Fill in each blank in the passae below with a suitable word.Writ your answer in the spaces given:

Looking nervously around.Michael(1)up the wallet which he(2)in the street.Michael was unemployed and he nee1ded som(3),and now he could bou food for his family.

(4)first he thought it was book,but then he saw some money in it.He thought he was(5)...In(6),Michael was very(7).He didn't have enough money to pay for somewhere to live.He spent most of his time(8)for work and sometimes he asked people for money.

When he(9)the wallet,he saw lots of money and severl(10)cards and an address inside.Michael took the(11)to the address.The address.The address was at a large house in the city and the(12)was very glad to get it(13).He gave Michael a big(14)for(15)he did

Read this legend, then answer the following questions.. Kitchen Gods Once upon a time, there was a childless couple. The wife was faithful and loved the husband passionately while the husband was treated his wife badly. One day he beat the poor wife with a stick and dismissed her from home. The women had come to another place. She then got married with a kind man, and they lived in harmony. One afternoon when her husband had gone for hunting, a beggar came and a some food. The woman was kind; filled the poor beggar's bag and recognized that the beggar was her former husband. The man also recognized his wife then. She felt sorry for the man when hearing that from the day he dismissed ber, he was deeply sad and regretful. So he decided to go away to find her until he spent all money and became a beggar. After being offered a big meal, the man was drunk so the woman had to drag him out and hid him in a stack of straw because it was time for her recent husband to come back from the forest. After a while, there was a knock at the door, the hunter appeared with a deer on his back. He then happily asked the woman to go to the market to prepare for the dinner. When the women came back, she found that the stack of straw, where her drunk former husband was sleeping, had been burned with a deer roasted. She cried painfully, and then jumped into the fire. The hunter didn't know what had happened and what to do but jumped into the fire to die beside his wife. At that moment, God was in the heaven, he was moved by the story so he turned three of them into three parts of the earthen tripod so that they could live side foreverand conferred them with the title of Kitchen God to oversee all the cooking of people. Every year, they all together came back to the heaven on the 23"of the 12 lunar month to report to God.

1. Why did the wife have to leave for another place?

2. What did the former husband do after dismissing his wife from home?

3. Why did the wife jump into the fire?

4. What did the hunter do then?

5.Why did God turn them into three parts of the earthen tripod?

VII. Read the passage then answer the questions below.(2pts)Nam moved to this neighborhood last year. Nam and his family lived in a big city beforecoming here. On the first days, he didn’t like the life in the country because there was not much to do.3 However, after a short time he has changed his mind. He now likes his new neighborhood very muchbecause the air is fresh, the food is delicious and the people are friendly. There are a lot of things hecan do in his free time such as going swimming, going fishing, going boating. He doesn’t want to livein a big city anymore.

1. When did Nam move to this neighborhood?....................................................................................................................................

2. Did he like the life in the country on the first days?......................................................................................................................................

3. Why does he like his neighborhood now?......................................................................................................................................

4. Does he want to live in a bigcitynow?.....................................................................................................................................

5. what makes Nam change his mind about the new neighborhood

Choose the letter A, B, C or D to answer these following questions

“The Beauty and the Beast” is a heartfelt story about true love which transforms the Beast into a prince. The fairytale starts with a young girl who lived with her father and two sisters. They lived a good life in a big house but due to some unfortunate turn of events her father lost all his money. They were forced to move into a smaller house. The two sisters kept on grieving for their former life and Beauty kept her sadness for herself and tried her best to help her family.

One day the father found out there is a slight chance he could get back a part of his fortune when one of the ships got back. The two sisters demanded all sorts of thing but Beauty just wanted a single rose. On his way home, the father got lost and wandered into the Beast’s castle. The Beast let him go under the condition of him sending one of his daughters to the castle.

Beauty’s life in the castle was pleasant. She had her room and she was served. Unhappy about his appearance, the Beast never appeared. Beauty only heard his voice. As time passed by they started to love each other. One day, the Beast let her go home to look after her sick father. While she was taking care of her father, she had a dream about Beast dying. When she came back to the palace she found the Beast ill in his bed. She didn’t want him to die and she told him she’ll marry him.

Beast disappeared all of the sudden and its place was taken by a beautiful prince. He told her all about a fairy enchanting him and how the spell could have only been broken by a girl falling in love with him. After her father got better, they threw a wedding and then they all lived happily ever after.

Why did the beauty’s family have to live in a smaller house?

A. There was a flood

B. The father’s business got bad

C. The mother passed away

D. Their money was stolen

When you wave to a friend, you are using sign language. When you smile at someone, you mean to be ___(1)___ When you put one finger in front of your ___(2)___, you mean, "Be quiet."Yet, people in different countries may use different sign languages. Once an Englishman was in Italy. He could ___(3)___ a little Italian. One day while he was walking in the street, he felt ___(4)___ and went into a restaurant. When the waiter came, the Englishman ___(5)___ his mouth, put his fingers into it and took them out again and moved his lips. In this way, he ___(6)___ to say, "Bring me something to eat." But the waiter brought him a lot of things to ___(7)___ first tea, then coffee, then milk, but no food. The Englishman was sorry that he was not able to tell the waiter he was hungry. He was ___(8)___ to leave the restaurant. When another man came in and put his hands on his stomach. And this sign was ___(9)___ enough for the waiter. In a few minutes, the waiter brought him a large plate of bread and meat. ___(10)___, the Englishman had his meal in the same way.

I/ Choose the words that have the underlined part pronounced differently from the others. 1. A sound B. cloud C. found D. favourite

2. A. tool B. noon C. door D. school

3. A. know B. show C. now D. low

4. A. crafts B. comics C. streets D. stamps

5. A. mention B. question C. action D. education

6. A. leisure B. pleasure C. ensure D. measure

7. A. minority B. ethnic C. tradition D. religion

8. A. recognised B. designed C. displayed D. entered

9. A. country B. cloud C. loudly D. mouse

10. A. camel B. cattle C. paddy D. buffalo

11. A. populated B. loaded C. harvested D. lived

12. A. normal B. visitor C. transport D. chore

13. A. nomad B. badly C. adore D. language

14. A. behaved B. bored C. hoped D. tried

15. A. looked B. cooked C. naked D. booked

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. My father sometimes goes_________ in the forests. He‟d like to find some more food for our family.

A. hunt B. hunting C. to hunt D. hunted

3. Look! Some children are_________ the buffaloes.

A. picking B. herding C. driving D. playing

4. The sky is_________ here in the countryside because there are no buildings to block the view.

A. tidy B. close C. dense D. vast

5. Is living in the city_________ than living in the country?

A. more convenient B. as convenient C. most convenient D. so convenient

6. He is surprised_________ that there are 54 ethnic groups in our country.

A. to understand B. to study C. to know D. find

7. 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

8. _________ethnic group has a larger population, the Tay or the Ede?

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

III. Read the passages and write True for (T) of False for (F).

His early life

George Washington was born in Virginia. His family owned a big farm and had George didn‟t have much education. During his life he had three jobs: he was a farmer, a soldier, and a politician. He loved the life of a farmer. He grew tobacco and owned horses. He worked hard but he also liked dancing and going to the theatre. In 1759 he married a widow called Martha Custis. They were happy together, but didn‟t have any children.

His later life

He was Commander-in-Chief of the army and fought the British in the War of Independence. When the war ended in 1781 he was happy to go back to the farm, but his country wanted him to be President. Finally, in 1789, he became President, and gave his name to the new capital city. He started the building of the White House, but he never lived in it. By 1797 he was tired of politics. He went back to his farm and died there two years later.

1. ____________He came from a rich family.

2. ____________He loved being a politician.

3. ____________He worked hard.

4. ____________He had a lot of other interests.

5. ____________He had a good education.

6. ____________He married, but didn‟t have any children.

7. ____________He was in office for eight years.

8. ____________He was happy to live and work on the farm.

9. ____________Finally he was tired of politics and resigned.

10. ____________Americans loved him very much.

Chia các động từ sau ở thì thích hợp và điền bào chỗ trống trong đoạn văn sau:

burn , escape, go, tobe, appear, leave, light, tie, graze, say

How the Tiger Got His Strpes

One day. as a farmer was in his field and his buffalo (1)___ nearby, a tiger (2)___. The tiger wanted to know why the strong buffalo was the servant and the small man (3)___ the master. The farmer (4)___ he had something called wisdom, but he (5)___ it at home that day. He (6)___ to get the wisdom, but before that he (7)___ the tiger to a tree with a rope because he didn't want it to eat the buffalo. When he returned, the farmer brought some straw with him. He said it was his wisdom. He (8)___ the straw and the fire (8)___ the tiger. The tiger (9)___, but it still has black stripes from the burns today.

As a child, Phong always dreamt of going........... to study................. he graduated from high school, his parents sent him over to New Zealand to attend college. Phong was very happy that his dream finally....true.When he first arrived in the country, Phong's English wasn't very good and st he did not....... what orther people said.He also had difficulties in class because he wasn't familiar with the new teaching and learning method.He felt .......... in this new place, and missed all his bubbies in Vn.The food there was so different..............what his mum used to cook for him.And for the first time in his life, Phong had to think about his finances, and to plan his spending.............. But Phong was young and enthusiastic.He learnt to.......... to this new environment. After 2 years, Phong is now very...... in English and has achieved the top academic award at his school . He has a lot of friends from different countries, He is even good ....... being able to earn money for his daily needs from his part-time job at a restaurant

Read the story. Fill in the blank with one suitable word.

John's parents gave him a red drum for his eight birthday. When John (0)...opened....his present early that morning, he was very (1)..................to see a drum inside! He started to play it very loudly. He played it all morning and then after lunch he wanted to play it again. But his mum felt ill. She had a bad (2)......... because John and his drum were so noisy. His dad said, "John, if you want to play your drum, go outside please." John went into the garden and played his drum there. After fives minutes, he (3)................some lovely music. He went out into the street and saw a lot of people there. It was the circus! They drove into town in their lories and trucks. The (4)................of the first truck stopped when he saw John. John jumped on the back of the truck and (5)................ into town with them. He played his drum all the way there!