Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each numbered blank.

     In Viet Nam, a death anniversary is called giỗ. It is a festive occasion, at which(1)___ of an extended family gather together. Female family members traditionally (2)___ the entire day cooking an elaborate banquet in honor of the deceased individual, which will then (3)  enjoyed by all the family members. In addition, sticks of incense are burned in (4)  _______     and commemoration of the deceased person. It is not unusual for a family to celebrate several giỗ per year, so the ceremony serves as a time for families to (5)____, much like the Vietnamese new year, Tết. 

        In Vietnamese culture, certain special, traditional dishes (particularly desserts) are only prepared (6) ______ death anniversary banquets. In addition, the favorite foods of the deceased person being honored are also prepared. Chicken, a particularly prized  (7)__ in Viet Nam, is often cooked as well. In Central Viet Nam, small stuffed glutinous rice flour balls (8) _____  in leaves called bánh ít are such a dish. Because the preparation of (9) ________  many complex dishes is time-consuming, some families purchase or (10)______ caterers to prepare certain dishes. It is also common that a soft-boiled egg is prepared and then given to the oldest grandson.

4. ......................

Read the following passage and write the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

While radio broadcasting was still in its infancy the marvel of television was already being developed. The first step towards its invention was taken in 1873 but the person responsible for developing it was John Logie Baird. In 1926 he gave the first demonstration of a television picture. As home entertainment, television rapidly became more popular than any other form. A news broadcast became more immediate when people could see the scene in question and the movement of the figures. Films could be viewed in the comfort of the home and variety shows were also available. One of the advantages of travel programmers was the glimpse of far-away places which many viewers would not otherwise have seen. Though much of the entertainment was of a popular kind like quiz competitions, some remarkable cultural programmers were also broadcast. Just as with radio in earlier days, the publicity given to actors and actresses on the screen meant that a group of personalities became familiar in every household. One of the most popular programmers was the televised coverage of sport and an interesting result of the television broadcast was the increased attendance at the actual events. How far this was due to a growth in interest in the game and how far out of the spectators ‘desire to appear on the screen is not clear.

Why is John Logie Baird famous in the history of television?

Read and answer the following question

Thanh lives in the city. Every morning she gets up at 6. 00. She brushes her teeth. She washes her face. She has a big breakfast. Then she gets dressed. She goes to school at 6:30. She is in grade 6. Her classroom is on the second floor. It is very big. There are 38 students in her class. She loves her friends and teachers very much.

Where does Thanh live?

Choose the best answer to complete the passage. 

A WELSH FESTIVAL

Wales has a population of about three million. English is the main language and only twenty percent speak both Welsh and English. Every year _______(1) August there is a Welsh-speaking festival. It _______ (2) place in a different town each year so everyone has the chance for it to be near them. Local people ________(3) years making plans for when the festival will be in _______ (4) town. Each festival is ______ (5) by about 160,000 people. They travel not only from nearby towns and villages _ but______(6) also from the rest of the British Isles and _______ (7) from abroad. There are concerts, plays, and _______(8) to find the best singers, poets, writers, and so on. Shops sell Welsh music, books, pictures, and clothes as ______(9) as food and drink. The festival provides a chance for Welsh-speaking people to be together for a whole week, with _______ (10) Welsh language all around them.

7. ............................

Read and answer the following question True (T) or False (F)

"Once upon a time, there was a girl called Cinderella who did all the work in the kitchen while her lazy sisters did nothing. One night her sisters went to a ball at the palace. Cinderella was left home, feeling very sad. She began to cry. After a time her fairy godmother appeared and told Cinderella that she could go to the ball, but she had to return home by midnight. So she went to the ball in a beautiful dress and a wonderful coach. She danced with prince, but at midnight she ran back home, leaving one of her shoes on the dance floor. The prince wanted to see her again and went to every house in the capital until he found that the shoe was the right size for Cinderella. The prince and Cinderella were married and lived happily ever after."

1. Cinderella and her sisters have to work hard in the kitchen.

Choose the correct answer to complete the passage below.

"Either boys or girls, usually aged from seven to ten, play the two-person game of"Mandarin's Box". They draw a rectangle on the ground and (1)……….. it into ten smallsquares called "rice fields" or "fish ponds”.

They also draw two additional semi-circular boxesat the two (2)………. of the rectangle, which are called"mandarin's boxes" - the game's name. Each person has 25 small pebbles and a bigger stone.

Each player places the stone in one of the mandarin's boxes and five small pebbles in each of the other squares. Then the game begins. The first player takes up the contents of one square on his or her side ofthe board, but not a mandarin's box and distributes the pebbles one by one, (3)……….. with the next square in (4)………. direction. Since each square contains five pebbles at the beginning, the first move will distribute five pebbles to the left or right.

After the last pebble is distributed, the player takes the contents of the following squareand repeats the distribution (5)………... But if the following square is one of the mandarin's boxes, the turn ends and passes to the other player.

If the last pebble falls into a square that precedes one empty square, the player wins all the contents of the square following the empty square and (6)……….these pebbles from the board. However, if there are two or more empty squares in a row, the player (7)…….. his or her turn.

Once a player has taken pebbles from the board, the turn is (8)……….to the other player. If all five squares on one player's side of the board are emptied at any time, that player must place one pebble he or she has aside back in each of the five squares so that the game can resume.

The game (9)………until the two mandarins' boxes have both been (10)……….. At the end of the game, the player with more pebbles wins, with each of the large stones counting as ten points." 

4......the next square in (4)______________direction. 

Choose the letter A, B, C or D to complete the passage below

When I (1) ________ a child I used to go to see my grandmother. I thought her house was as beautiful as a palace and the garden seemed bigger than a park. When I grew (2) __________ the house and garden seemed smaller but I still loved visiting the old lady. There (3) _________ so many beautiful things in the house. Sometimes, I played (4) _________ the doll's house which was older than grandmother herself. At that times, I (5) ___________ books which were more interesting than my children's book at home.

(5).....................

Choose the best answer to complete the passage. (2,0 pts)

Saving energy doesn’t have to be expensive or time-consuming. But what can you do to save energy? There is (1) ……… that you can do to help the process of energy conservation. You can save energy by doing things like making sure that the kettle doesn’t (2) …………… more water than that you need, always washing a full load in the washing machine rather than a half load or turning down your central heating by 10C – this could cut your (3) ………… bill by 10%. Making sure that hot water taps are not left (4) ……….. and replace washers if your taps drip. (5) ……….. work you can turn off (6) ………. light and your computer if you are not using them. (7) ………….. to energy-saving light bulbs – these use around a quarter of electricity, and often last eight times (8) ……….. than an ordinary bulb. Close your curtains at (9) ……….. to keep the warm air from escaping through the windows. Switching off (10) …………… appliances, when they are not in use, makes a big contribution to energy-saving, too.

2. ....................

Choose the letter A, B, C or D to complete the passage below

Jeans are very popular with young people all over the world. Some people say that jeans are the "uniform" of youth, but they haven't always been (6) _________. The story of jeans started almost two hundred years ago. People in Genoa, Italy made pants. The clothes made in Genoa (7) _________called " jeanos". The pants were called "jeans". In 1850, a salesman in California began selling pants made (8) _________canvas. His name was Levi Strauss. Because they were so strong, "Levi's pants became popular with gold miners, farmers and cowboys. Six year later, Levis began making his pants with blue cotton cloth from denim. Soon after, factory workers (9) _________ the United States and Europe began (10) _________ jeans. Young people usually didn't wear them.

 Some people say that jeans are the "uniform" of youth, but they haven't always been (6) _________. The story of jeans started almost two hundred years ago.

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

Nga lives in the city. Every morning she gets up at 6. 30. She brushes her teeth. She washes her face. She has a big breakfast. Then she gets dressed. She goes to school at 6:30. She is in grade 6. Her classroom is on the second floor. It is very big. There are 42 students in her class. She loves her friends and teachers very much.

Where does Nga live?

Read and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D to answer these following question.

"“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."

5.  Did the Beast turn into a prince?

Choose the letter A, B, C or D to complete the passage below

There _________ so many beautiful things in the house. 

Read the following passage and write the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

While radio broadcasting was still in its infancy the marvel of television was already being developed. The first step towards its invention was taken in 1873 but the person responsible for developing it was John Logie Baird. In 1926 he gave the first demonstration of a television picture. As home entertainment, television rapidly became more popular than any other form. A news broadcast became more immediate when people could see the scene in question and the movement of the figures. Films could be viewed in the comfort of the home and variety shows were also available. One of the advantages of travel programmers was the glimpse of far-away places which many viewers would not otherwise have seen. Though much of the entertainment was of a popular kind like quiz competitions, some remarkable cultural programmers were also broadcast. Just as with radio in earlier days, the publicity given to actors and actresses on the screen meant that a group of personalities became familiar in every household. One of the most popular programmers was the televised coverage of sport and an interesting result of the television broadcast was the increased attendance at the actual events. How far this was due to a growth in interest in the game and how far out of the spectators ‘desire to appear on the screen is not clear.

What effect did the televising of sport have?

Read and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D to answer these following question.

"“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."

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

Read and answer the following question

Mai lives in the city. Every morning she gets up at 6. 30. She brushes her teeth. She washes her face. She has a big breakfast. Then she gets dressed. She goes to school at 6:30. She is in grade 6. Her classroom is on the second floor. It is very big. There are 42 students in her class. She loves her friends and teachers very much.

Where is her classroom?

Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D into complete the passage below.

"Once upon a time, there was sweet little girl. Everyone called her Little Red Riding Hood, _________ (1) she always wore a red riding hood which her grandmother made for her.

One day Little Red Riding Hood’s mother said, “Here, child, take this basket to your grandmother. It’s got bread, butter, cake and berries in it. Your grandma’s feeling sick and I hope this _________ (2) her feel better. Don’t talk to strangers, don’t leave the path and walk straight to your grandma’s house.”

Little Red Riding Hood’s grandmother lived half _________ (3) hour away in the woods outside the village. So Little Red Riding Hood set off. The girl had just entered the woods, when a wolf _________ (4) out of the trees. She wasn’t scared because she didn’t know wolves are dangerous.

They walked together for a while. Then the wolf said: “What lovely flowers there are here! Why don’t you _________ (5) some for your grandma?” The girl looked around and saw all those beautiful flowers. She thought that her grandmother would be delighted to have some fresh flowers and, despite her mother’s advice, she left the path."

2. Your grandma’s feeling sick and I hope this _________ (2) her feel better.

Choose the correct answer to complete the passage below.

"Either boys or girls, usually aged from seven to ten, play the two-person game of"Mandarin's Box". They draw a rectangle on the ground and (1)……….. it into ten smallsquares called "rice fields" or "fish ponds”.

They also draw two additional semi-circular boxesat the two (2)………. of the rectangle, which are called"mandarin's boxes" - the game's name. Each person has 25 small pebbles and a bigger stone.

Each player places the stone in one of the mandarin's boxes and five small pebbles in each of the other squares. Then the game begins. The first player takes up the contents of one square on his or her side ofthe board, but not a mandarin's box and distributes the pebbles one by one, (3)……….. with the next square in (4)………. direction. Since each square contains five pebbles at the beginning, the first move will distribute five pebbles to the left or right.

After the last pebble is distributed, the player takes the contents of the following squareand repeats the distribution (5)………... But if the following square is one of the mandarin's boxes, the turn ends and passes to the other player.

If the last pebble falls into a square that precedes one empty square, the player wins all the contents of the square following the empty square and (6)……….these pebbles from the board. However, if there are two or more empty squares in a row, the player (7)…….. his or her turn.

Once a player has taken pebbles from the board, the turn is (8)……….to the other player. If all five squares on one player's side of the board are emptied at any time, that player must place one pebble he or she has aside back in each of the five squares so that the game can resume.

The game (9)………until the two mandarins' boxes have both been (10)……….. At the end of the game, the player with more pebbles wins, with each of the large stones counting as ten points." 

6.  the player wins all the contents of the square following the empty square and (6)……….these pebbles from the board. 

Read and answer the following question True (T) or False (F)

"Once upon a time, there was a girl called Cinderella who did all the work in the kitchen while her lazy sisters did nothing. One night her sisters went to a ball at the palace. Cinderella was left home, feeling very sad. She began to cry. After a time her fairy godmother appeared and told Cinderella that she could go to the ball, but she had to return home by midnight. So she went to the ball in a beautiful dress and a wonderful coach. She danced with prince, but at midnight she ran back home, leaving one of her shoes on the dance floor. The prince wanted to see her again and went to every house in the capital until he found that the shoe was the right size for Cinderella. The prince and Cinderella were married and lived happily ever after."

2. Cinderella was sad because she can’t go to the ball.

Choose the letter A, B, C or D to complete the passage below

In 2006, the house of a __________ (6) family in Dong Van District, Ha Giang Province was chosen for the background of __________ (7) film "The story of Pao". From distance, the house looks beautiful __________ (8) a painting. Bushes of wild but beautiful flowers in blossom on the right and an old leaning cherry blossom tree at the gate create a romantic scene for the house. The film is about the life of a H'mong girl named Pao. She __________ (9) by her stepmother because her real mother left her when she was little. One day, her stepmother died in an accident, and she began to look __________ (10) her birth mother.

One day, her stepmother died in an accident, and she began to look __________ (10) her birth mother.

Choose the letter A, B, C or D to complete the passage below

When I (1) ________ a child I used to go to see my grandmother. I thought her house was as beautiful as a palace and the garden seemed bigger than a park. When I grew (2) __________ the house and garden seemed smaller but I still loved visiting the old lady. There (3) _________ so many beautiful things in the house. Sometimes, I played (4) _________ the doll's house which was older than grandmother herself. At that times, I (5) ___________ books which were more interesting than my children's book at home.

(3).....................

                                                                                    Cambridge

                                                                                    20 February, 2050

Dear Mr. Editor,

I read the article last week which compared life in the 1990s with life today. The writer thought that family life then was better than it is now. I don’t agree. I think life today is much better than it used to be.

Life is so much easier and more convenient now. Fifty or sixty years ago, they didn’t have domestic robots, for example. My grandparents had to do all their own housework!

Today, we can order everything by using our cards, but in the last century people had to go to the shops themselves. What a waste of time! In my opinion, we’re much better off now.

Yours faithfully,

John Andrews

Fifty or sixty years before the year 2050, _____ .