People consider what they do on the dawn of Tt will determine their fate of the whole year, hence people always smile and behave as nice as they can in the hope for a better year.. Vietn[r]
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VOCABULAY
1 sticky ( adj) dính – sticky rice cake
2 Jew (n) Jewish (adj) : người Do Thái, thuộc Do Thái
3 Passover ( n) lễ quá hải
4 Slave (n) – slavery (n): nô lệ, sự nô lệ
5 Active ( adj) – activist (n): năng động, nhà hoạt động
6 Nominate (v) - nomination (n) đề cử, bổ nhiệm
7 Congratulate sb on sth (n) chúc mừng – congratulation (n) sự chúc mừng
8 Considerate (adj) – inconsiderate(adj)
9 Prior (adj) - priority (n) ưu tiên, sự ưu tiên
10.Distinguish A from B: phân biệt
PRACTICE: MULTIPLE CHOICE
1 Tuan was an effective……… in that volunteer program He dedicated most of his time to fixing houses for poor people
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A That’s very nice of
you to say so
B I’m an awful dancer
C Let’s have a celebration
D Well done
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7 For Christians, Easter is a ………… holiday People usually exchange chocolate eggs
on that day
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New Year is one of the most important festival in the United States.(1) ………… New Year’s Eve, most people go to the parties (2) ………midnight, everyone says “ Happy New Year” and they (3)……… their friends and relatives good luck New Year’s Eve is usually a long night to many people They won’t go home (4) ……… morning Another holiday, Halloween, is mainly for children On this holiday, children(5) ………… as witches, ghosts or others Most children go from house to house asking for (6) ………… If the people
at the house do not give them candy, the children will (7) ……… a trick on them (8) But this (8) ………… Ever happens
CHOOSE THE WORD THAT BEST FITS THE BLANK SPACE IN THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE
In many Western countries, people (1) ……… Halloween on October 31st The word Halloween (2) ……… from “All Hallows’ Eve” It is the night before All Saints’ s Day, a religious holiday in some parts of the world On this night, children dress up in special costumes, put (3) ………… Masks, and go door to door saying “trick-or-treat” to get candy Many people decorate their homes with paper ghosts, black cats or witches to give their houses a (4)
……… look People also decorate their homes with jack-o’-lanterns They carve scary faces
on pumpkins, and (5) ……… candles inside the pumpkins In some places, both children and adults can make(6) ……… of haunted houses
SUPPLY THE CORRECT FORM OF WORDS IN PARENTHESES
1 One of the most important ……… for Vietnamese
people is Tet or the Lunar New Year holiday ( celebrate)
1 …………
play congratulate until wish candy at
on dress hardly make
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( generous)
4 Traffic is now moving more……… following an earlier
accident (freedom)
4 …………
5 Our neighbors are very……… They’re always playing
loud music late at night (consider)
5 ………
6 12 Years a Slave got the……… for the Oscar (nominate) 6 ………
READ THE PASSAGE.DECIDE IF THE STATEMENTS FROM 1 TO 4 ARE TRUE
OR FALSE, AND CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWERS ( A,B,C OR D) FOR THE QUESTIONS 5 AND 6
Since Tet occupies an important role in Vietnamese’s religious beliefs, Vietnamese will begin their preparations well in advance of the upcoming New Year In an effort to get rid of the bad luck of the old year, people will spend a few days cleaning their homes, polishing every utensil,
or even repaint and decorate the house with branches of peach blossom, and many other colorful flowers The ancestral altar is especially taken care of, with careful decoration of five kinds of fruits and votive papers, along with many religious rituals Everybody, especially children, buy new clothes and shoes to wear on the first days of New Year People also try to pay all their pending debts and resolve all the arguments among colleagues, friends or members of family Like other Asian countries, Vietnamese believe that the colors of red and yellow will bring good fortune, which may explain why these colors can be seen everywhere in Lunar New Year People consider what they do on the dawn of Tt will determine their fate of the whole year, hence people always smile and behave as nice as they can in the hope for a better year
1 Vietnamese people make a lot of preparations for their homes before Tet 1 ……
2 People try to remove the bad luck of the old year by cleaning and decorating the
houses
2 ……
3 Children never put on their new clothes and shoes on the first days of New Year
4 Red and yellow which aren’t thought will bring good fortune in Lunar New Year
5.Which of the following is not true?
A Tet is important for Vietnamese C People are in dept to colleagues at
Tet
B People always smile and behave as nice as they can during Tet D People will
spend a few days cleaning their homes
6 What can be the best title of the passage?
A The most successful festival C Tet will determine their fate for
the whole year
B Preparations for Tet D The ancestral altar is decorated
of five kinds of fruits
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