Cau Giay Junior High School

KEY- UNIT TEST 5

Name: _______________________________________ Class: _________ Total points: ______/ 40
I. Circle the word whose primary stress position is different from that of the rest in each line. (5 pts)
1. A. ancestor B. customer C. procession D. festival
2. A. librarian B. vegetarian C. reunion D. significant
3. A. ornament B. longevity C. traditional D. reunion
4. A. anniversary B. scenery C. ceremony D. offering
5. A. acrobatics (3) B. customary (1) C. celebration D. preparation
II. Choose the word pronounced differently from the others in each line. (5 pts)
1. A. tradition B. ancestor C. gather D. manner
2. A. swing B. worship C. firework D. wrestling
3. A. drink B. income C. pink D. uncle
4. A. carp B. martial C. marvelous D. careful
5. A. bamboo /u:/ B. blooming C. wood /u/ D. tool
III. Choose the best answer to complete each sentence. (10 pts)
1. When two Maori people meet, they _________ each other’s noses.
A. feel B. touch C. take D. kiss
2. There is a ____________ in my family that we have a party on New Year’s Eve.
A. belief B. history C. tradition D. religion
3. It is a rule, so everyone ___________follow it strictly.
A. should B. may C. has to D. can
4. At the Ooc Om bok Festival, people float beautiful paper __________ on the river.
A. lanterns B. legend C. decoration D. ceremonies
5. ____________month is the Hoa Ban festival of the Thai people held in?
A. When B. How often C. How many D. Which
6. People burn incense to show respect to their __________ during Tet.
A. relatives B. ancestors C. friends D. neighbours
7. The Gong Festival is held ____________in the Central Highlands.
A. a year B. annually C. annual D. in a year
8. In Viet Nam, Tet is an occasion for family ____________.
A. gathering B. meeting C. reunite D. tradition
9. The village festival helps to strengthen our community ________.
A. experience B. reactions C. agreements D. bonds
10. He quickly became _________ to the local food.
A. custom B. customs C. accustomed D. customary
IV. Find and correct the mistake in each sentence. (5pts)
1. A tradition is something special that is passed out through the generations.
A B C D
2. People decorate bamboo trees with small bells and lanterns for New Years.
A B C D
3. In many cultures, clapping on wood is a way to chase away bad spirits.
A B C D
4. People enjoy activities at this festival such as hiking in the mountains, exploring caves and take photos of
A B C
the beautiful scenery.
D
5. We are going to prepare five-colors sticky rice served with grilled chicken for the celebration.
A B C D
V. Write the correct form of the words in brackets. (5pts)
1. It’s ___traditional__ to perform Quan ho on dragon boats at Lim Festival. (TRADITION)
2. __Originally___, we had intended to go to Italy, but then we won a trip to Greece. (ORIGIN)
3. The general purpose of festivals is to preserve __cultural___ heritages. (CULTURE)
4. It seems we lack ___spiritual____ values in the modern world. (SPIRIT)
5. In Vietnam, we follow the tradition of ___worship(p)ing___the ancestors. (WORSHIP)
VI. Complete the text with a, an, the or Ø (zero article). (10pts)
I live in a town in (1) __the__ east of England. (2) __The___ town is called Scarborough. It’s nearly 400 km from
London. It’s on (3) ___the__ coast. It’s got (4) __a____ population of 50,000. It’s (5) ___an___ interesting place to live.

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There’s (6) __a__ beautiful beach and in (7) __the ___ summer there are lots of (8) __ Ø __ tourists. I live (9) ___the__
suburbs. My house is about ten minutes from (10) ___the__ town center.

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