You will hear a woman talking about changes that happened in her city. Listen and fill in the blanks. You will hear the information twice.

(Bạn sẽ nghe một người phụ nữ nói về những thay đổi đã xảy ra ở thành phố của cô ấy. Nghe và điền vào chỗ trống. Bạn sẽ nghe thông tin hai lần.)

0. The changes happened last year.

(Những thay đổi đã xảy ra vào năm ngoái.)

1. The city built ________________ new parks.

2. The number of _______________ was rising.

3. It took people, on average, ____________________ to get to work.

4. The city also built more _________________ for the poor.

5. Homeless people can call _________________ to get help.

4. There are ___ in the schools every year.

A. more teachers

B. fewer teachers

C. more children

D. fewer children

5. He thinks the city should ___ to encourage people to have children.

A. make school cheaper

B. make child care free

C. make families rich

D. make safer roads

Circle correct words.

(Khoanh tròn những từ đúng.)

1. There are so many more cars on the streets now that there are ____________ every day.

    A. traffic jams                B. crosswalks                     C. owners                    D. congested

2. If there aren’t enough jobs, people will ____________ to find work.

    A. rise                            B. ban                                C. direct                      D. struggle

3. If the subway is free, it will ____________ people to use public transportation.

    A. will encouraging                  B. encourage           C. encouraging D. encouraged

4. The number of car owners in the city is ____________.

    A. struggling                  B. attracting             C. rising                  D. directing

5. Some people think that the government should ____________ cars in the city center.

    A. homeless                   B. ban                                C. accident                   D. sidewalk

6. If someone loses their job and their apartment, they can become ____________.

    A. struggle                               B. an owner             C. homeless                 D. a pedestrian

7. The cost of growing ____________ is rising every year.

    A. crops                         B. children              C. sidewalks           D. accidents

8. People struggle to get to work when the streets are very ____________.

    A. direct                         B. homeless             C. congested           D. crosswalk

Finish each of sentences so they have the same meaning as the sentence before it.

(Hoàn thành mỗi câu sao cho nghĩa tương tự như câu trước đó.)

1. We’re polluting so many rivers that there won’t be any fish left in ten years.

    There won’t be__________________________________________________________________

2. The old bridge was causing so many traffic jams that the government built a new one.

    The government built ____________________________________________________________

3. The government banned karaoke businesses after 10 p.m. because they were making so much noise.

    Karaoke businesses were __________________________________________________________

4. The population is rising so quickly that they’ll have to build five new apartment buildings by 2030.

    They’ll have to __________________________________________________________________

5. There won’t be any tourists in ten years because businesses are closing so much.

    Businesses are __________________________________________________________________

6. The city built lots of new crosswalks because there were so many pedestrians.

    There were _____________________________________________________________________

7. People were throwing away so much trash that the government banned plastic bags.

    The government _________________________________________________________________

8. People had a hard time finding houses because the population increased so quickly.

    The population increased _________________________________________________________

a. Circle the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.

(Khoanh tròn từ khác với ba từ còn lại ở vị trí trọng âm chính trong mỗi câu hỏi sau.)

1.  A. traffic                       B. struggle               C. direct                  D. homeless

2.  A. criminal                    B. congested            C. accident              D. government

b. Circle the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.

(Khoanh tròn từ có phần gạch chân phát âm khác với những từ còn lại.)

1.  A. pedestrian       B. ban                     C. accident              D. traffic jam

2.  A. encourage       B. government         C. congested            D. damage

Look at the signs. Choose the best answers.

(Nhìn vào các biển báo. Chọn câu trả lời tốt nhất.)

1. What does the sign mean?

    A. Don’t take the grass home.

    B. No littering on the grass.

    C. Don’t bring grass here.

    D. Don’t walk on the grass.

2. What does the sign tell you?

    A. Pedestrians can use this place.

    B. Only cars can enter.

    C. No motorbikes can enter this place.

    D. Cars should drive slowly.

Choose the correct answer (A, B, C, or D).

(Chọn câu trả lời đúng (A, B, C hoặc D).)

1. Brian: “What problem did the government solve recently?”

    Susan: “People ____________________ so much that the government added more trash cans in the streets.”

    A. was littering    B. littering               C. litters                  D. were littering

2. Trang: “We are damaging ________________ that we won’t be able to grow crops.”

    Mark: “Yes. We need to do something to stop it.”

    A. so land            B. so many land       C. so much land       D. much land

3. Sarah: “Was life hard when you looked for work for a long time, Gary?”

    Gary: “Yes. _________________.”

    A. It was homeless B. My job banned me C. I struggle a lot D. I encourage them

4. Charlie: “What happened when the population increased?”

    Lương: “The population increased so _____________ that many people couldn’t find houses.

    A. many                         B. quickly               C. direct                  D. congested

In pairs: Talk about some problems in your town/city and the result of each problem. What are some solutions for each problem?

(Theo cặp: Nói về một số vấn đề ở thị trấn/thành phố của bạn và hậu quả của từng vấn đề. Một số giải pháp cho từng vấn đề là gì?)

Write about two problems your town or city has and suggest potential solutions. Write 100 to 120 words.

(Viết về hai vấn đề mà thị trấn hoặc thành phố của bạn gặp phải và đề xuất các giải pháp tiềm năng. Viết 100 đến 120 từ.)