Read the text and complete the table below.

In ASEAN, besides welcoming the New Year on January 1, there are several cultures that. celebrate New Year's Day later in the year. For example, Viet Nam, Singapore, Indonesia and parts of Malaysia follow the lunar calendar so their New Year festivities often take place in January or February. Lunar New Year is a time for them to honour ancestors, get together with family and friends, have a big family meal, and wish one another prosperity for the year to come. The streets and houses are decorated, and fireworks are lit to scare away bad luck. There are also parades, street parties, and art performances in the new year celebrations.

People in Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, and Myanmar celebrate the arrival of the New Year according to the Buddhist calendar. Their New Year's celebrations are in April. People in these countries follow traditions such as offering rice to Buddhist monks to show their respect and receiving wishes for good luck and health from them. They decorate their homes, cook traditional dishes, and splash each other with water. There are also art performances, folk games, and dancing.

In these cultures, it is believed that water will wash away bad luck and ill health from the old year and allow people to start the new year fresh.

Choose the correct answer

1.my brother and I will(to decorate/decorates/decorate/decorating) our house before tet

2.children often receive(mooncake/lucky money/books/peace)on tet holiday

3.(peace blossom/daisy/rose/tulip)is the symbol of tet in northern of Vietnam

4.we celebrate tet(at/in/on/for)the first day of January

5.chung cake is the(more/most/little/much)mommon cake in tet holiday

6.we(saying/said/say/says)"happy new year"on the first day of new year

EX4: CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER A,B,C OR D FOR EACH OF THE GAPS TO COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING TEST.

There are many Chinese festivals in Hong Kong. The Western New Year starts on the first day of January but the Chinese begin New Year on the first moon of the Chinese calendar. Before New Year's Day comes, people clean and decorate their houses, (1)______ a lot of tranditional food and go shopping for presents and new clothes. New Year's Eve is the time (2)______every family gathers its members together for dinner.

People (3)______the New Year with a music performance and a firework display to light up the sky. 

On New Year's Day, they visit their friends and relatives. The children get lucky money in red envelopes. Many people go to the (4)______to wish for good health and good luck. Chinese people in Hong Kong celebrate the New Year with (5)_______and happiness

1. A, Take                   B,bring                        C, cook              D, sell

2. A, when                   B,after                        C, before              D, during

3. A, meet                   B,see                        C, end              D, celebrate

4. A, houses                   B,pagodas                        C, family              D, camps

5. A, hopeful                   B,hopeless                        C, hope              D, hoping

VIETNAMESE FOOD FESTIVAL
The Vietnamese Food Festival is an event on January 1 of every year. The event is an
occasion when people celebrate the new year by participating in different activities. This
year’s festival is at the Youth Cultural House. Visitors can watch famous cooks on
television preparing well-known dishes from different parts of the country. Visitors can
have a chance to have some of the dishes. At the same time, there is a lion dance show.
Usually, children and teenagers are excited about the performance because there are
many exciting things to see in the show. There is a particular area for such traditional
leisure activities as tug of war, shuttlecock or jump rope. These activities are mainly
available for children and teenagers. The most exciting activity of the festival is a rice
cooking competition. The winners can have an excellent opportunity to visit ha Long for
four days. Last year’s winners received a three-day trip to Sapa. This year’s event starts
on September 16, and the tickets to the entrance are free of charge. Visitors can go to the
webpage and get tickets for free. The information is available on the website.
Question 31. When does the event take place? A. every year B. on January 1 C. in January
D. on the first day of each month
Question 32. Why do people celebrate the event? A. to celebrate a birthday B. to mark a new year C. to start a cooking contest D. to give an award
Question 33. Who is the lion dance performance mainly for? A. children and teenagers B. older people C. all people D. foreign visitors
Question 34. What is the prize for the competition winners?
A. a trip to Sapa B. a free ticket C. free entrance D. a vacation to Ha Long
Question 35. Where can people buy their tickets? A. from the website B. at the entrance

VII. Đọc đoạn văn và quyết định xem những câu bên là đúng hay sai

At present , the celebration of New Year is a major celebration worldwide . It is time to say goodbye to the past and to think about new beginnings . On these days , people get together with family and friends on December 31^st to eat , drink dance and welcome January 1^st at midnight . In many countries , New Year holiday lasts for several days

In many Western countries people make New Year’s resolutions . They make promises to themselves to make changes in their lives over the coming year , such as to quit tobacco smoking , stop drinking of alcohol , lose weight , get a new job , or learn a new skill

In many Asian countries , people also celebrate the Lunar New Year ,usually in late January or early February . People spend time with family , eat special foods

1 ……… New Year only occurs Asian

2 ……… New Year is time to goodbye to the past and to think about new beginnings

3 ……… In many Western countries people promise to themselves to make changes in their lives over the coming year

4 ……… New Year holiday only lasts for one day

5 ……… People often welcome January 1^st in the morning

6 ……… People celebrate the Lunar New Year in late January or early March in Asian countries

XI. Read the passage and decide whether the statements are TRUE or FALSE.

New Year’s Day is a public holiday in the United Kingdom (UK). It is on January 1st. People in the UK usually celebrate New Year from the evening of December 31st to January 1st.

On New Year’s Eve, at midnight, when the Big Ben clock strikes to mark the coming of New Year, people welcome New Year and sing the traditional song “Auld-Lang-Syne”. They open the back door to let the old year out and ask the first dark-haired man to come through the front door carrying bread, salt, and coal. This means that in the following year everyone in the house will have enough food (bread), earn enough money (salt), and be warm enough (coal).

Many people have parties at home or go out. There is also a popular tradition of exchanging New Year gifts while wishing each other well. New Year parades are the biggest attraction of New Year celebrations in the UK. They are organised in almost all major cities of the UK.

- exchange (v): trao đổi                                            - parade (n): cuộc diễu hành

1. New Year’s Day is a public holiday in the UK.                                                             

2. It is on the first day of the lunar calendar.                                                                   

3. The New Year’s celebration is only on December 31st.                                              

4. In the UK, salt symbolises money.                                                                                

5. Everyone has parties at home on New Year’s Day.                                                     

6. People exchange gifts on New Year’s Day.                                                                   

7. New Year parades are the biggest attraction on this occasion.                                 

8. The parades are organised in the countryside of the UK.