V. Read the passage and circle the best answer A, B or C.

10. Read the passage and circle the best answer A, B or C.

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.

Which one is busier, Ha Noi or Vinh Phuc?

A. Ha Noi is     

B. Vinh Phuc is

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 Ha Noi like?

A. It’s quiet.  

B. It’s noisy

X Read the passage and answer the questions

    My name is Thuy . I live in Ha Noi, the capital city of Vietnam . There are a lot of tall buildings and wide roads in Ha Noi. It is noisy and busy all day and night . Every summer , I go to Tam Dao , a town in Vinh Phuc Province , about 86 kilometres from Ha Noi. Tam Dao is smaller and quieter than Ha Noi . The weather here is cool all year around like in Da Lat . There are not many shops , but things are cheaper. I enjoy eating fresh vegetables and chicken here . These are delicious and healthy foods . I like breathing fresh air here ,too . Life in Tam Dao is more peaceful than in Ha Noi.

a) Where does Thuy live ?

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b) What are there in Ha Noi ?

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c) Where does she spend her summer holiday ?

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d) Is Ha Noi bigger than Tam Dao ?

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e) What is the weather like in Tam Dao ?

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f) What does she think about the life in Tam Dao ?

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Read the text and choose the correct answer for each question below: 

Ha Long Bay

Ha Long Bay is a group of offshore islands that is the best example of marine invaded limestone region in the world.  The Bay holds over 1,600 islands and islets. There are caves and grottoes, with stalactites and stalagmites. Its limestone pillars are a unique natural feature of great scenic beauty and biological interest. The great extent and the richness of its forms set it apart from many other sites.

Ha Long Bay is an extremely popular destination both for foreigners and Vietnamese: already in the early 1990s it saw over 1 million visitors a year. It is unlikely that the number has decreased over the years - so there will always be about 3,000 other people in the Bay at the same time as you!

The natural beauty of the Bay lay hidden today under a very common fog. As I had already seen the similar karst landscape in China a couple of years before, I certainly said that I was blown away by the beauty of Ha Long Bay. We went onto one of the islands to visit the Surprising Cave - an indeed surprisingly big and beautiful cave with three hollow chambers. We saw some monkeys here too, just outside the cave exit.

Part of the tour was half an hour of kayaking - enough to paddle a full circle around the main area. The views from the kayak I found much more impressive than from the larger boat: you're so tiny then and the peaks rise sharply in front of you. I had a better look at the water too, and cannot say that I saw pollution by plastic or other junk floating around.  There is a thin layer of oil on the water in some parts though.

And then it's time to get back in the bus to Ha Noi, another 3.5 hours. The tour was carried out well with good seafood for lunch and I had a satisfying day.

 Question: The writer was _______.

A. able to escape from an explosion in Ha Long Bay

B. very impressed by the beauty of Ha Long Bay

C. unable to see Ha Long Bay due to the fog

D. really frightened of visiting the Surprising Cave

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 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.

Things are more expensive in_____.

A. Ha Noi    

B. Vinh Phuc

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 Nga’s village like?

A. It’s small.    

B. It’s large.