Rewrite the sentences given about the Thai traditions and customs, using the following expressions. You can add some words or make changes
where's a tradition that
according to the tradition
follow the tradition of
break with tradition by
have the custom of
1. Visitors should dress nearly in all religious shrines and temples, and never enter in sheeveless shirts.
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2. Never climb onto a Buddha image to take a photograph or do anything that might indicate a lack of respect.
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3. A monk is not allowed to touch money, so if a man wishes to give money to a monk , be must place it in the bowl.
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4. The "wai" - a slight bow with the palms together and the fingertips touching the face - is a way of showing respect or thanks, but you can smile of nod.
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5. Shoes should be removes when entering a private Thai home as a sign of respect.
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6. You should never point your feet at someone or an object as this is considered disrespectful.
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7. It is considered very rude to touch people on the head, but now you can touch young children on their head.
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8. You can use the word "Khun" as the best way to address someone and it is used in front of the name, usually the first name.
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II: Fill the gaps with the words in the box. More than one word can be suitable for some gaps. (1.0pt)
festivals
celebrate
lunar
best
happy
most
activity
celebrated
Spring is the time when there are many (1) _______ in our country. Among them, Hoa Ban festival is the (2)_______ beautiful and interesting, and it takes place in Lai Chau. It is typical of the cultural life of the Thai people. In the second (3) _______ month of the year, when it gets warmer and Hoa Ban – a kind of beautiful flower in the northwest mountainous area - blossoms, Hoa Ban Festival is (4) _______. This is a great time for everyone, especially for boys and girls.
1. …………
2 …………
3. …………
4. …………

Every year students in many countries learn English. Some of these students are young people, other are teenagers. Many are adults. Some learn at school, others study by themselves. A few learn English just by hearing the language in films, on television, in the office or among their friends. But not many are lucky enough to do that. Most people must work hard to learn another language.
Many boys and girls learn English at school because it is one of their subjects. They study their own language, mathematics and English. In England, or America, or Australia, many boys and girl study their own language, which is English, and mathematics and another language, perhaps French, or German or Spanish.
Many adults learn English, because it is useful for their work. Teenagers often learn English for their higher studies, because some of their books are in English at the college or university. Other people learn English because they want to read newspapers or magazines in English.

1.According to the writer………………
A.only adults learn English.
B.no children like learning English.
C.English is useful only to teenagers.
D.English is popular in much of the word.

2.Many people learn English by…………

A. watching videos only.
B. hearing the language in the office.
C. talking with the film stars.
D. working hard on their lessons.
3.Many boys and girls learn English because …………..

A. English can give them a job.
B. it is in included in their study courses.
C. their parents make them.
D. they have to study their own language.
5.Many adults learn English because ……………..
A. their work is useful.
B. they want to go abroad.
C. most of their books are in English.
D. it helps them in their work.

Everyone knows that honeybees make honey, but how do they actually do it? Honeybees live in colonies, which means that they live with lots of other bees. Beehives, nests made of wax, are the places where they live and stow their honey.

Honeybees drink nectar from flowers or other sweet deposits from plants or trees. The honey made by these bees is used to supply the colony with food during the cold winter when there arc no flowers to drink from. Thus, these bees not only consume the nectar for nourishment but also bring it home. They have a special organ called a honey stomach which is used to carry the food to their colony.

When honeybees come back home, they regurgitate what they have put in their honey stomachs. Other honeybees in the hive come along and help them. They repeatedly eat and regurgitate many times until the product becomes somewhat digested. Next, the bees move the syrupy product into open honeycomb cells. Then they beat their wings to fan it to prevent fermentation. The fanning makes the water evaporate so that the product gets thick enough. Now it cannot easily be attacked by bacteria. Finally, it can be called honey. After this process, honeybees seal up the honeycomb cells with wax until they are hungry.

The most impressive part of this process is how seamlessly a bee colony works together. In a colony, there are female worker bees, male drones, and one queen bee. Although there are both male and females in the hive, the majority of the work is done by females. The female worker bees are in charge of taking care of the hive and creating honey. When they are young, they take care of feeding the young bee larvae. When they are older, they go out and bring nectar back to the hive, where they begin making honey. The male drones are responsible for fertilizing the eggs, but require little energy as they spend their time waiting around the hive. The single queen bee is responsible for the colony's survival. She is the only female that can lay eggs. The wonderful substance called honey would not exist without the bees' teamwork.

1. What is the main topic of the passage?

A. The role of the female honeybee
B. Preventing fermentation in honey
C. Why honeybees build huge wax nests
D. How a honeybee colony works to make honey

IV. In the following text, six sentences or parts of sentences have been removed. Above
the extract you will find the six removed sentences PLUS one sentence which doesn't fit.
Choose from the sentences (A-G) the one which fits each gap (1-6). Remember, there is
one extra sentence you do not need to use. Write the correct letter in the box.
Choose from the following sentences to fill the spaces in the text. There is ONE extra.
A. Using a microwave for cooking a large food mass is difficult due to limited penetration of
microwaves.
B. This can be overcome by leaving the food to stand for a few minutes when cooking is
completed.

C. It is advised that the water should be poured slowly into another container that already
contains the powder.
D. In this way, buying a microwave oven with a turntable ensure the food is cooked
throughout.
E. Conversely the microwaves do not heat glass, ceramic and plastic containers.
F. If the microwaves are not absorbed inside the oven, the oven can be damaged by
electrical arcs and overheating of the microwave source.
G. When water in that state is disturbed, it can suddenly and unexpectedly boil violently.
MICROWAVING
Microwaving is a method of cooking where food is bombarded by microwaves, usually
within an appliance called a microwave oven which excite the water, fat and sugar
molecules, thereby heating (cooking) both the outside and center of the food at the same
time. (1)…………………
(A common myth is that a microwave oven cooks from the center of the food outward. This
appears to happen because heat generated at the surface escapes more readily from the
surface of the food into the surrounding air.) One advantage of microwaving is that small
amounts of food can be heated very quickly, making it useful for reheating leftovers.
The disadvantage is that food which is microwaved does not undergo some of the chemical
reactions, such as browning, which makes the food visually attractive. Primitive microwave
ovens often do not cook evenly, leading to a concern that bacteria easily killed by more
traditional cooking methods may survive the quick cooking time in "cold spots", though the
food item as a whole is cooked to a safe average temperature. (2) ……
Some high-end microwave ovens are combined with a convection oven which basically
cook the food using microwave and hot air simultaneously to achieve both the fast cooking
time and browning effect.
(3) …………………
However microwave ovens are used in some fast food chains and special microwave bags
are available for cooking fowl or large joints of meat.
Professional chefs generally recommend using microwaves for a limited set of tasks,
including: melting fats (such as butter) and chocolate, cooking grains like oatmeal and grits,
cooking rice, thawing frozen meats and vegetables before cooking by other methods and
quickly reheating already-cooked foods.
Using a microwave to boil water is potentially dangerous, due to superheating. In a
microwave, water can be raised quickly to a temperature above the boiling point before
major bubbles form, especially if it is purified and in a very clean glass vessel. (4)
…………………
This effect is rare, even for scientists who try to deliberately recreate it, and any seed
whatsoever for boiling is likely to prevent the problem. Boiling water with, for instance, a
teabag already in it will prevent any dangers by providing a seed, as will using a mug that is
not perfectly clean.

The risk greatly increases when water has already been boiled once in the same container.
This situation can occur if the user of the oven boiled the water once, forgot about it, then
came back later to boil it again. The first time the water boils, the seed bubbles
(microscopic bubbles of air around which larger steam bubbles grow) are used up and
largely eliminated from the water as it cools down. When the water is heated again, the lack
of seed bubbles causes superheating, and a risk of a steam explosion when the water's
surface is disturbed.
Placing something in the water before heating can mostly alleviate this risk. If you are
planning to mix something with the water, say tea or hot chocolate, adding it before heating
will insure that the water boils. Otherwise, placing a wood object, for instance a chopstick,
in the water before heating will also work.
Care should be taken when removing heated water from a microwave. Make sure that the
hands are protected from possible liquid boil-over, place the container on a level, heat-
proof surface and stir liquid with a warm spoon. Also, never add powdered substances
(such as instant coffee or cocoa mix) to the container taken from the microwave, due to the
addition of all those seed bubbles and the potential for violent, spontaneous boiling. (5)
…………………
Metal objects, such as metal utensils, in a microwave oven can lead to dangerous situations.
Metals do not absorb microwaves effectively. Instead, metals reflect microwaves, thereby
preventing the latter from reaching the food. (6) …………………
Thin metal layers, such as metal foil and mugs with metal trim can melt or burn due to the
strong electrical currents that are generated in metal objects. However, small solid metal
objects, such as spoons, in combination with a large amount of absorbing food or liquid,
normally do not lead to problems.
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Original Wikipedia article.

C. READING
I. Fill ONE suitable word into each of numbered blaks in the passage.
Australia is a big country, but nearly all Australians live near the sea. On hot summer days,
you can see thousands of people at the beach. Many beaches have waves (1)______ are very
high.

These large waves are known as surf and the people who ride them are called surfers.
Surfing is a skill, and it needs learning. Don’t (2)______ to be able to surf properly the
(3)______ time you try. However, by practising a few times you will learn (4)______ to do it.
Surfing is not a new sport. Perhaps its origins need explaining. It started hundreds (5)______
years ago in Hawaii. Men swam (6)______ to sea to catch fish and found they could come
back to land very quickly by riding the waves. These first surfers did not (7)______ a board.
They were “body surfers”. Many people (8)______ do this type of surfing today.
After a while people started to use boards and rode the waves by lying, kneeling or
standing (9)______ them. These first surfboards were made of wood and the water made
them rot after a while. Today, surfboards are made of plastic or fibreglass (10)______.

Complete the sentences with the word phrases

According to tradition

There's a tradition that

Following the tradition of

Break with tradition by

Follow the tradition of

Have the custom of

1.In Thailand,.....visitors should dress neatly in all religious shrines and temples, and never enter in shorts or sleeveless shirts

2.........,never climb onto a Buddha image to take photograph or anything that might indicate a lack of respect

3.........Thailand, a monk is not allowed to touch money, so if a man wishes to give money to a monk, he must place in a bowl

4.......,the'wai'-a slight bow with the palms together and the fingertips touching the face-is away of showing respect or thanks, but you can.....smiling or nodding

5.You have to......removing shoes when entering a private Thai home as a sign of respect

6......,you should never point your feet at someone or an object because this is considered disrespectful.

7.....Thailand it is considered very rude to touch people on the head,but now you can....touching youbg children on their heads

8 The Thai....using the word'Khun' as the best way to address someone and it is used in front of the name.usually the first name

Ex1:Read the descriptions of something you can see at the beach. Write the words on the answer sheet
1:you put see these on when the sun is too strong for your eyes s_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
2:You can make this with bread at home and eat it on the beach s_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Ex2:Complete this letter
Write ONE word for each space
For question,write your words on the answer sheet
Dear John,
Thank you for helping me with my English.You are ...1..very good teacher.I enjoyed my stay......2....Cambridge.
Now I am staying at my brother's flat. ....3.... is studying to be a doctor.I will stay ....4...him for two week and then go home...5.....Greece.
I like London very..6....We...7.. to Regents Park by bus yesterday.It..8.. very sunny and we had a good time.
Tonight,I am...9.. to see a film with my brother and some..10...his friends.
I'll write again from Greece.
Best wishes,
Kostas

I. Read the passage, and then decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F).

UNESCO has recognized the 82 Doctors’ stone tablets as
a Memory of the World. They are inscribed with the names of
2,313 doctorate holders who passed the royal examinations
between 1442 and 1780. The stone tablets, which bear the names
of Trang Nguyen, Bang Nhan, Tham Hoa, and Hoang Giap (the
first, second, third and fourth winning categories at the royal
examinations), sit on the backs of stone turtles.
These stone tablets are different from those in other
Asian countries, including China which had influenced

Vietnamese feudal education. The decorations on Viet Nam’s stone tablets were more diverse.
By naming Viet Nam’s stone tablets as a Memory of the World, UNESCO also acknowledges Viet Nam’s
efforts to preserve and promote heritage to international community. The recognition would also help to raise
the awareness in heritage preservation.

T F
1. UNESCO has recognized the 82 Doctors’ stone tablets as the World Heritage.  
2. The stone tablets are inscribed with the names of more than 2300 Doctors who  
passed the royal examinations throughout its history.
3. The stone tablets in the Temple of Literature in Ha Noi are unique because they  
are different from those in other Asian countries.
4. Viet Nam has made a lot of efforts to preserve and promote its heritage.  
5. The recognition of UNESCO helps to make people more aware of the need of  
heritage preservation.

II. Read the passage about the Temple of Literature, and then answer the questions.

The Temple of Literature is about 10 minutes away from Hoan
Kiem Lake. It was constructed in 1070 under Ly Thanh Tong’s dynasty,
first to honor Confucius and nowadays to celebrate the doctorates and high

rank scholars of Vietnam. In 1076, Emperor Ly Nhan Tong continued the work and built the Imperial Academy
as the first university of Vietnam.
The temple is divided into five courtyards. The first courtyard is from the main gate to Dai Trung Gate. The
second is with Khue Van Pavilion. The pavilion symbol is used on all street signs of Ha Noi. The third
courtyard is the place where doctorate names were listed on the stone tablets above tortoise backs. The fourth
courtyard is dedicated for Confucius and his 72 honoured students, as well as Chu Van An - one of the most
famous teachers at the Imperial Academy. The last is also the farthest courtyard is Thai Hoc House, which was
used as the Imperial Academy. Thai Hoc House holds a small collection of old-time costumes for students and
scholars.
1. Where is the Temple of Literature?
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2. When and by whom was it built?
_______________________________________________________________________________________
3. How many courtyards are there in the Temple of Literature?
_______________________________________________________________________________________
4. Which courtyard has Khue Van Pavilion?
_______________________________________________________________________________________
5. What is the Khue Van Pavilion symbol used for?
_______________________________________________________________________________________
6. Where can we find stone tablets above tortoise backs with the names of doctors?
_______________________________________________________________________________________
7. What is the fourth courtyard dedicated for?
_______________________________________________________________________________________
8. Where is the Thai Hoc House?
_______________________________________________________________________________________
9. What was used as the Imperial Academy?
_______________________________________________________________________________________
10. What does the Thai Hoc House hold nowadays?
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