Question

II. Read the text and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each of the gaps.

Spring festivals

From (1) _________ times people have celebrated the end of winter and the new life that spring brings. One of the most important Christian festivals is Easter, (2) ________Christians remember the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Easter, however, it is not the (3) ____________spring festival. In Sweden, people celebrate the end of the winter by (4) _____________huge bonefires. Fire also plays an important part in the Hindu festival of Holi. In some villages children are carried around bonefires (5) _________their mothers to protect them (6) _________danger in the coming year. Buddists in Thailand soak each (7) __________ water when cellaring their New Year, which falls in (8) _________middle of April. In Antigua in Guatemala they carpet the streets with flowers. Chinese spring parades (9) ________equally colourful, but instead of flowers they have large dragon puppets (10) __________ dance in the streets.

1. A. earliest	B. latest	C. old	D. ago
2. A. that	B. who	C. which	D. when
3. A. one	B. only	C. best	D. first
4. A. make	B. to make	C. making	D. made
5. A. by	B. for	C. to	D. of
6. A. in	B. on	C. at	D. from
7. A. others	B. other	C. another	D. ones
8. A. the	B. a	C. an	D. x
9. A. is	B. are	C. was	D. were
10. A. who	B. whom	C. which	D. when

Answer 1

 

1. A. earliest	B. latest	C. old	D. ago
2. A. that	B. who	C. which	D. when
3. A. one	B. only	C. best	D. first
4. A. make	B. to make	C. making	D. made
5. A. by	B. for	C. to	D. of
6. A. in	B. on	C. at	D. from
7. A. others	B. other	C. another	D. ones
8. A. the	B. a	C. an	D. x
9. A. is	B. are	C. was	D. were
10. A. who	B. whom	C. which	D. when

Answer 2

1. A. earliest	B. latest	C. old	D. ago
2. A. that	B. who	C. which	D. when
3. A. one	B. only	C. best	D. first
4. A. make	B. to make	C. making	D. made
5. A. by	B. for	C. to	D. of
6. A. in	B. on	C. at	D. from
7. A. others	B. other	C. another	D. ones
8. A. the	B. a	C. an	D. x
9. A. is	B. are	C. was	D. were
10. A. who	B. whom	C. which	D. when