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The building company Hong Kong Housing is building a new suburb in Shanghai, a city with a

population of more than 15 million people But this suburb is not like other parts of Shanghai It is a little piece of England The name of the new area is "English Town" The manager of Hong Kong Housing, Shi Guangsheng, says many people in this area of China want to buy an English house and live in an English town

"This town is like Bristol or Chester There is an English square and there are pigeons to feed like in Trafalgar Square, London There are four English-style pubs and you can buy English beer to drink There is a canal and you can row a boat there like in Cambridge."

Are there any cricket fields? "No, there aren't any places to play cricket because nobody in Shanghaican play this game But there is a football stadium like those in England And the thing we are very proud of is our shopping street There are several shops where you can buy traditional English food like fish and chips or Christmas Pudding."

The rich Shanghai businessman can do some gardening too For with every house in "English Town",there is an English lawn and there are long gardens with ponds and tall hedges

But there is one problem The houses in this part of town cost a minimum of $400,000!

Some houses cost millions of dollars

"It was a wonderful wedding, an unbelievable day," says Victoria "But we have so much we want to

do together now, we are both looking to the future." Her husband, banker and amateur race driver Richard, agrees "Both our minds are now fixed firmly on the future I'll never forget our wedding ceremony or the reception we had at a cliff-side hotel afterwards, but there's so much we want, so many hopes Our marriage is so much more important than the wedding."

"At the moment, we are still living with my parents," explains Victoria, "so our first wish is to find our own place We intend to start looking for a new house with all the modern conveniences in the

suburbs in the new year." Both Victoria and husband Richard have a lot of siblings Do they intend

to add to the extended Hammond family? "We plan on having two or three children ourselves," Richard tells me "Victoria is just wonderful with children and I can get 3 years paternity leave from

my work, which is just perfect."

The young couple has just returned from a two-week honeymoon spent in an authentic Scottish castle Both the newly-weds are big travel lovers and Richard hopes this will continue "I would like

to go travelling as much as possible together Travelling with someone else is such a sharing

experience I think it's sad to experience all the wonderful places in the world and have no-one else there." Victoria also has another great travel ambition that she might have to do alone "I have always been fascinated by safari and my real wish is to go on safari Richard has no interest in wildlife though."

And what about the marriage itself? In a world with such a high divorce rate, how do Richard and Victoria hope to avoid all the problems that beset so many other couples? Richard explains

thoughtfully that "our ambition is to always talk to each other If you stop communicating, what chance do you have?" His wife goes along with that completely "I hope that we can speak about things, but also not expect everything to be easy I think many people expect the wedding to be the end of getting to know each other I think it's the start."

Their first ambition is to find a house to live in.

Richard and Victoria have identical tastes regarding vacations.

downtown Lisbon We both had pasta to start and for the main course my wife ordered a steak and

I chose fish For dessert we both ate chocolate cake topped with fresh cream Delicious!

2 I went to a restaurant yesterday evening with my sister's children It wasn't very expensive and the menu was very limited We all had a burger and French fries, and drank cola It wasn't very good

3 My boyfriend loves spicy food so this restaurant was perfect The waiters were all really friendly and polite, and they played traditional sitar music which was very relaxing The menu offered

vegetarian dishes as well as meat dishes served with rice and a sauce - it depended on how hot you wanted it! I chose a mild beef curry but my boyfriend had a lamb 'vindaloo' - he also drank 2 liters ofwater!!

4 My class at the university went there last weekend It's a very popular type of restaurant in my country It generally offers one type of food (a kind of bread with cheese and tomato sauce) which you then choose what ingredients to add on top of it I asked for olives and mushrooms on mine and my classmates each had something different so we could taste a piece of each person's meal

In which text did the person talk about the atmosphere of the restaurant?

a Paragraph 4

b Paragraph 1

c Paragraph 3 (Đ)

In which paragraph did the person go there for a special occasion?

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Class member Bill, aged ten, says, ‘I love my mum’s cooking and now I can do it better than her The teachers make us laugh, especially when we sit down with them to share the good we’ve made’.Flora is twelve, and she’s having problems preparing onions ‘I love cooking I did a meal for ten friends which they really enjoyed Then my mum suggested I take up a hobby, instead of doing nothing at weekends I was happy staying at home, so I wasn’t too keen at first I’m really glad I decided to come, though’

Their teacher, Phillipe, says, ‘It’s great fun Children pay attention and remember things better than adults, although the kitchen isn’t always as tidy when they’re cooking! As adults, we’re always learning more about food If parents interest their children in cooking while they are young, they’ll have enough skill to make food for themselves when they leave home

What can a reader find out from this text?

a which dishes students prefer to cook on the course

b how much one lesson costs.

c why the classes are so successful (Đ)

Why did Flora join the course?

a She felt bored at weekends, with nothing to do

b She wanted to learn to cook a big meal

c Her mother wanted her to develop an interest (Đ)

What is the writer trying to do in the text?

a describe how some children spend their spare time (Đ)

b advertise schools that teach people how to cook

c warn parents not to expect too much from their children

What does Phillipe say about his young students?

a They will be confident about cooking in the future (Đ)

b They have a good memory but don’t always listen

c They keep the kitchen cleaner than adults do

Siem Reap is a small town near the world famous temple of Angkor Wat The town is charming and worth exploring, with some fine examples of Khmer and French colonial architecture set among the more modern developments Nowadays, visitors are flocking in, using it as a base for visits to the nearby temples

From the 9th to the 14th centuries, when Europe was still struggling out of the Dark Ages, the Cambodian Empire of Angkor covered most of present-day Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, and Thailand The heart of this empire during the 12th century was the ancient capital of Angkor Thom, near present day Siem Reap, the site of the world’s largest temple complexes, which were rediscovered

in 1861.This spectacular city was built over 30 years under the reign of King Suryavarman II 1150) The area covers about 400 square kilometres and is full of the finest examples of Khmer art

(1113-and architecture Tourists are always amazed at the scale of the place.

In Angkor Wat you will find more than 100 stone monuments and temple buildings, each of which contains countless statues, sculptures and reliefs that have weathered extremely little over the last

800 years To see the whole thing can take several days The most important temples to visit in the area are Angkor Wat, especially at sunrise or sunset; Angkor Thom, the remains of the capital; Ta Prohm, a palace overgrown by jungle; and Bayon

Visas are required to enter Cambodia You can obtain one on arrival at Siem Reap International Airport for $20, and 1 passport photo is required per person You will also need another passport photo for the Angkor Temple Entrance Pass Please ensure you take comfortable walking shoes, light clothing and plenty of water to drink as it is very hot there The most commonly accepted currency in Cambodia is the US dollar

It takes you around 10 days to see the whole stone work.

The makers of a controversial computer game about bullying have decided to go ahead and launch

it despite calls for it to be banned In the game, players take on the role of a new students at a school and have to fight the bullies, by punching them or hitting them with a baseball bat.Critics have said that the game encourages violence, but the makers deny this and say that, while there is

violence in the game, it is just an amusing look at school life, besides which, the violence in the game is directed against the bullies to protect pupils who are being bullied The makers also say thatplayers will learn to stand up to bullies.A British politician, a former minister, has called for it to be banned as it might affect the way young people perceive violence.Anti-bullying charities have said that the game might make people respond violently to bullies, which might make things more complicated and result in injuries.

The anti-bullying charity thinks the game is good because it might make pupils stand up to bullies.

a FALSE Câu trả lời đúng

of Eukhtuul, a young Mongolian girl.

Last year, when Eukhtuul was walking home from school, she was attacked by boys with sticks and her eyes were badly damaged Dr Duffey, an Orbis doctor, said that without an operation she would never see again, I thought about all the everyday things I do that she couldn’t , things like reading schoolbooks, watching television, seeing friends, and I realized how lucky I am’

‘The Orbis team agreed to operate on Eukhtuul and I was allowed to watch, together with some Mongolian medical students I prayed the operation would be successful The next day I waited nervously with Eukhtuul while Dr Duffey removed her bandages ‘In six months your sight will be back to normal’, he said Eukhtuul smiled, her mother cried, and I had to wipe away some tears, too!’

‘Now Eukhtuul wants to study hard to become a doctor Her whole future has changed, thanks to a simple operation We should all think more about how much out sight means to us

What is the writer’s main purpose in writing this text?

a to report a patient’s cure Câu trả lời đúng

b to explain how sight can be lost

c to describe a dangerous trip

What is the result of Eukhtuul’s operation?

a She can see better but will never have normal eyes

b After some time she will see as well as before (Đ)

c She can already see perfectly again.

What can a reader learn about in this text?

a the life of schoolchildrent in Mongolia

b the international work of some eye doctors (Đ)

c the difficulties for blind travelers

Early morning in California, and Elizabeth Safran, a public relations consultant, is dealing with a hugenumber of e-mails Everybody in the small company works from home and relies on e-mails and instant messaging to stay in touch Elizabeth worries about her work-life balance and thinks that

‘technology makes us more productive, but everyone is working all the time – weekends, evenings

It is too much.’

Five o’clock Friday afternoon in the , Paul Renucci, managing director of a systems integration company, switches off his computer He now works at home and is off to pick up his children In the past, it would take him two hours to get home from the office

Ms Safran and Mr Renucci represent different side of a modern problem: the capacities of the latestcommunications technologies, such as e-mails, texts, messaging and video conferencing, make it difficult to draw the line between work and leisure and raise important questions about the nature

of ‘flexible working’- where employees can work where and when they choose

There are three issues here First, does the rise of portable, networked devices such as the

Blackberry and Palm Treo really damage an individual’s work and life? Second, what is the effect of these devices on traditional workplace relationships? And third, how do individuals manage them?

A Microsoft survey found that where flexibility had increased, so had productivity and employee morale, together with lowered stress levels and staff turnover

However, individuals can suffer technology-related stress as work moves into their free time and

from the complexity of the gadgets they must use, such as mobile phones where manufacturers try

to persuade customers upgrade more frequently

Elizabeth is happy with the way she works.

A Microsoft survey reported that increase in flexibility leads to increase in productivity.

damage the environment or cause civil unrest There is already great concern about palm oil, which

is used in many foods in addition to being an important biofuel, as rain forests are being cleared in some countries and people driven from their homes to create palm oil plantations.An analyst and author of the investors' report says that biofuels are not a cure for climate change but they can play their part as long as governments and companies manage the social and environmental impacts thoroughly There should also be greater measure taken to increase efficiency and to reduce

demand

The increased production of palm oil

a affects both people and the environment (Đ)

b just affects people

c just affects the environment

Biofuels might

a drive food prices up (Đ)

b have little or no impact on food prices

c drive food prices down

are worried about the boom in biofuels.

a Only these leading investors

b Many people (Đ)

c Few people

Environmentalists believe that increased production of corn and soya

a will lead to the destruction of rain forests (Đ)

b has destroyed rain forests

c may lead to the destruction of rain forests