1. Choose a custom or tradition practised in your home town.

2. Search for information about that custom or tradition. You can ask your parents or grandparents about it.

Use the following guiding questions:

- What is the custom / tradition?- Who practises it?

- Where and when do people practise it?

- What do people do?

- Why do people practise that custom / tradition?

3. Report your findings to your class. You can use visual aids to illustrate your report.

Give the correct form of the word given to complete the sentences :

I. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences:

1. You should ____________  information about a custom or tradition.

A. finds                       B. found                            C. finding          D. find

2. A tradition is something we do that is special and ____________ down through the generations.

3. In the UK, there are lots of customs for table manners. For example, we ____________ use a knife and fork at dinner.

A. have to                    B. are having               C. has to                  D. having to

4. In Viet Nam, you____________  use only the first name to  address people older than you.

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

5. At the Mid-Autumn Festival, kids can sing, dance, and enjoy moon-cakes ; ____________, every child likes it very much.

A. However                B. Moreover                 C. Because                D. Therefore

6. ____________ spring comes, many Vietnamese villages prepare for a new festival season.

A. While                                  B. When                                  C. Nevertheless         D. However

7.People burn incense to show respect to their ____________ during Tet.

A. relatives                 B. ancestors                      C. friends                 D. neighbors

8.The Le Mat Festival ____________ the founding of the village.

A. worships                B. commemorates                    C. performs        D.preserves

9.Which ethnic group has the  largest population in Viet Nam? –“____________”

A. Kinh                                   B. Muong                                C. Tay             D. Hmong

10.The Lao is one of ……………… many Thai- speaking peoples.

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

II. Give the correct form of the following verbs:

PART C :READING

I. Read and complete the passage with words in the box.

Tom is going to spend a year in China soon, he’ll ...(1)… Chinese language and History at the university, he’ll live in the university, he’ll share the room with a Chinese student. Days start very early so he’ll have to get up at about six o’clock, he’ll have …(2)… at about six thirty. His classes will be in both …(3)… and Chinese, and they’ll begin at seven thirty. Lunch is …(4)… twelve and then there’s a rest until three. He’ll continue …(5)… until six. After that he’ll come back his room in the university. He thinks it’ll be difficult for him but he likes the course.

1…………..    2…………..     3……………     4……………            5…………..

II. Choose the correct word A, B, C or D for each  gap to complete the following passage :

Tim goes to junior high school in California. He is Hoa’s pen pal. His mother works ....(1)...home. She takes...(2)... of the family. Three mornings a week, she works part-time at a  local supermarket. She and other women also cook lunch for homeless people once a week. His father works five days a week for about 40 hours. He has fewer...(3)...than his mother. His father has a...(4)...summer vacation. His family always ...(5)... to Florida on vacation.

1. A. in                       B. at                                   C. on                      D. from

2. A. care                   B. part                                C. time                   D. place

3. A. day of                B. days of                          C. day off               D. days off

4. A. three- week       B. three-weeks                   C. three weeks       D. three week

5. A. go                      B. goes                               C. going                 D. is going

III. Read the passage and answer these questions below.

     Yesterday when I was riding along a busy street, I saw an accident. A woman was knocked down when she crossed the street at a zebra crossing. Many people stopped to offer their help. A policeman arrived and asked a young man to telephone for an ambulance. While waiting for the ambulance, the policeman and some people tried to stop the bleeding. They used a handkerchief to cover the wound, then put pressure on it and held it tight. They tried to talk to her in order to keep her awake. After about ten minutes, the ambulance arrived and the woman was taken to the hospital.

A. Answer the following questions:

1.      When did the accident happen?

.....

2.      What did they do to stop the bleeding?

.....

3.      What did they try to talk to her for?

.....

B. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences:

 1. ………..telephoned for an ambulance.

   A. a policeman          B. a sudent          C. a young man              D. a doctor  

 2. They tried to talk to her in order to ……………

  A. stop the bleeding     B. keep her awake.     C. keep her conscious     D. B &C are correct

I. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences:

1. You should ____________  information about a custom or tradition.

A. finds                       B. found                            C. finding          D. find

2. A tradition is something we do that is special and ____________ down through the generations.

3. In the UK, there are lots of customs for table manners. For example, we ____________ use a knife and fork at dinner.

A. have to                    B. are having               C. has to                  D. having to

4. In Viet Nam, you____________  use only the first name to  address people older than you.

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

5. At the Mid-Autumn Festival, kids can sing, dance, and enjoy moon-cakes ; ____________, every child likes it very much.

A. However                B. Moreover                 C. Because                D. Therefore

6. ____________ spring comes, many Vietnamese villages prepare for a new festival season.

A. While                                  B. When                                  C. Nevertheless         D. However

7.People burn incense to show respect to their ____________ during Tet.

A. relatives                 B. ancestors                      C. friends                 D. neighbors

8.The Le Mat Festival ____________ the founding of the village.

A. worships                B. commemorates                    C. performs        D.preserves

9.Which ethnic group has the  largest population in Viet Nam? –“____________”

A. Kinh                                   B. Muong                                C. Tay             D. Hmong

10.The Lao is one of ……………… many Thai- speaking peoples.

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

II. Give the correct form of the following verbs: