UNIT 8:CELEBRATIONS GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY 1.Lunar New Year, or Tet, is Vietnam’s main holiday A.party B.festival C.meeting D.get-together 2.It is the grandest and most important occasio[r]
Trang 1UNIT 8:CELEBRATIONS
GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
1.Lunar New Year, or Tet, is Vietnam’s main holiday
2.It is the grandest and most important occasion in the year which falls sometime between 19 January and 20 February on the Western calendar
3.Tet marks the beginning of spring and, for agrarian people, the start of the New Year
4.The preparations and celebrations used to be spread over months but nowadays the holiday is much shorter
5.There is great excitement building up well before Tet
6.Streets are decorated with colored lights and red banners
7.People are busy buying gifts, cleaning and decorating the house and cooking traditional foods
8.Besides, the Kumquat tree with its ripe deep orange fruits is popular throughout the country
9.One of Tet’s most special foods is banh chung, which is made from sticky rice, yellow mug bean and fatty pork
10.People believe that what they do on the first day of the year will influence their luck during the whole year
11.The whole family usually tries to get together at Christmas
12.We wish you both health and longevity
13.Agrarian people depend on the lunar calendar to prepare for their crops
14.Lunar New Year, or Tet, is Vietnam’s main holiday
15.Tet is a grand and important occasion in the year
16.Peter is not work today He is holiday
17.When I was in class, I often sat Tommy and Mike
18.In spring , all flowers are blossom colorfully
19.That resort is popular young people, especially on Tet holiday
Trang 220.Those ladies often go to pagoda to pray happiness and luck
21.What do you often do the first day of the year?
22.It is important most Vietnamese people to decorate their house on Tet
23.Daisy could not go shopping with us because she was busy traditional food for Tet
24.It is very nice you to give me those flowers to decorate my house
25.Family members who live apart try to get together Tet
26.On Christmas Eve, children go to bed full excitement
27 Before Tet, supermarkets and shops are full goods
28.On the first day of Tet, children their new clothes and make New Year’s wishes to their parents
29.What exactly is the influence of television children?
30.I don’t feel I can comment their decision
31.Drinking and smoking will do great harm people’s health
32.He committed the crime the influence of drugs
33.She’s very lively and full fun
34.You’re luck-there’s one ticket left
35.You’re luck She’s not here
36.There’s outside the house I hear some strange voices
37.There’s sharp in my shoe and I feel hurt
38.These young people have (else)to go
39.I’ve lost my bag and I can’t find it
40.Although he hasn’t said he seems to be upset about it
41.I would like to offer a small reward to who finds my missing dog
42.Can you please check that has got a ticket?
Trang 3A.someone B.anyone C.no one D.everyone
43.He wasn’t noticed by as he crept off the boat
44.Did happen?-No, nothing happened
45.Having a good diet gives me a sense that I am doing positive and that I am in control
46.I have not spoken to all day because I have a sore throat
47.I need reliable to look after the baby while I am at work
48. told me she was ill so I did not pay her a visit
49.Listen! I hear knocking at the window
50.I need to help me because it is a hard work
49.Listen! I hear knocking at the window
50.I need to help me because it is a hard work
51.Of the three sisters, Mary is the most beautiful
52.Good morning,
53.I phoned last night but answered
54.If you saw drowning, what would you do?
55. must have opened the cage, the bird flew away
56.Remember not to tell about our project
57.A few months before Tet, they pigs and chickens to prepare for traditional food
58.When they meet each other on the first day of the year, they often exchange wishes
of and prosperity
59.Tet is a occasion for all members of families to gather
60.During Tet holiday, all areas of amusement and are always crowded
A.entertain B.entertainment C.entertainer D.entertaining
61.By , people often try to do good things on the first day of the year
A.tradition B.traditional C.traditionally D.traditionalist
62.Those foreign tourists are looking forward to enjoying Vietnamese Tet holiday with
Trang 4A.excite B.excited C.excitement D.exciting
63.To most Vietnamese people, Tet holiday is often well
64.In Britain and America, it is for everybody to sing”Auld Lang Syne” on New Year’s Eve
A.tradition B.traditional C.traditionally D.traditionalism
65.Vietnamese people usually make for Tet several week beforehand
66.Children are always about Tet holiday
67.There is a mood everywhere on New Year’s Day
68.I shook hands and a few words with the manager
69.Jane is a very sociable girl She likes parties and
70.People believed that what they do on the first day of the year will their luck during the whole year
71.Tet is really a time of fun and throughout the country
72.Many people go to the pagoda to for a happy year for themselves and their family
73.The of football spreads not only throughout England but also all over the world
74.Some days before New Year, they greeting cards one another
75. is a day or time of the year when people have a holiday form work and celebrate some special event, often a religious event
76.Films are the most popular of entertainment
77.She is a Buddhist She often goes to the twice a month
78.He sat down and and stirred his coffee
79.Banh Chung and Mut are food on Tet holiday The majority of families have them during Tet
80. are small, soft, red fruit that you can eat raw in salads or cooked as a vegetable
81.When people , they speak to God in order to give thanks or to ask for his help
82.He his room with pictures of all his favorite sports figures
Trang 583.I have just some traditional food for Tet from my grandmother, who lives in the countryside
84.Traditionally, Vietnamese people tend to behave to make a favorable impression
on the first day of the year
85. is a small device containing powder that burns or explodes and produces bright coloured lights and loud noises, used especially at celebrations
86.Her parents no longer have any real over her
87.She to God for an end to her sufferings
88.In Britain, dinner usually turkey, Christmas pudding, brandy and butter
89.”Merry Christmas” and “ Happy New Year” are some popular at Christmas and New Year in the USA
90.Tet in Vietnam the beginning of spring
91.Every looks forward to the Mid-Autumn, or Moon Festival on the 15th day of the eight lunar month
92. traditional festivals are celebrated in different provinces during different times of the year
93.Nobody was late for the meeting last night, ?
94.They have found that New Year celebration in Vietnam is that in any other countries
A.more interesting than B.as interesting than
95.When some certain fruits , they will be a delicious food called Mut in Vietnamese
C.are sugaring and cooking D.have sugared and cooked
96.She was to leave without saying goodbye
97.Banh chung on the altar to worship during Tet
98.I feel whenever I go to the pagoda
A.as happier and relaxed B.more happier and relaxed
C.happier and more relaxed D.more relaxed and happier
99.When Tet is coming, it is often cold in North
100.Their house with apricots and some other kinds of flowers
A.decorated B.has decorated C.is decorating D.was decorated