IV/ Put the word from the box in each gap to complete the following passage.

Everybody knows that the hamburger is a very (1) ............. America food. However, people in the United States learned to make hamburgers (2) ............. Germans. The Germans got the idea from Russia. In the thirteenth century the Tartar people from Central Asia (3)...... to Russia and parts of Europe. They (4)..........something like hamburger meat, but it was raw. This raw meat was beef, lamb, goat meat or horse meat. Soon the Russians started to eat raw meat, (5) ..........Germans from Hamburg and other northern cities learned to eat this food from the Russians (6) .............., they added salt, pepper, a raw egg, and then cooked it.

Between 1830 and 1900 thousands (7) ........... Germans went to live in the United States. They took the hamburger with (8)..................... People called it hamburger steak.

In 1940 at the World's Fair in St. Loui (a city on the Mississippi River) a man from Texas sold hamburger steak in roll. Then people could eat it (9)......... their hands, like a sandwich. This was the first real hamburger (10)........... the hamburger we eat today.

 IV. Put a word from the box in each gap to complete the following passage.

Pho is one of the (1) ___________ popular Vietnamese dishes. What is pho? Pho is a Vietnamese noodle soup consisting of broth, rice noodles, herbs and meat.

There are two  basic types of pho and that is Pho Bo (beef noodle soup) and Pho Ga (chicken noodle soup). Pho Bo is beef broth that is made by stewing cow bones in a large (2) ___________  for quite a long time. Pho Ga is very similar to Pho Bo. Instead of beef broth, chicken broth is made by  stewingchicken bones. The noodle itself is made from varieties of (3) ___________. The ingredients and toppings may vary a slight bit in the North and the South. Pho is normally eaten for breakfast, but many of people eat at lunch, or (4) __________  dinner.

V. Read and answer the questions.

There are many activities after school hours in Lan’s school, so she and her classmate can take part in them. Lan and Mai join the school theater group and they are also the members of the stamp collector’s club. They are rehearsing a play for the Teacher’s Day. Hung and Tuan are members of the school sport club. They play for the school football team. Ha and Thanh are the members of the school art club, and they want to be good artist one day in the future.

1.Which of them joins the school theater group?

…………………………………………………………………………………………    

2.What are they doing now?

……………………………………………………………………………………  

3.Who play for the school football team?                                                                       

…………………………………………………………………………………….

                                                 PART C: READING

I. Put a word from the box in each gap to complete the passage .

People need to breathe. If they don’t breathe, they __(1)__ die. But how clean is the air people breathe ? If they breathe dirty air, they will have breathing problems (2) ____ become ill. Plants and animals need clean air too. A lot of the things __(3)__ our lives create harmful gases and __(4)__  the air dirty, like cars, motorbikes and factories. Dirty air is called “__5__ air”. Air pollution can also make our Earth warmer. The problem of air pollution started with the burning of coal in homes and factories.

1____________2____________3____________4____________5__________

Task 5. Look and fill each gap with one word from the box. Write the word next to the number. There is one word that you do not need. There is one example (0).

One day, there was a (0) race between a hare and a tortoise. First, the (1)

Task 10. Look and read. Fill each gap with one word from the box. Write the word next to the number. There is one word that you do not need. There is one example (0). books bought bookstall photographs fair bookshop Last weekend, there was a book (0) fair in the centre of the city. Jack and I went there in the morning. First, we visited a (1) __________ to look for our favourite books. Jack likes detective stories, so he (2) __________ Case Closed and Sherlock Holmes. I like (3) __________, so I bought Doraemon and Sailor Moon. Then we took a lot of (4) __________ with a few famous writers. In the end, we had lunch in a food stall near the fair. We enjoyed the book fair very much. 

Question 2: Put a word from the box in each gap to complete the passage (1m)

Glastonbury is the (0) …. largest ..performing arts festival in the world. It is (1) ……………… every year in the village Pilton, near Glastonbury, Somerset, England. It is well-known for its contemporary music. It's also known for dance, comedy, theatre and other performing arts too.

The first (2) ………………….. was held in the 1970s. Since then, it has taken place almost every year and has grown in size. Different stages are arranged for the performances. The festival (3) ………………………… for three or four days in the open air. All kinds of people from all over the world go to the Glastonbury festival. It is now attended by about 150,000 people. The festival has also (4) ………………….. films and albums.

PART C: WRITING: (2,0ms)

Question 1: Rewrite the second sentence so that its meaning is the same as the first one. (1m)

1. Nga enjoys going shopping on Sunday with her sister.

-> Nga is interested

2. My sister's school is not the same as mine.

- >My school is..................................................................................................................

3. We started to learn English 2 years ago.

- >We have.................................................................................................................

4. They built this school 12 years ago.

- >This school was........................................................................................................

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

Energy is one of the problems that many people are (1) …………………….. in. It is not an unfamiliar word. It is heard, said, discussed day after day. It is close (2) ……………......... everyone’s daily life. You (3) ……………………….. on a lamp and it is energy that gives you light. You turn on a TV and it is energy that gives you pictures and sound. You ride a motorcycle and it is energy that gives you movement. You cook your meals and it is (4) ………………….. that gives you heat to boil rice.

The problem is that the demand for energy is rising and that the price of energy is getting higher and higher. The supply of energy on earth is limited. It can not provide us forever. The (5) …………………. of energy in the future is inevitable. Therefore, saving energy is a must if we want to continue to live in a safe and sound world.

III. Read the passage and do the following tasks below

Vietnamese’s New Year is celebrated according to the Lunar calendar. It is officially known as Tet Nguyen Dan, or Tet. It begins between January twenty-first and February nineteen. The exact date changes from year to year. Vietnamese people usually make preparations for the holiday several weeks before hand. They tidy their houses, cook special food, clean and make offerings on the family altars. On the New Year’s Eve, people sit up to midnight to see the New Year in, then put on new clothes and give one another the greetings of the season. Tet lasts ten days. The first three days are the most important. Vietnamese people believe that how people act during those days will influence the whole year. As a result, they make every effort to avoid arguments and smile as much as possible.

A. Write (T) for True or (F) for false statement:

B. Answer the following questions:

1.     When does the Lunar New Year begin?

__________________________________________________________________________

2.     What do Vietnamese people do to prepare for Tet?

__________________________________________________________________________

3.     Are the first three days the most important?

           _______________________________________________________________________

Put a word from the box in each gap to complete the following passage.(1pt)

Nem Ran or Cha Gio (Fried Spring Roll)

This (1) ________ is called Nem Ran by northerners and Cha Gio by southerners. In Ha Noi, the introduction of Nem Ran dates back to a time (2) ________ Cha Ca had not existed. Although it ranks among Viet Nam’s specialty dishes, Nem Ran is very (3) ________ to prepare. Consequently, it has long been a preferred food on (4) ________ occasions such as Tet and other family festivities.