Once upon a time, there was a girl called Cinderella who did all the work in the kitchen (23) _______ her lazy sisters did nothing. One night her sisters went to a ball at the palace. Cinderella was left at home, feeling very sad. After a time, her fairy godmother (24) _________ and told her that she could go to the ball, (25) ______ she had to return home by midnight. So she went to a ball in a beautiful dress and a wonderful coach. She danced with the Prince, but (26) ______ midnight she ran back home, leaving one of her shoes on the dance floor. The prince wanted to see her again and went to every house in the capital until he found the shoe was the right (27) ________ for Cinderella. The Prince and Cinderella were married and lived (28) ________ ever after.

23. A. however B. while C. after D. before

24. A. appeared B. emigrated C. watched D. founded

25. A. but B. moreover C. so D. or

26. A. with B. at C. from D. in

27. A. part B. piece C. section D. size

28. A. unhappy B. happiness C. happily D. happy

Read this legend, then answer the following questions.. Kitchen Gods Once upon a time, there was a childless couple. The wife was faithful and loved the husband passionately while the husband was treated his wife badly. One day he beat the poor wife with a stick and dismissed her from home. The women had come to another place. She then got married with a kind man, and they lived in harmony. One afternoon when her husband had gone for hunting, a beggar came and a some food. The woman was kind; filled the poor beggar's bag and recognized that the beggar was her former husband. The man also recognized his wife then. She felt sorry for the man when hearing that from the day he dismissed ber, he was deeply sad and regretful. So he decided to go away to find her until he spent all money and became a beggar. After being offered a big meal, the man was drunk so the woman had to drag him out and hid him in a stack of straw because it was time for her recent husband to come back from the forest. After a while, there was a knock at the door, the hunter appeared with a deer on his back. He then happily asked the woman to go to the market to prepare for the dinner. When the women came back, she found that the stack of straw, where her drunk former husband was sleeping, had been burned with a deer roasted. She cried painfully, and then jumped into the fire. The hunter didn't know what had happened and what to do but jumped into the fire to die beside his wife. At that moment, God was in the heaven, he was moved by the story so he turned three of them into three parts of the earthen tripod so that they could live side foreverand conferred them with the title of Kitchen God to oversee all the cooking of people. Every year, they all together came back to the heaven on the 23"of the 12 lunar month to report to God.

1. Why did the wife have to leave for another place?

2. What did the former husband do after dismissing his wife from home?

3. Why did the wife jump into the fire?

4. What did the hunter do then?

5.Why did God turn them into three parts of the earthen tripod?

          Once upon a time there was a young girl called Cinderella. Cinderella was living happily with her family when her mother died. Her father married an evil widow with two daughters. Cinderella’s stepmother and two stepsisters mistreated her. She had to wear old clothes and work hard while the sisters wore fancy clothes and had fun. A good fairy helped Cinderella. She turned Cinderella’s old dress into a beautiful gown. Cinderella went to a party and a handsome prince politely invited her to dance with him.

He fell in love with her and wanted to find out who she was. Cinderella left the party in a hurry and didn’t tell the prince her name. But she left a glass slipper, and the prince used that to find her. They got married and lived happily ever after.

    Questions:

1. What did Cinderella’s father do when his wife died?

2. Did her stepmother make new clothes for her?

3. How did Cinderella’s stepmother and two stepsisters treat her?

4. Who turned Cinderella’s old clothes into a beautiful gown?

5. What did the prince use to find Cinderella?

made/ tried/ ate/ built/ were/ lived /fell/ blew/ was/ used/ came
 Once upon a time there ___________ three little pigs. One _________ a house with 
straw, one _________ a house with wood and the other _________ bricks. One day a big 
bad wolf _________ and _________ to destroy the houses. He ________ on each house. 
The houses of straw and wood _________ down and he ______ the pigs. The house of 
bricks ________ very strong so the final pig _______ a long and happy life

I. Fill an appropriate word in each gap to complete the following fairy tale. Then read and translate into Vietnamese

told   -    shoes  -    went – called – left -    married  -    see  - beautiful – return  -   right

Once upon a time, there was a girl (1)………Cinderella who did all the work in the kitchen while her lazy sisters did nothing. One night her sisters (2)……….to a ball at the palace. Cinderella was (3)………….at home, feeling very sad. After a time her fairy godmother appeared and (4)…………..Cinderella that she could go to the ball, but she had to (5)………..home by midnight. So she went to the ball in a (6)……………dress and a wonderful coach. She danced with the prince, but at midnight she ran back home, leaving one of her (7)…………on the dance floor. The prince wanted to (8)………her again and went to every house in the capital until he found that the shoe was the (9)………….size for Cinderella. The prince and Cinderella were (10) …………..and lived happily ever after.

II. Read the passage and answer the questions

Tet is a national and traditional festival in Viet Nam. It is occasion for every Vietnamese to be reunited to think about their past activities and hope for good luck in the year to come. Before Tet all houses are white washed and decorated with yellow apricot flowers and colorful lanterns. Everybody is looking forward to a more favorable life. On the New Year’s Eve, children are smartly dressed. They are hoping to receive money put in small red envelopes as they are wishing longevity to their grandparents and parents.

1. What is everybody looking forward to at Tet?

2. What are children hoping to do on the New Year’s Eve?

Read and Complete.

     Once upon a time, there was a beautiful and gentle girl named Tam. Her mother died when she was very young. She lived with her father, who loved her very much. However, things changed when her father remarried. Her step-mother and her step-sister named Cam treated her badly. Cam was as cruel as her mother. They made her do a lot of housework. Then one day, Tam met the king thanks to a fairy’s help. He king married Tam. Next, Cam and her mother found many different ways to kill Tam bu they didn’t succeed. In the end, Tam and the king lived happily ever after.

1. Tam was a ……………………………………………………………….

2. Cam and her mother are very……………………………………………

3. They forced Tam to……………………………………………………..

4. A fairy helped Tam see……………………………….…………………

5.Cam and her mother failed to ……………………..…………………….

6. Tam and the king finally ………………………………………………..

        Once upon a time there was a beautiful princess who had a golden ball. She ……(1) in a palace with her father, the King. Every day she played ……..(2) her ball in the garden of the palace. At the end of the garden ………(3)was a deep, dark pond.When the weather was hot, the princess liked playing near the pond.

      (4) ………….., one day she dropped her golden ball into the water.She was very unhappy and she sat…………(5) the grass and started to cry. Suddenly she heard a voice: “Don’t cry,princess”

She ………………(6) her eyes and saw a large , green frog. “Oh,please help me!” she said.

“I’ll help you if I can come and live with you in the ………….(7)” said the frog.

“Yes, of course.I ………….(8).” The princess answered. So the frog jumped into the water and came ………….(9) with the ball. The princess laughed and took the ball. She ran quickly back to the palace and ………….(10) all about the frog.

        The frog was very angry. He followed the princess into the palace and told his story to the King…..