UNIT 1 MY HOBBIES

F. READING
I. Read the text and choose the correct answer.
If you enjoy cycling for pleasure, doing it in London can be a shock. There
are not enough lanes especially for bikes, and making your way through the traffic
can be very risky. But if you have great passion, cycling in London can be
exciting, and it is an inexpensive way of keeping fit if you live there. Some cyclists
don’t mind spending a lot of money on expensive bikes. However, if you just want
a basic bike that is only for occasional use, there are many cheap choices. Several
markets have cheap bikes on sale which may not be impressive to look at but
should be satisfactory. You should buy a cycling helmet if you want to cycle in
London. Wearing a cycling helmet is not compulsory in Britain, but it is a good
idea to wear one for protection.
1. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Cycling helmets B. Cheap bicycles
C. Bicycle marketsD. Cycling in London
2. According to the passage, cycling in London is
A. easy B. difficult C. tiring D. boring
3. The word “it” in line 3 refers to
A. cycling B. passion C. excitement D. doing exercise
4. The difficulty of cycling in London is described in lines
A. 2 B. 5 C. 5-6D. 8-9
5. According to the passage, all the followings are true EXCEPT that
A. It is compulsory to wear a helmet when cycling in Britain.
B. Some bikes in London are cheap.
C. There are not many lanes especially for bikes.
D. Some cyclists don’t want to buy expensive bikes.
II. Choose the most suitable word for each space.
What do you like doing best (1) your spare time? My cousin Paul
likes going (2) in the country and (3) photos. Sometimes he (4)
with his friends, and they (5) at the park or at the beach.
They always (6) a good time. His brother Chris isn’t (7) on
walking. He spends most of the (8) at home.
1. A. for B. when C. in D. at
2. A. for walks B. walks C. a walk D. to walk
3. A. making B. having C. taking D. doing
 4. A. travels B. gets up C. sees D. goes out
5. A. enjoy B. have fun C. hobby D. go
6. A. have B. make C. do D. like
7. A. interestedB. out C. decided D. keen
8. A. other B. time C. people D. money
III. Read the article and decide whether the statements are true (T) or false
(F).
After school Susan goes home to do her model-making. She loves making
models. She started about a year ago. She needs about two weeks to make a model.
Then she puts it on the shelf in her bedroom. She has about twenty models now.
She thinks she will need to get another shelf soon. Last term she tried to start a
club for model-making at school but the teachers and other children weren’t
interested. She thinks she has a lot of fun anyway.
True False
1. Susan makes models when she stays at school. □ □
2. She has made her models for about one year. □ □
3. It takes her two weeks to make two models. □ □
4. She will need another shelf for her models soon. □ □
5. Susan tried to start a club for model making and the
teachers and other children were interested in it very much. □ □

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UNIT 2: HEALTH
F. READING
I. Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space
in the following passage.
It’s important to (1) well, especially when you are studying. If
you are at primary (2) , you may not go home for lunch and have a
cooked meal of meat or (3) and vegetables. A chicken and lettuce
sandwich, with some (4) fruit would be a light but (5) lunch.
Many people around the world eat plain, boiled (6) two or three times a day.
Pupils and students often don’t eat (7) when they’re revising for an exam –
they eat chocolate and (8) lots of black coffee! And by the way,
doctors say everybody should start the day with healthy (9) . It’s also
good for you to drink a lot of (10) through the day.
1. A. launching B. emitting C. eat D. peaking
2. A. school B. weapons C. spaceships D. rockets
3. A. to B. towards C. with D. fish
4. A. as soon as B. fresh C. as well asD. such as
5. A. burnt B. explored C. went off D. healthy
6. A. rice B. audience C. observatories D. watcher
7. A. sent back B. returned to C. well D. except for
8. A. weightlessness B. drink C. wavelengths D. length
9. A. space B. atmosphere C. vacant D. breakfast
10. A. scientists B. drivers C. water D. astronauts

II. Fill in the blank with a suitable word in the box.

We need calories or (1) to do the things every day. For example,
when we walk or (2) a bike to school, we spend a certain amount of (3)
and even when we sleep, we also use them. But how many calories
should we (4) a day to stay in shape? It’s difficult (5) us to
calculate. If people want to keep (6) ,they should remember that everyone
should have between 1600 and 2500 calories a day.
We get calories (7)the food we eat. If we get too much food and don’t take
part (8) any activities, we can get fat quickly. So besides
studying, we should do some (9) , play sports or do the
housework, such as cleaning the floor, cooking etc., if we don’t eat enough, we feel
(10) and weak.
III. Read the following passage and write T (true) or F (false) for each
statement.
How many calories can you burn in one hour? Well, it all depends on the
activity. You use calories all the time, even when you are resting. Reading,
sleeping, sitting and sunbathing all use about 60 calories an hour. Very light
activities use 75 calories. Examples are eating, writing, knitting, shaving, driving
and washing up. Light activities which use about 100 calories an hour include
playing the piano, getting dressed and having a shower. Under moderate activities
which use between 100 and 200 calories an hour we can put walking, doing
housework, shopping and skating. Energetic activities use 200-400 calories. Those
 activities include horse riding, cycling, swimming, skipping and dancing. Finally
there are strenuous activities which use up to 600 calories an hour. These activities
include climbing stairs, jogging, digging the garden and playing football.
1. Horse riding uses the most amount of calories.
2. Reading uses as many calories as writing.
3. The calories we burn for eating and washing up are the same.
4. Walking is a very light activity.
5. Sunbathing uses more calories than driving.
6. When we are resting, we don’t burn calories.
7. Having a shower uses only 100 calories an hour.
8. Cycling and dancing use the same amount of calories
9. Playing football uses fewer calories than swimming.
10. The amount of calories we use an hour depends on the activity we do.
IV. Complete the conversation with the phrases in the box. Then answer the
questions below.
(The friends are going to the Buckingham Palace.)
David: This is great. (1) to see inside Buckingham Palace.
Peter: Yeah, maybe the Queen will be our tour guide!
Linda: I think we should join the queue. The last tour starts in ten minutes.
David: What’s the matter, Susan? Are you OK?
Susan: No, I don’t feel very well. I have a headache and I feel really hot. Maybe I
shouldn’t come on the tour.
David: Hey, everyone. Susan doesn’t feel very well. (2) but I think we
should go home with her.
Peter: But how about these tickets? (3) . We can’t go home!
David: Yes, we can. (4) we can get our money back.
UNIT 3: COMMUNITY SERVICE
F. READING
I. Choose the correct word A, B or C for each gap to complete the
following passage.
(1) January 17 , 1995, a powerful earthquake hit the city of Kobe,
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Japan. Many buildings (2) or collapsed.

Soon after the earthquake, people in Kobe (3) working together
to save their city. Neighbours pulled each other out (4) collapsed
buildings. Ordinary people (5) out fires even before the fire trucks arrived.
Volunteers in Kobe organized themselves into (6) . They worked out a
system to send (7) to people who needed. Other teams searched for belongings in
damaged stores and homes. Some people (8) food, water, clothes, and
electric generators to different part of the city. Some volunteers took (9)
of children who had lost their parents. Teams of volunteers from
outside Japan helped, too.
Today, Kobe has been built. But people there still remember the outpouring
of support they (10)_______ from all over the world back in 1995.
1. A. in B. at C. on D. from
2. A. is burning B. burned C. burning D. burn
3. A. to begin B. are beginning C. begin D. began
4. A. into B. of C. on D. with
5. A. to put B. putting C. puts D. put
6. A. teams B. pair C. group D. friends
7. A. helped B. helping C. help D. to help
8. A. brought B. bringing C. brings D. brought
9. A. part B. care C. caring D. note
10. A. received B. is receiving C. have received D. receiving
II. Read the passage, and then choose the best answers.
Each country has many good people who take care of others. For example,
some of students in the United States often spend many hours as volunteers in
hospitals, orphanages or homes for the elderly. They read books to the people in
these places, or they just visit them and play games with them or listen to their
problems.
Other young volunteers go and work in the homes of people who are sick or
old. They paint, clean up, or repair their houses, do the shopping. For boys who
don’t have fathers, there is an organization called Big Brothers. College students
and other men take these boys to basketball games or on fishing trips and help
them to get to know things those boys usually learn from their fathers.
Each city has a number of clubs where boys and girls can go and play
games. Some of these clubs show movies or hold short trip to the mountains, the
beaches, museums, or other places of interest. Most of these clubs use a lot of
students as volunteers because they are young enough to understand the problems
of younger boys and girls.
1. What do volunteers usually do to help those who are sick or old in their
homes?
A. They do the shopping, and repair or clean up their house.
 B. They tell them stories and sing dance for them.
C. They cool, sew, and wash their clothes.
D. They take them to basketball games.
2. What do they help boys whose fathers do not live with them?
A. To learn things about their fathers.
B. To get to know thing about their fathers.
C. To get to know things that boys want from their fathers.
D. To learn things that boys usually learn from their fathers.
3 .Which activities are NOT available for the students at the clubs?
A. playing games B. learning photography
C. going to interest places D. watching films
4. Why do they use many students as volunteers? – Because .
A. they can understand the problems of younger boys and girls.
B. they have a lot of free time.
C. they know how to do the work.
D. they are good at playing games and learning new things.
5. Where don’t students often do volunteer work?
A. hospitals B. orphanages C. clubs D. homes for the elderly
IV. Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D to fill each blank in the following
passage.
Hobbies are activities for entertainment. Hobby can cost you almost nothing.
Music is the most popular. For example, many people play the guitar for (1) ____
in their free time. Sports provide other (2) hobbies. Cycling, running,
tennis, table-tennis are the sports that millions of people play during their free time.
Some people’s coin collections are wonderful. There are still hundreds of (3)
collections, such as bottle collections, seashell collections, butterfly
collections, and so on.
For some people, a hobby is a favourite (4) , like chess. In chess, we
need two or more people (5) .
1. A. funB. funny C. funnies D. funniest
2. A. strange B. normal C. favourite D. unusual
3. A. another B. other C. others D. the other
4. A. exercise B. game C. interest D. sports
5. A. play B. to play C. playing D. to playing