II. Read the passage and circle the best answer
The Tay live mainly in the Northeastern part of Viet Nam. They live in large and crowded villages with hundreds of houses. They live in houses built on stilts. They are mainly farmers and they grow rice on terraced fields. They also raise cattles and poultry.Tay traditional dress is made from homegrown cotton. There is usually not much embroidery or other decorations. Women wear skirts or trousers, with short shirts inside and long one on the outside. | |
1. | Which of the following best describes the main idea of the passage? |
| A. The Tay live in the Northeastern part of Viet Nam. |
| B. The life of the Tay in Viet Nam. |
| C. The Tay have many festivals and holidays in a year. |
2. | What do the Tay mainly eat? |
| A. sticky rice |
| B. sticky rice round cakes |
| C. sticky rice square cakes |
3. | Which of the following is NOT true of the Tay? |
| A. They live on stilt houses. |
| B. They grow rice on terraced fields. |
| C. They wear clothes with much embroidery. |
| |
4. | Which is true of the Tay’s life? |
| A. They mainly work in agriculture. |
| B. They work in industry. |
| C. They have one very important festival a year. |
5. | The word "lavishly" is closest in meaning to ______. |
| A. seriously B. carefully C. luxuriously |
The Tay live mainly in the Northeastern part of Viet Nam. They live in large and crowded villages with hundreds of houses. They live in houses built on stilts. They are mainly farmers and they grow rice on terraced fields. They also raise cattles and poultry.
Tay traditional dress is made from homegrown cotton. There is usually not much embroidery or other decorations. Women wear skirts or trousers, with short shirts inside and long one on the outside.
They have many festivals and holidays in a year. The Lunar New Year and the mid-July festivals are the most lavishly organized. During festivals, people in many places play con throwing, badminton, tug-of-war, dragon dancing, or chess.
The Tay eat mainly sticky rice. On festival occasions, they make many kinds of cakes, such as banh chung (sticky rice square cakes), banh day (sticky rice round cakes) or banh khao (cakes made of white rice flour).
1. | Which of the following best describes the main idea of the passage? |
| A. The Tay live in the Northeastern part of Viet Nam. |
| B. The Tay make many kinds of cakes on festival occasions. |
| C. The Tay have many festivals and holidays in a year. |
| D. The life of the Tay in Viet Nam. |
2. | What do the Tay mainly eat? |
A. sticky rice B. sticky rice round cakes C. sticky rice square cakes D. cakes made of white rice flour | |
3. | Which of the following is NOT true of the Tay? |
A. They live on stilt houses. B. They grow rice on terraced fields. C. They wear clothes with much embroidery. D. They eat sticky rice. | |
4. | Which is true of the Tay’s life? |
| A. They mainly work in agriculture. B. They work in industry. C. They have one very important festival a year. D. They buy cotton to make dress. |
Ex 5. Choose the correct word A, B, C or D for each gap to complete the following
passage.
My parents are farmers. They work very ... (1) ... on the paddy fields. They usually get...
(2) ...very early in the morning. After ... (3) ... breakfast, they feed the buffaloes, pigs,
chickens, ducks and they... (4) ... the eggs. From about eight, they work on the field. They...
(5) ... rice but their... (6) ... is vegetables. From eleven thirty to one thirty, they rest and have
lunch. They continue to work until five in the afternoon then they come back home. My
mother ... (7) ...the animals again while my father ... (8)... the buffalo shed and the chicken
coop. They usually finish their work at about six thirty. Twice a week, my mother... (9) ... the
vegetables and eggs to the town market to sell them then she often buys the things we need for
our daily life. She also... (10) ... me a small present each time.
1. A. hard B. hardly C. harder D. hardest
2. A. on B. off C. up D. in
3. A. to have B. having C. have D. had
4. A. take B. see C. have D. collect
5. A. plant B. water C. grow D. cut
6. A. period B. crop C. time D. harvest
7. A. leads B. feeds C. gives D. calls
8. A. cleans B. washes C. polishes D. clears
9. A. makes B. takes C. carries D. brings
10.A. buying B. buys C. to buy D. bought
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
8 . He did the test ……………………than I did.
A.as bad as B. more worse C. worse D. badder
9 .Please turn of ……………lights when you leave ………………room.
A. the/the B. a/the C. a/a D. the/a
10 ……………..does Hoa Ban Festival take place? – In Lai Chau.
A. Where B. When C. How D. What
11 . During the festival, they fly many…………….kites in different shapes and sizes.
A. colour B. colourful C. colourless D. colouring
12. We will go swimming today…………it is very hot.
A. so B. so that C. because D. although
13 .So many people nowadays are…………..to computers and mobile phones. They use them a lot.
A. bored with B. addicted to C. worried about D. afraid of
14 . Mary’d like to find ………..more…………the culture of the Ede people in Viet Nam.
A. out/on B. in/about C. into/of D. out/about
15 .It is interesting ……………badminton after school.
A. play B. to playing C. played D.to play
16 . Using the computer as your hobby can be……………..to both your health and your social life.
A. harm B. to harm C. harmful D. harmless
7.He tried very ……….. but still failed the exam.
A. hardly B. hard C. harder D. hardest
10.He feels ……….. than last year because his study results are …………………
A. happy/ good B. happier/ gooder
19.I can learn a subject …………… if I like it and ………… if I don’t like it.
A. good/ bad B. better/ worse C. better/ badlier D. gooder/worse
C.more happy/more good D. happier/better
help me!
I. Rewrite sentences as required in brackets. (1 pt)
1. They built their houses on stilts to prevent flooding from tides or storms. (Why)
__________________________________.
2. Our gers are now better equipped than in the past. (worse)
In the past, our gers __________________________.
3. We like to watch cartoons so much. (adore)
_____________________________________.
4. Tom is a more careful driver than his friend. (less)
Tom’s friend ________________________.
Sometimes I hear adults around me say that it is (0. good) better for children to grow up in the city than in the countryside. They say that the city offers a child more opportunities for (1. high)_______ education, and (2. easy)_____ access to (3. good)________ facilities. Life there is (4. exciting)_________ and (5. convenient) __________.
They may be right, but there's one thing they might not know. I feel (6. happy) ________ here than in a crowded and noisy city. Country folk are (7.friendly)_______ than city folk. I know every boy in my village. Life here is not as (8. fast) _________ as that in the city and I feel (9. safe) __________. Perhaps the (10. good)_________ place to grow up is the place where you feel at home.
16. Find one mistake in the following sentence:
Many festivals and ceremony are held by the Thai people every year.
A B C D
17. Choose the words that have the different stress from the others.
A. companion B. information C. musician D. production
18.Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.
A. blood B. mood C. proof D. bloom
19. Find one mistake in the following sentence:
It will be very convenient for me to have no book.
A B C D
they promised to try their ............. in learning english ; A best B better C good D well