IV. Put the name of the celebration in each blank: Halloween/ New Year’s Day/ Boxing Day/
Passover/ Christmas/ Mother’s Day/ Easter/ Father’s Day/ Mid-Fall Festival.
1. It is celebrated in Viet Nam on the 15th of August in a lunar year.
2. It is celebrated on 26 December , the day after Christmas Day.
3. It is celebrated on the second Sunday in May when people give cards or gifts to their mothers.
4. It is celebrated in late March or early April in memory of freeing of the Jews from being slaves in
Egypt.
5. It is celebrated on the third Sunday in June when people give cards or presents to their fathers.
6. It is celebrated on Sunday in March or April when Christians think Christ coming back to life.
7. It is celebrated on 25 December when Christians remember the birth of Christ.
8. It is celebrated on the first day of the years, January 1st.
9. It is celebrated in the night of October 31, when children wear costumes and go from door to door to
ask for candy.
1. Passover is celebrated in ______ and by all______ people. It occurs in late ____. On the first and second nights of Passover, Jewish people eat a _______.
2. _____ is a joyful festival which is celebrated in ________. It happens at ______ .On Easter Day, people crowd the streets to watch ________. They give young children ________ as long as they are good.
1. Passover is celebrated in ______ and by all______ people. It occurs in late ____. On the first and second nights of Passover, Jewish people eat a _______.
2. _____ is a joyful festival which is celebrated in ________. It happens at ______ .On Easter Day, people crowd the streets to watch ________. They give young children ________ as long as they are good.
Read the passage and complete the tasks that follow.
Black Friday is the Friday which follows Thanksgiving Day. Black Friday is celebrated in the United States as an official beginning of the Christmas shopping season. On the day, most shops open extremely early and offer promotional sales to boost the consumption, which is similar to Boxing Day after Christmas Day in Britain and many Commonwealth nations. For years, it was quite usual for retailers to open their shops at 6:00 a.m., but in the late 2000s many opened at 5:00 a.m. or even 4:00 a.m. The year 2011 witnessed a new extreme when several retailers opened at midnight. For non-retailer employees, they may have a day off work or choose to take a day from their annual leave on Black Friday. Some use this to make trips to see family members or friends who live in other areas or to go on vacation. Others use it to start shopping for the Christmas season. Black Friday is not a federal holiday, but is a public holiday in California and some other states in the United States.
Black Friday, to the police, is not a term of endearment. The name of the day originated in Philadelphia where it was first used by the Police Department to describe massive traffic jams and over-crowded sidewalks as the downtown stores were mobbed from opening to closing. Nowadays, Black Friday crowds that are hunting for bargains still give the police headaches. However, retailers do not appreciate the negative connotation associated with Black Friday. Therefore, there exists another explanation as to why it is called Black Friday. As they might put it, the term Black Friday came from an old way of recording business accounts: losses were recorded in red ink and profits in black ink. Therefore, an alternative explanation was made that retailers traditionally operated at a financial loss, or "in the red", from January through November, and "Black Friday" indicates the point where retailers begin to turn a profit, or get "in the black". It goes without saying that Black Friday positively means a profitable Friday to the retail industry.
Decide whether the following statements are True or False.
Black Friday and Boxing Day are celebrated on the same day.
A. True
B. False
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In the USA, people (1)..................... Mother's day and Father's day. Mother's day is celebrated on the second Sunday in May. On this occasion, mother usually receives (2).................. cards and gifts from her husband and children. The best gifts of all American Moms are a day of leisure. The (3).................. of American mothers have outside jobs as well as (4)...................., so their working days are often very hard. Flower is an important part of Mother's day. Mothers are often given a plant for the occasion, particularly if they are elderly.
Father's day is celebrated (5)................the USA and Canada on the third Sunday in June. The holiday customs are similar to Mother's day. Dad also receives greeting cards and gifts (6)............. his family and enjoys a day of leisure.
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In the USA, people (1)..................... Mother's day and Father's day. Mother's day is celebrated on the second Sunday in May. On this occasion, mother usually receives (2).................. cards and gifts from her husband and children. The best gifts of all American Moms are a day of leisure. The (3).................. of American mothers have outside jobs as well as (4)...................., so their working days are often very hard. Flower is an important part of Mother's day. Mothers are often given a plant for the occasion, particularly if they are elderly.
Father's day is celebrated (5)................the USA and Canada on the third Sunday in June. The holiday customs are similar to Mother's day. Dad also receives greeting cards and gifts (6)............. his family and enjoys a day of leisure.
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In the USA, people (1)..................... Mother's day and Father's day. Mother's day is celebrated on the second Sunday in May. On this occasion, mother usually receives (2).................. cards and gifts from her husband and children. The best gifts of all American Moms are a day of leisure. The (3).................. of American mothers have outside jobs as well as (4)...................., so their working days are often very hard. Flower is an important part of Mother's day. Mothers are often given a plant for the occasion, particularly if they are elderly.
Father's day is celebrated (5)................the USA and Canada on the third Sunday in June. The holiday customs are similar to Mother's day. Dad also receives greeting cards and gifts (6)............. his family and enjoys a day of leisure.
Question 4:
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In the USA, people (1)..................... Mother's day and Father's day. Mother's day is celebrated on the second Sunday in May. On this occasion, mother usually receives (2).................. cards and gifts from her husband and children. The best gifts of all American Moms are a day of leisure. The (3).................. of American mothers have outside jobs as well as (4)...................., so their working days are often very hard. Flower is an important part of Mother's day. Mothers are often given a plant for the occasion, particularly if they are elderly.
Father's day is celebrated (5)................the USA and Canada on the third Sunday in June. The holiday customs are similar to Mother's day. Dad also receives greeting cards and gifts (6)............. his family and enjoys a day of leisure.
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In the USA, people (1)..................... Mother's day and Father's day. Mother's day is celebrated on the second Sunday in May. On this occasion, mother usually receives (2).................. cards and gifts from her husband and children. The best gifts of all American Moms are a day of leisure. The (3).................. of American mothers have outside jobs as well as (4)...................., so their working days are often very hard. Flower is an important part of Mother's day. Mothers are often given a plant for the occasion, particularly if they are elderly.
Father's day is celebrated (5)................the USA and Canada on the third Sunday in June. The holiday customs are similar to Mother's day. Dad also receives greeting cards and gifts (6)............. his family and enjoys a day of leisure.
Question 5:
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In the USA, people (1)..................... Mother's day and Father's day. Mother's day is celebrated on the second Sunday in May. On this occasion, mother usually receives (2).................. cards and gifts from her husband and children. The best gifts of all American Moms are a day of leisure. The (3).................. of American mothers have outside jobs as well as (4)...................., so their working days are often very hard. Flower is an important part of Mother's day. Mothers are often given a plant for the occasion, particularly if they are elderly.
Father's day is celebrated (5)................the USA and Canada on the third Sunday in June. The holiday customs are similar to Mother's day. Dad also receives greeting cards and gifts (6)............. his family and enjoys a day of leisure.
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