Choose the correct word A, B, C, or D for each gap to complete the following 
passage.  
Spring is a time when there are many festivals in our country. Among  them, 
Hoa Ban Festival is the most beautiful and interesting, and it takes place in Lai Chau. 
It is typical of the (34) __________ life of the Thai people. In the second lunar month 
of the year, when it gets warmer and hoa ban –  a kind of beautiful flower  in the 
northwest mountainous area – blossoms, Hoa Ban Festival is (35) __________ This 
is a great time for everyone, (36) __________ for boys and girls. The boy picks the 
most beautiful flower and gives it to his girlfriend. This is not only a time for love but 
also for the Thai people to (37)__________  for good crops, for happiness, and 
express their special thanks to the Gods and (38) __________. The festival is always 
full of songs and prayers. 
34. A. minor  B. cultural  C. custom 
D. festival 
35. A. seer  B. arranged  C. observed  D. celebrated 
36. A. largely  B. especially  C. generally  D. typically 
37. A. ask  B. look  C. pray  D. call 
38. A. father  B. relatives  C. families  D. ancestors 
  Choose the correct word A, B, C, or D for each gap to complete the following 
passage.  
The country and  the city have advantages and (39)____________. People in the 
country live in more beautiful surroundings. They enjoy (40)__________ and 
quietness, and can do their work at their own pace because no one is in a hurry. They 
live in larger, more comfortable houses, and their neighbors are more friendly, and 
ready to help them when they need it. Their life, however, can be (41)____________ 
and they may be isolated, which is serious problem  if  they are ill or want to take 
children to school. 
  The city has all the services that the country lacks, but it (42)___________ has 
a lot of disadvantages. Cities are often polluted. They not (43)_____________ have 
polluted air but also have noisy streets. Everyone is always in hurry and this means 
that people have no time to get to know each other and make friends. 
39. A. joy    B. enjoyment  C. happiness    D. disadvantages 
40. A. quiet    B. quietly    C. peace    D. peaceful 
41. A. bore    B. bored    C. boring    D. bores 
42. A. also    B. yet      C. already    D. so 
43. A. never   B. ever    C. hardly    D. only Read the following passage, then choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D.  
The country is more beautiful than a town and more pleasant to live in. Many 
people think so, and go to the country for the summer holidays though they cannot 
live there all the year round. Some have a cottage built in a village so that they can go 
there whenever they can find the time. 
  English villages are not all alike, but in some ways they are not very different 
from one another. Almost every village has a church, the round or square tower of 
which can be seen from many miles around. Surrounding the church is the church 
yard, where people are buried. 
  The village green is a wide stretch of grass, and houses or cottages are built 
round it. Country life is now fairly comfortable and many villages have running water 
brought through pipes into each house. Most villages are so close to some small 
towns that people can go there to buy what they can’t find in the village shops. 
44. When do city people often go to the country? 
A. At the weekends.        B. All the year round.   
C. At Christmas.          D. The summer holidays. 
45. What is the advantage of city people when they have a cottage built in the 
village? 
A. They can have their houses rented. 
B. They can go to the country at weekends. 
C. They can go to the country whenever they can find the time. 
D. All are correct. 
46. What is the common feature of English villages? 
A. They have a church. 
B. They have a church with a tall tower, and a village green. 
C. They have a village green. 
D. They have running water. 
47. What is NOT mentioned in the life of English villages? 
A. The village green        B. The church     
C. Running water          D. The Internet 
48. What can villagers do when their villages are close to small towns? 
A. They can go there to buy whatever they want. 
B. They can go there to buy cheaper things. 
C. They can go there to buy what is not found in the village shops. 
D. They can go there to buy luxury goods. 
 
 Read the following passage, then choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D.  
Gong culture in the Central Highlands of Viet Nam has been recognised by 
UNESCO as a Masterpiece of the Intangible Heritage of Humanity. 
Gong culture covers five provinces of the Central Highlands: Kon Tum, Gia 
Lai, DakLak, Dak Nong, and Lam Dong. The masters of gong culture are the ethnic 
groups of Bahnar, Sedang, Mnong, Coho, Ede, Giarai … The Gong Festival is held 
annually in the Central Highlands. In the festival, artists from these provinces give 
gong performances, highlighting the gong culture of their own province. 
For the ethnic groups of the Central Highlands, gongs are musical instruments 
of special power. It is believed that every gong is the symbol of a god who grows 
more powerful as the Gong gets older. Therefore, gongs are associated with special 
occasions in people’s lives, such as the building of new houses, funerals, crop 
praying ceremonies, a new harvest, victory celebrations, etc. The gong sound is a way 
to communicate with the gods. 
49. The text tells us about _______________. 
A. a world cultural heritage    B. the artists of the Central Highlands 
C. life in the Central Highlands   D. musical instruments of ethnic groups 
50. How often is the Gong Festival celebrated? 
A. every month        B. every year 
C. all the year round      D. on special occasions 
51. The gongs are _______________. 
A. a kind of art work      B. musical instruments 
C. pieces of folk music      D. cultural heritages 
52. The ethnic peoples in the Central Highlands believe that _______________. 
A. special powers like their gongs 
B. gongs are associated with new houses 
C. their gongs are the symbols of gods 
D. the gong is older than themselves 
53. For people in the Central Highlands, the gong sound is _______________. 
A. a way to entertain themselves  B. a sound of victory 
C. a form of festival      D. a means of communication 
Find a mistake in each sentence by circling A, B, C, or D.  
54.   Most ethnic  (A)  groups  live in  (B)  rural areas,  growing rice  (C)  and practising 
slash-and-burn farm (D). 
55.   The Muong  (A)  people are  the ethnic  (B)  minority who live  in the  (C) 
mountainous regions of Vietnam (D). 56. We have  recently  (A)  visited  some of  (B)  the  remote  (C)  communities in the 
north (D) highlands. 
57.   The (A) Ta Oi managed preserving (B) their proverbs (C), folk songs, and stories 
(D). 
58. Xo Dang men are (A) good at architecture (B), sculpting (C), and paint (D).