TASK 2. Choose the best answer A, B, or C to complete the sentences.

1. The children in my home village used to go _________ to school.

A. by foot                       B. bare-footed                C. playing around

2. There is always a big gap between __________. The old sometimes find it difficult to understand the young.

A. generations                B. families                      C. relatives

3. We should work together to _________ our traditions as they are of great value to us.

A. prevent                      B. practice                      C. preserve 

4. In Viet Nam, _________ often refers to age and social position, not to wealth.

A. seniority                     B. tradition                     C. generation

5. My mother says she used to _________ a diary when she was young.

A. protect                       B. preserve                     C. keep

6. My father used to read and write letters for the villagers because most of them were __________.

A. illiterate                      B. deaf                           C. dumb

7. Pedestrians can be much safer thanks to the __________.

A. skytrain                      B. flyover                       C. elevated walkway

8. A road or path that goes under another road or railway track is called an______________.

A. skytrain                      B. underpass                   C. tunnel

9. Before 1990, Vietnamese people used to live in ___________ families.

A. open                          B. rich                            C. extended

10. She is ____________ with her children even when they misbehave.

A. tolerant                      B. obedient                     C. impatient

Muptiple choice

1. We can learn how ______ banh chung at Tet.

A. make B. to make C. making D.made

2. Men used ______ the bread winner of the family.

A. be B. to be C. to being D.to

3. Should we try to ______ every custom or tradition which is in danger of dying out?

A. preserve B. act out C. entertain D. open

4. The children in my home village used to go ______, even in winter. Now they all have shoes.
A. on foot B. bare-footed C. playing around D .played around

5. At night they used to entertain ______ by telling and acting out stories.

A. them B. their C. themselves D. themself

6. There is usually a ______ gap between the old and the young, especially when the world is
changing so fast.
A. generation B. value C. age D.old

7. It must be incredible travelling by dogsled. I wish I ______ it.

A. can do B. could did C. could do D.can done

8. Every nation has respect for their long-preserved ______.
A. behaviours B. practices C. traditions D.traditonal

9. Once a month I went downtown to collect the post and then walked from village to village, ______ were far away from each other.

A. which B. where C. that D.where

10. In Viet Nam, ______ often refers to age and social position, not to wealth.
A. seniority B. tradition C. generation D.culture

11. I also passed______ on the news I had heard from the town and the other villages.

A. in B. on C. down D. at

12. Giving lucky money to the young and the old at Tet is a common ______ in many Asian countries.

A. behavior B. practice C. tradition D. cultural

13. She used to live in an igloo: a domed house ______ from blocks of ice.

A. to build B. built C. building D.to built

14. I wish people in the world ______ conflicts and lived in peace.

A. don’t have B. doesn’t have C. didn’t have D. didn’t having

15. I have told you many times ______ the door open.

A. not leave B. not to leave C. to not leave D. not to leaving

16. I wish my friends spent less time ______ computer games and more time outdoors.

A. play B. to play C. playing D. played

17. The farmers in my home village ______ rice home on trucks. They used buffalo-driven carts.

A. used to transport B. used to be transported C. didn’t use to transport D. used to transport

18. A ______ is used to make the sound much louder so that many people can hear it from a distance.

A. loudspeaker B. radio C. television D.computer

19. I suppose it was a special occasion, ______?

A. was it B. wasn’t it C. don’t I D.doesn’t I

20. He could be f red for his rude ______ towards the VIP guest.

A. behaviour B. practice C. tradition D.practices

11. Like a local, you should take an afternoon ……… ride through the bustling streets of Ha Noi's Old Quarter

A. architecture B. geological C. complex D. rickshaw

12. Hai Van ………..is 2.8 km long.

A. elevated walkway B. flyover C underpass D. tunnel

13. The children in my home village used to go ………, even in winter. Now they all have shoes.

A. on foot B. bare-footed C. playing around D. by bike

14. The Imperial Citadel of Thang Long is a ……… that consists of royal palaces and monuments.

A. setting B. complex. C. structure. D. measure

15. She suggests ……… to protect the environment.

A. recycling. B. recycle C. recycled D. to recycle

16. I would suggest that you ……… your doctor about this.

A. said. B. says. C. should say. D. to say

17. Hue’s most outstanding attractions are the emperors’ ……….

A.tombs B. graves C. caverns D. cathedrals

18. Our environment has been ……….polluted.

A. gradual B. gradually C. gradualism D. gradualness

19. She lived in a(n) ……… family, so she didn’t have much privacy.

A. rich B. poor C. nuclear D. extended

20. The hotel is beautifully ……… in a quiet spot near the river.

A. landed B. lied C. Stood D. situated