IV. Reading: A/Use the given words in the box to complete the following passage. (2 pts)

day       be       visit       make/cook    before    of   together      receive       paint     kinds

 Tet holiday is celebrated on the first(1).....................of the Lunar New Year.Some weeks(2)......................the New year, the Vietnamese clean their houses and (3).......................the walls. New clothes are bought for the occasion. One or two days before the festival, people(4)...................Banh Chung, which is the tradition cake, and other goodies.

On the New Year's Eve , the whole family gets (5)....................for a reunion dinner. Every member of the family should (6)............................present during the dinner in which many different(7)........................of dishes are served.

On the New year morning, the young members (8)..............................the family pay their respects to the elders. In return they (9)....................lucky money wrapped in red tiny envelops. Then people go to (10).........................their neighbours, friends and relatives.

B/ Phuc is writing his entry to “ Your best friend” competition. Read his entry. Then decide if the statements are True (T) or False (F).

 This writing is about my best friend, Mai. We go to the same school and we’ve been together for three years. Mai is very pretty. She has short black hair and big brown eyes. She is clever and hard-working but she is also very funny. She makes jokes and we all laugh. She loves reading and writing short poems. I like being with her. We often do our homework together and she helps me a lot. I also like her because she knows a lot about astronomy and we can chat about it for hours. At the moment we’re making a Space minibook. We’re doing a lot  of searching on the Internet. This Saturday we’re going to the National Museum to take some photos for our project. Then we’re watching a new film on the Disney channel together. It’s going to b

T
F

1. Phuc and Mai are studying in the same school.                                        

2. Mai has long black hair and big eyes.                                                       

3. She is clever, hard-working, and funny                                                     

4. She likes writing short stories.                                                                  

5. Phuc ans Mai are making a minibook on geography now.            

6. They search for information in library books.                                           

7. They are going to the museum to take photos for their project.

8. After that they will go to the cinema together.

C./Read the passage and circle the best option A, B, C or D to complete the passage (2 points)

Before you travel to the US, you (38) ______________ find out what documents you need. British people do not (39) __________to get a visa, but there are different rules for (40) ______________ nationalities. (41) ______________ example, you don’t need to show that you have enough money (42) ______________ you.(43) ______________there is one rule you can be sure about : everyone (44) ______________to show their passport. The roads in New York are very busy, but don’t worry, you can get around cheaply and easily by subway. Remember that you are not allowed to smoke (45) ______________ public transport or in shops. And don’t forget that you must tip taxi drivers and waiters. New York is not the most dangerous city in the US, but you really (46) ______________walk along empty streets at night. And it is (47)______________to travel around in groups.

38.  A. must                B. would                     C. can                         D. could

39.  A. ought               B. have                        C. should                     D. used

40.  A. other               B. many                       C. different                 D. some

41.  A. In                     B. On                          C. For                         D. At

42.  A. on                    B. in                           C. of                            D. with

43.  A. But                  B. Then                       C. Now                        D. And

44.  A. could               B. must                        C. has                         D. should

45.  A. in                     B. on                          C. at                            D. by

46.  A. shouldn’t         B. couldn’t                  C. wouldn’t                 D. might not

47.  A. safe                  B. safer                        C. safest                      D. more safe

D. Read the following passage and choose the correct answer

NOISY NEIGHBORS

Do you sometimes have problems with your neighbor such as noise or littering? Well, the people of Pilton Somerset, England have such problems every summer. For three or four days every year, the village is full of people of all ages who come here for the annual Glastonbury pop music festival. They usually stay in tents, caravans and motorhomes. They leave drink cans and papers all over the street. The music plays until the early hours of the morning, and you can hear people talking and singing all night. The quiet country village becomes a nightmare to live an and some villagers are even thinking of moving to another village. A villager said that last year; “I don’t want stop the Glastonbury Festival. I just want the fans to enjoy the festival without disturbing normal village life”.

1.   What happen in Pilton, Somerset every summer?

            A. The neighbors are noisy.                            B. There are many villagers

C. There is a pop music festival                     D. the villagers litter the street.

2. Visitors litter the street with---------------------------.

            A. tents                        B. caravans                 C. motorhomes            D. cans and papers

3. How long is the pop music festival every year?

            A. one night                                                    B. The whole summer          

            C. Three or four days                          D. The whole year     

4. What is Pilton like during the rest of the year?

            A. A noisy place         B. A quiet village       C. A nightmare            D. A music concert

5. The villagers just want to --------------------------

            A. have a normal life as usual            B. stop the fans enjoy the festival