Back in high school, the subject that I really hated was literature. I did not understand why others could write easily but I could not. Honestly, I really admired my friends because they always wrote long essays, and theirs all were full of feelings. When I look back now, I can figure out some reasons. First of all, I belonged to natural science. That was why I always got five scores for literature but maximum ones for math. The second reason was also the most critical factor that impacted negatively on my writing skill. I remember that I had to write unreal things in my essays. For instance, my teachers were not perfect but I had to describe them as angels. How could I write well when the lies always stopped my ideas? In my opinion, this was the worst teaching way because the teachers were killing students' self-expression and teaching their students how to tell lies. Fortunately, I was not good at writing, but I have never failed the exams because I always beat my brains out to finish my essays.

When going to school, there are many subjects; however I still like literature the most. First, literature plays an important role in both education and daily life. Literature is not limit to a subject to be learnt at school. Furthermore, this subject teaches human about several aspects of life. From the very first step, student learns to write, read as well as describe things and people. Moreover, literature teaches one to be a responsible citizen and likeable personality. Literature is more than a subject, it’s an art and it can be applied directly into life such as: journalism, editor. People are not born to learn this unique subject, it needs long time to exercise to master. Besides, when learning literature people not only know more works of art but also understand culture, tradition of each country. Literature is the mirror reflecting human and their lifestyle. Studying literature means learning the way to love and live a true life. All in all, with great benefits of literature, it is necessary for each society especially developing countries.

Task 1. Choose the word /phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in each sentence

1. It ____________ heavily last August.

A. is rain

B. was raining

C. rained

D. rain

2. What ___________ when I phoned yesterday?

A. were you doing

B. do you do

C. did you do

D. do you did

3. I ______________ the accident when I was waiting for the Grab taxi.

A. was seeing

B. saw

C. had seen

D. has been seen

4. While we ____________________ in the park, Mary fell over.

A. ran

B. runs

C. is running

D. were running

5. _____________________ History at 6 p.m. yesterday??

A. Are you study

B. Did you study

C. Have you studied

D. Were you studying

6. She ________ the gold medal in 1986.

A. won

B. win

C. to won

D. to win

7. There ____________ some big trees in the yard when I was 5.

A. is

B. are

C. was

D. were

8. For a long time people ________ that the world was flat and that people could fall off the edge.

A. may think

B. thought

C. are thought

D. thinks

9. Nick: “I last _______ Susan at her house two _______ ago.”

A. saw/ year

B. seen/ week

C. see/ months

D. saw/ months

10. Jack: “What did you ______ last night?” Jeremy: “I ______ on my Science project.”

A. do/ works

B. do/ worked

C. doing/ working

D. does/ works

In about 80 - 100 words, write a paragraph about ways to protect the environment, following the guidelines below 

+ Some real situations + some solutions

+ Your duty to protect the environment