Reading
Seasons
and life
Read
the passage and do the task that follows
The
thing I like about living on a farm when I was small was the change of seasons.
Spring, summer, autumn and winter- I could see them all come and go, each one
was completely different. If I hadn't been born and raised in the country, I
would have never been able to tell the difference. Now in the city, you can buy
summer flowers in winter and eat the same vegetables all the year round.
Whereas, in the country, I could only eat things at certain times of a year-
for example strawberries in June and turnips in winter. I lived my childhood
with the seasons. Also we made most of our food and would never eat frozen or
tinned food. Everything was fresh- so it must be better than type of food I am
taking now in the city. City people may think people in the country miss a lot
of good things about modern life, but in my opinion they miss a lot more than
rural people - they miss real life..
Task:
Choose the correct answer
1.
What is the main idea of
this passage?
A. Food in the country in
comparison to that in the city.
B. Comparison between life on
a farm and that in the city.
C. Seasons in the country.
D. The author’s childhood.
2. According to the author, the seasons on
farm are__________.
A. similar
B. beautiful
C. very
different from one other
D different
from those in the city
3. What can be inferred from the passage about the
experience of the seasons for the city people?
A. Seasons are
similar
B. They see
different seasons come and go
C. It may
difficult to tell season differences
D. Food is
similar in all four seasons
4. The word “them” in line 2 refers to:
A. city people
B. four
seasons
C. good things
about modern life
D. people in
the country
5. According to the passage, all the followings are
true EXCEPT that:
A. There are
four seasons in the country where the author used to live
B. The author
was born and raised on a farm
C. People in
the country eat the same types of food all the year – round
D. The author
takes frozen and tinned food now
1. B. 2. C. 3.
D. 4. B. 5. C
Writing
Today, we will help you to
write a paragraph of giving direction to someone.
First, please do the task
below.
Pre-writing
Nam is a first year student
at FPT University. In the letter from his
school, there is a map to direct students to the university in case they do not
know. Read the direction and help him to find FPT university from My Dinh bus
stop.
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Dear all,
This is the direction to help you
to find our university
Firstly, when you come out of My
Dinh bus stop, go along Pham
Hung street and you will see a bridge, in fact
it is a flyover bridge. Go over the bridge and keep walking for 5 minutes.
Then, you will see a Showroom called Toyota MyDinh, turn left. FPT university
is the one right next to Toyota My Dinh, opposite a bookstore.
Hope to see you on the first day of
school. Good luck to all of you.
FPT University
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Writing
Task 1:
Read the letter again and
list down all the words and phrases that are used to give directions.
For example:
- Go along
- Keep walking
- Turn the left
- Turn the right at the
corner of the street
Task 2: Nam has a friend who is studying at Hanoi National
University and he wants
to visit his friend. Help him to find the way from FPT university to Hanoi National
University.
Ex:
Dear Nam,
When you come out of FPT
university, turn right and keep walking for 5 minutes. And then you will see a
showroom called Toyota My Dinh, turn right to Pham Hung street. Keep walking for about
10 minutes, you will see a flyover bridge, go over it. Then you will see the
building of Hanoi
University, opposite the
SOS center.
Good luck.
Grammar
I.
Exercies
1. Chuyển các câu sau sang câu gián
tiếp:
1.
"Don't come at 1.00" I said to him.
-> I told him …………….
2.
"I am hungry" he said.
-> He said …………………..
3.
"My father isn't well" he said.
-> He said..................................
4.
"I am living in London
now" she said.
-> She said ………………………………
5. "Lan has a baby" Hong says
-> Hong says …………………………………..
6.
"I didn’t know what she was doing" she said.
-> She said ………………………………
7.
"You can't come and stay with me" she said to me.
-> She said ……………………………………
8.
"Are you tired" she asked us.
-> She asked us ……………………………..
9.
"Do you always go to the zoo?" she asked me.
-> She asked me ……………………………..
10.
"What time will you go to bed?" he asked me.
-> He asked me ………………………………..
Đ/A:
1. I told him not to come at 1:00.
2. He said (that) he was hungry
3. He said (that) his father wasn't well
4. She said (that) she was living in London then
5. Hong says (that) Lan has a baby.
6. She said (that) she had not known what she had been doing.
7. She said (that) I couldn't
come and stay with her.
8. She asked us if we were tired.
9. She asked me if I always went
to the zoo.
10. He asked me what time I would go to be.