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    Review 1 ( Unit 1-2-3 )

    Languages
    Pronounciation

    Vocabulary
    3 Organise these words and phrases into pairs of opposites and write
    them in the blanks.
    Peaceful >< Noisy
    Easy >< Hard
    Exciting >< Boring
    Remember >< Forget
    Traditional >< Modern
    Love >< Hate
    Country life >< City life
    Majority >< Minority

    4 Put a verb in the correct form in each gap to complete the


    sentences.
    1. Duong doesn’t like playing football. He enjoys listening to music
    or visiting museums more.
    2. Don’t forget to lock the door before you go to bed, Quan.
    3. Children in this village love flying kites on summer afternoons.
    4. My sister doesn’t mind cooking, but she hates doing the washing
    up after meals.
    5. The Hmong boys like playing the game danh quay in spring.

    Grammar
    5 Complete the sentences with the correct comparative form of
    adverbs from the adjectives in brackets.
    1. On Saturday night we may stay up later than usual. (late)
    2. In his free time, Linh enjoys doing jigsaw puzzles more than
    anything else. (much)
    3. We speak English more fluently now than last year. (fluent)
    4. You should buy the blue sweater. It suits you better than the
    red one. (good)
    5. Ethnic people in the mountainous regions live more simply
    than people in the city. (simple)
    6. Everyone in the race ran fast, but John ran faster than all the
    others. (fast)
    7. If you write more carefully , you will make fewer mistakes.
    (careful)

    6 Fill the blank with an article (a, an, or the) to complete the
    passage.
    If you are tired of your busy and noisy city life, at the weekend
    you can go to (1) a green and peaceful place with friendly people
    in the Mekong region. Most of Viet Nam’s rice is grown here. You
    will have (2) an opportunity to enjoy the beauty of typical
    Southern Vietnamese countryside and (3) the view of immense
    rice paddies, coconut plantations and beautiful rivers. (4) The
    Mekong Delta is also famous for its fascinating floating markets
    and fruit orchards where you can taste delicious local fruit
    especially (5) the dragon fruit. It will be (6) a special treat for you.
    7 Everyday English
    Match the sentences in A with those in B.
    Then practice with a friend.
    A B
    1.Small children in my village often climb that A. How interesting!
    hill and swim in this river.
    2.Is it true that there are busy floating E. Exactly.
    markets on the rivers in the Mekong region.
    3.I’m sure you will love this new cartoon. A. Yes, It’s right up my
    street.
    4.Flying kites is very exciting, but we can C. No, we can’t.
    never do this in the city.
    5.My dad enjoys doing DIY. He made this D. That’s awesome!
    dining table set.

    SKILLS
    Reading
    1 Read the following letter from Kim to her pen friend, Jon.
    a. Tick ( ) true ( T ) or false ( F ).
    Dear Jon,

    Thank you for the letter and all your news. Well, in this letter I’ll tell you
    what I often do in my leisure time.
    One thing I like to do is visiting museums. On Saturday afternoons I love to
    visit Da Nang Museum of Cham Sculpture. You know, this museum
    preserves sculptures featuring the cultural and spiritual life of the Cham
    people. About 300 clay and stone objects are on display at the museum.
    This museum has the world’s largest collection of Cham artifacts.
    Sometimes I also visit Da Nang Museum. This is a new museum with about
    2,500 pictures, documents and objects. You can learn about history and
    people’s life here. Next time you come, I’ll take you to these museums. I’m
    sure you will like them, and you will learn a lot of interesting things.

    Bye for now,

    Kim

    T F
    1.Kim likes to visit museums at the weekend. 
    2.The Museum of Cham Sculpture has the largest 
    collection of Cham artifacts.
    3.The Museum of Cham Sculpture has about 2,500 
    items.
    4. Da Nang Museum is a new museum. 
    5. Jon thinks it is a good thing to visit museums. 

    b. Write the questions for the underline phrases in the letter.


    1. On Saturday afternoons I love to visit Da Nang Museum of Cham
    Sculpture.
     Which museum does Kim love to visit on Saturday afternoons?
    2. About 300 clay and stone objects are on display at the museum
     How many (clay and stone) objects are on display at the museum?
    3. You can learn about history and people’s life here.
     What can you learn in Da Nang Museum?

    Speaking

    Listening

    Writing
    4 Giving your opinion
    Write a paragraph giving your opinion about life in the countryside.
    You may begin like this
    In my opinion/I think life in the countryside has many good points. Firstly,…
    You may use the following cues
     People ( friendly …)
     Life ( peaceful, simple, slow …)
     Food ( fresh, cheap, …)
     Traditional activities

    I think life in the countryside has many good points. Firstly, the
    people are very friendly, helpful and kind. We can easily make
    friends with them. Secondly, life here is very peaceful and
    large, surrounded by a lot of tree and paddy fields so we can
    play around without disturbing others. It isn’t noisy and fast
    like in the city, life goes more slowly. The food is fresh and
    cheap here, especially vegetables. Finally, there are a bunch of
    traditional activities that we can join or play. For these reasons,
    I think countryside is the best place to live!
    HOMEWORK
    Unit 1: Leisure Activities
    4-4 Choose the words/phrases in the box to fill the gaps
    1. To many American teenagers, the shopping mall is one of the top
    destinations to see friends and hang out.
    2. People in Singapore love eating out. You can find food courts
    almost everywhere in this city state.
    3. Walking is the most popular individual outdoor activity in the UK.
    4. These days a lot of children prefer staying indoors and watching
    TV to playing outside
    5. When you do team sports such as playing football, you develop
    team spirit too.
    6. If you have to do home improvements, doing DIY is a good way to
    save money.

    5-5 Choose the best answer A, B, C or D.


    1. Does she fancy ______ a book to the younger children?
    A. reads B. reading C. to read D. read
    2. They enjoy _________ on Sundays.
    A. garden B. gardened C. gardening D. gardens
    3. They love _______ with their friends.
    A. eat out B. ate out C. having eaten D. eating out
    4. I prefer _____ people.
    A. text B. texting C. texted D. texts
    5. They detest ______ so early in the morning.
    A. getting up B. get up C. to get up D. gets up
    6. My dad doesn’t mind _____ my mom from work every day.
    A. pick up B. picked up C. picking up D. picks up
    6-5 Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.
    1. Son, do you fancy (play) playing badminton with me some time
    next week?
    2. I love (listen) listening to music with good earphones.
    3. My brother likes (cook) cooking, but he detests (do) doing the
    dishes.
    4. They enjoyed (watch) watching the show very much.
    5. She doesn’t like (communicate) communicating through emails.
    In fact, she hates (do) doing it.
    She prefers (meet) meeting people in person.
    6. They adore (make) making and (eat) eating good food.

    Unit 2: Life In The Countryside


    3-10 Use the adjectives below to complete the sentences.
    1. I love the people in my village. They are so friendly and
    hospitable.
    2. I sometimes lie and watch the slow movement of the clouds.
    3. Some peoples in the mountains of north Viet Nam used to have a
    nomadic life. They moved to get food and find new lands for
    growing rice.
    4. Don’t worry. It’s safe to travel here, even at night.
    5. It’s so inconvenient to send a letter from my village. The nearest
    post office is miles away.
    6. Be quiet! There and exam going on.
    7. I love the vast sky on starry nights. It looks fantastic.
    8. The Tasadays are a peaceful tribe. They never fight and never hit
    the children.
    4-10 Use the words in the right-hand column in the correct forms to
    complete the sentences.
    1. We children enjoy running around the fields, shouting and
    laughing happily.
    2. The nomads have a very hard life. They cannot live permanently
    in one place.
    3. The hills are colorful in spring when the wild flowers bloom.
    4. Everybody has to work hard for world peace.
    5. Riding a horse is one of the skills every nomadic child in Mongolia
    has to learn.
    6. My sister has a beautiful collection of paper dolls

    5-11 Some of the comparisons in these sentences are incorrect.


    Underline and correct the mistakes.
    1. The cost of living in the countryside is more low than in the city.
     The cost of living in the countryside is lower than in the city.

    2. In general, putting up a tent is not as difficult than building a


    house.
     In general, putting up a tent is not as difficult as building a
    house.

    3. Harvest is the busiest time of the year in the countryside.


     This sentence is correct.

    4. Dogs are much more better than human beings at detecting


    smells.
     Dogs are much better than human beings at detecting smells.
    5. Life in a big city is more exciting than life in a small town.
     This sentence is correct.

    6. This cottage is near to the main road than the red one.
     This cottage is nearer to the main road than the red one.

    7. The paddy fields in the mountains are usually not as large as those
    in the lowlands.
     This sentence is correct.

    8. The path through Dead Valley is the most dangerous in my


    country.
     This sentence is correct.

    6-11 Use the adjectives in brackets in their correct forms of


    comparison to complete the sentences
    1. A village is much smaller than a city in size. (small)
    2. Of the three types of cattle in the Mongolian desert, the sheep is
    the slowest. (slow)
    3. A city has more interesting activities than the countryside.
    (interesting)
    4. The city offers more services. It’s much more convenient than in
    the countryside. (convenient)
    5. My village has only 1,200 people. It’s not as crowed as the city.
    6. In the countryside, harvest time is often the busiest and the
    hardest time.
    7. Some people think that country folk are more friendly than city
    people. (friendly)
    8. Which one is noisier, the city or the countryside? (noisy)

    E. WRITING
    1-15 Rewrite the following sentences without changing their
    original meanings. Use the right comparative form of the
    adverbs in brackets.
    1. The Eagle team performed more successfully than the Lion
    team (successfully)
     The Lion team performed less successfully than the Eagle team.

    2. In the countryside, children play more freely than in the city.


    (freely)
     In the city, children play less freely than in the countryside.

    3. Our gers are now better equipped than in the past. (badly)
     In the past, our gers were worse equipped than now.

    4. A sports car goes faster than an ordinary car. (slowly)


     An ordinary car goes more slowly than a sports car.

    5. A business person travels more expensively than a tourist.


    (cheaply)
     A tourist travels more cheaply than a business person travels.

    6. Mr Thompson works more responsibly than Mr Dylan.


    (carelessly)
     Mr Dylan works more carelessly than Mr Thompson.
    Unit 3: Peoples Of Viet Nam
    1-17 Complete the sentences with the words and phrases in the box.
    collection language typical
    writing system crafts festival
    speciality ethnic minorities

    1. The Yao people use ideograms of Chinese origin to write their


    language.
    2. The Museum of Ethnology has a huge collection of items of
    cultural importance from the different ethnic groups in Viet Nam.
    3. The Thai have their own language, and they also have their own
    writing system.
    4. If you are interested in ethnic minority culture, you should really
    go to one of the festivals in the northern mountainous regions.
    5. The Viet people have many traditional crafts: weaving, carpentry,
    embroidery … and their products are famous everywhere.
    6. The schools in this region have done much to help children of
    ethnic minorities.
    7. Mua sap is a typical dance of the Muong people in the North
    West.
    8. Five-coloured sticky rice is a speciality in many parts of Viet Nam.

    5-18 Choose the best answer to complete each of the following


    sentences.
    1. No one is able to explain the ____ of the old customs.
    A. beginning B. origin C. reason
    2. There are always regional ____ in every country.
    A. differs B. different C. differences
    3. _____ of your two sisters is studying in Australia?
    A. Who B. What C. Which
    4. Although there are cultural _____ between ethnic groups, they
    still keep the identity of their own culture.
    A. changes B. exchanges C. relations
    5. The 54 ethnic peoples of Viet Nam are ___, but they live
    peacefully.
    A. diverse B. similar C. unlike
    6. Which ___ of our country would you most like to live in?
    A. place B. section C. part
    7. Most ethnic minority peoples are good ____ farming techniques.
    A. at B. for C. to
    8. Chaul Chnam Thmey is the biggest ____ of the Khmer people.
    A. festival B. ceremony C. practice

    TEST YOURSELF 1
    3-24 Choose A, B, C or D to complete each sentences. (1p)
    1. The US is a ___ country with over 80 ethnic groups.
    A. multi-cultural B. bi-lingual C. rich D. ethnic
    2. Among the____, the Tay people have the largest population.
    A. groups B. majorities C. ethnic minorities D. ethnic
    3. So many people nowadays are ____ computers and mobile phones.
    They use them a lot.
    A. addicted to B. bored with C. worried about D. afraid of
    4. _____ can make you relaxed. You enjoy them in your free time.
    A. sports B. leisure activities C. riding a horse D. flying a kite
    5. I love _____ with my best friend Susan during the weekend. We go
    window-shopping or to the cinema.
    A. chatting B. studying C. visiting D. hanging out
    6. Both my brother and I help ____ our family goats. We feed them on
    the pastures by the edge of the village.
    A. herds B. to herd C. herding D. to herding
    7. A tent can be ___ pulled down and transported than a ger.
    A. more easily B. most easily C. easier D. as easily
    8. Nick, we’re goin’ to a cultural event ____. Would you like to join us?
    A. J4F! B. EZ C. w/ D. 2moro
    9. -______ is the most interesting museum in Ha Noi?
    - I think It’s the Museum of Ethnology.
    A. Which do you think B. Which you think
    C. What do you think D. What you think
    10. The volunteers have to work much ____ usual to save the dying
    animals from the forest fire.
    A. as hard as B. more hard than C. harder than D. the hardest

    8-27 Rearrange the words/ phrases given to make complete


    sentences. (2p)
    1. teenagers/ on/ Nowadays/ more/ past/ rely/
    the/than/technology/ in/.
     Nowadays teenagers rely on technology more than in the past.

    2. it/ law/ discriminate/ is/ group/ to/against/ ethnic/ any/ In our


    country,/ the/ against/.
     In our country, it is against the law to discriminate any ethnic
    group.
    3. minorities/ still/ traditional/ Some/ life/ in/ ways/ mountains/
    their/ the/ keep/ of/.
     Some minorities in the mountains still keep their traditional
    ways of life.

    4. first/ farm work/ trip/ countryside/ I/ had/ experience/ my/ of/


    on/ the/ a/ to/.
     I had my first experience of farm work on a trip to the
    countryside.

    5. all/ a/ computer/ problems/ Sitting/ in front of/ health/ day/


    cause/ can/.
     Sitting in front of a computer all day can cause health problems.

    6. a/ life/ We/ from/ people/ :/ live/ different/ other/ a nomadic


    life/ many/.
     We live a different life from many other people: a nomadic life.

    7. over/ Life/ changed/ past/ in/ countryside/ the/ the/ has/


    ten/years/ a lot/.
     Life in the countryside has changed a lot over the past ten years.

    8. among/ beautiful/ Sa Pa’s/ world/ terraced fields/ in/ most/ are/


    the/ the/.
     Sa Pa’s terraced fields are among the most beautiful in the
    world.

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