TEST 8

PART I: PHONETICS: (2.0pts)

A. Choose the word whose underlined part pronounced differently from the others (1.0pts)
1. A. conducts B. returns C. wanders D. wonders
2. A. attraction B. artisan C. frame D. handicraft
3. A. culture B. popular C. regular D. fabulous
4. A. embroider B. preserve C. benefit D. effect
B. Choose the word that has different stress from others. (1.0pts)
1. A. craftsman B. layer C. sculpture D. preserve
2. A. pottery B. souvenir C. conical D. various
3. A. memorable B. experience C. historical D. production
4. A. fabulous B. reliable C. variety D. forbidden
PART II: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR: (4,0 pts)
A- Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences. (2.0 pts)
1. She presented me with a new blanket on which she _______some beautiful flowers.
A. knitted B. embroidered C. moulded D. carved
2. ________ he s spent a lot of money to redecorate his shop, he cannot make any more profit.
A. In order to B. Although C. So that D. Because of
3.The people in my village cannot earn enough money for their daily life. They can't______ this traditional
craft. They have to find other jobs.
A. help out B. work on C. live on D. set up
4. This river now is much less _________ than before. People are aware of the environment and they try to
keep the river dean.
A. polluted B. pollutes C. polluting D. pollution
5 - Mai: “Would you like to join us on the trip to La Khe Silk Village?
- Lan: “_____.”
A. I don’t think so. B. For now. C. Better things happened. D. Sounds great.
6- Mary: “My life has got stuck these days. I am so depressed and unable to think of anything.”
- Jane: “_____.”
A. Stay calm. Everything will be alright. B. You will be tired.
C. Stay stuck there. D. No, thanks.
7. Mark the letter A, B, c, or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in
each of the following questions.
Many people were leaving their farms for the promise of urban life.
A. simple B. modern C. busy D. rural
8. Mark the letter A, B, c, or D to indicate the word(s) SIMILAR in meaning to the underlined word(s) in
each of the following questions
There are some drawbacks in the city life nowadays.
A. bad B. advantages C. disadvantages D. good
B. Use the correct verb (1.0pts)
1. This is the most dificult exercise we …………. ever (do)……………
2. I would like (play)…………………. badminton in my free time.
3. He told me that he (visit)…………………. … Ha Long the next day.
4. When we were riding to school, we (see) …………… an accident.
C. Correct mistakes (1.0pts)
1. I have been working hardly for two weeks and now I feel like a rest.
A. have been B. I feel like C. hardly D. a rest
2. I wish I can set foot on every corner of Vietnam when I reach 40.
A. reach B. on C. of D. can
3. Writing a lot of letters make her tired.
A. make B. tired C. Writing D. a lot of
4. Thousands dollars were not enough for the patients with Covid 19- SARS- CoV-2 in Viet Nam.
A. victims B. were C. Thousands D. enough
PART III: READING (2pts):
A. Read the passage and answer the questions. (1pt)
HANOI, A CAPITAL OF TRADITIONAL CRAFTS
Ha Noi has long been home to hundreds of craft villages. Over the years, many of the crafts have
developed, while some have disappeared altogether.
The heart and soul of Hanoi’s vibrant old crafts are its craftsmen and women. One such couple are
Nguyen Van Hoa and his wife Dang Huong Lan of Ba Dinh District’s Hang Than Street. They are among
the few artisans still making elaborate cardboard masks in order to preserve the traditional culture.
Although the work itself requires many steps, the materials required are simple: newspapers, glue, paint
and paintbrushes. The first step entails tearing the newspapers to pieces and then using glue to combine
them into a mold. The masks are painted one color at a time and then laid out to dry. Cardboard mask
making is therefore dependent on dry weather . The couple can only make about 2,000 masks per festival.
These are priced from VND 25.000 to VND 35,000 a piece, bringing in VND 50-60 million - a sum is not
commensurate with the efforts that go into making these elaborate crafts.
1. Has Ha Noi long been home to hundreds of craft villages?
…………………………………………………………………………………………
2. Who plays role as the heart and soul of Hanoi’s crafts?
…………………………………………………………………………………………
3. What are the materials required to make elaborate cardboard masks?
…………………………………………………………………………………………
4. Which kind of weather does cardboard mask making depend on?
…………………………………………………………………………………………
B. Read and choose the best (A,B,C,D) to fill in the blanks (1pt).
I'm fascinated by traditional handicrafts. At weekends, I usually go to Bat Trang where I
was bom. It's a (1) _____ village not far from Ha Nol centre. My uncle and my aunt still live in Bat Trang
and they own a big workshop there. In fact, my grandparents (2) _____ that workshop and some years ago,
my uncle and my aunt (3) _____ the business because my grandparents are very old. My grandfather is a
well-known artisan in the village. Every time I go there, he teaches me how (4)_______ things from day
such as pots, vase and bowls.
1. A. making hat B. pottery C. moulding D. painting
2. A. started B. set C. went D. made
3. A. looked after B. took care C. set up D. took over
4. A. to make B. to do C. to know D. to find
PART V: WRITING (2pts):
A. Rewrite sentences without changing meaning with the words in brackets. (1pt)
1. They were very lazy last year, so they failed the exam.
→ Because_____________________________________________________________________
2. Living in the city is more convenient than living in the country.
→ Living in the country is not _____________________________________________________
3. She said to me “ I can’t help you today”
→ She told_____________________________________________________________________
4. “What are you most worried about before the exam?” my teacher said to me.
→ My teacher asked me___________________________________________________________
B. Make sentences with the word given (1pt)
1. This exercise / difficult / as / that one
___________________________________________________________________________
2. This car / much /difficult / than that one
___________________________________________________________________________
3. She/ told me / she/ make / cake /then.
___________________________________________________________________________
4. Lan / wish / she / pass / next exam.
___________________________________________________________________________
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PART I: PHONETICS: (2.0pts)

A. 0,25 x 4=1.0pt
1- A 2- C 3- A 4- D
B. 0,25 x 5=1.0pt
1- D 2- B 3- A 4- A
PART II - VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR: (4,0 pts)
A. 0,25 x 8= 2,0 pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
B B A C D A D C
B. Use the correct verb (1,0 pt)
1. have… done 2. to play 3. would visit 4. saw
C. Correct mistakes (1,0 pt)
1. C. hardly 2. D. can 3. A. make 4. B. were
PART IV: READING (2pts)
A. 0,25 x 4= 1pt
1. Yes, it has 2. Its craftsmen and women are.
3. newspapers, glue, paint and paintbrushes 4. on dry weather
B. 0,25 x 4= 1pt
1. B. pottery 2. A. started 3. D. took over 4. A. to make

PART V: WRITING (2pts)

A. 0,25 x 5= 1pt
1. Because They were very lazy last year, they failed the exam.
2. Living in the country is not as convenient as living in the city.
3. She told me she couldn’t help me that day.
4. My teacher asked me what I was most worried about before the exam
B. 0,25 x4= 1pt
1. This exercise is as difficult as that one.
2. This car is much more difficult than that one.
3. She told me (that) she was making a cake then.
4. Lan wishes she would pass the next exam.