LEISURE TIME 1A. Pronunciation: /u:/ and /a! I Put the words with the underlined part into the correct column, good school book wood moon food foot tool cook took cartoon spoon ‘fool broom — look ‘00 shook 200 fol ful MI. Underline the /o/ sound, and double underline the /u:/ sound. Then practise reading ‘these sentences. 2. The boy ate the food with a spoon. 3. They were walking in the woods and enjoying the moon. 4. Students are using the brooms to clean the schoolyard. 5. Children looked at the cartoon book when they sat on the stool in the 200. 1B. Vocabulary + Leisure activities 1. Fill in the blanks with the correct words or phrases matching with the verbs. Maybe ‘Some verbs can be used more than once. aitting cycling sport in the park with friends messages basketball cooking emails puzzles shopping, time on your own DIY fishing computer skills building dollhouses free time with other people ‘making paper flowers something about the world 1. spend 2. hang out 3. love 4. g0 5. play 6 send Bai tp Ting Anh 8 (khong dap dn) - Unit 1: Leisure Time - 52 do 8. Team 1, Complete the sentences with the words given below. nitting DIY relaxation message surfing paper flowers creativity hanging out dollhouse puzzles 1. He spent a lot of time listening to records and just, with friends. 2. Jack does the newspaper crossword ‘every Sunday moming. 3. She is busy. baby clothes, 4a is @ toy house with small furniture and sometimes dolls in it for children to play with, 5. On the table was a vase of colourful 6. My brother is @ real ‘enthusiast; he repairs things around the house every weekend. 7. You ean several people at once —it's very convenient. 8." Many young people spend hours the Internet. 9. 1 g0 fishing for 10. ‘and originality are more important than technical skills. IIL Complete the text with the words below. goswimming — go 30 for g010 beach ienic: the guitar play shopping parties My Free Time by Lisa Igo! ‘on Saturday aftemoons with my friends. It’s my favourite free time activity. And love having ? , but my parents aren’t very keen on them. don’t the gym, but 14 ‘a walk every day. I don’t § footbali or basketball, bt | sometimes & bowling on Friday evenings with my family. Inthe summer holidays, enjoy going to the” andI* inthe sea, It's great. I enjoy having a” in the park with my friends when the weather is hot too. My ambition is to learn to play like Eric Clapton, IV. Complete the sentences with the activities below. Use the correct form of the verbs. design websites do athletics gohorseriding go sailing take photos ‘meet friends play ina band do dance lessons 1. Nick and Jack . They're guitarists and they're really good. 2. My sister in town on Saturday afternoons. They go to the cinema or they go shopping. 3. I've got my own computer and I like ‘and writing a blog. 4d every Saturday morning, I'm learning ballet, 1s difficult but great fun. 5. My brother at the sports stadium on Sunday mornings. 6. My cousin atthe weekends. She's got her own horse called Charlie. 7. In my fee time, Tove going out with my camera and of people, animals and buildings. 6 Lats Holing Tri& Let's at summer camp this year. It looks fim and there's a beautiful lake there, YV. Complete the sentences with the activities below. speaking English listening to music reading acting cooking swimming 1. She likes ‘and goes to the pool in the sports centre every day. 2. Phong is in the drama club. He likes ‘and wants to become an actor one day, 3. Mai loves languages. She likes when she can, s0 she goes to classes twice a week. 4. My brother doesn’t books, but he likes comies and magazines. 5, My best friend likes in her bedroom every evening. Her favourite band is The Sheep. 6 Do you like ? Tove making new things in the kitchen. ‘VI. Complete the leaflet with the words below. There is one word that you do not need, novel video games support watch hang check bake Jewellery social networking After School is Cool Do you sit at home and 1 DVDs every afternoon? Are you fed up with playing adventure? all weekend? Do you want to make new friends? Atthe After School centre, we have courses and activities for everyone. New members are always welcome. Cookery course Learn to make soup, cook spaghetti? cakes and much more, Stats at 4 pm on Monday. Book club Read at and discuss it with your friends. We choose a different book every, week. See you atthe school library at 2 pm on Tuesday. Arts and crafts weekend Learn to make § ~cartings, necklaces and bracelets, Sat-Sun, 10 am, K-festival Come and & ‘out the new bands from the area, listen to cool music and. z ‘out with friends in the sun, Dorney Park, 15 Oct. Help a silver surfer Volunteers wanted! Can you teach an old person how to use ® sites and send emails? If you have some free time on Thursday afternoon, we'd like to hear from you. Contact info@afterschool.com for more information, ‘VII. Complete each gap in the dialogue with ONE appropriate word. Phong: What do you often do! the weekend, Jack? Jack: Toften go to the movies * my friends, Phong: How? ‘do you do that? ‘Bai tép Ting Anh 8 (khong dap én) - Unit 1: Leisure Time - 7About once a week. also go swimming on Sunday morning Do you like music? Do you often ¢ to music? Yes, I often do that § ‘the evening. How about weekdays? Tm always busy ¢ the week Why? I do my homework and help my parents” the housework Isometimes* TV when Thave free Phong, let's {0 to the cafeteria and ‘cold drink. Phong: That's a good idea! VIII. Complete each gap in the text with ONE appropriate word, A magazine survey of 13 years old show ! American teenagers like to do in their free time. Here are some most * ‘activities. Eating * fast food restaurants is one of their favourite. Some young people attend youth organizations such as * and guides, ‘Many of them lear to play a(n) © instrument, Most of the young enjoy ® shopping. Watching television is also their enjoyment. Some like to go to the movies while others * to music. Several of them collect things, such as stamps or coins. A few ® ‘models of things, such as cars or planes, ‘There are many volunteers who help old people their shopping or cleaning. Now teenagers are doing more service, + Expressions about likes and dislikes IX. Complete the sentences with the words below. into fond keen incorested about 1. Thave always been very of your mother. 2. Twasn’t ‘on going to the party 3. I’mnot particularly inant. 4. Nam is crazy football 5. Heis surfing the Internet in his free time. © Prepositions X. Complete each sentence with the correct preposition. 1, Dad really enjoys chatting people from other countries. 2. He's beginning to like Japanese food, and he prefers rice potatoes. 3. Many people now rely the Internet for news, 4. Eating fast food will have an effect, ‘your health ‘5. Some children have become addicted surfing the Internet. 6. My uncle writes short stories his free time, 7. You can find Tom at the hall —he often hangs there. 8, The newspaper provides a forum discussion of the topic. 9. This book is a guide Vietnamese birds. 10, We hope that there will be an inerease Ieisure time. 8 - Li Hong Tri11. There should be a ban, talking loudly in cinemas. 12. Mai sat ‘the computer writing an email to he- penfriend. 1C. Grammar Verbs of liking + gerunds / to-infinitives 1. Complete the sentences with the simple present form of the verbs given below. do eat g0 meet ride shop study ©= like, enjoy; OO = love; ® = don’t like, dislike; ®@ = hate 1, Nam his new bike. 0@ 2. He to school on the bike. @ 3. He tests. @ 4. He in supermarkets. @8 5. He ar. 6. He meat. © 7. He new people. 2 II, Complete the sentences with the verb + -ing. do g0 play ski sim watch 1, Susan loves judo. 2. They enjoy the Olympies on TV. 3. We really like in the Alps in February. 4, Sam hates boxing but he loves football S. Ldon’t like in the pool at the sports centre 6. Do you like running in the morning? IIL. Complete the conversations with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Mai: 1 (not like / watch) football. I ? (hate stand) around and ™ (get) cold. Lan: Me, too. 14 (prefer / be) indoors. 1 * (not mind / play) football - on my computer! Ha ha! I know your brother's really good at football, Mai. 6 (he ‘ike / play) atthe back? Mai: Tuan? No, he 7 (prefer / play) centre forward. He * (ike / score) goals! Great pass, Tuan! Lan, do you like football? No, but she? (not mind / watch) Tuan! 1D. Reading 1 Read the webpage and do the tasks that follow. Free Time How can you make your free time really free? We've got the solutions to your problems. i Problem: I'm keen on sport, but the gym is expensive, Lewis, 12 Bai top Ting Anh 8 (khong dp dn) - Unit 1: Leisure Time «9Solution: Organize some sport in a park near your house. It’s easy! Ask your friends to come too. Take a football, a basketball or a skateboard. Have fun! 2. Problem: I love old films, but my parents haven't got a film channel. Martha, 13. Solution: Don’t worry! Have your own film night with some friends and a DVD, Cook a pizza and you've got a fantastic night in! Have your friends got a film channel? Go to their house! Remember to check with their parents first. 3. Problem: I'm really into good food, but I never go to restaurants, Sally, 13 Solution: Take tums to cook a meal for friends at the weekend. Choose interesting recipes and ask your parents to buy the ingredients, ‘Task 1. Match 1-3 with a topic below. films food sport ‘Task 2. Read the webpage aj 1, What is the aim of the text? A. To give people ideas about how to use their free time, B. To tell people about how to join a gym and do sport, €. To tell people about different film channels on TV. 2. What does it say about organizing sport in the park? A. It's hard to organize, but cheap. B. It’s easy to organize, but it’s expensive. C. ILisn't difficult or expensive to organize. 3. How can you organize your own film night? A. Buy a DVD and ask your family to watch it with you, B. Choose a DVD and invite your friends over. C. Choose a DVD and watch it on your own, 4. What is it a good idea to do if you want to watch a film ata friend’s house? A. Ask their parents if t's OK. B. Invite a big group of friends. . Text your friend to say which film you'd like to watch. 5. What does the webpage suguest if you never go to restaurants? ‘A. Ask your parents to cook your favourite meal, BB. Ask your friends to take you to a restaurant, C. Choose a recipe and cook @ meal for your friends. HL A new report into teenagers’ leisure time has some surprising results. Read it and fill in each blank with the correct figure from the report. In this digital age, many people think that young adults spené all their time on the computer. And a new government survey of how young adults spend their leisure time says that 87 percent of people in the UK between the ages of 13 10 19 use the Intemet every day. But it’s still important for young people to go out with friends, And the most popular evening out is going to the cinema: 42 percent say it’s their favourite way to spend an evening. in and choose the correct answers. 10 Lau Holng TriFor people who don’t go out, not surprisingly, television is more popular than radio. 82 © pereent say that they watch television for more than ten hours « week — mainly for films and” ‘news programmes ~ but only 23 percent listen to the radio. Music is always a favourite topic, but it seems that many people listen to music than can play a musical instrument. The survey reveals that 38 pereent watch lve music, but 30 percent of people between 13 and 19 can play a musical instrument. Only 32 percent of young adults play sports; with football, swimming, and cycling the ‘most popular activities, But that means that more than two-thirds don’t play any sport! Leisure Time Survey of Teenagers In The UK ot percent of teenagers use the Internet every day. ‘+ The most popular leisure activity is going to the cinema:*__percent say itis theit favourite evening activity + 3___ percent of people say that they watch TV for more than *__hours a week, but only percent listen tothe radio, + ‘__ percent of young people watch live music, but only 7__pereent ean play musical instrument. ‘= Only*___percent of young adults play sports. Football, swimming, and cycling are the mast popular sports IIL Read the passage about Phong’s weekend and answer the questions. ‘On Friday’s afternoon, after school, I usually surf the Net or listen to music. In the evening I often go to the cinema with my friends. On Saturday morning I get up late and have breakfast. Then I play football with my classmates in the park. In the afternoon I watch TV (usually a football match). In the evening I go to my best friend’s place — we sometimes play computer games, or we talk. On Sunday moming I do my homework. Then I listen to music or watch TV. On Sunday evening I surf the Net again, or read a book.” Phong 1, Where does Phong often go on Friday evening? 2, When does he play football? 3. What does he watch on Saturday afternoon? 4. What does he do on Sunday morning? 5. When does he surf the Net? IV. Read the passage carefully, and then answer the questions below. In the 1970s, skateboarding suddenly became very popular. At first, skateboarders moved slowly on flat, smooth areas. Then they began to ride quickly. This is called ‘freestyle’ skateboarding. Soon they were skateboarding skillfully up ramps and doing tricks in the air. This is called ‘ramp’ skateboarding. Then they started skateboarding and doing tricks on the street. This was ‘stret-style” skateboarding —a combination of feestyle and ramp. For this, the skateboarders needed protective clothing such as knee and elbow pads and helmets. This allowed them to skateboard safely. ‘Today skateboarding is still a very popular sport, and there are lots of competitions. ‘Bai tap Tiéng Anh 8 (khong dap dn) - Unit 1: Leisure Time - 11Note: skateboarding (n) = mon tragt vin 1. When did skateboarding become very popular? 2. What are the three styles of skateboarding? 3. What was ‘street-style’ skateboarding? 4. Why do ‘street-style” skateboarders need protective clothing? ‘5. Do you think skateboarding is a very popular sport now? Why or why not? 'V. Read the passage about British and American teenagers, and answer the questions. Sport: In the UK, football, rugby, tennis and basketball are the most popular sports for teenagers. In the USA, American football, athletics, basketball and baseball are popular. ‘The Internet and television: Teenagers in both the UK and the USA today watch television Jess than before but they use the Internet more. They spend over 25 hours a week online, Pocket money and shopping: The average teenager in the UK gets about £7 a week pocket money. In the USA itis about $10. They spend their money on clothes and going out, but ‘magazines, presents and snacks are also important. Friends: The average British and American teenager has seven close friends. He or she has sixteen online friends on social network websites, 1. What sports do British and American teenagers play in their free time? 2. How long do they spend online? 3. How much pocket money do they get? 4. What do they spend it on? 5, How many online friends do they have? ‘VI. Read the text, and answer the questions. * How People Across the World Spend Their Free Time © Internet People from Canada spend, on average, 43.5 hours per week online, 8 hours longer than the next highest, the USA. One reason: Canada has long, cold winters so people spend lots of time indoors. © Sport Football is king. In second place, surprisingly, itis cricket. Only afew nations play the game seriously, but it’s very popular in India, which has 1.2 billion people. 12- Lis Holing Tri© Outdoors New Zealanders spend the most time outdoors. The countryside is perfeet for hiking, ‘mountain climbing, and water sports. Ifyou live in New Zealand, you're never more than {wo hours’ drive from the sea, And then there isthe rugby, t00, © Bars Spain has six bars per 1,000 people, easily the highest namber. In Spain, a bar is for families, not just drinkers I's a meetin place and often an eating plac. © Galleries and Museums ‘The UK has six ofthe top 20 most visited art galleries and mascums in the world, neluding the National Gallery, the British Museum and Tate Modern ow “The biggest TV-watchers are in Thailand. They spend 22.4 hours a week watching TV. ‘The second place comes the Philippines (21 hours) and in third place, Eaypt (20.9 hours), is famous for its never-ending soap opera © Party its impossible to say who partes the most, but Brazil's annial carnival makes ita good choice. Some of the best cities for parying include Bangkok (friendly people, great nightlubs), Berlin (live musi scene), andthe island of Ibiza (dance musi) © Exercising The biggest exereisers are people from Greece and Estonia. Over 80 percent of people in those counties exercise regularly. In both countries, foothll andthe Olympie sports are the most popular, but Estonia has one very special game: ie cricket. 1. Who spends the mast time on the internet? 2, What is the world’s most popular spor? 3. Who spends the most time outdoors? 4. Which country has the most bars per person? 5. Which country has the most popular galleries and museums? 6. Which nation watches the most TV? 1. Which country parties the mos? 8. Who exercises the most? VIL. Read the text, and then do the following tasks. ‘Trapped in the Net —————— ‘enny Foxton isa secondary student, but she’s also got another life. She spends all night on the net, Every night she tums on her laptop and visits a virtual world called Habbo, where users can Bai tap Ting Anh 8 (khong dap an) - Unit 1: Leisure Time - 13create avatars, rooms and communities. Jenny's avatar buys clothes and also furniture for her room, using virtual money. When she isn't buying virtual things, her avatar moves from place toplace, chatting to some of the millions of people who join Habbo in the UK. ‘Tom Dobson's life on the internet is different, but also very time-consuming and obsessive. “Attwo or three o’clock in the moming, Tom is often fighting battles with ogres on his computer. ‘Tom hasn't slept. His mother made him a sandwich seven hours ago, but he hasnt eaten it. He's cone of eleven million people who play World of Warcraft online, His battle continues Itean be cool to blog, chat, or play games online, but when you've been on the internet forty- eight hours non-stop, or more than a hundred hours a week, your idea of reality changes, ‘This can happen to real addicts, who often fee! tied, depressed, and isolated. Most people use the internet sensibly, but between five and ten per cent of internet users are addicted to the web and psychologists now recognize this as a problem. Internet addiction has ruined people’s education, relationships and careers. It's now one of the main reasons why university students fail. If you spend more time online than offline, maybe it’s time to come back to real life and find some help. There are clinics, advice and cures if you've got a problem. And a lot of them are online, of course. ‘Task 1. Match the headings a-e with the paragraphs 1-4. There is one heading that you do not need. a. Online Gamer . Do Something about It ¢. Stolen Identity 4. A New Identity €. Serious Symptoms ‘Task 2. Complete the summary of the text with six of the words given below. lay games messages psychologists internet chat rooms real virtual online ‘This text describes two people's experience of the ! . Jenny spends time in a community while Tom * ‘online. These days some people spend” more time in 4 and on game sites than with their fiends. It's a problem which © have now identified and which they ean treat. ‘Task 3. Find the nouns in the text that go with these verbs. Example: sun on — laptop 1. fight, 2 use 3. play 4. recognize S. ruin 6. spend VIII. Read the text, and do the following tasks. ‘Teen Second Life Jan Hofman has never scored less than 80% in an English test and his spoken English is amazing. But Jan doesn’t have extra English classes at school and he doesn’t read an English 14- Liu Holing Tridictionary. Infact, Jan spends at least three hours a day playing a game online. What’s his secret? Why is Jan so brilliant at English? His seoret is TSL - Teen Second Life. TSL isa virtual world for thirteen to seventeen-year-olds and it’s, fre to join. In TSL, teenagers from around the world have their ‘own avatar, Avatars can go shopping and spend money — ‘Linden dollars’ — in the shops. They can make friends and play spors. ‘They can even join a band and play music! How has TSL helped Jan Hofman to improve his English? “There are alot of places in TSL. where you can improve your English,” explains Jan. ‘The British Council has got special istand in TSL, ‘and I've spent most of my time there. They don’t give English lessons, but there are games andl ‘competitions in English, Ialso like the Global Kids Island, where Ileam a lot about social and world ‘problems, all in English. The best thing about TSL is simply chatting, I love messaging players fiom other countries. I think anyone who wants to practise their English should fog on to TSL!” ‘Task 1. Choose the correct answers. 1, Jan Hofiman’s English is very good b.OK c.really bad 2. Jan Hofiman a. reads dictionaries b has extra English lessons plays a game online 3. TSLis a.aschool b. a dictionary c.agame 4, TSL has helped Jan to practise English learn about England, spend money ‘Jan enters competitions on the island, a. British Council's, Global Kids Linden 6. TSL is a good place to a. play computer games . communicate in English «discuss the world's problems ‘Task 2. Answer the questions. Write complete sentences. 1. Does Jan spend a long time online? 2, How much doesiteosttojoinTSL?—=—=S=SOSC*~*~“‘<=*~*<‘ er er ere IV. Match the questions to the answers below. ‘A. Oh, yes. Sometimes we fight cats and dogs, but in the end, we are good friends and ‘good sisters. B. Ihave a nuclear family, my parents, my younger sister and I. C. We read books together and watch films or web series. ‘Bai t6p Ting Anh 8 (khong dép in) - Unit 1: Leisure Time 17D. When I don't feel good, she is always beside to encourage me. E. It’s my sister ~ she’s a thoughtful and very friendly git F, We share our interests with each other, and good or bad experiences. ‘Who do you live with? Who do you spend most of your free time with? ‘What do two of you do in your free time? Have you two ever had arguments? ‘What activities do both of you often do in the free time? In what way ean your sister help you? BPO rer eh ere a> Inviting and accepting invitations V. Order the sentences to make a suitable dialogue. ‘A: That would be great, See you later then. B: OK, Bye CC: I’m going to see a new fantasy film with some friends tomorrow. Do you fancy coming? Pm not sure. I'l text you, OK? I'd love to, What time? VI. Put the dialogue in the correct order. Number the sentences. Yes, it’s fantastic, I'm going there tomorrow. Do you fancy coming? All right. See you tomorrow then. Bye! Hi, Mai. I haven’t seen you for a while. How are things? No, Ihaven’t. But I've heard it’s brilliant. Nine o'clock, I think. But I'll text you later, OK? ‘Yes, I'd love to. That would be great, What time? Fine, thanks. Have you been to that new sports centre yet? Not bad. How are you? 1F. Writing ‘© Writing an email about leisure activities with friends ‘Write an email to a penfriend to tell him / her about what you usually do with your friends in your free time, using the form and the cues below. ~ alot of things /1/ do / my friends = g0/ the cinemas / watch films / weekends 18 - Luu Holng Trt= g0/long walks / or / exercise together = host /a games night /or/ play games / online — also make dinner together / each / bring a dish = volunteer /or/ attend /a class /a course together Hi Ann, Its nice to hear from you again. Let me tell you about what Ido in my free time. TEST (UNIT 1) 1. Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined. 1. Acschool B. food foot D. fool 2. A.good B. wood . shook D. 200 3. A. spoon B. took C.could D. wood 4. A. food B. door cartoon D. broom 5. A.wood B. look C. shook D. poor TL Complete the sentences with the words given. surfing memories messaged sented improved make friends hangout —_eyeling relaxation prezles 6 My grandmother some gloves for me. 7. Tused t0 ‘with them when I was at primary school. He sits on a bench, re-reads the moming newspaper, and tries to do the crossword in his head. 9. We like to go at weekends 10. Nam me the news about the geography field trip 11, Iwas the Internet looking for information on classical music. 12, He goes hillowalking for 13, The photos bring back lots of good z 14, The event has both her mental and physical health, 15, Jack finds it hard to ‘with other chien in the new school. Bai tgp Tiéng Anh 8 (khong dap dn) - Test Unit 1)-19IIL. Complete the sentences with the correct prepositions. 16, He is particularly keen football. 17, Weave grown fond the house and don’t want to leave. 18, All she is interested is clothes. 19, Both my uncles are crazy old motorcycles. 20, I'm really. folk music —I always listen to it in my free time. 21, He did it ‘his own ~ all his friends were busy. 22, ['ve never mastered the art making paper flowers. - What do you like to do ‘your free time? jack and Tina talk about their leisure activities. Complete what they say with the verbs ‘below in the correct simple present form. Some verbs may be used more than once. listen to watch go ‘go out play use Jack: My computer is very important to me. I'm a student at Manchester University, so 1 7 the Internet alot for my studies and my friends and 1? a Tot of computer games. I don’t any sport. 1?” 0 evening classes twice a week; it's a course on Computer Skills. On other nights, 1 ” with friends — we usually to the cinema ‘Tina; Pm an amateur musician, so music is my life! 1° the radio nearly all day — mainly classical or jazz. When 1° TTV, it'salways a music channel. even ®. rmusie when to the gym! I the piano and the saxophone. And 1™: alot of ive musie in my free time 'V. Complete the sentences in Mais e-mail with the correct form ofthe verb in brackets. Hi Susan! Well, I'm here in Ha Noi, now. I see quite a lot of my cousin Hoa because we 7 (enjoy / do) the same things. I have some new friends called David and John, David is very good at computers and he” (not mind /help) me 60 that’s good. John is really nice too. He ™ (play) basketball and he ” (Go// skateboard) quite a lot. His brother Toby is 18 and he’s really coo! but he ®. (prefer / play) football. 1. (do) ‘gymnastics once a week and Hoa ® (do) karate. She prefers indoor sports because she # (Got ike get) cold! Write soon! Love, Mai 2 VI. Read the conversation and put the sentences (A-F) inthe correct places (44-48). There is one extra question. ‘A. Who's she? B, Not just a name on a computer sereen. . Does she live near here? D. Do you fancy coming with us? . Are you there? F. How do you know her? 20- Luu Holing TrtHii, Susan, I'm going out with Hoa and Lan this evening. We're ‘going to have something to eat and then go to the cinema. Tean’t. I'm going to chat with Linda. ‘She's my bestfriend. You don’t know her: We chat online, She’s great. No. She's from Scotland. I really like her; we chat all the time. Come on, Susan. She's not your real friend. Let's go and have a drink and a cake. [Pm not hungry. Anyway, I want to go to the Internet café. Linda might be ontine. Well, I'm going to meet Hoa and Lan in the canteen. You know, real people you can talk to. VII. Read the review of a video game. Put the comments in the correct order (49-54). A. What happens in the game B. The kind of game C. The name of the game D. What features it has E. The price F. Problems with the game [II By SimsEan [love “The Sims"! I's strategy game and you control the lives of eartoon characters ~ the Sims". You help them work, play, shop and do things in theirhouses. I bought the fist Sims when I was thirteen and I played it every day. This new version is much better ~ it has got amazing graphics, lots of new and fun characters and incredible music. But it does crash sometimes. © It’s nota cheap game (£19.99), but i is great fun! VIII. Read the article and then decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F). So Strange! People Have Strange Hobbies Mr. and Mrs, Ball live in Oxford. They collect garden gnomes. They have 225 in their garden! The gnomes are all different colours and come from different countries. ‘Today, Mr. and Mrs Ball are preparing a big garden party for their gnomes. They are putting lanterns on the trees and decorating the garden with colourful balloons, “We're writing 225 invitations and we are putting up litle tables and chars for the gnomes,” Mrs. Ball says, “I's a lot of work, but it's fun.” Note: (garden) gnome (n) = tugng thin lin gitt cia 85. Mr. and Mrs. Ball come from England. 436. They collect garden plants ‘Bai t6p Tigng Anh & (Bhong dép dn) - Test Unit 1) -24‘57. There are a lot of gnomes in Mr. and Mrs, Ball’s garden. 58. The gnomes are all from the UK. 59, The gnomes are not very colourful 60. Mr. and Mrs. Ball have had a party. 61, Mr. and Mrs. Ball will invite all their gnomes to the party. 62, Mr. and Mrs. Ball hope that the party will be enjoyable, IX, Read the passage carefully, and do the tasks that follow. ‘Task 1. Mateh the headings (A-E) to the paragraphs (63-67). ‘A. No computers for two days. B, Never agai C. Homework wasn’t as easy. . [used my phone more. E. I didn’t want to listen to them talking! No computer day! How did you survive? 6. Ben, Luton, UK It was very difficult, I had quite alot of homework to do. Usually, I use the computer to find information and I write my essay on it. My dad has los of books, atlases and reference books, but almost all of them are out of date! It wasn’t difficult to find information, but it took more time. 64, __Jenny, Des Moines, USA 1 didn’t have email contact with my friends. I hate it! I sent a lot of texts. A few of my friends also turned off their computers, but most of them didn’t. On Sunday, there were lots of emails to read. 65. __David, Los Angeles, USA usually listen to sports onthe Intemet on Saturdays. can listen to baseball from anywhere in the USA or football from Europe. I listened to my mum's small kitchen radio. It was awful. There was no football at all. won't join in the next “no computer” day! 66. ___ Sara, Richmond, UK My main problem was music, The batteries in my MP3 player were flat. Idon’thave a DVD player ~ only on my computer — so I listened to the radio. It wasn’t very good. A few DIs are OK, but most of them talk too much, 67, _Lisa, Swansea, Wales I read a lot. My mum has some good books. It was very relaxing. Usually, my eyes hurt in the evening. Last Saturday, they were fine. I went to bed earlier, toc. The next day, I didn't tum on my computer at all I wanted to finish my book. Task 2. Mateh the words / phrases (68-72) with their meanings (F-J). Write the answer in each blank. 68. survive (v) _ Aradevice giving electricity 169, atlas (n) —— Beeontinue to live 70, outof date (adj) Ca book of maps 71, battery (n) —__ Dynot working ‘72. flat (adi) E. no longer used 22 Lat Holing TetX. Write an email to a penfriend to tell him / her about what you usually do with your friends in your free time, using the form and the cues below. 73, many fun things / do with friends / our free time / without / spend / much time 74, one / great things / you can do / have fun / friends / to go to a park / You / organise / a picnic spend / some time / nature 75, we/ watch people /and enjoy friendly talks / our friends 76. at the local park / we / also bring along /a ball / play football / or /a shuttlecock and a net 77. besides sports / camping / also /a cheap and fun hobby / you enjoy / friends / You / share 78, you/hang out / and / play! all sorts / board games / large groups or small ones / You / hold / tournament / and / compete against each other 79, you go / the school club / friends / share / same passions / you 80. this / @ great reason / organise monthly gatherings / learn new things / and / make / friendship / last, Hi Jack, It’s nice to hear from you again, Let me tell you about what I do in my free time. 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