Vocabulary and Grammar

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

Question 1: Some Vietnamese schools make students wear Ao Dai, the __________ dress of Vietnam.

A. tradition        B. traditional        C. traditions        D. traditionally

Question 2: Can you tell me what is the difference __________ custom and tradition?

A. in        B. of        C. among        D. between

Question 3: Before beginning the meal, we should __________ for the oldest person to start.

A. wait       B. to wait        C. waiting       D. waited

Question 4: You don’t have __________ tips for the waiters in Vietnam.

A. leave       B. leaving       C. to leave       D. left

Question 5: My mother taught me some table __________ when I was young.

A. manners        B. unities       C. prongs       D. offsprings

Question 6: We reached the house after __________ for almost an hour.

A. cycled        B. to cycle        C. cycling        D. cycle

Question 7: Our customs are passed __________ from generations to generations.

A. down        B. up        C. to        D. over

Question 8: Some fortune tellers can read your future by looking __________ your palm.

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

Question 9: I’m so __________ about exploring customs of your country

A. excited        B. interested       C. fond       D. keen

Question 10: Although I have never been to the place, it has a __________ of belonging to me.

A. prong        B. palm       C. course       D. sense

Question 11: My teacher paid me a __________ because I finished all difficult tasks.

A. cutlery        B. compliment       C. offspring       D. manner

Question 12: This filmstrip __________ the daily routines of a typical Vietnamese family.

A. reflects       B. accepts        C. obliges        D. sprays

Question 13: He __________ try to be more punctual; or else, the manager will get angry.

A. must        B. should        C. need        D. may

Question 14: He came up with the solution __________ every problems.

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

Question 15: It’s a custom in the USA as people use __________ in all meals.

A. cutleries       B. offsprings       C. belongings       D. tips

17. Five-coloured ____ is a traditional dish of many ethnic minorities in Vietnam.

A. food              B. costume           C. egg                         D. sticky rice

18. Hoa is a beautiful girl; ______, she is kind-hearted.

A. Therefore              B.However              C. Moreover             D. so

19. Linh: “Let’s go to the countryside this weekend”.   - Daisy: “______!”

   A. You’re welcome          B. Congratulations    

C. That’s a good idea      D. Never mind

20.  Huy is ____student in my class.

A. better                    B. the best                  C. most                       D. much

21. 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

22. 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

23. Your English is______. It is better and more fluent.

A. worsening             B. providing              C. deteriorating         D. improving

24. Tam is a beautiful girl; ______, she is kind-hearted.

A. Therefore              B. However              C. Moreover        D. Otherwise

II. GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE (2.5 points / 0.25 each)
Choose the best option (A, B, C, or D) to complete each of the following sentences.
4. The Ao dai is the _______ dress of Vietnamese women.
A. traditionally B. tradition C. traditional D. traditionalist
5. He may miss the train _______ he doesn’t hurry.
A. if B. unless C. so D. and
6. Mai _______ in Ho Chi Minh City for five years now.
A. lives B. live C. is living D. has lived
7. I’d love to go to the party _______ I have to finish my homework.
A. and B. but C. or D. because
8. Let’s _______ the television. I want to read a book.
A. go on B. turn off C. turn on D. go off
9. Tom and Mary don’t like news, _______?
A. do they B. don’t they C. did they D. won’t they
10. If Ba _______ rich, he would travel around the world.
A. is B. are C. were D. had been
11. She _______ whether I liked pop music.
A. said B. told C. asked D. spoke
12. That is the man _______ helped me last week.
A. whom B. whose C. which D. who
13. Would you mind _______ the door, please?
A. open B. opening C. to open D. opened

Use the correct form of the word given in each sentences 

2. You ought to _____________English every day.    (speaking )

3. I have to make some difficult  ______________. (decide)    

4. Bell  _______________    demonstrated his invention. (success)

5. Thin clothes are ______________ for cold  weather.   (suit)

6. The ________________  of atom bomb is very terrible.  (destroy)

7. The members _________________ him at the meeting tomorrow    (meeting)
8. Smoking is very ______________ for our health. (danger)

9.She’s always worried about the ______________ of her family.   (safe)    

10._____________,the barber cut my hair too short.  (luck)

11. Michael Faraday made a lot of ______________ in the field of electricity.(invent)

12. L.A. Hill is a  _____________ writer. ( humor)

13. Hard work always brings _________________ (succeed)
14. ACB stands for Asia _________________Bank.   (commerce)

15. Bell demonstrated his ____________ at a lot of exhibitions.  (invent)

16. We should obey the ___________regulations at the hospital.   (safe)

17. You have to keep all ____________objects out of children’s reach.    (danger)

18. Don’t put the knife into an ______________socket.   (electricity)

Rearrange the following sentences in the correct order to make complete sentences.

1 his invention / exhibitions / he demonstrated / at a lot of

=> he

2 travelling all over america / to the public / Bell demonstrated / at countless exhibitions / his invention

=> travelling all over america

3 without / do everything / modern equipment / my mom had to / the help of

=> mom had to do

4 and the fire / he lit / the straw / burned the tiger

=> he

5 she dropped / as little pea / one of her shoes / ran to the festivals / and lost it

=> as little pea

TRUE OR FALES

the ao dai, the traditional dress of vietnamese women, has a long history. in the early 17th century vietnamese clothing designers made changes to the design of the traditional chinese costume, creating the primitive forms of the present ao dai. this creativity showed vietnam's strong sense of independence. the ao dai with different designs and materials, was traditionally worn by both men and women . over the years, despite the coming of western clothing for more convenience in daily activities of modern life, the ao dai has been there to stay . therefore , vietnamese women go on wearing this unique dress, which is both traditional and fashionable and which conveys our rich culture to the world.

1) the ao dai had its start at the beginning of the seventeenth century.

2) vietnamese ao dai is exactly similar to chinese dress.

3) western clothes are both traditional and fashionable in viet nam .

4 vietnamese wonen stopped wearing ao dai a long time ago.