Nhan and Huong want to know their friend's favourite free time activities, so they are asking their friend's about what they like to do in their free time. Many ò their frienf 's say that they usually eat and drinks as well as chat with their frienfs. They like to talk about many things around them: their teachers, their friends, their families as well as their favourite musicians, singers, soccer, players and movie starts. There are some popular activities after lesson at their school such as: skipping rope, reading books and playing sports. At home, many of their friends say they like to watch TV, listen to music or play computer games. They rarely go to the movies. Some of the girls like go to the shopping. Very few of their friends like to do English exersise on the Internet. Many of their friends don't take part in Art, Music Club.

1: What do many of Nhan and Huong's friends usually do in their free time?

A. eat, drink and chat B. go shopping C. go to the movies D. do English exersise on the Internet

2: What do their friends like to talk about?

A: their teachers, friends and families B: their favourite musicians and singers

C: their favourite soccer players and movie starts D: many thing around them

3: Which of the fllowing activities is NOT popular with theirs friends at school?

A: skipping rope B: taking part in Art, Music Club C: reading books D: playing sports

4: Which of the fllowing activities is NOT popular with theirs friends at home ?

A: watching TV B: listenning to music C: do English exersise on the Internet D: playing computer games

5: What the passage talk about ?

A: Nhan and Huong's friends B: Free time activities of Nhan and Huong's friends

C: Nhan and Huong's school D: Nhan and Huong's pastimes

II. Read the following passage and answer the following questions. Write your answers in the provided space.
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SLEEPY TEENS

When school superintendent Russell Dever enters the local coffee shop at around 7:20 A.M., it is crowded with
students. “The line is out the door because our high school kids are getting coffee,” he said. And they are not standing in line
for the decaf – they need the caffeine to stay awake in class. Talk to American high school students and you hear the
complaints about how late they stay up, how little they sleep – and how early they must be in class.
These days, there is increasing concern in schools across the United States about students who are not completely
awake in morning classes. School officials in some states have even changed start times so teenagers can sleep later.
According to sleep expert Mary Carskadon, the fact that many teenagers work long hours outside of the school and have
computers and televisions in their bedrooms contributes to a serious lack of sleep. But, she said, the problem is also due to
biology. As the bodies of teenagers develop, their brains also change. These changes make teens more likely than adults to
have trouble sleeping at night.
Teenagers need at least eight to nine hours of sleep a night, but the average teen gets a lot less. Carskadon’s
study, completed in the fall of 2001 with researcher Amy Wolfson, showed that nearly 30 percent of students in the tenth

grade slept less than six hours on school nights. Less than 15 percent got more than eight hours of sleep each night. Eighth-
graders averaged eight hours of sleep a night, although that age group, she said, needs at least nine hours a night. Even

more remarkable are the results of a 1997-1998 school year study. In that study, 12 out of 24 U.S. high school students who
were part of an experiment at a sleep laboratory had brain wave patterns similar to those of someone with narcolepsy, a
serious condition that affects sleep. “What’s going in on is that at 8:30 in the morning these kids ... would normally be in
school sitting in a classroom, but ... their brain is still in the middle of the night,” said Carskadon.
Parent Dawn Dow says her son just cannot go to bed before 10 P.M. “Last year he was trying to put himself to bed
at 8:30 and was coming in 9:30 and 10 in tears saying, ‘I just can’t go to sleep.’ It is not a case of children wanting to be up
late ... It is a change in his chemistry.”
So would letting teenagers wake up later make a difference? Kyla Wahlstrom of the University of Minnesota in the
United States studies the effects of changing school starts time. She has looked at students in Edina and Minneapolis, two
cities in Minnesota, where public school officials have moved high school starting times past 8:30 A.M. In Minneapolis, the
middle school begins at 9:30 A.M. She said the later starting times have reduced students absences. They have also lowered
dropout rates by 8 percent over four years. In addition, she said, teachers report that students are not sleeping at their desks

during the first two hours of class anymore. She said 92 percent of parents from Edina reported that their teenagers are
easier to live with. The students reported that they were feeling less depressed and were getting better grades.
Big changes in school start times may not be possible in some areas. However, Wahlstrom said her research
shows that even small changes can contribute to a solution to this serious problem.
Questions 1 to 6: Decide if the following statements are true, false, or not given according to the information
in the reading passage. Write T (true), F (false), or NG (not given) in the provided space.
Question 1 Most teenagers sleep more than they should.
Question 2 There are scientific reasons that explain why teenagers have difficulty sleeping at night.
Question 3 The brains of teenagers are the same as the brains of adults.
Question 4 Teenagers can do their best schoolwork in the early morning.
Question 5 Some schools start their classes later so that teenage students can get more sleep in the morning.
Question 6 Many parents do not want high school officials to change school start times.

Read the text and choose the best answer:

Home school : a good thing or a bad thing ?

Some children don't go to school. Well, they don't learn in a classroom with a lof of other children ; they stay at home and study with their mum or dad. Thay don't learn at home because they have to , but because some parents think their children don't learn enough at normal schools.

' School isn't good for my son ' , says Miranda Peeler, who teachers her son, Ben,at home. ' Ben doesn't work in class ' . He play with his friends all the time and he doesn't listen to the teacher . There are 30 children in his class, and it's difficult for the teacher to teach ALL of them. Now T teach him at home . He learn all the important subjects and he does a lot of work. He has to ; he's the only one in the class! We study on the computer too. At school there is only one computer for all the children in the class. Ben like home school . He's a clever boy and he wants to learn . Here he can do that. Brenda Masters is a teacher. She doen's think it's a good idea.' Yes, children learn a lot at home school. But they don't play with their friends. They don't learn how to work in a group. Work is important but play is important too. Friends are important. Sport is important. School is important.

1. A lot of children study at home because:

A. their parents want to teach them at home .

B. the teacher don't want the children at school.

2. Ben's mother think :

A. Ben doesn't study important subjects at school.

B. the classes are verry big.

3. At Ben's school :

A. There are some computers.

B. The children don't use computer.

4. Brenda think :

A. parents are's good teacher.

B.Children have to work and play.

5. Brenda thinks that home school is :

A. a good thing.

B. a bad thing.

Read the passage and choose the correct answer for each question .

School of the Air .

Many of us may be surprised to hear the name " School of the air ", but there are over ten of them i Australia . Alice Springs School of the Air is one of these in the Northern Territory . The school provides an educational services for about 120 children living in Central Australia . Students of this school live far from each other, so they don’t have normal lessons in classrooms, but they study at their homes. They get lessons from their teachers through post or e-mail. They send their work to the teachers and discuss it over the Internet. They can borrow books from the school library, and the books arrive by post. They also take part in outside classroom activities such as sports and games.
1. Alice Spring School of the Air teaches children in ................
A. Central Australia
B. Northern Australia
C. all Australia
2. Students get their lessons from their teachers ............................
A. through post or e-mail
B. through TV network
C. in classrooms
3. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Students don’t have lessons at weekends.
B. Students can read books in the library.
C. Students can play sports and games.
4. The word “them” in the first paragraph refers to ...........................
A. many of us
B. schools in general
C. schools of the air
5. What is the passage mainly about?
A. School in Australia
B. A special kind of school
C. A good way of learning

Read the text quickly and choose the best title.

1 Not many English people have pets.

2 English people don't spend money on their pets.

3 English people prefer to spend their time with animals rather than with other people.

*******************************************************************************************************************************************************************Read the text again.Some parts of the text have been removed.Complete the text by deciding which part of the text (A-E) fits each gap (1-4) there is one extra letter that you do not need.

British people love their animals.Over half the households in Britain have got a pet.Goldfish are the most popular pet,but the British own 7.2 milion cats and 6.6 million dogs.1__________

People in other countries often spend a lot of money on comfortable kennels for their dogs,which means that the dogs sleep outside.The British let their dogs take over their houses.2____________ They spoil their dogs with toys and treats and specially prepared meals.

Perhaps the British love their animals so much because they feel more confident with animals than with other people! British people can be very formal and find it hard to talk to people that they do not know.3____________ But there is no problem with dogs.4___________

Greorge Mikes is the author of a famous book about the British.He say that when British people go for a walk with a friend , they don't say a work for hours.But if they go out for a walk with their dogs, they talk to them all the way!

a Thay allow their dogs to lie on their sofas and armchairs, and give them almost as much attention as their children.

b The Britich can easily start a conver sation with a strange dog.

c Friend from other countries are sometimes shocked.

d They think of them as part of the family.

e They feel embarrassed if they have to talk to strangers.

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Think about the advan tages and disadvantages of having pets:

Advantages:______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Disadvantages::___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

                                                                           School of the air
Many of us may be surprised to hear the name “School of the air”, but there are over ten of them in Australia, Alice Springs School of the Air is one of these in the Northern Territory. The school provides an educational services for about 120 children living in Central Australia.
Students of this school live far from each other, so they don’t have normal lessons in classrooms, but they study at their homes. They get lessons from their teachers through post or e-mail. They send their work to the teachers and discuss it over the Internet. They can borrow books from the school library, and the books arrive by post. They also take part in outside classroom activities such as sports and games.
1. Alice Spring School of the Air teaches children in ................
A. Central Australia
B. Northern Australia
C. all Australia
2. Students get their lessons from their teachers ............................
A. through post or e-mail
B. through TV network
C. in classrooms
3. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Students don’t have lessons at weekends.
B. Students can read books in the library.
C. Students can play sports and games.
4. The word “them” in the first paragraph refers to ...........................
A. many of us
B. schools in general
C. schools of the air
5. What is the passage mainly about?
A. School in Australia
B. A special kind of school
C. A good way of learning

Exercise 3. Read the text and answer the questions.

THE BENEFITS OF TV

TV is now taking on more and more importance in our lives. For many it is now the main source of entertainment and they use it as a form of relaxation after a hard day at work or school. It is a way of forgetting about reality for a few hours. Most people like to watch comedy programmes or game shows, which do not require too much concentration. However, there are also many people who see TV differently. They use it to find out about the outside world, as a source of information. They switch it on when it’s time for the news or when there is a documentary on an interesting subject. Some people even learn history and literature by watching historical dramas or adaptations of novels. A thirteen-year-old girl who was found to have a very good general knowledge and was thought to read a lot said, “But I learnt it all from TV.” This is one interesting advantage of TV that many parents overlook.

Complete the sentences with a word or short phrase from the passage.

1. For many people, TV is the main source of _______________, but for many others, it is a source of _______________.

2. Programmes such as _______________ or _______________ require little concentration.

3. People who needs information can watch _______________ or _______________.

4. A teenage girl learnt a lot of _______________just by watching TV.

5. Parents shouldn’t _______________ the benefitnof TV in providing general knowledge.

VIII.Read the article and choose the word that best fits each space.

I have no wife, no b--------------(1)------------- or sisters. My father wanted me to become a musician, but I didn’t. I become a pilot instead. My h---------------(2)------------is in the air- I do enomous amount of travelling. It is fast life and full of work, but I like it and that is the only way for me. Everything is tiring- music, travelling- but what can I do? I am not used to complaining. It is hard to imagine now that I will ever be very long in one place. My home-----------(3)----------is on the Caspian Sea. There is sea, wind,sun and so many tourists and hotels. I have my own f-----------(4)-------------with four rooms, but I seldom there. I don’t like being a-----------(5)------------. If I am free for a day or two, I prefer to stay with my p----------(6)--------------. They live in a small h-------------(7)-----------, But it is very comfortable. My mother doesn’t go to work. She stays at home and she is a good h---------(8)------------. She often cooks for me when I come. I like food, simple food.

IX. Fill in the blank with one suitable word.

A.    I look(1)…………… the apartment where I had spent most(2)………………my life.  The window was open and the sounds (3)………………the street were mixed (4)…………… the talk show (5)……………the radio that my mother always kept on.

B.    When my sister got married and moved (6)…………….    (7)…………………the apartment, It was just Mama and I sitting alone (8)……………nights, listening(9)………………the neighbors talking (10)………………..each other outdoors.

C.    The next day (11)…………….work I went (12)………………the local newspaper office and asked if I could look(13)…………….their old newspaper. I said since I was new(14)……………….town, I wanted to get a sense (15) ……………..its history (16)………………..reading the news (17)……………….. the past few years.                           help me

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I really love my neighborhood. It is a quiet, safe place with great
neighbors. In short, my neighborhood is nice to live in.My neighborhood is quiet. Even though it has the regular amoun of noise of any place, there are many peaceful moment.For example, after most people have gone to work, you can hardly hear any noise. Of course, when the kids get home, there is more noise; but, it is relatively quiet all day in my neighborhood. Also, I feel safe in my neighborhood. The police drive around it everyday and the kids play outside with no problems. Since there is not much traffic, we don’t worry too much about cars Furthermore, I can walk around my neighborhood without being afraid of someone hurting me. All in all, my neighborhood is secure. My neighbors are really good people. They watch out for each other and this makes where I live extra nice. If anyone has a problem with their car or even something in their house, a neighbor is usually there to help. One day, I couldn't start my car, and my neighbor asked what was wrong. I explained that my car wouldn’t start, and he got my car going again. This is just one of the many examples of how my neighbors are the best people I know. In conclusion, my neighborhood is a great place to live. There isn’t a lot of noise, it is secure, and most of all, the neighbors are helpful. There is no place like home and that is my neighborhood.

IV.  Fill in each blank with ONE appropriate word.

One of my favourite (1)__________ programmes is Garfield. It is an American cartoon television series based (2)__________ the comic strip Garfield by Jim Davis. The show was produced by Film Roman. It is programmed every day at half past seven on (3)__________ six. The series follows the life of a fat, lazy orange cat who wants nothing (4)__________ out of life than to eat and sleep. He loves to lie eating lasagna and (5)__________ TV. My mother also (6)__________ this programme and normally watches it with me, so we usually have something good to eat like popcorn, cheese, biscuits or pizza (7)__________ we watch the show together.