PREPARATION FOR THE FIRST SEMESTER READING AND WRITING A/- READING UNIFROMS IMPORTANT LABELS UNDER EQUAL OF FROM TO PRACTICAL I believe that it is ____1_____to wear uniforms when students are at school. Firstly, _____2____encourages students to be proud of being students of schoolthey are going to because they are wearing uniforms with ____3_____bearing their school’s name. Secondly, wearing uniforms helps students feel ____4_____in many ways . They all start ____5_____the same place no matter how rich or poor they are .They are really friends to one another ____6_____one school roof. Finally , it is ____7_____to wear uniforms . it doesn’t take you time to think of what to wear every day. In conclusion ,all students , from primary _____8____high schools should wear uniforms. LOOK - FROM - OTHER - FROM - WORE COLORFUL - CLOTH - ABOUT - TO Clothes can tell a lot ____1_____a person . Some people like colorful clothes because they want everyone to _____2____at them and they want to be center of things . _____3____ people like to wear nice clothes , but their clothes are not ____4_____or fancy. They do not like people to look at them . clothes today are very different _____5____ the clothes of the 1800s . One difference is the way they look . For example , in the 1800s , all women ____6_____dress . the dresses all had long skirts .But today , women donot always wear dresses with long skirts . Somethimes ,they wear short skirts . Sometimes , they wear pants . Another difference between the 1800s and today is the _____7____ . In the 1800s , clothes were made only from natural kinds of cloth . They were made from cotton ,wool ,silk or linen . But today, there are many kinds of man-made cloth . A lot of clothes are now are made ____8_____nylon, rayon and polestor. FEEL PEACEFUL VILLAGERS FROM SCENES GROW FRESH COLORS AT My village is about 50 kilometers _____1____the city center. It is a very beautiful and ____2_____place where people _____3____flowers and vegetables only. It’s very famous for its pretty roses and picturesque _____4____ The air is quite _____5____however , fragance of the roses mske people _____6____cool. In the spring , my village looks like a carpet with plenty of _____7____ Tourists come to visit it so often . Nowadays , with electricity , it doesn’t take the _____8____much time to water the roses . And even at nights , people can walk along the path and enjoy the fresh fragance of the flowers. USEFUL BAD BUSIEST - CUT FARM FOR BADLY FROM QUICKLY WITH Dick went to his friend’s _____1____last August to help him . August is the ____2_____time of the year for farmers because it is then that they have to ____3_____the corn . it is also the time he chose for his holiday , so he decided to do something that was ____4_____and at the same time quite different _____5____his work at the office in London .Luckily , the weather was fine during his two weeks on the farm . People can not cut corn when it is wet because then it will go _____6____when people pile it up . The farmers have to wait _____7____ sunshine and then cut and dry the corn _____8____before rain comes . LANGUAGE WIDELY CHOSEN SPOKEN LEARNT OUTSIDE UNDERSTOOD GREATEST IMPORTANT There are at least 2000 different languages in the world . Of all these languages , English is the most ____1_____used. It is used by business people , airline pilots and sea captians all over the world . It is also the first ____2_____of sports and science. So is is very ____3_____to learn English. Chinese is also an important language because it has the _____4____ number of speakers . There are not only one billion people living in China today ,but also many Chinese people living ____5_____China .Chinese is widely ____6_____in many parts of Asia and Africa . Russian is spoken in both Europe and Asia . French is widely ____7_____in Europe and in several parts of Canada , Africa and Asia . From more than 2000 languages ,the United Nations has _____8____six of them for business . They are Arabic , Chinese , English , French , Russian and Spainish. VIEWERS - IMPORTANT ADDITION BUT FROM DESIGNED TO SPORT BRING MORE Television is one of man’s most _____1____means of communication . It brings events and sounds _____2____around the world into millions of homes . A person with a television set can sit in his house and watch President making a speech or visit a foreign country .He can see a war being found and watch statesmen try to ____3_____ about peace . Through television , home viewers can see and learn about people , places , and things all over the world . Television even takes its _____4____out of this world . It brings them coverage of America’s astronauts as the astronauts explore outer space. In ____5_____ to all those things , television brings its viewers a steady stream of programs that are ____6_____to entertain . In fact , television provides _____7____entertainment programs than any other kind . The programs include action packed drama , light comedies , _____8____ events and motion pictures . KNOWLEDGE INVENTION COMMUNICATION SPENDING CONVENIENT VIEWERS POPULAR MAJOR CHANNEL Television is an important _____1____of the 20 th century. It has been so ____2_____ that now we can’t imagine what life would be like if there was no televison. Television is a ____3_____mean of ____4_____ It brings pictures and sounds from around the world into millions of homes . Television ____5_____can see and learn about people , places and things in far away lands . Television widens our _____6____ by introducing us to new ideas which may lead us to new hobbies and recreations . In addition to the news , television provide us with a variety of programs that can statify every taste . Most people now seem to like ____7_____ their evenings watching television. It is more _____8____for them to stay at home watching television than to go out for amusement elsewhere. B/- WRITING 1. The Internet / develop / increase / today It / become / part / every life Internet / be / very fast and convenient way / get information. It /be /cheap way / communicate / friends and relatives / means of e-mail or chatting . You / check / weather conditions / before / camping or fishing . You /can book /tickets / film shows , concerts, soccer matches or hotels It /be / source / entertainment. You / listen / music / watch videos / games . The Internet / wonderful invention / modern life. It / make / world / smaller. 2. John’ s mother /buy / a / computer / him /last month. She / want /replace / old typewriter. She / hope / John / use / computer / write / essays . But he / spend / all his time / play / computer games. He / neglect / studies . He / fail / tests. When that happened , John / realize / that he / make / a terrible mistake . Now / he / use /computer mainly / for / type / his essays. He /play /computer games / free time. Recently / he / top / his classmates / the semester examination. 3. I /live / far / city / so / life / quiet / peaceful. Everyday / up / early / 4:30 I / brush / teeth / wash /face / have quick breakfast / walk / school. It / take / 2 hours / there. Usually / have / lessons / morning / so / often / home late / 12:30 I / study / hard / school / not have / time / study / home I / help / parents /work / farm / afternoon Summer / parents / often let / me / grandparents /Vung Tau. It / great time / because / spend / all / time / there / swimming . Although /life / countryside / still hard / I / love / very much. 4. I / arrive / Ha Noi / yesterday morning. I / stay / nice hotel It / not far / city center. I / already see / Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum / some places of interests here. Tomorrow / going on a trip / Ha Long bay. I / never / been there before . I /be excited / trip / not / sleep. I / be / home / Sunday , Nov 20 th . I / tell you / more /trip /when / be /Hue. I / hope / you / fine. 5. I / glad / when / know / you / going / visit / my country . You / not tell / me / when / you / come . I /going / finish /second semester / the college / and / hope / you / come / this summer hoiday. When / exactly / you / coming ? You / go / air . Tell /date and time / you / arrive / so that / I get / airport / pick / up. Not / stay / hotel // at / home . It / small / we /arrange / you. I / tell / parents / your arrival / and we / be / look forward / see you. This / be / good chance / us / show you / hospitality and / take / around / city. 6. Tom / Jack / go / movies / last week. Film / be good /but / it / be longer / they / thought . When /come out / the cinema / last bus / had gone. They /not know / how /get home. Tom / want / get / taxi /but Jack / not agree. Finally / they / start / walk home. It / be / very long walk . They / be / getting tired / suddenly / a car / stop /next / them. To their surprise / it /be / neighbor of theirs . They / be / happy / see / him / because / get a rid home. THE END