2. Read the Reading Strategy. Then read the text quickly to get a general idea of the meaning. Were your ideas in exercise 1 correct?

(Đọc “Chiến thuật đọc hiểu”. Sau đó đọc bài khóa thật nhanh để lấy ý chính về bài đọc. Ý tưởng của bạn trong bài 1 có đúng không?)

Reading Strategy (Chiến thuật đọc hiểu)

When you do a matching task, follow these steps:

(Khi làm dạng bài nối, làm theo các bước sau:) 

1. Read the text to get a general idea of the meaning. Do not worry if you do not understand every word.

(1. Đọc bài khóa để lấy ý chính. Đừng lo lắng nếu bạn không hiểu tất cả các từ trong bài đọc.)

2. Read the task and all the options carefully.

(2. Cẩn thận đọc đề bài và các lựa chọn.)

3. Read the paragraphs of the text carefully one by one and match them to the correct option.

(3. Cẩn thận đọc từng đoạn văn một và nối chúng với lựa chọn chính xác.)

4. Check that the extra options do not match with any of the paragraphs.

(4. Kiểm tra các lựa chọn thừa không hợp với bất cứ đoạn văn nào.)

1. Read the text below and fill in each gap in the table below with ONE of the highlighted words from the text.

(Đọc văn bản dưới đây và điền vào mỗi khoảng trống trong bảng bên dưới bằng MỘT trong các từ được đánh dấu từ văn bản.)

Environmental Impact of Tourism

Although tourism is often called 'the smokeless industry', or an environmentally-friendly industry, it can actually damage nature. However, different kinds of tourism may have different effects on the environment.

• Mass tourism is a kind of tourism which involves tens of thousands of people crowding the same places at the same time of year. It often has a lot of negative impact on the local area, such as litter from tourists and pollution from traffic.

• Ecotourism provides tourists with opportunities to explore nature, and at the same time helps protect the environment and educates travellers on local environmental issues. It also promotes tourists' respect for local communities.

• Sustainable tourism involves not only environmental protection and cultural respect, but also efforts to keep profits local. It often refers to actions of the tourist industry as a whole.

• Responsible tourism encourages tourists to be more than visitors. Responsible tourists should not only be aware of their role, but also take part in protecting the environment, culture and improving the profits for local people. Responsible tourism often relates to specific actions of individuals, businesses, and communities.

2. Read the text again and choose the correct answers.

(Đọc lại bài đọc và chọn câu trả lời đúng.)

1. Which organisation was formed in 1945?

A. The UN

B. UNICEF

C. The WTO

2. Which organisation aims to help improve children’s health and education?

A. UNDP

B. UNICEF

C. The WTO

3. Which of the following is the largest international economic organisation?

A. The UN

B. UNDP

C. The WTO

1. Read the text. Match the highlighted words with their meanings.

(Đọc văn bản. Nối các từ được làm nổi bật với nghĩa của chúng.)

The more people travel, the bigger impact they may have on the environment. How can we reduce it while travelling? Here are some advice.

Reduce your carbon footprint while travelling. Since flying produces more carbon footprint than any other means of transport, you should only fly when the trip is long. During the trip, you should walk, cycle or use public transport as much as you can. This not only helps to keep the environment clean, but also allows you to enjoy the beauty of nature and interact with local people. 

Choose eco-friendly activities that benefit animals and the ecosystem. Avoid activities that allow you to touch or ride animals because they disturb their natural patterns and attract many people. Instead, visit wildlife parks or organic farms. These will help you understand and respect the nature more and stop doing things that harm the environment.

2. Read the text and circle the correct meanings of the highlighted words and phrases.

(Đọc văn bản và khoanh tròn nghĩa đúng của các từ và cụm từ được đánh dấu.)

Gender equality has been greatly promoted around the world. However, there are still many challenges that women face.

First of all, there are still girls who are forced to get married before the age of 18. In many places, parents may see child marriage as a way to protect daughters from violence. However, many of these young girls become victims of domestic violence. Child marriage also carries serious health risks as young girls are not physically developed to give birth.

Secondly, more than half of the world's uneducated people are women. This means fewer girls than boys go to school or stay long at school. Girls who receive an education are less likely to marry young. They can also have better job skills and can earn higher salaries. Education gives girls the opportunity to have a better life and give back to their communities.

Thirdly, women are often paid less than men. In other words, women have to work longer than men to earn the same amount of money. Differences in career choices might be one reason. Women tend to become nurses, secretaries, or shop assistants, which are low-paying jobs, while men choose high-paying careers as surgeons, airline pilots, or engineers.

Women are still not equal to men in today's society, and governments, organisations and individuals must work together to achieve gender equality.

1. be forced

a. be made to do something unwanted

b. be made to do something necessary

2. domestic violence

a. action taken to please someone

b. behaviour intended to hurt someone you live with

3. uneducated

a. having little or no formal education at school

b. not having many jobs opportunities

4. low-paying

a. giving money to a person

b. providing very little money

2. Read the text and circle the correct meanings of the highlighted words.

(Đọc văn bản và khoanh tròn nghĩa đúng của các từ được đánh dấu.)

Since UNICEF set up an office in 1975 in Viet Nam, it has run projects in various fields to provide the highest possible support for children in our country. The organisation particularly aims to create opportunities for all children in Viet Nam to attend school, learn and succeed. The following programmes help achieve the UNICEF's education aims for Viet Nam.

Education for Disadvantaged Young People

UNICEF helps disadvantaged teenagers continue their education by offering them job training and career advice. They are also taught essential skills for the job market.

Providing Education Opportunities for Children with Disabilities

This programme gives children with disabilities a chance to get access to and benefit from a quality education. It also helps promote equal participation in society and a culture in which people respect each other.

Improving Learning Achievements

This is another practical programme supported by UNICEF. The aim is to better prepare children for the challenges in the future. UNICEF helps Viet Nam in joining regional educational programmes to improve children's learning achievements. When they leave school, they should have the necessary skills and knowledge to work in a fast-changing world.

1. create

a. make something happen 

b. increase something

c. refuse something

2. essential

a. usual

b. necessary

c. successful

3. respect

a. have a good opinion of somebody

b. look down on somebody

c. get on well with somebody

4. practical

a. connected with organisations

b. connected with ideas

c. connected with real situations

3. Read the Listening Strategy. Then listen to six people talking about BASE jumping. Write the synonyms or words with the opposite meaning that they use for the underlined words.

(Đọc Chiến thuật nghe. Sau đó nghe sáu người nói về môn nhảy dù mạo hiểm. Viết từ đồng nghĩa hoặc từ có nghĩa trái nghĩa với từ họ dùng cho các từ được gạch chân.)

Listening Strategy (Chiến thuật nghe)

The information that you need to understand in therecorded text may be expressed differently in the task.

(Thông tin bạn cần hiểu trong đoạn băng có thể được thể hiện khác đi trong câu hỏi.)

Listen out for synonyms of key words in the task. Key words are content words such as adjectives, nouns and verbs.

(Nghe rõ từ đồng nghĩa của từ khóa trong câu hỏi. Từ khóa là những từ như tính từ, danh từ và động từ.)

Listen out, too, for ways in which words with the opposite meaning, or negative verbs, correspond with key words in the task.

(Tương tự, nghe ra những từ với có nghĩa trải ngược, hoặc những động từ phủ định, tương ứng với các từ khóa trong câu hỏi.)

It’s rather cold today. >> It isn’t very warm today. (Trời hôm nay khá lạnh. >> Trời hôm nay không được ấm lắm.)

We won the match. >> We didn’t lose the match. (Chúng tôi đã thắng trận đấu. >> Chúng tôi đã không để thua trận đấu.)

1. Fred loves being in wild, far-away places. remote (Fred thích đến những nơi hoang dã, xa xôi.)

2. Sally says BASE jumping isn't popular with older people. (Sally nói rằng nhảy dù mạo hiểm không phổ biến với người già.)

3. Chris doesn't consider himself a courageous person. (Chris không cho rằng mình là người can đảm.)

4. Celina says people who aren't strong and fit shouldn't try BASE jumping. (Celina nói rằng những người không khỏe và cân đối không nên thử nhảy dù mạo hiểm.)

5. For Shelley, the appeal of BASE jumping is the breathtaking landscapes where you do it. (Với Shelly, sự hấp dẫn của nhảy dù mạo hiểm là phong cảnh ngoạn mục ở nơi thực hiện nhảy dù.) 

6. Martin really didn't enjoy BASE jumping. (Martin thực sự không thích nhảy dù mạo hiểm lắm.)

2. Complete the following sentences using the correct forms of the words in 1.

(Hoàn thành các câu sau bằng cách sử dụng các dạng đúng của các từ trong Bài 1.)

1. He is very __________. He is always willing to give a lot of money to charity.

2. The school is difficult to get to because it is located in a _______ аrеа.

3. If you don't have time to volunteer, you can________money and food.

4. This clean water project will ________the people in the village.

5. Our club needs more ______to clean up the park at the weekend.