Choose the best answer for each of the following sentences. (1pt)

1. Harvesting the rice is much ……………………. than drying the rice.

 Listen to a conversation and match Nam's hobbies and leisure activities with different stages in his life. You will listen TWICE. .(1.25pt)

Answer:  1..........       2............          3..............        4.............         5.............

 Choose the best answer for each of the following sentences. (1pt)

6. ‘Children in my village often fly their kites in dry rice fields.’ ‘_______’

 Read the following passage then answer the questions (1.25 pt):

        Gong culture in the Central Highlands of Viet Nam has been recognized by UNESCO as a Masterpiece of the Intangible Heritage of Humanity. Gong culture covers five provinces of the Central Highlands: Kon Tum, Gia Lai, Dak Lak, Dak Nong and Lam Dong. The masters of gong culture are the ethnic groups of Bahnar, Sedang, Mnong, Coho… The Gong Festival is held annually in the Central Highlands. In the festival, artists from these provinces give gong performances, highlighting the gong culture of their own province. For the ethnic groups of the Central Highlands, gongs are musical instruments of special power. It is believed that every gong is the symbol of a god who grows more powerful as the gong gets older. Therefore, gongs are associated with special occasions in people’s lives, such as the building of new houses, funerals, crop praying ceremonies… The gong sound is a way to communicate with the gods.

Answer the questions:

3.What do artists do in the Gong Festival?

 Listen to the passage and then complete each blank with one correct word  (1.25pt)

4. Purple or black symbolises ...................

 Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage. (1.25 pt)

Nowadays, leisure activities are totally different from the past. Many people no longer enjoy (1)

__________in outdoor activities after school. In stead, they(2)__________playing computer games or surfing the web in their free time. Some people rely too much on computer and the Internet. For example, they prefer(3)______ messages to having a face-to-face conversation with friends. Even when people (4)________out with their friends, they rarely talk but they use their phones to surf web. However, many people dislike the Internet and the(5)________world. They hate to waste time on the computer and enjoy other activities such as reading, shopping or sporting.

Question 5:

 Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage. (1.25 pt)

Nowadays, leisure activities are totally different from the past. Many people no longer enjoy (1)

__________in outdoor activities after school. In stead, they(2)__________playing computer games or surfing the web in their free time. Some people rely too much on computer and the Internet. For example, they prefer(3)______ messages to having a face-to-face conversation with friends. Even when people (4)________out with their friends, they rarely talk but they use their phones to surf web. However, many people dislike the Internet and the(5)________world. They hate to waste time on the computer and enjoy other activities such as reading, shopping or sporting.

Question 3:

 Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage. (1.25 pt)

Nowadays, leisure activities are totally different from the past. Many people no longer enjoy (1)__________in outdoor activities after school. In stead, they(2)__________playing computer games or surfing the web in their free time. Some people rely too much on computer and the Internet. For example, they prefer(3)______ messages to having a face-to-face conversation with friends. Even when people (4)________out with their friends, they rarely talk but they use their phones to surf web. However, many people dislike the Internet and the(5)________world. They hate to waste time on the computer and enjoy other activities such as reading, shopping or sporting.

Question 1: 

 Read the following passage then answer the questions (1.25 pt):

        Gong culture in the Central Highlands of Viet Nam has been recognized by UNESCO as a Masterpiece of the Intangible Heritage of Humanity. Gong culture covers five provinces of the Central Highlands: Kon Tum, Gia Lai, Dak Lak, Dak Nong and Lam Dong. The masters of gong culture are the ethnic groups of Bahnar, Sedang, Mnong, Coho… The Gong Festival is held annually in the Central Highlands. In the festival, artists from these provinces give gong performances, highlighting the gong culture of their own province. For the ethnic groups of the Central Highlands, gongs are musical instruments of special power. It is believed that every gong is the symbol of a god who grows more powerful as the gong gets older. Therefore, gongs are associated with special occasions in people’s lives, such as the building of new houses, funerals, crop praying ceremonies… The gong sound is a way to communicate with the gods.

Answer the questions:

1.Where does Gong culture exist?

 Write questions for the underlined parts. (0, 75pt)

2. They often gather together at the communal house in special occasions.

......................................................................................................................................?

 Listen to the passage and then complete each blank with one correct word  (1.25pt)

5. Five-coloured sticky rice is usually made and enjoyed at ..................

 Listen to the passage and then complete each blank with one correct word  (1.25pt)

2. Five- coloured sticky rice has .................. colours: red, yellow, green, purple and white.

 Read the following passage then answer the questions (1.25 pt):

        Gong culture in the Central Highlands of Viet Nam has been recognized by UNESCO as a Masterpiece of the Intangible Heritage of Humanity. Gong culture covers five provinces of the Central Highlands: Kon Tum, Gia Lai, Dak Lak, Dak Nong and Lam Dong. The masters of gong culture are the ethnic groups of Bahnar, Sedang, Mnong, Coho… The Gong Festival is held annually in the Central Highlands. In the festival, artists from these provinces give gong performances, highlighting the gong culture of their own province. For the ethnic groups of the Central Highlands, gongs are musical instruments of special power. It is believed that every gong is the symbol of a god who grows more powerful as the gong gets older. Therefore, gongs are associated with special occasions in people’s lives, such as the building of new houses, funerals, crop praying ceremonies… The gong sound is a way to communicate with the gods.

Answer the questions:

5. Is the gong sound a way to communicate with the ancestors?

 Rewrite the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one (0, 75pt)

2. Jenny finds reading poetry boring.

àJenny dislikes___________________________________________

 Write a passage of (120-150 words ) about the change of Vietnamese countryside or your village , hometown. (1pt).

You may write it with your own ideas or answer the questions below as some clues for your passage.

·        How about positive changes to the countryside ?

 Read the following passage then answer the questions (1.25 pt):

        Gong culture in the Central Highlands of Viet Nam has been recognized by UNESCO as a Masterpiece of the Intangible Heritage of Humanity. Gong culture covers five provinces of the Central Highlands: Kon Tum, Gia Lai, Dak Lak, Dak Nong and Lam Dong. The masters of gong culture are the ethnic groups of Bahnar, Sedang, Mnong, Coho… The Gong Festival is held annually in the Central Highlands. In the festival, artists from these provinces give gong performances, highlighting the gong culture of their own province. For the ethnic groups of the Central Highlands, gongs are musical instruments of special power. It is believed that every gong is the symbol of a god who grows more powerful as the gong gets older. Therefore, gongs are associated with special occasions in people’s lives, such as the building of new houses, funerals, crop praying ceremonies… The gong sound is a way to communicate with the gods.

Answer the questions:

4.Are Gongs pieces of folk music?