VI. Read the following text and answer the questions below.
There are two main kinds of sports: team sports and individual sports. Team sports are such sports as baseball, basketball and volleyball. Team sports require two separate teams. The teams play against each other. They compete against each other because they want to get the best score. For example, in a football game, if team A scores 4 goals and team B scores 3 goals, team A wins the game. Team sports are sometimes called competitive sports.
1. How many main kinds of sports are there?
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2. Do team sports require two separate teams?
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3. Why do two separate teams compete against each other?
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4. Are team sports always called competitive sports?
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VII. Complete each sentence with ONE connector from the list given.
1. Children are learning to use computers at school, ____________ many young people are better at computers than their parents.
2. They didn't win the match ____________ one of their best players broke his leg.
3. His father won't be at the parents' meeting, ____________ his mother may.
4. This book aims to give children a deeper understanding of food, farming ____________ the environment.
5. ____________ the two pictures are similar, they are not exactly the same.
VIII. Finish each of the following sentences so that its meaning stays the same.
1. I will pass my exams with good grades. Then my mum will give me a laptop. (IF)
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2. Colin spoke English quickly. We could understand him. (ALTHOUGH)
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3. The children were quiet. Their mother knew they were doing something wrong. (SO)
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4. I think teenagers were not as ambitious as they are now.
à I think teenagers are now __________________________________
5. They couldn't continue the game because the weather was bad.
à The weather was ________________________________________
6. No one in my class is more hard-working than Cuong.
à Cuong is______________________________________________
7. I met Frank three years ago and we are still friends.
à Frank and I____________________________________________
8. You are so nervous because you drink too much coffee.
à If___________________________________________________
1. Cheese Rolling (lăn phô mai)
2. A Toe Wrestling (đấu ngón chân)
Tạm dịch:
1. Đó là một môn thể thao đơn giản. Các đối thủ lăn một miếng pho mát lớn hình tròn từ trên đỉnh đồi. Đối thủ cạnh tranh chạy theo và cố gắng bắt lấy nó. Rất ít người có thể bắt được nó vì nó đi rất nhanh, khoảng 112 km một giờ.
2. Đó là một môn thể thao phổ biến cho trẻ em. Trò chơi này bắt đầu ở Derbyshire ở miền Bắc nước Anh. Hai đứa trẻ khóa chặt các ngón chân lại và cố gắng đẩy chân của đứa kia xuống đất. Nó tương tự như vật tay.