Unit 4 Life in the past
D. Reading trang 35
1. What are these people doing?
a. Match the headlines (A-D) with the situations (1-4).
| A. Keeping the past alive | 1. …….
When a boy in the family reaches the age of twelve, the father takes him into the forest for his first hunting season. He teaches the boy how to find his way in the forest, how to discover and follow the tracks of a game, how to hunt, and above all, how to become the ‘man of the family’. |
| B. Preserving family traditions | 2.……..
Last year, the people in our village started a project. They collected items relating to life in the past, especially those of cultural or historic value. Then they opened a small museum to exhibit those items, so that everyone could come and learn about our historỵ. |
| C. Cleaning up the festivals | 3.…….. Last year our school carried out a programme called ‘Listen to the Past‘ The participants of this programme did some research on an aspect of life, or events, in the past.They then made group presentations of their findings to the students in the school, and conducted follow-up quiz competitions. |
| D. Educating children about
the value of the past |
4………..
Not every traditional activity at a festival is appreciated. Recently, there have been talks about outlawing some practices which might cause negative reactions from the public. |
b. Which ansvver (A, B, or C) is closest in meaning to the phrases taken from the passages above?
1. “…how to discover and follow the track sofa game.’ (passage 1)
A. how to fìnd and follow an animal
B. how to play the game of hunting
C. how to discover the rules of the game
2. “…those of cultural or historic value.’ (passage 2)
A. things which cost a lot of money
B. things which show people the history and traditional and culture of a place
C. the price of culture and history
3. “…some research on an aspect of life, or events, in the past.’ (passage 3)
A. a study of past life
B. search forobjects relating to the past
C. retell past events
4. ‘Not every traditional activity at a festival is appreciated.’ (passage 4)
A. Some activities at a festival are not
B. People do not appreciate festivals.
C. Some activities are no longer appropriate in modern times.
Bài 2 Read the passage and choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D.
ROOTED IN THE PAST
Good manners are a treasure to the people who possess them, as well as to the community they live in. Manners are taught, learnt, and passed from generation to generation.
Even hundreds of years ago, children were taught to behave responsibly.They learnt to respect seniority. When they passed an object to another person, theỵ had to use both hands. When theỵ entered a room, theỵ had to bow and greet the oldest person fìrst. Boys leamt to work hard to support their families. Girls learnt to do housework, and to take care of others. Loyalty and honesty were highly appreciated. When they madea mistake,they would not let another person be punished for it.That vvould be cowardly and mean.They were taught that families were strong, and everỵbody should stick together in adversity. Fortunatelỵ, many of these values have been well preserved. They have contributed to making the unique Vietnamese culture, and strengthening our society.
1. Good manners are …………………….
A. of great value
B. of the community
C. traditional
D. only for the old
2. What was seen as a boy’s main duty?
A. to respect seniority
B. to support his familỵ
C. to do housework
D. to share good things
3. The sentence: ‘When they made a mistake, they would not let another person be punished for it.’ means they would ………………………….
A. deny their mistake
B. admit their mistake
C. keep it a secret
D. be punished
4. The underlined word ‘they’ refers to .
A. tradition
B. generations
C. children
D. seniority
5. “…cowardly and mean’ is used to describe ……………………..behaviour.
A. acceptable
B. good
C. proper
D. unacceptable
6. This passage is about……………………………. .
A. people who possess good manners
B. what bad manners children in the past had
C. the preservation of bad values
D. good manners and their value
Bài 3 Choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D to complete the passage.
As a child, Phong always dreamt of going (1)………. to study. (2)………. he graduated from high school, his parents sent him over to New Zealand to attend college. Phong was very happy that his dream finally (3)………. true.
When he first arrived in the country, Phong’s English was not very good and sometimes he did not (4)………. what other people said. He also had difficulties in class because he vvas not familiar with the new teaching and learning method. He felt (5)………. in this new place, and missed all his buddies in Viet Nam.The food there was so different (6)………. what his mum used to cook for him. And for the first time in his life, Phong had to think abou this finances,and to plan his spending (7)………. . But Phong was young and enthusiastic. He learnt to (8)………. to this new environment. After two years, Phong is now very(9)………. in English and has achieved the top academic award at his school. He has a lot of friends from different countries. He is even good (10)………. being able to earn moneỵ for his daily needs from his part-time job at a restaurant.
| 1. A. travelling | B. abroad up | C. up | D. foreign |
| 2. A. At | B. During | C. After | D. While |
| 3. A. come | B. become | C. turned | D. came |
| 4. A. understand | B. like | C. care | D. consider |
| 5. A. happy | B. interested | C. desperate | D. lonely |
| 6. A. to | B. for | C. as | D. about |
| 7. A. freely | B. careful | C. carefullỵ | D. carelessly |
| 8. A. discover | B. explore | C. adapt | D. adjust |
| 9. A. bad | B. good | C. smooth | D. fluent |
| 10.A. at | B. than | C. of | D. that |
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