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l. Put the name of the celebration in each blank.
Halloween, New Year's Day ,Boxing Day, Passover, Christmas, Mother's Day, Easter ,Father's Day, Mid-Fall Festival
1. It is celebrated in Viet Nam on the 15th of August in a lunar year Mid-Fall Festival
2. It is celebrated on 26 December, the day after Christmas Day Boxing Day
3. It is celebrated on the second Sunday in May when people give cards or gifts to their mothers Mother's Day
4. It is celebrated in late March or early April in memory of freeing of the Jews from being slaves in Egypt. Passover
5. It is celebrated on the third Sunday in June when people give cards or presents to their fathers Father's Day
6. It is celebrated on Sunday in March or April when Christians think about Christ coming back to life. Easter
7. It is celebrated on 25 December when Christians remember the birth of Christ Christmas
8. It is celebrated on the first day of the year, January 1st New Year's Day
9. It is celebrated in the night of October 31, when children wear costumes and go from door to d oor to ask for candy. Halloween
Điền từ:
Halloween is celebrated on October the 31st (1) ___every___ year. It originated from a pagan holiday and the Christian holiday of All Saints’ Day. The name Halloween is a (2) ___shortened___ version of All Hallows’ Eve. Today, it is more of a fun day for children and has (3) ___largely___ lost its religious roots. Halloween has many (4) ___easily___ identifiable symbols. The colors orange and black are widely used. In particular, orange pumpkins and fires and black witches, cats and costumes are common (5) ___features___ of this day. One of the biggest Halloween activities is trick-or-treating. This is when children knock on doors and ask for a small gift. If they don’t get (6) ___anything___, they’ll play a trick on the person who opens the door. Food also plays a big part of Halloween. Toffee apples are very popular and (7) ___so___ is anything made from pumpkin.
Điền từ:
Halloween is celebrated on October the 31st (1) ___EVERY___ year. It originated from a pagan holiday and the Christian holiday of All Saints’ Day. The name Halloween is a (2) ___SHORTENED___ version of All Hallows’ Eve. Today, it is more of a fun day for children and has (3) ___LARGELY___ lost its religious roots. Halloween has many (4) ___EASILY___ identifiable symbols. The colors orange and black are widely used. In particular, orange pumpkins and fires and black witches, cats and costumes are common (5) ___FEATURES___ of this day. One of the biggest Halloween activities is trick-or-treating. This is when children knock on doors and ask for a small gift. If they don’t get (6) ___ANYTHING___, they’ll play a trick on the person who opens the door. Food also plays a big part of Halloween. Toffee apples are very popular and (7) ___SO___ is anything made from
32. This text is about_______ the Chinese New Year
a. how people celebrate
c. what people should do at
b. what people believed about
d. how to have good luck at
33. People have to pay their debts ___________
a. on the Chinese New Year's Day.
b. on the Chinese New Year's Eve
c. before the Chinese New Year starts.
d. after the Chinese New Year starts.
34. Before people decorate their houses for the Chinese New Year, they_____
b. visit their friends.
a. eat a big dinner
c. open all the doors and windows.
d. clean their houses
35. On the Chinese New Year's Day, people shouldn't _________
a. say "Happy New Year."
c. wear new clothes.
b. clean their houses.
d. give children money.
36. When the Chinese New Year begins, people often_________
a. talk about the old year
c. pay their debts.
b. clean their houses.
d. visit their grandparents
Đáp án: A
Thông tin: It is bordered by the countries Laos in the Northeast, Cambodia in the Southeast and Malaysia in the South.
Dịch: Nó giáp với các nước Lào ở Đông Bắc, Campuchia ở Đông Nam và Malaysia ở phía Nam.
Đáp án: A
Thông tin: On the day, most shops open extremely early and offer promotional sales to boost the consumption, which is similar to Boxing Day after Christmas Day in Britain and many Commonwealth nations.
Dịch: Vào ngày này, hầu hết các cửa hàng mở cửa cực kỳ sớm và cung cấp doanh số khuyến mại để tăng mức tiêu thụ, tương tự như Ngày Boxing sau Ngày Giáng sinh ở Anh và nhiều quốc gia Khối thịnh vượng chung.
I. Fill in each blank with the correct form of the word in capitals
1. I'm very proud of my father and love him so much (pride)
2. Trung's sense of humor distinguishes him from other students (distinct)
3. Sometimes I have some feelings which can't be explained (feel)
4. Mid-August Festival is a joyful festival for children (joy)
5. Passover of the Jewish people is a festival which celebrates freely from slavery (free)
II. Each line of the following passage contains one error. Find and correct it
Tet holiday is celebrating -> celebrated on the first day of the Lunar New Year. Some weeks after -> before the New Year, the Vietnamese clean their houses and paint the walls. New clothes are buyed -> bought for the occasion. One or two days before the festival, people make Banh Chung, who -> which is the traditional cake, and others goodies. On the New Year's Eve, the whole family gets -> get together for a reunion dinner. Every members of the family pay them -> their respects to the elders. In return they receive lucky money wrapping -> wrapped in red tiny envelops. Then people go to visit their neighborhoods -> neighbors, friends and relatives
Dung ra con co:
others => other
members=> member
Do cop de len nen kho can dong.
A gesture is an action that sends a message from one person to another (23)_________ using words. We use gestures to communicate with others. There are some gestures that have completely different meaning depending on when and (24) ________ they are used. When an American wants(25) ___________ that something is OK or good, he raises his hand and make a circle with his thumb and forefinger. The circle sign has onlyone meaning for him. He might be (26) _______ to learn that in other countries it can mean something very different. ( 27)______________ Japan, for instance, it is the gesture (28) __________ money. In France it “zero” or “worthless”. Such differences can lead to all kinds of misunderstanding when foreigners meet. But why is it that the same gesture has so many different meanings?
23/ A. with B. without C. don’t D. not
24/ A. place B. time C. where D. way
25/ A. show B. to show C. shown D. showing
26/ A. surprise B. surprising C. surprisingly D. surprised
27/ A. In B. For C. From D. With
28/ A. of B. against C. for D. to A
(29-32) Read the dialogue and then decide whether the statements that follow are true or false. Write True or False in your answersheet:
Vietnam’s new Year is officially known as Tet. It begins between January twenty-first and February nineteenth. The exact date changes from year to year. Tet lasts ten days. The first three das are the most important. Vietnamese people believe that what people act during those days will influence the whole year. As a result, they make every effort to avoid arguments and smile as much as possible. Vietnamese people believe that the first person through the door on New Year’s Day brings either good or bad luck. Children receive lucky money as they do in other countries
T 29/ Tet occurs in lateJanuary or early February.
F 30/ There are two weeks for Lunar New Year.
T 31/ People should not argue with each other at Tet.
T 32/The first visitor on New Year’s Day brings good or bad lucky.
(33-36) Rewrite the sentences so that they are nearest in meaning to the sentence printed before them.
33/ They haven’t decided the exact time of the match yet.
The exact time of the match hasn't been decided (by them) yet
34/ It was after midnight, but we did not feel tired
Although it was after midnight, we did not feel tired
35/ They stayed in a very luxurious hotel last summer.
The hotel in which they stayed last summer is very luxurious
36/ The last time they played tennis was two years ago.
They haven’t played tennis for two years
Halloween has its origin in the ancient Celtic celebration called Samhain (pronounced sow-in). The Celtic people lived in Ireland, the United Kingdom, and northern France over 2,000 years ago. The Celtic New Year began on November 1. Samhain was a festival that celebrated the end of summer and the harvest season on the day before the new year. During this festival, the Celts would wear costumes and try to tell each other their future.
By the time Christianity had spread to the region in the ninth century A.D., November 1 had been designated All Saints Day or All-hallows. The day before, October 31", was referred to as All-hallows Eve. It is now simply called Halloween.
32. The origin of Halloween can be traced to Celts. T
33. The celebration of Samhain took place on November 1st. T
34. During Samhain, people wore costumes and told each other's fortune. T
35. By the 900s, Christianity had spread into Celtic lands. T
36. All-hallows Eve is another name for Halloween.T