EX4: CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER A,B,C OR D FOR EACH OF THE GAPS TO COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING TEST.

There are many Chinese festivals in Hong Kong. The Western New Year starts on the first day of January but the Chinese begin New Year on the first moon of the Chinese calendar. Before New Year's Day comes, people clean and decorate their houses, (1)______ a lot of tranditional food and go shopping for presents and new clothes. New Year's Eve is the time (2)______every family gathers its members together for dinner.

People (3)______the New Year with a music performance and a firework display to light up the sky. 

On New Year's Day, they visit their friends and relatives. The children get lucky money in red envelopes. Many people go to the (4)______to wish for good health and good luck. Chinese people in Hong Kong celebrate the New Year with (5)_______and happiness

1. A, Take                   B,bring                        C, cook              D, sell

2. A, when                   B,after                        C, before              D, during

3. A, meet                   B,see                        C, end              D, celebrate

4. A, houses                   B,pagodas                        C, family              D, camps

5. A, hopeful                   B,hopeless                        C, hope              D, hoping

Choose the letter A, B, C or D to complete the sentences

Question 11: Have you ever participated __________ a carnival?

A. to        B. with       C. for       D. in

Question 12: Last year, we saw a colorful __________ with a lot of offerings in Thanh Giong Festival.

A. procession       B. gong       C. anniversary       D. lake

Question 13:You should listen to __________ court music when going on a cruise in Huong river.

A. national        B. royal       C. principal        D. animal

Question 14: Do you know how many festivals __________ in Vietnam?

A. are there        B. there are        C. is there        D. there is

Question 15: The most exciting part of Lim festival __________ Quan Ho singing.

A. are        B. is        C. be        D. am

I. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences.

1. You ___________miss any of the meetings. They’re always very useful.

A. needn’t            B. shouldn’t                             C. should                        D. can

2. She is famous___________her intelligence. She designs many special styles for Aodai.

A. for                    B. in                               C. with                           D. into

3. The buses were very___________this morning. We can’t go to the church with you in time.

A. crowd              B. full                                       C. crowded                     D. busy

4. So many people nowadays are ___________ computers and mobile phones. They use them a lot.

          A. addicted to                 B. bored with                           C. worried about            D. afraid of

5. I love ___________ with my best friend Susan during the weekend. We go window-shopping or to the cinema.

          A. chatting             B. studying                              C. visiting                                 D. hanging out

6. The volunteers have to work much ___________ usual to save the dying animals from the forest fire.

          A. as hard as                   B. more hard than                     C. harder than                           D. the hardest

7. I couldn’t hear what he said ___________ he was muttering under his breath.

A. if                       B. although                               C. in spite                        D. because

8. We do not have many carnivals in Viet Nam; ___________, we have many special traditional festivals.

A. moreover                   B. nevertheless                C. while                          D. although

9. Why don’t we  ___________our parents with some DIY projects? I think it is useful.

A. do                              B. help                           C. make                          D. give

10. You  _______________use your mobile phone on the plane.

A. must                 B. have to                       C. don’t have to             D. mustn’t

II. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.

1.  Do you fancy (buy) ____________________  a new laptop ?

2.  We ( have) ______________________ a test tomorrow.

3. They (build) ______________________  that house since 2009.

4. We (do) ____________________  our homework when the light went out at 9 p.m. last night.

5. You shouldn’t (miss) ______________________ any of the meetings. They are always very important.

PART C- READING

I. Read the following passage and put a word in the box in each of the numbered blanks:

Vietnamese students usually go to school in the mornings, they sometimes (1) ___________ their breakfast with them and eat in the classroom before the teachers come in. It’s incredibly noisy at first, but they settle down, and learn (2) ___________ for about two periods. At break time, they go to the playing field (3) ___________they run about. At lunchtime, some mothers come and take (4) ___________children home for an hour, but most children stay at school. Quite often in the afternoons, another teacher (5) ___________the children out on a visit. After school, mother or father comes and gets children home in the car.

1. _____________ 2. _____________ 3. ____________ 4. ______________ 5._____________

II. Choose the correct word A, B, C or D for each gap to complete the following passage :

Rice is (1)______by Vietnamese people every day. It often (2)______in tropical countries such as Vietnam, Thailand or Malaysia. The Chinese have also been growing rice for (3)______years. The seeds are planted in special beds to grow into young rice plants. Then they are taken to fields covered with muddy water called paddies. The fields of rice look very (4)______. After 3 or 5 months, the rice is ready to be picked. People often drain away water before colleting rice. Eating rice is a special action in the world. They don’t use spoons or forks to enjoy bowls of rice. (5)______, they use two short sticks known as chopsticks to put rice into their mouths. China and Vietnam are the two countries in which people use chopsticks very well.

1. A. used                B. taken                C. eaten                 D. boiled

2. A. grows              B. keeps                C. plants                D. stays

3. A. thousands                 B. thousand           C. thousand of      D. thousands of

4. A. beauty             B. beautiful           C. beautifully                  D. the beauty

5. A. However                   B. Moreover                   C. Besides             D. Instead

V. Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences. Answer by writing down the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet.

21. Let’s do something to protect the environment, ________ we?

A. needn’t                               B. must                        C. shall                        D. will

22. By 1820, there were over sixty steamboats on the Mississippi river,_______were quite luxurious.

A. which many                        B. many of them         C. many of which       D. many that

23.  Not only _______ to speak to him, but she also vowed never to see him again.

A. she refused                         B. did she refuse         C. she did refuse         D. when she refused

24. I had to borrow my mother’s bike because mine was __________ .

A. out of work                         B. out of order             C. off chance              D. off work

25. We ________ on the beach now if we hadn’t missed the plane.

A. might have laid                  B. would lie                 C. could be lying        D. would have laid

26. People ________ how to dye their clothes even before they knew how to read and write.

A. had known                          B. have known            C. knew                      D. are known

27. - “ How lovely your pets are !” – “ ________”

A. I love them, too.                                                     B. Thank you, it is nice of you to say so.

C. Can you say that again       .                                   D. Really? They are.

28. It is interesting to take __________ a new hobby such as collecting stamps or going fishing.

A. over                                                B. on                           C. in                            D. up

29. She  ________ in order to send her children to school.

A. cut corners                                                              B. worked her fingers to the bone

C. made a meal of it                                                   D. called it a day

30.  This used to be a rural area but it has become  _________

A. industrialized                     B. industry                  C. industrialization     D. industrialize 

31. Tim: “Would you mind lending me your dictionary?”    Paul: “_______________________.”

A. Yes, let’s                            B. Great                      C. No, of course not   D. Yes. Here you are

32. It’s no use___________ a language if you don’t try to use it.

A. to learn                               B. learning                   C. learned                   D. learn

33.The college got some money by selling one of its _______ old pictures.

A. helpful                                B. usual                       C. valuable                  D. useful

34. Mr. Man was given a medal in _______ of his service to his country.

A. gratitude                             B. knowledge              C. recognition             D. response

35. You can’t tell what someone is like just from their ______.

A. character                             B. looking                   C. personality             D. appearance

I. Choose the best answer a, b, c or d to complete the sentence.
1. You _________ speak when the teacher is speaking.
A. needn’t B. can’t C. don’t have to D. mustn’t
2. Christmas Eve is the day _________ people in some countries exchange their presents.
A. that B. which C. when D. what
3. Japanese have developed the custom of eating meals sitting on tatami _______, not on chairs.
A. towels B. prongs C. trays D. mats
4. You look really tired. You _________ take a few days off and have a holiday.
A. should B. must C. have to D. can
5. In Vietnam, you _________ take a deep bow as you do in Japan.
A. mustn’t B. don’t have to C. should D. shouldn’t
6. Sorry, but my train is at 6.00. I _________ leave now.
A. shouldn’t B. ought to C. mustn’t D. have to
7. According to the ________ in England, we have to use a knife and fork at dinner.
A. table ways B. table manners C. behaviors D.differences
8. He _________ use chopsticks for spring roll. It is finger food.
A. must B. has to C. doesn’t have to D. should
9. Everyone _________ wear a helmet when riding a motorbike. It’s mandatory according to traffic law.
A. isn’t allowed to B. must C. can D. shouldn’t
10. The xoe dance is a spiritual ________of Thai ethnic people.
A. customs B. tradition C. habit D. dance
11. A tradition is something special that is ________ through the generations.
A. passed B. passed to C. passed down D. passed out
12. Elderly people _________ be treated with great respect
A. shouldn’t B. should C. aren’t obliged to D. mustn’t