Title VSTEP-Reading test 11.docx ✅

Code 11 - Page 3 of D. It’s dissimilar to Christmas in many other parts of the world. T 7. What does the author mainly discuss in paragraph 2? A. Christmas traditions vary among people in England, Europe and North America. B. The time of the year in which Christmas comes. / C. The legends of Father Christmas. / D. Christmas traditions in the northern part of the world. 8. The word “flavour” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to A. sauce B. a particular manner C. a common spice D. eating 9. What makes Christmas in New Zealand special compared to other parts of the world? A. It comes in a different season. B. It is celebrated on different days. C. People sing different songs. D. People have two weeks off. / 10. The purpose of the passage is to A. illustrate Christmas celebrations worldwide. B. discuss Christmas customs in a country. C. encourage people to come to New Zealand. / D. make the readers aware of the importance of Christmas. / PASSAGE 2 – Questions 11-20 Climate is the long-term average of daily weather conditions. Both climate and weather include factors such as temperature, wind, and precipitation. Vietnam lies within the tropical latitudes, a factor that directly affects the country’s atmospheric conditions. Other factors include elevation, proximity to the sea, and the seasons, which allow more or less direct sunlight. Perhaps the most memorable trait of Vietnam’s climate is its sweltering humidity, which averages 84 percent throughout the year. Vietnam has a tropical climate, it borders the sea, and it has large rivers—all of which combine to generate a lot of atmospheric moisture (humidity) and rainfall. A monsoon is a seasonal wind that arrives laden with moisture. Vietnam has two of them. The winter monsoon blows from November to April and comes from the northeast. This wind comes across the Gulf of Tonkin, where it gathers moisture that is then deposited over land. The summer monsoon blows from the southwest, across the Indian Ocean and Gulf of Thailand, from May to October. It brings