EX 3: Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets.

1. There are many ................................... differences between the two communities. (culture)

2. Street are decorated with lights and red banners. (colour)

3. Hoa is a good singer. She always ……….very well (perform)

4. There were lively New Year all over the town. (celebrate)

5. When we heard she’d got the job, we all went off for a .................... drink. (celebrate)

6. It  is in  America  to  eat  turkey  on  Thanksgiving  Day. (tradition)

7. What forms of _____do you participate in during the festival? (entertain)

8. The hall looked very _____with its Christmas tree. (festival)

9. Her eyes were wide with when she heard the news. (excite)

10. The Chinese New Year marks the...........................of spring and the start of the Lunar New Year. (begin)

GLASS

Perhaps (0) __one__of the commonest man-made substances is glass. In fact, it is (16)        more common that few people appreciate its unique qualities. Glass is (17) __________________ hard and transparent. It does not expand when heated, it is a very poor conductor and it is resistant to all acids (18) __________________ hydrofluoric acid, which dissolves it.

(19) __________________ knows exactly where or when the manufacture of glass began. (20) __________________ is known, though, is that there were skilled glass makers in ancient Egypt who practised it as (21) __________________ as 2000 BC, if not earlier. The Romans are also known to (22) __________________ been particularly good (23) __________________ making glass.

Glass is (24) __________________ from sand, an alkali and other ingredients which can (25) __________________ colour it or change its properties. These changes are usually achieved (26) __________________ adding certain chemicals during the process or placing thin layers of other substances (27) __________________ two sheets of glass. The nature of the glass produced also depends (28) __________________ the quality of the ingredients used.

Nowadays, one of the main uses of glass is in windows, which to us would seem to (29) __________________ quite logical. However, the art of making glass was known long (30) __________________ it was considered suitable for windows.

THE PUBLIC GETS WHAT THE PUBLIC WANTS

When it (0) __became__ quite (1) _____ for people to own a television in the USA in the 1950s, producers were forced to (2) _____ up with different kinds of programmes. One type that rapidly (3) _____ popularity was the ‘game show’, in which contestants had to answer questions. One (4) _____ programme, which was the subject of a film called Quiz Show, caused a scandal of nationwide proportions over forty years ago.

Like all commercial television stations, the one that (5) _____ this show was interested in the number and opinions of (6) _____ who watched the programme (7) _____ the sponsors were paying a great deal of money to get their (8) _____ advertised. This put pressure on the producers. They had to make sure people (9) _____ on watching so they carried out surveys about the contestants who (10) _____ on the show. When the public grew (11) _____ of the champion, there was a danger of people watching another television (12) _____ which, in turn, would put their jobs (13) _____ risk.

In order to keep everybody happy, they had to ‘fix’ the show. They did this by giving either the champion or the challenger the answers to the questions, (14) _____ the public’s preferences and wishes. The plan worked well for a while, but when it was (15) _____ , the popularity of game shows decreased.

EX 2: Put the verbs in correct tenses.
1. …………..You (wait) …………………for her when her plane arrives tonight?
2. Don’t phone me between 7 and 8. We (have) …………….………….. dinner then.
3. I (send) …………………………..  you my book tomorrow.
4. We hope the new Director (find) …………………..  more jobs for his employees.
5. Nam is a hard-working student. He (pass) ….…………. the exam easily this year.
6. What …………..you (do) …………….. when you graduate from the University?
7. Next week we (have) …..……… many kinds of examinations. It (be) …………
a very busy week, I think.
8. In the future, most of Vietnamese people (be able) ……. (speak) …English well.
9. Next week at this time, you (lie) ………………….………….. on the beach.
10. …………..You (meet) …………………..your former teacher at 9 am tomorrow?