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C. WRIRING:

I. Complete the sentences using the words and phrases given:

1. Many people/ love/ live/ countryside.

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2. A buffalo / plough / better / a horse.

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3. Which / place / peaceful, / the city / or / countryside?

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4. in/ countryside/ children/ play/ freely/ than/ city.

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5. Sa pa’s terraced fields/ beautiful / in the world.

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Read the passage carefully, then answer the following questions.

The Coho people have a population of 92,190 people living mainly in Lam Dong in the Tay Nguyen region. The Coho language belongs to Mon-Khmer group. A written form of the Coho language is based on the Latin system. The Coho group cultivate rice on widened fields which they change periodically, using the slash-and-burn method to prepare the land for planting. In general, the Coho’s farming methods and tools are similar to other groups in the Tay Nguyen region. Coho men wear lion cloths and women wear short skirts. Coho folktale is abundantly rich. The Coho also have many traditional dances, which are performed at festivals and ceremonies. Their traditional musical instruments include the set of six-pattern gongs. Each year in December after the harvest, the Coho celebrate their Tet or New Year holidays. Coho families take turns sacrificing a buffalo for the village buffalo sacrifice ceremony. The ceremony is held outdoors, either in front of the house of the host who has offered the buffalo, or in front of the village chief’s house. People sing and dance around a ceremonial pole, called cay nieu.

                     (periodically: định kì; slash-and-burn : đốt & chặt cây lấy đất trồng)

   QUESTIONS:

   1.  What is the population of the Coho group?

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  2. Where do the Coho people live?

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  3. Do the Coho people have many traditional dances?

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  4. When do the Coho people celebrate their New Year holidays?

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B. READING:

I. Put a word from the box in each gap to complete the following passage. There is one word that is not necessary.

Living in the countryside has a lot of advantages. The country is less (0) polluted and the traffic isn't so heavy. You are fit and you (1)__________ need to worry about your health condition, because in the countryside the air and water are so clean. There aren't any huge blocks of flats, modern skyscrapers. You can (2)_________ walking in the forest and picking mushrooms or hunting. Another advantage is that you may (3)___________build a big house and the garden, because charges for ground are much lower than in the suburbs. Moreover, living in the countryside is cheaper than it is in the city because the (4)____________ of everything are lower. The other positive side is the (5)______________In the rural area the crime rate is much lower. There aren't a lot of housebreaks and the possibility of burglary is also lower. Country life is very peaceful and silent. You will enjoy the feeling of peace.

20. (Which, Who, What, Whom) part of the day does he go to the beach, the morning or the afternoon? _ He goes to the beach in the morning.

21. (Which, Who, What, How) of your parents will go to the meeting? – My mother will.

22. (Which, Who, What, When) is the Hoa Ban Festival of the Thai People held? _ In Lunar February.

23. (Where / What/ Who /How) do the Churu mainly live? _  Lam Dong Province.

24. Using the computer as your hobby can be  (harm, harmful , good  , bad )  to both your health and your social life.

25. A busy time when people collect their crop is called (harvest time / a paddy field/ free time/ leisure time).

26.The sky is (peaceful, brave, vast, colourful ) here in the countryside. There are no buildings to block the view.

27. (Country, Inconvenient , City ,Nomadic )  life is hard because people have to move a lot.

28. Nowadays, people dress less (generously, healthily, soundly ,traditionally), so it’s difficult to say which country they are from.

29.The Ao dai is the ( tradition, traditional, traditionally, traditionalist) dress of Vietnamese women.

30.Both my brother and I have to (grow/ herd/ collect/ pick) our buffaloes. We feed them on the pastures.

31. Gathering and hunting still play a __________ role in the economy of the Laha.

A. rich                  B. developed                  C. minor              D. significant

32. (Picking/ Riding/ Collecting/ Running) a horse is one of the skills every nomadic child in Mongolia has to learn.

I. USE OF ENGLISH:

1. Does he fancy (tell, telling, to tell, told ) funny stories?

2. They adore (watch, to watch/ watching, watched ) sport shows on TV.

3. Many teenagers enjoy (listen/ to listen/ listens/ listening) to music with friends.

4. Tom doesn’t mind (working, work, to work, worked ) at night.

5. I (decide, want , adore , need ) hanging out with my best friend in my leisure time.

6. These days many children (adore/ fancy/ enjoy/ prefer) watching TV to playing outside.

7. Life in a big city is (more, as , most, much ) exciting than life in a small town.

8. Which one is (more noisy,  noisier, noisiest, noisier than), the city or the countryside?

9. An ordinary car goes ( slower/ more slowly/ slowly) than a sports car.

10. My village is ( crowded, more crowded, most crowded ) than hers.

11. The cost of living in the city is much (high, higher, highest, more high) than in the countryside.

12. A ger can be (more easy, more easily, most easily, easier) pulled down than a house.

13. It usually snows (heavier /the heaviest / heaviest /more heavily) in the mountains than in the lowlands.

 London is one of (large/ larger/ largest/ the largest) cities in the world.                                                

14. Today the sun shines ( brighter, brightly, more brightly) than yesterday.

15. In a small village in the north, there is (a/ an /the) old stilt house. In the house, (a/an/ the) Yao family are living together

16. Her dream is to become ( a, an, the ) English teacher when she grows up.

17.He lives in ( a, the, an) small town in ( the, a, an) North of England.

18. I spent ( a, an, the ) hour watching a football match on TV last night.

19. ( The, A, An ) UK has a population of about 64 million.

20. (Which, Who, What, Whom) part of the day does he go to the beach, the morning or the afternoon? _ He goes to the beach in the morning.

21. (Which, Who, What, How) of your parents will go to the meeting? – My mother will.

22. (Which, Who, What, When) is the Hoa Ban Festival of the Thai People held? _ In Lunar February.

23. (Where / What/ Who /How) do the Churu mainly live? _  Lam Dong Province.

24. Using the computer as your hobby can be  (harm, harmful , good  , bad )  to both your health and your social life.

25. A busy time when people collect their crop is called (harvest time / a paddy field/ free time/ leisure time).

26.The sky is (peaceful, brave, vast, colourful ) here in the countryside. There are no buildings to block the view.

27. (Country, Inconvenient , City ,Nomadic )  life is hard because people have to move a lot.

28. Nowadays, people dress less (generously, healthily, soundly ,traditionally), so it’s difficult to say which country they are from.

29.The Ao dai is the ( tradition, traditional, traditionally, traditionalist) dress of Vietnamese women.

30.Both my brother and I have to (grow/ herd/ collect/ pick) our buffaloes. We feed them on the pastures.

31. Gathering and hunting still play a __________ role in the economy of the Laha.

A. rich                  B. developed                  C. minor              D. significant

32. (Picking/ Riding/ Collecting/ Running) a horse is one of the skills every nomadic child in Mongolia has to learn.