Reading 1: Read the following passage and circle the correct answer A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Spring is a time when there are many festivals in our country. Among them, Hoa Ban Festival is the most beautiful and interesting, and it takes place in Lai Chau. It is typical of the minor life of the Thai people. In the second lunar month of the year, when it gets warmer and Hoa Ban- a kind of beautiful flower in the northwest mountainous area – blossoms, Hoa Ban Festivals is celebrated. This is a great time for everyone, especially  for boys and girls. The boy picks the most beautiful flower and gives it to his girlfriend. This is not only a time for love but also for the Thai people to pray for good crops, for  happiness and express their special thanks to the  Gods and ancestors. The festival is always full of songs and prayers.
Question 25:  Hoa Ban Festival is the most beautiful and interesting, and it takes place in_____.
A. Lai Chau   B. Son La  C. Hoa Binh  D. Lang Son

(Hoa Ban Festival is the most beautiful and interesting, and it takes place in Lai Chau.)
Questios 26:   The word “it” in the second line replaces for_______.
A. our country  B. spring  C. Hoa Ban    D. Hoa Ban Festival

(Among them, Hoa Ban Festival is the most beautiful and interesting, and it takes place in Lai Chau. It is typical of the minor life of the Thai people. In the second lunar month of the year, when it gets warmer and Hoa Ban- a kind of beautiful flower in the northwest mountainous area – blossoms, Hoa Ban Festivals is celebrated.)
Question 27:  Which following sentence is not true?
A. Hoa Ban Festival  is a time for the Thai people to pray for good crops.
B. Hoa Ban Festival is a time for young people only.
C. Hoa Ban Festival  is a time for  happiness.
D. Hoa Ban Festival is a time for love.

(The boy picks the most beautiful flower and gives it to his girlfriend. This is not only a time for love but also for the Thai people to pray for good crops, for  happiness and express their special thanks to the  Gods and ancestors.)
Question 28: When is Hoa Ban Festival held?
A. In the first  lunar month of the year.
B. In the second lunar month of the year.
C. In the third lunar month of the year.
D. In the fourth lunar month of the year.

(In the second lunar month of the year, when it gets warmer and Hoa Ban- a kind of beautiful flower in the northwest mountainous area – blossoms.)
Reading 2. Read the passage below and circle the correct answer A, B, C or D  to complete the following sentences. 
Nguyen Ngoc is the member of the Tay ethnic group in a mountainous region  (29) ________  Bac Ninh province. She was born in 2005, and she goes to Nguyen Du lower secondary school. In her class, there are several students from other ethnic groups such as the Nung, the Cao Lan  ( San Chay), and all of (30)_______ get on very well. Like her classmates, she prefers to wear the King’s clothes, and she wears (31)_______uniform when she goes to school. Ngoc loves to watch cartoons on TV and to play with her dolls. She can speak some words of the Tay language. At school, she is popular with her teacher and friends as she is a nice girl. She is good at Math and English. Her dream is (32)   ________ an English teacher when she  grows up.
Question 29:  A. in              B. on    C. at   D. for 
Question 30: A. they   B. their   C. them  D. theirs
Question 31: A. an   B. a   C. the   D.  ∅ 
Question 32: A. became  B. will become C. become  D. to become