I)-Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences.
1. The toad was very ___________ because he tried to find way to the heaven
to sue God.
A. brave B. kind C. generous D. mean
2. The King was very ___________ to allow his daughter. Tien Dung, to travel
to many wonderful places of the kingdom.
A. wise B. mean C. kind D. wicked
3. The Peacock was well known to be a/an ___________ animal, so he just
applied black colour to the Crow’s feathers.
A. hard-working B. lazy C. ugly D. clever
4. The wife of the fisherman was very ___________ when she demanded for
bigger and bigger things.
A. kind B. generous C. greedy D. fierce
5. Ali Baba was very _____________ when he also used the words “Open
Sesame!” to enter the cave of treasures.
A. wise B. cunning C. kind D. evil
6. The servant was very ___________ to mark other houses with white chalk
so that the thieves couldn’t find Ali Baba’s house.
A. mean B. wicked C. kind D. clever
II)-Read the following fable and put the verbs in brackets into the past
simple or the past continuous.
The Fisherman and His Wife
TEST (UNIT 6)
A fisherman and his wife (7. live)________ in a little hut by the sea. One
day, while the fisherman (8. perform)___________ his usual work, he (9.
catch)__________ a fish who (10. say)___________ he (11. be)_____________
actually a magical prince as well as a talking fish.
The fisherman (12. agree)_____________ to let him go.
The wife (13. not like)_____________ that, and (14. tell)___________ him
to go back and ask for a cottage. This wish (15. come)__________ true, but the
cottage (16. not be)___________ nice enough so the wife then (17.
send)____________ the fisherman (18. be)____________ the rulers of the
country, and then to be emperors.
Finally, the wife (19. want)___________ to be like God. On returning home,
the fisherman (20. find)___________ that his wife (21. sit)____________ in their
humble hut again.
III)-Complete the conversation about the legend of “The Toad is the
God’s Uncle” with the responses given (A-F). Practise the
conversation with your partner.
A. And there is a Vietnamese saying:
“Toad is God’s uncle
Beat him, God beats back.”
B. The toad, the God, the Thunder genie and the animals on Earth.
C. After all, God had to invite the great toad and all of his friends into the
court. The toad told God that there was no rain on the earth for four years.
God immediately made rain and carefully told the toad just to grind his
teeth if the earth needed water.
D. Once upon a time, there was no rain for long, long time. The ground
cracked all over, all plants and animals had to suffer from thirst.
E. Yes. There was a great toad, and he tried to find way to the heaven to let
God know what life on the earth was. He was followed by a crab, a bee, a
fox, a bear and a tiger.
F. You’re right! Finally, they all came to the heaven, and the toad beat the
drum loudly. The army from the heaven including the Thunder genie were
beaten by the animals.
A: I’ve just read a great story named “The Toad is the God’s Uncle”.
B: Really? What’s it about?
A: It’s about a toad who sued the God for rain.
B: Who are the main characters?
A: (22)
B: And what’s the story?
A: (23)
B: They were to die soon.
A: (24)
B: I see. Each type of animals has a different power.
A: (25)
B: How powerful and clever animals were, especially the toad!
A: (26)
B: I see. Is it from that day on it may rain if toad grinds his teeth?
A: (27)
IV)-Read the story and match the phrases/ sentences A-G with the
gaps 28-34.
The Farmers and his Sons
A. as soon as their father had died
B. who had worked hard in his vineyard
C. what their father had meant by the great treasure
D. its own reward
E. and all the time as they were working they wondered what their father had
left for them
F. They felt that their hard work had been for nothing
G. Soon they had drug up every inch of the vineyard.
There was once an old, dying farmer (28)____________. Before he died he
wanted to teach his three sons how to be good farmers. So he called them to him
and said, ‘My boys, before I die I want you to know that there is a great treasure
buried in the vineyard. Promise me that you will look for it when I am dead.’
The sons promised and (29)_________, they began looking for the treasure. They
worked very hard in the hot sun (30)____________. In their minds, they thought
of boxes of gold coins, diamond necklaces and other such things.
(31)____________. But they found not a simple penny. They were very upset. (32)
____________. But then the grapes started to appear on the vines and their
grapes were the biggest and best in the neighbourhood, and they sold them for a
lot of money.
Now they understood (33)____________ and they lived happily and wealthily
ever after.
“Hard work brings (34)______________.”
Note:
- wine (n) = the climbing plant that grapes grown on (cây nho), vineyard (n) =
a piece of land where vines are grown (vườn nho)
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