FIRST TERM TEST 1

Time allotted: 60 min.

I. Circle the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently in
each line. (1pt)
1. A. gong B. greeting C. dogsled D. longevity
2. A. column B. maintain C. reunion D. communal
3. A. maximum B. relax C. examine D. exercise
4. A. mature B. leisure C. pleasure D. culture
5. A. spirit B. tribal C. hospitable D. ethnic
II. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets to complete the
sentences. (1 pt)
1. Clara never stops (talk) ________________ about her collection of foreign stamps.
2. If you eat too much chocolate you (become) ________________ overweight.
3. Alan never (win) ________________ the lottery if he doesn’t buy a ticket!
4. Most wild animals won’t harm you unless you (attack) ________________ them.
5. Would you mind (open) ________________ the window, please? It’s too hot in
here.
III. Complete the sentences with the words / phrases from the box. Use
each word/ phrase once only. (1 pt)
nomadic ethnic minority customs
maintain way of life
1. She loved travelling, meeting people from other cultures and finding out about
their ________________.
2. Mongolia is a country where approximately half of the population still leads a
________________ lifestyle.
3. She struggles to ________________ the family’s lavish lifestyle on their income.
4. One of the ________________ we practise at Tet is wishing our grandparents
longevity.
5. Most women of many ________________ groups weave their own clothing.
IV. Give the correct form of the words in brackets to complete the
sentences. (1 pt)
1. - Do they use chemicals to create colours of five-colour sticky rice? - No, they
use (nature) ________________ materials.
2. In the festival, people dress (colour) ________________ and dance along the
streets.
3. We had a(n) (forget) ________________ trip to the countryside. We experienced
farm work such as planting vegetables.
4. ________________ (polite) is very important in enhancing the interpersonal
relationship and communication.
5. Don’t stay at home all day, Duong. You need to get out and (social)
________________ more.
V. Choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D to complete each sentence. (1
pt)
1. - ________________ ethnic minority people live in your area? - Only a few.
A. How much B. How many C. What D. Which
2. ________________, you have to take off your shoes before you enter a Japanese
home.
A. Traditionally B. Occasionally C. Conventionally D. Typically
3. The Hmong people’s ________________ are very colourful and complicated.
A. uniforms B. outfits C. costumes D. vests
4. We like the ________________ in this village: the pace of life is slow, and the
people are friendly.
A. tradition B. lifestyle C. custom D. habit
5. - ________________ were you when you started working, Granddad? - Fifteen,
dear.
A. How old B. What age C. How young D. When
6. In the high mountainous areas, there is not ________________ land for growing
crops.
A. many B. much C. few D. a lot
7. There are only ________________ waterwheels left in these villages.
A. few B. a little C. many D. a few
8. When you are invited to have dinner with a family, you have to wait until the
________________ start eating.
A. chef B. visitor C. host D. guest
9. Vietnamese people ________________ a large number of Gods such as sun, moon,
land, mountain and river gods.
A. worship B. enjoy C. adore D. admire
10. Very ________________ students choose to study Latin now.
A. a few B. much C. any D. few
VI. Fill each blank with a, an, the or  (zero article) to complete the
passage. (1 pt)
The United States is often called a melting pot because its people come from
many different cultures, and there are such (1) ________________ wide variety of
beliefs, values, and traditions. There is no such thing as the typical American -
that’s part of what makes it such (2) ________________ interesting place! Customs
vary from region to region and family to family. If you’re invited to a cookout in
California, that might mean grilling on (3) ________________ beach; in Texas, it
could be (4) ________________ barbecue competition in a park, or a block party in
the middle of the street in New York City. So get out and experience whatever (5)
________________ traditions your host community has to offer!
VII. Read the following passage and choose A, B, C, or D to indicate the
correct answer for each blank. (1 pt)
American people like to say ‘Thank you’ and ‘Excuse me’ in different situations.
People of many countries do so, too. It’s a very good (1) ________________.
You should say 'Thank you' when someone helps you do something, when
someone says you do your work well, or your city is very beautiful. ‘Thank you’ is
(2) ________________ not only between friends, but also between parents and
children, brothers and sisters, and other family members or relatives.
‘Excuse me’ is another short (3) ________________ they use. When you hear
someone say so behind you, you know that somebody wants to walk past you and
doesn’t want to hit you.
It’s not polite to interrupt others (4) ________________ they are talking. If you want
to speak to one of them, say ‘Excuse me’ first, and then begin to talk. You should
also do so when you want to cough or make any noise before others. Let’s all (5)
________________ to say 'Thank you’ and 'Excuse me’.
1. A. pattern B. tendency C. habit D. culture
2. A. used B. said C. told D. given
3. A. word B. sentence C. communication D. speech
4. A. what B. which C. where D. when
5. A. research B. educate C. learn D. teach
VIII. Read the following passage and answer the questions. (1 pt)
Notting Hill Carnival is held in London each August bank holiday, and is the largest
and most colourful street event in Britain. The festival celebrates the traditions of
the British black community, who emigrated to Great Britain from the West Indies
in the 1950s. They brought with them the Caribbean idea of the carnival, with
processions, colourful costumes, steel bands and street dancing.
Preparations for the carnival begin many months beforehand. Costumes have to
be made, and floats built, ready for the street procession, steel bands practise
traditional Caribbean music on instruments made from old oil drums. Shortly
before the festival, the streets are decorated with red, green and yellow
streamers, and amplifiers are set in place, to carry the rhythmic sounds over the
roar of the London traffic.
The carnival lasts for three days, and is full of music and colour. Processions of
floats, steel and brass bands, and dancers in exotic costumes make their way
through the narrow London streets, watched by thousands of people. The streets
are lined with stalls selling tropical fruits, such as fresh pineapple, watermelons
and mangoes. Everybody dances - black and white, young and old - and even the
policemen on duty take part in the fun. For these three days in August, a little
Caribbean magic touches the streets of London.
1. When is Notting Hill Carnival held every year?
___________________________________________________________________________________
_________________
2. Why is Notting Hill Carnival held?
___________________________________________________________________________________
_________________
3. Where did the British black community come from?
___________________________________________________________________________________
_________________
4. How long does the Carnival last?
___________________________________________________________________________________
_________________
5. What kinds of tropical fruit are mentioned in the passage?
___________________________________________________________________________________
_________________
IX. Fill each blank with a suitable word to complete the passage. (1 pt)
In general, Vietnamese clothing is very diverse. Festivals are the occasion for all
to wear their (1) _____________ clothes. Every ethnic group in Viet Nam (2)
_____________ its own style of clothing. Over thousands of years, the traditional
clothing of all ethnic groups in Viet Nam has changed, but each (3) _____________
group has separately maintained their own characteristics.
In the mountain areas, people live in houses built on stilts, (4) _____________
trousers or skirts and indigo vests with design motifs imitating wild flowers and
beasts. In the northern uplands and the Central Highlands, young women have
made skirts and vests (5) _____________ beautiful and colourful decoration in a
style convenient for farm work in terraced fields and to travel on hilly slopes and
mountain gorges.
X. Complete the second sentence in each pair so that it has similar
meaning to the first sentence. (1 pt)
1. Without phoning them, you won’t find out whether the restaurant is open.
 You won’t
2. Simon wants to maintain his villagers’ traditional way of weaving clothes.
 Simon is keen
3. Be careful when you ride your bike or you’ll have an accident.
 If you are
4. We will finish our homework soon. The teacher will collect our papers.
 When we
5. We say ‘Thank you’ when we show our gratitude to someone.
 By saying