I.PHONETICS:Find the word wich has a different sound in the part underlined.
1. A food B book C good D cook
2. A washed B handed C laughed D helped
3. A youth B cloth C bathe D month
4. A strike B stripe Csprite D spring
II. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR:
1. Complete the table with appropriate verbs and nouns:
| verbs | nouns |
| 1. improve | |
| 2. | Commemoration |
| 3. revise | |
| 4. | particpation |
2. Choose the best answer by circling A,B,C or D:
1.We have to ...... our shoes when we go inside a pagoda.
A.take off B.give off C.turn off D.put on
2.You..........miss any of the meetings. They're always very useful
A.needn't B.should C.shouldn't D.can
3.According to the ......... in England, we have to use a knife and fork at dinner.
A.table ways B.table manners C.behavious D.differences
4.The xoe dance is a spiritual ............of Thai ethnic people.
A.customs B.tradition C.habit D.dance
5.In Viet Nam you shouldn't use only the first name to...... people older than you.
A.speak B.talk C.say D.address
6.Most children love Tet ...........they can also receive lucky money.
A.moreover B.while C.because D.therfore
7.In Viet Nam, the ........ we mostly use is chopsticks
A.cut B.cutting C.cultery D.cutlet
8.I think the Kate Festival is a really joyful festival which ........ many activities.
A.contains B.holds C.features D.includes in
9.Families leave a .......... fruit tray at the altar.
A.three B.four C.five D.six
10.The Vietnamese.............. cleaning the house at the first day of Tet.
A.encourage B.avoid C.discourage D.get used to
11.The Hung King temple Festival............from the 8th to the 11th day of the third lunar month.
A.takes B.takes part C.takes place D.takes turn
12.You shouldn't ............your promise to the children.
A.break B.cut C.keep C.save
3.Complete the sentence with the following words:
| ancestors celebration reunion traditional |
1.The..........of 1000 years of Thang Long was strongly impressive.
2.Quan ho singing has been recognized as a ...........heritage
3.In VietNam, Tet is known as an occasion for family.........
4.Vietnamese people often show their respect to their...........
4.Give the correct form of words in brackerts:
1.Santa Claus is based on the .........of Saint Nicholas in a poem (DESCRIBE)
2.Over 200.......entered the race (COMPETE)
III.READING:
*Read the passage and decide whether the sentences are True(T) or False(F):
The Rice-cooking festival was held in the communal house yard about one kilometer a way from a river . There are three competitions : water fetching, fire-making and rice-cooking. The festival took one day. In the water-fetching contest, one person from each team had to run to the river to get the water. In the fire-making contest, two team members had to make fire i the traditional way. They tried to rub pieces of bamboo together to make the fire. Six people from each team participate in the Rice-cooking Festival. They had to separate the rice from the husk and then cook then cook the rics
* Choose True (T) or False (F):
1.There's a river about one kilometer away ................
2.Two people from each team had to run to
the river to get the water ................
3.Pieces of wood are used to make the fire ...................
4.Six people from each team participate in
he Rice-cooking Festival. ...................
IV.Conect each pair of sentences with an appropriate conjunctive adverb to make compound sentences:
1.At the Mid-Autumn Festival, kid can sing, dance and enjoy mooncakes. Every child likes it verys much.
⇒....................................................
2.Most people book tickets long in advance. They can not return home for Tet.
⇒...................................................
3.Tet is considered a holiday. People become even busier than on ordinary days.
⇒....................................................
4.We like Tet because it is a long holiday. We can also receive lucky money.
⇒.....................................................
