IX. Read the text and choose the most suitable heading (1-5) for each paragraph (A-E).(5 pts)

A. One flavorous dish

B. Food culture of Central Viet Nam

C. Food and a lot of spices

D. Popular dishes from the North of Viet Nam

E. Natural features and food

1 _______

Vietnamese food culture varies by regions from the north to the south. In Northern Vietnam, food is characterized by light and balanced. Northern Vietnam is seen to be the cradle of Vietnamese cuisine with many notable dishes like Pho, Bun Rieu, Bun Thang, Bun Cha, BanhCuon, etc. Then, food culture in Northern Vietnam became popular in Central and Southern Vietnam with suitable flavors in each region.

2. ______

The regional cuisine of Central Vietnam is famous for its spicy food. Hue cuisine is typical Central Vietnam’s food culture. Food in the region is often used with chili peppers and shrimp sauces, namely, Bun Bo Hue, BanhKhoai, BanhBeo, etc.

3 _______

In Southern Vietnam, the warm weather and fertile soil create an ideal condition for planting a variety of fruit, vegetables and livestock.

4. _______

Thus, food in this region is often added with garlic, shallots and fresh herbs. Particularly, Southerners are favored of sugar; they add sugar in almost dishes. Some signature dishes from Southern Vietnam include BanhKhot and Bun Mam.

5. _______

Local broken rice dish (Com tam) can practically be found on every street in Saigon. A broken rice dish is served with many beautiful colours from grilled pork chop with multi-flavour to steamed egg, shredded pork skin, pickles, vegetables such as tomatoes, cucumbers ... and especially sweet fish sauce that is the spirit of the dish.

II. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (2.4 points)

Choose the best option (A, B, C or D) to complete each of the following sentences.

5.   At the concert, you can get food and drink for _______. You don’t have to pay money for it.

      A. reuse               B. free                  C. recycle             D. charity

6.   _______ in this lake. It’s very deep and dangerous.

      A. Swim               B. Swimming       C. Don’t swim                    D. You can swim

7.   There’s _______ new girl in our class. _______ girl’s brother is in Dan’s class.

      A. a/ The              B. the/ The           C. a/ A                 D. the/ A

8.   I need to go to the _______ to send these letters to my grandparents.

      A. library             B. police station                               C. supermarket          D. post office

9.   I like going to the _______ because I can read and borrow many interesting books there.

      A. bookstore        B. library             C. department store  D. school

10. You should recycle empty cans and bottles. Don’t just _______.

      A. throw it           B. reuse them       C. throw them away   D. donate it

11. You can _______ old books and computer equipment to charity. 

      A. donate             B. protect             C. reuse                D. get

12.                             We have to _______ wild animals, such as whales or tigers, or they will disappear.

      A. pick up            B. take part in     C. look                 D. protect

13. There is a _______ near my school. Homeless people go there for free meals and a place to stay.

      A. organization    B. charity             C. hospital           D. police station

IV. Reading

Task 1. Read the paragraph and choose the most suitable answer A ,B ,C or D for each of the gaps.

South-east Asia (56)_____ many attractions, so you could visit many ancient monuments. The attractions range from the beautiful Khmer temples of Angkor Wat to the huge Buddhist temples of Borobudur in Java.

   You may be interested (57) _____ the traditions of different cultures. You can (58) _____ different shows – from colorful dances in Thailand to shadow puppet shows in Indonesia. During these shows, you can listen to and enjoy traditional music.

   You may prefer the ocean. There (59) ____ many resorts and thousands of kilometers of beaches. You can (60) ______. You can drive and admire colorful corals and fish. You can sail and enjoy healthy outdoor life.

56. A. has                    B. have                        C. having                     D. to have

57. A. on                     B. in                            C. at                            D. to

58. A. saw                   B. seeing                     C. see                          D. to see

59. A. is                       B. be                            C. will be                    D. are

60. A. swimming         B. swim                       C. to swim                   D. swam

IV. Read the following passage and choose the most suitable from A to G on the list and write it in each gap from 1 to 5. Write your answers in the correspondent numbered boxes. (10 pts)

STAYING HEALTHY IN SPACE
The range of foods available to astronauts is vast, and great care is taken to ensure that it looks and smells appetizing. Meals are organized to provide an average of 3,000 calories a day, which seems high for living in an enclosed environment in which there is no gravity. But astronauts can expend a great deal of energy in doing the simplest things. For example, if they try to turn a handle, they turn themselves as well. If they bend down to do up a shoelace, (1) ________. Finding unusual ways of doing such ordinary things uses up the excess calories. The space diet is balanced rather differently from a terrestrial diet. This is to try and compensate for changes that take place in the body during space flight. Bodily changes begin as soon as astronauts go into space (2) _______________Among the most serious is calcium loss, which causes a marked reduction in the mass and strength of bones. There is also a progressive loss of red blood cells. What causes these effects is not known, (3)  ______________ The heart muscles, with no gravity to battle against, start to waste away. The leg muscles start to waste away too, since walking, as done on Earth, (4) _______________ Exercise also helps to reduce muscle wastage (5) _____________ No one yet knows the limit of human endurance in space. If astronauts can withstand two years or more of continuous weightlessness, the mankind’s dream of visiting other planets could become reality in the early decades of the next century.
A. can only be done if astronauts put on their heavy spacesuits
B. and will never be known
C. which is rather more than astronauts really need
D. and are quite noticeable after even a week
E. they start turning somersaults
F. and is vital on very long flights
G. and the question must be answered before long-duration space-flight is really safe

IV. Read the following passage and choose the item ( a,b, c, or d) that best answers each of the questions about it.

One of the most important parts of this method of language learning is the telling of stories. Twice every day, at the end of the morning and afgter sessions, the teacher reads us a boring story about the Familie Gartner. We were given the text : German on the left_ hand side, the translation on the rihgt-hand side. Then she told us to lie back and close our eyes while she read the text again, and the music played in the background. Afterwards, we could remember most of the details_and the vocabulary.

tranlation(n) : bản dịch details(n) : chi tiết

1.What does the word ‘ boring’ in line 3 mean?

a. interesting b. uninteresting c. happy d. unhappy

2.What does the word ‘ she’ in line 5 refer to?

a. the teacher b. one of the student  c. Gartner d. one of the author’s friends

3.We can replace the word ‘again’ in line 6 with______ .

a. one more time b. quietly c. many times d.loudly

4.Which of the following is not true?

a. The students had the translation of the story on the right_hand side.

b. While the students were lying, the teacher read the text again.

c. There wasn’t any music in their class.

d. This new method seems to be successful.

III. Read the following text and choose the best answer (A/B or C) for each question.(1.0p)

Vietnamese food culture varies by regions from the north to the south. In Northern Vietnam, food is characterized by light and balanced. Northern Vietnam is seen to be the cradle of Vietnamese cuisine with many notable dishes like Pho, Bun Rieu, Bun Thang, Bun Cha, Banh Cuon, etc. Then, food culture in Northern Vietnam became popular in Central and Southern Vietnam with suitable flavors in each regions.

The regional cuisine of Central Vietnam is famous for its spicy food. Hue cuisine is typical Central Vietnam’s food culture. Food in the region is often used with chili peppers and shrimp sauces, namely, Bun Bo Hue, Banh Khoai, Banh Beo, etc.

In Southern Vietnam, the warm weather and fertile soil create an ideal condition for planting a variety of fruit, vegetables and livestock. Thus, food in the region is often added with garlic, shallots and fresh herbs. Particularly, Southerners are favored of sugar; they add sugar in almost dishes. Some signature dishes from Southern Vietnam include Banh Khot and Bun Mam.

1. It is considered that Vietnamese cuisine __________.

A. originated from the North                     

B. became more and more popular

C. can be found only in Northern Vietnam

2. What are the features of Northern Vietnamese food?

A. It’s delicious and healthy.           B. It’s sweet and sour.          C. It’s light and balanced.                      

3. Hue cuisine is famous for its __________.

A. colorful food    B. spicy taste        C. bitter taste               D. light flavor

4. In Southern Vietnam, __________.

A. the warm weather makes it hard to plant fruit and vegetables .

B. sugar is often added to dishes.

C. both A and B are correct.

5. Which of the followings is NOT true?

A. Food in Vietnam changes region to region.

B. Southerners do not like northern food due to its light flavor.

C. Bun Bo Hue is a typical dish of the Central Vietnam cuisine                                                                              GIÚP MÌNH VỚI

III. Read the following text and choose the best answer (A/B or C) for each question.(1.0p)

Vietnamese food culture varies by regions from the north to the south. In Northern Vietnam, food is characterized by light and balanced. Northern Vietnam is seen to be the cradle of Vietnamese cuisine with many notable dishes like Pho, Bun Rieu, Bun Thang, Bun Cha, Banh Cuon, etc. Then, food culture in Northern Vietnam became popular in Central and Southern Vietnam with suitable flavors in each regions.

The regional cuisine of Central Vietnam is famous for its spicy food. Hue cuisine is typical Central Vietnam’s food culture. Food in the region is often used with chili peppers and shrimp sauces, namely, Bun Bo Hue, Banh Khoai, Banh Beo, etc.

In Southern Vietnam, the warm weather and fertile soil create an ideal condition for planting a variety of fruit, vegetables and livestock. Thus, food in the region is often added with garlic, shallots and fresh herbs. Particularly, Southerners are favored of sugar; they add sugar in almost dishes. Some signature dishes from Southern Vietnam include Banh Khot and Bun Mam.

1. It is considered that Vietnamese cuisine __________.

A. originated from the North                     

B. became more and more popular

C. can be found only in Northern Vietnam

2. What are the features of Northern Vietnamese food?

A. It’s delicious and healthy.           B. It’s sweet and sour.          C. It’s light and balanced.                      

3. Hue cuisine is famous for its __________.

A. colorful food    B. spicy taste        C. bitter taste               D. light flavor

4. In Southern Vietnam, __________.

A. the warm weather makes it hard to plant fruit and vegetables .

B. sugar is often added to dishes.

C. both A and B are correct.

5. Which of the followings is NOT true?

A. Food in Vietnam changes region to region.

B. Southerners do not like northern food due to its light flavor.

C. Bun Bo Hue is a typical dish of the Central Vietnam cuisine.

XI. You are going to read an article about a sailing race. Choose the most suitable heading from the list A - H for each paragraph from 1 – 5 of the article. There are two extra headings which you do not need to use. There has been an example for you.  

          EX:      Paragraph 0: D

A. The consequences of poor performance E. Benefiting from the power of nature

B. An unexpectedly demanding way of life F. Cooperating to overcome the power of nature

C. A solution that seems to work G. It’s not what people think

D. The terrible consequences of making a mistake H. No way out if you don’t like it

Paragraph 0: 

Imagine for a moment, spending the night on board of a large yacht, being roughly woken in the pitch dark and ordered on deck. Every so often you will be totally drenched, very suddenly, in salt water. You will be sharing the same cramped space with 14 other people for a whole year. Your stomach, when not affected by seasickness, will be hit by the competitive tension and nervousness that afflicts all sportspeople. You will be obliged to concentrate without cease. The slightest loss of focus could cost someone their life.

Paragraph 1: 

For the eight crews taking part in the Round-the-world yachting race, this has been daily life since they left Britain eleven months ago. Now, after racing 50,000 across kilometers of ocean, they are soon due home. While most of us have worked, slept, taken a holiday, these crews have sailed and sailed, day after day, night after night, in weather conditions that would test any human. This is the reality of ocean yacht racing, which bears little resemblance to the popular image of sailing - the quick sprint around a lake before returning ashore for a meal and a warm bath.

Paragraph 2: 

Racing 20-metre yachts around the world is a story of unrelenting hard work, pushing yourself to the limits of endurance. But it is also a story of the vastness and beauty of the sea, of seeing the sun rise and set on hundreds of desolate horizons, and of the supreme satisfaction of arriving somewhere knowing that wind alone has taken you there.