I. Choose the best answer.

1. Song Hye Kyo comes from South Korea, so her ___________ language is Korean.

A. native                    B. practical                C. modern                  D. local

2. Will online learning ___________ our IT skills? - Yes, it will.

A. improve                B. improves               C. improving             D. improved

3. John sings _____ than anyone in the choir.

A. beautiful               B. more beautiful     C. beautifully            D. more beautifully

4. My dad _____ drinking coffee with a little sugar.

A. prefer                    B. like                         C. loves                      D. dislike

5. In Viet Nam, we usually use plants and flowers for decorations and for _____________.

A. offerings               B. entertainment       C. praying                  D. ceremony

6. I want to live in the countryside because there are many things I can't _____ do in the city.

A. easy                       B. easily                     C. to easy                   D. easier

7. Does your brother ____________ reading novels when he has free time?

A. fancies                  B. addicted to            C. fond of                  D. adore

8. Every morning, Nick gets up ten minutes _____ than his sister.

A. early                      B. more early            C. earlier                    D. more earlier

9. My dad is hooked on news or football matches while my mum __________ watching fashion shows.

A. interested in         B. fond of                  C. prefer to                D. enjoys

10.  You can see a lot of children in the highlands help raise their family’s _____________.

A. castle                     B. livestock               C. crop                                   D. pasture

11.  My family ___________ the tradition of cooking sticky rice on the first day of a lunar month.

A. discovers              B. allows                    C. follows                  D. advises

12. The best part of living in the countryside is having access to natural ___________ and peaceful surroundings for leisure time activities.

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

13. ____________ you work hard, you will not succeed.

A. Because                B. Unless                   C. Since                     D. If

14. They ____________ us to their traditional wedding ceremony next weekend.

A. invites                   B. invited                   C. will invite             D. has invited

15. Minh ___________ to play football, and so does his brother.

A. likes                       B. enjoys                                C. fancies                               D. detest

16. I think watching TV more than 5 hours a day may _____________ the children’s health.

A. balance                 B. ban                         C. improve                D. affect

17. Some young people  ______sitting hours in front of the computer playing video games to playing sport.

A. prefer                             B. enjoy                                C. adore                                    D. want

18. ____________ The Khmer mostly earn their living from weaving?

A. Do                         B. Does                      C. Are                                    D. Is

19. Many parents find it difficult to _____________ with their teenage sons or daughters.

A. socialize                       B. disturb                              C. gather                        D. communicate

20. You _________ look at other students’ work. It’s against the rules.

A. shouldn’t                        B. don’t have to                    C. mustn’t                               D. can’t

21.  _____________ the communal house the largest and tallest house in the village?

A. Do                          B. Does                      C. Is                            D. Are

22. My parents are ______________ with the excellent progress of my sister.

A. satisfied                B. angry                                 C. worried                             D. stressful

23.  It is typical of the cultural life of ______ Thai people.  

A. some                   B. a                                       C. the                                   D. Ø

24.  __________________ stilt houses popular among different ethnic minority groups?

A. Do                          B. Does                                  C. Are                         D. Is

25.  Almost every Vietnamese household sets an altar  to______________ their ancestors.

A. hearing                  B. playing                  C. worship                 D. wrap

26. If you have to do room improvements, ______________ is a good way to save money.

A. making origami               B. doing DIY             C. making craft                     D.  buying things

27. I love staying here because of the picturesque scenery with vast fields _____________ long distances.

A. opening                 B. widening               C. expanding                         D. stretching

28. Sue ______________ eating durian because it doesn’t smell good.

A. detests                   B. enjoys                   C. hate                                    D. adores

29. I don’t have time to chat to you, ____________ I have a lot of exercises to do this evening.

A. but                          B. for                      C. so                          D. or

30. __________________ ethnic group has a larger population, the Ede or the Thai? - The Thai.

 A. What                     B. Which                  C. Whose                   D. How

31. We don’t have many carnivals in Viet Nam; _________, we have many traditional festivals.

A. nevertheless              B. for                     C. otherwise                 D. because

32. When being invited to a Vietnamese home, you __________ bring gifts wrapped in brightly colored paper.

A. should                         B. must                       C. ought                     D. can’t

33. __________________ do they cook five color sticky rice?     - On special occasions.

A. How long              B. How often            C. When                     D. Why

34. We have to ______ our shoes or hat when going inside the main worship area of the temple.

 A. take off                B. pass down                                  C. turn off                            D. put on

35.  ______________ performance will win the first prize in the firework Festival 2023?

A. When                    B. How often            C. Whose                         D. What

36. My classmate studies very hard;____________, she always gets good marks.

A. or                           B. however                C. so                           D. therefore