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1. Cheese Rolling (lăn phô mai)
2. A Toe Wrestling (đấu ngón chân)
Tạm dịch:
1. Đó là một môn thể thao đơn giản. Các đối thủ lăn một miếng pho mát lớn hình tròn từ trên đỉnh đồi. Đối thủ cạnh tranh chạy theo và cố gắng bắt lấy nó. Rất ít người có thể bắt được nó vì nó đi rất nhanh, khoảng 112 km một giờ.
2. Đó là một môn thể thao phổ biến cho trẻ em. Trò chơi này bắt đầu ở Derbyshire ở miền Bắc nước Anh. Hai đứa trẻ khóa chặt các ngón chân lại và cố gắng đẩy chân của đứa kia xuống đất. Nó tương tự như vật tay.
In 1783, two French brothers built the first balloon to take people into the air. One hundred and twenty years .later.., in 1903, the Wright brothers built the first plane with an engine and flew in it. This was .in.. the United States. Then, in 1918, the US Post Office began the first airmail service.
Aeroplanes changed a lot in the next thirty years. Then, in the 1950s, aeroplanes became much .faster.. because they had jet engines.
In 1976, Concorde was built in the UK and France. It was the fastest passenger plane in the world at that time and it .can.. fly at 2300 kilometres an hour, so the journey from London to Newyork was only four hours.
Today, millions of people travel .by.. aeroplane, and it is difficult to think of a world without them.
II. READING
Exercise 1: Read the following text. Decide if the statements from 1 to 5 are True (T) or False (F).
LIFE IN AN ISLAND
Off the west coast of Scotland, there are many small island communities. Life in these communities is very different from life in the big cities. People from the cities often say that life in the islands is slow and boring. But the island people tell a different story.
Many families live by fishing or farming, and people usually have more than one job. Many families have rooms for tourists who come to visit the islands in summer. The tourists go walking and fishing and play sports. Sometimes they study Gaelic, the local language. And they stay in a 'bed and breakfast' with a local family or in one of the small island hotels. In the long summer evenings, people meet and talk together. They tell stories of where they live and what they do.
The children on the islands go to small local schools. They have their classes in English and Gaelic. Sometimes there are only eight or ten children in one school! When they are twelve, they go to secondary school in a bigger town on the island. When they finish that school, they decide whether to go to university in a big city, or to stay and work on the island.
1. City people and island people have the same opinion about island life. F
2. People on the islands mainly do one job. F
3. Tourists can stay with local families in summer. T
4. Children on the islands speak two languages at school. T
5. Gaelic is the local language. T
Exercise 2: Read the following text and answer the following questions:
LIFE IN BRITAIN TODAY
Food
British people like good food and more than half of them go to a restaurant every month. Fast food is also very popular – 30% of all adults have a burger every three months, but 46% have fish and chips!
Sport
British don’t do a lot of sports. Only 17% of people go swimming every week, 9% go cycling and 8% play golf. Football is the most popular sport in Britain, 10% of the population play it and 46%watch it.
Cinema and TV
Films are very popular in Britain and about 60% of people between 15 and 24 go to the cinema every month. At home, men watch TV for about 28 hours every week – two hours more than women.
Holidays
British people love going on holiday and have 56 million holidays a year. The most popular destinations in the UK are Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Dorset and the South Coast. British people also like to go abroad on holiday; 27% go to Spain, 10% go to the USA and 9% go to France. Maybe this is because the weather in Britain isn’t always very good!
1. Which food is popular in Britain?
" Fast food is popular in Britain."
2. Do British people do a lot of sports?
" No, they don't."
3. How many hours every week do men watch TV at home?
" At home, men watch TV for about 28 hours every week."
4. What are the most popular destinations in the UK?
" The most popular destinations in the UK are Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Dorset and the South Coast."
*Trả lời :
Today,badminton becomes a very(1).....popular......sports activity .It spreads quickly from the city (2)...to.......the countryside .People need only a(3)...pair.......of rackets ,a shuttlecock over the net and a (4)...small.....piece of land to play the game.Two of four players hit the shuttlecock over the net with their rackets .People can play badminton in their (5)......free......time or in the competition.Now ,there (6) ....are.....many badminton competitions and even a World Cup.One of the (7)......strongest..counties in badminton is Indonesia
Study well
nobody likes staying at home on public holidays, especially if the weather is fine . last august we decided to spend the holiday in the coutryside. we moved out of the city slowly because there were a lot of cars on the road but at last we came to a quiet country road after sometime, stopped at a lonely farm.we sat down near a path at the foot of a hill and got the food out of the car. it was very peacefulin the cool grass! soon afterward we heard bell ringing at the top of the hill and we had to run back to the car as quickly as possible:about two hundred sheep were coming down the path
1, where did they decide to spend their holiday? because they don't like staying at home on public holidays
2, why did they move out of the city slowly? because there were a lot of cars on the road
3.did they come to a noisy road at last? no, they didn't
4.where did they stop? they stopped at a lonely farm
5. did they sit down near a path on the top of a hill? no, they didn't
1. Read the passage and choose the best answer A, B, C or D for each of the questions below.
Basketball involves two teams of five players each. The players score points by throwing a large
round ball into a raised goal called a basket. One basket is at each end of the playing area or court.
Players may move the ball towards the basket only by bouncing it on the floor or passing it to
another team member. Each team also tries to prevent the other team from scoring. The team that
scores the most points is the winner.
Both men and women were playing basketball at schools and sports centers throughout North
America. It became so popular that people started paying money to watch basketball games.
American soldiers took the game to Europe during World War One.
In 1936, basketball became part of the competition at the Olympic Games. About the same time,
college basketball became a major national sport in the United States.
1. How many players are there in a basketball team?
A. There are two players in a basketball team.
B. There are two basketball teams.
C. There are five players in each basketball team.
D. There are ten players in a basketball team.
2. How do the basketball players score points?
A. They kick and throw a ball into a raised goal called a basket.
B. They kick the ball into a basket.
C. They throw the ball into a raised goal called a basket.
D. They throw a ball to the goal in the end of court.
3. Why does each team try to prevent the other team from scoring?
A. They want the other team to score more points.
B. They don’t want the other team to score more points.
C. They want to throw a ball at the other team.
D. They don’t want to score more points.
4. Who were playing basketball in North America?
A. Only American men can play basketball at schools and sport centers.
B. Both American men and women were playing basketball at schools and sport centers.
C. American women can play basketball at schools and sport centers.
D. Young people can play basketball at schools and sport centers.
5. When did basketball become part of the competition at the Olympic Games?
A. In 1936 B. Before 1936 C. In 1956 D. 50 years ago
Phô mai cuộn là một trong những môn thể thao đơn giản nhất. Họ cuộn một miếng phô mai tròn lớn từ đỉnh đồi và các đối thủ đuổi theo nó. Người đầu tiên vượt qua vạch đích ở dưới cùng của ngọn đồi chiến thắng (tất nhiên là pho mát).
Rất ít người có thể bắt được pho mát lăn vì nó có thể di chuyển tới 112km một giờ.
Đấu vật ngón chân là một môn thể thao phổ biến cho trẻ em. Hai đứa trẻ khóa ngón chân lại với nhau và cố gắng ép chân người kia xuống đất. Thậm chí còn có cuộc thi đấu vật thế giới. Nó lần đầu tiên bắt đầu ở Derbyshire, Vương quốc Anh vào năm 1976.