1. Read the following passage and answer the questions. Circle A, B or C. Promotion of learning and respect for teachers are among the traditional values of the Vietnamese people. In the old days, it was commonly believed that a teacher's position was higher than parents' and only lower than the king's. In many communes and villages, rich people invited teachers to stay in their houses to teach their own children and those from other families. To become a mand arin, a candidate had to have excellent learning achievements and gained high marks in competitive exams. The first such exam for civil administrators was conducted in 1075.

For nearly one thousand years, Vietnamese people learnt Chinese characters and used them for writing, but pronounced them in a different, Vietnamese way. Besides the use of Chinese characters, the Vietnamese people adapted such characters to invent an ancient Vietnamese script for writing and expressions. Many valuable works of literature and history were kept for the future generations thanks to the script. This development and preservation strengthened an awareness of national independence and ensured that the Chinese did not assimilate the Vietnamese people.

1. What is the passage mainly about?

A. Educational values of Vietnamese people

B. Vietnamese education in the past

C. Scripts in Viet Nam's education history

2. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true about teachers?

A. They were highly respected in the society.

B. They used to live in the students' homes.

C. They would become civil administrators.

3. What can the word "conducted" be best replaced by?

A. organized

B. managed

C. taken

4. What does the word "them" in paragraph two refer to?

A. years

B. people

C. characters

5. Which of the following is said about the ancient Vietnamese script?

A. Its characters were totally different from the Chinese characters.

B. All Vietnamese valuable literary works were written in this script.

C. It promoted a sense of national independence among Vietnamese.

II. Choose the best

Either boys or girls, usually aged from seven to ten, play the two-person game of “Mandarin‟s Box”. They draw a rectangle on the ground and (1) ……….it into ten small squares called “rice fields” or “fish ponds”

They also draw two additional semi-circular boxes at the two (2)…………….. of the rectangle, which are called “mandarin‟s boxes” – the game‟s name, each person has 25 small pebbles and a bigger stone. Each player places the stone in one of the mandarin‟s boxes and five small pebbles in each of the other squares. Then the game begins. The first player takes up the contents of one square on his or her side of the board, but not a mandarin‟s box and distributes the pebbles one by one, (3)………….. with the text square in (4) …………..direction. Since each square contains five pebbles at the beginning, the first move will distribute five pebbles to the left or right. After the last pebble is distributed, the player takes the contents of the following square and repeats the distribution (5)…………….. . But if the following square is one of the mandarin‟s boxes, the turn ends and passes to the other player. If the last pebble falls into a square that precedes one empty square, the player wins all the contents of the square following the empty square and (6)……………… these pebbles from the board. However, if there are two or more empty squares in a row, the player (7)……………. his or her turn. Once a player has taken pebbles from the board, the turn is (8) ……………..to the other player. If all five squares on one player‟s side of the board are emptied at any time, that player must place one pebble he or she has aside back in each of the five squares so that the game can resume. The game (9) ……………..until the two mandarin‟s boxes both been (10)…………….. . At the end of the game, the player with more pebbles wins, with each of the large stones counting as ten points.

1. A. divide B. share C. separate D. leave

2. A. aims B. ends C. small points D. stops

3. A. start B. starting C. start D. having started

4. A. no B. all C. either D. both

5. A. action B. method C. change D. process

6. A. ends B. disappears C. leaves D. removes

7. A. loses B. succeeds C. fails D. wins

8. A. gone B. made C. handed D. rewarded

9. A. starts B. pauses C. stops D. continues

10. A. held B. taken C. moved D. accepted

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