Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank.
SPRING FESTIVALS
From (26) _______ times people have celebrated the end of winter and the new life that spring brings. One of the most important Christian festivals is Easter, (27) _______ Christians remember the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ Easter, however, is not the (28) _______ spring festival. In Sweden, people celebrate the end of the winter by making (29) _______ bonfires. Fire also plays an important part in the Hindu festival of Holi. In some villages children are (30) _______ round bonfires by their mothers to protect them(31) _______ danger in the coming year. Buddhists in Thailand soak (32) _______ in water when celebrating their New Year, which (33) _______ in the middle of April. In Antigua in Guatemala they carpet the streets with flowers. Chinese spring parades are (34) _______ colourful, but (35) _______ flowers they have large dragon puppets which dance in the streets.
Question 35:
A. instead of
B. on behalf of
C. in spite of
D. in place of
Đáp án: A
instead of : thay vì
in spite of : mặc dù
on behalf of : thay mặt
in place of : thay cho
=> Dựa vào nghĩa thìđáp án A là phù hợp nhất
… but instead of flowers they have large dragon puppets which dance in the streets.
Tạm dịch:… nhưng thay vì nhiều sắc màu từ hoa, họ có những con rối hình rồng lớn nhảy múa trên đường phố.