Part I: Read the passage carefully and then decide if each of the statements is true (T) or false (F)  (1.0pt).

Bánh chưng is a traditional Vietnamese rice cake which is made from sticky rice, beans, pork and other ingredients. Its origin is told by the legend of Lang Liêu, a prince of the last king of the Sixth Hùng Dynasty, who became the success or thanks to his creation of bánh chưng and bánh giầy, which symbolized the Earth and the Sky. Vietnamese have the tradition of making bánh chưng for Tet Holiday. Bánh chưng is wrapped in banana leaves, which create the green colour outside it. It takes about 12 or 14 hours to boil bánh chưng in water.

Track 2.QUESTION 6-10.Read the text. Decide whether the sentences are True or False. Write T for True or F for False on the answer sheet.

Australia is a beautiful country with difirent types of weather.There are four seasons across most of the country and a wet and dry season in the north. The seasons in Australia are at opposite times to those in Viet nam. From december to february, it is summer. Autumn lats from March to May. Between June and August is winter. Spring starts in September and ends in November. The wet season is between November and March. The dry season lasts from April to October.

6.There are four seasons in the North of Australia.

7.Australia's seasons are similar to those in Viet Nam.

8.January is in summer in Atralia.

9.Winter lasts three months.

10.The dry seasons lasts seven months

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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

III.  Read the test and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F)

Family Camping

There are many popular leisure time activities, but one of the most enjoyable is family time. Most people enjoy being with their families. There are many things to do with your family, too. Families can go to the movies, travel, visit museums, and play sports together. The most common family activity is probably camping. Many families like camping. It is a chance for the whole family to work together. They can stay in the wild. Children gather dry wood for the fire. Their parents set up the tents. Then the whole family gathers around the fire. They enjoy a special meal together. Then, they set off into the woods with a compass and a map. After hiking the trails, everyone gets a fishing pole. Each person casts the fishing line out into the river. Who gets the biggest fish? It’s a great contest. Later, the children clean the fish by the river. They take the scales off the fish. Mom fries the fish over the campfire. Dad cleans up when everyone is finished. You don’t want wild animals coming to eat your leftovers! Then everyone goes into their tents for a restful night. While there are many things that families can do together, camping is probably the most exciting

33.______Most people enjoy being with their families in free time.

34. ______Families can go to the movies, travel, climbing, and play football together.

35. ______Camping is probably the most exciting family activity.

36. ______Children do nothing for the campfire.

37. ______Family camping is an opportunity for the whole family to work together.

Read the text and decide if the statements are T(true )or F(false):

People joke that no one in Los Angeles reads ; everyone watches TV , rents videos , or goes to the movies. The most popular reading material is comic books , movie magazines , and TV guides . City libraries have only 10 percent of the traffic that car washes  have. But how do you explain this? An annual book festival in west Los Angeles is" sold-out" year after year.

This outdoor festival , sponsored by a newspaper , occurs every April for one weekend . This year's attendance was estimated(ước đoán) at 70,000 on Saturday and 75,000 on Sunday . People came from all over California.

A food court sold all kinds of popular and ethnic (truyền thống) foods, from American hamburgers to Hawaiian shave ice drinks . Except for a $7 parking fee, the festival was free. Even so , some people avoided the food court prices by sneaking (lẩn trốn, ăn trộm)in their town sandwiches and drinks.

The idea for the festival occurred years ago , and book festivals were already popular in other US cities, but nobody knew if it would succeed in Los Angeles . " Angelenos are very unpredictable, (không thể đoán được) " said one of the festival founders.

1/ ............ The most popular reading materials in Los Angeles are related to entertainment.

2/ ............ Not many people in Los Angeles go to city libraries.

3/ ............ The festival is held every year.

4/ ............ The festival started at the beginning of April and ended at the end of the month.

5/ ............ The festival was held inside a building.

6/ ............ This year , more people came to the festival on Sunday than on Saturday.

7/............. The festival was completely free of charge .

8/ ..........Some people brought their own sandwiches because the food court did not have that.

9/ .......... The idea for Los Angeles book festival was not new.

10/......... The founders were sure that Los Angeles people would love the book festival.

Read the passage and decide whether the following statements are true (T) , or false (F)

Bau Truc pottery iems are made from clay from the Quao River mied with sand. Clay is collected from the river only once a year,each lasting for half a month. Clay is taken more or less depending on the ability of each person. In the clay collecting season,local people try to take as much clay as they can to store, for use in an entire year.

Currently,people in Bau Truc pottery village still make pottery items in the traditional way. They do not use the wheel but the craftsmen have to turn around the products.The potters shape their products by their skillful hands and feet around apole-round pillar, rather than on one wheel. From this step, silky clay block initially gradually forms a smooth rounded hollow block, then the formation of flower vases, or water pots.

Bau truc's craftsmen use wet cloths to make the products surface smooth. These items are decorated ith seashells, snails or hand-made paintings featuring the daily life of Bau Truc's people

1. Cay can be collected from the Quao River all the year round.

2. Bau Truc pottery is famous because people only use fine clay to make their products.

3. People still make the pottery in the traditional way.

4. Craftsmen shape thepottery items only with their hands and feet.

5. The pots nowadays are shaped on the pottery's wheel.

6. Craftsmen use simple ways to make the products surface smooth.

7. The craftsmen's skills can make the blocks of clay become lively and useful.

8. The desgins of Bau Truc pottery reflect the life of local people.

  Extra readings

Complete the article. Use the pharases below

A. burning fossil fuels for energy

B. leading to climate change

C. investing in renewable energy

D. beacaus it can't escape, it heats the planet

E. heating our homes, cooking our meals, etc

            THE CHANGING CLIMATE

  Problem

We use energy for almost everything we do: for (1)______. This use of energy is (2)_____ - the world is heating up. When (3)______, carbon dioxide is released. Carbon dioxide traps the sun's heat in the atmosphere and (4)______ Over the past thirty year, there has been a growing number of extreme weather events, such as floods. droughts and storms.

  Solution

We should protect our planet, by (5)_______. We should use sources of energy more wisely, for our future, and the future of the planet