DE THI GIUA KI I

ANH 8
PART 1: LISTENING (2.5pts)
I. Listen to a conversation and match Nam's hobbies and leisure activities with different
stages in his life. You will listen TWICE. (1.25pt)

Stages of life Hobbies/Leisure activities

1. childhood A. volunteering
2. primary school B. playing with toys
3. secondary school C. playing tennis
4. university D. reading comics
5. marriage E. hanging out with classmates
Answer: 1.......... 2............ 3.............. 4............. 5.............
II. Listen to the passage and then complete each blank with one correct word (1.25pt)
1. Five-coloured sticky rice is important to northern .............................. region.
2. Five- coloured sticky rice has .................. colours: red, yellow, green, purple and white.
3. It is made using natural roots and ......................... leaves.
4. Purple or black symbolises ...................
5. Five-coloured sticky rice is usually made and enjoyed at ..................
PHONOLOGY
Find the word which has a different sound in the underlined part.
1. A. caused B. promised C. increased D. practiced
2. A. many B. complete C. engine D. heavy
3. A. challenger B. chapter C. character D. chancellor
4. A. service B. servile C. sergeant D. servant
5. A. please B. measure C. bees D. roses
Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from the others. (0,5p)
6. A. ancestor B. curious C. heritage D. tradition
7. A. buffalo B. recognise C. convenient D. cultural

PART 2: USE OF LANGUAGE (2.5pts)

I. Choose the best answer for each of the following sentences. (1pt)
1. Harvesting the rice is much ……………………. than drying the rice.
A. more harder B. more hardly C. hardlier D. harder
2. Look! Some children are ………………the buffaloes.
A. picking B. playing C. driving D. herding
3. Among the ethnic minorities,................... Tay have the largest population.
A. a B. an C. the D. Ө
4. ...................... DIY brings you a lot of amazing benefits.
 A. Doing B. reading C. playing D. going
5. The 54 ethnic peoples of Viet Nam are _________, but they live peacefully.
A. diverse B. similar C. unlike D. the same
6. ‘Children in my village often fly their kites in dry rice fields.’ ‘_______’
A. It’s right up my street! B. That’s awesome.
C. Exactly what I want. D. How interesting!
7. ____________ month is the Hoa Ban Festival of the Thai people held in?
A. When B. Which C. How many D. How often
8. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.
A. princess B. president C. present D.broccoli
9. When I have the whole free day, I prefer …………. to the outskirts to staying in the city.
A. going B. to go C. go D. went
10. Last night, she had an …………………. dancing performance in the school festival.
A. adore B. adoring C. adored D. adorable
11. No matter …………………. hard farmers have to work every day, they don’t earn much money
from their work.
A. how B. how much C. how many D. how far
12. A boy …………………. buffalos is one of the typical images about the country life.
A. leading B. walking C. raising D. herding
13. You cannot dry the rice on …………………. days.
A. sunny B. rainy C. cloudy D. windy
14. In the home of the ethnic minority peoples, the ………. are often placed in the middle.
A. table B. TV C. alter D. stilt
15. I am very impressed with sarong – a traditional …………………. of the Khmer people.
A. custom B. clothing C. clothes D. costume
16. The chapi is a traditional …………………. of the Raglai people.
A. music instrument B. musical instrument
C. farming tool D. farming tools
17. …………………. should we meet on Sunday? – Because I have to do some shopping first, then
let’s meet at 10 a.m.
A. Why B. Where C. What time D. When
18. She is driving too slowly, so I think she will get there …………………. than us.
A. more late B. later C. more lately D. latelier

II- Put the correct form of the word in the blank to complete each question. (0.5pt)
1. He doesn't fancy ............ beach volleyball because he hates sand. (play)
2. The .................... have a very hard life. They cannot live permanently in one
place. (nomadic)
3. People living in big cities tend to be more …………… than those in the countryside. (ambition)
4. Although farmers work very hard, many of them lead a poor life. They don’t have a lot of
…………… in their houses. (furnish)
5. I think it is more …………… to live in a big city because you can enjoy a lot of interesting
activities. (entertain)
6. I am expecting to have an …………… time with my relatives in this summer holiday. (enjoy)
7. It is so …………… to see the moon and starry sky at night. (love)

PART 3: READING (2.5 pts)

I. Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following
passage. (1.25 pt)
Nowadays, leisure activities are totally different from the past. Many people no longer enjoy (1)
__________in outdoor activities after school. Instead, they (2)__________playing computer games or
surfing the web in their free time. Some people rely too much on computer and the Internet. For
example, they prefer (3)______ messages to having a face-to-face conversation with friends. Even
when people (4)________out with their friends, they rarely talk but they use their phones to surf web.
However, many people dislike the Internet and the (5)________world. They hate to waste time on the
computer and enjoy other activities such as reading, shopping or sporting.
1. A. participate B.to participate C. participating D. participates
2.A.fancy B. don’t mind C.dislike D.hate
3.A.send B. to send C.to sending D. sends
4.A.play B. rely C.meet D.hang
5.A.virtual B. real C.fake D.new
II. Read the following passage then answer the questions (1.25 pt):
Gong culture in the Central Highlands of Viet Nam has been recognized by UNESCO as a
Masterpiece of the Intangible Heritage of Humanity. Gong culture covers five provinces of the Central
Highlands: Kon Tum, Gia Lai, Dak Lak, Dak Nong and Lam Dong. The masters of gong culture are the
ethnic groups of Bahnar, Sedang, Mnong, Coho… The Gong Festival is held annually in the Central
Highlands. In the festival, artists from these provinces give gong performances, highlighting the gong
culture of their own province. For the ethnic groups of the Central Highlands, gongs are musical
instruments of special power. It is believed that every gong is the symbol of a god who grows more
powerful as the gong gets older. Therefore, gongs are associated with special occasions in people’s
lives, such as the building of new houses, funerals, crop praying ceremonies… The gong sound is a way
to communicate with the gods.
Answer the questions:
1.Where does Gong culture exist?
………………………………………………………………………………………………
2.How often is the Gong Festival held?
………………………………………………………………………………………………
3.What do artists do in the Gong Festival?
………………………………………………………………………………………………
4.Are Gongs pieces of folk music?
………………………………………………………………………………………………
5. Is the gong sound a way to communicate with the ancestors?
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
PART 4: WRITING (2.5pts)

I. Rewrite the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one (0, 75pt)
1. My house is smaller than your house.
Your house ______________________
2. Jenny finds reading poetry boring.
Jenny dislikes___________________________________________
3. All of the children of the Smith’s really like playing rackets.
→ _______________________________(keen)
4. The thing that I hate most is motor racing, and I will never do it in my life.
→ _______________________________(detest)
5. The harvest festival in my hometown usually starts in October, but this year it started in the middle
of September.
→ _______________________________ (earlier)
6. It takes a buffalo about half of a day to plough that field, but a machine can do it within an hour.
→ _______________________________ (faster)
7. In cities, classrooms are equipped with speakers, computers, projectors; however, classrooms in the
countryside don’t have any.
→ _______________________________ (better equipped)

II. Write questions for the underlined parts. (0, 75pt)

1. Ethnic people often hold festivals in spring.
………………………………………………………………………………?
2. They often gather together at the communal house in special occasions.
.........................................................................................................................................?
III. Write a passage of (120-150 words ) about the change of Vietnamese countryside or your
village , hometown. (1pt).
You may write it with your own ideas or answer the questions below as some clues for your passage.
• Has the countryside changed positively or negatively or both of them ?
• How about positive changes to the countryside ?
• What about negative ones ?

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