READING Read this passage then do the tasks : The Maori of New Zealand The Maori arrived in New Zealand from other Polynesian islands over a thousand years ago. They were the first people to live there. They made beautiful wooden buildings with pictures cut into the wood. There are about 280,000 Maori today. Maori have brown skin, dark brown eyes, and wavy black hair. In 1840, they agreed to become a British colony, and they learned European ways quickly. Today there are Maori in all kinds of jobs. They attend schools and universities and become lawyers and scientists. There are Maori in the government. Most of them live like the white New Zealanders. However, the Maori do not forget their traditions. Children learn the language, music, and old stories. They have yearly competitions in speaking, dancing, and singing. The Maori live a comfortable, modern life, but they keep their traditions by passing them to their children. Task 1: Read the passage, and then decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F). T F 23. The Maori are Polynesians. ¨ ¨ 24. New Zealand is an island country. ¨ ¨ 25. The Maori look like the Chinese. ¨ ¨ 26. The Maori live only by hunting and fishing. ¨ ¨ 27. The Maori like music. ¨ ¨ Task 2: Read the passage again, and write short answers to the questions. 28. Where did the Maori come from? ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 29. How many Maori are there? ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 30. What do the Maori look like? ……………………………………………………………………………………………… VIII)-Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage. Have a walk (42)___________ a beach, listen to the sound of the sea waves, and suddenly you see a lot of rubbish on the beach. Pollution takes away all the (43)__________ of our beaches. I feel really very annoyed (44)_____________ I see plastic bags lying on the sand, cigarette ends buried in the sand, and soda cans floating in the sea. There are a lot of things that we can do. (45)___________ we see rubbish, we should do our part in the protecting the land (46)___________ picking it up and throwing it in dust bins. (47)_____________, we can form some kind of organization that helps (48)___________ the beaches. If everyone does their part, the beaches will be a wonderful and beautiful place. We need to start now (49)___________ the beaches are damaged beyond repair. 42. A. At B. in C. on D. over 43. A. Beauty B. beautiful C. beautifully D. being beautiful 44. A. Before B. after C. when D. while 45. A. While B. If C. Unless D. Soon 46. A. By B. with C. of D. in 47. A. Nevertheless B. Therefore C. However D. Moreover 48. A. cleaning up B. clean up C. cleaning off D. clean off 49. A. Before B. after C. until D. when D. WRITING Question I: Make questions for the underlined parts in the following sentences. 1. Volunteers have given out food and blankets to homeless people. → Food and blankets .................................................................................................................... 2. His room is untidy, so his mother is unhappy. → Because .................................................................................................................................. 3. There are so many billboards in our city. We cannot enjoy the view. → If ............................................................................................................................. 4. If the factories do not dump poision into the lake, The lake won’t be polluted. → Unless ............................................................................................................................. 5. The storm detroyed many houses and flooded many buildings last week. → Many houses .............................................................................................................................