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The Olympic games
Every four years people all over the world watch the Olympic Games. It is a time for all kinds people to unite in peace. Some of them join together to comepete for gold medals. Millions of other people watch them on television.
Why do we have the Olympic? How did they begin? The first Olympic Games were in Greece in 776 B.C. There was only one event. People ran a race the length of the stadium. The Games lasted one day.
Slowly people added more events. The Games were only men, and women could not event watch them. Only Greeks competed. They came from all parts of the Greeks world. The time of the Games was a time of peace, and the government let everyone travel safely. Kings competed against common people. The winners became national heroes.
The first modern Games were in 1896 in Athens. The Greeks built a new stadium for the competition. Athletes from serval countries competed. Then there were Olympics every four years in different cities in Europe and the United States until 1952. After that they were held in Melbourne, Tokyo, Mexico City, and Montreal besides in European cities. Each year there were athletes from more nations. The first Winter Olympics were in 1924. The athletes compete in skiing and other winter sports.
Today there must be Olympic Games every four years. The Games must have at least fifteen events, and they cannot last more than sixteen days. There is no age limit people of any age can compete.
The competitors must not be professionals. They must be amateurs. The athletes compete for gold medals. The winners are still national heroes, as they were in the early Olympic Games in Greece.
In 1956, Egypt, Iraq, and Lebanon boycotted the Games. They did not compete in the Games because several countries took the Suez Canal from Egypt that year. Other countries boycotted the Games in 1964 and 1976. In 1980, the Soviet Union and other countries boycotted the Games in Moscow. In 1984, the Soviet Union and other countries boycotted the Games in Los Angeles. How can the nations of the world solve this problem? Maybe the Games should be in Greece every year, where they began. Then athletes from all over the world could compete without any boycotts.
Questions
1. What was the only event in the first Olympic Games?
=> It was the event that people ran a race the length of stadium.
2. How many nations played in the first Games?
=> There are several nations played in the first Games.
3. What's the age limit?
=> It is the limit of age with each athletes.
4. Are the competitors professionals or amateurs?
=> No, they aren't.
5. Where and when is the next Olympic Games?
= It is in Greece every year.
IV. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE word in each space.
People have always dreamed of living forever, and although we all know this will (1) never happen, we still want to live as long as possible. Naturally, there are advantages and disadvantages to a long (2) life.
In the first place, people (3) who live longer can spend more time with their family and friends. Secondly, people who have busy working lives look forward to a long, relaxing time when they can do the things they have never had time for.
(4) On the other hand, there are some serious disadvantages. Firstly, many people become ill and consequently have to (5) spend time in hospital or become dependent (6) on their children and friends. Many of them (7) find this dependence annoying or embarrassing. In addition to this, the (8) older people get, the fewer friends they seem to have because old friends die or become ill and it's often difficult to make new (9) friends.
To sum up, it seems that living to a very old age is worthwhile for people who stay healthy (10) enough to remain independent and enjoy life.
1. never
2. life
3. who
4. On
5. spend
6. on
7. find
8. older
9. friends
10. enough
Fill each of the blanks with ONE word to complete the following passage.
When you are travelling, (1)_whether_____-on business or for pleasure, you often need to stay in a hotel. The kind of hotel you choose probably is decided above all ___according____ (2) to how much money you want to spend. There are small hotels with very few services, where the prices are (4)__low____ or there are large hotels with all the very latest comforts, (4)__where______you could spend all the money you have in the bank for one very comfortable night. There are several different kinds of people who go to hotels. Some want to live, (5)__rather____than just stay, in a hotel; the hotels which are designed to meet their needs are called residential hotels. However, most people who stay in hotels are either business people or tourists (5)_on_____holiday.
In(7)__addition____hotels, there are two kinds of rooms: (8) __single__rooms, for the use of one person, and double rooms for the use of two people. In (9)____some___, in large hotels, there are also suites, which include two or more rooms connected (10)_together_____-perhaps a bedroom and a living room. These are for poeple who are very rich or very important.
1. It's located in the Southern Pacific Ocean.
2. They first came to New Zealand in the 10th century.
3. It means "The land of the long white cloud"
4. They most live in Auckland.
5. Because its population includes many different nationalities.
Đáp án:A
Giải thích: Dựa vào câu: “Many people had to live in houses made of straw and mud.”.
Dịch: Nhiều người phải sống trong những ngôi nhà làm từ rơm và bùn.
Đáp án A
Giải thích: Dựa vào câu: “Many people had to live in houses made of straw and mud.”.
Dịch: Nhiều người phải sống trong những ngôi nhà làm từ rơm và bùn.
Đáp án: A
Giải thích: Dựa vào câu: “My grandmother told me that our village used to be very poor many years ago”.
Dịch: Bà tôi nói ngôi làng của tôi đã từng rất nghèo nhiều năm trước.
Đáp án A
Giải thích: Dựa vào câu: “My grandmother told me that our village used to be very poor many years ago”.
Dịch: Bà tôi nói ngôi làng của tôi đã từng rất nghèo nhiều năm trước.
Read the following passage and answer the questions.
Every day on radio, on TV, and in the newspaper, we hear, see or read about many problems in the world, for example, pollution problems.
Air pollution is the first kind. It mostly comes from fumes released from motorbikes, cars, airplanes, trains and posonous gases emitted from factories. Also, waste is dumped anywhere, even in the city where many people are living. The second pollution problem is sea pollution. Many people earn their living from fishing in the sea, and the fish they catch feed many people. But the sea has become so polluted from oil spills and factory wastes that the fish are dying. This pollution is not only killing the fish, but is also affecting those people who eat fish.
Seldom do you find a place nowadays that is not polluted. This problem is growing more difficult every day. We must find a good solution that makes the world a better place to live.
1. How often can we hear, see and read about problems in the world?
➝ Everyday
2. What causes the air pollution?
➝ It comes from fumes released from motorbikes, cars, airplanes, trains and posonous gases emitted from factories; and waste is dumped anywhere.
3. Why has the sea become polluted?
➝ Because of oil spills and factory wastes
4. Can we easily find a clean place nowadays?
➝ No, we can't
5. What should we do to make the world a better place to live?
➝ We must find a good solution
Nowadays most people prefer living in the large cities to living in a small community because of the benefits large cities has brought to their lives. So how about living in a small community? What were advantages and disadvantages to be a part of a small community in the past.
I believe there were 3 main benefits. First;y, as living in a region, people living in that area surely knew their neighborhood well, so they easily interacted with everyone when they faced a problem or needed something. Besides, having people stay by side by side each other and helped them out when facing difficulties, which made me would rather choose small community’s life than a larger one. Secondly, the limited population made them unwilling to do crime. This meant the crime rate remained very low because it would be detected soon if you were involved in stealing or any relative activities. Finally, the manage of government was much more effective and forceful than the big cites’s lives. Owning to small population, the government were in charge easily.
I think many of the disadvantages were education. It could be denied that the development of education is supported by the population in one area. That is why it was rarely found a high quality education facilities in a small community. However, in my view, lacking of information was also as serious as lacking of education. Because it’s hard to get information from outside their region, people living in a small community was usually considered as a fogy people. Therefore, we can’t deny the importance of receiving information and knowing what happens around the world.
In my opinion, living in small community is perfect or middle-age people and the old. However, for the young, they might choose to live in a large city. in fact, living in a small community is not really bad because we can form a strong relationship and you’ll never ever alone.