I. Choose the world which has the underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. 1. A. buttons̲ B. kites̲ C. tricks̲ D. bikes̲ 2. A. li̲berty B. vi̲sitor C. symboli̲ze D.di̲sease 3. A. like̲d̲ B. cooke̲d̲ C. looke̲d̲ D. visite̲d̲ 4. A. c̲anyon B.anc̲ient C. c̲apital D. c̲ook II - Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D to complete the sentences. 1. Hai helped his parents ______ the rice onto the buffalo-drawn cart. A. collect B. load C. dry D. ride 2. In Emi's opinion, city life is more ______ than country life. A. friendly B. natural C. peaceful D.exiciting 3. He seems to be ______ than we thought. A. more quick B. more quickly C. quicker D. quicklier 4. Look! Some children are ______ the buffaloes. A. picking B. singing C. driving D. herding 5. Many ethnic groups have their own languages, and some even have ______ languages. A. spoken B. listened C. read D. written 6. Minh enjoys ______ to music, especially pop music in her free time. A. listening B. playing C. speaking D. hearing 7. The ______ have a very hard life. They cannot live permanently in one place. A. farmers B. nomads C. workers D. villagers 8. Five-coloured ______ is a traditional dish of many ethnic minorities in mountainous regions. A. food B. costume C. sticky rice D. egg III- Give the correct form or tense of the verbs in the brackets. 1. Look at the kangaroo! It (hop) ................. on its hind legs. 2. Earth (hold) ................. by the gravity of the sun and orbits around it. 3. People (play) ................. chess for around two thousand years. 4. I would like (visit) ................. Ho Chi Minh mausoleum. IV. Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word from the box to complete the passage.: "worship, celebrate, However, preparation, Traditional" Tet is the biggest festival in Viet Nam. It takes place in the first lunar month of the year; it's a time for family reunion. To (1) ________ Tet, Vietnamese people make many tasty traditional 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 the green leaves; therefore, this cake humid during Tet. Other significant food that can't be missed to (3) ________ the ancestors are sausages, spring rolls and sticky rice. Beacause sausages are difficult to make, people often buy them from famous suppliers. (4) ________, sticky rice and spring rolls are easier to prepare and must be served immediately after they are cooked, so they are often made at home. V. Read the passage and do the tasks below. I like in a mountain village. My parents often tell me stories about their life in the past. It's not much like the village I can see nowadays. Some villagers now live in brick houses instead of earthen ones. Our houses are better equipped with electric fans and TVs. Thanks to the TV, we now know more about life outside our village. We don't use oil lamps any more. We have electric lights which are much brighter. More villagers are using motorcycles for transport instead of riding a horse or walking. We - village children - no longer have to walk a long way and cross a stream to get to school, which is dangerous in the rainy season. Now there's a new school nearby. We also have more visitors from the city. They come to experience our way of life. * Decide whether the following statements are True (T) or False (F). 1. ________ Brick houses aren't better equipped than earthen ones. 2. ________ More villagers are using motorcycles for transport. ** Choose the best answer A, B, C or D. 3. Thanks to the ________, they know more about life outside yhe village. A. television B. radio C. computer D. book 4. Who comes to experience villagers' life? A. their parents B. farmers C. visitors D. students VI- Rewrite the following sentences. 1. He doesn't play football as skillfully as his brother. -> His brother ______________________ 2. Linda hates reading poetry. -> Linda dislikes ______________________ 3. We have learnt Englidh for 4 years. -> We started ______________________ 4. She is cleaning the floor now. -> The floor ______________________