Choose the correct answers to complete the passage.

As I remember, (1) ________ in the 50s and 60s, Ha Noi was not as crowded as it is today. Bicycles and cyclos were the main means of transport and the few motorbikes that were around were (2) ________  by rich people. It was rare to see cars or jeeps.

Meanwhile, the tram was the only method of public transport. An old tram station is now home (3) ________ several retail outlets that look out over the lake in Dinh Tien Hoang Street.

At that time, Hanoians always travelled by tram, not only for its (4) ________ but also the price.  For  just  five  cents  you  could  travel  one-way  to  it‟s  terminus  in  the  former  Ha  Dong Province, (5) ________ is now part of the expanded Ha Noi.

I still remember on (6) ________ from school, my friends and I would go to the lake to catch the tram to Botanical Garden. The sound, clang-clang, clang-clang could be regularly heard from early in the morning until late in the evening, come rain or (7) ________. Time,... decades have passed, but there is still a clang (8) ________ in my mind from my childhood.

Choose the correct answer.

You have to use your ________ when you read the story.

Vocabulary

1. Complete the following table. There is one example.

(Hoàn thành bảng sau. Có một ví dụ.)

2. Complete the following sentences, using the correct forms of the words from 1.

(Hoàn thành các câu sau, sử dụng dạng đúng của các từ trong phần 1.)

1. People in these mountainous areas still ______ their local customs and traditions.

2. The invention of the seat belt made a good ______ to road safety.

3. We believe that ______ of these old structures will benefit the community in many ways.

4. The aim of the culture festival is the ______ of friendship and tourism.

5. In 2006, Duong Lam became the first village that was ______ as a national historic and cultural relic.

3. Complete the following sentences with the words from the box.

(Hoàn thành các câu sau với các từ trong khung.)

1. Stonehenge, England, one of the oldest stone _______ in the world, is about 5,000 years old.

2. If you are busy, you can get a _______ from one of these restaurants.

3. It's our duty to keep our customs and traditions alive for future _______.

4. Windsor Castle is about a thousand years old but it's absolutely _______.

5. We need a lot of effort to safeguard and preserve our _______.

Circle correct answers.

(Khoanh tròn những câu trả lời đúng.)

1. I used to love going to the temple with my mom on her ________.

    A. stall                           B. genration             C. tuk-tuk                           D. cottage

2. Jane’s an aunt now. Her sister just had a baby girl. Jane’s ________’s name is Deborah.

    A. nephew                                B. cousin                           C. extended family                 D. niece

3. My dad used to be the ________ of his family after my grandfather got sick. He worked three jobs to help send his younger brothers to school.

    A. house husband                     B. housewife           C. marriage                  D. breadwinner

4. My parents used to live in a(n) ________ together with all their relatives.

    A. extended family                   B. nuclear family     C. relative                    D. marriage

5. She didn’t become a ________ after getting married. She continued to work.

    A. breadwinner              B. housewife           C. house husband        D. relative

6. He worked at a ________ selling clothes at night to earn some money.

    A. clay pot                               B. nuclear family     C. stall                                          D. sketch

7. More than one ________ would live in the same home. My grandma lived with her parents and grandparents.

    A. single                        B. bake                    C. generation                                D. divorce

8. My sister is an artist. She loves to sit in the country and ________ the trees.

    A. bake                                    B. sketch                 C. marriage                  D. relative

2. Fill in each gap with drive, wore, support, raised or made.

(Điền vào từng khoảng trống drive, wore, support, raised hoặc made.)

1. In the past, most women stayed home and _______ children.

2. Many people _______ traditional clothes at the culture festival.

3. Most people in my city _______ cars instead of walking or talking public transport.

4. In the old days, only men _______ a living outside the home.

5. Today, both men and women work to _______ their families.

4 Complete the sentences with the following expressions.

(Hoàn thành các câu với các cách diễn đạt sau.)

1 Nam’s traditional cuisine is                      similar to                      different from other Asian cuisines.
2                      other ASEAN countries who exprienced a fall in tourist numbers, Vietnam's has made life much less difficult increased infrastructure has made it easier for people to travel around the country.
3                      other ASEAN countries who exprienced a fall in tourist numbers, Vietnam's tourism industry has recorded an impressive number of tourists after the COVID-19 pandemic.
4                      some other developing countries,       Nam’s family values have not changed much over the past century.          

5 Today                      Nam is 30 years ago because of the improved living conditions of its people.
6 Although cities are growing with less green space, the love for nature of people today

is                      that in the past.

Choose the correct answer.

_______, ethnic people used to cook five-colour sticky rice on the first day of the year

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______ are activities that are organised to celebrate a special event.

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In 1995, I went back to Viet Nam after 30 years and to my _________ , the population was three times higher but the country no longer suffered illiteracy.

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I am ________ to doing morning exercises.

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The folk ______ of top spinning still attracts city children despite the popularity of modern games such as bowling, skateboarding, billiards and video games.

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Eating from ________ is popular habit of people in big cities in Vietnam.

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Children love ________ the stories as they tell them.

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We usually ______ ourselves by playing hide and seek or flying kites.

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Many children in my village are still _____. They can’t read or write at all.

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Raising roosters for cockfighting ____ heavy investments in time and labour

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Thirty years ago only _______ people in the city had television.

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Laura is in the _________ of writing in her diary every day.

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Should we try to                every custom or tradition which is in danger of dying out?

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The children in my home village used to go                , even in winter. Now they all have shoes.

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Giving lucky money to the young and the old at Tet is a common  ____           in many Asian countries.

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We are making a great effort to___________our valuable customs for the future.

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The station building used to be a high wooden ______ with a curved roof.

Choose the correct answer.

Every nation has respect for their long-preserved ________.

Life – Past and present

(Cuộc sống – Quá khứ và hiện tại)

1. Compplete the spidergrams with the words from the list.

(Hoàn thành sơ đồ mạng nhện với các từ trong danh sách.)

1. Complete each of the sentences with a word from the box.

(Hoàn thành mỗi câu với một từ trong khung.)

1. Our country has a huge _____ of different temples and historical buildings.

2. The people in these villages still follow the ancient custom of _____ ancestors.

3. A _____ is something that has been built, especially something large such as a building or a bridge.

4. My brother’s _____ is that he didn’t have to study chemistry. He’s terrible at it.

5. The Imperial Citadel of Thang Long was _____ as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2010.

6. It’s the responsibility of the older generation to pass on its cultural _____ to the next generation.

2. Give the correct form of the words in brackets to complete the sentences.

(Cho dạng đúng của từ trong ngoặc để hoàn thành câu.)

1. We’d like to make a small _____ to the fund for preserving our heritage sites. (CONTRIBUTE)

2. _____, they want more information before they put money into the project to restore the temple. (BASIC)

3. In my opinion, a place of interest is a place famous for its scenery or a well-known _____ place. (HISTORY)

4. You can change the whole _____ of your classroom just by putting up some pictures on the walls. (APPEAR)

5. The castle is instantly _____; you can easily see it from afar. (RECOGNISE)

6. This disease is very dangerous as it doesn’t have any _____ traits. (OBSERVE)

a. Unscramble the words.

(Xắp xếp lại từ.)

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