An extended family _______ of grandparents, parents, children, aunts and uncles living under one roof.. Both men and women now work to _______ to the family finances.. A an _______ famil
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I VOCABULARY:
- breadwinner (n)
- homemaker = housewife (n) :
- a game of tennis :
- afraid (a) :
- prepare dinner (v) :
- do the cooking = cook (v) :
- housework (n) = (household) chores :
- share (v) :
- duty (n) :
- divide (v) :
- split (v) :
- equally (adv) :
- grocery (n) :
- shop for groceries (v) :
- heavy-lifting (n) :
- do the heavy lifting (v) :
- laundry (n) :
- do the laundry (v) :
- washing-up (n) :
- do the washing-up (v) :
- rubbish (n) :
- take out the rubbish / garbage (v) :
- handle (v) :
- be / take responsible for :
- responsibility (n) :
- finance (n) :
- earn (the money) (v) :
- meal (n) :
- lay the table for meals (v) :
- clear the table after meals (v) :
- physical strength (n) :
- manage (v) :
- raise (v) :
- routine (n) :
- routine (a) :
- task (n) :
- trash (n) :
- treat (v) :
- create (v) :
- critical (a) :
- crane (n) :
- crack (a) :
- crack (v) :
- tidy (a) :
- tidy up (v) :
- urgent (a) :
- wife (n) # husband (n) :
- culture (n) :
- individual (n) :
- relationship (n) :
- psychology (n) :
- psychologist (n) :
- realise (v) :
- enormous (a) :
- benefit (n) :
- (to) benefit from sth / doing sth :
- sociable (a) :
- overall (a) :
- tend (v) :
- contribute (to sth/ doing sth) :
- vulnerable (a) :
- divorce (n/ v) :
- positive (a) # negative (a) :
- atmosphere (n) :
- (to) set a good example for :
- sweep – swept – swept (v) :
- mop (v) :clean up, clear up, wash :
- feed – fed – fed (v) :
- balance (n) :
- nurture (v) :
- mend (v) = repair :
- burden (n) :
- expert (n) :
- domain (n) :
- child-raising (n) :
- child-bearing (n) :
- child-minder (n) |:
- nuclear family (n) # extended family (n) :
- nursing (n) :
- nursing home (n) :
- nursemaid (= nanny) :
- recreation (n) :
- ingredient (n) :
- collaborate (with sb on sth) (v) :
- collaboration (n) :
- behave (v) :
- behaviour (n) :
II GRAMMAR:
THE PRESENT SIMPLE - THE PRESENT CONT.
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A PRONUNCIATION
I Choose a word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from others.
II Choose a word that has different stressed syllable from others.
B VOCABULARY
I Give the Vietnamese meaning of the words in the list
- breadwinner:
- split/divide/share the household chores:
- do the heavy lifting:
- do the laundry:
- responsible for household finances:
- responsibility:
- sociable:
- vulnerable:
- critical:
- enormous:
- tend to:
- relationship:
- handle:
- individual:
- consider:
- homemaker:
- benefit:
- atmosphere:
- balance:
- nurture:
- equal:
- traditional:
- solution:
- similar:
- do the washing up:
- nuclear family:
- extended family:
- single-parent:
- consist of:
- positive:
- psychologist:
- iron:
- lay (the table for meals):
- financial burden:
- household finances:
- contribute to
- recreation:
- divorce:
Trang 3II Complete the sentences with the words in the box.
1 Most people don’t realize the benefits of equally shared parenting.
2 The mother is usually the , who has to do most of the household chores.
3 Both parents have equal responsibility to and to take care of the children.
4 Both my parents work, so we the chores equally.
5 My wife most of the chores and I’m for the household finances.
6 In many cultures, doing housework is a woman’s duty.
7 Men’s and women’s roles in the family have become .
8 Both men and women now have chances for recreation.
9 Children who share the housework with their mums and dads do better at school, become more
_, and have better relationships with their teachers and friends
10 When everyone works together on household chores, it creates a positive _ for the family.
11 The father is usually the _, who is responsible for the family finances.
12 When family share household chores, it is good for them as and good for all the relationship
within the family
III Complete the sentences with the words in the box.
1 I always try to keep a between work and relaxation.
2 It is costing an _ amount of money to clean it up, which could be used on other things.
3 There are no easy _ to financial and marital problems.
4 She was proud of her good _ with the staff
5 A _ is a person who earns money to support their family
6 Jarrett was _ by his parents in a close-knit family
7 Elderly people living alone are very .
8 My father is very of the way I dress.
9 Older students _ to ask more questions in class.
10 Every in a family has his or her own role.
IV Choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D to complete the sentence
1 In many cultures, the father is the _, who is responsible for the family finances.
A homemaker B psychologist C breadwinner D husband
2 My father is responsible for _ the heavy lifting in our house.
A doing B making C taking D getting
3 China is a (an) _ country with the largest population
A equal B vulnerable C enormous D sociable
4 An extended family _ of grandparents, parents, children, aunts and uncles living under one roof.
A makes up B comprises C includes D consists
5 Having meals together improves the _ among family members.
A relationship B relation C relate D relative
6 We equally _ the chores so that everyone has time to relax.
A nurture B handle C join D split
7 My is to take out the garbage and mop the floor.
A responsibility B response C responsible D responsibly
8 Sharing housework brings about a number of _.
A benefits B balances C individuals D solutions
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10 My mother is the _, who handles most of the household chores.
A individual B breadwinner C homemaker D single-parent
11 Both men and women now work to _ to the family finances.
A nurture B balance C contribute D handle
12 According to _, most people do not realise the enormous benefits of sharing the housework.
A psychologists B psychology C psychological D psychologically
13 One of my responsibilities is to _ the tables for meal.
14 Nowadays, many women work to share the household financial _ with their husband.
A equality B benefit C solution D burden
15 A (an) _ family consists of parents and their children.
A nuclear B extended C single-parent D big
C GRAMMAR
I Put the verb into the correct form, use the present continuous tense.
1 Please be quiet I (try) to concentrate.
2 Look! It (snow).
3 Why (you/look) at me like that? Did I say something wrong?
4 You (make) a lot of noise Can you be a little bit quieter?
5 Excuse me, I (look) for a phone booth Is there one near here?
6 (at the movies) It’s a good movie, isn’t it? (you/enjoy) it?
7 Listen! Can you hear those people next door? They (yell) at each other again.
8 Why (you/wear) your coat today? It’s very warm.
9 I (not/work) this week I’m on vacation.
10 I want to lose weight I (not/eat) anything today.
11 Please don’t make so much noise I (study).
12 Let’s go out now It not/rain) anymore.
II Complete these sentences using one of these verbs Put them in the present continuous form You don’t have to use all the verbs and you can use some of them more than once.
1 The number of people without jobs at the moment.
2 He is still sick, but he better slowly.
3 These days food more and more expensive.
4 The world Things never stay the same.
5 The cost of living Every year things are more expensive.
6 George has gone to work in Spain At first, his Spanish wasn’t very good, but now it .
7 The economic situation is already very bad, and it worse.
8 The population of the world very fast.
III Put the verb into the correct form, use the present simple tense.
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2 What time (the banks / close) here?
3 I have a car, but I (not/use) it very often.
4 How many cigarettes (you/smoke) a day?
5 “What you/do)?” “I’m an electrical engineer.”
6 “Where (your father /come) from?” “He (come) from Mexico.”
7 It take) me an hour to get to work How long (it/take) you?
8 I play) the piano, but I not/play) very well.
9 I don’t understand the word “deceive.” What (“deceive” / mean)?
10 Water (boil) at 100 degrees Celsius.
11 George (not/go) to the movies very often.
12 How many languages (you/speak)?
IV Read these sentences and correct them The English is correct but the information is wrong Write two correct sentences each time.
Example: The sun goes around the earth.
→ The sun doesn’t go around the earth The earth goes around the sun.
1 The sun rises in the west.
→
2 Mice catch cats.
→
3 Carpenters make things from metal (wood: gỗ)
→
4 The Amazon River flows into the Pacific Ocean (the Atlantic Ocean: Đại Tây Dương)
→
5 It snows in the summer (winter: mùa đông)
→
V Use these sentences to make questions Begin your questions with the word(s) in parentheses.
Example: Tom plays tennis (How often?)
→ How often does Tom play tennis?
1 Ann watches television (How often?)
→
2 I write to my parents (How often?)
→
3 I have dinner in the evening (What time / usually?)
→
4 Tom works (Where?)
→
5 I go to the movies (How often?)
→
6 People do stupid things (Why?)
→
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→
8 I jog in the morning (What time / usually?)
→
VI Circle the correct word or phrase.
1 I work / am working at the local library for the summer.
2 We don’t go / aren’t going to the theatre very often.
3 Stacy gets / is getting ready for school, so she can't come to the phone.
4 Does Gary ever talk / Is Gary ever talking about his expedition to the Amazon jungle?
5 In squash, you hit / are hitting a ball against a wall.
6 I read / am reading a newspaper at least once a week.
7 Do you practise / Are you practising the piano for two hours every day?
8 Nadine and Claire do / are doing quite well at school at the moment.
9 A good friend knows / is knowing when you’re upset about something.
10 How do you spell / are you spelling your name?
VII Put the verbs in the simple present or the present continuous tense.
1 He often (go) to school on foot.
2 It (rain) very hard now.
3 She (go) to school every day.
4 Bad students never (work) hard.
5 I always (meet) him on the corner of this street.
6 Where you (go) now? – I (go) to the theater.
7 He (not do) morning exercises regularly.
8 he (do) morning exercises now?
9 Water (boil) at 100 degrees centigrade.
10 The sun (warm) the air and (give) us light.
11 Look! A man (run) after the train.
12 It often (rain) in the summer It (rain) now.
13 The teacher always (point) at the blackboard when he (want) to explain
something
14 Mother _ (cook) some food in the kitchen at the moment, she always _
(cook) in the morning
15 Cuckoos (not, build) nests They _ (use) the nests of other birds.
16 He usually (drink) coffee but today he (drink) tea.
17 Ann _ (make) a dress for herself at the moment She (make) all her own clothes.
18 I _ (wear) my sunglasses today because the sun is very strong.
19 Mr Tan (teach) English at a high school but today he (teach) French.
20 I always (buy) lottery tickets but I never (win) anything.
21 The Nile River (flow) into the Mediterranean.
22 We usually (grow) vegetables in our garden, but this year we (not/grow) any.
23 George is a vegetarian He not/eat) meat.
24 A: What (your father / do)?
B: He’s a teacher, but he (not/work) right now
25 Ron is in San Francisco now He (stay) at the Hilton Hotel He usually (stay) at
Hilton Hotel whenever he’s in San Francisco
VIII Choose the word or the phrase (A, B, C, or D) that best completes the sentence.
1 It is noisy next door Our neighbours _ a party.
2 John _ tennis once or twice a week.
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3 I come from Canada Where _ you _ from?
4 Bad driving often _ many accidents
5 Look! That man _ to open the door of your car
6 Water _ most of the Earth's surface.
7 Every morning, I often sit in my garden and _ to my nightingale sing.
8 He usually _ her at weekend but now he _ in bed because of his severe illness.
A visited / stays B visits / stays C visits / staying D visits / is staying
9 The sun _ the biggest planet in the solar system.
*10 She _ a speech at the conference next week.
11 At present, that author _ a historical novel.
12 “Hurry up! What’s taking you so long?” – “I _ for an important phone call Go ahead and leave
without me.”
13 Don’t make noise, children! Parents _.
14 Why _ you often _ so much noise in the house?
15 The swimming pool _ at 9.00 am and _ at 6.30 pm
16 Excuse me ! I _ for a phone book Is there one here?
17 Would you like a cigarette? No, thanks I _.
18 Listen! Can you hear those people next door? They _.
19 Why _ your coat today? It’s very warm today.
*20 Bill: “I can’t read this.”
Tom: “You _ about my handwriting.”
D READING
I Read the following passage and choose the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbers blanks
There have been a lot of changes in roles performed by men and women in the family Changes in the family life have made men’s and women’s roles more alike than ever because wives are also responsible (1) _ the family finances
Family experts say the old thoughts of who does what in families may be more and more unclear Men are not the only (2) _ for the family like they used to be and they are becoming much more involved in housework and (3) _
Because men’s and women’s roles in families have become more alike, for couples to (4) _ their work and family life, “equally shared parenting” is probably the best solution “Equally shared parenting” (5)
Trang 8_ the sharing in child-bearing, breadwinning, housework, and recreation It helps families become happier and divorce rate is the lowest amongst them
II Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to each of the questions
Sociologists study society and how it is organized They study what a society believes and how it is changing They explain how people behave, but not how they ought to behave
Almost every society is based on the family Some societies have nuclear families In the
nuclear family the parents and children live together in one house Other societies have extended families In this kind of family there are grandparents, parents, children, uncles, and other relatives all living together In some societies, there are tribes A tribe is a group of extended families that have the same ancestors In North and South America, the members of each Indian tribe speak the same language Each tribe in Africa has its own language too In Saudi Arabia and the other Gulf countries, the tribes all speak Arabic Sometimes the power of the extended family or the tribe is based on the land that it owns
Everybody in a family knows how to behave as a family member Children learn how to act like
grown-ups by watching the adults in their family They learn how a father or mother should behave Everyone knows
what the correct behavior is, and relatives like to talk about this “Is Kumiko acting the way a mother should act?” “Does Abdullah behave in the right way for a husband?”
It is hard to look at research about the family with our minds instead of our feelings Each
Person is part of a family and a society and knows what a family should be like It is hard to realize that one kind of family can fit a society very well, even if it is very different from the family in our society
1 According to the passage, which of the followings don’t sociologists study?
2 According to the passage, what is a tribe?
A a group of extended families with the same ancestors
B a group of extended families in the same village
C a group of extended families that have different ancestors
D a group of nuclear families that have the same ancestors
3 It can be inferred from the passage that children learn how to act correctly from all of the followings EXEPT
_
A their father B their mother C their younger siblings D their grandparents
4 The word “they” in paragraph 3 refers to _.
5 Which of the following statements is TRUE, according to the passage?
A Land does not play an important role in an extended family or a tribe.
B There are often more generations in a nuclear family than in an extended family.
C It is difficult to realize that one kind of family can fit a society very well.
D Relatives don’t like to talk about what the correct behavior is
New words:
society (n): xã hội
sociologist (n): nhà xã hội học
behave (v): cư xử
grown-up = adult (n): người trưởng thành
relative (n): họ hàng
ancestor (n): tổ tiên
base on (v): dựa vào
own (v): sở hữu