Bài tập Tuần 22+23 môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 9

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1. TUẦN 22- 23 READING I. Read the passage and do the tasks that follow. Mother's Day The second Sunday in May is Mother's Day. It is a public holiday in both Britain and America. On that day children send Mother's Day cards to their mothers. They give their mothers flowers or sweets as presents. Fathers and children do the cooking so that mothers can have a rest. In the USA, Mother's Day started in 1860s. There was a small town called Prunty town in the middle of the USA. People in the town fought against each other during a war. After the war they hated each other. Mrs Ann Reeves Janis wanted the people to make friends with each other again. So she started "Mother's Friendship Day". On that day she visited all the other mothers in the town and said: "Let us be friends with each other again". Her idea succeeded. The same thing happened in other parts of the country. After she died, her daughter carried on her idea. In 1908 Mother's Friendship Day" became Mother's Day. Answer the questions. A. Answer questions 1. What do children do on Mother's Day? ___ 2. Which town was Mother's Day started? ___ 3. Why did the people in Pruntytown hate each other? ___ 4. Did Mrs A.R. Janis idea stop after her death? ___ B.Tick () True or False to the following statements. 1. Mrs Janis started "Mother's Friend Day" in Pruntytown. 2. Mothers met on “Mother's Friendship Day" in Pruntytown. 3. "Mother's Friendship Day" was born after a war. 4. "Mother's Day" was first named "Mother's Friendship Day" II. Reading the passage carefully. A.Fill in the blanks with proper words, then answer the following questions. power - effective - nuclear - advanced - pollution heat - stored - electricity - energy - panels Are you looking for a cheap, clean, (1) ___ source of power that doesn't cause (2) ___ or waste natural resources? Look no further than solar (3) ___ from our Sun. At present, most of our (4) ___ comes from the use of coal and gas, oil or (5) ___ power. This power could be provided by the Sun. one percent of the solar energy that reaches the Earth is enough to provide (6) ___ for the total population. Many countries are already using solar energy. Solar (7) ___ are placed on the roofs of a house and the Sun's energy is used to (8) water. The energy can be (9) ___ for a number of days, so on cloudy days you can use solar energy, too. Sweden has an (10) ___ solar energy program. There, all buildings will be heated by solar energy and cars will use solar power instead of gas by the year 2015. B.Answer the questions:
2. families. They could stay at home only one day, and then they went ___ (6) to their work. People call that day Mothering Day ___ (7) Mothering Sunday. Later workers at the factories and girls ___ (8) worked in the houses of rich families received one free day a week, and Mothering Day became Mother’s Day. It is the last Sunday in March. VI. Complete the passage with the words in the box, then answer the questions bellow. from as which them because of Everyone wants to reduce pollution. But pollution problem is ___ (1) complicated as it is serious. It is complicated ___ (2) much pollution is caused by things that benefit people. For example, exhaust ___ (3) automobiles causes a large percentage of all air pollution. But automobiles provide transportation for millions of people. Factories discharge much of the material ___ (4) pollutes the air and water, but factories give employment to a large number ___ (5) people. Too much fertilizer or pesticide can ruin soil, but fertilizers and pesticide are important aids to the growing of crops. Thus, to end or reduce pollution immediately, people would have to stop using many things that benefit ___ (6). Most people do not want to do that, of course. But pollution can be gradually reduced in several ways. VII. Complete the passage with the words in the box, then answer the questions bellow. crowded occasion when in during are Tet is a national and family festival. It is an (1) ___ for every Vietnamese to have a good time while thinking about the last year and the next year. At Tet, spring fairs (2) ___ organized, streets and public buildings are brightly decorated and almost all shops are (3) ___ with people shopping for Tet. At home, everything is tidied, special food is cooked, offerings of food, fresh water, flowers and betel are made on the family altar with burning joss-sticks scenting the air. First-footing is made (4) ___ the first visitor comes and children are given lucky money wrapped (5) ___ a red tiny envelope. Tet is also time for peace and love. (6) ___ Tet, children often behave well and friends, relatives and neighbors give each other best wishes for the new year.