REVIEW 2

I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
1. A. physical         B. sandal        
C. facility        
D. centre
2. A. domed         B. tomb        
C. flyover        
D. limestone
3. A. elevated         B. tiled        
C. suffered        
D. preserved
4. A. wealthy         B. measure        
C. trench        
D. citadel
5. A. theme        
B. earthen        
C. weather        
D. sympathetic
II. Choose the word that has different stress pattern.
1. A. pilgrim         B. extend        
C. fortress        
D. complex
2. A. contestant        B. sightseeing         C. hardworking        D. consciousness
3. A. underpass        B. picturesque         C. entertain        
D. recommend
4. A. illiteracy         B. administrative   C. spectacularly      D. seniority
5. A. behaviour        B. obedient        
C. recognition         D. astonishment
III. Fill in each blank with a suitable word.
1. Ha Long Bay was recognised as a World ________ Site by UNESCO in 1994.
2. The tram system was a major ________ of transport in Ha Noi for nine decades.
3. Thanks to the ________ walkways and underpasses, pedestrians are now much safer.
4. There is usually a ________ gap between the old and the young in Vietnamese society.
5. Should we try to preserve our customs and traditions which are in danger of ________ out?
6. Giving ________ money to the young and the old at Tet is a common practice in many Asian
countries.
7. In my place, elderly grandparents and parents are taken ________ of by their children until they
die.
8. A wedding is a special occasion, not only for the bride and ________ but also for other guests.
9. I used to live in a(n) ________ family with nine people and a cousin of my age.
10. Do you know that Viet Nam has both world natural and ________ wonders?
IV. Write the correct form of the word in brackets.
1. That building, which was ________ constructed in 1898, is a national heritage site. (initial)
2. Ta Van Village is a ________ alternative for a trekking trip to a tribe village in Sa Pa. (wonder)
3. Jacky was ________ to find out that Viet Nam has lots of beautiful beaches. (astound)
4. The early 17th-century Thien Mu pagoda and the tombs of the Nguyen ________ are near Hue
city. (rule)
5. In Vietnamese culture, sibling relations are defined by the principle of ________. (senior)
6. Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park was listed in UNESCO's World Heritage Sites for its
________ values. (geology)
7. All rituals associated with death have a tremendous moral ________ in Vietnamese society.
(signify)
8. Travel agents are always pleased to give tourists ________ on accommodation and tour
programs. (recommend)
9. There have been ________ changes in the lives of the country's various ethnic groups. (consider)
10. Children are expected to be ________ to their parents and respectful to the elderly. (obey)
V. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences.
1. The workers started to build a(n) ________ for pedestrians and cyclists at the train station.
        A. underpass         
B. metro        
C. underground         D. skytrain
2. This tranquil ________ of the cottage is ideal for those seeking a peaceful alternative to the city.
        A. setting        
B. photo        
C. theme        
D. complex
3. In this lesson, the students will take a(n) ________ trip back to life in the past.
        A. spectacular         B. picturesque         C. scenic        
D. imaginative
4. Jones said to his friend, “When you think of ________ karsts in Viet Nam, you think of Ha Long
Bay.“
        A. rock        
B. limestone         C. cement        
D. concrete

5. With so much grass, the soil ________ in front of my grandparents' house is soft and comfortable
to walk on.
        A. trench        
B. tunnel        
C. way        
D. path
6. The cave passage has the shape of an umbrella and it reminds me of an igloo with the ________
roof.
        A. earthen        
B. domed        
C. tiled        
D. thatched
7. These cultural tours are engaged with ________ the traditions and sharing our ancestors' history.
        A. exploiting         
B. administering     C. preserving          D. recognising
8. The Imperial ________ of Thang Long is a cultural complex which comprises of the royal
palaces and monuments built during the Ly dynasty.
        A. citadel        
B. fortress        
C. tower        
D. palace
9. Fifty years ago we never knew about smartphone, but today my grandma can use a video call to
chat with me and ________ her stories.
        A. look out        
B. run out        
C. act out        
D. watch out
10. Duong said that he couldn't imagine how those students could study in such ________
conditions.
        A. backward         
B. remote        
C. poor        
D. illiterate
VI. Fill in each blank with a suitable preposition.
1. Hoang is particularly fond ________ visiting the amazing national parks of the country.
2. Perfume Pagoda in My Duc has provided backdrops ________ many famous paintings.
3. Through the team project the students have learned a lot ________ school life in the past.
4. Located ________ Quang Binh province, Son Doong Cave is the largest natural cave in the
world.
5. The new highway which is ________ construction is expected to be finished at Tet holiday.
6. Would it be possible for him to go ________ us on a cruise if he had permission from his
parents?
7. Many students in Mekong Delta used to cross the river ________ boat twice a day to go to
school.
8. Is there actually a big generation gap ________ the old and the young in Viet Nam?
9. The old lifestyle kept my father healthy and he didn't have to worry ________ obesity.
10. She likes going bare-footed ________ the beach and feeling the sand under her feet.
VII. Write the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets.
1. Established in 1962, Cuc Phuong ________ (be) the oldest national park in Viet Nam.
2. He ________ (visit) Phong Nha Cave by the time it ________ (recognise) as a world heritage.
3. The city ________ (experience) a phenomenal growth in economy over the past three decades.
4. Po Nagar Towers ________ (build) in the 8th century by the Cham people in central Viet Nam.
5. They hoped that the wonders ________ (become) more famous, attract more tourists, and create
more jobs for the locals.
6. The students ________ (talk) about life in the past when the teacher asked them some questions.
7. Although they ________ (heavily, bomb) during the war, many of the architectural wonders
________ (already, restore).
8. If everyone ________ (obey) the rules, traffic flow and safety at roundabouts ________ (much,
improve).
9. Since my mother ________ (not, have) enough time to prepare dinner, we ________ (eat) out
tonight.
10. Her home is in Hue, but she ________ (not, be) there since she ________ (be) a child.
VIII. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences.
1. I wish everybody ________ equal so that this world ________ a better place.
        A. were - will be         B. is - could be         C. was - would be         D. is - can be
2. It ________ that the cave passages ________ first explored about 4000 years ago.
        A. is believed - were                
B. believes - are

        C. believed - had been                
D. believed - were
3. My cousin ________ able to write his name by the time he ________ to elementary school.
        A. was - had gone                
B. had been - went
        C. was - was going                
D. had been - has gone
4. The pots ________ of wood as you may expect; they ________ earthenware ones.
        A. weren't used to make - were        
B. used to be made - are
        C. didn't used to be made - are        
D. didn't use to be made - were
5. It is ________ more and more different friends from all over the world.
        A. useful of us to make                
B. useful for us to make
        C. useful for us making                
D. used to make for us
6. Before the 1990s, lots of Vietnamese farmers ________ chemicals as pesticides for agricultural
development.
        A. had used        
B. has used        
C. used to        
D. were using
7. Her father used to tell her stories about life in the past, the time when she ________ yet.
        A. wasn't born         B. hasn't been born        C. was born        D. hadn't been born
8. He suggested ________ to Lak Lake, which ________ the second largest natural freshwater lake
of Viet Nam.
        A. to travel - is          B. travelling - was          C. travelling - is          D. to travel - was
9. They used to live on the farm, where they ________ able to keep livestock and undertake smallscale farming.
        A. were        
B. are        
C. will be        
D. can be
10. I ________ glad that I could study a lot of things at the seminar, which I ________ at school
before.
        A. was - don't learn                
B. was - hadn't learned
        C. had been - didn't learn                
D. am - hadn't learned
IX. Choose the word or phrase that needs correction.
1. We stumbled on this lovely restaurant one night after we have left the shopping mall.
                   
A           B                       C                             D
2. It's very kind for you to let me sit here for a few minutes and I promise I will just sit quietly.
                   
A                 B                                                          
C
D
3. As she understands that life is changing faster day by day, she is always sympathetic to her
                 
A                           B                                  
C                         D
children.
4. The environmentalist argued that the national parks were too valuable to let developers profit
                                 
A                                          
B
C
from it.           
D
5. It is still unknown how long is the underground river, but it is believed that it can be more than 5
                  A                                        
B                        
C                 D
kilometres.
6. What sources of information he used to determine the technological changes that had taken place?
            A                                
B                                
C                    
D
7. We suggested they enhanced the road experience for everyone and consider the time distributed
                               
A                                
B                         C
D
among traffic lights.
8. Hanna wishes her parents will pay attention to her instead of always focusing on her big brother
                                     
A                     B                               C                         D
Logan.
9. He was sure that he wanted to become a doctor, probably influenced on his uncle who was a
              A                     B                                                
C
D
famous surgeon.

10. One in ten children around the world live in extended family members instead of their parents.
          A                       B                           C                                              
D
X. Write question for the underlined port.
1. Most of the students in the past had to study in poor conditions.
_______________________________________________________________________
2. I think car will be the most convenient means of transport in the near future.
_______________________________________________________________________
3. It used to take the children in the village more than an hour to walk to school.
_______________________________________________________________________
4. Huong and her parents first moved to Ho Chi Minh City in June 2020.
_______________________________________________________________________
5. I get all of these photos of the ancient town in the 19th century from my grandparents.
_______________________________________________________________________
6. Since the population of the city has risen so fast, they need to have a new metro system as soon as
possible.
_______________________________________________________________________
7. My brother and his friends used to play and talk face to face, not through cellphones like today.
_______________________________________________________________________
8. Hoi An was recognised as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1999.
_______________________________________________________________________
9. They built Binh Dai Fortress near the river to control the movement of ships and boats on the
river.
_______________________________________________________________________
10. They preferred living in a thatched house on the farm to living in an apartment in the city.
_______________________________________________________________________
XI. Complete the conversation with the sentences from the box.
A. Hmm. I think it's interesting but inconvenient.
B. Do you mean crossing the river by boat?
C. There weren't many concrete roads for cars or motorbikes as we can see today.
D. But the most interesting one is that he used to go to school by boat.
E. He just had to paid little money for the ticket.
F. No, I mean the whole journey to school.
G. You had great time, didn't you?
H. He told a lot of interesting stories.
Khoa:       I visited my uncle last week.
Minh:       (1) ________________
Khoa:       Yes, I did. It's the first time I've visited him. (2) ________________
Minh:       What are the stories?
Khoa:       Stories about his childhood, the farming, transportation and entertainment in the past, his
old school and friends... (3) ________________
Minh:       By boat? (4) ________________
Khoa:      (5) ________________Instead of taking a bus or cycling like us, he took a boat!
Minh:       I've never heard of that. How could it be?
Khoa:       He said in his place, and in many other provinces in the Mekong Delta, the transportation
in the past was carried out mainly by boat. (6) ________________
Minh:      Wow! But I think it was dangerous and it must have taken a lot of time for him to sail a
boat to school.
Khoa:    He didn't sail the boat. Someone else did. There were shuttle boats for all kinds of
passengers, and there were special shuttle boats only for students. (7) ________________

Minh:    (8) ________________I prefer travelling by bike, bus, or my parents may take me to
school. But I'll try a boat if I have a chance.
Khoa:      You know, he didn't have any other choices at that time. Also, there aren't school shuttle
boats there nowadays, and you can only try a canoe for tourists.
Minh:       Oh, I see. That's really an interesting story, Khoa.
XII. Read the passage and choose the best answers.
Sa Pa District is in Lao Cai Province, northwest Vietnam, 380 km northwest of Hanoi. The
town of Sa Pa lies at an elevation of about 1500 meters. The climate is moderate and rainy in
summer, and foggy and cold with occasional snowfalls in winter.
Sa Pa is a quiet mountain town and home to a great diversity of ethnic minority peoples. The
population consists mostly of minority groups. Besides the Kinh people, there are mainly five ethnic
groups in Sa Pa: Hmong, Dao, Tay, Giay, and a small number of Xa Pho. Most of the ethnic
minority people work their land on sloping terraces since the vast majority of the land is
mountainous. Their staple foods are rice and corn. Rice, by its very nature of being a labourintensive crop, makes the daily fight for survival the most importance. The unique climate in Sa Pa
has a major influence on the ethnic minorities who live in the area. With sub-tropical summers,
temperate winters and 160 days of mist annually, the influence on agricultural yields and healthrelated issues is significant.
The scenery of the Sa Pa region in large part reflects the relationship between the minority
people and nature. This is seen especially in the paddy fields carpeting the rolling lower slopes of
the Hoang Lien Mountains. The impressive physical landscape which underlies this has resulted
from the work of the elements over thousands of years, wearing away the underlying rock. On a
clear day, the imposing peak of Fan Si Pan comes into view. The last major peak in the Himalayan
range, Fan Si Pan offers a staggering view of some of the primary rain forests in Vietnam.
- imposing (adj): hùng vĩ
1. The second paragraph is mainly about ________.
A. Sa Pa - the only town for minority groups
B. Sa Pa - the town of unique climate
C. life of the minority groups in Sa Pa - a typical mountain town
D. how nature influences the daily life of the minority groups in Sa Pa
2. Which of the following is most TRUE about the climate in Sa Pa?
        A. very hot in summer        
B. foggy and occasionally snowy in winter
        C. misty and rainy in all seasons        
D. none of the above
3. The word “moderate” in the first paragraph mostly refers to the ________ climate.
        A. sunny
B. tropical
C. cold        
D. temperate or sub-tropical
4. According to the third paragraph, which of the following is NOT seen as part of the scenery of Sa
Pa?
        A. paddy fields          B. Fan Si Pan         C. underlying rock        D. rain forests
5. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Sa Pa is a typically tropical region in northwest Viet Nam.
B. There are totally six ethnic groups in Sa Pa.
C. A small number of ethnic minority people in Sa Pa grow rice and corn.
D. The peak of Fan Si Pan can be seen clearly when the weather is nice.
XIII. Fill in each blank with a word from the box.
physical

cooperation

urban

preserving

entertain

effects

addicted

outdoor

As a result of modern life, after school, (1) ________ children are lack of ground play, and
childhood friends to play together. Meanwhile, their parents are too busy at work to spend time
caring about them, talking to them, and taking them out. Therefore, they stay home and (2)
________ themselves by watching television, chatting online with their friends, or playing video
games. More and more children and teenagers have become (3) ________ to playing games on the

Internet although their parents and themselves are aware of the negative (4) ________ of playing
online games.
Therefore, it is considerable for the children to go out more often to play traditional (5)
________ games rather than sit in front of a computer screen passively. Actually, the Vietnamese
traditional outdoor games are not only good for (6) ________ and mental health but also useful for
(7) ________ cultures. The games help to strengthen friendship, create team spirit and (8) ________
and get exposed to nature. Some common games are bamboo jacks, cat and mouse, hide and seek,
tug of war, bamboo dancing, and blind man's buff.
XIV. Write complete sentences using the cues given.
1. My father/ wish/ he/ can/ go back/ in time/ and/ meet/ himself as/ kid
_______________________________________________________________________
2. you/ know/ there/ used to/ be/ ferry/ site of/ current bridge?
_______________________________________________________________________
3. Our teacher/ be/ relieved/ hear/ that/ all/ students/ our class/ had made/ progress
_______________________________________________________________________
4. There/ be/ considerable reduction/ number/ poor families/ province/ recently
_______________________________________________________________________
5. It/ be/ expected/ major development/ will happen/ to/ mountainous/ rural areas
_______________________________________________________________________
6. Mr Hector/ not/ like/ way/ young people/ post/ their feelings/ social media
_______________________________________________________________________
7. It/ be/ hopeful/ new highway systems/ will help/ reduce/ traffic congestion
_______________________________________________________________________
8. report/ suggested/ number/ daily visitors/ to/ site/ limit
_______________________________________________________________________
9. I/ already/ do/ all the work/ myself/ before/ my brother/ offer/ his assistance/ last night
_______________________________________________________________________
10. It/ be/ very kind/ you/ accommodate/ us/ with/ tickets/ of/ our journey/ Ha Long Bay
_______________________________________________________________________
XV. Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first one.
1. The school couldn't keep the facilities any longer because they were too old.
        The facilities were so __________________________________________        
2. Alexandre studies less diligently than he did in the past.
        Alexandre doesn't ____________________________________________
3. It is believed that high-rise buildings will mushroom in the next decade.
        People believe _______________________________________________
4. How long has it been since they last used the old railway system in the region?
        When did ___________________________________________________?
5. When she was a child, she loved watching cartoons, but now she doesn't.
        She used ____________________________________________________
6. After visiting her mother, Christina went to the library to borrow some books.
        Before ______________________________________________________
7. Anna said, “Why don't we search for information about this natural wonder on the Internet?”
        Anna suggested _______________________________________________
8. It's impossible to improve the traffic conditions unless people follow traffic rules.
        It's possible __________________________________________________
9. We couldn't continue the expedition in the national park because of the heavy rain.
        The heavy rain prevented _______________________________________
10. The guide didn't mind explaining about the history of the imperial city to the tourists.
        The guide was glad ____________________________________________