IX. Read then answer the questions.
Many countries all over the world celebrate the New Year holiday. In China, it is a very happy time. Chinese people think it is the most important time of the year. There are parades in the streets, and families gather for big dinners. At these dinners, children get lucky money in red envelopes as their good grade and achievements during the last year. Before the New Year, the Chinese people always clean their houses to clean out bad luck. Everything must be fresh and clean as they think that they will have a happy new year. People also make sure that they have paid all their bills. It is important to start a New Year without owning anyone’s money. Different from Chinese, in Thailand, people hold Water Festival. The festival takes place everywhere in the country but especially popular in the north. Water Festival takes place in the middle of April every year. It is a part of the Thai New Year. People throw buckets of water on each other. There are even parades where people throw water. It is especially important to throw water on older people. It shows respect to them.
56. What happen in the streets in China on New Year holiday?
57. Why do Chinese people clean their houses before the New Year?
58. What do they try to avoid when they start the New Year?
59. When is the Water Festival held in Thailand?
60. Why is it important to throw water on older people?
1. Read the following text and answer the questions below.
German wine and beer festivals are great occasions not only to enjoy a variety of wines and beers, but they also provide an opportunity to observe local traditions, sample local foods, as well as to mingle amongst a nice cross-section of people. For connoisseurs of wine and beer, spring and summer are fantastic times to be in Germany. From Berlin to the Rhineland, there is a great choice of wine and beer festivals to attend, depending on whether you prefer to conduct your wine - tasting in one of the small towns along the Mosel or in Rudesheim on the Rhine or at wine festivals in the larger towns like Stuttgart, Hamburg, Mainz, Frankfurt or Aachen. And then there are the almighty giant beer festivals, such as Munich Oktoberfest, to keep you merry as well. There are over 1,000 wine and beer events across Germany during the year.
1. What can people do in German wine and beer festivals?
2. When is the best time to be in Germany?
3. How can you choose festivals to attend?
4. Where are the wine festivals held?
5. What is the name of the giant beer festival?
6. How many wine and beer events are there in Germany every year?
2. Find one mistake in each of the following sentences and correct them.
1. New Year's Day celebrations varies widely across different cultures.
2. Some child receive gifts on New Year's Day in some countries.
3. This is a popular holiday in Japan, where everyone celebrate his or her birthday.
4. New Year's Eve is a public holiday in many places around the world including in Australia, Canada, United Kingdom and the United States.
5. Schools, post offices and government offices are closed at countries where New Year's Day is a public holiday.
6. New Year's Day mark the start of a new year according to the Gregorian calendar. It is a relatively modern practice.
Ex1:Complete the test with the past form of the verbs in the box
Not for get, take, decide, find, hire, drive, do, arrive, get up, not be, stop, go |
Dear Ha,
Hi. I am on holiday in Nha Trang with the Robinsons.We....here last Saturday. The first day the weather.... very nice, so we...... some sightseeing. I..... lots of photograghs. On Monday, we.... car out into the country. We........ for lunch at a very lovely village and then in the afternoon we ......... a beautiful beach. Last night we ........... to the cinema. We ....... back till about 11 in the evening, so we ....... late in this morning and we ........to have a relaxing day by the hotel swimming pool. So that's where I am not
Ex2: Fill and correct mistakes:
1) When I first saw her, I thought she looked happily
2)Did you not understand what I said to you?
3) The dress was pink and little white flowers on it
4) What clever boy you have!
5)My mother bought for me a nice schoolbag on the occasion of a new school year
6) Jane will be seventeen on his next birthday
7) This room is the newest of the two although it is a little smaller
cultural parades celebrations holiday performamnces Trang 2/2 Diwali, the Hindu Festival of Lights, is the most important holiday of the year in India. Special Diwali (1) …….are held across the country in October or November. The festival shows the (2) ……. richness of this country. People open their doors and windows and light candles to welcome Lakshmi, the Goddess of Wealth. They also enjoy traditional music and dance (3)……... and watch fireworks. Also, people can watch (4)…... with beautiful floats. There is a very strong festive atmosphere across India during Diwali. cultural parades celebrations holiday performamnces
Some lines of the following passage below contain errors. Underline them and write the correct answer in the space provided. The frist one has been done for you as an example
maria, from class 7A, has been very ill with cancer last
year and was in hospital for several weeks.she was
now at home and is getting gooder, but she needs a
holiday in the sun to help her recover.class 8A would
like raising some money for Maria to have a holiday.
Can you help our? We are having a meeting in the
school hall in Friday at four o'clock. Please come and
give up your ideas and your help.
I. Fill in each blank with one suitable from the box to complete the passage:
foods | take | after | most | to | forget | for |
I think Tet holiday is the (1) .................. important celebration in Vietnam because it is an occasion for family-reuion, for human love and for better hope. All of us seen to (2) ............................ the hatred, bad lucks and then try to be nice (3) ........................ others. Everyone is eager to (4) .............................. part in many special activities, which are expected to bring good lucks and success in the New Year. Tet is also the time for us to relax and enjoy our special (5) ..........................., warm family atmosphere (6) .................... a hard-working year.
Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense form.
1. You (think) __________ collecting stamps costs much money?
2. My father thinks mountain climbing (be) __________ more dangerous than skating.
3. Every year, my mother (give) __________ me a nice doll on my birthday.
4. My brother (not like) __________ collecting stamps, he likes collecting glass bottles.
5. My sister likes (cook) __________ very much. She can cook many good foods.
6. Does your brother like (listen) __________ to music in his free time?
7. I think in the future, more people (enjoy) __________ going out by bicycles.
8. My father says when he's retired, he (go) __________ back to his village to do the gardening.
9. We are planting trees around our school now. Our school (be) __________ surrounded by a lot of green trees.
10. Lan says she loves collecting pens but she (not/continue) __________ this hobby from next year.
Gerund or infinitive?Complete the sentences using the correct form of the verbs in thw brackets
1)Where do you want(go),,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,?
2)What have you decide (do).........?
3)Don't forget(send)....... me a postcard when you're on holiday
4)You must stop(work).......so hard.It's bad for you
5)i don't mind(travel)......by train but I prefer(fly)......
6)The weather was nice,so I suggest(go)......for a walk by the river
7)Have you finished(clean)......the kitchen
I. Give the correct word form or verb form.
1. December is the ..........................time of the year for shops. ( busy )
2. The most popular after school .................................are football and baseball. (act)
3. In the USA, there ............................no lessons on Saturday. (be)
4. We .................................a holiday in Hue next month. (have)
5. We ....................to school two weeks ago. (not go)
6. Could you tell me how ...................to the bus stop? (get)
II. Read and answer the questions.
Nam’s school has a library. The library is not very large, but it’s nice. There are lots of reference
books, novels, readers, newspapers......in the library. There is also a comfortable area. The library
opens at 7 o’clock in the morning and closes at 4.30 in the afternoon. Nam’s house is not far from
his school - about 500 meters, so he goes to the library every afternoon.
Questions:
1. Does Nam’s school have a library?
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2. What are there in the library?
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3. How far is it from Nam’s house to the library?
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4. How often does Nam go to the library?
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A
B
A
B
III. Answer about you.
1. What do you usually do after school?
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2. How often do you go swimming?
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3. What do you do at recess?
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4. Which subject are you good at?
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5. When does your school year start?
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