I. Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
1. A. showed                   B. called                      C. lived                        D. discriminated
2. A. basic                        B. minority                 C. curious                   D. complicated
3. A. complicated            B. costume                 C. majority                  D. recognize
 
II. Circle the word (A, B, C or D) that is stressed differently from the others.
1. A. begin                       B. pastime                  C. finish                       D. summer
2. A. comfortable            B. employment          C. important               D. surprising
 
III. Choose the best answer.
1. He can do better than the _____ in his group.
A. everyone        B. another      C. all    D. others
2. Tuan writes more _________ with fewer mistakes than the previous term.
A. careless           B. careful        C. carefully     D. carelessly
3. My father is happy because I get _______ results at school.
A. bad                  B. good           C. intelligent               D. well
4. Peter does better at school because he works ________.
A. harder             B. more carelessly     C. more lazily                         D. worse
5. He can do sums more _________ and read faster.
A. badly               B. quickly        C. difficulty                 D. fastly
6. I can dance more _______ than my friends.
A. fluently            B. attentively              C. interestingly           D. gracefully
7. Mary is in ________ 8 in St. Mary secondary school.
A. age                   B. level            C. grade          D. step
8. She is very ________. She spends most of her time studying.
A. hard-working B. difficult       C. hard                        D. easy
9. It is typical of the cultural life of _________ Thai people.
A. some               B. a                  C. the               D. 0
10. ______ do the cattle provide for the nomads? - Dairy products, meat and clothing.
A. What               B. Where        C. Why                        D. How
11. The crops _________ on the weather.
A. depend heavy                        B. depend heavily      C. affect heavy           D. affect heavily
12. Mai studies Math a little bit            _________.
A. bad                  B. badly          C. good           D. smartly
13. During the festival, they fly many ________ kites in different shapes and sizes.
A. colour             B. colourless  C. colourful    D. colouring
14. An old woman was ________ the goats up the mountainside.
A. riding              B. taking         C. herding       D. running
15. ________ is the festival celebrated? - Every year.
A. When  B. How often              C. How                        D. What
 
IV. Complete the sentences with A, AN or THE.
1. _________ knife over there is sharp. Don’t touch it!
2. ______ Kinh love other ethnic groups in Vietnam.
3. They live in _______ north-west mountainous regions.
4. There is ________ exhibition of ethnic women’s costumes tomorrow.
5. I can’t forget __________ delicious dinner I had with my uncle and aunt last week.
6. She took ________ hamburger and ________ apple, but she didn’t eat _______ apple.
7. A boy and a girl are arguing over there. I think I know _______ boy.
8. My grandfather sent me ______ letter and _______ gift but I haven’t received ________ letter.
 
V. Fill in the blank with the correct form of the given word.
1. I think it is more _________________ to live in a big city because you can enjoy a lot of interesting activities. (ENTERTAIN)
2. I am expecting to have an _______________ time with my relatives in this summer holiday. (ENJOY)
3. It is so _____________ to see the moon and sky at night. (LOVE)
4. Thai cloth is famous for being unique, __________________ and strong. (COLOUR)
5. Y Moan was one of the greatest ________________ of the Ede ethnic group. (ART)
 
VI. Read the passage and choose the correct answers.
Cultivating rice is the main occupation of many ethnic minorities in the mountainous region of Northern Vietnam. As the hilly environment is not suitable for paddy fields, local people use terrace farming, a special method which transforms hillside to steps and steps of flat surfaces. Terrace fields look like a giant set of stairs. Combined with a thin veil of morning fog, these paddy fields create a breathtakingly beautiful landscape. Mu Cang Chai, a district of Yen Bai Province, is famous for its terrace fields. Hmong people who live here have been using terrace farming for decades and created a huge area of terrace fields. This has captured the
attention of many photographers and tourists, making Mu Cang Chai a popular tourist attraction.
1. Where do ethnic minorities create their terrace fields?
A. Mountainous region of Northern Vietnam.
B. Mountainous flat surfaces.
C. Yen Bai Province.
D. Mu Cang Chai District.
2. Why do local people have to create terrace fields?
A. Because they want to make the mountainous more beautiful.
B. Because they follow Hmong peoples style.
C. Because they cannot cultivate rice in hilly terrain.
D. Because the fields may attract lots of photographers and tourists.
3. How does the writer describe the beauty of terrace fields?
A. Steps and steps of flat surfaces.                               B. A giant set of stairs.
C. A breathtakingly beautiful landscape.                     D. All are correct.
4. Why does the writer mention Mu Cang Chai District?
A. To say that Hmong people’s terrace fields are the most famous one.
B. To give an example of the region where terrace fields exist.
C. To show that it is a popular attraction.
D. To confirm that terrace fields were first created by Hmong people.
5. Which of the following is FALSE about Mu Cang Chai District?
A. It is located near Yen Bai Province.
B. It is well-known thanks to its huge area of terrace fields.
C. Hmong people who live here use terrace fields to do their farming.
D. Its terrace fields are favored by lots of photographers and tourists.
 
VII. Rewrite the sentence that has the same meaning with the previous sentence.
1. It is 5 years since Tom and Mary got married.
Tom and Mary _____________________________________________________________
2. The film was so boring that I felt asleep.
Because ____________________________________________________________________.
3. Although the weather was bad, it did not delay the traffic.
In spite of __________________________________________________________________.
4. They built a new bridge over the river.
A new bridge _______________________________________________________________
5. Her old house is bigger than her new one.
Her new house _____________________________________________________________