NANCY MISSED THE BUS BECAUSE SHE LEFT LATE.  IF NANCY ……….IV. COMP...

4. Nancy missed the bus because she left late.  If Nancy ……….

IV. Complete the following paragraph with one suitable word.

envelopes - tries - comments - throughout - influence - believe - other - pagoda

A. On the days of Tet everyone (1) ……….. to be nice and polite to each other. People (2) ………….

that what they do on the first day of the year will (3) …………. their

luck during the whole year. Thus , only positive (4) ………… should be made. People visit (5) …………

family members or friends , and they exchange New Year’s wishes.

Children receive their “lucky money” inside red (6) …………... Many people go to the (7) …………..

to pray for a happy year for themselves and their family. Both children and adults take part in games and

various forms of entertainment. Tet is really a time of fun and festivals (8) ………. the country.

B. holder – swimming - strengthen – famous - disease - games -.medals - named

Tanni Grey Thompson is one of the fastest wheelchair racers in the world. She can’t use her legs, but

she is the most ……… woman on wheels.

Her best year was 2000 when she won four gold ………. in the International Paralympics

Games, coming first in the 100 metre, 200 metre, 400 metre and 800 metre races. In that year, she was the

……… of six world records. In the UK , the BBC ……… her as one of three “ Sports People of

the Year”, and The Times newspaper named her as “Sports Woman of the Year”.

Tanni was born with a ………. called spinabifida. By the age of eight, she needed a wheelchair.

But she was full of life and energy, and she loved ……….and sports. She tried horse-riding,archery,

basketball, ………and tennis, but her favourite activity was athletics.

She is very serious about her sport, and so she trains hard. She does 150 kilometres every week and

uses weights to ……… her arms.

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