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I Fill in each blank of the sentences with one word from the box.
preparations decorate celebrate excited popular
wrapped represent influence traditional exchange
1 How do people New Year in your country?
2 On the first days of Tet, people often visit relatives and friends to New Year wishes
3 Japanese usually their houses with some small pine trees, which constancy and longevity
4 People believe that what they do on the first day of the year will their luck during the whole year
5 People usually make for Tet severals weeks beforehand
6 Tet is also the time for children to receive lucky money in red envelopes
7 Besides the flowers for Tet such as peach flowers and apricot flowers, the kumquat trees are also throughout the country
8 Children are always about the Tet holiday
II Fill in each blank with an appropriate preposition.
1 Children usually are given 'lucky money' _ Tet
2 Banh Chung, which is made _ sticky rice, is one of Tet's special foods
3 The New Year is celebrated _ night _ January 1
4 There are usually a lot of party _ New Year’s Eve
5 Vietnamese people prepare _ Tet several weeks beforehand
6 We decorated our Christmas tree _ a lot of colored and shiny little bells
7 Many people go to the pagoda to pray _ a happy year
8 _ the first days of Tet everyone tries to be nice and polite _ others
9 Lunar New Year usually falls sometime _ 19 January and 20 February _ the Western calendar
10 Both children and adults take part _ games and various forms of entertainment
III Complete these sentences with someone, something, anyone, anything, no one, nothing, everyone,
everything.
1 We arranged the meeting, but _ came
2 Janet Jones is _ I rarely see these days
3 She valued friendship more than _ in the world
4 I always get to work before _ else
5 While you are making dinner, I'll get on with _ else
6 _ has changed Everything is the same as it was
7 I hope _ will be comfortable here We try to make each guest feel at home
8 We don't think there's _ wrong with her reading ability,
9 Hardly _ turn up to the meeting
10 I am not going to the party because I've got _ to wear
11 I thought I heard _ knocking at the door
12 _ calls her Maggie, but her real name's Margaret
13 The earthquake destroyed _ within a 25-mile radius
14 There was complete silence in the room _ said _
15 Sarah was upset about _ and refused to talk to _
IV Choose the one word or phrase -a, b, c, or d- that best completes the sentences or substitutes for the underlined part.
1 Family members who live apart try to get together Tet
2 Most towns put a Christmas tree, a fir tree decorated with colored lights, shiny balls, tinsel and bows
3 On Christmas Eve children go to bed full excitement
4 Agrarian people depend on the lunar calendar to prepare for their crops
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5 There is a mood everywhere on New Year's Day
a popular b good c optimistic d festive
6 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
7 Children are always about Tet holiday
a excited b interested c keen d concerned
8 I shook hands and a few words with the manager
a uttered b expressed c exchanged d converted
9 Jane is a very sociable girl She likes parties and
a rituals b ceremonies c traditions d celebrations
10 Shopping malls are decorated for Christmas from September, most people do not do their Christmas
shopping until December
a though b because c so d so that
V Choose the one word or phrase -a, b, c, or d- that best completes the sentences.
11 The number of students who knew the answer to the last question on the exam very low
a were b was c have been d has been
12 waiting to hear the results
a Everyone was b All was c Everyone were d All were
13 'We need new curtains.' 'Okay, let's buy
c some with flowers on d ones with flowers on
14 the furniture arrived yet
a None has b None have c None of has d None of have
15 A number of students in intensive language programs abroad nowadays
a participated b has participated
c have participated d is participating
16 Every one of the boys and girls in the school what to do if the fire alarm
a knows - rings b know - rings c knows - will ring d would know-rang
17 Some of these people are friends of mine and people from the office.
a the rest is b the rest are c rest is d rest are
18 Knowing several helpful if you work for an intemational corporation.
a languages are b language is c languages is d language are
19 Three hours a long time to take on the homework
a seems b seem c seemed d has been
20 The Prime Minister, as well as several Cabinet Ministers, in a tough financial policy
a is believing b don't believe c believe d believes
VI Identify the one underlined word or phrase- A, B, C or D - that must be changed for the sentence
to be correct.
21 No one in our office wants to drive to work because of there are always
A B C
traffic jams at rush hour
D
22 The United States come top of the list of countries ranked by economic
A B C D
performance
23 About 60 per cent of the people questioned wants cars to be banned
A B C D
from the town center.
24 There's hardly no sugar left, so we must get some when we go shopping
A B C D
25 If someone phones while I'm out, can you tell them I'll be back at 11.30?
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VII Fill in each blank with one appropriate word to complete the passage.
New Year's Day is the (31) _ of the year expected to bring most joy to everyone in China Most
people insist on doing (32) _ right to prepare for the celebration Good luck wishes (33) _ on red paper are hung on the wails and doors of the houses Living room decorated (34) _ a lot of flowers is
always full of laughter Many families leaving every door and window (35) _ at midnight
on New Year's Eve believe in letting the old year out and the New Year (36) _ On New Year's Eve and New Year's Day people (37) _ together and eat feasts of delicious, traditional foods Everywhere there are a lot of children playing around in their brand new (38) _ They are very happy to get some (39)
_ money from adults They also enjoy dragon or unicorn (40) _.
Open clothes everything with in written get Lucky dancing festival
VIII Read the passge carefully, then choose the correct answer.
THANKSGIVING
Thanksgiving is celebrated in the US on the fourth Thursday in November For many Americans it is the most important holiday apart from Christmas Schools, offices and most businesses close for Thanksgiving, and many people make the whole weekend a vacation
Thanksgiving is associated with the time when Europeans first came
to North America In 1620 the ship the Mayflowers arrived, bringing about 150 people who today are usually
called Pilgrims They arrived at the beginning of a very hard winter and could not find enough to eat, so many
of them died But in the following summer Native Americans showed them what foods were safe to eat, so that they could save food for the next winter They held a big celebration to thank God and the Native Americans for the fact that they had survived
Today people celebrate Thanksgiving to remember these early days
The most important part of the celebration is a traditional dinner with foods that come from North America The meal includes turkey, sweet potatoes (also called yams) and cranberries, which are made into a kind of sauce or jelly The turkey is filled with stuffing or dressing, and many families have their own special recipe Dessert is pumpkin made into a pie
On Thanksgiving there are special television programs and sports events In New York there is the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, when a long line of people wearing fancy costumes march through the streets with large balloons in- the shape of imaginary characters Thanksgiving is considered the beginning of the Christmas period, and the next day many people go out to shop for Christmas presents
41 In the United States, Thanksgiving is
a a religious celebration held by Christians only
b celebrated as a public holiday
c more important than Christmas
d apart from Christmas
42 According to the passage Pilgrims are
a people who travelled to America by ships
b trips that religious people make to a holy place
c people who left their home and went to live in North America in the early 17th century;
d Native Americans who live in North America
43 All of the following statements are mentioned EXCEPT
a People celebrate Thanksgiving to thank God
b People usually have traditional dinners on Thanksgiving
c There are lots of entertainments on Thanksgiving
d People go to churches for religious services on Thanksgiving
44 On thanksgiving
a turkey, yams and pumpkin pies are served
b people join in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
c people wear coloured carnival masks matching through the streets
d people go out to shop for Christmas presents
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a In the US, Thanksgiving is not a national holiday; it's a religious holiday
b Christmas comes Jess than a month after Thanksgiving
c Thanksgiving was originally celebrated by the first, Europeans in North America to thank God for their survival
d The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade are colourful and exciting
IX Choose the sentence - a, b, c or d - that is closest in meaning to the printed one
46 It never occurred to me to go by train
a I used to go by train b I was used to going by train
c I never find it boring to go by train d I never thought of going by train
47 I should have studied last night, but I was too tired
a I couldn't study last night because I was very tired
b I studied last night, so I was very tired
c I tried to study last night but I felt bored
d I didn't study last night because I felt very bored
48 The doctor said, 'You really ought to rest for a few days, Jasmine.'
a Jasmine's doctor insisted that she should rest for a few days
b The doctor suggested that Jasmine should take a short rest.
c The doctor strongly advised Jasmine to take a few days’ rest.
d It is the doctor's recommendation that Jasmine rested shortly
49 The sooner he stops smoking, the better he'll feel
a As soon as he feels better, he'll try to stop smoking
b When he stops smoking, he'll begin to feel better
c He feels so much better since he stopped smoking
d Though he feels better, he still smokes
50 The coffee was not strong It didn't keep us awake
a The coffee was very strong, but it couldn't keep us awake
b The coffee was so strong that we couldn't sleep
c The coffee was not strong enough to keep us awake
d We was kept awake because the coffee was strong
X Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in the following passage.
SPRING FESTIVALS From (31) _ times people have celebrated the end of winter and the new life that spring brings One
of the most important Christian festivals is Easter, (32) _ Christians remember the death and resurrection
of Jesus Christ
Easter, however, is not the (33) _ spring festival In Sweden, people celebrate the end of the winter
by making (34) _ bonfires Fire also plays an important part in the Hindu festival of Holi In some villages children are (35) _ round bonfires by their mothers to protect them (36) _ danger in the coming year Buddhists in Thailand soak (37) _ in water when celebrating their New Year, which (38) _ in the middle of April In Antigua in Guatemala they carpet the streets with flowers Chinese spring parades are (39) _ colourful, but (40) _ flowers they have large dragon puppets which dance in the streets
1 a earliest b latest c previous d old
2 a which b when c because d by then
3 a single b one c only d lonely
4 a giant b tremedous c extreme d huge
5 a gone b carried c brought d run
6 a in b out of c against d from
7 a through b one other c each other d mutually
8 a falls b appears c happens d occurs
9 a the same b as c not less d equally
10 a instead of b on behalf of c in spite of d place of