Along with jogging and swimming, cycling is one of the best all-round forms of exercise. It can help to increase your strength and energy, giving you more efficient muscles and a stronger heart. But increasing your strength is not the only advantage of cycling. Because you’re not carrying the weight of your body on your feet, it’s a good form of exercise for people with painful feet or backs. However, with all forms of exercise it’s important to start slowly and build up gently. Doing too much too quickly can damage muscles that aren’t used to working. If you have any doubts about taking up cycling for health reasons, talk to your doctor and ask for his/her advice.

Ideally you should be cycling at least two or three times a week. For the exercise to be doing you good, you should get a little out of breath. Don’t worry that if you begin to lose your breath, it could be dangerous and there must be something wrong with your heart. This is simply not true; shortness of breath shows that the exercise is having the right effect. However, if you find you are in pain then you should stop and take a rest.

1. People with back problems might go cycling because__________.

            A. it enables them to carry the weight of their body on their feet

            B. it does not make them carry the weight of their body on their feet          

            C. it helps to make their backs become stronger

            D. it helps them to relieve their backache

2. All forms of exercise must be started__________.

            A. gradually                 B. quickly                           C. strenuously                D. violently

3. According to the writer, it is best to go cycling__________.

            A. once a week                                                         B. at least two or three times a week

            C. at least two or three times a day                        D. every day

4. You should not worry about the shortness of breath because__________.

            A. it shows that there is something wrong with your heart

            B. it shows that you should stop and take a rest

            C. it is a sign of exercise having the right effect

            D. it is a sign of your getting rid of your heart problem

5. Which of the following is NOT included in the advantages of cycling?

            A. Giving you a stronger heart                               B. Increasing you strength and energy

            C. Giving you better muscles                                 D. Making you look younger

II. Write the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one.

1. It takes us more than two hours to see the film “Avatar”.

The film “Avatar” ___________________________________________________________

2. She likes to hang out with friends on Saturday evening.

She’s interested _____________________________________________________________

3. She only allows her children to watch television at weekends.

She only lets _______________________________________________________________

4. Could you help me with this box?

Would you ________________________________________________________________

5. DIY skills aren’t as hard to learn as I think.

DIY skills are ______________________________________________________________

6. Who will take care of the garden while you are away?

Who will look ______________________________________________________________

7. How about going window-shopping this afternoon?

Shall _____________________________________________________________________

VI. Chia các động từ trong ngoặc:

1. Yesterday at six I (prepare)___________dinner,

2. The kids (play)_______in the garden when it suddenly ( rain).

3. I (practise)________the guitar when he came home.

4. We (not/cycle) ________all day.

5. What (you/do) ________yesterday?

5. I usually (have) ________ breakfast at 7.00

.6. She (live) ________ in a house?

7. Where _________your children (be) ________?

8. My sister (work) ________ in a bank.

9. Dog (like) ________ meat.

10. She (live)________ in Florida.

11. Marry (water) ________the flowers at 3:00 p.m yesterday.

12. They (visit) ________the zoo at ten o’clock yesterday.

13. At this time last year we (learn) ________English in London.

14. Peter and I (do) ____the exercise at this time last night.

15. When I phoned my friends, they (play) _________cards.

1.Do your parents still live in Nha Trang now?” said Nam to me.

       à Nam asked me ………………………………………………

2. She wants to buy that villa but it’s too far expensive for her.

à She wishes ………………………………………………………………….

VII. Chia các động từ trong ngoặc:

1.The homework ………………very difficult yesterday.(be)

2 The children …………….in the park five minutes ago.(play)

3, I………………late for school yesterday(be)

4, …………..you …………. to the zoo yesterday ?(go)

5, They ……………..home yesterday(return)

6,Two years ago, he………Math in a small school in the countryside.(teach)

7. Where _________your children (be) ________?

8. My sister (work) ________ in a bank
9. He always (borrow) _________me money and never (give)_________back.

10. While I (do)__________my housework, my husband (read)___________ books.

11. He ( not paint)______________ his pictures at the moment

12. We ( not plant) ______________the herbs in the garden at present

13, My father (not watch) TV last night but I ……………..(do)

14, Last year, my family (go)………to Nghe An. It (be)…….my husband’s family. We (feel)………very happy to meet our relatives. We (do)……………..a lot of things. In the morning ,we used to (go )………to the fields, we (grow)……………..rice .In the afternoon, we (swim) ……………..in the river. In the evening, we (watch)……………TV and (talk)……………..about many things
15. John (try)________ hard in class, but I (not think) ________ he'll pass.

16. Jo is so smart that she (pass)________ every exam without even trying.

17. My life (be) so boring. I just (watch)________ TV every night

18. We ( have) ______________dinner in a restaurant right now.

19. I ( watch) ______________TV with my parents in the living room now.

20. Some people( not drink)_____________coffee now