Read the text. Choose the correct answer A, B or C.

A Village Festival Day

I live in a small village in northern Viet Nam. Every year, people in my village look forward to the third day of Tet. It is one of our most important festival days.

In the morning, we gather along the riverside to watch some competitions. First, there is a special boat race. Some team members cook rice on the boat while others row the boat as fast as they can. The fastest team with well-cooked rice wins the race. Then, the referee releases a duck into the middle of the river. Contestants jump into the river to catch it. The atmosphere becomes loud with the sound of drums and cheers of festival goers.

At noon, there is a village party at the communal house for the elders. Each family also holds a home party. We cook traditional dishes like sticky rice and steamed chicken. Sometimes, we include food that children love, such as bun cha or even pizzas!

The village festival helps us maintain our traditions, connect with other people, and strengthen our family bonds.

1. What is the text mainly about?

A. A local tradition.

B. A family tradition.

C. A cooking contest.

2. To win the boat race, a team must

A. row the boat more quickly than the other teams

B. be the fastest boat and properly cook the rice

C. cook rice properly and catch the duck

3. The phrase “releases a duck” in the text means

A. gives it freedom

B. catches it

C. takes it home

4. Why is the festival important?

A. Because it is exciting.

B. Because people win valuable prizes.

C. Because it keeps some village traditions alive

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Read the passage and fill in each blank with an appropriate word from the box:

I live in a village (1) ________ Mekong River. Every day, like most of my friends, I walk to school. It is three kilometers away. After (2)__________, I often help my mother to collect water from the river and feed the chickens. At the weekend, the (3)__________ often gather at the community hall where there is a TV. The adults watch TV, but more often they talk about their farm work and exchange news. The children run around playing games and shouting merrily. (4) _________ is heard everywhere.

               My father sometimes takes me to the market town nearby where he sells our home products like vegetables, fruits, eggs... He then buys me an ice cream and lets me take a ride on the electric train in the town square. I love those trips.

               On starry nights, we children lie on the grass, looking at the sky and daring each other to find the Milky Way. We dream of faraway places.

 Answer the questions:
1.      How far is it from his home to school?___________________________________________________

2.      Where do they often gather at weekend? ___________________________________________________

3. Does the boy like riding on the electric train in the town square?___________________________________________________

4. What do the children do on starry nights?___________________________________________________

XI. Fill in a suitable word in the passage.

I live in a small village called Vinh An. There (91…) about 600 people here. I love the village (92...) it is very quiet and life is slow and easy. The village is always clean - people look (93...) it with great care. The air is always clean, (94...). It is much more friendly here than in a city because everyone knows everyone else, and (95...) someone has problem, there are always people who can help. 
There are only a (96...) things that I don't like about Vinh An. One thing is that we don't have (97..) things to do in the eveming. We don't have any cinemas or theaters. The (98....) thing is that people always talk about (99....) other, and everyone knows what everyone else is doing. But I still (100....) village life to life in a big .

XI. Fill in a suitable word in the passage.

I live in a small village called Vinh An. There (91…) about 600 people here. I love the village (92...) it is very quiet and life is slow and easy. The village is always clean - people look (93...) it with great care. The air is always clean, (94...). It is much more friendly here than in a city because everyone knows everyone else, and (95...) someone has problem, there are always people who can help. 
There are only a (96...) things that I don't like about Vinh An. One thing is that we don't have (97..) things to do in the eveming. We don't have any cinemas or theaters. The (98....) thing is that people always talk about (99....) other, and everyone knows what everyone else is doing. But I still (100....) village life to life in a big .

Read the text about life in a village in Viet Nam. Match the highlighted words in the text with their meanings. 

I feel fortunate that I am living in a peaceful village in southern Viet Nam. The scenery here is beautiful and picturesque with vast fields stretching long distances. The houses are surrounded by green trees. There are lakes, ponds, and canals here and there. The air is fresh and cool. Life here seems to move more slowly than in cities. The people work very hard. They grow vegetables, cultivate rice, and raise cattle. At harvest time, they use combine harvesters to harvest their crops. Many families live by growing fruit trees in the orchards. Others live by fishing in lakes, ponds, and canals. Life in the village is very comfortable for children. They play traditional games. Sometimes they help their parents pick fruit and herd cattle.

People in my village know each other well. They are friendly and hospitable. They often meet each other in the evening, eating fruit, playing chess, singing folk songs, and chatting about everyday activities.

I live in a small village called Vinh An. There are about 700 people here. I love the village because it is very quiet and life is slow and easy. You have never to queue in shops or banks.
People never throw rubbish in the streets, so the village is always clean – people often look after it with great care. The air is always fresh too. The people here are much more friendly here than in a city because everyone knows everyone else, and if someone has a problem, there are always people who can help.However, there is one thing I don't like about my village is that there is not much to do in the evening. We haven't got any cinemas or theaters. But I still prefer village life to life in a big city
1.Where does the writer's live?
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2.Why is the village always clean?
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3.How are the people in the writer's village?
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4.Does the writer love his village?
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Read and circle a or b.

Hello . My name’s Nga. I live in a village in Vinh Phuc Province. It’s about sixty kilometres from Ha Noi. The village is small and quiet. The village is small and quiet. There are not many people, shops and traffic. I enjoy living here because life is peaceful and the people are friendly. At weekends, my parents often take me to Ha Noi. It’s much noisier and busier. It has lots of large lakes, beautiful parks and tall buidings. The streets are so crowded and things are more expensive. I like Ha Noi because the shops are really nice and life is exciting.

What’s life in the village like?

A. It’s exciting.    

B. It’s peaceful.