Giải Unit 2 Adventure -2I. Culture

Trả lời:

- Amelia Mary Earhart => The first female pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean;

- Ann Davison => The first woman who sailed solo across the Atlantic Ocean

- Sally Ride => The first US woman in space

2. USE OF ENGLISH Read the text and circle the correct words. Then listen and check. (SỬ DỤNG TIẾNG ANH Đọc văn bản và khoanh tròn các từ đúng. Sau đó, lắng nghe và kiểm tra.)

Amn Davison

Margaret Ann Longstaffe was born (1) in / on 5 June 1914 in Surrey, England. As a child, she really loved adventures. When she grew up, she travelled a lot. She liked ridding horses, driving fast cars and flying aeroplanes. Ann became one of the very (2) few / little women pilots in Britain in the 1930s. In 1947 Ann and her husband, Erank Davison, also a pilot, bought an old boat “Reliance” and decided to (3) go / set sail to travel the world. However, they were caught in (4) rough / hard weather in the Irish Sea. The ship was wrecked and Frank was killed. Ann survived, washed (5) offshore / ashore at the foot of a cliff.

3. Which of the following words can replace the ones in bold in the second part of the text? (Từ nào sau đây có thể thay thế từ in đậm trong phần hai của văn bản?)

left      alone      sad event      courage      very bad

Trả lời:

tragedy => sad event            departed => left            bravery => courage

severe => very bad               solo => alone

4. Rearrange the following events of Ann Davison's life in the order they happened. (Sắp xếp lại các sự kiện sau đây trong cuộc đời của Ann Davison theo thứ tự chúng đã xảy ra.)

1 She started to write.

2 She bought “Reliance”.

3 Her boat arrived in Dominica.

4 She learned how to fly a plane.

5 She luckily survived a shipwreck.

6 She bought “Felicity Ann”.

7 She left Plymouth.

Trả lời:

Sắp xếp:

4 She learned how to fly a plane.

2 She bought “Reliance”.

5 She luckily survived a shipwreck.

1 She started to write.

6 She bought “Felicity Ann”.

7 She left Plymouth.

3 Her boat arrived in Dominica.

5. Read the whole text again. Are the sentences True or False? Write T or F. (Đọc lại toàn bộ văn bản. Nhưng câu sau đung hay sai? Viết T hoặc F.)

Trả lời:

1 Ann always loved adventures. _ T

2 There were quite a few women pilots in Britain in the 1930s. _T

3 “Reliance” was caught in a tsunami and was wrecked. _F

4 It took Ann 2 years to prepare “Felicity Ann”. _T

5 Ann was not experienced at sailing, bụt she was brave. _T

6 Ann hardly felt lonely when she was sailing across the Atlantic._F

6. SPEAKING Work in groups. Talk about Sally Ride, using the following prompts. (NÓI. Làm việc theo nhóm. Nói về Sally Ride, sử dụng lời nhắc sau.)

Gợi ý:

Sally Ride was born on May 26, 1951. She graduated from Stanford University in 1973. She obtained a doctorate in Physics in 1978. She was one of six women who began spaceflight training in 1978. She was a Challenger who experienced first flight into space in 1983 and traveled into space the 2nd time in 1984. Sally died in 2012 from cancer.