6. Read the tweets and complete the hashtags with adjectives from exercise 2.

(Đọc các tweets và hoàn thành các hastags với các tính từ từ Bài 2.)

2. Read the text. Are all lottery winners happy? 

(Đọc đoạn văn trên. Có phải tất cả những người thắng xổ số đều hạnh phúc không?)

Last weekend, somebody bought a lottery ticket, chose all the correct numbers and won millions. How lucky! Or maybe not. In the 1970s, scientists at the University of Illinois studied lottery winners and compared their levels of happiness with other people. The results were interesting. The winners felt delighted for a short time, but after that, their happiness returned to normal levels. A similar study by the University of California in 2008 gave the same results. They looked at lottery winners six months after their win and found completely normal levels of happiness. And for a few unlucky people, a huge lottery win was the start of major problems. Alex Toth, for example, won $13 million in 1990. He stopped working, spent the money quickly and had terrible arguments with his family and friends.

2. Read and listen to the video chat. Why did Anna not enjoy her evening at the cinema?

(Đọc và nghe đoạn video thoại. Tại sao Anna không thích buổi tối của cô ấy tại rạp chiếu phim?)

Sam: Hi, Anna! Did you go out last night?

Anna: Yes, I went to the cinema.

Sam: Oh, really? Who did you go with?

Anna: My sister.

Sam: What did you see?

Anna: The new Jennifer Lawrence film.

Sam: Did you enjoy it?

Anna: No, it wasn't great. And I couldn't see the screen very well. The man in front of me was really tall, and he didn't stop talking to his girlfriend!

Sam: I hate that!

Anna: And that's not all. I lost my mobile! I think I dropped it in the cinema.

2. Read the text. Who replied to Zoe's message? When did they reply, and from where?

(Đọc bài khóa. Ai đã phản hồi tin nhắn của Zoe’s? Họ đã phản hồi khi nào, và ở đâu?)

Message in a bottle

In 1990, Zoe Lemon was on a ferry, sailing from Hull in England to Germany. She was going on holiday with her family. The journey was long and tiring and ten-year-old Zoe soon got bored. To pass the time, she decided to write a message in a bottle and drop it into the sea. 'It will be interesting if someone finds it,' she thought. Then she forgot about the bottle completely.

Twenty-three years later, she was amazed to get a reply from someone in the Netherlands. A man was walking on the beach and was surprised to find Zoe's bottle in the sand. He wrote to the address on the message, where Zoe's parents still live. Zoe was delighted, but it was also very moving for her to see her message again after twenty·three years, and she cried when she read it. 'It's astonishing that the bottle didn't break,' said Zoe. Her five-year-old son thinks it is all very exciting and wants to put a message in a bottle himself!

Tạm dịch:

Tin nhắn trong một cái chai

Vào năm 1990, Zoe Lemon ở trên một chiếc phà, đi từ Hull ở Anh đến nước Đức. Cô ấy đi nghỉ mát với gia đình của cô ấy. Chuyến đi rất dài và mệt mỏi và cô bé Zoe 10 tuổi đã sớm thấy chán. Để giết thời gian, cô ấy quyết định viết một tin nhắn, nhét vào một cái chai rồi thả nó xuống biển. Cô ấy nói rằng: “Sẽ thú vị lắm nếu có ai đó tìm thấy nó.” Sau đó cô ấy hoàn toàn quên mất về chuyện đó.

23 năm sau, cô ấy rất king ngạc khi nhận được lời phản hồi từ ai đó ở Hà Lan. Một người đàn ông đang đi bộ trên bờ biển và rất bất ngờ khi tìm thấy chai của Zoe nằm trong cát. Anh ta viết đến địa chỉ trong tin nhắn, nơi mà bố mẹ Zoe vẫn đang sống. Zoe rất vui mừng, nhưng cũng rất cảm động khi thấy lại bức tin nhắn của cô ấy sau 23 năm, và cô ấy đã khóc khi đọc nó. “Thực sự rất ngạc nhiên khi cái chai không bể”, Zoe cho biết. Đứa nhóc 5 tuổi của cô nghĩ rằng chuyện đó rất thú vị và muốn tự tay bỏ một tin nhắn vào cái chai.

2. Read the Reading Strategy. Then read the text quickly to get a general idea of the meaning. Were your ideas in exercise 1 correct?

(Đọc “Chiến thuật đọc hiểu”. Sau đó đọc bài khóa thật nhanh để lấy ý chính về bài đọc. Ý tưởng của bạn trong bài 1 có đúng không?)

Reading Strategy (Chiến thuật đọc hiểu)

When you do a matching task, follow these steps:

(Khi làm dạng bài nối, làm theo các bước sau:) 

1. Read the text to get a general idea of the meaning. Do not worry if you do not understand every word.

(1. Đọc bài khóa để lấy ý chính. Đừng lo lắng nếu bạn không hiểu tất cả các từ trong bài đọc.)

2. Read the task and all the options carefully.

(2. Cẩn thận đọc đề bài và các lựa chọn.)

3. Read the paragraphs of the text carefully one by one and match them to the correct option.

(3. Cẩn thận đọc từng đoạn văn một và nối chúng với lựa chọn chính xác.)

4. Check that the extra options do not match with any of the paragraphs.

(4. Kiểm tra các lựa chọn thừa không hợp với bất cứ đoạn văn nào.)

3. Read the text again. Match the questions below with paragraphs A-E of the text. 

(Đọc bài khóa một lần nữa. Nối các câu hỏi bên dưới với các đoạn văn (A – E).)

In which paragraph does the writer tell us …

1. when doctors realised Ashlyn had a medical problem?

2. what causes her condition?

3. what happened when she burned her hands?

4. why some people die from this condition?

5. how school life for Ashlyn was unusual?

A life without pain

A. All children hurt themselves from time to time. But when thirteen-year-old Ashlyn Blocker gets injured, she doesn't realise it. Once, when she burned herself, she only knew about it when she looked at her skin. 

B. There was always something different about Ashlyn. As a baby, she didn't cry. When she was eight months old, her parents noticed there was some blood in her eye, so they took her to see a doctor. The doctor found a serious cut in her eye and was shocked. Why didn't the baby cry? Tests showed that Ashlyn had a very unusual medical condition: she couldn't feel any pain. 

C. This condition is very rare: many people who have it die of it. Pain is a natural warning that you're ill or injured. People who can't feel pain lust don't realise they're in danger. 

D. The first few years of Ashlyn's life were very difficult. She often tripped and injured herself. Once, she broke her ankle but she didn't stop running. During school breaks, one teacher watched Ashlyn all the time in the playground and they had to search for cuts. bruises or other injuries.

E. When she was five, Ashlyn's story appeared in newspapers and on TV. Scientists studied her condition and found she has a genetic disorder that means pain signals do not reach her brain. Unfortunately, at the moment, there is no hope of a cure. And, as Ashlyn knows, a life without pain is both difficult and dangerous.

2. Read the descriptions of two events and check your ideas for exercise 1. What do you think of each prank? Use the adjectives below or your own ideas.

childish   clever   cruel   funny   predictable

Sarah_B: Tell us about pranks you played on friends or family members! 

Dave338: When I was about nine years old, I bought an enormous plastic spider from a joke shop. I couldn't wait to play a prank on my sister with it. One morning, I put it in the shower just before my big sister went into the bathroom. I waited outside the door. I heard a really loud scream and my sister ran out of the bathroom. I thought it was really funny, but she was really cross when she found out, and chased me round the house. I feel bad about it now, it took her ages to get over it because she was so shocked.

Kate44: Last February, I sent my brother a Valentine's card. In the card, I wrote 'Be my Valentine! With love from ???’, and I tried to disguise my handwriting. When he opened it, he looked carefully at the writing, and I thought for a moment he realised it was from me. But there was a girl in his class who he liked, and he thought the card was from her. He seemed really pleased and he decided to ask her out, and now they're going out! Eventually, he found out she didn't send it. He immediately suspected me, so I owned up. He was a bit cross, but he forgave me because of the happy ending.

1. Read the following passage and circle True (T), False (F) or Doesn’t say (DS).

(Đọc bài khóa bên dưới và khoanh tròn Đúng (T), Sai (F) hoặc Không nhắc đến (DS).)

Be happy!

There have been lots of surveys about teenagers and happiness and they all come to different conclusions. Some surveys say that most young people are happiest when they spend time with their family. Others say it's when they're with friends. Some teenagers think that getting good marks at school and passing exams make them happy, while others feel that it's having a boyfriend or girlfriend. The problem is that there isn't just one thing that makes everyone happy, and what made you happy last week might not make you happy next week! However, there are some things that can help improve your mood when you are feeling unhappy. Experts believe that exercise can make you a happier person because it releases chemicals in your brain that are related to a feeling of pleasure. There's another surprising idea to help make you happier. Although you might think that eating chocolate is bad for you, it seems, according to some experts, to be good to eat chocolate when you're feeling sad. Of course it isn't healthy to eat too much, but chocolate releases chemicals in the same way that exercise does - and for some people it's easier and quicker than working out in the gym! It's also important to remember that you can’t be happy all the time. You can be happy for brief moments and you should value these times. And when you feel sad, go for a run or eat some chocolate - you'll soon cheer up!

1. The surveys show that teenagers and parents have different ideas about happiness. T F DS 

2. The things that make us happy never change. T F DS 

3. The surveys show that teenagers who do exercise are happier. T F DS 

4. When we feel depressed we shouldn't eat chocolate. T F DS 

5. Exercise and eating chocolate can produce similar results. T F DS 

6. It’s important to value even short moments of happiness. T F DS

1. Read the text opposite. Do you think the twin sisters have a special connection or are there other explanations? Give reasons for your opinions.

(Đọc văn bản đối diện. Bạn có nghĩ rằng hai chị em sinh đôi có một mối liên hệ đặc biệt hay có những lời giải thích nào khác? Đưa ra lý do cho ý kiến của bạn.)

A special connection

Beth and her twin sister Harriet are convinced that they are able to share experiences and feelings without seeing or speaking to each other. Here's what Beth says:

'Last year I was on a walking holiday with Harriet. She told me that her right ankle was hurting, but she didn't know why. She said she hadn't twisted it or anything, but told me she couldn’t put any weight on it. About a minute later, I suddenly felt a sharp pam in my right ankle! On another occasion, I told Harriet that I had watched a really good video clip on the internet the day before. I said that I would send her a link to the website where I'd found it. I told her she must watch it. Imagine my surprise when she said she had come across the same clip at the same time! She said that after she'd finished watching it, she had thought about sending me the link.

3. Read the text. Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)?

(Đọc văn bản. Các câu đúng (T) hay sai (F)?)

1. Lenkei took about half an hour to hypnotize himself.
2. Lenkei didn’t speak during the operation.
3. All the operations were successful.

It didn’t hurt

1. In 2008, Alex Lenkei had a problem with the bone in his arm and he needed a serious operation. Normally, with an operation like that, the doctor gives the patient an anaesthetic so that he or she doesn’t feel any pain. But Lenkei refused the anaesthetic. Instead, he hypnotised himself and simply told himself that he could not feel any pain. That took about thirty seconds. Then the operation started. According to Mr Lenkei, pain signals do not reach his brain when he is hypnotised.

2. The doctor, David Llewellyn-Clerk, was a bit worried. He had to take some bone from Lenkei’s arm. He watched Lenkei carefully during the operation, as he wasn’t sure that Lenkei could feel no pain. ‘I didn’t think Mr Lenkei could hear us,’ said Dr Llewellyn-Clerk, ‘but halfway through the operation, he said “How’s it going?” That’s when the doctor realised that Lenkei was not in pain. The operation lasted 83 minutes.

3. Mr Lenkei started hypnotising people when he was sixteen and is now an expert. It wasn’t his first operation without anaesthetic. In 1996, a friend hypnotised him before a thirty-minute operation on his stomach. Both operations were successful, so Lenkei had a third operation without anaesthetic in 2013, this time on this ankle, which also went well.

4. Read the Reading Strategy. Then match the questions below with paragraphs 1-3 of the text. There is one extra question.

(Đọc Chiến lược làm bài đọc. Sau đó, nối các câu hỏi dưới đây với các đoạn từ 1-3 của văn bản. Có một câu hỏi dư.)

In which paragraph does the writer tell us …

(Trong đoạn nào tác giả nói cho chúng ta…)

A. When the first operation happened?
B. Why Lenkei needed an operation on his arm?
C. What Lenkei did just before the operation on his arm?
D. On what part of his body the third operation was?
E. When Doctor Llewellyn-Clerk realised that Lenkei was not in pain?
F. When Lenkei first hypnotised somone?
G. What happens to pain signals in his body while he is hypnotised?
H. When Lenkei had his second operation?
I. How long the operation on his arm took?
J. What the doctor did to Lenkei’s arm during the operation?

3. Read the forum post about an event and complete the notes.

(Đọc bài đăng trên diễn đàn về một sự kiện và hoàn thành các ghi chú.)

   Littlehelen: It was the last day of the summer holidays and I was at my friend Alice’s house. She said, ‘Everyone is wearing fancy dress to school tomorrow to raise money for charity.’.

So the next day, I went to school in fancy dress. But it was a joke! No one was wearing fancy dress! I had to go home and change, and I missed the first two lessons.

I was very embarrassed, but Alice thought it was really funny and couldn't stop laughing. The teacher was a bit cross with me and Alice! 

1. Set the scene 

Who? Helen,… _____________________

Where? _____________________

When? _____________________

2. What happened?

Alice – said tomorrow – fancy dress 

____________________________

3. How did people feel?

Alice – amused – laughed____________________

Helen - ____________________

Teacher - ____________________

Reading

4. Read the text and choose the best summary.

(Đọc văn bản và chọn tóm tắt tốt nhất.)

A.  How therapy can help people with phobias.

B. The top five phobias and how to deal with them.

C. How phobias can affect our lives.

5. Read the text again. Match paragraphs A – E of the test with the questions below.

(Đọc văn bản một lần nữa. Ghép đoạn A - E của bài kiểm tra với các câu hỏi bên dưới.)

In which paragraph does the writer tell us…

1. What caused Christine’s phobia? ◻

2.  What happened when Christine saw a spider in her car? ◻

3. What Christine hopes for the future? ◻

4. What are the kinds of phobias exist? ◻

5. What therapists can do to help? ◻

Grammar and vocabulary 

6. Choose the best options to fill in the blanks. 

TOUR BOAT DISASTER

Last night, twenty tourists (1)___________on a boat in the Indian Ocean when it started filling with water. The boat turned over, but some of the passengers, including two British women, (2)___________with it during the night. Twenty–one–year–old Alice, (3)___________ on the part of the boat that was above the water for ten hours. When they (4)___________ any other boats, they decided that they (5)___________ two an island that they could see on the horizon. But the island (6)___________ as near as they thought, and it took them over eight hours to get there. The journey was very (7)___________. When they reached the island, they saw that it had an active volcano. Fortunately, some fishermen found the sisters and rescued them. Katherine and Alice were very (8)___________, and now they are safe in Bali. At the moment, they (9)___________ emails to their parents so that they (10)___________that they are daughters are alive. Because of their adventure, the two girls have changed their travel plans and they are returning to the UK next weekend.