EXERCISE 1: Guess the meaning of the words in bold.

It was brave can đảm of you to chase after đuổi theo the burglar.

A funny thing happened in the office today.

The inspector said that standards tiêu chuẩn at the school had to be raised nâng cao.

Do you read a newspaper regularly thường xuyên?

Please close đóng the door when you go out.

I'll write it down viết xuống now so I won't forget.

We called the police to report the burglary vụ trộm.

If you see anything unusual about him, call me.

An empty house can draw burglars’ attention thu hút sự chú ý.

When she is on holiday, someone broke into đột nhập her house and stole trộm everything.

Turning lights when you go out can keep burglars away.

It is very strange of her to go to school early.

READING PASSAGE 1
BURGLARS LOVE THE AFTERNOON
Most house burglaries happen between 2 p.m. and 6 p.m., say the police.

Inspector Ian Saunders told our newspaper that the number of house burglaries has gone up by
more than 30% compared with last year. He also said that 67% of burglaries happen when people
have gone out and forgotten to close a door or a window.

He went on to report that night-time burglaries are unusual because families are usually at
home at that time But he said that winter afternoons are the best time for burglars because
it is dark and they can't be seen easily. Also many houses are empty at that time, because people are
often still at work.

Inspector Saunders said that it is a good idea to leave lights on in living rooms and bedrooms
when you go on holiday. This will help to keep burglars away. He also asked neighbours to
watch the other houses in the street when people are not at home. They should call the

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police if they see anything strange. We will also tell you how to make your house safe,'
Inspector Saunders said, 'This kind of help costs nothing.'

Write True, False or Not Given.

1. Most burglaries happen in the morning.
2. The number of house burglaries is the same as last year.
3. Most burglars are men.
4. People sometimes make things easy for burglars.
5. The summer is more difficult for burglars
6. Burglars don't usually go to houses with lights on.
7. Burglars usually drive cars.
8. You have to pay for information from the police.

READING PASSAGE 2
HOWARD BONNIER
Bray is a beautiful village about fifty kilometres west of London. A young Englishman
named Howard Bonnier opened a restaurant called The Palace there about three and a
half months ago. Not many people in Britain know Mr Bonnier's name yet, but he's already
quite famous in France. This is because he has written in French magazines about almost
all the best restaurants in that country. He's only 29 years old.

When Howard was a teenager, he often went to restaurants with his mother and father. He
liked doing this so much that he decided not to buy lots of clothes and CDs; instead, he
used his money to visit France and eat in good restaurants. He also bought a lot of French
and English cookbooks — he says he has more than two hundred and fifty!

So why did he decide to open a restaurant? Simply because he loves cooking. Has it been
an easy thing to do? He says it's expensive to start your own restaurant and it's much
more difficult to cook for fifty people than to cook for your family, but he's sure he's done the
right thing.

Write True, False or Not Given.

1. Howard is French.
2. The Palace has been open for less than a year.
3. Lots of people in France know about Howard.
4. Howard's parents took him out to restaurants.
5. Howard has always spent a lot of money on clothes.
6. Howard has written books about French cooking.
7. It costs a lot of money to eat in Howard's restaurant.
8. Howard says cooking for a lot of people is easy.

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1. Unusual (a) /ʌnˈjuː.ʒu.əl/ Lạ; đáng chú ý
2. Bored (a) /bɔːd/ Chán
3. Fed up with (a) Chán
4. Worry (v) Lo lắng
5. Try (v) Thử
6. Existing (a) /ɪɡˈzɪs.tɪŋ/ Tồn tại
7. Element (n) /ˈel.ɪ.mənt/ Thành phần
ə
8. Version (n) /ˈvɜː.ʃ n/ Phiên bản
9. Involve (v) /ɪnˈvɒlv/ Bao gồm
10. Get hold of (v) Nắm được
11. Spread (v) /spred/ Lan tỏa
12. Status (n) /ˈsteɪ.təs/ Địa vị
r
13. Similar (a) /ˈsɪm.ɪ.lə / Giống
14. Get caught /kɔːt Bị bắt
15. Chant (v) /tʃɑːnt/ Hát
16. Equipment (n) /ɪˈkwɪp.mənt/ s Thiết bị
17. Describe (v) /dɪˈskraɪb/ Miêu tả
18. Championship (n) /ˈtʃæm.pi.ən.ʃɪp/ Danh hiệu quán quân
19. Take place (v) Diễn ra
20. Particularly (adv) /pəˈtɪk.jə.lə.li/ Đặc biệt
r
21. Familiar (a) /fəˈmɪl.i.ə / Quen
22. Gradually (adv) /ˈɡrædʒ.u.ə.li/ Dần dần

UNUSUAL SPORTS
Do you ever get bored with the same old sports? If you're tired of tennis, fed up with football
or bored of basketball, don't worry. There are plenty of new and unusual sports out there for
you to try. Many of these are a mix of existing sports, sometimes with a local element added.
Bossaball, for example, is a mix of football and volleyball, played on an inflatable pitch with a
trampoline in the middle. To make it more exciting, it also has elements of Brazilian martial
arts!
If you are very good at horse riding, you could try the national sport of Afghanistan, buzkashi.
Many versions have been played in the Central Asian region for hundreds of years. The
game involves players on horseback trying to get hold of a dead goat. The Afghan Buzkashi
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Federation wants the game to spread throughout the world and has finally written down the
rules because they hope to get Olympic status for the sport.
A sport that is more likely to become famous is kabaddi. It is popular in India and other parts
of South Asia. It is similar in some ways to the game called 'tag' or 'it' which schoolchildren
play. One person is 'it' and has to catch the others. In kabaddi, a 'raider' from one team tries
to tag a player from the other team and then return to their own half of the field without
getting caught. In some versions of the game, the raider must chant the word `kabaddi' as he
returns to his place. Kabaddi is good fun, good exercise and doesn't need any equipment. It
is played at the Asian Games.
There is an unusual sport which describes itself as a 'classic mix of brains and brawn'. The
game, called 'chess boxing', involves a round of chess and then a round of boxing, then
another of chess, and so on. There is one minute between rounds. The first chess boxing
world championship took place in 2003 in Amsterdam and was won by a Dutchman, lepe
Rubingh. Since then, it has become more popular, particularly in Germany, the UK, India and
Russia. It is a difficult sport, as players need to be very good at two very different activities
and be able to switch quickly between the two. Finally, an unusual sport that will be familiar
to most of us is roshambo, which began in China about 2000 years ago and spread gradually
to the rest of the world. Played by young and old, in the UK it is known as `rock-paper-
scissors'. It is surprising that it is called a sport and Mk - taken so seriously: there's a World
Rock Paper Scissors Society and a league which holds championships every year. So,
whatever kinds of sport you like, there is something new and interesting for you to try.

Exercise 1: Quickly scan the text to find the paragraph which contains information
about these sports as quickly as you can.
1. a sport which is trying to get into the Olympic games
2. a sport which has been played for more than a thousand years and is based on an activity
most of us know
3. a sport influenced by two very popular sports
4. a sport which may involve repeating a word
5. a sport which involves two activities which are very unlike each other

Exercise 2: The following questions relate to the sections you just found. Decide if
they are True or False.
1. Players of chess boxing only need to reach a high level in one of the activities.
2. Buzkashi got written rules long after the game first started.
3. Roshambo can be played by anyone, even children and the elderly.
4. Bossaball is played on grass.
5. It could be quite expensive to play kabaddi.

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Exercise 3: Does this statement agree with the information in the passage? Write
True, False or Not Given.
Kabaddi is only played by men.

Hint: You ONLY need to read the paragraph about kabaddi, which is paragraph C. You will
already know from your initial skim reading that information about kabaddi is not found
anywhere else in the text.

Exercise 4: Read only the relevant paragraphs. Is this information True (write T) or
Not Given (write NG)?
1. Bossaball is only played in Brazil.
2. Buzkashi is sometimes played with a sheep instead of a goat.
3. There are different versions of the game kabaddi.
4. Chess boxing is played in several different countries.
5. The roshambo world champion is from China.

1. People play bossaball on a soft surface.

2. Buzkashi is an Olympic sport.
3. Kabaddi is often played in schools.
4. lepe Rubingh invented chess boxing.
5. lepe Rubingh is from Germany.
6. People consider roshambo a serious sport.

Community Education
SHORT COURSES: BUSINESS
Business Basics
Gain foundation knowledge kiến thức nền for employment công việc in an accounts kế toán position vị trí
with bookkeeping and business basics through to intermediate trung cấp level; suitable phù hợp for
anyone requiring yêu cầu knowledge from the ground up nền tảng.
Code B/ED011
16th or 24th April 9am–4pm
Cost $420

Bookkeeping
This course khóa học will provide students with a comprehensive toàn diện
understanding of
bookkeeping and a great deal of hands-on thực tế experience.
Code B/ED020

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 buổi
19th April 9am–2.30pm (one session only so advance bookings đặt trước essential quan trọng)
Cost $250

New Enterprise Module

Understand company structures cấu trúc, tax rates mức thuế, deductions chiết khấu, employer
obligations, profit lợi nhuận and loss statements, GST and budgeting for tax.
Code B/ED030
15th or 27th May 6pm–9pm
Cost $105

Social Networking – the Latest Marketing Tool

This broad overview tổng quan gives you the opportunity to analyse phân tích what web
technologies are available có sẵn and how they can benefit your organization tổ chức.
Code B/ED033
1st or 8th or 15th June 6pm–9pm
Cost $95

Communication
Take the fear nỗi sợ out of talking to large gatherings sự tụ tập of people. Gain the public-speaking
experience kinh nghiệm that will empower làm cho bạn có khả năng you with better communication
skills and confidence tự tin.
Code B/ED401
12th or 13th or 14th July 6pm–9pm
Cost $90
Do the following statements agree with the information given in the text?
In boxes 1-6 on your answer sheet, write
TRUE if the statement agrees with the information
FALSE if the statement contradicts the information
NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this

1. Business Basics is appropriate phù hợp for beginners.

2. Bookkeeping has no practical thực tế component.
3. Bookkeeping is intended for dành cho advanced nâng cao students only.
4. The New Enterprise Module can help your business become more profitable.
5. Social Networking focuses on tập trung a specific cụ thể website to help your business
succeed thành công.
6. The Communication class involves speaking in front of an audience khán giả.

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