Vu Lan Festival

            Vu Lan Festival takes place on 15^th day of the seventh lunar month. It is also called “Xa toi vong nhan” festival (16)_________ this is the day for the death’s souls. Many people believe that on that day, (17)_________ the gate of the hell opens, souls of the dead can come back to their home (18)________ gather with their family. (19)_________, Vietnamese people consider that it is also the occasion for family gatherings as well as expressing love (20)__________ gratitude to ancestors and parents. (21)_________, Vu Lan Festival is known as Mother’s Day in Vietnam.

(22)_________, in the morning of that day, a lavish tray with various delicious dishes set on the altar, and the householder will burn incense and invite ancestor to come back home and celebrate the festival with family. (23)__________ at night the Vietnamese hold a ceremony of releasing lighted lanterns on the river, (24)__________ Vietnamese people believe by doing that, their wishes for parents will come true.

Pagodas are crowded during the festival say (25)_________ Buddhist gather for the monk’s lecture. Each Buddhist has a flower (usually rose) in front of their chest: red flower (26)_________ their parents are living and white flower (27)______________ their parents are dead.

36. There will be a discussion about the possibility of using video chatting next week.

A. They will be discuss the possibility of using video chatting next week.

B. They will be discussing about the possibility of using video chatting next week.

C. They will be discussing the possibility of using video chatting next week.

D. They will discuss about the possibility of using video chatting next week.

Combine the two sentences into a new one using the given words in brackets. Do not change the given words in any ways.

37. “We have worked together in this factory for 5 years.” said the man (HAD)

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38. She doesn’t allow her teenage children to go out in the evening. (ALLOWED)

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39. Although it was raining heavily, all the guests came. (IN SPITE OF)

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40. The bird covered the nest with her wings. She wanted to protect her eggs. (IN ORDER TO)

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Exercise 3: Fill in the blank with “in/ on/ at/ to”

1, Can we meet ___________ the cinema?

2, They went to the museum __________ a bus.

3, There is a new café __________ the end of the street.

4, What is there __________ TV tonight, mum?

5, Ryan arrived ________ London at 9 p.m. yesterday.

6, Go straight ahead! You will see the gas station __________ the right.

7, Did your family fly __________ Canada last week?

8, Joyce is _________ home because she is sick.

9, I like swimming ___________ the sea.

10, We moved ___________ Hanoi in 2010.

Task 1. (1,25 points) Complete the passage with the words from the box.

flooding

mudslide

snow-slide

famine

plates

Mother nature can be a bit scary at times. These days there seem to be more and more occurrences of natural disasters happening around the world. A (1)…………… is the large movement of snow down the side of a mountain. They occur when the snow becomes too loose and as it slides down it mixes with air and water to cause a powerful and dangerous disaster. A drought happens when there has been no rain in a place for a long time. A drought may result in a (2)……………..; this is when there is not enough food to feed the people and they start to starve. An earthquake occurs when the (3) ………………..of the earth start to move and the ground begins to move and shake. The size of earthquakes is measured on the Richter scale. A flood occurs when a large amount of water covers the land. Too much rain usually causes floods. As sea levels continue to rise, the risk of (4) ……………….. increases. A landslide happens on a slope like a mountain or a hill. The rocks and earth become loose and fall down the

Fill in the blanks with suitable word

..(1) has been a lot of discussion recently about the presentation of news on televisiọn It is said that there is more violence than in the worst horror...(2. It is necessary to bring the full horror of tragic events...(3) people's living rooms? How can children be turned away from violence if they see that the world is full of it? For...(4), in Northern Ireland, there seems to be no possibility of a normal...(5).
It is also...(6) question of whether television is used to influence people in favour of or...(7) a particular country or political party. It could be very dangerous because this can be happen without people realising it. Really, there...(8) be stricter on what is broadcast to the natiọn

II. Fill in the gaps vith suitable word

1. Mina is. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . She likes to draw pictures, She always has a lot of new ideas.

2 . Thu is. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . He likes to help his friends.

3. Minh Duc is. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . He is not shy He likes to meet new people.

4. Mai is. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . He understands things quickly and easily.

5. There. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . beautiful. She. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . long hair. She. . . . . . . . . . . . . . kind and gentle.

6. Snow White. . . . . . . . . . . . long black hair. Her skin. . . . . . . . . . . white as snow Her lips. . . . . . . . . . . . . red as roses. The seven dwarfs. . . . . . . . . . . . . tall but they . . . . . . . . . . . . caring and kind.

7. Doraemon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . chubby. He. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . around face and big eyes. He. . . . . . . . . . . . clever.

8 . My father. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . going to Hanoi Next month. 9. Would you. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Is it the cinema with me tonight? Yes, I'd love it. ten . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . you watching TV