VIII/ Đọc và chọn đáp án đúng.
It is five o’clock in the evening when Rene Wagner came home from work. She walked into the living room and looked at her three children. They were 14,13 and 9 years old. They were watching TV. The living room was a mess.There were dirty socks on the floor and cookies on the sofa. Games and toys were everywhere.Rene was angry,“This place is a mess” she told her children, “I can’t work all day and then do housework all evening. I’m not going to do housework!” Rene didn’t do housework. She didn’t clean or wash dishes. She didn’t wash clothes, either. Every evening she sat on the sofa and watched TV.
After two weeks, every plate, fork and glass in the house was dirty. All the children’s clothes were dirty. Every garbage basket was full. The house was a mess.
Then, one day Rene came home from work and got a big surprise. The kitchen was clean. The children cleaned the kitchen !
The next day, the living room was clean, and the children were washing their clothes. Rene told the children “OK, I’ll do the housework again. But you have to help me.”
Now Rene and her three children do the housework together. Then they all sit on the sofa and watch TV !
1. When Rene came home from work, she found the house ……………. .
A. clean and dirty B. dirty and tidy C. dirty and untidy D. clean but untidy
2. Rene told her children ………………….. .
A. to do the housework B. she couldn’t do housework
C. not to do housework D. she wouldn’t do housework
3. Two weeks later, the house was ……………… .
A. very clean B. a mess C. tidy D. rather dirty
4. Some days later, the house was clean again because ……………………. .
A. she couldn’t let it that way B. her children did housework.
C. her chidren didn’t do housework. D. she did housework again.
5. Now Rene does housework again because …………………. .
A. her children help her. B. they can watch TV together.
C. her children wash their clothes. D. her chidren don’t do it.
1. Martina decided to ________ her house a spring clean.
A. give B. have C. get
2. First Martina _______ all her clothes away in the cupboard.
A. put B. cleaned C. took
3. She _______ all her old toys and games to a second hand shop.
A. brought B. got C. took
4. She tidied _______ her books and papers.
A. out B. up C. down
5. She ________ some fresh flowers on the shelf.
A. bought B. got C. put
6. She put new ________ on the bed.
A. curtains B. carpets C. blankets