Reading.

1. Choose the word ( A, B, C or D) that best fits each of the blank spaces

     We ....(5).... to Thai land for our summer vacation last year. I was our first ....(6)....to Asia. We loved it. We went to the floating market very early one morning. We didn't buy anything there , we just looke. Another day, we went to Wat phra Keo, the famous Temple of the Emerald Buddha. It was really ....(7)....Then we saw two more temple nearby. We also went on a river ....(8).... somewhere outside Bangkok. The best thing ....(9).... the trip was the food. The next time we have friends over for dinner, I ....(10).... Thai food.

 5/ A. go              B. went            C. are going        D. will go

 6/ A. vacation     B. holiday       C. trip                 D. A&B

 7/ A. interested   B. interesting  C. bored              D. boring

 8/ A. trip             B. walk           C. travel              D. bank

 9/ A. in               B. on               C. of                    D. about

 10/ A. cook        B. cooked        C. am cooking     D. am going to cook

2. Complete the passage with the most suitable word

          The festival was held in the communal house yard  about one kilometer away from a(1).   .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  There were three competitions: water-fetching fire-making and rice-cooking.  The festival.  (2)…………. …… .  one day. 

          In the water-fetching.  (3)……….….  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 a fire in the traditional way.  They tried to rub(4)………………...  .  of bamboo together to make the fire.  Six people from each team took part in the (5)………….  contest. They had to separate the rice(6)………………….…the husk and then cook the rice.  After the(7)………….  .  contests, all the (8)………….  were added and the Thon Trieu group won the grand prize.  The festival was wonderful.

3. Read the text carefully then do the exercises

 Vietnam's New Year is celebrated according to the Lunar calendar.

It’s officially.(1)................as Tet Nguyen Dan or Tet. It begins. (2)....................January twenty -first and February nineteen. The exacts day changes from year to year. Vietnamese people usually make preparations for the holiday several weeks beforehand. 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 they put on new .(3)....................and give one another the greetings of the season. Tet last ten days. The first three days are the most (4)........... 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. 

  Part1/ choose the correct words to fill in the gaps 

    1/      a/ knows                b/ knew                 c/ know                 d/ known

    2/      a/ between             b/ in                       c/ at                       d/ after

3/      a/ friends               b/ clothes               c/ shoes                 d/ shirt

  4/      a/ happy                b/ nice                    c/ important           d/ popular  

 part2  Answer the questions

   5/ What is Vietnam's New Year known as?

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   6/ What do Vietnamese people usually do to prepare for Tet ?

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   7/ Which days of Tet do you think the most important ?

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   8/ Do you like the New year's Eve ? When is it ? 

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4. Read the text carefully then do the exercises

When people talk Nha Trang, the biggest city in Khanh Hoa province, they often think of a tropical paradise.Nha Trang is a famous seaside resort. It has a long coastline with beautiful white sandy beaches

  In the morning and in the afternoon, tourist can take part in various fascinating outdoor activities such as mud bathing, swimming, snorkeling or scuba diving. Snorkeling and diving are both interesting sport, as swimmer may swim underwater and admire the lives at the bottom of the sea. Besides, tourist can also take boat trip to the islands. One of the most enjoyable trips is the trip to Mieu Island, where Tri Nguyen Aquarium was built in 1999. This aquarium is now home to different kinds of colorful fish and even a few sharks.

   True/False Statements:

1.At Tri Nguyen aquarium, visitors can enjoy watching a few sharks only……

2.Nha Trang is a famous seaside resort……

3.In the morning, tourist can take part in various fascinating….

4.Tri Nguyen Aquarium was built in 1990……

5. Read the text carefully then do the exercises

Ha Long- Bay of the Descending Dragon – is popular with both Vietnamese and international tourists. One of the attractions of Ha Long is the Bay’s calm water with limestone mountains.The Bay’s water is clear during the spring and early summer. Upon arriving in Ha Long city,visitors can go along Chay Beach. From the beach, they can hire a boat and go out to the Bay. It is hear that the visitors can find some of Southest Asia’s most beautiful sites.Dau Go Cave is one of the most beautiful caves at Ha Long. It was the cave in which General  Tran Hung Dao hid wooden  stakes to beat the Mongols on Bach Dang River in 1288.

1.     Whom is Ha Long popular with?

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2.     What is one of the  attractions of Ha Long ?

……………………………………………………………………

3.What is the Bay’s water like ?

………………………………………………………………

4.Which is one of the most beautiful caves at Ha Long ?

……………………………………………………………

6. Đọc đoạn văn sau và chọn T (True) hay F (False).

 Uyen had a day to remember last week. She had a Math exam last Friday, so she had to stay up late before to do her exercises. She got up late the next morning. She realized that her alarm clock didn’t go off. As she was leaving home, it started to rain heavily. Uyen tried to run as fast as she could. Suddenly she stumbled over a rock and fell down. Her schoolbag dropped into a pool and everything got wet. The rain stopped as she got to her classroom. Luckily, Uyen had enough time to finish her exam.

* T/F statements:...….....1. Uyen finished her Math exam.

………2. She was late for her classroom.

………3. As she got to her classroom, it still rained heavily.

………4. Everything in her schoolbag got wet.

………5. She got up early and went to her classroom

Choose the word (a, b, c, or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces.

We (1) _____ to Thailand for our summer vacation last year. It was

our first (2) _____ to Asia. We loved it. We went to the (3) _____ market

very early one morning. We didn’t buy anything there; we just looked.

Another day, we went to Wat Phra Keo, the famous Temple of the Emerald Buddha. It was really (4)_____ . Then we saw two more (5) _____

nearby. We also went on a river (6) _____ somewhere outside Bangkok.

The best thing (7) _____ the trip was the food. The next time we have

friends over for dinner, I (8)_____ Thai food.

1. A. go                          B. went                    C. are going         D. will go

2. A. vacation                  B. holiday            C. trip                   D. A & B

3. A. float                       B. floated              C. floating             D. float

4. A. interested                 B. interesting        C. bored                  D. boring

5. A. churches                 B. pagodas            C. temples             D. markets

6. A. trip                        B. walk                 C. travel                D. bank

7. A. in                           B. on                    C. of                     D. about

8. A. cook                       B. am cooking       C. cooked    D. am going to cook

I. Choose the word A,B,C or D that best fits each of the blank spaces.

All men should study, we have to study to ......(1)....... our knowledge and develop our intelligence. An uneducated man can only utilize his ......(2)....... strength to work and live. An educated man, ......(3)....... this strength, still has the faculty of his intelligent brain and good reflection. This intelligence  and thought enable him to help his physical strength to act more quickly ......(4)....... cleverly.

In a same profession or work, the educated man differs ......(5)....... the uneducated considerably. Therefore, intellectual workers have to study, this is a matter of course but ......(6)....... workers must also ......(7)....... an education.

In civilized countries compulsory education has been applied. ......(8)....... must spend seven or eight years to study. From ploughmen  to labourers in these ......(9)....... , no one is ......(10)....... to read a book or a paper fluently.

1.      A- wide                      B- widely                   C-widen                     D- broad

2.      A- body                      B- bodily                   C- power                    D- brain

3.      A- with                       B- without                 C- no                          D- none

4.      A- and                                    B- but                         C- yet                         D- or

5.      A- than                       B- with                       C- from                      D- apart

6.      A- simple                   B- easy                       C- hard                       D- manual

7.      A- learn                      B- study                     C- acquire                  D- know

8.      A- Man                       B- One                        C- Human                  D- Mankind

9.      A- parts                      B- regions                  C- fields                     D- nations

10. A- able                       B- unable                   C- not                         D- never

Choose the word (A, B, C, or D) that best fits each of the blank spaces.

     We live in the suburbs, very far (27)_________ the city and it’s just too quiet! There aren’t (28)                      shops, and there are certainly (29)                    clubs or theaters. (30)            a lot of parks, good schools, and very (31)                 crime: nothing ever really happens here. I would really love (32)                 downtown.

     (suburb (n): ngoại thành)

27.  A. from                  B. for                      C. to                               D. of

28.  A. much                 B. many                 C. more                          D. a lot of

29.  A. not                     B. nothing              C. none                          D. no

30.  A. Has                    B. Having              C. There is                     D. There are

31.  A. little                   B. less                    C. many                         D. lots of

32.  A. to live                B. living                 C. to living                     D. a & b

I.       Choose the word (a, b, c or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces.

(16) _____ country is more beautiful than a town and (17) _____ to live in. Many people think so, and go to the country for the summer holidays though they cannot live there all the year (18) _____. Some have a cottage (19) _____ in a village (20) _____ they can go there whenever they can find the time.

English villagers are not all alike, but in some (21) _____ they are not very different (22) _____ each other. Almost every village has a church, the round or square tower of which can be seen for many miles around. Surrounding the church is the churchyard, where people are buried.

The village green is a (23) _____ stretch of grass, and houses or cottages are built round it. Country life is now fairly comfortable and many villages have water (24) _____ through pipes into each house.

Most villages are (25) _____ close to some small towns that people can go there to buy what they can’t find in the village shops.

16. a. A                               b. An                                c. The                             d. Æ

17. a. pleasant                     b. please                           c. pleased                       d. pleasure

18. a. round                        b. through                        c. length                         d. whole

19. a. build                          b. built                             c. building                      d. builds

20. a. because                     b. if                                  c. such that                     d. so that

21. a. roads                         b. streets                          c. ways                           d. routes

22. a. with                           b. from                             c. between                      d. on

23. a. width                        b. wide                             c. wider                          d. widely

24. a. brought                     b. brings                           c. bringing                      d. bring

25. a. such                           b. too                               c. enough                        d. so

IV. Choose the word (a, b, c, or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces.

We got up early in the morning. We (35) _____ prepared our food boxes to take with us. We left the house and had to drive (36)____through the town traffic. However in the countryside we drove (37) ____. After an hour we reached the foot of the mountain. We climbed the first part easily, but when we were nearly at the top we naturally slowed down (38) ___it was difficult. We tried (39)___to reach the top and when we did, Dad said we had done (40) ____.

 35. A. care              B. careless           C. careful                       D. carefully

 36. A. slow            B. slowly              C. lovely                        D. lately

 37. A. fast               B. fastly                C. quick                         D. slow

 38. A. but               B. however           C. because                  D. for example

 39. A. hard             B. hardly              C. best                           D. most

 40. A. good             B. well                 C. fine                           D. bad

I.       Choose the word (a, b, c or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces.

Dear Kate,

Dave and I are having (16) _____ best holiday of our lives! We are in Barbados, one of the (17) _____ islands in the Caribbean. Although it is (18) _____ smaller than Jamaica, there seems to be more to do than in Jamaica. (19) _____, the people here seem (20) _____ friendlier than those on the other islands. We are staying in the most modern hotel I have (21) _____ seen. It’s large and cool, and many people think it’s the best hotel on the island. It’s (22) _____ more comfortable than any of the other hotels, and it’s even bigger than the world famous Belton Hotel. The nearest beach is (23) _____ than a hundred meters away, and so we can go swimming a lot. It’s really good, and I (24) _____ wish you (25) _____ here.

Love,

Mike

16. a. a                                b. an                                 c. the                              d. Æ

17. a. most lovely               b. loveliest                       c. more lovely                d. lovelier

18. a. much                         b. more                             c. less                              d. little

19. a. Moreover                  b. However                      c. Nevertheless               d. Whatever

20. a. to                               b. be                                 c. more                           d. to be

21. a. never                         b. ever                              c. yet                              d. been

22. a. high                           b. long                              c. far                               d. many

23. a. few                            b. little                             c. much                           d. less

24. a. did                            b. do                                c. are                               d. will

25. a. are                             b. were                             c. will be                        d. aren’t

I.       Choose the word (a, b, c or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces.

Dear Kate,

Dave and I are having (16) _____ best holiday of our lives! We are in Barbados, one of the (17) _____ islands in the Caribbean. Although it is (18) _____ smaller than Jamaica, there seems to be more to do than in Jamaica. (19) _____, the people here seem (20) _____ friendlier than those on the other islands. We are staying in the most modern hotel I have (21) _____ seen. It’s large and cool, and many people think it’s the best hotel on the island. It’s (22) _____ more comfortable than any of the other hotels, and it’s even bigger than the world famous Belton Hotel. The nearest beach is (23) _____ than a hundred meters away, and so we can go swimming a lot. It’s really good, and I (24) _____ wish you (25) _____ here.

Love,

Mike

16. a. a                                b. an                                 c. the                              d. Æ

17. a. most lovely               b. loveliest                       c. more lovely                d. lovelier

18. a. much                         b. more                             c. less                              d. little

19. a. Moreover                  b. However                      c. Nevertheless               d. Whatever

20. a. to                               b. be                                 c. more                           d. to be

21. a. never                         b. ever                              c. yet                              d. been

22. a. high                           b. long                              c. far                               d. many

23. a. few                            b. little                             c. much                           d. less

24. a. did                            b. do                                c. are                               d. will

25. a. are                             b. were                             c. will be                        d. aren’t

Choose letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word that has the capital letters part pronounced differently from that of the others in each group. (4 Điểm)