Bill Gates was born on October 28th 1955 in Seattle, Washington. As the principal (found)……………… of Microsoft, Bill Gates is one of the most (influence)……………………..and richest people on the planet. Recent estimates of his (wealthy)…………………………..put it at USD 84.2 billion (Jan 2017). This is the equivalent of the combined GDP of several African economies. In recent years, he has retired from working full time at Microsoft, and has instead concentrated on working with his charitable (found)…………………………… “The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation”.

FUN FACTS ABOUT THOMAS EDISON

-Edison was born in 1847 in Ohio. He was the youngest of seven children

- Edison’s mother was an excellent school teacher. That is probably why she was able to teach Edison so well. Edison said about his mother “All that  am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother”

- Edison’s mother let him set up a chemistry lab in the basement, which made his father very nervous

- Thomas Edison has scarlet fever when he was a child. The disease left him almost deaf.

- When Edison was twelve, he started publishing and selling a newspaper to train passengers.

- Edison started a fire in a train car doing chemistry experiments. He was kicked off the train

- Edison submitted his last invention for patent when he was 80 years old. He had 1093 inventions.

- Edison was a devotee of hard work, often logging over 90 hours a week in his office and labs, punching the time clock just like everyone else and also catching a quick nap when he could refresh himself

- Think about this. He was purported to have conducted over 3000 experiments to perfect his light bulb filament, and over 15,000 experiments to get his nickel-iron storage batteries right. How many people do you know who have this kind of work discipline? Do you?

17. How many siblings did Edison have?

            A. 4                             B. 5                             C. 6                             D. 7

18. What was Edison’s mother’s job?

            A. a nurse                    B. a teacher                 C. a farmer                  D. a housewife

19. It can be inferred from the passage that

            A. Edison’s mother had a big impact on him             B. Edison didn’t love his mother

            C. Edison was deaf                                                     D. Edison had 7 sisters and brothers

20. According to the passage, which of the following information is NOT true?

            A. Edison started selling a newspaper to train passengers at the age of twelve

            B. Edison was so hard-working that he spent more than 10 hours a day in his office and labs

            C. Edison supposedly conducted over 3,000 experiments to perfect his light bulb filament

            D. Edison was completely deaf due to a disease

Sorry to bother you, but where is the library?

        A. Fifth floor, second door on the right      B. No trouble at all. Thanks a lot

        C. No, I don’t often go to the library          D. Oh, yes, I love reading books at the library

Exercise 7: Give the correct form of the verbs in the brackets.

1.     Don’t (play) ………………..over there.

2.     She (cook) ………………. lunch in the kitchen at the moment.

3.     Look! He (climb) ……………….the tall tree over there.

4.     You may (fall) ……………….off your motorbike.

5.     My sister (go) ……………….to the doctor yesterday because she broken her arm.

6.     Where is Nam now? – He (watch) ………………. TV in the living room.

7.     ……………….she (break) ……………….her leg yesterday?

8.     Where (be) ……………….you last weekend?

Exercise 4: Complete the dialogue

use              apples                   sharp          kitchen        cut               not

IV- Em hãy khoanh tròn từ có cách phát âm khác ở phần gạch chân trong mỗi câu sau:

IV- Em hãy khoanh tròn từ có cách phát âm khác ở phần gạch chân trong mỗi câu sau:

Would you mind spelling your last name for me, please?

            A. Sure, it is G-I-A-N-G                                B. My name is Giang

            C. My last name is difficult to pronounce      D. Sorry, I don’t know your last name