I. Find the word which has a different sound.
1. A. exhibition B. question C. collection D. tradition
2. A. pleasure B. leisure C. closure D. sure
3. A. discussion B. decision C. treasure D. vision
4. A. saxophone B. music C. so D. expensive
5. A. similarity B. talent C. happy D. hard
II. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences.
1. There are many ................ why it is important to have a hobby.
A. answers B. reasons C. details D. facts
2. Will you ................ making models in the future?
A. pick up B. look for C. take up D. find
3. Do you think that hobby is ................ and boring?
A. easy B. difficult C. danger D. interesting
4. I love my sister’s paintings because she is very ................ in using colours.
A. careless B. care C. creative D. imagine
5. A hobby helps you to connect with ................ people.
A. other B. others C. another D. the other
6. I join a photography club, and all the members love ................ a lot of beautiful photos.
A. take B. taking C. make D. making
7. What does your father do ................ his free time?
A. in B. at C. on D. while
8. I think a hobby will always give you ................ and help you ................ .
A. pleased - relax B. pleasure - relaxed C. pleased - relaxing D. pleasure - relax
9. You can share your stamps ................ other collectors ................ a stamp club.
A. with - at B. to - at C. with - in D. to - in
10. I think this hobby does not cost you much, and ................ you need is time.
A. most B. all C. some D. all of
11. Nowadays people ................ hours sitting in front of computers.
A. take B. last C. set D. spend
12. I think you should take up swimming ................ it is suitable for your health condition.
A. so B. because C. although D. but
13. My family enjoys ................ because we can sell vegetables and flowers ................ money.
A. garden - to B. gardening - for C. gardening - with D. garden - of
14. If your hobby is greeting card making, you can give your ................ to your friends as presents.
A. hobby B. money C. greetings D. products
15. My sister’s hobby is sewing, and she can get the sewing patterns from the ................ magazines.
A. fashion B. cooking C. sports D. science
16. My brother doesn’t like ice-skating because he thinks it is ................ .
A. danger B. in danger C. dangerous D. endangered
17. My sister is very keen on swimming, and she goes swimming three ................ a week.
A. time B. a time C. times D. timings
18. We often read the instructions carefully in order to make ................ of the things we like best.
A. meanings B. models C. copies D. uses
19. You need to be ................ to follow eggshell carving because it may take two weeks to complete one shell.
A. careful B. interested C. fit D. patient
20. If you choose sewing as your hobby, you will ................ your own clothes.
A. do B. make C. take D. get
21. The Brit School is the most famous ................ arts school in Britain.
A. perform B. performed C. performing D. performance
22. Since the 1970s, the festival in Glastonbury has taken ................ almost every year and has grown in size.
A. note B. notice C. time D. place
23. Dong Ho paintings are made on ................ paper with beautifu ................ colours.
A. tradition - nature B. traditional - natural C. traditional - nature D. tradition - natural
24. You can see many interesting ................ in that art gallery.
A. paints B. colours C. portraits D. paper
25. Water puppetry ................ in the 11th century in the villages of the Red River Delta of North Viet Nam.
A. start B. begin C. originated D. formed
26. The puppet shows present ................ themes of Vietnamese villages.
A. country B. rural C. city D. urban
27. The group is ................ for their albums and tours around the world.
A. well-prepared B. well-known C. well-know D. know-how
28. The performances of puppetry show ................ in the countryside and ................ .
A. everyday life - folk tales B. every day life - folk stories
C. everyday life - folk rock D. every day lives - folk people
29. I never watch ballet, and my sister doesn’t ................................... .
A. too B. so C. either D. like that
30. Teenagers in Viet Nam like K-pop, and they like Korean films ................................... .
A. too B. either C. so D. however
31. Today, subjects like music and arts are put into the school ................................... in Viet Nam.
A. school year B. subjects C. curriculum D. education
32. For many people, a good knowledge of music and arts is regarded as a ................................... for every student.
A. necessary B. need C. needs D. necessity
33. Arts are of great ................................... in education, especially for young children.
A. important B. importance C. unimportant D. unimportance
34. Classical music is not ................................... as pop music.
A. as exciting B. as excited C. exciting D. more excited
35. This film is not ................................... long as the film I watched last week.
A. as B. but C. either D. too
36. My brother’s taste in art is quite different ................................... mine.
A. than B. as C. to D. from
37. My village is not ................................... it was ten years ago.
A. same as B. the same C. the same as D. the same like
38. The villagers are ................................... they were years ago. There is no change at all.
A. as friend as B. as friendly as C. different from D. not as friendly as
39. This year’s musical festival is not ................................... it was last year.
A. as good as B. as well as C. different from D. worse
40. My cousin, Mai, is the same age ................................... .
A. like B. to C. of D. as
III. Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word.
1. Community service is the work you do for the ................................... of the community.
2. Our club offers ................................... for free meals for the sick in this hospital.
3. College students can take part in our programme by ................................... poor or homeless children in Ha Noi.
4. The activities of our organization include recycling things and teaching others ................................... to do so.
5. Americans do volunteer work not ................................... they are forced or paid to do it.
6. I have ................................... a lot of old books for village children.
7. Start your own ................................... project to make your school a better place.
8. Be a Buddy has ................................... evening classes for street children in our city.
9. Last month our organization started a community garden ................................... to protect the environment.
10. The members of the club ................................... lankets for poor children who live in mountainous areas last year.
IV. Fill in each blank with the correct linking word.
1.Paul likes to help the sick ................................... he has donated blood several times.
2.Take a coat ................................... it’s cold outside.
3.Homeless children are ................................... they don’t have enough food, warm clothes and schooling.
4.Nick went to bed early ................................... he felt very tired.
5.We went to the nursing home ................................... we talked and sang for the elderly.
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