on thi HSG

My house My name is Mary and two years ago I bought a nice house to live in on my holidays.. I love my house for many reasons: the garden, the flowers, the fire in the winter, butthe bes

Sở giáo dục và đào tạo đáp án hớng dẫn chấm đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi lớp 9 THCS

Thanh Hoá Năm học 2004-2005

Môn : Tiếng Anh (đề chính thức bảng B)

Question1: ( 7 points)

1 has worked / is having

2 have been / were invented

3 was found

4 is

5 was

Question 2: ( 5 points)

1 The old man was standing there …on the street corner waiting …for someone

2 His story was of no interest …to… us

3 You must not fail to thank him …for all he has done …for us

1 say 2 say 3 say 4 said 5 told / speak

6 speak 7 talks / tells

Question 6: ( 5 points)

1 He always short of money

2 Mr Nam was the last witness to be called

3 Until I tell you, you must stay or you may not leave

4 When I arrived, Minh had gone home

5 I miss working in the evenings

Sở giáo dục và đào tạo đáp án hớng dẫn chấm đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi lớp 9 THCS

Thanh Hoá Năm học 2004-2005

Môn : Tiếng Anh (đề chính thức bảng A)

Question1: ( 15 points)

1 has worked / is having 6 had known

2 have been / were invented 7 would tell / like

3 was found / being entered 8 won t be raining / leaves ’

Question 2: ( 10 points)

1 The old man was standing there …on the street corner waiting …for someone

2 His story was …of… no interest …to… us

3 You must not fail to thank him …for all he has done …for us

4 Today’s examinations have tired me …out So, I think I’ll turn …in early tonight

5 I don’t get …on… very well…with him

1 say 2 say 3 say 4 said 5 told / speak

6 speak 7 talks / tells

Question 6: ( 10 points)

1 He’s always short of money

2 Mr Nam was the last witness to be called

3 Until I tell you, you must stay or you may not leave

4 When I arrived, Minh had gone home

5 I miss working in the evenings

6 Please don’t forget to post all the letters

7 He has decided to learn how to drive

8 While I know that I should pay, I’m not going to

9 Despite feeling ill, An insisted on going to work

10 While John has done well in English, he has not done so well in Maths

Sở giáo dục và Đào tạo kỳ thi chọn học sinh giỏi lớp 9- THcs

Môn thi: Tiếng anh - Bảng B

Đề chính thức (Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút - không kể thời gian giao đề)

(Đề thi gồm 03 trang)

Question 1: Supply the correct form of the verb in brackets.

1 He (work) hard all the week, but today he (have) a good time at home

2 There (be) a lot of changes since computers (invent)

3 The house where the dead man (find) is being guarded by the police to prevent it frombeing entered

4 This is only one of his poems that (be) worth reading

5 When I came to school, everybody (be) there

Question 2: Fill each of the numbered blank spaces with the most suitable preposition.

1 The old man was standing there … the street corner waiting … someone

2 His story was of no interest … … us

3 You must not fail to thank him … all he has done … us

Question 3: Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage Use only ONE word in each space.

In Britain there is a … 1… now which people call Mother’s Day In the old days,many girls from working-class families in towns and cities and from farmers’ families in thecountry worked in rich houses They had to do all the ….2… and their working day wasusually very long, they often worked on … 3… , too Once a year, it was usually ……4… Sunday in March, they could visit their mothers They went home on that day and ……5….presents for their mothers and for other members of their families They could stay at homeonly one day, and ……6…… they went back to their work People call that day Mothering Day

or Mothering ……7…… Later, workers at the factories and girls who worked in the houses ofrich families received one free day a month, and Mothering Day became Mother’s Day It

….8… the last Sunday in March

Question 4: Read the text below then choose the right sentence a, b, c or d.

My house

My name is Mary and two years ago I bought a nice house to live in on my holidays Iwork in the museum in London but I love to spend my holidays in the country, in the openair, near the sea

I’m happy to have a house near the sea It is rather far from London and I usually drivethere for three hours It’s an old house, about 100 years old, and it’s very small but very cleanand comfortable There are two bedrooms upstairs but no bathroom The bathroom isdownstairs next to the kitchen and there is a living- room where there is a lovely oldfireplace In the living-room there are eight very old pictures - portraits of the people wholived in the house many years ago Some of my friends are afraid of them, they think that

these dead people visit the house at night But I don’t think so I’m never afraid in my house,but always happy.

There is a garden in front of the house The garden goes down to the sea and in springand summer there are flowers everywhere Behind my house there are old apple trees andevery autumn I have got a lot of nice red apples I often give them to my friends as birthdaypresents They are really great!

I live alone with my dog, Rex, but we have a lot of visitors My city friends come to see mevery often and we have a lot of fun together They are always welcome! Every year wecelebrate Halloween and Christmas there

I love my house for many reasons: the garden, the flowers, the fire in the winter, butthe best thing is the sea-view from my bedroom window I enjoy the sea

When my holidays are over I must go back to London, so I leave my house for London I’mnever happy to the back in London I think that someday I will leave my work and live in mycountry house for all my life

1 a) Mary likes to go the country in summer when she is on holidays

b) Mary bought a new house near the sea , it is only two years old

c) Mary is a teacherand she works in a London primary school

d) Mary hasn’t got a car and goes to her house near the sea by plane

2 a) Mary bought a house near the sea and every week- end walks there for three hours.b) Mary can’t drive a car

c) There is no bathroom upstairs in Mary’s house

d) There are ten bedrooms in Mary’s house, they are down- stairs

3 a) There is a fireplace in Mary’s house, it is in the kitchen and Mary cooks food onfire

b) Some Mary’s friends are afraid of the old pictures in the living- room

c) Everyone who visits Mary’s house like the old pictures in the the living-room.d) Mary doesn’t know what the people who lived in her house many years ago lookedlike

4 a) Mary always happy her new country house

b) There are no flowers in Mary’s garden because her house is near the sea

c) Mary always give red apples to her friends because she doesn’t like red apples.d) Mary’s house is rather old -100 hundred years but the apple trees are young- Maryplented them a year ago

5 a) Mary has got a big family

b) Mary is happy to see her fiends in the country house only Chrismas and Haloween.c) There is a window in Mary’s bedroom

d) Mary has got a pet, it’s Rex , a nice and clever cat

6 a) Mary hasn’t got any flowers in her garden, she has got only apple - trees

b) Mary never gose to her new house in winter

c) Mary is always happy when she leaves her new house for London

d) Mary would like to live in her house for all her life

Question 5: Fill in the blank with the right word given say, tell, speak, talk.

1 I am going to a few words about the recent film festival

2 What did you ?

3 What did he about it ?

4 John he would be waiting for us

5 Michael me to in the discussion.

6 lounder, I can hardly hear you

7 He much, but little

Question 6: Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown, so the meaning stays the same.

1 He never has enough money

Sở giáo dục và Đào tạo kỳ thi chọn học sinh giỏi lớp 9- THcs

Môn thi: Tiếng anh - Bảng A

Đề chính thức (Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút - không kể thời gian giao đề)

(Đề thi gồm 03 trang)

Question 1: Supply the correct form of the verb in brackets.

1 He (work) hard all the week, but today he (have) a good time at home

2 There (be) a lot of changes since computers (invent)

3 The house where the dead man (find) is being guarded by the police to prevent it from(enter)

4 This is only one of his poems that (be) worth reading

5 When I came to school, everybody (be) there

6 When she (know) me for years, she invited me to tea

7 I (tell) a lie if I said that I (like) you

8 I hope it (not rain) when the bride (leave) the church tomorrow

9 You are (take) over my business while I go away

10 Nobody would listen to the stories (to tell) by him so many times

Question 2: Fill each of the numbered blank spaces with the most suitable preposition.

1 The old man was standing there … the street corner waiting … someone

2 His story was …… no interest … … us

3 You must not fail to thank him … all he has done … us

4 Today’s examinations have tired me … So, I think I’ll turn … early tonight

5 I don’t get … … very well… him.

Question 3: Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage Use only ONE word in each space.

In Britain there is a … 1… now which people call Mother’s Day In the old days,many girls from working-class ….2… in towns and cities and from farmers’ families in thecountry worked in rich houses They had to do all the ….3… and their working day wasusually very long, they often worked on … 4… , too Once a year, it was usually ……5… Sunday in March, they could visit their mothers They went home on that day and ……6….presents for their mothers and for other members of their families They could stay at homeonly one day, and ……7…… they went back to their work People call that day Mothering Day

or Mothering ……8…… Later, workers at the factories and girls who worked in the houses ofrich families received one … 9… day a month, and Mothering Day became Mother’s Day It

….10… the last Sunday in March

Question 4: Read the text below then choose the right sentence a, b, c or d.

My house

My name is Mary and two years ago I bought a nice house to live in on my holidays Iwork in the museum in London but I love to spend my holidays in the country, in the openair, near the sea

I’m happy to have a house near the sea It is rather far from London and I usually drivethere for three hours It’s an old house, about 100 years old, and it’s very small but very cleanand comfortable There are two bedrooms upstairs but no bathroom The bathroom isdownstairs next to the kitchen and there is a living-room where there is a lovely old fireplace In the living-room there are eight very old pictures - portraits of the people who lived

in the house many years ago Some of my friends are afraid of them They think that thesedead people visit the house at night But I don’t think so I’m never afraid in my house, butalways happy

There is a garden in front of the house the garden goes down to the sea and in springand summer there are flowers everywhere Behind my house there are old apple trees andevery autumn I have got a lot of nice red apples I often give them to my friends as birthdaypresents They are really great!

I live alone with my dog, Rex, but we have a lot of visitors My city friends come tosee me very often and we have a lot of fun together They are always welcome! Every year

we celebrate Halloween and Christmas there

I love my house for many reasons: the garden, the flowers, the fire in the winter, butthe best thing is the sea-view from my bedroom window I enjoy the sea

When my holidays are over I must go back to London, so I leave my house for London I’mnever happy to the back in London I think that someday I will leave my work and live in mycountry house for all my life

7 a) Mary likes to go the country in summer when she is on holidays

b) Mary bought a new house near the sea , it is only two years old

c) Mary is a teacher and she works in a London primary school

d) Mary hasn’t got a car and goes to her house near the sea by plane

8 a) Mary bought a house near the sea and every week- end walks there for three hours.b) Mary can’t drive a car

c) There is no bathroom upstairs in Mary’s house

d) There are ten bedrooms in Mary’s house, they are down- stairs

9 a) There is a fireplace in Mary’s house, it is in the kitchen and Mary cooks food onfire.

b) Some Mary’s friends are afraid of the old pictures in the living- room

c) Everyone who visits Mary’s house like the old pictures in the the living-room.d) Mary doesn’t know what the people who lived in her house many years ago lookedlike

10 a) Mary always happy her new country house

b) There are no flowers in Mary’s garden because her house is near the sea

c) Mary always give red apples to her friends because she doesn’t like red apples.d) Mary’s house is rather old -100 hundred years but the apple trees are young- Maryplented them a year ago

11 a) Mary has got a big family

b) Mary is happy to see her fiends in the country house only Chrismas and Haloween.c) There is a window in Mary’s bedroom

d) Mary has got a pet, it’s Rex , a nice and clever cat

12 a) Mary hasn’t got any flowers in her garden, she has got only apple - trees

b) Mary never gose to her new house in winter

c) Mary is always happy when she leaves her new house for London

d) Mary would like to live in her house for all her life

Question 5: Fill in the blank with the right word given say, tell, speak, talk.

8 I am going to a few words about the recent film festival

9 What did you ?

10 What did he about it ?

11 John he would be waiting for us

12 Michael me to in the discussion

13 lounder, I can hardly hear you

14 He much, but little

Question 6: Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown, so the meaning stays the same.

1 He never has enough money

7 He has decided to take driving lessons

He has decided to learn…

8 I’m not going to pay, although I know that I should

While …

9 Ann felt ill, but insisted on going to work

Despite…

10 John has done well in English, but not so well in Maths.

While …

-Họ và tên thí sinh : Số báo danh:

Sở giáo dục và Đào tạo kỳ thi chọn học sinh giỏi lớp 9- THcs

Môn thi: Tiếng anh - Bảng B

Đề chính thức (Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút - không kể thời gian giao đề)

(Đề thi gồm 03 trang)

Question 1: Supply the correct form of the verb in brackets.

1 He (work) hard all the week, but today he (have) a good time at home

2 There (be) a lot of changes since computers (invent)

3 The house where the dead man (find) is being guarded by the police to prevent it frombeing entered

4 This is only one of his poems that (be) worth reading

5 When I came to school, everybody (be) there

Question 2: Fill each of the numbered blank spaces with the most suitable preposition.

1 The old man was standing there … the street corner waiting … someone

2 His story was of no interest … … us

3 You must not fail to thank him … all he has done … us

Question 3: Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage Use only ONE word in each space.

In Britain there is a … 1… now which people call Mother’s Day In the old days,many girls from working-class families in towns and cities and from farmers’ families in thecountry worked in rich houses They had to do all the ….2… and their working day wasusually very long, they often worked on … 3… , too Once a year, it was usually ……4… Sunday in March, they could visit their mothers They went home on that day and ……5….presents for their mothers and for other members of their families They could stay at homeonly one day, and ……6…… they went back to their work People call that day Mothering Day

or Mothering ……7…… Later, workers at the factories and girls who worked in the houses ofrich families received one free day a month, and Mothering Day became Mother’s Day It

….8… the last Sunday in March

Question 4: Read the text below then choose the right sentence a, b, c or d.

My house

My name is Mary and two years ago I bought a nice house to live in on my holidays Iwork in the museum in London but I love to spend my holidays in the country, in the openair, near the sea

I’m happy to have a house near the sea It is rather far from London and I usually drivethere for three hours It’s an old house, about 100 years old, and it’s very small but very cleanand comfortable There are two bedrooms upstairs but no bathroom The bathroom isdownstairs next to the kitchen and there is a living- room where there is a lovely oldfireplace In the living-room there are eight very old pictures - portraits of the people wholived in the house many years ago Some of my friends are afraid of them, they think thatthese dead people visit the house at night But I don’t think so I’m never afraid in my house,but always happy

There is a garden in front of the house the garden goes down to the sea and in springand summer there are flowers everywhere behind my house there are old apple trees andevery autumn I have got a lot of nice red apples I often give them to my friends as birthdaypresents They are really great!

I live alone with my dog, Rex, but we have a lot of visitors My city friends come to see mevery often and we have a lot of fun together They are always welcome! Every year wecelebrate Halloween and Christmas there

I love my house for many reasons: the garden, the flowers, the fire in the winter, butthe best thing is the sea-view from my bedroom window I enjoy the sea

When my holidays are over I must go back to London, so I leave my house for London I’mnever happy to the back in London I think that someday I will leave my work and live in mycountry house for all my life

13 a) Mary likes to go the country in summer when she is on holidays

b) Mary bought a new house near the sea , it is only two years old

c) Mary is a teacherand she works in a London primary school

d) Mary hasn’t got a car and goes to her house near the sea by plane

14 a) Mary bought a house near the sea and every week- end walks there for three hours.b) Mary can’t drive a car

c) There is no bathroom upstairs in Mary’s house

d) There are ten bedrooms in Mary’s house, they are down- stairs

15 a) There is a fireplace in Mary’s house, it is in the kitchen and Mary cooks food onfire

b) Some Mary’s friends are afraid of the old pictures in the living- room

c) Everyone who visits Mary’s house like the old pictures in the the living-room.d) Mary doesn’t know what the people who lived in her house many years ago lookedlike

16 a) Mary always happy her new country house

b) There are no flowers in Mary’s garden because her house is near the sea

c) Mary always give red apples to her friends because she doesn’t like red apples.d) Mary’s house is rather old -100 hundred years but the apple trees are young- Maryplented them a year ago

17 a) Mary has got a big family

b) Mary is happy to see her fiends in the country house only Chrismas and Haloween

c) There is a window in Mary’s bedroom.

d) Mary has got a pet, it’s Rex , a nice and clever cat

18 a) Mary hasn’t got any flowers in her garden, she has got only apple - trees

b) Mary never gose to her new house in winter

c) Mary is always happy when she leaves her new house for London

d) Mary would like to live in her house for all her life

Question 5: Fill in the blank with the right word given say, tell, speak, talk.

15 I am going to a few words about the recent film festival

16 What did you ?

17 What did he about it ?

18 John he would be waiting for us

19 Michael me to in the discussion

20 lounder, I can hardly hear you

21 He much, but little

Question 6: Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown, so the meaning stays the same.

1 He never has enough money

Sở giáo dục và đào tạo đáp án hớng dẫn chấm đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi lớp 9 THCS

Thanh Hoá Năm học 2004-2005

Môn : Tiếng Anh (đề chính thức bảng A)

Question1: ( 15 points)

1 has worked / is having 6 had known

2 have been / were invented 7 would tell / like

3 was found / being entered 8 won t be raining / leaves ’

Question 2: ( 10 points)

1 The old man was standing there …on the street corner waiting …for someone

2 His story was …of… no interest …to… us

3 You must not fail to thank him …for all he has done …for us

4 Today’s examinations have tired me …out So, I think I’ll turn …in early tonight

5 I don’t get …on… very well…with him

6 speak 7 talks / tells

Question 6: ( 10 points)

1 He always short of money

2 Mr Nam was the last witness to be called

3 Until I tell you, you must stay or you may not leave

4 When I arrived, Minh had gone home

5 I miss working in the evenings

6 Please don’t forget to post all the letters

7 He has decided to learn how to drive

8 While I know that I should pay, I’m not going to

9 Despite feeling ill, An insisted on going to work

10 While John has done well in English, he has not done so well in Maths

Môn thi: Tiếng anh - Bảng B

Đề chính thức (Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút - không kể thời gian giao đề)

(Đề thi gồm 03 trang)

Question 1: Supply the correct form of the verb in brackets.

1 He (work) hard all the week, but today he (have) a good time at home

2 There (be) a lot of changes since computers (invent)

3 The house where the dead man (find) is being guarded by the police to prevent it frombeing entered

4 This is only one of his poems that (be) worth reading

5 When I came to school, everybody (be) there

Question 2: Fill each of the numbered blank spaces with the most suitable preposition.

1 The old man was standing there … the street corner waiting … someone

2 His story was of no interest … … us

3 You must not fail to thank him … all he has done … us

Question 3: Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage Use only ONE word in each space.

In Britain there is a … 1… now which people call Mother’s Day In the old days,many girls from working-class families in towns and cities and from farmers’ families in thecountry worked in rich houses They had to do all the ….2… and their working day wasusually very long, they often worked on … 3… , too Once a year, it was usually ……4… Sunday in March, they could visit their mothers They went home on that day and ……5….presents for their mothers and for other members of their families They could stay at homeonly one day, and ……6…… they went back to their work People call that day Mothering Day

or Mothering ……7…… Later, workers at the factories and girls who worked in the houses ofrich families received one free day a month, and Mothering Day became Mother’s Day It

….8… the last Sunday in March

Question 4: Read the text below then choose the right sentence a, b, c or d.

My house

My name is Mary and two years ago I bought a nice house to live in on my holidays Iwork in the museum in London but I love to spend my holidays in the country, in the openair, near the sea

I’m happy to have a house near the sea It is rather far from London and I usually drivethere for three hours It’s an old house, about 100 years old, and it’s very small but very cleanand comfortable There are two bedrooms upstairs but no bathroom The bathroom isdownstairs next to the kitchen and there is a living- room where there is a lovely oldfireplace In the living-room there are eight very old pictures - portraits of the people wholived in the house many years ago Some of my friends are afraid of them, they think thatthese dead people visit the house at night But I don’t think so I’m never afraid in my house,but always happy

There is a garden in front of the house the garden goes down to the sea and in springand summer there are flowers everywhere behind my house there are old apple trees andevery autumn I have got a lot of rice red apples I often give them to my friends as birthdaypresents They are really great!

I live alone with my dog, Rex, but we have a lot of visitors My city friends come to see mevery often and we have a lot of fun together They are always welcome! Every year wecelebrate Halloween and Christmas there

I love my house for many reasons: the garden, the flowers, the fire in the winter, butthe best thing is the sea-view from my bedroom window I enjoy the sea

When my holidays are over I must go back to London, so I leave my house for London I’mnever happy to the back in London I think that someday I will leave my work and live in mycountry house for all my life

19 a) Mary likes to go the country in summer when she is on holidays

b) Mary bought a new house near the sea , it is only two years old

c) Mary is a teacherand she works in a London primary school

d) Mary hasn’t got a car and goes to her house near the sea by plane

20 a) Mary bought a house near the sea and every week- end walks there for three hours.b) Mary can’t drive a car

c) There is no bathroom upstairs in Mary’s house

d) There are ten bedrooms in Mary’s house, they are down- stairs

21 a) There is a fireplace in Mary’s house, it is in the kitchen and Mary cooks food onfire

b) Some Mary’s friends are afraid of the old pictures in the living- room

c) Everyone who visits Mary’s house like the old pictures in the the living-room.d) Mary doesn’t know what the people who lived in her house many years ago lookedlike

22 a) Mary always happy her new country house

b) There are no flowers in Mary’s garden because her house is near the sea

c) Mary always give red apples to her friends because she doesn’t like red apples

d) Mary’s house is rather old -100 hundred years but the apple trees are young- Maryplented them a year ago.

23 a) Mary has got a big family

b) Mary is happy to see her fiends in the country house only Chrismas and Haloween.c) There is a window in Mary’s bedroom

d) Mary has got a pet, it’s Rex , a nice and clever cat

24 a) Mary hasn’t got any flowers in her garden, she has got only apple - trees

b) Mary never gose to her new house in winter

c) Mary is always happy when she leaves her new house for London

d) Mary would like to live in her house for all her life

Question 5: Fill in the blank with the right word given say, tell, speak, talk.

22 I am going to a few words about the recent film festival

23 What did you ?

24 What did he about it ?

25 John he would be waiting for us

26 Michael me to in the discussion

27 lounder, I can hardly hear you

28 He much, but little

Question 6: Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown, so the meaning stays the same.

1 He never has enough money

Sở giáo dục và đào tạo đáp án hớng dẫn chấm đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi lớp 9 THCS

Thanh Hoá Năm học 2003-2004

Môn : Tiếng Anh (đề chính thức bảng A)

Question1: ( 15 points)

1 has worked / is having 6 had known

2 have been / were invented 7 would tell / like

3 was found / being entered 8 won t be raining / leaves ’

Question 2: ( 10 points)

1 The old man was standing there …on the street corner waiting …for someone

2 His story was …of… no interest …to… us

3 You must not fail to thank him …for all he has done …for us

4 Today’s examinations have tired me …out So, I think I’ll turn …in early tonight.

5 I don’t get …on… very well…with him

1 say 2 say 3 say 4 said 5 told / speak

6 speak 7 talks / tells

Question 6: ( 10 points)

1 He always short of money

2 Mr Nam was the last witness to be called

3 Until I tell you, you must stay or you may not leave

4 When I arrived, Minh had gone home

5 I miss working in the evenings

6 Please don’t forget to post all the letters

7 He has decided to learn how to drive

8 While I know that I should pay, I’m not going to

9 Despite feeling ill, An insisted on going to work

10 While John has done well in English, he has not done so well in Maths

Môn thi: Tiếng anh - Bảng B

Đề chính thức (Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút - không kể thời gian giao đề)

(Đề thi gồm 03 trang)

Question 1: Supply the correct form of the verb in brackets.

1 He (work) hard all the week, but today he (have) a good time at home

2 There (be) a lot of changes since computers (invent)

3 The house where the dead man (find) is being guarded by the police to prevent it frombeing entered

4 This is only one of his poems that (be) worth reading

5 When I came to school, everybody (be) there

Question 2: Fill each of the numbered blank spaces with the most suitable preposition.

1 The old man was standing there … the street corner waiting … someone.

2 His story was of no interest … … us

3 You must not fail to thank him … all he has done … us

Question 3: Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage Use only ONE word in each space.

In Britain there is a … 1… now which people call Mother’s Day In the old days,many girls from working-class families in towns and cities and from farmers’ families in thecountry worked in rich houses They had to do all the ….2… and their working day wasusually very long, they often worked on … 3… , too Once a year, it was usually ……4… Sunday in March, they could visit their mothers They went home on that day and ……5….presents for their mothers and for other members of their families They could stay at homeonly one day, and ……6…… they went back to their work People call that day Mothering Day

or Mothering ……7…… Later, workers at the factories and girls who worked in the houses ofrich families received one free day a month, and Mothering Day became Mother’s Day It

….8… the last Sunday in March

Question 4: Read the text below then choose the right sentence a, b, c or d.

My house

My name is Mary and two years ago I bought a nice house to live in on my holidays Iwork in the museum in London but I love to spend my holidays in the country, in the openair, near the sea

I’m happy to have a house near the sea It is rather far from London and I usually drivethere for three hours It’s an old house, about 100 years old, and it’s very small but very cleanand comfortable There are two bedrooms upstairs but no bathroom The bathroom isdownstairs next to the kitchen and there is a living- room where there is a lovely oldfireplace In the living-room there are eight very old pictures - portraits of the people wholived in the house many years ago Some of my friends are afraid of them, they think thatthese dead people visit the house at night But I don’t think so I’m never afraid in my house,but always happy

There is a garden in front of the house the garden goes down to the sea and in springand summer there are flowers everywhere behind my house there are old apple trees andevery autumn I have got a lot of rice red apples I often give them to my friends as birthdaypresents they are really great!

I live alone with my dog, Rex, but we have a lot of visitors My city friends come to see mevery often and we have a lot of fun together They are always welcome! Every year wecelebrate Halloween and Christmas there

I love my house for many reasons: the garden, the flowers, the fire in the winter, butthe best thing is the sea-view from my bedroom window I enjoy the sea

When my holidays are over I must go back to London, so I leave my house for London I’mnever happy to the back in London I think that someday I will leave my work and live in mycountry house for all my life

25 a) Mary likes to go the country in summer when she is on holidays

b) Mary bought a new house near the sea , it is only two years old

c) Mary is a teacherand she works in a London primary school

d) Mary hasn’t got a car and goes to her house near the sea by plane

26 a) Mary bought a house near the sea and every week- end walks there for three hours