. Read the following passage and answer the questions below : (2 ms )

Sticky Rice Cake

"Chung" cake (Sticky Rice Cake) is a traditional dish of Vietnamese. The taste of "Chung" cake has become the taste of Tet holiday in Vietnam. Legend has it that King Hung VI chose the next king by asking each of his princes to offer him a dish and he would give the throne to the son who could satisfy him. The main ingredients to make “chung” cake are: sticky rice, green bean, fatty pork, black pepper and salt. First, sticky rice and green bean are dipped in water till expanded. Fatty pork is mixed with black pepper. Vietnamese use “dong” leaves (Phrynium planetarium) to wrap them all inside. “Chung” cake then will be bolt in a large pot for about 10 hours or more. The process of making “chung” cake is time-consuming and quite difficult. However, Vietnamese people don’t mind about them because in their concept, this is good chance for all family to gather and make it together.

Questions :

1.Is "Chung" cake (Sticky Rice Cake) a traditional dish of Vietnamese?

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2. What are the main ingredients to make “chung” cake?

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3. Do Vietnamese use “banana” leaves to wrap “chung” cake?

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4.How is the process of making “chung” cake?

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1. Read the following passage and answer the questions below : (2 ms )

Sticky Rice Cake

"Chung" cake (Sticky Rice Cake) is a traditional dish of Vietnamese. The taste of "Chung" cake has become the taste of Tet holiday in Vietnam. Legend has it that King Hung VI chose the next king by asking each of his princes to offer him a dish and he would give the throne to the son who could satisfy him. The main ingredients to make “chung” cake are: sticky rice, green bean, fatty pork, black pepper and salt. First, sticky rice and green bean are dipped in water till expanded. Fatty pork is mixed with black pepper. Vietnamese use “dong” leaves (Phrynium planetarium) to wrap them all inside. “Chung” cake then will be bolt in a large pot for about 10 hours or more. The process of making “chung” cake is time-consuming and quite difficult. However, Vietnamese people don’t mind about them because in their concept, this is good chance for all family to gather and make it together.

Questions :

1.Is "Chung" cake (Sticky Rice Cake) a traditional dish of Vietnamese?

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2. What are the main ingredients to make “chung” cake?

____________________________________________________________________________

3. Do Vietnamese use “banana” leaves to wrap “chung” cake?

_________________________________________________________________________

4.How is the process of making “chung” cake?

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1. Read the following passage and answer the questions below

Sticky Rice Cake

"Chung" cake (Sticky Rice Cake) is a traditional dish of Vietnamese. The taste of "Chung" cake has become the taste of Tet holiday in Vietnam. Legend has it that King Hung VI chose the next king by asking each of his princes to offer him a dish and he would give the throne to the son who could satisfy him. The main ingredients to make “chung” cake are: sticky rice, green bean, fatty pork, black pepper and salt. First, sticky rice and green bean are dipped in water till expanded. Fatty pork is mixed with black pepper. Vietnamese use “dong” leaves (Phrynium planetarium) to wrap them all inside. “Chung” cake then will be boiled  in a large pot for about 10 hours or more. The process of making “chung” cake is time-consuming and quite difficult. However, Vietnamese people don’t mind about them because in their concept, this is good chance for all family to gather and make it together.

Questions :

1.Is "Chung" cake (Sticky Rice Cake) a traditional dish of Vietnamese?

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2. What are the main ingredients to make “Chung” cake?

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3. Do Vietnamese use “banana” leaves to wrap “Chung” cake?

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4.How is the process of making “Chung” cake?

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5.How long does it take to cook “chung”cake?……………

Read the text and decide T (true)/ F (false) for each statement.

FOOD OF TYPICAL WET RICE COUNTRY

Vietnamese sometime wonder how westerners can eat bread days after days but the vice-versa also holds water. Most tourists coming to Vietnam are amazed at the omni-presence of rice and rice-related dishes.

Rice is an object for worshipping in many temples of Vietnam. It is said to originate from the Mother Godness Worshipping, the most long–standing belief in Vietnam. Yes rice is a big thing out here. The very first written characters constituting the word “Happiness” in ancient Vietnamese is the image of many rice plants and a square symbolizing a paddy field. Rice is not only happiness, it really forms Vietnamese.

Accordingly, many main dishes and snacks in Vietnam are made from rice: boiled rice in daily meal, rice porridge, steamed rice, glutinous rice cake, well-known Banh Chung (square cake) and uncountable made-from rice dishes from every region in Vietnam.

Even the universal Pho that you definitely hear about is made from rice as well. Rice is the center of everything, like a sun lying in the center of the whole solar planet.

Considering rice important, Vietnamese has been always developing their farming method and new rice genres. Many Vietnam rice varieties exported to all over the world are renowned for their distinctive flavor, yet only when coming to Vietnam and have boiled rice with soya sauce pickled egg-plants, your adventure to Vietnam is considered perfect.

Few tourists coming to Vietnam are amazed at the omni-presence of rice and rice-related dishes

Read and complete the passage with words in the box.

celebrate       traditional       therefore       cannot       served

Tet is the biggest festival in Vietnam. To (1) ……………..Tet, Vietnamese people make many tasty (2)……..….foods. The most important food includes Chung cakes, sausages, boiled chicken, spring rolls, and sticky rice. Chung cake is made of sticky rice, pork, green beans, and other spices, wrapped in green leaves; (3)…….….., this cake needs a lot of preparation . This cake can be kept for a long time, even though the weather is often humid during Tet. Other significant foods that (4)……… be missed to worship the ancestors are sausages, spring rolls, and sticky rice. Because sausages are difficult to make, people often buy them from famous suppliers. However, sticky rice and spring rolls are easier to prepare and must be (5)………..immediately after they are cooked, so they are often made at home.

Question 2:

Read and complete the passage with words in the box.

celebrate       traditional       therefore       cannot       served

Tet is the biggest festival in Vietnam. To (1) ……………..Tet, Vietnamese people make many tasty (2)……..….foods. The most important food includes Chung cakes, sausages, boiled chicken, spring rolls, and sticky rice. Chung cake is made of sticky rice, pork, green beans, and other spices, wrapped in green leaves; (3)…….….., this cake needs a lot of preparation . This cake can be kept for a long time, even though the weather is often humid during Tet. Other significant foods that (4)……… be missed to worship the ancestors are sausages, spring rolls, and sticky rice. Because sausages are difficult to make, people often buy them from famous suppliers. However, sticky rice and spring rolls are easier to prepare and must be (5)………..immediately after they are cooked, so they are often made at home.

Question 1:

Read and complete the passage with words in the box.

celebrate       traditional       therefore       cannot       served

Tet is the biggest festival in Vietnam. To (1) ……………..Tet, Vietnamese people make many tasty (2)……..….foods. The most important food includes Chung cakes, sausages, boiled chicken, spring rolls, and sticky rice. Chung cake is made of sticky rice, pork, green beans, and other spices, wrapped in green leaves; (3)…….….., this cake needs a lot of preparation . This cake can be kept for a long time, even though the weather is often humid during Tet. Other significant foods that (4)……… be missed to worship the ancestors are sausages, spring rolls, and sticky rice. Because sausages are difficult to make, people often buy them from famous suppliers. However, sticky rice and spring rolls are easier to prepare and must be (5)………..immediately after they are cooked, so they are often made at home.

Question 4:

Read and complete the passage with words in the box.

celebrate       traditional       therefore       cannot       served

Tet is the biggest festival in Vietnam. To (1) ……………..Tet, Vietnamese people make many tasty (2)……..….foods. The most important food includes Chung cakes, sausages, boiled chicken, spring rolls, and sticky rice. Chung cake is made of sticky rice, pork, green beans, and other spices, wrapped in green leaves; (3)…….….., this cake needs a lot of preparation . This cake can be kept for a long time, even though the weather is often humid during Tet. Other significant foods that (4)……… be missed to worship the ancestors are sausages, spring rolls, and sticky rice. Because sausages are difficult to make, people often buy them from famous suppliers. However, sticky rice and spring rolls are easier to prepare and must be (5)………..immediately after they are cooked, so they are often made at home.

Question 5:

Read and complete the passage with words in the box.

celebrate       traditional       therefore       cannot       served

Tet is the biggest festival in Vietnam. To (1) ……………..Tet, Vietnamese people make many tasty (2)……..….foods. The most important food includes Chung cakes, sausages, boiled chicken, spring rolls, and sticky rice. Chung cake is made of sticky rice, pork, green beans, and other spices, wrapped in green leaves; (3)…….….., this cake needs a lot of preparation . This cake can be kept for a long time, even though the weather is often humid during Tet. Other significant foods that (4)……… be missed to worship the ancestors are sausages, spring rolls, and sticky rice. Because sausages are difficult to make, people often buy them from famous suppliers. However, sticky rice and spring rolls are easier to prepare and must be (5)………..immediately after they are cooked, so they are often made at home.

Question 3:

Sticky Rice Cake
"Chung" cake (Sticky Rice Cake) is a traditional dish of Vietnamese. The taste of "Chung" cake has become the taste of Tet holiday in Vietnam. Legend has it that King Hung VI chose the next king by asking each of his princes to offer him a dish and he would give the throne to the son who could satisfy him. The main ingredients to make “chung” cake are: sticky rice, green bean, fatty pork, black pepper and salt. First, sticky rice and green bean are dipped in water till expanded. Fatty pork is mixed with black pepper. Vietnamese use “dong” leaves (Phrynium planetarium) to wrap them all inside. “Chung” cake then will be bolt in a large pot for about 10 hours or more. The process of making chung cake is time consuming and quite difficult. However Vietnamese people don't mind about them in their concept, this is good chance for all family gather and make it together.

Chọn True hay False

Hung King of the sixth wants to choose another king T/F