TEST 1 anh 8

Read the following passage, and answer the questions below.5 points Duong Lam: An ancient Vietnamese village Duong Lam Village is located in Duong Lam Commune at a 45km distance from Ha

TEST 1

Ex1 Find the word which has different sound in the part underlined (5 points)

3 A diverse B minority C inconvenient D mine

4 A compare B clever C center D cultural

Ex2 Pick out the word which has the stress pattern different from that of the other words.(5points)

1 A teacher B doctor C expect D father

2 A enjoy B listen C adore D detest

3 A beautiful B terrific C wonderful D marvelous

5 A opportunity B inconvenient C facility D optimistic

Ex3 Choose the best answer (14 points )

1 My dad doesn’t mind……… my mom from work every day

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

2 Using computers too much may have harmful effects …… your minds and bodies

3 The ……… …… people in the village are very friendly

A ethnic minority B majorities

C ethnic minorities D ethnic cultures

4 Can you speak English ……… ?.- My English is not good

A slow B more slowly C quickly D more quickly

5 When the Mongols move to a new place, they ………… a ger

A make up B turn up C put up D take up

6 ………… Thai’s main food is rice, especially sticky rice

A The B A C An D X

5 ……… of those pictures do you like?

A What B Whose C How D Which

6 He did the test ………than I did

A as bad as B more worse C worse D badder

7 People in the countryside live than those in the city

8.‘Is it true that Y Moan was the greatest pop singer of the Ede?’

- ‘ ’

A Really? B How beautiful!

C Come on! D Exactly

9 Does she fancy ……… a book to the younger children?

10 does Hoa Ban Festival take place ?- In Lai Chau

A What B Where C When D How

A addiction B addicted C addictive D addict

12 a horse is one of the skills every child in Mongolia has to learn

A Ride B Riding C Rides D Rode

13 The boys often help their parents to water from the village well

14 It is typical of the cultural life of Thai people

Ex4 Give the correct form of the following verbs (10 points)

1 Children in this village love (fly) kites on summer afternoons

2 The children used to (go) a long way to school

3 They (live) a nomadic life for six years

4 My mother often (watch)……… TV in the evening

5 You (visit)……….… ……… your grandfather last Sunday?

6 Mai enjoy(make) crafts , especially bracelets

7 you ever a buffalo? (ride)

8 Look! Our train (come) ………

9 Hoa’s teacher wants her (spend)……….more time on math

10 I promise I (try)……….my best next semester

Ex5 Put the word into the correct form (10 points)

1 I really like the ……… dress in that region (tradition)

3 Living in the countryside is more ……… than living in the city (peace)

4 I am enough to have a lot of friends (luck)

5 A lifestyle has its advantages and disadvantages (nomad)

6 My brother has been a stamp for several years (collect)

7 Encouraging children to eat and drink is very important (health)

8 Please give to that charity to help the homeless after the flood (generous)

9 Everywhere in our country we can find elements of the ……… values of

different ethnic groups

(culture)

10 The Muong in Hoa Binh are well-known for the ……… of their folk literature

Ex6 Read the following passage, and answer the questions below.(5 points)

Duong Lam: An ancient Vietnamese village

Duong Lam Village is located in Duong Lam Commune at a 45km distance from Hanoi

It is the birthplace of two kings in the history of Vietnam, Phung Hung and Ngo Quyen, who opened up the long-term self-control and independence period of Vietnam after Bach Dang Victory in the year 938

All houses, gates, village gates and wells are built of laterite creating an architectural complex, a unique village that is typical for villages in the midlands in the North of Vietnam

At present, there are still nearly old 200 houses and many other historical monuments such as Phung Hung Temple, Ngo Quyen Royal Tomb, Mong Phu Communal House, Ho Gam Hill at which Phung Hung liked tigers to rescue villagers and the temple at which the diplomat Giang Van Minh is worshiped

1 Where is Duong Lam village?

2 Who were the two kings whose birthplace is Duong Lam Village?

3 Is Duong Lam typical for villages in the midlands in the north of VN?

4 What is Duong Lam typical for?

5 How many old houses are there in Duong Lam?

Ex7 Fill the gaps with the words in the box More than one word can be suitable for some gaps (4points)

Festivals – most – celebrated – lunar

Spring is the time when there are many (1) _ in our country Among them, Hoa Ban festival is the (2) _ beautiful and interesting, and it takes place in Lai Chau It is typical of the cultural life of the Thai people In the second (3) _ 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 (4) _ This is a great time for everyone, especially for boys and girls

Ex8 Read the following passage and choose the option (A, B, C or B) that best

answers each of the questions below.(5points)

With the habit of working in teams and being helpful to one other, villagers usually earn their living from farming, raising livestock and making handicrafts They live in a small community with a temple or a communal cultural house where great events, such as festivals worshipping the village god and traditional games are organized Villagers in the Southern usually live in houses lined up along central road and built on stilts to keep above flood waters Along the coastal lines, fishermen depend on the sea as a means of livelihood In the Central of Vietnam, a place suffering lots of natural disasters all the year round, citizens tend to be more studious and hard-working than those in regions with favourable conditions People in the central highlands and the northern mountains live by growing rice, rubber trees coffee and tea as well as hunting

1 Which can be the topic of the passage?

A Villagers across the country B Villagers around the world

2 Which activity is NOT MENTIONED as a way for villagers to earn their livings?

A Farming B Fishing C Studying D Hunting

3 Why do Southern villagers need to build their houses on stilt?

A To protect the house from being attacked by wild animals

B To protect the house from being flooded

C To protect the house from earthquakes

D To protect the house from evil things

4 Which sentence is NOT TRUE according to the passage?

A There are many disasters in the Central of Vietnam

B Houses in the Southern part of Vietnam often

C People in the Northern Mountainous earn their livings by hunting

D Villagers often work individually

5 Which explanation has the closest meaning to the word “studious” in the passage?

A spending a lot of time studying B lacking of academic knowledge

C being lazy in studying D being very intelligent

Ex9 Rewrite the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one (6 points)

1 No one in my class is better than Hoa

=> Hoa is ……….……… ………

2 I am interested in collecting coins in my free time

=> I adore ……….………

3 Nam started playing soccer in 2005

=>Nam has ………

4 He likes watching TV more than reading books

=> He prefers ……… ………

5 Tea is cheaper than coffee

=> Coffee ……….……….……….…….……….… ……….………

6 Playing beach games is very interesting

=>It is

Ex10 Rewrite the sentences, so that their meaning stays the same, using the given words in brackets (6point)

1 There is no building in the city higher than this (HIGHEST)

=>……… ………

2 Miss Lan likes gardening more than fishing (PREFERS)

=>……… ………

3 His car runs fast but a race car runs faster (AS…AS)

=>……… ………

4 Because Hoang was lazy, he failed the exam (BECAUSE OF)

=>……… ………

5 The boy spent hours and hours playing chess with his grandfather (TOOK)

=> ……… ………

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