BỒI DƯỠNG HỌC SINH GIỎI 9
READING COMPREHENSION ( Đọc hiểu)
I/ Read the passage carefully. Then do the exercises below.
Japan, an island nation in East Asia, has the total area of about 3780,000 sq km. In Japan, the climate is rainy and
humid with four distinct seasons. It is the world’s ninth most crowed nation with a population of about 128 million.
The official language in Japan is Japanese and the dominant religion is Buddhism. The basic unit of currency of Japan
is the yen.
The largest city in Japan is Tokyo, the national capital. Tokyo is also the center of government, business, banking,
manufacturing, education, and communications.
One of the oldest and most famous sports in Japan is Sumo wrestling. Japan is among the top nations in the world in
education with 99% of the population that can read and write.
With a colorful culture, every year, Japan attracts millions of tourist coming from all over the world.
1.Fill in the table with the information about the country. (1 ms)
a. Location (where): ……………………………………………
b. Climate: ……………………………………………
c. Official language: …………………………………
d. Unit of currency: …………………………………
e. Percentage of literate population: 99%
2.Write the short answers to the questions that follow. (1,5 ms)
a. Is Japan the world’s most crowed nation?
…………………………………………………………………………………………………….
b. Which sport is the oldest in Japan?
…………………………………………………………………………………………………….
c. Where is the center of Japanese government?
………………………………………………………………
1. Fill in the table with the information about the country.
a. in East Asia b. rainy, humid c. Japanese d. Yen
2. Write the short answers to the questions that follow. (1.5 pts)
a. No, it isn’t.
b. It’s Sumo.
c. In Tokyo.
WRITING UNIT 3
Complete the passage with the correct tenses and verbs
It (be )________ a beautiful day, my friends and I (decide)________ to go on a picnic. We (take)________ a
bus to the countryside and then (walk)_____ about 20 minutes to the picnic site next to the river. We
(put)______ down the blankets and (lay )_______ down the food. After meal we (play)_______ the game “
What song is it ?” and “ blind man’s buff”. Late in the afternoon, we (go)______ fishing. We (enjoy)_______
our picnic. When we (look)_______ at the time, it (be)_______ nearly 6. 30 pm. We hurriedly (gather)______
our things and (run)_____ to the bus stop. We (be)_______ lucky to catch the last bus and we ( arrive)______
home very late in the evening.
Supply the c orrect word form :
1. She was really .................................... by the beauty of the city. ( impress)
2. Nam made a deep .................................on the members of her class. ( impress)
3. Their .................................. made me happy. ( friendly)
4. Many ................................ come to Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum every day. ( visit)
5. We ẹnjoy the .................................. atmosphere in Ha Noi. (peace)
6. Ha Noi is not .................................... from Kuala Lumpur .( difference)
7. The girls went to see ........................ places in Ho Chi Minh city. ( fame)
8. The ......................... language in Malaysia is Bahasa Malaysia. (nation)
9. In Malaysia .............................. is free. ( educate)
10. What is the main language of .................................. at that school ? ( instruct)
11. Some young people today have a very strange ............................. ( appear)
12. Her clothes look very modern and ............................... ( fashion)
13. Many designers took ........................... from Vietnam's ethnic minorities. ( inspire)
14. What a ................................ T. Shirt! ( color)
15. He always wear a ............................ shirt. ( stripe)
16. She likes to wear ................................ Jean cloth. ( fade)
17. In the 18
th
century , Jean cloth was made .............................. from cotton. ( complete)
18. I don't like to wear ......................( paint) and ......................... Jeans . ( embroider)
19. They have just ............................. a new style of Jeans in the USA. (introduction)
20. Some đesigners have .........................the AO dai by printing lines of poetry on it. (modern)
21. He is a famous stamp ........................ . ( collect)
22. My brother has a fine stamp ........................ . ( collect )
23. They ........................ me to join their family to Hue Last year. ( invitation)
24. It is an ...................... journey . ( interest)
25. He is .........................in playing soccer . ( interest)
26. It is an ...................... day ( enjoy)
27. She sings very .................................... ( beauty)
28. The accident happens because of driving .................................... . ( care)
29. You should ................................... for an hour . ( relaxation)
30. There is a ............................ lot near my house. ( park)
31. He is a strict ......................... . ( examine )
32. I want to .............................. at course. ( atendance)
33. This school is excellent ........................... . ( repute)
34. We often take part in many ............................... activities at school . (culture)
35. If you want to .............................. your English, we can help you ( improvement)
36. Please phone this number for more ............................ . (inform)
37. I want to ................................... for selling my house. ( advertisement)
38. He is an .................................... of this newspaper. ( edition)
39. This book is not ....................... ( avail)
40. Miss Hoa ........................... answered these questions ( exact)
41. The air in the city is very ............................. ( pollute )
42. Please listen to the lecture ........................... ( care)
43. He is going to ......................... all the bags. ( collection)
44. She has .......................... provided a picnic lunch for us . (kind)
45. We'll make this beach clean and .......................... again. ( beauty)
46. If the .......................................... continues, what will ha ppen? (pollute)
47. He was .......................................that they were not coming (diasappoint)
48. Air and water....................................can make people fall ill (pollute)
49. A large number of inhabitants have made............................on how
to protect the environment (suggest)
50. There is a faucet in your kitchen. ( drip)
51. We can protect the environment by ................................. air pollution. ( reduction)
52. I'm very ............................. because they use electricity to catch fish. ( worry)
53. I want to see the ............................ of environment from the authority. (protect)
54. She was ........................ pleased that she got the exam. ( extreme)
55. The old man walked ............................ to the part. ( slow)
56. Don't for get to drive ............................ ( care)
57. That's ............................! I'm pleased that you work very hard. (wonder)
58. He is one of the most famous .................................. in the world. ( environment)
59. If we go on littering, the environment will become ......................polluted .( serious)
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