C. READING IV. Read and choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the following passage. The country and the city have advantages and (21)____________. People in the country live in more beautiful surroundings. They enjoy peace and quietness, and can do their work at their own pace because no one is in a (22)______________. They live in larger, more comfortable houses, and their neighbors are more friendly, and ready to help them when they need it. Their life, however, can be (23)____________ and they may be isolated, which is serious problem if they are ill or want to take children to school. The city has all the services that the country lacks, but it also has a lot of disadvantages. Cities are often polluted. They not (24)_____________ have polluted air but also have noisy streets. Everyone is always in hurry and this (25) _____________that people have no time to get to know each other and make friends. 21. A. joy B. enjoyment C. happiness D. disadvantages 22. A. hurry B. hurried C. hurriedly D. hurrying 23. A. bore B. bored C. boring D. bores 24. A. never B. ever C. hardly D. only 25. A. aims B. means C. asks D. said V. Read the following passage, then choose the correct answer A, B, C or D. The Tay live mainly in the Northeastern part of Viet Nam. They live in large and crowded villages with hundreds of houses. They live in houses built on stilts. They are mainly farmers and they grow rice on terraced fields. They also raise cattles and poultry. Tay traditional dress is made from homegrown cotton. There is usually not much embroidery or other decorations. Women wear skirts or trousers, with short shirts inside and long one on the outside. They have many festivals and holidays in a year. The Lunar New Year and the mid-July festivals are the most lavishly organized. During festivals, people in many places play con throwing, badminton, tug-of-war, dragon dancing, or chess. The Tay eat mainly sticky rice. On festival occasions, they make many kinds of cakes, such as banh chung (sticky rice square cakes), banh day (sticky rice round cakes) or banh khao (cakes made of white rice flour). 26. Which of the following best describes the main idea of the passage? A. The Tay live in the Northeastern part of Viet Nam. B. The Tay make many kinds of cakes on festival occasions. C. The Tay have many festivals and holidays in a year. D. The life of the Tay in Viet Nam. 27. What do the Tay mainly eat? A. sticky rice B. sticky rice round cakes C. sticky rice square cakes D. cakes made of white rice flour 28. Which of the following is NOT true of the Tay? A. They live on stilt houses. B. They grow rice on terraced fields. C. They wear clothes with much embroidery. D. They eat sticky rice. 29. Which is true of the Tay’s life? A. They mainly work in agriculture. B. They work in industry. C. They have one very important festival a year. D. They buy cotton to make dress. 30. The word "lavishly" is closest in meaning to ______. A. seriously B. carefully C. luxuriously D. lengthily