Câu hỏi 432118:
My brother loves to fix cars.
Câu hỏi 432123:
Then listen again. Circle the answer that best completes each statements.
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Barbara played cards with ________.
Câu hỏi 432124:
Then listen again. Circle the answer that best completes each statements.
Track%208.2.mp3
The inspector questioned Amanda in ________.
Câu hỏi 432125:
Read the text and do the activities that follow.
The 1001 night
The Thousand and one nights is probably one of the most famous books in the world. It is a collection of stories first told by travelers from Persia, Arabia, India and China between the ninth and thirteenth centuries. In later years professional storytellers also told the stories in coffee houses in Turkey, Egypt and many other countries. The Thousand and one nights contains well-known stories like Aladdin and Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, so people often think they are just for children – but they were originally for adults.
Shahrazad’s story
There was once an Indian King called Shahriyar. One day King Shahriyar found his wife with another man so he killed her and her lover. After that the King married a different woman everyday and killed her the next morning before she could stop loving him. This continued for three years.
Shahrazad was the clever and beautiful daughter of the King’s adviser. When her father told her what was happening, she decided to marry the King. Shahrazad’s father tried to stop her because he knew she was going to die. But Shahrazad had a plan to save herself and all the women in the kingdom. The King and Shahrazad got married a few days later.
After the wedding, while the King was drinking with his friends, Shahrazad went to find her sister. ‘I need your help,’ said Shahrazad. ‘Come to the palace this evening and ask me to tell you a story’.
So that night, Shahrazad was getting ready for bed when her sister came to visit her. She began telling her sister a story called The Fisherman and the Genie . While she was telling the story, the King came into the room. He started listening to her story too, and became more and more interested.
Shahrazad continued telling the story all night, but she stopped just before the end and said, ‘The morning’s here, husband. Am I going to die now?’. ‘No, no’, said the King. ‘Tell me the end of the story’. ‘I’ll tell you this evening, but not before’, said Shahrazad with a smile.
That night Shahrazad finished the story – and then immediately began another. This continued night after night. The King never heard the end of a story until the next evening. He couldn’t kill his wife because he always wanted to know how each story ended.
As time passed, the King fell in love with Shahrazad. He knew he could never kill her because he couldn’t live without her and her stories. To show Shahrazad he really loved her, the King married her again. The stories Shahrazad told the King became the stories of The Thousand and one nights.
Choose the best answer
Who listened to Shahrazad’s story?
Câu hỏi 432127:
Mô tả câu hỏi advisor palace Genie save Match the words with their definitions (1-5)
The official home of a person of very high rank, especially a King or Queen. ......
To make someone or something safe from danger, harm or destruction. ......
A magical creature in old Arabian stories that will do what you want when you call. ......
Someone whose job is to give advice because they know a lot about a subject. ......
Câu hỏi 432128:
Mô tả câu hỏi 90 200 million Beach sand Wild pigs climate change dogs Human activities Sea Turtles Feel the Heat
A Sea Turtles are some of the oldest species in the world. The earliest sea turtles appeared over 200 million years ago. Today, however, sea turtle are in trouble. Their populations are getting smaller due to human activities and climate change.
B In Australia, conservationists are studying the effects of climate change on sea turtles. They believe global warming may affect sea turtles in several ways. First, warming temperatures lead to rising sea levels. As sea levels rise, beach areas become flooded. Sea turtles lay their eggs in the beach sand. Flooding can destroy sea turtle nests and the eggs inside them.
C Global warming also raises the temperature of sand around a sea turtle’s nest. The temperature of the nest affects the sex of the turtle’s eggs. Warmer temperatures (above 84 degrees Fahrenheit, or 29 degrees Celsius) produce mostly females. Cooler temperatures produce more males. So, as global temperature rise, more female babies will be born. Scientists predict that in 50 years almost all sea turtle babies in northern Australia will be female.
D To survive these changes, sea turtles will need to adapt . But adapting is difficult because the environmental changes are happening quickly. In addition, sea turtles are more at risk from other dangers, especially ones related to human activities. For example, some populations are getting smaller because of predators brought in by humans. As conservationist Mariana Fuentes says, ‘We can’t be sure if sea turtles will adapt on their own.’ They may need our help to survive.
E One of Fuentes’s projects is at Turtle Camp, a beach in northern Australia. Here, Fuentes helps to protect turtles that are laying eggs. She works with a team of rangers and researchers. Together, they prevent predators such as wild pigs and dogs from eating the turtles’ eggs. Without the rangers’ help, the turtles were losing up to 90% of their eggs. Now there are fewer predators, so the turtles can safely lay their eggs.
F In the next few decades, sea turtles will face some tough challenges. With human help, says Fuentes, they will have a better chance to adapt and survive.
Complete the notes with details from the reading.
Sea turtles have been around for more than ...... years. The number of sea turtles is getting smaller due to ...... and ...... . Sea turtles lay their eggs in nests in the ...... . Predators such as ...... and ...... are dangerous for sea turtles. Before Fuentes and her helpers started Turtle Camp, sea turtles were losing almost ...... percent of their eggs.
Câu hỏi 926076:
Listen to the following talk and decide which its main idea is.
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Câu hỏi 926077:
Listen to the story. Choose the best title.
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Câu hỏi 926078:
Mô tả câu hỏi Put the verbs in the correct form of the Present Continuous.
Mum
Sally
Mum
Jim
Mum
Jim
Dad
Mum
Jim, can you help me?
Sorry, Mum. I (1)...... my homework. (do)
What (2)...... your sister (3)...... ? (do)
She (4)...... a shower. (have)
And what (5)...... Gary and Sam (6)...... ? (do)
They (7)...... football. (play). But Dad (8)...... [is not doing] anything. (not do)
Yes, I am. I (9)...... the paper. (read)
Not any more!
Câu hỏi 926079:
Mô tả câu hỏi Read the text and decide if the following statements are T (TRUE) or F (FALSE)
We’re Living Faster, But Are We Living Better?
Not long ago people believed that in the future we would work less, have more free time, and be more relaxed. But sadly this has not happened. Today we work harder, work longer hours, and are more stressed than ten years ago. We walk faster, talk faster, and sleep less than previous generations. And although we are obsessed with machines which save us time, we have less free time than our parents and grandparents had. But what is this doing to our health? An American journalist James Gleick in a new book, Faster: the acceleration of just about everything , says that people who live in cities are suffering from ‘hurry sickness’ – we are always trying to do more things in less time. As a result, our lives are more stressful. He says that if we don’t slow down, we won’t live as long as our parents. For most people, faster doesn’t mean better.
1. ...... [F] The writer wrote the article to encourage us to work more and relax less.
2. ...... [F] People today are having a less stressful life than they did in the past.
3. ...... [T] People are too busy to read newspapers.
4. ...... [T] Slow sports have become unpopular.
5. ...... [F] More time is spent on stories.
