A.

PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY

I. Find the word which has a different sound in the underlined part.
1. A. tender B. garnish C. drain D. sprinkle
2. A. grill B. garnish C. dip D. slice
3. A. head B. spread C. cream D. bread
4. A. sauce B. steam C. sugar D. stew
5. A. marinate B. grate C. shallot D. staple

II. Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from the others.
1. A. tomato B. nutritious C. ingredient D. tablespoon
2. A. ingredient B. traditional C. repeat D. avocado
3. A. celery B. benefit C. engineer D. versatile
4. A. tender B. simmer C. cucumber D. delicious
5. A. significant B. diverse C. garnish D. combine
B. VOCABUALRY AND GRAMMAR
I. Complete the sentences with a, an, some or any.
1. There is banana in the basket.
2. I need tea.
3. Are there tomatoes in the fridge?
4. We have rice, but we don’t have meat.
5. There’s orange on the table.
6. I’d like apple juice.
7. He has TV and computer.
8. Would you like ice- cream?
9. I have friends in Hue.
10. Do you have dogs or cats at home?

II. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tenses of the conditionals.
1. If you (not go) away I’ll send for the police.
2. I’ll be very angry if he (make) any more mistakes.
3. If he (be) late we’ll go without him.
4. She will be absolutely furious if she (hear) about this.
5. If you put on the kettle I (make) the tea.
6. If you give my dog a bone he (bury) it at once.
7. If we leave the car here it (not be) in anybody’s way.
8. He’ll be late for the train if he (not start) at once.
9. If you come late they (not let) you in.
10. If he (go) on telling lies nobody will believe a word he says.

IV. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences.

1. Some of famous in Southern Viet Nam are Hu Tieu Nam Vang,
Bun Mam, fried rice, flour cake, and many kinds of puddings.
A. stapes B. ingredients C. foods D. dishes
2. Beet greens are the most part of the vegetable and can be cooked
like any other dark leafy green.
A. traditional B. careful C. colourful D. nutritious
3. It is boring here. ever happens in this place.
A. Anything B. Something C. Things D. Nothing
4. Moderation doesn’t mean the foods you love.
A. to prevent B. preventing C. to eliminate D. eliminating
5. You should eat more fruits and vegetables if you to lose weight.
A. would want B. wanted C. will want D. want
6. When we were on holiday, we spend too money.
A. a lot of B. many C. much D. lots of
7. If people work so much, they depressed and eat more.
A. may feel B. may have felt C. felt D. had felt
8. Studies suggest only when you are most active and giving your
digestive system a long break each day.
A. eating B. being eating C. to eat D. being eaten
9. Despite the differences in cuisine of each region, there are similarities, such as the
for main meals – rice, ways of adding fish sauce, herbs and other
flavors.
A. foundation B. necessity C. staple D. basic
10. Perhaps the three most popular ice cream are vanilla, chocolate and
strawberry.
 A. offers B. flavours C. brands D. ingredients
11. I spend my spare time gardening.
A. most B. the most of C. most of D. most of the
12. Your body uses calcium to build healthy bones and teeth, them
strong as you age.
A. continue B. keep C. remain D. care
13. Food in Northern Vietnam is not as as that in Central and Southern
Viet Nam, as black pepper is often used rather than chilies.
A. spicy B. exciting C. strong D. flavour
14. Pumpkin soup is a good source of minerals and vitamins, especially
vitamin A.
A. fibers B. fats C. sugars D. solids
15. There’s use in complaining. They probably won’t do anything
about it.
A. a few B. a little C. no D. some
16. If you eat too quickly, you may not attention to whether your hunger
is satisfied.
A. keep B. show C. pay D. take
17. Another feature in northern cuisine is in winter all family members gather around
a big hotpot there is a combination of seasoned broth, vegetables
and meats.
A. what B. where C. which D. in which
18. You chicken. You cook it in an oven or over a fire without liquid.
A. fry B. roast C. steam D. boil
19. cups of coffee have you taken?
A. How many B. How much C. How D. How far
20. Common eating habits that can lead to are: eating too fast, eating
when not hungry, eating while standing up, and skipping meals.
A. put on weight B. be heavy C. gain weight D. weight gain

V. Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed to make the
sentence correct.
1. If someone came into the store, smile and say, “May I help you?”
A B C D
2. If you try these cosmetics, you look five years younger.
A B C D
3. If you do not understand what were written in the book, you could ask Mr. Pike.
A B C D
4. I will come to meet Mr. Pike and tell him about your problems if you didn’t solve
them
A B C D
yourself.
5. Sam will not graduate unless he doesn’t pass all the tests.
A B C D
6. If there isn’t enough food, we couldn’t continue our journey.
A B C D
7. Unless you pour oil on water, it will float.
A B C D
8. You have to take a taxi home if you want to leave now.
A B C D
9. If anyone will phone, tell them I’ll be back at 11:00.
A B C D
10. We can hire a minibus if there will be enough people.
A B C D

C. READING
I. Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use only one word
in each space.

Aboriginal barbecues recipes cookery espresso

food bush meat cooking emu

Australia is a huge country and it has a lot of different kinds of (1)

. In the past, the Aboriginal people of Australia ate animals like crocodiles and
some insects like the witchetty grub. Aboriginal Australians travelled around the
Australian countryside, or ‘bush’, to find food.
When the first British and Irish people moved to Australia in the 1830s, they
brought sheep and cows from Europe. They also brought traditional English and Irish
recipes. Many of these (2) , like fish and chips and (3)
 pies, are still popular today. They also created new Australian recipes such as the
pavlova (a fruit dessert - named after a Russian dancer) and damper (a bread cooked
in the bush).
After 1945, a lot of people came to live in Australia from countries like Italy,
Germany, Greece, Thailand and India. They brought recipes with them and
Australians began to eat and drink different things. People started to drink (4)
coffee and eat Mediterranean and Asian food.
A lot of modern Australians love (5) with fresh food. They
often cook food on (6) in their gardens or on the beach. Today
more people also eat (7) food like kangaroo and (8)
. Mark Olive, an Aboriginal chef, has a popular TV (9) programme about
traditional; (10) food. There are always new recipes to try in
Australia!

II. Choose the word or phrase among A, B, c or D that best fits the blank space
in the following passage.
Humans have a long history of eating insects, and it turns out that they can be a
very (1) part of a person’s regular (2) . Insects
have a lot of protein, and they are often easier to catch than (3)
animals. Therefore, it is no wonder that when our ancient (4)
saw some tasty worms or grabs wiggling on the ground, they made a quick snack of
them.
In Thailand, insects are a regular part of the street food that can be found. The
different (5) that people snack on are crickets, grasshoppers, giant
water bugs, and assorted worms. They are often deep-fried and salted, so they have a
crunchy texture that makes them a perfect snack food. If you can get past the (6)
that you are eating a cricket, it will crunch in your mouth just like a corn chip!
For a lot of people, however, it is difficult to get (7) the fear of eating
insects. People tend to see insects as invaders, especially when they are crawling on
the food that we are about to ear. (8) being able to eat insects (9)
feeling disgusted is cultural. Some people cannot eat French cheese or stinky tofu
because they weren’t brought up doing so. To many of us, insects fail right into that
category, making it difficult to even try them.
If (10) the chance, though, be courageous, insects can be nutritious
and tasty, so long as you can get over the “yuck” factor.
1. A. nutrition B. nutritious C. nutritions D. nutritiously
2. A. health B. fitness C. diet D. balance
3. A. prey B. pray C. eat D. digest
4. A. acquaints B. relatives C. ancestors D. offspring
5. A. insects B. animals C. herbs D. cattle
6. A. true B. exact C. fact D. reality
7. A. up B. over C. down D. on
8. A. However B. Although C. Meanwhile D. Therefore
9. A. without B. in C. far D. on
10. A. giving B. gives C. gave D. given

D. WRITING
I. Complete the second sentence in each pair so that it has similar meaning to
the first sentence, using “you”.
1. Vegetarians don’t eat meat.
=> If you’re a vegetarian, _____________________________________________
2. People who live in a cold country don t like hot weather.
=> If you live_______________________________________________________
3. Teachers have to work very hard.
=> If you’re a teacher, ________________________________________________
4. People who do a lot of exercise stay fit and healthy.
=> If you___________________________________________________________
5. Mechanics understand engines.
=> If you’re a_______________________________________________________
6. People who read newspapers know what’s happening in the world.
=> If you __________________________________________________________

II. Complete the second sentence in each pair so that it has similar meaning to
the first sentence.
1. Eating healthy foods is very important.
=> It is________________________________________________________________________
2. I suggest having spaghetti and pizza tonight.
=> Let’s_______________________________________________________________________
3. You need to peel the onion and slice it.
=> The onion___________________________________________________________________
4. Follow these safety instructions or you may get burnt.
=> If you_______________________________________________________________________
5. My aunt has never tasted sushi before.
=> This is______________________________________________________________________

I. Choose a word in each line that has different stress pattern.

1. A. ingredient B. cucumber C. particular D. analysis
2. A. understand B. librarian C. experiment D. historical
3. A. business B. combine C. endangered D. reduce
4. A. accidental B. outnumber C. opinion D. nutritious
5. A. pancake B. canteen C. teaspoon D. cabbage

II. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences.

1. A meal of Hue people has a natural combination between flavors and colors of
dishes, which creates the unique in the regional cuisine.
A. description B. list C. feature D. part
2. You usually vegetables like onion. It means that you cut them into
many small pieces.
A. grate B. sprinkle C. chop D. whisk
3. has left a bicycle outside.
A. Anyone B. Anything C. Someone D. Something
4. Keeping a for a few days will help you discover your bad eating
habits.
A. food dairy B. report C. diary D. personal
5. One special feature of cuisine in Southern Vietnam is short cooking time which
aims to the freshness of food.
A. remain B. exist C. stay D. continue
6. Is there apple juice in the fridge, Quang?
A. any B. some C. an D. a
7. don’t visit this part of the town.
A. The most tourists B. Most of tourists
C. Most tourists D. Most the tourists
8. You may have had certain eating habits for so long that you do not
they are unhealthy.
 A. understand B. tell C. recognize D. realize
9. If children don’t play sports, they sleepy and tired.
A. would have felt B. had felt C. would feel D. will feel
10. If I feel hungry in the afternoon, I snacks like fresh carrots.
A. had had B. might have C. would have D. had
11. Can I have a pizza, a dozen eggs and a of lemonade, please?
A. piece B. tub C. bottle D. jar
12. I think that lemon juice on fish makes it taste better.
A. few B. a few C. little D. a little
13. If parents don’t cook at home, their children more fast food.
A. may have B. had had C. have D. would have
14. If my mother goes home late this evening, my father .
A. had cooked B. has cooked C. will cook D. would cook
15. I would like a of broccoli and two carrots.
A. slice B. head C. bunch D. clove
16. We couldn’t buy anything because of the shops were open.
A. all B. half C. most D. none
17. If you eat a lot of fruit, you health problems.
A. had B. will never have C. have D. may have
18. Such as sugar, sugarcane, and coconut water are mostly used in
Southern Vietnamese food than in Northern and Central Viet Nam.
A. ingredients B. menus C. dishes D. courses
19. I didn’t eat everything that they me at the party.
A. served B. shared C. cooked D. baked
20. The village is very small. There are houses.
A. a few B. only a few C. some D. only a little

III.Choose the word in the box to complete the text.

sophisticatedly livestock ingredients characterized cuisine

influence shrimps dishes flavors varies

Vietnamese food culture (1) by regions from the north to the

south. In Northern Viet Nam, Vietnamese food is (2) by light
and balanced flavours with the combination of many (3)
Northerners have been using many kinds of meats like pork, beef, and chicken to
cook; besides, some kinds of freshwater fish, crustaceans, and other mollusks like (4)
, crabs, and oysters, etc. Many famous dishes of Viet Nam are cooked with
these ingredients such as Bun Rieu, Pho, Bun Thang, Bun Cha, Banh Cuon, etc.
Then food culture in Central and Southern Viet Nam has developed suitable
(5) in each region. In Central Viet Nam, the regional cuisine of
Central Viet Nam is famous for its spicy food, which differs from two other parts with
mostly non-spicy food. Hue cuisine is typical Central Viet Nam’s food culture. (6)
of Hue cuisine are decorative and colorful, which expresses the influence of
the Vietnamese royal (7) in the feudal period. Food in the region
is often decorated (8) and used with chili peppers and shrimp sauces, namely,
Bun Bo Hue, Banh xeo, or Banh beo, etc.
In Southern Viet Nam, the region is characterized by warm weather and fertile
soil, which creates favorable conditions for planting a variety of fruit, vegetables and
(9) . Thus, food in the region is often added with garlic, shallots
and fresh herbs. Particularly, Southerners are favored of sugar; they add sugar in most
dishes. Here, there is also an (10) of western and Asian cuisines on
southern food, such as influences from China, India, France, and Thailand.
V. Complete the sentences with a, an, some or any.
1. I don’t have paper.
2. Is there petrol in the car?
3. I buy fruits, but I don’t have vegetables.
4. Do you have stamps? I need two.
5. I need butter to make a cake.
6. I don’t have free time today. Sorry.
7. Are there potatoes in the basket?
8. There is ink-pot on the table.
9. Can I have glass of milk?
10. Thank you. And box of chocolates would be fine.

VI. Fill in the blanks with: much/ many/ few/ little/ most.
1. She isn’t very popular. She has friends.
2. Ann is very busy these days. She has free time.
3. Did you take photographs when you were on holiday?
4. I’m not very busy today. I haven’t got to do.
5. This is very modern city. There are old buildings.
6. The weather has been very dry recently. We’ve had rain.
7. English learners is becoming greater and greater.
8. people have applied for the job.
9. Did it cost to repair the car?
10. of my friends live in HCM city.

VII. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tenses of the conditionals.
1. If we (take) , the children (not go) for a walk.
2. If she (not read) the novel, she (not pas) the
literature test.
3. If I (not argue) with my friend, he (lend) me
his motorbike.
4. If we (take) the bus, we (not arrive) in time.
5. If Dick (not buy) the book, his friends (be)
angry with him.
6. If Tom (not tidy up) his room, Victoria (not help)
him with the muffins.
7. If the boys (not play) football, the girls (not come)
to the football pitch.
8. If you (eat) too much junk food, you (not lose)
weight.
9. If I (not make) breakfast tomorrow morning, my girlfriend (not
love) me anymore.
10. If they (not hurry) , they (not catch) the
train.