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👉 SKILLS
Reading
- Read the passage and choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D.
Not long ago, open-air markets played an important part in the lives of the Vietnamese. Wherever there was open space, the local people could start their own market. There, you could find almost everything from local home-made and home-grown products to those that the sellers bought wholesale from somewhere and resold them for a profit. Since the locals went there nearly every day, they knew one another, and the sellers even remembered the customers' preferences.
Then supermarkets came and soon became popular. There are many reasons to explain their popularity. First, they offer a cool and large shopping site. Shoppers can spend hours in them without worrying about heat or rain. Second, they provide shoppers with a wide range of goods, from foods and kitchenware to cosmetics and pet care products. People do not have to move from shop to shop to collect all the things they need. Nowadays, many supermarkets even offer home-delivery service and online shopping, which makes shopping even easier.
1. In the past, the local people could start an open-air market when _____.
A. they paid the rent
B. they found a spacious spot
C. they had products to sell
D. they didn't want to shop elsewhere
2 . The relationship between the sellers and the market-goers at an open-air market was _____.
A. healthy B. distant C. formal D. close
3. The writer mentions two _____ the supermarket.
A. of his experiences with
B. types of goods in
C. benefits of
D. types of shoppers in
4. The supermarket also offers _____.
A. pet food B. pets C. pet shops D. pet vets
5. Which statement is true according to the information in this passage?
A. Now you can find open-air markets in the countryside only.
B. Every supermarket offers home-delivery service.
C. It's more convenient to shop in a supermarket than in an open-air market.
D. Supermarkets offer everything we need.
Speaking - Work in groups. Choose ONE of the things below and discuss it, using the cues. Then present it to your class.
1. conical hat 2. smart TV 3. open wood fire
- Does the thing in the picture represent the past, present, or both?
- Has it changed over time? If it has, how is it different?
- What do you think about the change?
Listening - Listen to a talk about entertainment for Vietnamese children in the past and complete each sentence with ONE word. 🎧
1. Games in the past required little _____.
2. We floated paper boats on imagined 'rivers' formed from _____.
3. Thanks to making our own toys, we became _____.
4. We played most games in _____ outdoors.
5. Team games helped develop _____ bonds among us.
Writing - Make complete sentences from the clues. Make any changes and add more words if necessary.
1. I / wish / I can / atteno / traditional festivals / minority people / Viet Nam.
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2. When we arrive / fair, / rice-cooking competition / taking place.
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3. He promise / help me / PowerPoint presentation / but he / not.
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4. We /never see/sight/ as beautiful as / mountain at sunset.
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5. he / fancy / become / fashion designer / when he child?
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