PART A. LISTENING (2.5 POINTS) Section I . 1. You will hear to Mai’s presentation and complete the table with no more than three words from the recording. You will hear the paragraph twice. (1.25pts) What is the tradition? The Xoe dance What does the dance express? Working life and wishes for a (1)……………………life. How many Xoe dance forms are there? More than (2)………………………. What is it the most popular form? (3)………………………….. How do people perform it? Make a circle around the (4)……………….. and dance to (5)……………………………… Section II. You will hear to a tour guide giving information about Giong Festival and circle the correct answer A, B, C or D. You will hear the text twice. (1.25pts) 1. The Giong Festival is held in Soc Son………, Hanoi. (village commune district province) 2. This festival is held to ……..Saint Giong who defeated the An. (commemorate celebrate worshipremember) 3. The festival is held…….in the …….lunar month. (3th 4th 5th 6th) 4. People start preparing things one……..before the festival. (month week day hour) 5. The festival shows the preservation of our…….heritage. (custom traditional natural cultural). PART B. USE OF ENGLISH (2.5 POINTS)
PART A LISTENING (2.5 POINTS) Section I You will hear to Mai’s presentation and complete the table with no more than three words from the recording You will hear the paragraph twice (1.25pts) What is the tradition? The Xoe dance Working life and wishes for a (1) What does the dance express? ……………………life How many Xoe dance forms are there? More than (2)……………………… (3)………………………… What is it the most popular form? Make a circle around the (4)……………… and How people perform it? dance to (5)……………………………… Section II You will hear to a tour guide giving information about Giong Festival and circle the correct answer A, B, C or D You will hear the text twice (1.25pts) The Giong Festival is held in Soc Son………, Hanoi (village / commune / district / province) This festival is held to …… Saint Giong who defeated the An (commemorate/ celebrate/ worship/remember) The festival is held…….in the …….lunar month (3th / 4th / 5th / 6th) People start preparing things one…… before the festival (month/ week / day / hour) The festival shows the preservation of our…….heritage (custom/ traditional/ natural / cultural) PART B USE OF ENGLISH (2.5 POINTS) Section I Choose the best answer A, B, C , or D to complete the sentences (1 points) According to the…… in England, we have to use knife and folk at dinner (table ways/ table manners/behaviours/ differences) The Xoe dance is a spititual …… of Thai ethnic people.(custom/ tradition/ habit/ dance) We are going to prepare………sticky rice served with grilled chicken for the celebration (five colours / five-colours/ five-colour/ five-coloured) The Hung King Temple Festival …… from the 8th to the 11th of the 3th lunar month in Phu Tho (takes/ takes part / takes place / take turn) At the Mid-Autumn Festival ,kids can sing, dance, and enjoy moon-cakes ……… every child likes it very much.( however /so /because /therefore) Always take your shoes off before you enter a temple in India;………,you will be considered impolite (otherwise/ because /even though / therefore) Section II Put the correct form of the words/verbs to complete the sentences (1 pt) Children should…………… things from adults with both hands TAKE In Viet Nam, we usually wait for the…….…….people before you sit down OLD Ao dai is our …………… dress We wear it on special occasion TRADITION We ………… to go to school yesterday because there’s an English test HAVE PART C READING (2.5 POINTS) Section I Read the passage and circle A, B, C or D to fit each of the blank space (1.5pts) Tet is the biggest festival in Viet Nam To …… Tet, Vietnamese people make many tasty (2) ……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 green leaves; (3)……., this cakes needs a lot of (4)…… This cake can be kept for a long time, (5)………the weather is often humid during Tet Other significant food that can not be missed to (6)……….the ancestors are sausages, sring rolls, and sticky rice A celebrate B commemorate C worship D remember A custom B traditional C natural D cultural A While B When C therefore D however A people B time C money D preparation A because B while C even though D but A pray B worship C arrange D respect Section II Read the passage and answer the questions (1pt) Tet flower market has become an important part in Vietnamese culture In fact, some months before Tet, flower farmers have started growing flowers and plants for Tet which will be sold at flower markets all around the country a week before New Year’s Eve There are a wide range of colourful flowers with good meanings such as apricot blossom, peach blossom, marigold, kumquat There are also many other kinds of nice flowers It’s a big chance for any foreigners to visit Tet flower markets in our country and learn more about interesting local life at our biggest festival During the year, the characters of those markets are enough kinds of flowers from all over the country, even from outside of the country But at Tet festival, beautiful flowers and plants for Tet are sold popularly Especially, these flower markets never sleep because buyers and sellers are extremely crowded on the days before Tet What is the Tet flower market? =>……………………………………………………………………………………………… When have the flower farmers begin growing flowers and plants for Tet? =>……………………………………………………………………………………………… Do they plants many kinds of flowers? What are they? =>……………………………………………………………………………………………… Why the markets sleep some nights before Tet? =>……………………………………………………………………………………………… PART D WRITING (2.5PTS) Section I Rewrite the sentences with word given: (1 pt) There are more and more cars sold every day The traffic is becoming more and more difficult => Because……………………………………………………………………………………… Because it rained heavily yesterday, we couldn’t go to school => ……………………………………………… so …………………………………………… Hung Kings are the founders of our country and they became the first king of our country => Who……………………………………………………………………………………… .? None in my class is taller than Nam => Nam …………………………………………………….………………… ……… Section II Write complete sentences to make a paragraph about Ooc Bom Boc festival (1.5pts) This festival/ hold / Soc Trang /the 14th and 15th evenings / 10th lunar month => ………………………………………………………………………………………… We /worship/ Moon God / the festival => ………………………………………………………………………………………… First,we /a worshipping ceremony / home, under the bamboo archway/ at the pagoda => ………………………………………………………………………………………… => ………………………………………………………………………………………… When / moon appears, the old pray /the Moon God / the children raise/ elapsed hands /the moon => ………………………………………………………………………………………… => ………………………………………………………………………………………… The offerings /green rice flakes/coconuts/potatoes/ pia cakes => ………………………………………………………………………………………… Then, we / paper lanterns / the rivers, / the next evening, we / dragon boat races => ………………………………………………………………………………………… => ………………………………………………………………………………………… ... complete sentences to make a paragraph about Ooc Bom Boc festival (1. 5pts) This festival/ hold / Soc Trang /the 14 th and 15 th evenings / 10 th lunar month => ………………………………………………………………………………………… We /worship/... =>……………………………………………………………………………………………… When have the flower farmers begin growing flowers and plants for Tet? =>……………………………………………………………………………………………… Do they plants many kinds of flowers? What are they? =>………………………………………………………………………………………………... before Tet? =>……………………………………………………………………………………………… PART D WRITING (2. 5PTS) Section I Rewrite the sentences with word given: (1 pt) There are more and more cars sold every day The traffic is becoming