Muptiple choice
1. We can learn how ______ banh chung at Tet.
A. make B. to make C. making D.made
2. Men used ______ the bread winner of the family.
A. be B. to be C. to being D.to
3. Should we try to ______ every custom or tradition which is in danger of dying out?
A. preserve B. act out C. entertain D. open
4. The children in my home village used to go ______, even in winter. Now they all have shoes.
A. on foot B. bare-footed C. playing around D .played around
5. At night they used to entertain ______ by telling and acting out stories.
A. them B. their C. themselves D. themself
6. There is usually a ______ gap between the old and the young, especially when the world is
changing so fast.
A. generation B. value C. age D.old
7. It must be incredible travelling by dogsled. I wish I ______ it.
A. can do B. could did C. could do D.can done
8. Every nation has respect for their long-preserved ______.
A. behaviours B. practices C. traditions D.traditonal
9. Once a month I went downtown to collect the post and then walked from village to village, ______ were far away from each other.
A. which B. where C. that D.where
10. In Viet Nam, ______ often refers to age and social position, not to wealth.
A. seniority B. tradition C. generation D.culture
11. I also passed______ on the news I had heard from the town and the other villages.
A. in B. on C. down D. at
12. Giving lucky money to the young and the old at Tet is a common ______ in many Asian countries.
A. behavior B. practice C. tradition D. cultural
13. She used to live in an igloo: a domed house ______ from blocks of ice.
A. to build B. built C. building D.to built
14. I wish people in the world ______ conflicts and lived in peace.
A. don’t have B. doesn’t have C. didn’t have D. didn’t having
15. I have told you many times ______ the door open.
A. not leave B. not to leave C. to not leave D. not to leaving
16. I wish my friends spent less time ______ computer games and more time outdoors.
A. play B. to play C. playing D. played
17. The farmers in my home village ______ rice home on trucks. They used buffalo-driven carts.
A. used to transport B. used to be transported C. didn’t use to transport D. used to transport
18. A ______ is used to make the sound much louder so that many people can hear it from a distance.
A. loudspeaker B. radio C. television D.computer
19. I suppose it was a special occasion, ______?
A. was it B. wasn’t it C. don’t I D.doesn’t I
20. He could be f red for his rude ______ towards the VIP guest.
A. behaviour B. practice C. tradition D.practices
* Find the words which mean:
Story 1. 16. not able to read or write: ……………… illiterate.………………
17. tell: …………………pass on……………
18. behave towards (somebody): ……………treat (someone)…………………
Story 2. 19. a cubed chunk: ………………block………………
20. to live in difficult conditions: ……………survive…………………
21. a vehicle that travels over snow: ………………sled………………
** Discuss the questions.
22. Because there were no other means of transport available.
23. Because there was no school in the villages
24. There were no other materials available in that deserted land and there were no easy means to transport materials from other places to the island.
25. It was impossible to build a big house with several rooms in the ice and snow and people felt safer living in communal groups.