Đề luyện ôn thi giữa kỳ I B. PHONETICS AND USE OF ENGLISH.
I. Choose the word with a different stress pattern form the others.
1. A. disappear B. memorial C. diplomatic D. presidential
2. A. interview B. processor C. essential D. compliment
II. Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined.
1. A. equipment B. socket C. customer D. sentence
2. A. enough B. brought C. ought D. course

III. Choose the best option (A, B, C or D) to complete the following sentences.
1. My dad doesn’t mind my mom from work every day.
A. pick up B. picked up C. picks up D. picking up

2. No one can explain theof the old customs.
A. origin B. reason C. beginning D. ending

3. Most ethnic minority people are good farming techniques.
A. of B. at C. for D. to

4. Nick, we’re going to a cultural event ….. Would you like to join us?
A. J4F B. EZ C. w/ D. 2moro
5. …… can make you relaxed. You enjoy them in your free time.
A. Herding the cattle B. Cycling C. Riding a horse D. Leisure activities
6. The Tasadays are peaceful tribe. They never fight and never hit the children.
A. the B. X C. a D. an

7. Whichof our country would you most like to live in?
A. place B. section C. part D. X

8. Although there are culturalbetween ethnic groups, they still keep the identity of their own culture.
A. relations B. changes C. exchanges D. relationship

9. So many people nowadays are computers and mobile phones. They use them a lot.
A. addicted to B. bored with C. afraid of D. worried about
IV. Find and correct ONE mistake in each sentence.
1. How many leisure time did people in Vietnam have on an average day?
2. I often try to finish my homework before to watch TV.
V. Give the correct form of the words given to complete the sentences.
1. The have a very hard life. They can not live permanently in one place. (NOMADIC)
2. I sometimes lies and watch the movement of the clouds. (SLOW)
C. READING.
I. Complete the passage with the words in the box.
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Hoang Ngoc Linh is a member of the Tay ethnic group in a mountainous (1)in Bac Giang province. She was born in 2003, and she goes to Cam Dan Lower Secondary School. In her class there are several students from other ethnic (2)such as the Nung, the Cao Lan (Sanchay)….,and all of them get on very well. Like her classmates, she prefers to wear (3)Kinh’s clothes, and she wears a uniform when she goes to school. Linh loves to (4) cartoons on TV and to play with her dolls. She can speak some words of the Tay (5). At school, she is popular with her teachers and friends as she is a nice girl. She is good at maths and English. Her dream is to become (6) English teacher when she grows up.
II. Read the passage and do the tasks below.
Gong culture in the Central Highlands of Viet Nam has been recognised by UNESCO as a Masterpiece of the Intangible Heritage of Humanity.
Gong culture covers five provinces of the Central Highlands: Kom Tum, Gia Lai, DakLak, Dak Nong, and Lam Dong. The masters of gong culture are the ethnic groups of Bahnar, Sedang, Mnong, Coho, Ede, Giarai,…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 houses, funerals, crop praying ceremonies, a new harvest, victory celebrations, etc. The gong sound is a way to communicate with the gods.
a. Decide if the sentences are True or False.
1. The ethnic people in the Central Highlands believed that their gongs are the symbols of gods.
2. The gongs are pieces of folk music.
b. Answer the following questions.
1. For people in the Central Highlands, is the gong sound a form of festival?
->………
2. How often is the Gong Festival celebrated?
->….
D. WRITING.
I. Make questions for the underlined parts.
1. The last syllable is stressed in the word “engineer”.
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2. The Hoa Ban Festival of the Thai people is held in Lunar February.
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II. Rearrange the words/ phrases given to make complete sentences.
1. it/law/discriminate/is/group/to/aga inst/ethnic/any/In our country,/the/against/.
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2. over/Life/changed/past/in/countrysi de/the/the/has/ten/years/a lot/.
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III. Finish each sentence so that it means the same as the sentence before it.
1. A business person travels more expensively than a tourist.
 A tourist doesn’t travel.
2. Herding the buffaloes, riding a horse and growing vegestables are very interesting.
 It is
3. My mother uses all her leisure time to take care of her children.
 My mother spends