Exercise 3: Choose the best answer to fill in the blank.

1.               

__________ can make you relaxed. You enjoy them in your free time.

A. Doing sports        

B. Leisure activities   

C. Ride a horse       

D. Flying  kite

2.               

An old woman was ________ the goats up the mountainside.

A. talking

B. riding

C. herding

D. running

3.               

There are no high buildings to block ________ in our village.

A. view

B. the view

C. a view

D. some view

4.               

The crops ________ on the weather.

A. depend heavily

B. affect heavily

C. affect heavy

D. depend heavy

5.               

The boys often help their parents to _______ water from the village well.

A. find

B. gather

C. collect

D. give

6.               

It is typical of the cultural life of ________ Thai people.

A. the

B. X

C. some

D. a

7.               

Yoga helps us learn _______ to co-ordinate breathing and movement.

A. why

B. when

C. what

D. how

8.               

Life in a small town is _______ than that in a big city.

A. much peaceful

B. peaceful

C. less peaceful

D. much more peaceful

9.               

Do you know the _________ way to welcome people in Tibet?

A. custom

B. customary

C. customer

D. tradition

10.           

A tradition is something special that is ________ through the generations.

A. passed down

B. passed out

C. passed

D. passed to

11.           

During the Buddhist Festival, visitors join the procession and make offerings to _____ Buddha at the pagoda.

A. consider

B. believe

C. worship

D. think about

12.           

In Viet Nam you shouldn't use only the first name to _______ people older than you.

A. say

B. speak

C. talk

D. address

13.           

In Viet Nam, the ________ we mostly use is chopsticks.

A. cutlet

B. cut

C. cutlery

D. cutting

14.           

The Viet (or Kinh) have the largest number of people, accounting ______about 86% of the population.

A. on

B. for

C. in

D. at

15.           

The Hung King Temple Festival ______from the 8th to the 11th day of the third lunar month in Phu Tho.

A. takes place

B. takes turn

C. takes up

D. takes part

16.           

Parents usually buy new clothes and shoes for their children a month before the New Year ________ , children cannot wear their new clothes until the first day of the New Year and onward.

A. and

B. or

C. but

D. so

17.           

The five-fruit tray on the altar symbolizes the gratitude of the Vietnamese to their ancestors; ________ ,it demonstrates their hope for a life of plenty.

A. moreover

B. therefore

C. however

D. and

18.           

Always take your shoes off before you enter a temple in India; ________, you will be considered impolite.

A. moreover

B. however

C. therefore

D. otherwise

19.           

The left hand is customarily used for cleaning; ________, Indian people never eat with their left hands.

A. but

B. therefore

C. however

D. and

20.           

There are more than 300 steps up the hill to Hung King Temple; ________ , any pilgrim would like to reach the top.

A. because

B. so

C. nevertheless

D. if