I.          Choose the best answer A, B, C or D tocomplete the sentences.

1.Yoga help us learn                to co-ordinate breathing and movement.

A.what                     B.when                              C.why                                 D.how

2.Teenagers enjoy                   to music and                 out with friends.

A.listen - hang          B.to listen – to hang          C.listening - hang               D.listening - hanging

3.                     should children do yoga too?

A. Why                    B.When                             C.What                               D.How

4.Don’t worry. It is                 to travel to that village even at night.

A.safe                       B.unsafe                            C.difficult                          D.inconvenient

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

A.peaceful                B.much peaceful               C.less peaceful                   D.much more peaceful

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

A.gather                   B.collect                            C.give                                 D.find

7.In the Central Highlands, the biggest and tallest house in the village is the                       house.

A.communication     B.community                    C.communal                       D.commune

8.The Viet people have many             customs and crafts.

A.tradition               B.traditional                      C.culture                             D.customary

9.                                 month is the Hoa Ban Festival of the Thai people held in?

A.When                    B.Which                            C.How many                      D.How often

10.The             on display in Da Nang Museum of Cham Sculpture are very interesting.

A.items                     B.goods                             C.products                          D.shows

II.        Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank in the following passage.

            My village is about 50 kilometers from the city center. It is very(1)                          place where people (2)                        flowers and vegetables only. It is very famous for its pretty roses and picturesque scenes. The air is quite fresh, however the smell of the roses make people (3)              cool. In spring, my village looks (4)               a carpet with plenty of colors. Tourists come to visit it so often. Nowadays, with electricity, it doesn’t take the villagers much time (5)                        the roses.

1.A. beauty           B. beautiful                       C. beautify                        D. beautifully

2.A. plant              B. plants                            C. grow up                        D. grows up

3.A. feel                B. feeling                          C. felt                                D. to feel

4.A. as                   B. like                                C. alike                              D.same

5.A. water             B. watering                       C. to water                        D. watered

III. Choose the word or the phrase among A,B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage.

            I live in a small village called Northville. There are about 2000 people here. I love the village (1)               it is  very quite and life is slow and easy. The village is always clean, people look (2)                  it with great care. The air is always clean, too. People are much more friendly here than in a city because everyone (3)                                  the others, and if someone has a problem, there are always people who can help.

            There are only a few things that I don’t like about Northville. One thing is that we have not got many things to do in the evening; we haven’t got (4)                     cinemas and theaters. The other thing is that people always talk about (5)                      , and everyone knows what everyone is doing. But I still prefer village life in a big city.

1.A.so                    B.although                        C.because                          D.but

2.A.for                  B.at                                   C.up                                  D.after

3.A.knows             B.know                             C.is knowing                     D.knew

4.A.little                B.some                              C.any                                D.few

5.A.others             B.other                              C.another                          D.one another

IV.       Choose the item among A, B, C or D that best answers the question about the passage.

            The thing I liked most when I was small was the change of seasons. Spring, summer, autumn and winter - I could see them all come and go and each one was completely different. Now in the city, you can buy summer flowers in winter and eat the some vegetables all the year round. Whereas, in the country, I could only eat things at certain times of the year, for example, strawberries in June and turnips in winter. I lived my childhood with the seasons.

            We also made most of our food and would never eat frozen or tinned food. Everything was fresh, so it must be better than the type of food I am taking now in the city. City people may thing people in the country miss a lot of things about modern life. In fact, in my opinion they miss a lot more than people in the country, they miss real life.

1.What did the winter like most about living in the country?

A.Flowers in spring.                                           B. Leaves in autumn.

C.The wild animals and plants.                         D. The change of seasons.

2.What does the word “them” in line 2 refer to?

A.Four seasons                                                   B.Winter and autumn        

C.Countryside                                                   D.Plants

3.In the countryside which season can we buy strawberries?

A. Spring                  B. Summer                        C.Autumn                            D.Winter

4.Why did the writer never eat tinned food when living in the countryside?

A. Because it was frozen.                                  B. Because it was contaminated     

C.Because it was very fat                                  D.Because it wasn’t very fresh

5.Which of the following sentences is NOT true?

A.People in the city can grow vegetables all year round.

B. In the countryside turnips are grown in winter.

C.The winter often eat frozen and tinned food now.

D.Many city people think they live better than those in the country.

V.  Choose the word that has underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.

1.   a. vast                          b. cart                          c. craft                         d.paddy

2.   a. scarf                         b. school                      c. science                     d. scare

3.   a. terraced                   b. satisfied                   c. hooked                    d. relaxed

4.   a. ethnic                       b. unique                     c. basic                        d. diverse

5.   a. sure                          b. soundly                   c. simple                      d. stilt

VI. Choose the answer a, b, c or d to complete the sentence.

1.   We are all hook ________ making star lanterns.

      a. in                             b. off                           c. on                            d. to

2.   Their family have moved to the city ________ 2001.

      a. horn                         b.for                            c.in                              d. since

3.   The Kinh have the largest number of people, ________ for 86% of the population.

      a. holding                    b.taking                       c. accounting               d. numbering

4.   I’m tired of ________ in the city. It’s too busy, noisy and dirty.

      a. live                           b.to live                       c.to be lived                d. living

5.   ________ drop that mobile phone and do your homework?

      a. Why don’t you        b. How about              c. Would you mind     d. When did you

6.   The Hmong of Sa Pa are called Black Hmong ________ their mainly black clothing.

      a. because of               b.in spite of                 c.in order to                 d. according to

7.   People in rural areas live ________ than those in cities.

      a. simplier                    b.more simply              c. more simple             d. simpler

8.   It’s the second time we _________ to the USA.
      a. went                        b. have gone                c. are going                  d.go

9.   ________ is the Nung’s clothing? ~ Indigo.

      a. What                        b.Which group            c. What colour             d. Whose

10  ‘I find it hard to build a toy car.’ ‘But ________’

      a. my pleasure                                                 b. it’s my fault.

      c. it sounds great!                                            d. it’s right up your street!
VII.     Supply the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets.

______________ (you/ ever/ take) a trip to the countryside? It’s really interesting!

2.   For many nomads, their cattle ______________ (provide) meat, milk, and hides fortheir own use.

3.   When I was a kid, I ______________ (spend) hours gleaning rice from paddy fields.

4.   Sa Pa’s love market ______________ (be) an unique aspect in the culture of the Mong and Dao ethnic groups for a long time.

5.   Where is Jeanny? ~ She ______________ (practise) the piano in the music room.

6.   ______________ (your family/ move) to the city in 2008?

7.   Basketry,pottery and indigo cloth _____________ (produce) by the Rhade for their own use.

8.   I’ve got the tickets. Next week we ______________ (visit) Hanoi.

9.   Do you fancy ______________ (come) on a day trip to my uncle’s form next Saturday?

10. Nomadic children learn ______________ (herd) the cattle when they are small.

VIII.    Write the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one.

1.   Flying a kite in the countryside is very exciting.

      It’s________________________________________________________________________

2.   I have done voluntary work for three years.

      I started ___________________________________________________________________

3.   It took me two hours to walk to her village.

      I spent_____________________________________________________________________

4.   Millions of tourists visit the Museum of Ethnology every year.

      The Museum of Ethnology_____________________________________________________

5.   Jane makes crafts better than her sister.

      Jane’s sister doesn’t___________________________________________________________

6.   Let’s go to my uncle’s farm at the weekend.

      Why don’t we_______________________________________________________________ ?