UNIT 1: HOME LIFE
A. READING trang 5 SBT
Part 1. Read the passage and circle the best answer A, B, C, or D.
[ Đọc bài và khoanh tròn A, B, C, D]
Andrea - There are six of us in our family, my parents, the twins, my elder brother.
Ted and me. Ted is a good ten years older than me and the twins – they are girls - are two years younger than me. We had a good childhood out in the countryside. My parents were always busy with the farm so we didn’t get the help
with school work and things like that that children get today. But my parents were very loving, especially my father. I regret not helping more around the farm because now I realise that it must have been very hard for my parents, especially as my grandparents lived so far away.
Bob - Both my parents were in the theatre and they had made quite a name for themselves on the stage. As a child I remember our house being constantly full of famous people, laughing and talking. My two sisters and I would be brought down by chit nanny to kiss our parents goodnight and then we would be packed off to the nursery. That’s as much as we ever really saw of them at that time. And I never saw my grandparents as they had died before I was bom. It’s better now, but it has left a mark on all of us - we ring each other now and again, but that’s about all. I think my father understands this, but I am not sure my mother does.
Camillia - I left home when I was sixteen to live with my grandparents in Sydney - My parents had a farm in the outback and I needed to go to college. It was quite difficult for me to leave my four younger brothers and sisters behind as we were quite a tight-knit group, even though the age gap was fairly wide - as you can imagine there was no one else to play with out in the middle of nowhere! When I got fed up I’d give them a ring, and my dad would always put me right – a tower of strength he was. My grandparents were great too- helped me with my homework, took me on trips, things like that. I’ll never forget that.
David - I am always telling my kids - your family is always there for you, whatever happens. You might think we don’t understand you and all that rubbish, but no one else will look after you the way the family will. Family is important to me. When I was young, I didn’t have much of family life. We four kids were quite close in ages so that helped enormously, but we didn’t see much of our parents. In fact, we saw more of granny and grandpa as they lived with us, but they were a bit strict. We all
got on and we knew that our parents cared for us. But there wasn’t much in the way of trips, treats, things that nowadays people take for granted.
1. What is the best title for the passage?
A. Childhood B. Parents C. Family D. Grandparents
2. What does the phrase “they had made quite a name for themselves” in the second paragraph mean?
A. They had changed their names for better ones.
B. They had become famous and respected.
C. They had become infamous and hated.
D. They had been looked down on by other people.
3. What does the word “this” in paragraph 2 refer to?
A. the reason why the children only phone their parents but do not visit them B. the reason why the children didn’t see much of their parents in their childhood C. the reason why there was a mark on all the children of the family
D. the reason why it is better now than before
4. What does the phrase “tight-knit group” in paragraph 3 mean?
A. people who are always fighting each other
B. people who are closely bound in love or friendship C. people who often do the knitting together
D. people who have the same hobby of knitting
5. Which of the following is NOT true about David’s family?
A. The gap in the ages of the children is small.
B. The children saw more of their grandparents than of their parents.
C. Their parents often took them out on holiday trips.
D. They got on well with each other in the family.
6. Who lived in an extended family?
A. Andrea B. Bob C. Camillia D. David
7. Whose family has the most children?
A. Andrea’s family B. Bob’s family C. Camillia’s family D. David’s family
8. Which of the following did Andrea, Bob, Camillia and David have in common in their childhood?
A. They lived with their grandparents.
B. Their parents were famous.
C. Their parents took good care of them.
D. They didn’t see much of their parents.
Hướng dẫn giải
1. A 2. B 3. A 4. B 5. C 6. D 7.C 8. D
Dịch bài đọc:
Andrea- Có 6 thành viên trong gia đình của chúng tôi, bố mẹ, cặp song sinh, anh trai – Ted và tôi. Ted là người anh tốt lơn hơn tôi 10 tuổi và cặp song sinh – 2 em gái - nhỏ hơn tôi 2 tuổi. Chúng tôi có thời thơ ấu hạnh phúc ngoài vùng nông thôn.
Bố mẹ tôi luôn bận rộn với công việc ở trang trại vì vậy chúng tôi không được giúp đỡ trong việc học tập và những thứ tương tự như vậy cái mà trẻ em ngày nay có được. Nhưng bố mẹ rất thương yêu chúng tôi, đặc biệt là bố. Tôi rất tiếc đã không giúp đỡ được nhiều công việc ở trang trại vì bây giờ tôi mới nhận ra rằng công việc rất vất vả với bố mẹ, đặc biệt khi ông bà tôi sống quá xa.
Bob - Cả bố mẹ đều ở nhà hát và họ khá nổi tiếng trên sân khấu. Khi còn bé tôi nhớ nhà tôi thường xuyên đầy những người nổi tiếng, cười đùa và trò chuyện. Hai chị của tôi và tôi được bảo mẫu đưa xuống và sau đó chúng tôi được đưa đến nhà trẻ.
Lúc đó chúng tôi không thường xuyên gặp bố mẹ. Và tôi chưa bao giờ gặp ông bà vì họ đã mất trước khi tôi chào đời. Bây giờ tốt hơn rồi, nhưng vẫn còn in đậm trong ký ức của chúng tôi – bây giờ chúng tôi thường xuyên gọi điện thoại cho nhau, nhưng đó là tất cả. Tôi nghĩ bố tôi hiểu điều này, nhưng tôi không chắc mẹ tôi hiểu.
Camillia – Tôi đã rời khỏi nhà khi tôi 16 tuổi để sống với ông bà ở Sydney. Ông bà tôi có 1 trang trại ở vùng hẻo lánh và tôi cần học đại học. Khá khó khăn cho tôi khi
để lại 4 em trai và em gái phía sau vì chúng tôi khá thân thiết không thể tách rời, mặc dù khoảng cách tuổi tác khá lớn – như bạn có thể tưởng tượng không còn ai khác để chơi cùng ở bất cứ nơi đâu! Khi tôi buồn chán và gọi điện thoại cho các em, và bố luôn an ủi tôi – bó là một chỗ dựa vững chắc. Ông bà tôi cũng rất tuyệt vời – giúp tôi làm bài tập về nhà, dẫn tôi đi chơi và hơn thế nữa. Tôi sẽ không bao giờ quên điều đó.
David – Tôi luôn nói với những đứa em của mình – gia đình của em luôn bên cạnh các em , cho dù bất cứ điều gì xảy ra. Bạn có thể nghĩ rằng chúng không hiểu bạn và tất cả chỉ là rác rưởi, nhưng không ai khác sẽ chăm sóc bạn như gia đình. Gia đình quan trọng đối với tôi. Khi tôi còn bé, tôi đã không có nhiều thời gian bên gia đình.
Chúng tôi bốn đứa trẻ tuổi tác khá gần nhau và giúp đỡ nhau rất nhiều, nhưng chúng tôi không gặp bố mẹ nhiều. Thật ra, chúng tôi gặp ông bà nhiều hơn vơ chúng tôi sống với ông bà, nhưng ông bà hơi nghiêm khắc một chút. Tất cả chúng tôi đều hòa đồng và chúng tôi biết rằng ông bà quan tâm đến chúng tôi. Nhưng chúng tôi không đi du lịch nhiều, không tiếp xúc nhiều những thứ mà ngày nay mọi người cho là hiển nhiên.
Part 2. Circle A, B, C, or D that best completes the following passage.
[ Khoanh tròn A, B, C hoặc D để hoàn thành tốt nhất bài đọc sau]
Two years ago I went to a language school in England and stayed with a host family.
At the time I was (1) at English and couldn’t understand them very well, but I could see they were more than a little mad. They got angry with me when I arrived because I didn’t take my shoes (2) . They were really proud of their house and afraid of (3) even a bit of dirt on their carpet. But my first big problem was in the bedroom. I am allergic to cats and there, sitting on the bed, which was (4) in cat hair, was the ugliest animal you have ever seen. “He always sleeps here,” they said. “You’ll soon get (5) to him.” I explained that I wasn’t very fond of animals but they didn’t seem to be the least bit (6) in what I said.
The next day, I went to the accommodation office at school and said: hat it was essential to change family.
1. A. good B. hopeless C. quite good D. excellent 2. A. off B. on
C. up D. down 3. A. making B. getting C. doing D. painting
4. A. piled B. deep C. covered D. full
5. A. known B. acquainted C. used D. along 6. A. keen B. interested C. attentive D. impressed Answer
1. B 2. A 3. B 4. C 5. C 6. B
Language Focus - Unit 1 trang 8 Sách bài tập (SBT) Tiếng Anh 12
Exercise 1. Circle A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
[ Khoanh tròn A, B, C hoặc D để xác định phân được gạch chân khác so với 3 từ còn lại về phát âm trong mỗi câu sau]
1. A. bags B. runs C. friends D. banks 2. A. mats B. brothers C. rose D. reads 3. A. beats B. seats C. dogs D. caps 4. A. webs B. doves C. deals D. weeks 5. A. backs B.beds C. bits D. briefs 6. A. fans B. bells C. canoes D. this 7. A. sit B. limbs C. straws D. wise 8. A. lies B. its C. busy D. Tuesday 9. A. noise B. is C. house D. was 10. A. misty B. Thursday C. Saturday D. Sunday Hướng dẫn giải
1. D 2. A 3. C 4. D 5. B 6. D 7. A 8. B 9. C 10. B
Exercise 2. Circle A, B, C, or D that best completes the following passage.
[ Khoanh tròn A, B, C hoặc D để hoàn thành tốt nhất bài đọc sau]
It (1) two years ago when I (2) in Austria. It was a horrible day because it (3) and I couldn’t see anything. I (4) to ski but my friend said, “Come on. This is our last day. We must go.” So I went. I (5) in conditions like that before so when my friends (6) to go right up to the top of the mountain, I (7) them. After about half an hour by myself, I (8) because I was cold and wet. I (9) into the cable car to go down to the village and my wonderful warm hotel when I (10) on some ice. I (11) _ , and my skis (12) on top of me. I (13) a terrible noise and (14) something bad (15) . My leg was broken. What a way of ending a holiday!
1. A. happened B. was happening C. had happened D. would happen 2. A. am skiing B. skied
C. was skiing D. had skied 3. A. snowed B. would snow C. had snowed D. was snowing 4. A. don’t want B. wasn’t wanting C. didn’t want D. will not want 5. A. didn’t ski B. hadn’t skied C. wouldn’t ski D. wasn’t skiing 6. A. decided B. was deciding C. ha d decided D. would decide 7. A. hadn’t join B. don’t join C. didn’t join D. wasn’t joining 8. A. stopped B. stop
C. was stopping D. had stopped 9. A. had got B. got
C. would get D. was getting 10. A. was slipping B. slipped C. had slipped D. slip
11. A. was falling B. had fallen C. fell D. am falling 12. A. fell B. was falling C. had fallen D. would fall 13. A. was hearing B. heard C. would hear D. had heard 14. A. knew B. was knowing C. had known D. would know 15. A. was happening B. happened C. would happen D. had happened Answer
1. A 2. C 3. D 4. C 5. B
6. A 7. C 8. A 9. D 10. B
11. C 12. A 13. B 14. A 15. D
Exercise 3. Underline the correct option.
[ Gạch dưới lựa chọn đúng]
1. Everything is going well. We didn’t have / haven 't had any problems so far.
2. Lisa didn 't go / hasn ’t gone to work yesterday. She wasn’t feeling well.
3. Look! That man over there wears / is wearing the same sweater as you.
4. Your son is much taller than when I last saw him. He grew / has grown a lot.
5. I still don’t know what to do. I didn’t decide / haven’t decided yet.
6. I wonder why Jim is / is being so nice to me today. He isn’t usually like that.
7. Jane had a book open in front of her, but she didn ’t read / wasn ’t reading it.
8. I wasn’t very busy. I didn’t have / wasn’t having much to do.
9. It begins / It’s beginning to get dark. Shall I turn on the light?
10. After leaving school, Tim got / has got a job in a factory.
Answer
1. haven’t had 2. didn’t go 3. is wearing 4. has grown 5. haven’t decided
6. is being 7. wasn’t reading
8. didn’t have 9. ’s beginning 10. got
Exercise 4. Circle A, B, C, or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
[ Khoanh tròn A, B, C hoặc D để xác định phần được gạch chân cần sửa lại trong mỗi câu sau]
1. Yesterday afternoon Sarah went (A) to the station to meet Paul. When she was getting (B) there, Paul was already waiting (C) for her. His train had arrived (D) early.
2. When I got home, Bill was lying on the sofa. The television was on, but he wasn’t watching (A) it. He had fallen (B) asleep and had been snoring (C) loudly. I turned the television off (D) and just then he woke up.
3. Last night I had just gone (A) to bed and was reading (B) a book when suddenly I was hearing (C) a noise. I got up to see what it was, but I didn’t see (D) anything, so I went back to bed.
4. Lisa had to go to New York last week, but she almost missed the plane. She was standing(A) in the queue at the check-in desk when she suddenly had realized (B) that she had left (C) her passport at home. Fortunately she lives near the airport, so she had (D) time to take a taxi home to get it. She got back to the airport just in time for her flight.
5. I met Peter and Lucy yesterday as I was walking (A) through the park. They has been to the Sports Centre where they had been playing (B) tennis. They were going
to (C) a café and invited me to join them, but I arranged (D) to meet another friend and didn’t have time.
Hướng dẫn giải
1.B 2. C 3. C 4. B 5. D
Exercise 5. Circle A, B, C, or D that best completes the following passage.
[ Khoanh tròn A, B, C hoặc D để hoàn thành tốt nhất bài đọc sau]
MY FIRST HOME
When my parents married, they rented a small house and they didn’t have a lot of money for furniture. The kitchen had a (1) for washing up and a cooker, but that was all. They (2) an old table and a chair from the market. They borrowed a sofa which was (3) old, but they (4) it with modem materials so it was bright and cheerful. Outside, there was a small garden (5) the house, but in front of it there was only the road. Luckily the road wasn’t busy, so I could cross it to (6) the park on the (7) side. We lived there (8) I was ten and we were very happy. We had to (9) house because it was too small when my twin sisters were born. We all (10) sad when we left.
1. A. basin B. cupboard C. sink D. bath 2 A. bought B. sold C. became D. brought 3. A. more B. also C. even D. little 4. A. placed B. put C. covered D. made 5. A. before B. through C. by D. behind 6. A. reach B. arrive C. go D. get
7. A. wrong B. opposite C. different D. facing 8. A. when B. after C. until D. to 9. A. move B. change C. leave D. close 10. A. spent B. thought C. had D. felt Answer
1. C 2. A 3. B 4. C 5. D 6. A 7. B 8. C 9. A 10. D C. SPEAKING – Unit 1 trang 5 SBT
Alan and Smith are talking about the rules in their families when they were small.
Complete their conversation and practise reading it.
[Alan và Smith đang nói về các quy định trong gia đình khi họ còn bé.
Hoàn thành đoạn đối thoại của họ và thực hành đọc nó]
Alan: (1) ?
Smith: No, never. They never let us go out in the evening, even on Saturday or Sunday.
Alan: (2) ?
Smith: Yes, but we were always made to finish all our homework before we could watch TV.
Alan: (3) ?
Smith: Housework? No, we didn’t have to do much of that as our parents thought it was more important for us to study.
Alan: (4) ?
Smith: Most of the time my mother did it, and she was very good at cooking.
When she was away, we Couldn’t eat the food cooked by our father.
Alan: (5) ?
Smith: No, I had to do all my homework on my own, my father never helped.
Alan: (6) ?
Smith: No, they didn’t allow that. They said the telephone was not for chatting with friends.
Alan: (7) ?
Smith: Yes, I was very happy with my family. My parents really loved me and always took good care of me.
Answer
1) Did your parents often let you go out in the evening?
2) Did they allow you to watch TV?
3) Did you have to do the housework?
4) Who cooked / did the cooking in your family?
5) Did your father help you with your homework?
6) Did your parents allow you to chat with your friends on the phone?
7) Were you happy with your family?
D. WRITING Unit 1 trang 12 SBT
Exercise 1. Circle A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
[ Khoanh tròn A, B, C hoặc D để xác định câu gần nghĩa nhất với mỗi câu sau đây]
1. When I was small, my parents didn’t have enough money to buy me lots of new clothes.
A. When I was small, my parents couldn’t afford to buy me lots of new clothes.
B. When I was small, my parents couldn’t stand buying me lots of new clothes.
C. When I was small, my parents didn’t offer to buy me lots of new clothes.
D. When I was small, my parents weren’t allowed to buy me lots of new clothes.
2. They would never let me forget to do my homework.
A. They always remembered to do my homework.
B. They always reminded me to do my homework.
C. They always made sure that I had done my homework.
D. They always asked me to do my homework.
3. They told me that it was a good idea to read extensively.
A. They discouraged me to read extensively.
B. They made me read extensively.
C. They prevented me from reading extensively.
D. They encouraged me to read extensively.
4. They always refused to allow me to bring friends home.
A. They never let me bring friends home.
B. They always made me bring friends home.
C. They always asked me to bring friends home.
D. They never put up with me bringing friends home.
5. They told me to come home at ten o’clock every night.
A. They made me come home at ten o’clock every night.
B. They let me come home at ten o’clock every night.
C. They allowed me to come home at ten o’clock every night.
D. They suffered from me coming home at ten o’clock every night.
6. I learned from my parents about respecting hard work.
A. My parents allowed me to respect hard work.
B. My parents made me respect hard work.
C. My parents taught me to respect hard work.
D. My parents trained me to respect hard work.
7. My parents hope that I will be like them.
A. My parents permit me to be like them.
B. My parents believe that I will be like them.
C My parents suspect me of being like them.
D My parents would like me to be like them.
Answer
1. A 2. B 3. D
4. A 5. A 6. C 7. D
Exereise 2. Write about your family life. You should include the following points:
- your parents and their jobs - your brother(s) and / or sister(s)
- the interest(s) that the members of the family share closely - each family member’s responsibility in the family
some main family rules Dịch bài:
Viết về đời sống gia đình của bạn. Bạn nên bao gồm những nội dung sau:
- bố mẹ và công việc của bố mẹ - anh em trai và/ hoặc chị em gái
- những sở thích của các thành viên trong gia đình chia sẻ với nhau - trách nhiệm của mỗi thành viên trong gia đình
- một số nội quy gia đình quan trọng Answer
I live in a small family with four members in a peaceful countryside. My parents are famers. Every morning they go to the field after preparing everything for us ready to go to school, and they come home to take a short break at about 11 o’clock and to prepare for lunch. Their work finishes at about 5 o’clock every morning. My elder brother is a junior at National Sports University. He is usually far away from home and comes home three or four times a year on special holidays such as National Day, April 30th and Lunar New Year. I am a student at the last year of high school, so I am under a lot of pressure. However, I always try my best to help my parents with housework. I like meal time very much because it’s time when we gather and share everything after a hard – working day.
