SKILLS
<h3 style="text-align: justify;" id="reading">Reading</h3> <h4 style="text-align: justify;">1. Read the following letter from Kim to her pen friend, Jon.&nbsp;</h4> <p style="text-align: justify;"><em>Dear Jon,</em></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><em>Thank you for the letter and all your news. Well, in this letter I’ll tell you what I often do in my leisure time.</em></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><em>One thing I like to do is visiting museums. On Saturday afternoons I love to visit <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Da Nang Museum of Cham Sculpture</span>. You know, this museum preserves sculptures featuring the cultural and spiritual life of the Cham people. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">About 300</span> clay and stone objects are on display at the museum. This museum has the world’s largest collection of Cham artifacts. Sometimes I also visit Da Nang Museum. This is a new museum with about 2,500 pictures, documents and objects. You can learn <span style="text-decoration: underline;">about history and people’s life</span> here. Next time you come, I’ll take you to these museums. I’m sure you will like them, and you will learn a lot of interesting things.</em></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><em>Bye for now,</em></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><em>Kim</em></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">a. Tick (✔) true (T) or false (F).</p> <table style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 99.9147%;" border="1"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width: 86.0722%;">&nbsp;</td> <td style="width: 7.05662%; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: justify;">T</span></td> <td style="width: 6.77807%; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: justify;">F</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 86.0722%;"> <p style="text-align: justify;">1. Kim likes to visit museums at the weekend.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">2. The Museum of Cham Sculpture has the largest collection of Cham artifacts.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">3. The Museum of Cham Sculpture has about 2,500 items.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">4. Da Nang Museum is a new museum.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">5. Jon thinks it is a good thing to visit museums.</p> </td> <td style="width: 7.05662%;">&nbsp;</td> <td style="width: 6.77807%;">&nbsp;</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p style="text-align: justify;">b. Write questions for the underlined phrases in the letter.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">1. ______________________________________?</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">2. ______________________________________?</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">3. ______________________________________?</p> <h3 style="text-align: justify;" id="speaking">Speaking</h3> <h4 style="text-align: justify;">2. Work in pairs. Talk about what your family members like to do in their free time.</h4> <p style="text-align: justify;"><em>Example:</em></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">- My dad likes to play chess with his neighbours.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">- My mum likes making special food and cakes for us. She hates sitting around.</p> <h3 style="text-align: justify;" id="listening">Listening</h3> <h4 style="text-align: justify;">3. Listen to the passage and choose the correct answer.</h4> <p style="text-align: justify;">1. What percentage of Britain's population dream of living in the country?</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">A. 18%</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">B. 80%</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">C. 20%</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">2. English village communities are often small and __________.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">A. close</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">B. poor</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">C. unknown</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">3. Which is village life good for, according to Maggie?</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">A. Children</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">B. People who have money</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">C. People who don't have money</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">4. People in English villages use private transport __________.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">A. a little</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">B. less</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">C. more</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">5. The environment of English villages is __________.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">A. spoil</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">B. not spoilt much</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">C. not safe</p> <h3 style="text-align: justify;" id="writing">Writing</h3> <h4 style="text-align: justify;">4. Giving your opinion.</h4> <p style="text-align: justify;">Write a paragraph giving your opinion about life in the countryside. You may begin like this:</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">In my opinion/ I think life in the countryside has many good points. Firstly, …</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">you may use the following cues:</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">• people (friendly …)</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">• life (peaceful, simple, slow …)</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">• food (fresh, cheap …)</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">• traditional activities</p>