Fill each blank with a word or phrase in the box to complete the passage.

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

A. True

B. False

Fill in each blank with one suitable from the box to complete the passage: (1,5m) foods - take– after - most - to - forget - for I think Tet holiday is the (1) …………… important celebration in Vietnam because it is an occasion for family-reunion, for human love and for better hope. All of us seem to (2) ................... the hatred, bad lucks and then try to be nice (3) …………… others. Everyone is eager to (4) ………… part in many special activities, which are expected to bring good lucks and success in the New Year. Tet is also the time for us to relax and enjoy our special (5) ………………, warm family atmosphere (6)……………a hard-working year.

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II. Choose the correct word A, B, C, or D for each gap to complete the following passage.

Energy is one of the problems that many people are (1) …………………….. in. It is not an unfamiliar word. It is heard, said, discussed day after day. It is close (2) ……………......... everyone’s daily life. You (3) ……………………….. on a lamp and it is energy that gives you light. You turn on a TV and it is energy that gives you pictures and sound. You ride a motorcycle and it is energy that gives you movement. You cook your meals and it is (4) ………………….. that gives you heat to boil rice.

The problem is that the demand for energy is rising and that the price of energy is getting higher and higher. The supply of energy on earth is limited. It can not provide us forever. The (5) …………………. of energy in the future is inevitable. Therefore, saving energy is a must if we want to continue to live in a safe and sound world.

III. Read the passage and do the following tasks below

Vietnamese’s New Year is celebrated according to the Lunar calendar. It is officially known as Tet Nguyen Dan, or Tet. It begins between January twenty-first and February nineteen. The exact date changes from year to year. Vietnamese people usually make preparations for the holiday several weeks before hand. They tidy their houses, cook special food, clean and make offerings on the family altars. On the New Year’s Eve, people sit up to midnight to see the New Year in, then put on new clothes and give one another the greetings of the season. Tet lasts ten days. The first three days are the most important. Vietnamese people believe that how people act during those days will influence the whole year. As a result, they make every effort to avoid arguments and smile as much as possible.

A. Write (T) for True or (F) for false statement:

B. Answer the following questions:

1.     When does the Lunar New Year begin?

__________________________________________________________________________

2.     What do Vietnamese people do to prepare for Tet?

__________________________________________________________________________

3.     Are the first three days the most important?

           _______________________________________________________________________

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VI. Fill in each numbered blank in the passage with ONE suitable word to complete its meaning.  

Valentine is celebrated on…(1)…February 14. It is a festival of romantic love as many people give cards, letters, flowers or presents to their lover. They also may arrange a romantic…(2)…in a restaurant. People who would like to have a romantic relationship with somebody may use the occasion to make it known, often anonymously.

Valentine’s day is not a public holiday. Government offices, stores, schools and other organizations are…(3)…as usual. Public transit systems run on their regular…(4)…. Restaurants may be busier than usual as many people go…(5)…for an evening with their spouse or partner. Valentine’s day is also a very…(6)…date for weddings.

The most…(7)…Valentine’s day symbols are the heart, particularly in reds and pinks, and pictures or models of Cupid. Cupid is usually portrayed as a small winged figure with a bow and row. In mythology, he uses his arrow to strike the heart of people. People who have…(8)…in love are sometimes said to be struck by Cupid’s arrow.

1 +……………  2+ ………………..  3 + …………….           4 + …………….

5 +……………  6+ ………………..  7 + …………….           8 + …………….

VI. Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word from the box to complete the passage. (1pt) 

Light pollution is not as serious as water (1)_______ air pollution. Moreover, it is the type of pollution that occurs (2)_______ in cities than in rural areas. In the past, we could sit outside at night and look at glittering stars in the sky and light from objects in the space. Nowadays, cities are covered with lights from buildings, streets and advertising displays. The real problem is that it is very (3)_______ to apply light to almost everything at night. Millions of tons of oil and coal are used to produce the power to light the sky. Eye strain, loss of vision and stress are (4)_______ people may get from light pollution. 

1. A. but         B. or       C. so      D. yet

2. A. more     B. much     C. many       D. a lot

3. A. waste    B. wastes      C. wasting         D. wasteful 

4. A. who        B. why         C. what           D. which

B – Read the passage below and choose the correct word or phrase to complete each of the blanks.

Halloween is a holiday. It is on the night of October 31. It is (1) _______ in many English speaking countries. Children (2) _______ costumes. They go to people’s homes. The people give them candy. Children say “trick or treat!” to ask (3) _______ candy. This comes from a threat. It means, “Give me a treat (4) ­­­­_______ I will play a tricks on you. “Children today usually (5) _______ not do the tricks (6) _______ they do not get treats. But some students still do (7) _______ playful pranks or things to make fun of people like putting toilet paper in trees or writing with soap on windows. In these countries Halloween is about ghosts, witches, goblins, and (8) _______ scary things.

1.    A. presented                    B. proposed                  C. celebrated                     D. played

2.    A.  wear                           B. hold                           C. take                               D. up

3.    A. with                             B. for                             C.  after                             D. movies

4.    A. otherwise                    B. when                         C. but                                 D. fire

5.    A. do                                B. goes                          C. will                                 D. little

6.    A. if                                  B. unless                       C. before                           D. Therefore

7.    A. problem                      B. mischief                    C. incident                         D. little

8.    A. other                            B. another’s                   C. others                            D. Therefore

I. Read the text below and write one word in each blank to complete it.

          The Mường is an ethnic group native to Vietnam; it is the country’s third (1)_____________ of 53 minority groups, with an estimated population of 1.26 million (based on the 2009 census and five years of population growth). The Muong people inhabit the (2)_____________region of northern Vietnam, concentrated in Hoa Binh Province and the mountainous districts of Thanh Hoa Province. They are most closely (3)_____________ to the ethnic Vietnamese (Kinh). The term "muong" of Thai

origin (4)_____________ "district, region". To emphasize their difference (5)_____________the inhabitants of the valleys and highlanders, Muong call themselves "monglong", which means "people living in the centre". While the Muong are believed to be related to the Vietnamese, ethnologists (6)_____________ theorized that the Muong and Kinh (ethnic Vietnamese) separation happened when the proto-Vietnamese became (7) _____________ sinicised, beginning from the 111 BC invasion (8)

_____________ Chinese Han dynasty Emperor Wu Ti, while the Muong, living the mountains and developed independently. The Muong (9)_____________ the Tai have had a mutual influence on each other's culture, so today the Muong are ethnically and linguistically close to the Vietnamese, but culturally and socially (10)_____________to the Tai.