TEST 1

I: Pick out the word which has different sound in the underlined part in each line.
I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
1. A. match B. pan C. transmit D. safety
2. A. equipment B. upset C. end D. help
3. A. folk B. mother C. photo D. neighbor
4. A. fairy B. train C. afraid D. wait
5. A. excited B. prince C. once D. escape
6. A. south B. sound C. mouth D. touch
7. A. nice B. wife C. children D. knife
8. A. fair B. straight C. awake D. moderate
9. A. tall B. ball C. call D. adjective
10. A. worked B. looked C. naked D. cooked
II. Choose the word whose main stressed syllable is different from the rest.
1. A. incense B. ritual C. preserve D. fortune
2. A. scenery B. invader C. childhood D. archway
3. A. historian B. speciality C. oriental D. preparation
4. A. belonging B. fisherman C. procession D. performance
5. A. commemorate B. companion C. reunion D. ceremony
II. Choose the words that have the different stress from the others.
1. A. resident B. cutlery C. ancestor D. permission
2. A. generation B. presentation C. necessity D. obligation
3. A. respect B. mention C. expert D. worship
4. A. pagoda B. complement C. society D. tradition
5. A. custom B. explain C. chopstick D. manner
Part B
Task 1. Circle the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences.
1. My brother really enjoys……………………out with his friends.
A. hang B. hanging C. to hang D. hangs
2. Vu Lan Festival is an occasion for showing………………to parents and ancestors.
A. reunion B. soul C. mind D. gratitude
3. In Viet Nam, children have to………………their head when greeting old people.
A. shake B. nod C. bow D. pat
4. A (n)………………….always appears whenever the main character gets into trouble in fairy tales.
A. orge B. fairy C. witch D. monster
5. Some neighbors have a…………….relation as if they were relatives of each other.
A. open B. close-knit C. strange D. bad
6. When my family goes camping, the most interesting thing is to………the tent.
A. put up B. get up C. take up D. make up
7. Choose the word that has different stress pattern from the others.
A. nomadic B. idyllic C. attractive D. peaceful
8. Christmas is held annually. The word “annually” the same meaning with…………
A. every year B. twice a year C. two years once D. usually
9. Everyone celebrates ....... holidays, on which they don't have to go to work.
A. festival B. annual C. public D. decorate
10. At Christmas, we ........ the tree and put gifts around it.
A. parade B. lights C. public D. decorate
11. My birthday is an .......... event because it only happens once a year.
A. festival B. annual C. costumes D. fireworks
12. During ..........., people often eat, drink, and listen to music.
A. festivals B. annual C. public D. parade
13. Which is the most ......... festival?
A. excited B. exciting C. excite D. excitement
14. Which is the most .......... Festival?
A. relaxing B. relax C. relaxed D. relaxation
15. Which is the ........... location? I think it's Glastonbury Festival because it's in a field.
A. good B. well C. better D. best
16. Anita is fond .......... playing the piano.
A. In B. on C. of D. for
17 ................ is a religious song that people sing at Christmas.
A. Carol B. Poem C. Christmas card D. Patron saint
18. Halloween is the night of 31 October, when people once believed that ghosts ..............
A. can see B. can be seen C. could see D. could be seen
19. Bob had someone ........ his house.
A. paint B. paints C. painted D. painting
20. Pizza is a traditional ......... dish.
A. Italian B. Italia C. Italis D. Italion
21. The Toronto International Film Festival is a film festival .......... each September in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
A. held B. hold C. perform D. shown
22. Festival has ........... millions of people from around the world each year.
A. attract B. held C. gathered D. collect
23. Vu Lan Festival is an occasion for showing ............... to parents, ancestors.
A. reunion B. soul C. mind D. gratitude
24. On festival days, there are many people coming to ....... to find the belief, wishing for luck and fortune.
A. Buddhist B. Buddhism C. Buddha D. Buddhistic
25. The Yen Tu festival is organized since the 10th lunar month and ......... for three spring months.
A. occurred B. happened C. longed D. lasted
26. According to the M'Nong's custom, the New Rice ............. is usually held in the evening.
A. occasion B. ceremony C. holiday D. vacation
27. ........... different regions and religious have a variety in marital arrangements, the arranged is a traditional feature of
every community.
A. Because B. Although C. While D. When
28. The Vietnamese are influenced by Buddhist theology and Confucian philosophy, ........... they believe in fate in
marriage.
A. and B. but C. so D. yet
29. Khmer men teach their children how to ............. fish at an early age.

A. do B. catch C. raise D. eat

30. The elders often pass on their ............. to the young through stories and activities.
A. traditions B. rules C. legends D. music

31. The mountain people in the Central Highlands use natural ........... to build a Rong house.

A. trees B. posts C. leaves D. materials

32. It takes more than ........ hour to drive to Ho Chi Minh city.

A. an B. a C. the D. No article

I. Choose A, B, C, D for each gap in the following sentences.

1. My mother enjoys traditional food for our family, especially at Tet holiday.
A. cook B. to cook C. cooking D. cooked
2. My father sometimes goes in the forests. He’d like to find some more food for our family.
A. hunt B. hunting C. to hunt D. hunted
3. Look! Some children are the buffaloes.
A. picking B. herding C. driving D. playing
4. The sky is here in the countryside because there are no buildings to block the view.
A. tidy B. close C. dense D. vast
5. Is living in the city than living in the country?
A. more convenient B. as convenient
C. most convenient D. so convenient
6. He is surprised that there are 54 ethnic groups in our country.
A. to understand B. to study C. to know D. find
7. The Viet (or Kinh) have number of people, account for about 86% of the population.
A. large B. the large C. larger D. the largest
8. ethnic group has a larger population, the Tay or the Ede?
A. What B. Which C. Why D. Who
Task 2. Supply the correct verb forms or tenses to complete the following sentences.
1. The tortoise……was running….(run) ahead of the hare at 3:30 yesterday afternoon.
2. At this time last year, Anna………was attending……(attend) a party at Royal Palace.
3. Cinderella had to………work……(work) hard all day since her father died.
4. I think you should…….spend.….. (spend) less money on clothes. They’re too expensive.
Task 3. Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first. Use no more than three words.
1. My father’s explanation about the subject was clearer than my brother’s.
 My brother explained the subject…wasn’t as clear as my father’s.………
2. My sister studied hard, so she completed her examination successfully.
 My sister completed her examination successfully…because she studied …….hard.
3. It isn’t necessary to finish your project today.
 You don’t…have to finish……….your project today.
4. Mr. Lam was very busy; however, he spent the whole day at the Le Mat Village Festival.
 Mr. Lam spent the whole day at the Le Mat Festival…although he was….…very busy.
READING
Task 2. Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage.
Communal House (Rong House)
The Rong House can only be (1)……………………in village to the north of the Central Highlands, especially in Gia
Lai and Kon Tum Provinces. It is a large, imposing, beautiful decorated stilt house built (2) ……………………..the
middle of the village. It is where community activites (3)…………………….., meetings, wedding ceremonies, or
praying ceremonies. It is also the place for reception of guests. The Rong House of each ethnic group has its own
architectural style, design, and décor. Yet there are shared (4)…………………..
In the village, it is often (5)…………………..house roofed with yellow-dried thatch leaves and having 8 big wood
columns.
1. A. find B. found C. to find D. finding
2. A. on B. at C. in D. under
3. A. take place B. take on C. happens D. occurs
4. A. designs B. cultures C. customs D. features
5. A. a big B. a bigger C. the biggest D. biggest
WRITING
Task1. Complete the following sentences, using the words or phrases provided.
1. It/ important/ parents/ teach/ their children/ how/ use/ social media wisely.
…It is important for parents to teach their children how to use social media wisely.…….
2. The festival/ commemorate/ Saint Giong/ who/ defeat/ the An.
…The festival commemorates the Saint Giong who defeated the An.………..
3. The Mid-Autumn festival/ celebrated/ the 15th day/ the 8th lunar month.
…The Mid-Autumn festival is celebrated from the 15th day to the 8th lunar month.………
4. Visitors/ can/ enjoy/ colorful/ grand/ opening ceremony/ unique performances.
…Visitors can enjoy the colorful grand and opening ceremony and unique performances.………
I. Rewrite the following sentences so that the second sentence means the same as the first one
1. We have learnt English for 4 years
→ We started …to learn English 4 years ago.………..
2. My father started to give up smoking last year
→ My father has …given up smoking since last year.......……
3. They have worked in that factory since 2001
→ They started …working in that factory in 2001.………..
4. Lan hasn’t written to Mary for a month
→ Lan didn’t … write to Mary last month..…………..
5. He has lived in Hanoi since he was 12
→ He started …to live in Hanoi when he was 12.………..
6. I haven’t seen her for a long time
→ I didn’t …see her a long time ago...……..
7. How long have you learnt French?
→ How long ago …did you learn French?…………..
8. When did you start to listen to classical music?
→ How long …have you start listened to classical music?…..…..
9. I last saw her 10 years ago
→ I haven’t …seen her for 10 years.…..…..
10. How long have you bought this car
→ When did …you bought this car?…………
6.Supply the correct verb forms.
1.After class, one of the students always (erase) erases the chalk board.
2.People (spend) spend a lot of money on advertising everyday.
3.The phonograph (invent) was invented by Thomas Edison in 1877.
4.For the past years, my mother (do) has done all my washing by hand.
5.No one (believe) believes his story.
6.The women in most countries in the world (give) have been given the right to vote.
7.People (think)think that Jack London's life and writing's (represent) represent the American love of adventure.
8.How many marks (give) are given to you by the teacher?
9.The detective (see) saw the woman (put) putting the jewelry in her bag.
10. Drivers (advise) are advised to use an alternative route by police.
11. The window (break)was broken and some pictures (take)were taken away by the boys.
12. My father (write) wrote the book many years ago.
13. He (show) showed his ticket to the airline agent.
14. The human life (completely/ change) has completely been changed with science and technology.
15. People (speak) speak English all over the world.
16. My brother (eat) eats a loaf of bread every morning.
17. How many languages (speak) are spoken in India?
18. The accident (cause) was caused in this city by some drunk drivers.
19. How long have they waited (wait) for the doctor?
20. The doctor (order) ordered him (take) to take a long rest.
7. Reorder words to make meaningful sentences.

1. the best time / martial arts / because / Mornings / a lot of energy / are / to do / we have / at that time of day / . /