Question

[Dương Mạnh Phong]

I. Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined. Say the words aloud.

1.	A. decorate	B. market	C. resolution	D. celebrate
2.	A. smile	B. so	C. spring	D. noise
3.	A. parent	B. travel	C. hand	D. bad
4.	A. love	B. mother	C. pagoda	D. come
5.	A. lucky	B. shy	C. why	D. buy

II. Choose the correct answers.

1.     Do you believe that the first footer ________ us good or bad luck?

A.  must take

B.  should bring

C.  can make

D.  can bring

2.     Students __________ copy their classmates’work.

A.  should

B.  shouldn’t

C.  must

D.  not

3.     People in Laos _________ water over one another.

A.  give

B.  take

C.  throw

D.  bring

4.     The American ___________ a midnight kiss with someone they love.

A.  share

B.  take

C.  bring

D.  celebrate

5.     People in many countries in the world often wear their ________ clothes on the New Year Day.

A.  tradition

B.  traditional

C.  ordinary

D.  summer

6.     On New Year’s Day, children in Korea make a _________ to their parents or elders and wish them a long and healthy ___________.

A.  bow – live

B.  friend – lives

C.  lows – lives

D.  bow – life

7.     I wish you a _______ life and ___________ health.

A.  long – best

B.  big – good

C.  long – good

D.  happy – bad

8.     We should help our mothers _____________ the table after the meal.

A.  make

B.  to make

C.  clear

D.  to cleaning

9.     I will _________ my lucky money in my piggy bank.

A.  keep

B.  spend

C.  borrow

D.  give

10.  Some Vietnamese people don’t eat shrimps ___________ New Year’s Day.

A.  in

B.  on

C.  at

D.  during

III. Rearrange the sentences in the correct order to make a conversation between Lan and her English friend, Daisy, about Tet in Viet Nam.

_______  a. What do you usually do at Tet?________  b. Oh, that sounds really interesting._______  c. Well, it’s on January 27^th this year._______  d. What is Tet?

         ________  e. Well. We cook a lot of traditional food, visit our relatives and friends and we also go to pagodas.

________  f. When is it exactly?________  g. Do you know that the Tet holiday is next week.________  h. It’s the time when Vietnamese people celebrate the beginning of spring.

    IV. Give advice for these situations, using ‘should’ or ‘shouln’t’ and the words given in   brackets.

You look very pale and terrible. ( see a doctor)

_____________________________________________________________________

You work until 11 every night. ( not work so hard)

_____________________________________________________________________

It’s Mai’s birthday on Sunday. I think we should do something. (buy her a nice birthday present)

_____________________________________________________________________

The car did not start this morning. (take it to the garage)

_____________________________________________________________________

He always gives you the wrong advice. (not listen to him)

_____________________________________________________________________

Everything will be all right. (not worry so much)

_____________________________________________________________________

He doesn’t understand the lesson. (meet the teacher after class)

_____________________________________________________________________

He does not like this job because it’s so boring. ( look for another one)

_____________________________________________________________________

V. Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each of the gaps to complete the following text.

     There are many Chinese festivals in Hong Kong. The Western New Year starts on the first day of January but the Chinese begin New Year on the first day of the first moon of the Chinese calendar. Before New Year’s Day comes, people clean and decorate their houses, (1) _________ a lot of traditional food and go shopping for presents and new clothes. New Year’s Eve is the time (2) _________ every family gathers its members together for dinner.

   People (3) __________ the New Year with a music perfomance and firework display to light up the sky.

   On the New Year’s Day, They visit their friends and relatives. The children get lucky money in red envelopes. Many people go to the (4) ­­­­­__________ to wish for good health and good luck. Chinese people in Hong Kong celebrate the New Year with (5) _________ and happines

1.	A. take	B. bring	C. cook	D. sell
2.	A. when	B. after	C. before	D. during
3.	A. meet	B. see	C. end	D. celebrate
4.	A. houses	B. pagodas	C. family	D. camps
5.	A. hopeful	B. hopeless	C. hope	D. hoping

VI. Rewrite the following sentences, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the same.

Antarctica is colder than any other places in the world.

Antarctina is __________________________________________________

Doing morning exercises every morning is good for you.

You _________________________________________________________

My father has a plan to repaint our house before Tet.

My father _____________________________________________________

Fansipan is higher than any other mountain in Indochina(đông dương).

Fansipan is ____________________________________________________

Nam is the tallest student in his class.

Nobody in Nam’s class ___________________________________________

 VII/Give the correct form of the verb in brackets

1. What........ you (do)............ next Sunday?

2. He usually..................... (jog) in the morning.

3. My brother................... (watch) TV at the moment.

4. Hoa............................ (not go) fishing in the winter.

Answer 1

[Sinh Viên NEU]

I. Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined. Say the words aloud.

1.	A. decorate	B. market	C. resolution	D. celebrate
2.	A. smile	B. so	C. spring	D. noise
3.	A. parent	B. travel	C. hand	D. bad
4.	A. love	B. mother	C. pagoda	D. come
5.	A. lucky	B. shy	C. why	D. buy

II. Choose the correct answers.

1.     Do you believe that the first footer ________ us good or bad luck?

A.  must take

B.  should bring

C.  can make

D.  can bring

2.     Students __________ copy their classmates’work.

A.  should

B.  shouldn’t

C.  must

D.  not

3.     People in Laos _________ water over one another.

A.  give

B.  take

C.  throw

D.  bring

4.     The American ___________ a midnight kiss with someone they love.

A.  share

B.  take

C.  bring

D.  celebrate

5.     People in many countries in the world often wear their ________ clothes on the New Year Day.

A.  tradition

B.  traditional

C.  ordinary

D.  summer

6.     On New Year’s Day, children in Korea make a _________ to their parents or elders and wish them a long and healthy ___________.

A.  bow – live

B.  friend – lives

C.  lows – lives

D.  bow – life

7.     I wish you a _______ life and ___________ health.

A.  long – best

B.  big – good

C.  long – good

D.  happy – bad

8.     We should help our mothers _____________ the table after the meal.

A.  make

B.  to make

C.  clear

D.  to cleaning

9.     I will _________ my lucky money in my piggy bank.

A.  keep

B.  spend

C.  borrow

D.  give

10.  Some Vietnamese people don’t eat shrimps ___________ New Year’s Day.

A.  in

B.  on

C.  at

D.  during

Answer 2

[Sinh Viên NEU]

III. Rearrange the sentences in the correct order to make a conversation between Lan and her English friend, Daisy, about Tet in Viet Nam.

_____6__  a. What do you usually do at Tet?

____8____  b. Oh, that sounds really interesting.

____5___  c. Well, it’s on January 27^th this year.

___2____  d. What is Tet?

____7____  e. Well. We cook a lot of traditional food, visit our relatives and friends and we also go to pagodas.

_____4___  f. When is it exactly?

____1____  g. Do you know that the Tet holiday is next week.

_____3___  h. It’s the time when Vietnamese people celebrate the beginning of spring.

    IV. Give advice for these situations, using ‘should’ or ‘shouln’t’ and the words given in   brackets.

You look very pale and terrible. ( see a doctor)

___________You should see a doctor__________________________________________________________

You work until 11 every night. ( not work so hard)

_____You shouldn't work so hard________________________________________________________________

It’s Mai’s birthday on Sunday. I think we should do something. (buy her a nice birthday present)

____We should buy her a nice birthday present_________________________________________________________________

The car did not start this morning. (take it to the garage)

______You should take it to the garage_______________________________________________________________

He always gives you the wrong advice. (not listen to him)

______You shouldn't listen to him_______________________________________________________________

Everything will be all right. (not worry so much)

_______You shouldn't worry so much______________________________________________________________

He doesn’t understand the lesson. (meet the teacher after class)

____He should meet the teacher after class_________________________________________________________________

He does not like this job because it’s so boring. ( look for another one)

_______He should look for another one______________________________________________________________