I. Read a passage about a festival. Decide if the statements are true (T) or false (F).
     I'll never forget my visit to Hong Kong. When I arrived, everybody was very busy with the preparations involved. The atmosphere was fantastic. There were bright colours and delicious smells everywhere. The local people were cleaning every comer of their houses and decorating the walls with red pieces of paper.
Another custom is to cook fish on New Year's Eve and eat it the next day. My friend told me that they wanted to have something to eat on the first day of the year.
I was really looking forward to New Year's Eve Dinner. The whole family got together and everyone was really happy. I noticed that the grandparents and parents gave children red envelopes with money inside. After dinner they all started playing cards for good luck. Nobody went to sleep before midnight. At midnight the great event begins: fireworks! I was really amazed. All around the city I could see and hear colourful fireworks. It was incredible and I was really excited.
1. The local people decorated the corn their houses with red pieces of paper. 
2. People cooked fish to eat on New Year’s Eve. 
3. The parents and grandparents gave their children red envelopes with money inside. 
4. People didn't go to bed before midnight. 
5. The card games began at midnight. 

I.       Read the passage, then decide if the statements that follow it are True or False.

Dear Lan,

Thank you very much for your letter of September 5^th. I am glad to know that you are in good health, as I am, too.

It was very interesting to read about the celebrations of September 1^st in Vietnam.

We have some interesting holidays in England. The first is New Year’s Day, on the 1^st of January, when we send good wishes to all our friends for a Happy New Year.

But children like Christmas Day most of all. It is on December 25^th. We get presents from our parents and friends on that day. We decorate the Christmas Tree with lights and toys and we sing Christmas songs. The day after Christmas Day is also a holiday. For Christmas we also send Christmas cards to our friends to wish them a Merry Christmas.

On a Sunday in the middle of March, we have Mothering Day. This is a holiday for all mothers. They do not work at home on that day, and their children bring them flowers and presents.

Well, I have told you some of our English holidays. Soon it will be Christmas and then New Year. So I send my letter now and wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Yours truly,

Helen

19. Helen was interested to read about the celebrations of September 1^st.

20. English children prefer New Year to Christmas.

21. English people celebrate a day in April in memory of their mothers.

22. The day after Christmas Day is also a holiday.

V. READING COMPREHENSION (2.5 pts)

@. Read the passage and decide whether the statements that follow are True or False ( 1pt)

Marie was born in Poland in 1876. She learnt to read when she was 4 years old. She was intelligent and hard an excellent memory. She finished high school when she was 15 years old. When she grew up, Marie went to Paris to study Mathematics and Chemistry at the University. She won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903 and 8 years later she received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Marie Curie died in 1934.

1.She finished high school in 1891

2. She studied Mathematics and Chemistry at the University in Paris.

3. She won the Nobel Prize for Physics when she was 28.

4. Marie Curie died in 1943.

IV. Read the following passage . Decide if the statements from 1 to 4 are True or False and choose the correct answers (A,B,C,D) for the questions 5 and 6 (1,5 pts)

I remember the days when I was a little girl . When the New Year came, my mother used to tell me not to cry, she used to take me to the market and buy new clothes for me . People sold lots of things there, such as vegetables, fruit, meat, and clothes . Everything was really cheap . My mother bought 500 grams of carrots and they only cost 10,000 VND . She also bought 2 kilos of pork and 500 grams of potatoes because we love cooking potato soup for dinner . Pork costs 60,000 VND per kilo, and potatoes are 18,000 VND per kilo . She used to go to the flower market to buy a bunch of beautiful flowers, too . It was fresh and only cost 30,000 VND . I had a nice morning in the market . My father used to paint the walls and redecorate the house and he used to help my mom with housework . Now my parents are old and I am grown up but I still remember the days

1. She doesn’t forget the day when she was a little girl

2. The market sold on vegetables, meat and clothes

3. Her father helped her mother with chores

4. 500 grams of potatoes are 18,000 VND

5. The girl in the passage ……..

A. is very busy    B. buys a lot of seafood    C. has good memories in the past

D. is not a good daughter

6. How much change does she get if she has 200,000 VND ?

A. 65,000 VND    B. 31,000 VND    C. 96,000 VND    D. 82,000 VND

Read the passage, and then decide whether the statements are true IT), false (F) or no information (N). Correct the false sentences.

I lived in the Middle East for a while, and when I went out, I had to obey the local custom of wearing something over my head and wearing a dress that covered my whole body. At first, I found it a real nuisance, but after a while, I got used to it and even started to like it. You feel really secure, and also you don't have to worry about what to wear all the time.

The writer lives in the Middle East now.

A. True

B. False

C. Not given

Read the passage below and decide whether the statements are TRUE or FALSE?

Nguyen Tri Hieu, 48, from HCM City has donated blood 71 times. However, he has set a goal of donating blood up to 100 times or until his health no longer allows him to.

“My mother died due to lack of blood for a transfusion when I was 20 years old. My family got together in an effort to donate blood to help her. We even bought blood from other donors, but it was not enough,” he recalled.

“I wasn't just my mother at that time, many patients were in desperate need of blood transfusions but the resources simply weren't there and they had to leave this world before their time.” said Hieu.

A few years after his mother passed away, Hieu decided to register to donate blood. Since the first time in 1997, Hieu has donated blood for 71 times, offering up the life-giving resource once every three months.

“There have been many times when I've donated blood to people in need of urgent transfusions. Once, when I was working, my friend at the blood bank called me to help a child at the Heart Institute. My boss immediately told me to go to the hospital.”

“I remembered all the times I've donated blood like that because if did not hurry, the patient’s life would be at risk," he said.

Hieu is also a registered organ donor. "I feel like I can give something, I don't need to keep it," he said. "I feel like I can give away anything, I should not keep it, how can I do it when someone might need it.”

Hieu was one of 100 donors who were honoured at a ceremony on Thursday for

Question: He has never registered to be an organ donor.

A. True

B. False

Read the passage below and decide whether the statements are TRUE or FALSE?

Nguyen Tri Hieu, 48, from HCM City has donated blood 71 times. However, he has set a goal of donating blood up to 100 times or until his health no longer allows him to.

“My mother died due to lack of blood for a transfusion when I was 20 years old. My family got together in an effort to donate blood to help her. We even bought blood from other donors, but it was not enough,” he recalled.

“I wasn't just my mother at that time, many patients were in desperate need of blood transfusions but the resources simply weren't there and they had to leave this world before their time.” said Hieu.

A few years after his mother passed away, Hieu decided to register to donate blood. Since the first time in 1997, Hieu has donated blood for 71 times, offering up the life-giving resource once every three months.

“There have been many times when I've donated blood to people in need of urgent transfusions. Once, when I was working, my friend at the blood bank called me to help a child at the Heart Institute. My boss immediately told me to go to the hospital.”

“I remembered all the times I've donated blood like that because if did not hurry, the patient’s life would be at risk," he said.

Hieu is also a registered organ donor. "I feel like I can give something, I don't need to keep it," he said. "I feel like I can give away anything, I should not keep it, how can I do it when someone might need it.”

Hieu was one of 100 donors who were honoured at a ceremony on Thursday for

Question: He always tries to help patient with urgent need of transfusion.

A. True

B. False