Read the following passage and choose the best option to answer each of the following questions.
Smoking is one of the biggest causes of death and illness in the UK. Every year around 78,000 people in the UK die from smoking and many more live with smoking-related illnesses. It increases your risk of developing more than 50 serious health conditions. Some may be fatal, and others can cause irreversible long-term damage to your health. You can become ill if you smoke yourself or if people around you smoke (passive smoking). Smoking causes around 7 out of every 10 cases of lung cancer (70%). It also causes cancer in many other parts of the body, including the throat or voice box (larynx). Moreover, smoking damages your heart and your blood circulation, increasing your risk of developing conditions such as coronary heart disease and heart attack. Breathing in secondhand smoke, also known as passive smoking, increases your risk of getting the same health conditions as smokers. For example, if you have never smoked but you have a spouse who smokes, your risk of developing lung cancer increases by about a quarter. Babies and children are particularly vulnerable to the effects of secondhand smoke. A child who’s exposed to passive smoke is at increased risk of developing chest infection, meningitis, persistent cough and, if they have asthma, their symptoms will get worse.
1. What is the main idea of the passage?
B. Smoking is common in the UK.
D. Secondhand smoke has bad effects on children.
Giải bởi Vietjack
Đáp án: A. Smoking is very harmful to health.
Dịch nghĩa câu hỏi: Ý chính của bài đọc này là gì?
A. Hút thuốc lá rất có hại cho sức khỏe.
B. Hút thuốc lá rất phổ biển ở Vương Quốc Anh.
C. Đàn ông hút thuốc nhiều hơn phụ nữ.
D. Hút thuốc thụ động có ảnh hưởng xấu tới trẻ em.
Giải thích: Bài đọc này từ đầu đến cuối đều đề cập tới những tác hại mà hút thuốc lá gây ra cho sức khỏe con người, trong đó có nói tới những căn bệnh như: ung thư phổi, vòm họng, thanh quản, bệnh tim, ... Các phương án B, C, D được loại trừ:
- Phương án B sai vì thông tin này nằm ở câu mở đầu và câu thứ hai của bài, với việc cung cấp con số mắc bệnh do hút thuốc lá tại Anh, không bao quát toàn bài.
- Phương án C sai vì thông tin này không xuất hiện trong bài đọc.
- Phương án D sai vì thông tin này chỉ xuất hiện trong đoạn cuối của bài, chỉ được đưa ra ngắn gọn chứ không bao quát.
Hoa often studies English every day.
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Are you writing your essay?
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Who invented the telephone?
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Talk about an activity you do to keep healthy.
You can use the following questions as cues:
• What is this activity?
• When do you do it?
• Where do you do it?
• Why do you think it’s good for your health?
Useful languages:
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Useful vocabulary |
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• jogging, cycling, doing yoga, playing sports, ... • in the morning, in the afternoon, at the weekend, in free time • in the park, in the gymnasium, on the pavement, in the playground • firming musles, losing weight, having a deep sleep, improving psychology |
• I would like to talk about... • I ... with ... in the morning/ in the afternoon. • I often/ usually ... in the park/ gymnasium. • I ... for some reasons. •... benefits me in some certain ways. • Firstly, ... Secondly, ... Last but not least, ... •... is said to help/ improve ... |
Complete the notes:
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Structures of the talk |
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What is this activity? |
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When do you do it? |
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Where do you do it? |
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Why do you think it’s good for your health? |
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Now you try!
Give your answer using the following cues. You should speak for 1-2 minutes.
1. There are many activities to keep healthy but I would like to talk about...
2. I... in the morning with ...
3. We often ... in the ...
4. ... benefits me in some certain ways.
5. Firstly, it can improve... Secondly, it can help ... Moreover, it also ...
6. In conclusion,...
Now you tick!
Did you ...
q answer all the questions in the task?
q give some details to each main point?
q speak slowly and fluently with only some hesitation?
q use vocabulary wide enough to talk about the topic?
q use various sentence structures (simple, compound, complex) accurately?
q pronounce correctly (vowels, consonants, stress, intonation)?
Let’s compare!
Finally, compare with the sample answer on page 150.
Mike has just found my key.
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Blood________through blood vessels to provide the body with oxygen and nutrition.
