Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank.

Spring  is a time when there are many festivals in our country. Among them, Hoa Ban Festival is the most beautiful and interesting, and it takes place in Lai Chau. It is typical of the (1)  ............. life of the Thai people. In the second lunar month of the year, when it (2) .............warmer and hoa ban – a kind of beautiful flower in the northwest mountainous area – blossoms. Hoa Ban Festival is (3) ........... .This is a great time for everyone, (4) .............for boys and girls. The boy picks the most beautiful flower and gives it to his girlfriend. This is not only a time for love but also for the Thai people to (5) ........... for good crops, for happiness, and express their special thanks to the Gods and ancestors The festival is always full of songs and prayers.

1. A. minor                   B. cultural                    C. custom                     D. festival

2. A. gets                      B. goes                         C. comes                      D. runs

3. A. seen                     B. arranged                   C. observed                   D. celebrated

4. A. largely                  B. especially                 C. generally                  D. typically

5. A. ask                       B. look                         C. pray                         D. call

Read and write the short answer:

Hello, my name is Quang. I live in Ha Noi but my home village is in Bac Ninh Province. It is a small village. It is very quiet and peaceful. It’s about 60 kilometres from Ha Noi. I often go to my home village to visit my grandparents. It takes me 2 hours to get there by bus. My home village has many rice paddies and ponds. It does not have many cars and high buildings as Ha Noi. I love my home village very much.

Question: How does he get there? ______________________

Read and write the short answer:

Hello, my name is Quang. I live in Ha Noi but my home village is in Bac Ninh Province. It is a small village. It is very quiet and peaceful. It’s about 60 kilometres from Ha Noi. I often go to my home village to visit my grandparents. It takes me 2 hours to get there by bus. My home village has many rice paddies and ponds. It does not have many cars and high buildings as Ha Noi. I love my home village very much.

Question. How does he get there? 

II. Read the following passage and choose the best answer to complete the passage. I live in a small town in Viet Nam. There are about 400 people here. I love it because it is quiet and (56) _______ is slow and easy. You never have to queue in shops or banks. The village is clean - people look after it and don’t throw their rubbish in the streets. The air is also clean because there’s not much heavy traffic. It’s much more (57) _______ here than in a city. Everyone knows everyone and (58) __________ someone has problem; there (59) ___________ always people who can help. There aren’t many things I don’t like about this town. One thing is that there’s not much to do in the evening - we haven’t got any cinemas or theaters. Another problem is that people always talk about each other and everyone knows what everyone else is doing. But I still prefer village life (60)__________life in a big city. 56. A. living B. life C. problem D. district 57. A. friendly B. unfriendly C. boring D. uninteresting 58. A. if 59. A. was B. and B. were C. so C. are D. but D. is 60. A. to B. more C. than D. better

Read and write the short answer:

Hello, my name is Quang. I live in Ha Noi but my home village is in Bac Ninh Province. It is a small village. It is very quiet and peaceful. It’s about 60 kilometres from Ha Noi. I often go to my home village to visit my grandparents. It takes me 2 hours to get there by bus. My home village has many rice paddies and ponds. It does not have many cars and high buildings as Ha Noi. I love my home village very much.

Question. Does he love his home village? ______________________

Read and write the short answer:

Hello, my name is Quang. I live in Ha Noi but my home village is in Bac Ninh Province. It is a small village. It is very quiet and peaceful. It’s about 60 kilometres from Ha Noi. I often go to my home village to visit my grandparents. It takes me 2 hours to get there by bus. My home village has many rice paddies and ponds. It does not have many cars and high buildings as Ha Noi. I love my home village very much.

Question. Where does Quang live? 

Read and circle a or b.

Hello . My name’s Nga. I live in a village in Vinh Phuc Province. It’s about sixty kilometres from Ha Noi. The village is small and quiet. The village is small and quiet. There are not many people, shops and traffic. I enjoy living here because life is peaceful and the people are friendly. At weekends, my parents often take me to Ha Noi. It’s much noisier and busier. It has lots of large lakes, beautiful parks and tall buidings. The streets are so crowded and things are more expensive. I like Ha Noi because the shops are really nice and life is exciting.

What’s life in the village like?

A. It’s exciting.    

B. It’s peaceful.

Read and write the short answer:

Hello, my name is Quang. I live in Ha Noi but my home village is in Bac Ninh Province. It is a small village. It is very quiet and peaceful. It’s about 60 kilometres from Ha Noi. I often go to my home village to visit my grandparents. It takes me 2 hours to get there by bus. My home village has many rice paddies and ponds. It does not have many cars and high buildings as Ha Noi. I love my home village very much.

Question. Where is Quang’s home village? 

Read the passage and choose the best answer

Hello. My name is John. I live in an apartment in New York, the USA. It is a big city. It has got a lot of high buildings, supermarkets, banks and stores. There is much traffic and there are often traffic jams at rush hour. It is very noisy here. But I enjoy living here because everything is exciting and attractive to me.

Hi. My name is Kate. I am John’s elder cousin. I live in a village in the suburbs of Canberra, Australia. It is quieter than New York. It hasn’t got many shops, supermarkets or restaurants. There are some farms around my house. You can see a lot of sheep and kangaroos on the farm. There are not many people but they are friendly. I prefer to live in the countryside because I enjoy the fresh air and the peaceful life here.

1. New York has got many high buildings, banks, supermarkets and ………..…..(post offices/ shops/ parks)

2. It is very ………..…..(quiet/ peaceful/ noisy) in New York city

3. Kate is ………..….. (younger/ older/ taller) than John.

4. She lives in a ………..…..(town/ city/ village) in an area from Canberra, Australia

5. She prefers to live in the countryside because she likes (clean/ dirty/ polluted) air there.