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Week 4 Taught 9………

Reading Comprehension 5
Ex 1: Read and fill in the gap:
Jeans have their long story of development. In the 1950s, two people (1)................. jeans popular with teenagers: Elvis Presley, the king of rock and roll, and James dean, a famous movie star. Elvis (2)............................... tight jeans. Most parents didn’t like Elvis or his music. but teenagers loved(3)........................... and started to dress like him. In Rebel Without a Cause, James Dean wore jeans. He(4).............................. a hero to many young people. During the 1960s, rock and roll became even (5) ............................... popular. Young people had more freedom. Their clothes showed(6).................... independence. Some people decorated their jeans ( 7)................................. colorful patches and flowers. In the seventies and eighties, jeans became very expensive. In (8).................................... to the regular brands like Levis’s and lee, famous designers like Calvin Klein and Pierre Cardin (9)........................... making “ designer jeans”. They were very stylish and very expensive. Jeans are ( 10)...................... popular that Levis’s has sold over twenty billion pairs. Almost anywhere in the world you know what young people want to wear: jeans!
Ex 2 ; Choose the best answer to fill in each blank of the following passage
Dear Hanh,
I’m writing to invite you to a party we ........................ (1) at the flat next Friday, December 14th. As you know, ...........................(2) Lan’s 13th birthday next week and my birthday next month, .......................... (3) we thought we’d celebrate together and have a joint party.
I can’t remember if you know my address or not, but anyway, if you ..............................(4) the direction below, you shouldn’t get lost. Take the Number 15 bus from the station and ........................... (5) at the Star Hotel. Walk down Long Viet Road, past the DanChu Cinema, and then .........................(6) the first turning on the right. That’s LeLoi Road. Turn left ..................... (7) the first junction, then go straight past the church as far as the next crossroads. ......................(8) and our block of flats is the second on the right.
Do try and come. Of course you’re ........................... (9) to bring someone with you if you want to.
Look forward .............................. (10) you then!
1. A. have
B. are having
C. going to have
D. will has

2. A. it’s
B. its
C. they’re
D. she’s

3. A. too
B. but
C. because
D. so

4. A. to follow
B. follow
C. following
D. follows

5. A. get up
B. get by
C. get on
D. get off

6. A. have
B. get
C. take
D. bring

7. A. in
B. at
C. of
D. on

8. A. Right turn
B. To right
C. To turn
D. Turn right

9. A. welcomed
B. welcome
C. welcoming
D. to welcome

10. A. to see
B. for seeing
C. of seeing
D. to seeing

Ex 3: Read and fill in the gap:
Americans like sport very much. One of the (1)............. popular kinds of sports in Autumn is football. All the high schools(2)........... universities have their own teams.
In winter the most popular kind of sports (3)........... basketball. There is usually a match every evening in one school gymnasium or another. In some parts of the United States there is a lot of (4).............. and ice. Many people like skiing and skating.
In the other two (5).............., millions of Americans enjoy baseball. The schools have their games in (6)..............., but the most important professional games are played during summer. Many people listen to the games (7) .......... the radio, watch them on television or read about them (8) .............. the newspapers.
Some also play tennis or golf and others (9) ......... fishing. They like to stay outdoors (10)........it is warm during the months of June, July and August.
Ex 4 Read and answer the questions
Headache is a very common disease in the USA. Every year, about fifty million people have to go to the doctor because of headache. The symptoms of a headache are various. People can see black dots or bright spots in front of their eyes. They may also have pains only on one side of the head. Sometimes when the pain goes away, the head is sore. People have headache when they work too hard or they are too nervous about something. Medicine can help cure the disease but people usually have to do more than taking tablets. They can prevent headaches by changing their diets or their lifestyle or simply by going to