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On April Fools' Day, people in many countries play tricks on each other. Usually, the tricks (1) ___ involve _ making friends believe something ridiculous. On this day you could, for example, tell a friend there is a huge spider on their shoulder. If they believe you, you have succeeded (2) ___ in ___ fooling them, and even if you only trick them for a second, you have (3) __ the __ right to shout "April Fool!" This day, 1st April, is also known as All Fools’ Day. In some countries, such as Ireland or Cyprus, you can only try to fool someone before twelve noon. If you do play tricks after midday, you will become the fool (4) _instead _____. So it is advisable for you to do that in the morning. (5)___Whatever ___ you do for, all you want is fun rather than do harm to others. And if you don’t want to be foolish, be sensitive! But how did this (6) __tradition ___ begin? Some say April Fools’ Day originated in France when that country adopted the new Gregorian calendar. In the previous calendar, New Year was celebrated (7) ___from __ 25th March until 1st April, not on 1st January, as in the Gregorian calendar. Some people refused to (8) __follow ___ the new calendar, and continued to celebrate the New Year in spring. Other people made fun of them and laughed at them (9) __because ___ they were old-fashioned and didn't want to change. Now April Fools' Day has become a global tradition, and no one is safe! People play tricks on anyone, not just on (10) __those____ who don't want to change with the times.
1. If you want to attend the course, you..................pass the examination B. has to C. had to A. have to D. could
2. The interviewer asked her................... her name......................
A. what / was B. if / was D. if/ is C. what/is
3.The excited children were looking forward................... with the foreign teacher
B. spoke C. to speaking A. to speak D. for speaking
4. After school she works ...........in a supermarket in the afternoon.
A. full -time B:time-full C. part-time D. time-part
5.........does it take to get there?
B. How long C. How often D. How far A. how
6. I don't know .....................you like it
B. did D. if C. are A. do
7. She was....................tired that she couldn't do anything at all.
A.such B. so C. very D. too
8. We are going to send some ....................students for the program
B. exchange C. exchanged D, to exchange A. exchanging
My aunt is one of those people who can talk to anyone aout anything. If she goes to a party where she doesn't know any of the people, she just walks up to the first person that she sees and introduces herself. And yet she doesn't seem to talk about deeply important things like politics or religion. She always starts off with something very obvious like the other person's job. Very soon she's talking as if she's known the other person for years. I asked her once what her secret was. She said that the most important thing in a conversation was listening. People love to talk about themselves, so if you allow them to do, it's very easy to keep a conversation going. You have to listen very carefully and ask question. And you have to look interested, too. So don't keep looking at other things in the room while you're talking to someone.
Another thing that I've noticed is that she only pays a people compliments. She say: "I like your hair. Which hairdresser do you go to?" or "You look very well. Have you been on holiday?" Friendly messages like this seem to provide an easy way into a conversation.
1/ According to my aunt, the most important thing in a conversation was _____
A. Speaking B. Discussing C. Looking D. Listening
2/ At parties where she does not know anybody, my aunt normally
A. feels embarrased and stays away from people
B. asks people to introduce themselves to her
C. comes over to the first person and introduce herself
D. sits alone and avoids talking to other people
3/ My aunt thinks that it's very easy to keep a conversation going if you _____
A. Let people talk about themselves
B. Let people hear about yourself
C. Talk about politics or religion
D. Ask people about their secrets
4/ What should you not do when you have a conversation with someone?
A. Looking very interested in his or her story
B. Looking at other things in the room
C. Listenig very carefully and asking questions
D. Paying him or her compliments
5/ According to the passage my aunt often starts a conversation by talking about _____
A. The other person's wealth
B. The other person's health
C. The other person's daily activities
D. The other person's jobs
Read the pasage then answer the following questions:
"Don't you hate splitting wood?" asked Charlie, as he sat down on a log to hinder Rob for a while."No, I rather like it. When I get hold of a tough old fellow, I say, 'See here, now, you think you're the stronger, and are going to beat me; so I'll split you up into kindling wood." "Pshaw!" said Charlie, laughing; "and it's only a stick of wood." "Yes; but you see I pretend it's a lesson, or a tough job of any kind, and it's nice to conquer it.""I don't want to conquer such things; I don't care what becomes of them. I wish I were a man, and a rich one." "Well, Charlie, if you live long enough you'll be a man, without wishing for it; and as for the rich part, I mean to be that myself." "You do. How do you expect to get your money? By sawing wood?" "Maybe - some of it; that's as good a way as any, so long as it lasts. I don't care how I get rich, you know, as long as it's in an honest and useful way." "I'd like to sleep over the next ten years, and wake up to find myself a young man with a splendid education and plenty of money." "Humph! I am not sleepy - a night at a time is enough for me.I mean to work the next ten yearsYou see there are things that you've got to work out - you can't sleep them out." "I hate work," said Charlie, "that is, such work as sawing and splitting wood, and doing chores. I'd like to do some big work, like being a clerk in a bank or something of that sort." "Wood has to be sawed and split before it can be burned," said Rob. "I don't know but I'll be a clerk in a bank some time; I'm working towards it. I'm keeping father's accounts for him."How Charlie laughed! "I should think that was a long way from being a bank clerk. I suppose your father sells two tables and six chairs, some days, doesn't he?" "Sometimes more than that, and sometimes not so much," said Rob, in perfect good humor."I didn't say I was a bank clerk now. I said I was working towards it. Am I not nearer it by keeping a little bit of a book than I should be if I didn't keep any book at all?" "Not a whit - such things happen," said Charlie, as he started to go.Now, which of these boys, do you think, grew up to be a rich and useful man, and which of them joined a party oftramps before he was thirty years old?
1. What is this story mostly about?
A/Cutting wood.
B/Being a bank clerk.
C/A man who is useful at his job.
D/Two boys talking about their futures.
2. Why does Charlie laugh at Rob for keeping his father's books?
A/Because Charlie has a lot to prove to Rob.
B/Because Charlie is afraid that Rob will do better than him in school.
C/Because Charlie's father is much more wealthy than Rob's.
D/Because Rob's father doesn't make much money from his business.
3. What causes Rob to keep his father's books?
A/Charlie wants to work toward his dream of chopping wood.
B/Rob wants to work toward his dream of becoming a bank clerk.
C/Charlie wants to work toward his dream of becoming a bank clerk.
D/Rob wants to work toward his dream of chopping wood.
4. How are Rob's and Charlie's plans for the future different?
A/Charlie wants to work for his dreams and Rob doesn't.
B/Charlie wants to chop wood forever and Rob doesn't.
C/Rob wants to work for his dreams and Charlie doesn't.
D/Charlie wants to work at a bank and Rob doesn't.
5. What do you think happened to Charlie in the future?
A/He became a bank clerk.
B/He joined a band of tramps.
C/He works for Rob's father.
D/He continued to chop wood.
Bài 1.Answer the questions about your house(the answer may vary)
1.What kind of house is it?
Villa
2.How many rooms are there?
7
3.Where is your bedroom?
On the second floor
4.What is there in your bedroom?
A bed
5.What is there in the living room?
A sofa
6.Which room do you like best?
Livingroom
7.Why do you like that room?
Because it's beautiful
8.What do you want to add in your room?
Some pictures
9.Why do you like your house?
Because it's my style
10.Why do you want to add that thing?
because i like painting
Bài 1.Answer the questions about your house(the answer may vary)
1.What kind of house is it?
It's a big house
2.How many rooms are there?
There are 12 rooms
3.Where is your bedroom?
It's in the second floor.
4.What is there in your bedroom?
There is a table,a bed,a cabinet
5.What is there in the living room?
There is a table,a TV and a wooden table set
6.Which room do you like best?
I like my bedroom best
7.Why do you like that room?
Because here I can be comfortable doing what I like
8.What do you want to add in your room?
I want to add a TV and a air-condition
9.Why do you like your house?
Because this is where my passion is
10.Why do you want to add that thing?
I want to add a bed and a fridge
Nowadays in the news you can read a lot about biotechnology and the controversies about it and perhaps you ask yourself what it is exactly. Well, this article is going to give you a brief history of the field of biotechnology and show you that, although the word “biotechnology” was first used in 1919, we have been using biotechnology for many thousands of years in ways that are completely uncontroversial. It will also look at the more modern developments which have started intense debate. When you are drinking a cold beer on a hot day, or eating a delicious cheese sandwich, you can thank biotechnology for the pleasure you are experiencing. That’s right! Beer, bread and cheese are all produced using biotechnology. Perhaps a definition will be useful to understand how. A standard definition is that biotechnology (or biotech for short) is the application of science and engineering to the direct or indirect use of living organisms. And as you know, the food and drink above are all produced by the fermentation of micro-organisms. In beer, the yeast multiplies as it eats the sugars in the mixture and turns them into alcohol and CO2. This ancient technique was first used in Egypt to make bread and wine around 4000BC! Antibiotics are used to prevent and treat diseases, especially those caused by bacteria. They are natural substances that are created by bacteria and fungi. The first antibiotic was made in China in about 500BC – to cure boils. In 1928 Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin and it was considered a medical miracle. Modern research is looking at the creation of super-antibodies which can kill bacteria and viruses inside the cells that house them. Our modern consumer society produces a lot of waste which needs to be disposed of safely and without harmful end products. Environmental biotechnology can help. Indeed, the use of bacteria to treat sewage was first practiced in 1914 in Manchester, England. Vermiculture or using worms to treat waste is another environmentally-friendly practice and the end product is a natural fertiliser. Bacteria have even been developed to help with problems such as oil spills. They convert crude oil and gasoline into non-toxic substances such as carbon dioxide, water and oxygen and help create a cleaner, healthier environment. These examples of biotechnology are accepted by most people. However, the discovery of the DNA structure by Watson and Crick in 1953 was the beginning of the modern era of genetics and the following areas of biotech are very controversial. Read on… The genetic modification of plants and crops has been in practice for many years. This involves changing the genetic code of these plants so that they are more resistant to bad conditions like drought, floods and frost. Supporters of GM food say that it can offer the consumer better quality, safety and taste and for over a decade Americans have been eating GM food. However, things are very different in Europe where genetically modified food is very strictly regulated and regarded with deep suspicion by the public. GM food has even been called “Frankenfood” in the press, a term inspired by the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. There is a great cultural divide between America and Europe over whether such food is safe to eat and will not harm the environment and the discussion is still in progress. 1997 saw the birth of Dolly the sheep, the first animal cloned from an adult cell. This was a remarkable achievement which created world-wide debate on the ethical issues surrounding cloning. International organisations such as the European parliament, UNESCO and WHO all declared that human cloning is both morally and legally wrong. However, we need to make a distinction between reproductive cloning and therapeutic cloning. Nowadays the idea of reproductive cloning – creating a copy of another person - is no longer interesting for researchers. Instead therapeutic cloning is creating excitement in the biotech world. Key to this technique is stem cells, which are master cells that have the potential to become any other kind of cell in the body e.g. nerve cells, blood, heart muscle or even brain cells. Stem cells themselves have generated a lot of controversy as it was believed that only human embryos could provide them. However, it now appears that adult stem cells offer the same possibility. This would mean that a patient who suffered a heart attack could provide doctors with his adult stem cells which could then be implanted back into his heart and used to create heart muscle, replacing the muscle that was damaged. As the genetic code is identical, there would be no problem of the body rejecting the implant as, unfortunately, happens with organ transplants. In the future, biotechnologists hope that stem cells could be used to grow entire organs. In this way biotechnology offers the hope of revolutionising medical treatment. In this brief overview of the history of biotechnology we have jumped from making bread to making human organs - an enormous leap- and it is clear that these modern practices raise many controversial issues. However, despite the debate, we can imagine that as biotechnology has been around for many years, it will still be around for some time to come - but who knows where it will take us?
Questions:
After reading, choose the best answer for the following questions
1. What is the main topic of the article?
Brief history and modern developments of biotechnology
Benefit of biotechnology
Modern research in biotechnology
2. What does the pronoun "IT" in the first paragraph refer to?
Biotechnology
The article
The word "Biotechnology"
3. Which products were first made with fermentation of micro-organisms?
Beer, bread and cheese
Bread and wine
Beer and cheese
Decide whether the statement below is True or False.
4. Alexander Fleming discovered super-antibodies which can kill bacteria and viruses inside the cells that house them.
TrueFalse
5. GM food is easily available in the U.S. and Europe.
TrueFalse
6.Researchers believe that adult stem cells could be used to create body parts.
TrueFalse
31. “Is it true that you fell asleep in class yesterday and began to snore?” – “Unfortunately, yes. _____ is unbelievable! I’m very embarrassed.”
A. That I could do such a thing it
B. That I could do such a thing
C. I could do such a thing it
D. I could do such a thing
32. “Officer, can you tell me how to get to Springfield?” – “Sure. What part of Springfield _____ to go to?”
A. do you want B. you want C. that you want D. where you want
33. “Is it true _____ the law says there is no smoking in restaurants in this city?” – “Yes. That law was passed last year.”
A. that what B. what C. if D. that
34. _____ prompt is important to our boss.
A. A person is B. Is a person
C. If a person is D. Whether or not a person is
35. A scientific observer of wildlife must note every detail of how _____ in their environment: their eating and sleeping habits, their social relationships, and their method of self-protection.
A. do animals live B. live animals
C. do live animals D. animals live
36. The mystery movie was clever and suspenseful. The audience couldn’t guess _____ committed the murder until the surprise ending.
A. who he B. who had C. that who D. that