II. Choose A, B, C, D for each gap in the following sentences.

1.  My mother enjoys ......... traditional food for our family, especially at Tet holiday.

     A. cook                B. to cook            C. cooking            D. Cooked

2.  Is living in the city.......... than living in the country?

     A. more convenient                            B. as convenient

     C. most convenient                            D. so convenient

3.  The Viet (or Kinh) have........number of people, account for about 86% of the population.

     A. large                B. the large           C. larger               D. the largest

4.  ........ ethnic group has a larger population, the Tay or the Ede?

     A. What               B. Which              C. Why                 D. Who

5.  The Mid-Autumn Festival is also known as Moon Festival .... Harvest Moon Festival.

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

6.  You ......eat squid, duck, or shrimp during Tet because they are seen as bad symbols.

     A. have to            B. should              C.don’t have to    D. shouldn’t

7. ........are you going to do this evening? – I’m going to play table tennis.

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

           8.The wife of the fisherman was very........when she demanded for bigger and bigger things.

                A.kind         B.generous                C.greedy                     D.fierce

9.  Vanessa is interested in reading Vietnamese folktales ........she can’t read Vietnamese well.

     A.although           B.because             C.while                D.whereas

10.     Helen and I ........ together when the accident happened.

     A. talked              B. have talked      C. was talking      D. were talking

11.     My dad doesn’t mind               my mom from work every day.

     A. pick up            B. picked up         C. picking up       D. picks up

12.     Viet Nam is                     multicultural country with 54 ethnic groups.

     A. a                      B. an                    C. the                   D. A and C

           III. Put the verb in the correct tense or form

1.     You should ( do ) your homework carefully before going to school.

2.     When It rained , he ( walk ) with his dog in the park.

3.     Do you love ( hang ) out with your friends?

4.     She ( not visit ) her grandfather for two weeks.

5.     They ( not play ) tennis yesterday.

IV.Choose  the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions

1.    Because  of the weather was bad , I couldn’t go to school early.

              A                                B                                  C                 D

2.    She worksmore hardly than hersister.

               A                   B                    C    D

3.    My motherprepared dinner at 6 pm yesterday.

                  A                   B                      C              D

4.    Hoa is the more intelligent student inmy class.

        A              B     C    D

5.    My father adoresto listentoPop music.

                    A      B   C           D

V. Choose the option that best fits each of the blank spaces.

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Tet is the biggest festival in Vietnam. To (1) ......................... Tet, Vietnamese people make many tasty (2) ......................... foods. The most important food includes Chung cakes, sausages, boiled chicken, spring rolls, and sticky rice. Chung cake is made of sticky rice, pork, green beans, and other spices, wrapped in green leaves; (3) ......................... this cake needs a lot of preparation. This cake can be kept for a long time, even though the weather is often humid during Tet. Other significant foods that cannot be missed to worship the ancestors are sausages, spring rolls, and sticky rice. (4) ......................... sausages are difficult to make, people often buy them from famous suppliers. (5) ........................., sticky rice and spring rolls are easier toprepare and must be kept immediately after they are cooked, so they are often made at home.

VI. Read the following passage and choose the best answers to each of the questions below.

     Hi! I’m Dean. I’m from England. My favorite time of the year is Christmas, which is on 25th December. That’s when Christians celebrate the birth of Christ. In the middle of December we send a lot of cards to our friends and family, here and abroad. Then we get a big tree and decorate it with lights and other things. On Christmas Day, we give each other presents. We have one enormous meal with turkey, and after that, we have Christmas pudding.

1.  When is Christmas held?

     A. On 25 December                          B. In the middle of December

     C. In the middle of the year               D. no information

2.  Christmas is held because Christians want to                                        .

     A. have a good time                          B. celebrate the birth of Christ

     C. visit their friends and family        D. decorate big trees

3.  What does the word ‘decorate’ in line 4 mean?

     A. make something look nicer           B. paint something

     C. make something look worse         D. buy something

4.  On Christmas Day, people                                                                    .

     A. give each other presents               B. have an enormous meal with turkey

     C. have Christmas pudding              D. all answers are correct

5.  Which of the following is not true?

     A. Dean is English.

     B. At Christmas, people get big trees and decorate it.

     C. Dean prefers Halloween to Christmas.

     D. In the middle of December, people send a lot of Christmas cards to their friends and family.

VII.Complete each sentence so it means the same as the sentence above

1. It’s a good idea to pay more attention on the lessons.

You should....................................................................................................................

2. Because he works hard , he gets good salary.

He works.......................................................................................................................

3.A snail moves more slowly than a crab.

A crab...........................................................................................................................

4.Although he tried his best , he didn’t win the first price.

In spite...............................................................................................................