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People drink a lot of tea. There are (1) ______ kinds of tea. There is black tea. There is
red tea. There is yellow tea. People drink a lot of tea in China. Some people drink it
because it is (2) ______ for them. It makes them healthy. Many people drink it because it
tastes very good. It is delicious. People drink a lot of green tea in Japan. People drink a
lot of green tea in Korea, too. In Vietnam, some people drink coffee first. (3) _______
they drink tea. People drink a lot of tea in England. Every afternoon, everybody drinks
tea. It is “tea time”. English people add milk to their tea. Many people drink black tea (4)
_______ the U.S. In the South of U.S, People drink “sweet tea”. Sweet tea is cold black
tea with sugar. Most tea comes from China. Some tea comes from India or Sri Lanka.
Kenya, Japan, and Indonesia also (5) _______ a lot of tea.
1.A. a lot B. a C. an D. many
2.A. excited B. good C. bad D. interested
3.A. Then B. But C. Before D. When
4.A. to B. at C. in D. on
5.A. grow B. plants C. grows D. comeII.
Read the following passage and do the tasks. (2.0 points)
Beatrice Harrison (1892 – 1965) was a British cellist. She was active in the first half of theBeatrice Harrison (1892 – 1965) was a British cellist. She was active in the first half of the
20th century. Beatrice Harrison's performances became well known through broadcast in theearly days of BBC sound radio. One night in 1924 when Beatrice was playing her cello in her garden at Oxted, she heard a bird echo her playing. She started again, and the bird sang with her. The sound was so beautiful, and she knew it was a nightingale. Surprisingly, the next nights after that, the nightingale was there again, and Beatrice played duets with the wild bird. It was so nice: she wanted to share her pleasure with other people. She decided to persuade the BBC to set up their microphones in the garden. After some time, they were able to record the tune. These records became successful and very popular in the 1930s.
a) Answer the following questions.
1. Was Beatrice Harrison a British cellist?
_________________________________________________________________________
2. When was she active?
_________________________________________________________________________
3. Where did she decide to persuade the BBC to set up their microphones?
_________________________________________________________________________
b) Write True (T) or False (F) next to each statement if it is true or false.
4. Beatrice Harrison heard a bird echo her playing one night in 1924. _______
5. Beatrice Harrison didn’t want to share her pleasure with other people. _______PART D: WRITING (2.0 POINTS)
I. Rewrite each of the following sentences so that it means the same as the first one,
beginning with the given words. (1.0 point)
1. She is interested in watching films on the television every day.
She enjoys _____________________________________________________________
2. Cycling is faster than walking.
Walking isn’t as _________________________________________________________
3. Nam didn’t go to school because he was sick yesterday.
Nam was sick, ___________________________________________________________
4. I think playing soccer is interesting.
I find __________________________________________________________________
5. We began learning English three years ago.
We have _______________________________________________________________
red tea. There is yellow tea. People drink a lot of tea in China. Some people drink it
because it is (2) ______ for them. It makes them healthy. Many people drink it because it
tastes very good. It is delicious. People drink a lot of green tea in Japan. People drink a
lot of green tea in Korea, too. In Vietnam, some people drink coffee first. (3) _______
they drink tea. People drink a lot of tea in England. Every afternoon, everybody drinks
tea. It is “tea time”. English people add milk to their tea. Many people drink black tea (4)
_______ the U.S. In the South of U.S, People drink “sweet tea”. Sweet tea is cold black
tea with sugar. Most tea comes from China. Some tea comes from India or Sri Lanka.
Kenya, Japan, and Indonesia also (5) _______ a lot of tea.
1.A. a lot B. a C. an D. many
2.A. excited B. good C. bad D. interested
3.A. Then B. But C. Before D. When
4.A. to B. at C. in D. on
5.A. grow B. plants C. grows D. comeII.
Read the following passage and do the tasks. (2.0 points)
Beatrice Harrison (1892 – 1965) was a British cellist. She was active in the first half of theBeatrice Harrison (1892 – 1965) was a British cellist. She was active in the first half of the
20th century. Beatrice Harrison's performances became well known through broadcast in theearly days of BBC sound radio. One night in 1924 when Beatrice was playing her cello in her garden at Oxted, she heard a bird echo her playing. She started again, and the bird sang with her. The sound was so beautiful, and she knew it was a nightingale. Surprisingly, the next nights after that, the nightingale was there again, and Beatrice played duets with the wild bird. It was so nice: she wanted to share her pleasure with other people. She decided to persuade the BBC to set up their microphones in the garden. After some time, they were able to record the tune. These records became successful and very popular in the 1930s.
a) Answer the following questions.
1. Was Beatrice Harrison a British cellist?
_________________________________________________________________________
2. When was she active?
_________________________________________________________________________
3. Where did she decide to persuade the BBC to set up their microphones?
_________________________________________________________________________
b) Write True (T) or False (F) next to each statement if it is true or false.
4. Beatrice Harrison heard a bird echo her playing one night in 1924. _______
5. Beatrice Harrison didn’t want to share her pleasure with other people. _______PART D: WRITING (2.0 POINTS)
I. Rewrite each of the following sentences so that it means the same as the first one,
beginning with the given words. (1.0 point)
1. She is interested in watching films on the television every day.
She enjoys _____________________________________________________________
2. Cycling is faster than walking.
Walking isn’t as _________________________________________________________
3. Nam didn’t go to school because he was sick yesterday.
Nam was sick, ___________________________________________________________
4. I think playing soccer is interesting.
I find __________________________________________________________________
5. We began learning English three years ago.
We have _______________________________________________________________