11. She ______ working with children.
A. would like B. adores C. would love D. wants
12. Speech is the fastest method of ______ between people.
A. communicate B. communicates C. communicated D. communication
13. Do you mind ______? I’m feeling pretty tired.
A. driving B. drives C. drove D. driven
14. I had a really ______ dream last night.
A. important B. fantastic C. weird D. light
15. The technology has enabled development of an online ______ library.
A. virtual B. real C. funny D. fast
16. I like ______ up as soon as I finish eating.
A. wash B. to wash C. washes D. washed
17. I’m trying ______ Chinese though it’s very difficult.
A. learn B. learning C. learnt D. to learn
18. We should stop ______ because it is harmful to our health.
A. smoke B. smokes C. smoking D. to smoke
19. John isn’t here. Try ______ his home number.
A. phoning B. to phone C. phones D. phoned
20. Did you remember ______ that letter for me?
A. post B. to post C. posting D. posted
21. They enjoy _____ on Sundays.
A. garden B. gardened C. gardening D. gardens
22. I love the people in my village. They are so ________ and hospitable.
A. friendly B. vast C. slow D. inconvenient
23. For lunch I had _____ sandwich and _____apple.
A. an – a B. an – an C. the – a D. a – an
24. Among the ________, the Tay people have the largest population.
A. majorities B. ethnic minorities C. groups D. ethnic cultures
25. ________ in terraced fields is the main economic activity of ethnic people in Sapa.
A. Fishing B. Hunting C. Rice cultivation D. Gathering
26. Teenagers enjoy ______ to music and ______out with friends.
A. listen- hang B. to listen- to hang C. listening- hang D. listening- hanging
27. Life in a small town is than that in a big city.
A. less peaceful B. much peaceful C. peaceful D. much more peaceful
28. This task can be completed ________ than that one.
A. more easily B. easily C. easilier D. easier
29. ______ ethnic group has a larger population, the Tay or the Ede?
A. What B. Who C. Why D. Which
30. In the Central Highlands, the biggest and tallest house in the village is the _______ house.
A. communal B. community C. commune D. communication
31. ____ ethnic Khmer live in ____Mekong Delta of Viet Nam.
A. The / - B. The / a C. A / the D. The / the
32. Harvesting the rice is much ……………………. than drying the rice.
A. more harder B. more hardly C. hardlier D. harder
34. Look! Some children are ………………the buffaloes.
A. picking B. Playing C. Driving D. herding
35. Among the ethnic minorities,................... Tay have the largest population.
A. a B. An C. the D. Ө
36. ...................... DIY brings you a lot of amazing benefits.
A. Doing B. reading C. Playing D. Going
37. The 54 ethnic peoples of Viet Nam are _________, but they live peacefully.
A. diverse B. similar C. unlike D. the same
38. ‘Children in my village often fly their kites in dry rice fields.’ ‘_______’
A. It’s right up my street! B. That’s awesome.
C. Exactly what I want. D. How interesting!
39. ____________ month is the Hoa Ban Festival of the Thai people held in?
A. When B. Which C. How many D. How often
40. The Gong Festival is held ___________ in the Central Highlands.
A. year B. which C. annual D. annually
The legend of “chung” cake is closely associated with the legend of Hung Kings, who were the ancestors of the Vietnamese people. This special kind of cake is indispensable to every family. It expresses Vietnamese people’s gratitude towards their ancestors.
When Tet festival is coming, Vietnamese people of many generations are touched by the feeling they get when gathering around the “chung” cake pot and waiting until the cake is done to a turn.
“We live on rice. From sky rice we make round and square-shaped cakes which represent Heaven and Earth. Wrapped in green leaves, stuffed with pork and green beans, “chung” cake shows the way in which humans are formed in their mothers’ wombs”.
The story of “chung” cake and its ingredients show how delicate Vietnamese people are. The ingredients of the cake consist of sky rice, green beans and pork, which are typical farm produce of Vietnam, an agriculture-based country.
The strength of the community is clearly shown through the way the cake is made. All family members make and boil the cake in a bustling and cozy atmosphere of the last days of the year. This has become part of our unforgettable memories.
The cake is wrapped in fresh phrynium leaves which are neither young nor old, have the same size and beautiful green color. Sky rice, the main ingredient, is chose carefully. High quality newly-harvested sky rice brings fragrance to the cake and increase its deliciousness.
Plump green beans with yellow core perfect the cake. Pork belly brings tasty greasiness to the cake. The meat is spiced with salt, pepper and chopped onions. Salt is added to sky rice and green beans, too. “Chung” is boiled for more than 10 hours over a low heat.
When the cake is done to a turn, the rice becomes soft. The butteriness of green beans and the greasiness of pork belly go well together. All bring the unique flavor to the cake which reveals a life philosophy for living in harmony with each other.
Mentioned in the well-known parallel sentences “Fat meat, pickled onions, red paralled sentences. New Year tree, strings of firecrackers, green Chung cake”, pickled onions, a popular dish, not only helps increase our appetite, but also prevails over the greasiness of food rich in protein. That’s why many families make this dish for Tet festival.