When you come to the countryside of VN, especially in Hue, you can see a lot of beautiful girls with a palm leaf conical hat on. The conical leaf hat is said the symbol of the VN culture. The hat is made from a special kind of bamboo and young and soft palm leaves. The ribs are shaped into a conical from. The diametre of the hat is usually about between forty and fifty-five centimetres ; and it is about twenty-five or thirty centimetres high. The ribs are covered with palm leaves which are tighly stitched onto the bamboo diametre ; rib

V.Fill in the blank with ONE correct word from the list. (1ms) From covered culture conical in When you come to the countryside of Vietnam, especially in Hue, you can see a lot of beautiful girls with a palm leaf (1)________ hat on. The conical leaf hat is said the symbol of the Vietnamese (2)__________.The hat is made (3)__________ a special kind of bamboo and young and soft palm leaves. The ribs are shaped into a conical form. The diametre of the hat is usually about between forty and fifty-five centimetres; and it is about twenty-five or thirty centimetres high. The ribs are covered with palm leaves which are tightly stitched onto the bamboo frame. Finally, the hat is usually (4)__________ with a coat of furniture - polish oil.

Question I. Fill in the blank with ONE correct word from the list (1.0 point) :

From painted culture conical in

When you come to the countryside of Vietnam, especially in Hue, you can see a lot of beautiful girls with a palm leaf (1)__________ hat on. The conical leaf hat is said the symbol of the Vietnamese (2)__________.The hat is made (3)__________ a special kind of bamboo and young and soft palm leaves. The ribs are shaped into a conical form. The diametre of the hat is usually about between forty and fifty-five centimetres; and it is about twenty-five or thirty centimetres high. The ribs are covered with palm leaves which are tightly stitched onto the bamboo frame. Finally, the hat is usually (4)__________ with a coat of furniture - polish oil.

Question II. Read the following text about Bill Gate, the co-founder of Microsoft, and choose the best answer.(1.0 point)

Bill Gates is the co-founder of Microsoft, the world’s largest PC software company. He is among the richest people in the world. Bill Gates’ interest in computers started when he was a teenager. After high school, he was accepted to several top colleges in the USA: Harvard, Yale, and Princeton. He chose to go to Harvard to study law. At Harvard, he focused more on his interest in computer than on coursework. He often relaxed by playing video games in Harvard’s computer lab. He left Harvard before graduating because he wanted to open a software company with his friend Paul Allen. However, he later said, “ I don’t think dropping out is a good idea.” In 2007, he received an honorary degree from Harvard. He began his speech by saying this to his father in the audience. “I’ve been waiting more than 30 years to say this: Dad ,I always told you I’d come back and get my degree.” Bill Gates is no longer working full time for Microsoft. He is now, with his wife, running The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation which aims to improve healthcare, reduce poverty, and promote education around the world.

1. When did Bill Gates first develop his interest in computers?

A. during his teenage years B. when he went to university C. when he was at nursery school

2. What did he study at Harvard University?

A. computer science B. business C. law

3. What did he often do to relax while at Harvard?

A. play sports B. play video games C. go to parties

4. What did he receive from Harvard in 2007?

A. an honorary degree B. a job C. a company

C. READING
1. Choose the correct answer to complete the paragraph
When you come to the countryside of VN, especially in Hue, you can see a lot girls with a palm leaf (1)___hat on. This kind of hat is said to be the symbol of the Vietnamese (2)___. The hat is made (3)___ a special kind of bamboo and young and soft palm leaves. The ribs are shaped into a conical form. The diameter of the hat is usually between forty and fifty-five centimetres and it is about twenty-five or thirty centimetres high. The hat is usually (4)___ with a coat of furmiture-polish oil. It is mainly used to protect from sunshine or rain

1 A. cone    B. conical    C. conically    D. conicity
2 A. culture    B. nation    C. hat      D. flag
3 A. with      B. to      C. from      D. in
4 A.drawn   B.written    C.painted    D.recovered

QuestionV:Read the text below and choose the correct word (1.5 pt)

А. When you think about the conical hat, the first thing you think of is the region of Hue. Conical hat making has been a (19).............. craft there for hundreds of years, and there are many craft villages (20).................. Dale, Phu Cam, and Doc So. However, Tay Ho is the most famous because it is the (21)..................... of the conical hat in Hue. It is a village on the bank of the Nhu Y River, 12 km from Hue City.

B. A conical hat may look simple, but artisans have to (22)................... 15 stages, from going to the forest to collect leaves to ironing the leaves, making the frames, etc. Hue's conical has always have two layers of leaves. Craftsmen must be skillful to make the two layers very (23)...................... What is special is that they then add poems and paintings of Hue between the two layers, creating the famous bai tho or poetic conical has.

C. Conical hat making in the village has been(24)....................... from generation to generation because everybody, young or old, can take part in the process. It is a well-known handicraft, not only in Viet Nam, but all around the world.

19.A tradition              B. traditional            C. traditionally           D. traditions

20. A like                    B. likely                   C. likes                     D. liked

21. A birthday             B. birthplace             C. birth presents        D. birth memory

22. A. make                B. do                       C. follow                    D. remember

23 A. strong                B. thin                     C. weak                     D. thick

24A. passed down        B. pass down           C. give out                D. given out

Fill in with a suitable word from the given word in Italic

  cover   make    cast  carve               craftmen    draw         embroider       mould    weave

1. Every region has a different quality of clay, varnish color, ………moulding  and burning technique in pottery making.

2. Recently, Southeast Asia's largest bronze statue of the Buddha erected in Bai Dinh pagoda was…..cast  by artisans from Van Diem bronze village.

3……Knitting   silk was one of the women's chores 3.000 years ago.

4. At the beginning of the 20th century, Vietnamese artists used lacquering techniques to draw and ……carve pictures for decorations.

5. In the early 20th century, most houses, beds, and household were…… made from bamboo and rattan.

6.With only needles and colorful rolls of thread, craftswomen…….. embroider  silk pictures, usually of natural wonders such as birds, plants, or landscapes.

7. Conical hats are……covered         by using young palm leaves along a circular bamboo frame.

8. In Dong Ho Village (Bac Ninh) or Sinh Village (Hue), the painter who……draws the folk picture is a craft village farmer.

9. In 1990, due to the change of economic situation, Dong Ho paintings were difficult to sell and many…cra

quit their job.

10. The four – ton statue of hero Tran Vu , ……….cast     in 1667, still stands in Quan Thanh temple .

Œ CIRCLE THE RIGHT OPTION. THEN READ THE THREE PARAGRAPHS. 

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How many / much corn can you eat? In MEXICO, there is / are corn with butter and cheese everywhere. Also, the Mexican bread, tortilla, is / are often from corn. There is / are usually beans and vegetables in tortillas. There is /are sometimes some / any  meat, too. But be careful –Mexicans love hot chillies in their tortillas, too!  

Visitors to MOROCCO love the street food. You can have a / an big meal on the street there. You can buy soup, meat kebabs, chicken and much / many types of salads. How many / much different things do you want to taste?

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