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MY EXPERIENCE ON AN ELEPHANT SAFARI

      We went on an elephant safari at a place (1)                   Camp Jabulani inSouth Africa. They take visitors on safaris twice a day: once in the morning and once at night. Guests can go on as many rides as they like, but they don’t (2)                    you ride an elephant if you are younger than twelve years old. Luckily, I’m fifteen! On our first safari, I felt really scared. I remember thinking we could have gone on a beach holiday instead! As I was climbing onto the elephant, I wondered how I was going to control (3)                a big animal. I soon (4)                                 that I ought not to have worried so much. They made you sit with an experienced elephant trainer. You can’t ride (5)       your own. During the trek, we saw giraffes, zebras, lions, and rhinos. My parents took a lot of photos. I would have taken photos myself but I’d (6)               my camera in my room. I can’t remember exactly how long the safaris lasted, but it must have been a couple of hours because we got (7)             just (8)            for lunch. We stayed at Camp Jubalani for three days and went on four elephant safaris. We could have gone on more than that, but on one of the days my mum wasn’t very well. Anyway, it was a (9)                        holiday. I’d definitely (10)                an elephant safari.

What did the boats on this canal carry?

In 1761, an artificial waterway opened. It joined a coal-mining area with the port of Manchester. This was England’s first man-made waterway, or ‘canal’. Soon the price of coal in this part of the country went down, and the owner of the Bridgewater canal became rich.

      In the late 18^th century landowners and businessmen built many new canals to make money. There was no canal plan for the country, but the canals completely changed the transport of heavy goods in England. Prices of factory goods went down because transport cost less than before. One horse could now pull 50 tons on a canal boat. Before, it could pull less than one ton on a road cart. The canal network was a very important part of the Industrial Revolution in Britain, but canals had only a short life. In the mid 19^th century, the new railways became the most modern form of transport.

      The men who built the canals were called ‘navvies’. They moved around country in groups from canal to canal. Ordinary people did not like the navvies, because they wore strange clothes, had no real homes, and because they often drank too much beer.

      The Nottingham and Beeston Canal had two parts. It opened in 1796 and was an important six-mile link in the Trent Navigation - a system of canals and rivers which joined the Midlands with the River Humber and the port of Hull. This carried goods from inland factories to the sea. Now it is no longer a working canal. It is a place for people who like walking or fishing.

1.   Why did the price of coal round Manchester decrease?

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      Trawl and tourism are very (1)                             to millions of people over the world. In every country you (2)                                 find people that work in travel and tourism. Some countries need the money (3)                                     tourism to help their people survive. It is (4)                                   for these places that travel and tourism continue to expand and bring money to their regions.

      However, travel and tourism have negative (5)                           . Planes, buses, boats and other means of (6)                        that carry travellers and tourist cause pollution. Moreover, some people do things on a holiday they would never think (7)                    doing at home. For example, many travellers use a lot of water and electricity when they stay in hotels.

      They forget to turn off the (8)                              or even leave televisions and air conditioning units on when they leave the room. On top of that, it is often difficult or impossible (9)                                     travellers to recycle items, so they end up leaving large amounts of waste behind. That’s (10)                           it isimportant for people to travel wisely and respect the places they visit.

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      The Maldives are a group of very small islands in the Indian Ocean, near Sri Lanka. It has the smallest (1)                         of any Asian countries. There are about 1200 islands and there are people living on 200 of them. About 400,000 people live in the Maldives and 75,000 of them are (2)                         the capital island, Mai... Mai... is different from the other islands in the Maldives because it doesn’t have any beaches. In fact, there is a small wall (3)                          goes around the whole island.

      It is very easy to get around the islands. When you (4)                           on the airport island, you can take a dhoni and go to Mai... This is a small boat used for (5)             around the islands. Dhoni taxis go from the airport island to the capital island every fifteen minutes and (6)                                   midnight every half an hour. You can use these boats to visit other islands, too.

      The Maldives are a popular place for scuba diving (7)                there are many wonderful fish in the water to see. Also, the water is very clear so when you are (8)              you can see for more than 50 metres! There are many professional diving schools with instructors. They speak many languages, so you can (9)                       someone to help you. Of course, that’s not all you can do on these beautiful islands. You can go (10)                        whale and dolphin, fishing, surfing, snorkeling, hiking or explore the towns.

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      Many health (1)                            believe that children and young people todayare more (2)                                  than they used to be. So why has this happened?

      One reason is bad eating habits. (3)                     of young people don’thave a healthy diet. They eat too much fast food (4)             hamburgers and pizza and not enough fruit and vegetables. In the US, many children have been eating fast food (5)                       sincethey were very young. In fact, almost one-third of American children aged four to nineteen have been eating fast food (6)                 all the time. They also don’t (7)            exercise and spend too (8)                 of their time watching TV, surfing the Internet or playing computer games.

            So how can you change your habits if you have been following an unhealthy lifestyle for a long time? First, change your (9)                                 and eat more fruit and vegetables. Next, find an activity you enjoy. Why not try something different like rock climbing, surfing or hiking? Many young people have found that (10)                        fit and healthy can be a lot of fun.

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      Vietnamese food culture (1)                                 by regions from the north to the south. In Northern Viet Nam, Vietnamese food is (2)                                   by light and balanced flavours with the combination of many (3)                         Northerners have been using many kinds of meats like pork, beef, and chicken to cook; besides, some kinds of freshwater fish, crustaceans, and other mollusks like (4)              , crabs, and oysters, etc. Many famous dishes of Viet Nam are cooked with these ingredients such as Bun Rieu, Pho, Bun Thang, Bun Cha, Banh Cuon, etc.

            Then food culture in Central and Southern Viet Nam has developed suitable (5)                                    in each region. In Central Viet Nam, the regional cuisine of Central Viet Nam is famous for its spicy food, which differs from two other parts with mostly non-spicy food. Hue cuisine is typical Central Viet Nam’s food culture. (6)                        of Hue cuisine are decorative and colorful, which expresses the influence of the Vietnamese royal (7)                          in the feudal period. Food in the region is often decorated (8)               and used with chili peppers and shrimp sauces, namely, Bun Bo Hue, Banh xeo, or Banh beo, etc.

            In Southern Viet Nam, the region is characterized by warm weather and fertile soil, which creates favorable conditions for planting a variety of fruit, vegetables and (9)                                    . Thus, food in the region is often added with garlic, shallots and fresh herbs. Particularly, Southerners are favored of sugar; they add sugar in most dishes. Here, there is also an (10)                              of western and Asian cuisines on southern food, such as influences from China, India, France, and Thailand.

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      Isn’t it amazing how much time we spend (1)                             about food? “Have you ever eaten...?” “What did you have for lunch?” and so on. And when you travel from one country to another, you find that people have quite different (2)                              about food. People often feel that what they eat is normal, and that what other people eat is strange or silly.

      In most parts of Asia, for example, no (3)                       is complete without rice. In England, people (4)                potatoes every day. In the Middle East, bread is the main part of every meal. Eating, like so many things we do, becomes a (5)                which is difficult to change. Americans like to drink a lot of orange juice and coffee. The English (6)                       tea four or five times every day. Australians drink large amount of beer and the French drink (7)                                every day.

      The sort of meat people like to eat also differs from one country to another. Horse (8)                        is thought to be delicious in France. In Hong Kong, some people enjoy eating snakes. New Zealanders eat sheep, but they never eat goat meat. The Japanese don’t like to eat sheep meat because of its smell, but they enjoy raw fish.

      So it (9)                 that although eating is a topic that we can talk about forhours, there is very little (10)                                 sense in what we say about it. People everywhere enjoy eating what they have always been earing, and there is very little we can do to change our eating habits.

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      Humans have a long history of eating insects, and it turns out that they can be a very (1)                   part of a person’s regular (2)                          . Insects have  a lot of protein, and they are often easier to catch than (3)                            animals. Therefore, it is no wonder that when our ancient (4)                               saw some tasty worms or grabs wiggling on the ground, they made a quick snack of them.

      In Thailand, insects are a regular part of the street food that can be found. The different (5)                            that people snack on are crickets, grasshoppers, giant water bugs, and assorted worms. They are often deep-fried and salted, so they have a crunchy texture that makes them a perfect snack food. If you can get past the (6)                 that you are eating a cricket, it will crunch in your mouth just like a corn chip!

      For a lot of people, however, it is difficult to get (7)                   the fear of eating insects. People tend to see insects as invaders, especially when they are crawling on the food that we are about to ear. (8)                   being able to eat insects (9)                      feeling disgusted is cultural. Some people cannot eat French cheese or stinky tofu because they weren’t brought up doing so. To many of us, insects fail right into that category, making it difficult to even try them.

      If (10)                    the chance, though, be courageous, insects can be nutritious and tasty, so long as you can get over the “yuck” factor.

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      Australia is a huge country and it has a lot of different kinds of (1)                          . In the past, the Aboriginal people of Australia ate animals like crocodiles and some insects like the witchetty grub. Aboriginal Australians travelled around the Australian countryside, or ‘bush’, to find food.

      When the first British and Irish people moved to Australia in the 1830s, they brought sheep and cows from Europe. They also brought traditional Englishand Irish recipes. Many of these (2)                               , like fish and chips and (3)                            pies, are still popular today. They also created new Australian recipes such as the pavlova (a fruit dessert - named after a Russian dancer) and damper (a bread cooked in the bush).

      After 1945, a lot of people came to live in Australia from countries like Italy, Germany, Greece, Thailand and India. They brought recipes with them and Australians began to eat and drink different things. People started to drink (4)                     coffee and eat Mediterranean and Asian food.

      A lot of modern Australians love (5)                               with fresh food. They often cook food on (6)                                 in their gardens or on the beach. Today more people also eat (7)                              food like kangaroo and (8)                            . Mark Olive, an Aboriginal chef, has a popular TV (9)                  programme about traditional; (10)                        food. There are always new recipes to try in Australia!

4.   The purpose of preservation of traditional craft villages is bringing about               .

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      To preserve and develop traditional craft villages, in recent years, the local authorities have conducted preservation of four traditional crafts: brocade weaving, silver carving, blacksmithing, and carpentry to bring about economic and social efficiency for the development of provincial tourism...

      Currently, the province of Lao Cai has formed the clear models of traditional villages. Cat Cat villages has gradually built its brand with the forging and casting products, textiles of linens of Hmong people. The famous alcohol villages have found their footholds in the market such as Pho village corn wine (Bac Ha), Xeo village wine (in Bat Xat commune).

      The villages in the province have been associated with tourism spots and promotetourism development in the community, improve living standards of many families through their home business, selling handicrafts, brocade products.

      In the past, in the villages in Sa Pa, people mostly make their living in agriculture, forestry, but now there have been many households getting involved in tourism activities of the village.

      With the aim of preserving and developing traditional village linked to tourism development, most of the villages have created its own definition for tourists to learn and explore. In particular, brocade weaving is dominant, serving the needs of families and tourists. Only in Sa Pa district has 11 embroidery and weaving villages, in Ta Phin village, and San Sa Ho village with about 1000 households participating and a number of groups from the district women society, put on the market each year more than 30,000 metres of fabric. Other districts like Van Ban, Bac Ha have also formed several embroidery villages, attracting thousands of workers.

      1.   We can infer from the passage that tourism has                     .