Jimmie Angel, was the first person to fly over the waterfall in 1933. At the bottom of the waterfall, there's an incredible jungle with a lot of plants and animals that live only in that area. Between December and April, there is not a lot of rain and the falls do not have a lot of water. The best time to visit is during the rainy months of May to November.

          27.   Angel Falls is a famous _____________.

          28.   It is _____________ than any other waterfall in the world.

          29.   To visit Angel Falls, you have to go to _____________.

          30.   Angel Falls is in a very big national _____________.

          31.   The waterfall is named after a _____________.

          32.   The _____________ at the bottom of the waterfall is incredible.

          33.   There are ______________________ that you can find only in that jungle.

          34.   Between _____________________________ is the best time to see the waterfalls.

Task 2: The words in A column appear in the reading passage. Match them with their definitions in B column.

Read the passage and answer the questions

The University of Cambridge is a public university. It is located in Cambridge, the United Kingdom. It is regarded as the second oldest university (after the University of Oxford) in the United Kingdom and the third oldest surviving university in the world.

The University of Cambridge was formed in 1209. Over the years, it is always considered to be one of the most prestigious institutions of higher education in the United Kingdom and the world. In 2012, the university was ranked second after Havard in the United States of America.

Today, Cambridge is a collegiate university with a student population of about 18,000. Its faculties, departments and 31 colleges occupy different locations in Cambridge. Graduates of the university have won a total of 65 Nobel Prizes, the most of any university in the world.

*prestigious: uy tín, có danh tiếng

Where is the University of Cambridge located?

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Question III. Match the first halves in column A with the second ones in column B to make sentences. (1.0 points)

Read the passage and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each of the following questions. Write your answers on the answer sheet.

LITTER ON MOUNT EVEREST

Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world. It is also the highest trash pile in the world. About 400 people try to reach the top every year. Having many climbers means a lot of trash. It is very dangerous to climb Mt. Everest. The air is very thin and cold. Most people carry bottles of oxygen; they could die without it. When the oxygen bottles are empty, people throw them on the ground. When strong winds rip their tents, people leave them behind. They don’t have the energy to take the trash away. They only have enough energy to go down the mountain safely. Trash is a terrible problem. Since people first began to climb Mt. Everest, they have left 50,000 kilos of trash on the mountain. Several groups have climbed the mountain just to pick up the trash. When people plan to climb the mountain, they have to plan to take away their trash.

29. What is the passage written about?

A. Wind on the mountain                                        B. A problem with path

C. A problem with trash                                          D. Climbing safely

30.  How much trash has been left on the mountain?

A. Four hundred kilos                                                         B. Four thousand kilos

C. Five thousand kilos                                             D. Fifty thousand kilos

31. Which of the following sentences is NOT fasle?

A. Climbers on Mount Everest carry bottles of oxygen because they are thirsty.

B. Climbers on Mount Everest carry bottles of oxygen because the air is very thin.

C. Climbers on Mount Everest carry bottles of oxygen because climbing makes them tired. 

D. Climbers on Mount Everest carry bottles of oxygen because the weather is not cold.

32.  In line 4, the sentence: “people throw them on the ground”, what does the word them refer to?

A. Tents                     B. Oxygen bottles                  C. Strong winds       D. Other climbers

33. Why do climbers leave their trash on the mountain?

A. Special groups will pick it up.                           B. The wind will blow it away.

C. They don’t have the energy to take it away.    D. Other climbers will use it later.

Match each word or phrase in column A with its meaning in column B.

III. Match the first halves in column A with the second ones in column B to make sentences .