We _____ English at the language center since 2017.
TV _____ can enjoy interesting programs by choosing the right channels.
I have been fascinated by _____ since I was at secondary school.
Choose the correct answer in the box to complete the conversation. Write only the letter A-D in each blank.
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A. OK, what time does it start? B. Well, what are you watching? C. Sound exciting, but I don't have time to watch it. D. But watching others playing while you are sitting on a sofa is so dull. |
Girl: Oh, another volleyball match.
Boy: I thought you liked volleyball.
Girl: I like playing volleyball. Anyway, it's nearly time for Work in the Sky - there's a special report on pilots.
Boy: Don't you and mum want to watch that music show you like, Song Story?
Girl: Yes, but I'm sure she won't mind missing it just one time.
Boy: I guess not.
Girl: Right now!
Read the text. Choose the best option to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks.
Not the Normal News
Newspapers and television news programs always seem to report about the bad things happening in society. However, there is a place where readers can find some good news. That place is the website called HappyNews. The man behind HappyNews is Byron Reese. Reese HappyNews because he thought other news sources were giving people an view of the world. Reese said about HappyNews, “The news media gives you a distorted view of the world by bad news, misery, and despair. We’re trying to balance out the scale.”
Not everyone agrees with Reese’s view, though. Many people think that news sources have a to provide news that is helpful to people. People need to know about issues or problems in today’s society. Then people are better able to informed decisions about things that affect their daily lives. Reese said that HappyNews is not trying to stop people from learning about issues or problems. HappyNews is just trying to provide a balanced picture of today’s world.
By the end of its first month online, HappyNews had more than 70,000 unique readers. About 60 percent of those readers were women. Something else unique makes HappyNews different from any of the other news or information websites that are on the Internet. Unlike many other websites, HappyNews gets fan mail from its readers on a daily basis.
(Adapted from Reading Challenge 1)
Read the text and questions below. For each question, choose the correct answer.
Basketball player
Luka Horvat writes about his early career.
My dad was a professional basketball player in Germany, as his father had been before him, and I went to watch many of his games when I was a kid. You might think that seeing so many matches would give me a love of the sport, but it actually had the opposite effect. I loved telling my friends how good my dad was, of course, especially when he won a game, but I used to take a book with me to read instead of watching.
Starting secondary school, I was still two years away from being a teenager but was already two meters tall. Seeing my height, my sports teacher asked if I'd be interested in training with the basketball team. Even though I enjoyed the session, I thought I'd need to develop my skills before I took part in a real match, but the teacher had more confidence in me than I did. It took me a while to agree, but a few weeks later I found myself playing against a team from another school. Mum and Dad coming to watch didn't really help - it made me more nervous. But it was OK in the end!
For the next four years, I practiced every day and did really well, even joining an adult team before I moved abroad to a special sports academy in the USA when I was fifteen. The coach there trains Olympic basketball players, and it was fantastic to work with him. However, I can't say I enjoyed my first experience of living far from my parents. At home, I'd never been able to spend much time with my friends due to all the training, so that wasn't such a change for me. I got used to everything about my new life in the end, though, and my English improved quickly too!
I turned professional at the age of eighteen, three years after arriving in the USA. I'd been taller than most players in the professional league since I was fifteen, but had been much too light for my height, so had to get that right first. My coach already knew a team that would take me while I was still at college, so I joined them and have never regretted it.
(Adapted from B1 Preliminary 1)
Luka thinks the most difficult thing about moving to the USA was _____.
Choose the sentence that is CLOSEST in meaning to the sentence given.
Unless the weather is terrible, we will have an excursion to Vung Tau tomorrow.
Choose the sentence that is CLOSEST in meaning to the sentence given.
I was extremely annoyed at the way the new teacher treated us all, but I tried not to show it.
Choose the sentence that is CLOSEST meaning to the sentence given.
"How about starting a book club at school?" Kim said.
How do you understand the following picture? Write a paragraph of about 80 words to express your understanding.

In 100 words, write a paragraph about what you want to do in the future. Answer these questions:
Why do you want to do a job