Choose the best answer:

1. _____ is a day for students to express their love and esteem to their teachers.

A. Teacher's day B. Children's day C. Women's day D. Mid Autum festival

2. Vietnamese people often live in _____ which consists of more than three generations in a roof.

A. an extended family B. a nuclear family C. a typical family D. a normal family

3. Most children love Tet _____ they can also receive lucky money.

A. moreover B. while C. because D. therefore

4. The Yen Tu festival is organized since the 10^th lunar month and _____ for three spring months.

A. occurred B. happened C. longed D. lasted

5. A _____ is something we do that is special and passed down through the generations.

A. tradition B. festival C. custom D. performance

6. In tradition, _____ often do household chores and take care of children while _____ go to work for earning money in Vietnam.

A. men/women B. women/men C. woman/man D. man/woman

7. There is a British _____ of having afternoon tea at 4 p.m.

A. festival B. custom C. tradition D. carnival

8. In Japan, you _____ take off your shoes at the entrance of their houses.

A. should B. shouldn't C. has to D. hasn't to

9. She _____ wear a company uniform.

A. don't have to B. don't has to C. doesn't have to D. doesn't has to

10. People burn _____ to show respect to their ancestors during Tet.

A. candle B. fire C. incense D. coal

11. Tam is a beautiful girl; _____, she's kind - hearted.

A. therefore B. however C. moreover D. otherwise

12. Tet is an occasion for family _____ in Viet Nam

A. reunions B. meetings C. visitings D. seeings

13. The Hung King's sons offered him many special food, _____ Lang Lieu just brought him a chung cake and a day cake

A. but B. however C. because D. yet

14. They _____ with tradition by getting married quietly.

A. ended B. disconnected C. broke D. took

15. We all enjoy these customs and traditions because they provide our family with a sense of _____

A. belong B. belonging C. belonged D. belongs

16. You should _____ information about a custom or tradition.

A. finds B. found C. finfing D. find

17. A custom is something that has become an _____ way of doing things.

A. to be accept B. to accept C. accepting D. accepted

18. In the UK, there are lots of custom for table manners. For example, we _____ use a knife and fork at dinner.

A. have to B. are having C. has to D. having to

19. In Viet Nam, you _____ use only the first name to address people older than you.

A. should B. must C. shouldn't D. have to

A.PHONETIC

I. Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined.

1. A. chemistry B. machine C. character D. Christmas

2. A. fields B. flowers C. lemons D. parks

3. wanted B. smiled C. lived D. played

4. A.honey B. donkey C. survey D. money

5. A. stripe B. string C. spring D. trip

II.Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from that of the others.

1.A. competition B. education C. vegetarian D. musicsian

2.A. festival B. resource C. station D. history

3.A. worship B. belong C. enjoy D. behave

4.A. confusion B. companion C. communication D. magician

5.A. minorities B. populated C. activity D. experience

B. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARIES.

I.Choose the correct option for each gap in the sentences.

1. Tet is an occasion for family ............. in Viet Nam.

A. visiting B. meeting C. reunions D. seeing

2. Saint Giong was unable to talk, smile, or walk…………. he was three years old.

A. If B. because C. while D. even though

3.He …………. cross the street when the traffic light is green for pedestrians.

A. should B. shouldn’t C. ought D. oughtn’t

4. Would you like to go…………… a walk………… the park this afternoon?

A. to -at B. for - at C. to - in D. for- in

5. At school, the teacher and students………….. follow the rules.

A. has to B. have to C. need to D. haven’t to

II. Put the words in brackets into the right form to complete the sentences.

1. I'm so .......... about your trip . It's going to be amazing ( excite )

2. I'd like ........... the Viet Nam Museum of Etthnology this weekend ( visit )

3. While I ............... the performance , I met one of my friends ( watch )

4. When I was a small child I fancied ............... kites in the field (fly )

5. My close friend gave me a .......... present on my birthday . I like it so much ( wonder )

III. Identify a mistake in each sentence and correct it.

1.Vietnam is a multicultural country with 54 ethnic groups

2. We speak English fluent now than last year .

3. We broke with tradition by make sponge cakes for the Mid - Autumn Festival instead of moon cakes .

4. You has to take off your hats when you go to the pagoda.

5. However spring comes , many Vietnamese villages prepare of a new festival season .

C. READING

I.Read the passage and choose the best option A,B,C,D to complete it.

The Rice - cooking (1) ......... was held in communal house yard about one kilometer a way from (2) .......... There were three (3) ...........: water-fetching, fire- making and rice-cooking. The festival (4)......... one day. In the water-fetching (5) ............ , one person from each team had (6)............ to the river to get the (7) ........... In the fire-making contest two team members had to make a fire in the (8) ........... way. They tried to rub pieces of (9) ................. together to make the fire. Six people from each team (10)....... in the Rice-cooking Festival . They had to separate the rice from the husk and then cook the rice.

1. A. holiday B. contest C. festival D. competition

2. A. mountain B. city C. house D. river

3. A. holidays B. contests C. festivals D. competitions

4. A. takes B. took C. laking D. take

5. A. contest B. contests C. test D. tests

6. A. to run B. run C. ran D. running

7. A. bamboo B. rice C. fire D. water

8. A. strange B. tradition C. traditional D. traditionally

9. A. bamboo B. rice C. fire water

10. A. participate B. participates C. participating D. participated

II. Read the fairy tale Cinderella and do the tasks below.

Once upon a time there was a young girl called Cinderella. Cinderella was living happily with her family when her mother died. Her father married an evil widow with two daughters. Cinderella’s stepmother and two stepsisters mistreated her. She had to wear old clothes and work hard while the sisters wore fancy clothes and had fun. A good witch helped Cinderella. She turned Cinderella’s old dress into a beautiful gown. Cinderella went to a party and a handsome prince politely invited her to dance with him. He fell in love with her and wanted to find out who she was. Cinderella left the party in a hurry and didn’t tell the prince her name. but she left a glass slipper, and the prince used that to find her. They got married and lived happily ever after.

1.Answer true (T) or false (F)

	True	False
a. Cinderella was living happily with her family when her motherdied.
b. Her father married a kind woman.
c. Her stepmother and two stepsisters were very kind to her.
d. The prince got married to the girl who fitted the left glass slipper.

2. Ansewer the questions.

a. What did Cinderella’s father do when his wife died?

b. How did Cinderella’s stepmother and two stepsisters treat her?

c. Who turned Cinderella’s old clothes into a beautiful gown?

d. What did the prince use to find Cinderella?

D.WRITING

I. Rewrite the sentences using the words in brackets

1. You are Vietnamese , you shoud know the story of Chung cakes.

If ...........

2. He likes to listen to pop music than to watch TV after school.

He prefers ..............

3. A sports car goes fater than an ordinary car .

An ordinary car .............

II. Make sentences from the words given

1. Last night / they / enjoy / watch / show very much

......................

2. - A : I phoned you aroud 9 p.m last night , but no reply .

-B : Oh / I / do / some Internet research / Vietnamese legends / my project .

............................

III. Write about one of your favourite fairy tales . You can invent your own story .

P/s : Thôi chịu đấy . Tag khó lắm -.-

choose the word or phrase among A B C or D that best fits the blanks space in the following passage

the country and the city have advantage and (1).......................... . people in the country live in more beautiful surrounding. they enjoy(2) .................. and puietness and can do their work at their (3)................. pace because no one is in a (4) ............ . they live in larger , more comfortable houses , and their neighbors are more friendly and ready to help them (5) ......................... they need it . their life. however, can be (6)............... and they may be isolated. which is serious problem (7).................. they are ill or want to take children to school

the city has all the services that the country lacks , but it (8)................. has a lot of disadvantages cities are often polluted . they not (9)...................... have polluted air but also have noisy streets. everyone is always in hurry and this (10)................ that people have no time tho get to know each other and make friends.

1 A joy B enjoyment C happiness D disadvantages

2 A quiet B quietly C peace D peaceful

3 A less B own C just D only

4 A hurry B hurried C hurriedly D hurrying

5 A when B which C what D that

6 A bore B bored C boring D bores

7 A unless B because C although D if

8 A also B yet C alrealy D so

9 A never B ever C hardly D only

10 A aims B means C asks D said

IV. Choose the underlined word or phrase (marked A, B, C, or D) in each sentence that needs correcting.

1.They fined this morning since they threw rubbish on the street.

A B C D

2.If the factory has a waste treatment system, the water wouldn’t be polluted.

A B C D

3.I will join the Hung King Temple Festival , but I book a travel ticket to Phu Tho.

A B C D

4.The Khmer should float lanterns; otherwise, they are not get good luck.

A B C D

5.Light pollution makes people feeling headache and anxiety.

A B C D

6.The crops and fruit trees died because soil pollution.

A B C D

7.Do Son is famous for buffalo-fighting Festival , but My Son doesn’t.

A B C D

8.New Zealand is comprising two main parts : the North Island and the South Island.

A B C D

9.Some people believe that we shouldn’t sweep the floor on the first day on Tet.

A B C D

10.Whose costumes is made from hemp and jute ?

A B C D

PART C: READING

I. You are going to read a text taken from a magazine for youngsters. Some words are missing from it. Choose the most appropriate answer (A, B, C or D) for each gap (1-9) in the text.

Hot-air ballooning Over 150 balloons will be floating over Bristol in August – it’s sure to be a breathtaking sight. The International Balloon Fiesta at Bristol is a unique (1) ______ and becoming more popular every year. Balloonists from all around the world will be (2) ______ here for three days. They’ll be (3) ______ two spectacular takeoffs at 6am and 6pm on (4) ______ day of the Fiesta. Some balloons take only a single pilot while others can carry up (5) ______ eight passengers. You can also see an original, old-fashioned balloon being (6) ______ and raised by gas – a process which costs £4,000. Also on site will be clowns and stalls, as well as a funfair and helicopter rides. A preview is being (7) ______ at Durham Downs, Bristol, on July 28, when the balloons are laid out for inspection. At (8) ______ they will take off together with the flames from the burners lighting up the balloons and (9) ______ them glow in the night as they rise into the air.

1. A. occasion B. event C. celebration D. eventual

2. A. collecting B. grouping C. gathering D. organising

3. A. staging B. producing C. preparing D. supplying

4. A. the B. each C. first D. all

5. A. over B. along C. from D. to

6. A. illuminated B. inflated C. infected D. installed

7. A. seen B. taken C. held D. advised

8. A. dusk B. noon C. once D. last

9. A. causing B. trying C. expecting D. making

My mother came (1)______ Baffin Island. She used to live in an igloo: a domed house (2)______ from blocks of ice. The house had only one room for all the (3)______: grandparents, parents, brothers, unmarried sisters, and sometimes other relatives. Everyone worked together to survive the Arctic (4)______. Men went out hunting (5)______ women stayed at home making clothes and preparing food. When they had to travel far, they (6)______ on dogsleds. At night they used to entertain themselves by telling and (7)______ out stories. They danced to drum music (8)______.

Akycha from Canada

1. A. at B. in C. on D. from

2. A. build B. to build C. building D. built

3. A. children B. people C. families D. generations

4. A. spring B. summer C. fall D. winter

5. A. while B. during C. before D. after

6. A. walked B. rode C. drove D. flew

7. A. going B. knocking C. acting D. turning

8. A. so B. too C. neither D. either

II, Read the dialogue and choose the correct word or phrase to complete each numbered blank.

When you go to another country, it is important to follow the (1) ....... of that country. If you are invited to a home in England, here is some (2) ....... . (3) ....... you are invited, it is good manners to tell whether you will go or not, either by (4) ....... or through telephoning. When you go to the party, it is better to (5) ....... on time. It is good manners to shake hands with your host and other guests. You can take a (6) ....... if you like, possibly a bottle of wine or a box of chocolates or some flowers. However, it is bad manners to take (7) ....... . It is not (8) ....... to stay too late after the other guests have gone. (9) ......., it is good manners to write a short letter or make a telephone call a day or two later to (10) ....... your host.

1. A. customs B. language C. people D. map

2. A. news B. information C. service D. advice

3. A. Before B. Though C. While D. As soon as

4. A. car B. bus C. writing D. speaking

5. A. reach B. leave C. come D. arrive

6. A. friend B. present C. parent D. child

7. A. nothing B. cheap thing C. everything D. expensive things

8. A. correct B. well C. polite D. necesssary

9. A. Of course B. So C. However D. But

10. A. welcome B. thank C. praise D. please

1.It’s a pity she had to pullout of the competition, especially since she ________ such excellent progress. A. made B. was making C. has been making D. had been making 2.When Mike lived in Paris, he ________ strolling along the bank of the river Seine. A. was enjoying B. had enjoyed C. would enjoy D. used to enjoy 3.I don’t think John is friendly, ________? A.do I B. isn’t he C. is he D. aren’t I 4.Jack doesn’t know ________ the message was intended. A. with whom B. for whom C. to whom D. whom 5.We’ve had a burglar alarm installed in our holiday cottage ________ feel happier about leaving it unoccupied for long periods. A. lest we should B. in order for us to C. so that we will D. for fear that we will 6.She prefers an evening at the cinema ________ to clubs. A. to go out B. rather than go C. than going out D. to going out 7.His proposal ________ to see the art exhibition interested every one of us. A. that we go B. that we would go C. which we shall go D. what we should go 8.National parks are very important for preserving many animals, which ________ the risk of becoming extinct. A. otherwise run B. will otherwise run C. would otherwise run D. can otherwise run 9.Scarcely had the islanders recovered from thevolcanic eruption ________theearthquake followed. A. that B. when C. then D. than 10. ________ when he heard the bell for class. A. Away the boy hurried B. Away did the boy hurry C. Away hurried the boy D. Hurried away the boy 11.There are many ________ in our school library. A. old Vietnamese interesting history books B. interesting old Vietnamese history booksC. interesting Vietnamese old history books D. Vietnamese interesting old history books 12. ________ around us gives us vital information about our environment. A. The sounds are heard B. That the hearing of soundsC. Hearing the sounds D. Whatever the sounds are heard 13. ________ as a postman in the city for a long time, John knows all the streets well. A. Working B. To work C. Having worked D. Having been worked 14. ________, we’ll go over the test paper once more. A. Time permitting B. Time permitted C. Time permits D. Time to permit 15.Excessive logging of forests in the past century has resulted in ________. A. which is known as deforestation B. knowing as deforestationC. what becomes known as deforestation D. that is known as deforestation 16.I’ll be ________ from you. A. only glad to hear B. only too glad to hear C. too glad only to hear D. too only glad to hear 17.Her perfect manners and exceptional erudition is an effect of her strict ________. A. upstanding B. upkeep C. upbringing D. uphold 18.She dropped her eyes to the tablecloth, suddenly confused and ________ ashamed of herself. A. painstakingly B. ridiculously C. deeply D. highly 19.Farmers say supermarkets put them under pressure to sell at rock bottom prices–and regularly break ________. A. contracts B. connections C. promises D. agreements 20.Men are more likely to ________ a red light, forget to signal, or drink and drive. A. go B. drive C. dash D. run 21. “Take your mind off it by________yourself in a good book!” said the teacher to his student. A. interesting B. engrossing C. absorbing D. exciting 22.Domestic producers complain about no-one buying their wine and cheap imports ________ the markets. A. pouring B. flowing C. trickling D. flooding 23. A ________ of glory, a fury of passion that left them weak and trembling in the arms of each other. A. burn B. fire C. flame D. blaze 24.There he was at the side of the stage, looking pretty, inconsequentially ________ his guitar. A. strumming B. stringing C. pressing D. striking 25.The moon was hidden under a veil of clouds, and there was not ________. A. a gust of wind B. a breath of wind C. a biting wind D. a strong wind 26.The new students were told to report to the school secretary ________. A. on arrival B. on the level C. for certain D. in self-defense 27.________ his conduct, the club has decided to suspend him. A. On the contrary B. In favor of C. With a view to D. In view of