READING

Vocabulary boost:
Exercise 1: Fill in the blanks with paraphrased words (the first letter has been
suggested)
1. add A to B (v): mix A with B (v)
2. show (v): indicate
2. people: lovers and friends
3. smell (n): scent
3. sweet (adj): pleasant
4. an indication of sth (n) a sign of sth
5. health problem (n): ailments = diseases
5. to be a treatment for sth: to cure sth (v)
8. arrive in/at + a place (v): to reach a place (v)
Exercise 2: Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the given words in
brackets
1. People sometimes struggle with their inner self in pursuit of their personal
identity. (IN)
2. In order to make meat stewed with coconut juice, we need a lot of food
additives. (ADD)
3. Panda is national to China. (NATION)
4. It is irrefutable that Vingroup is virtually ________________ the market.
(MONOPOLY)
5. High-end brands such as Chanel and Louis Vuitton are often exorbitantly priced.
(EXORTBITANCE)
6. There is a variety of Vincom centers in Hanoi now. (VARIOUS)
Exercise 3: Find the English equivalents in the passage for these following
Vietnamese words
1. Gia vị (n) spice or condiment 5. xức dầu (v) anoint
2. giới thượng lưu (n) the elite 6. dấu hiệu (n) token
3. lạc đà (n) camel 7. cổ kính/đại (adj) ancient
4. thơm ngát (adj) fragrant 8. mua (v) = buy= purchase
2. Short answers
Answer the questions with NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS
1. Which animal has the largest amount of fat? Blue whale
2. How is called tissue of marine mammals that is rich with fat? Blubber
3. Which marine animals need a thick layer of fat to survive in cold waters?
Bowhead whales
Vocabulary Boost: Look up the meaning of these words in the dictionary
Involve sb/st (v): bao gồm Marine (Adj): (thuộc) biển
Deduce (v): suy ra, suy luận Mammal (n): động vật có vú
record-breaking (Adj): phá kỉ lục Myriad: vô số
Blubber (n): mỡ cá voi Insulation (n): sự cô lập
Tissue (n): mô Frosty (adj): băng giá, giá rét
Bowhead whale (n): cá voi đầu cong Yearling whale (n): cá voi săn mồi
3. Flow-chart/Diagram/Table Completion
degradation of productive land proceeds at varying rates
intensify a climate trend initiate a change in climate
resulting in greater aridity
depletion of vegetation depletion of soils
5. Summary Completion (with options)
1.E
2.F
3.G C
F. Further practice with extracted text
Ex1
1. Friday the 13th instances
2. Garden of Eden
3. Good Friday
4. demonize
5. ubiquitous
Ex2
27. private seawater plants
28. breathing and reproduction
29. the gills
30. the dinosaurs dolphins
Ex3
34. three measurements
35. triangular graph
36. cluster
37. amphibious
38. half way
39. dry-land tortoises.
Ex6
30.F
31.B
32.G
33.E
34.A
G. Further Practice with official test
Ex1
31.E
32.B G
33.F A
34.G C
Ex2
19. security procedures
20. final destination
21. airlines
22. space
23. airlines
24. five years
25. local
26. flights
Ex3
24. on-board computer
25. ultrasound signals
26. touch-screen
Ex4
10. group
11. waggle dance
12. volume
13. democratic
Ex5
33. behavior
34. turn-taking
35. interuptions
36. belong
37. distress levels
38. exclusion
39. agreement
40. content
Ex6.
37. generation
38. citizen
39. abstract
40. rhyme
Ex7
37. F
38. H
39. K
40. G
Ex8
22. food bills
23. industrial agriculture
24. organic farming
25. Greener Food Standard
26. consumers
27. farmers
Ex9
7. C
8. M
9. F
10. D
11. N
12. O
13. E
Ex10
7. science
8. economy
9. guidelines
10. language
11. teaching resources
12. Master’s degree
13. respect
Ex11
35. walkplace
36. acquaintances
37. conversations
38. Internet
39. cities
Ex12
14. hairs
15. electric charge
16. pores
17. water
18. concave
Ex13
18. ertilizer
19. lasers
20. cereals
21. communication
Ex14
8. North America
9. mortality
10. stored carbon
11. winds
12. drought
13. bark beetle