Từ vựng IELTS chủ đề Our Viet Nam

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Luyện tập từ vựng Our Viet Nam

1. Listen and choose words in boxes to fill the passage (Track 01)

Vietnam preparing for lunar new year

Vietnamese all over the world are (1) ……………… for their most important and popular day of the year – Tet, or the Lunar New Year. Tet (2) ……………. on the same day as the Chinese New Year, but does not start at the same time. There is a (3) ………………. difference between Hanoi and Beijing. The holiday celebrates the arrival of spring. There are a lot of (4) ……………….. that people practice during Tet. These include remembering ancestors, sending people New Year's greetings, and giving (5) ………………….to children. It is a time to forget (6) ………………. of the past year and hope for better things in the coming year. It is also a good excuse for people to have big (7) ………………...
People in villages across Vietnam are working overtime to prepare food and (8) …………….. in time for the holiday. In Ho Chi Minh City, up 68 flower markets opened on February 3 to start selling different kinds of blooms and decorative trees. Thousands of boats bring flowers from all over the country down the Mekong River to Ho Chi Minh's floating markets. Food is also big business during Tet. Villagers in Dong Thap province are working day and night to make sure they have enough (9) …………….… rolls to sell – these are in big demand during the festival. Tourism is also booming because of the holiday. Vietnamese travel agents say domestic bookings are 15 percent higher than last year, and the number of (10) ……………… will rise by 46 percent.

2. Base on Track 01, write:

TRUE if the statement agrees with the information
FALSE if the statement contradicts the information
NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this

3. Base on Track 01, choose the corrected answers

1. What other holiday is celebrated on the same day as Tet?

A.Independence day
B.Chinese new year
C.Teacher’s day
D.Mother's day

2. What's the time difference between Hanoi and Beijing?

A.three hours
B.two hours
C.one and a half hours
D.one hour

3. What does Tet celebrate?

A.the arrival of spring
B.family ancestors
C.children
D.traditional customs

4. What kind of money do children get?

A.big
B.pocket
C.lucky
D.pretend

5. What is Tet a good chance for?

A.go to cinema
B.family reunions
C.flowers
D.pork rolls

6. What do people prepare in addition to food?

A.graphs
B.drinks
C.crafts
D.jams

7. When did the flower markets open in Ho Chi Minh City?

A. February 6
B. February 5
C. February 4
D. February 3

8. What does the article say is big business?

A.food
B.money
C.the Mekong River
D.boats

9. What is in big demand during Tet?

A.pork rolls
B.pho
C.sticky rice
D.banh mi

10. How much has domestic tourism increased by?

A.50%
B.15%
C.10%
D.5%

Practice exercises

Bài tập

Exercise 1. Choose the right answer

There are nine sub-groups that are (1)……………….by the ethnic minority M’Nong, including Bru Dang, Preh, Ger, Nong, Prang, PJam, Kuyenh, Chil Bu Nor, and M’Nong Bu Dang, with a combined estimate of more than 100000 people. They are concentrated (2)………………. the southern parts of the provinces of Binh Phuoc and Dak Lak and in parts of Lam Dong. They live in houses built on stilts or level with the ground, in every village where they usually have dozens of (3)………………… Matriarchy is observed and the children take the family name of their mother. The wife holds the (4) …………….. position in the household. This group likes to have many children, (5)……………….daughters and speak the language traced to the Mon-Khmer Group. The M’Nong use the slash-and-bum method of (6)………………..The M’Nong in Ban Don are well known for their elephant hunting and domestication. Women handle the weaving of cotton cloth, (7)……………….the men work on basketry.

Exercise 2. Fill in the blank with the given name of food

1.(1) …………….…is one the most traditional foods for the Lunar New Year in Vietnam. It is made of sticky rice, pork and green bean, all ingredients are wrapped inside a special leaf which is called “La Dong”.

2. (2) ……………….is one of the most delicious dishes. Its ingredients are grilled pork with rice noodles heaping piles of fresh greens, and a dipping sauce. We can eat it with crab spring rolls, which have crispy on the outside of this spring roll, then strong crab taste with black pepper flavor on the inside.

3.(3)……………. is a mixed dish that is popular in Red River Delta. It’s sometimes stuffed with ground pork and onion. They are eaten in a variety of ways with many side dishes, including one out of a million kinds of Cha (Chả)

4.(4)…………….. is made of shrimp and pork, also served with dipping sauce. It origins from Korea and Japan and is most popular in the South of Vietnam.

5.A very popular yet extremely complicated noodle dish. Also originating from Quang Nam, (5) …………. varies in its preparation and features very sharply contrasting flavors and textures in (if prepared properly) a shallowly filled bowl of broth, noodles, herbs, vegetables, and roasted rice chip.

6.This simple staple consisting of a salty broth, fresh rice noodles, a sprinkling of herbs and chicken or beef, features predominantly in the local diet. (6) …………. is cheap, tasty, and widely available at all hours. The Hanoi and Saigon styles differ by noodle width, sweetness of broth, and choice of herbs.

Exercise 3. Fill in the gap to complete these words

Exam focus

Exercise 1. Read the text below about Tet holiday in Vietnam.

Tet holiday is celebrated on the same day as Chinese New Year, though exceptions arise
due to the one-hour time difference between Hanoi and Beijing. It takes place from the first day of the first month of the Lunar calendar (around late January or early February) until at least the third day. Vietnamese people consider Tet to be the first day of spring and the festival is often called spring festival.

Many Vietnamese prepare for Tet by cooking special holiday foods and cleaning the house. These foods include Chung cake, spring rolls, dried bamboo soup, sticky rice and boiled chicken. There are a lot of customs practiced during Tet, such as visiting a person' s house on the first day of the new year, ancestral worship, wishing New Year's greetings and giving lucky money to children and elderly people.

There are certain things to observe during Tet and certain things to avoid. Houses are thoroughly cleaned in preparation for Tet. People buy kumquat trees and peach blossoms to decorate their houses. There are dragon or lion dances on the streets. New clothes should be bought for every member of the family. And on New Year's Eve, the kitchen god, Ong Tao, is welcomed back to the kitchen.

On the other hand, something must be avoided. Sweeping during Tet is taboo and considered to be unlucky, since it symbolizes sweeping away the luck; that is why they clean before the new year. It is also taboo for anyone who experienced a recent loss of a family member to visit anyone else during Tet.

Complete the sentences using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the text above

1. Another name for Tet holiday is ………………………….

2. One typical dish at this time is a soup which is made from ………………………….

3. Lucky money is given to …………………………. and ………………………….

4. During Tet, houses are adorned with …………………………. and ………………………….

5. …………………………. the house is forbidden during Tet.

Exercise 2. Fill in the blank

The main features of Vietnamese Cuisine

Cuisine in the country with more than 90,000,000 people differs strikingly between the north, south and central regions, but two key (1)…………………………stand out.

Firstly, (2)…………………………plays an essential role in the nation’s diet as it does throughout Southeast Asia. You have seen regularly the (3)…………………………of noodle in their breakfast, lunch and dinner, in homes, restaurants and at roadside stands. Noodles are eaten wet and dry, in soup or beside soup, and are made in different shapes and thicknesses of wheat, rice and mung beans such as bun cha, Cao Lau, Hue beef noodle, bun rieu… Rice is also a main (4)…………………………for making banh chung, banh bao, banh xeo, banh beo, xoi…

Secondly, no meal is complete without fresh vegetables and (5)…………………… Thanks to the tropical climate, fresh vegetables are (6)…………………………all the year round. As a result, dishes with fresh vegetables become (7)…………………………with every family, especially among poor people in the old days. Vietnam can also be considered as a tropical paradise of (8)……………… and beverage with che, sugarcane, fruit smoothies, bubble tea… 

Exercise 3: Read the passage and then decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F).

Green tea

Green tea must always be the first to be mentioned whenever one talks about   Vietnamese tea. From the middle of the 20th century, green tea has been planted extensively throughout the North and the Middle of Vietnam, gradually becoming a symbol of Vietnamese’ everyday life, of the peaceful countryside regions.

Vietnam has always been an agricultural country since people in the rural area earn a living mainly from farming. Green tea is very amiable to Vietnam’ soil and climate, as it can be found widely in not only plain but also highland areas, sometimes right in the family backyard’s gardens. With the higher trunk and larger size of leaves in comparison with other tea plants, green tea can be enjoyed fresh and there is no need to wilt or oxidize; people can enjoy it right after picking the leaves from the tree. Steeping and boiling the tea leaves in hot water, after fifteen minutes, your green tea is ready to be served. Besides blowing out the heat from the inside, green tea also helps improve body’s resistance to infection. Thanks to its benefits, green tea is considered an indispensable part of Vietnamese farmers’ ordinary life.

Nowadays, taking advantage of the popularity of green tea and its positive effects on health, some shrewd businessmen have converted this folk beverage into canned drink, bringing green tea closer to urban citizens as well as foreigners.

1.From the middle of the 20th century, green tea has been planted extensively throughout the South of Vietnam.

2.Vietnam’s climate is favorable for the growth of green tea.

3.Green tea is good for people’s health.

4.Nowadays, some businessmen have converted this folk beverage into canned drinks.

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