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 29:
A. giant
B. tremendous
C. extreme
D. huge
Đáp án:
giant (adj): khổng lồ
extreme (adj): vô cùng, cùng cực
tremendous (adj): dữ dội, bao la,khủng khiếp
huge (adj): to lớn
- Cụm cố định: make a bonfire: đốt lửa trại
- Dựa vào nghĩa thì đáp án D là phù hợp nhất
In Sweden, people celebrate the end of the winter by making huge bonfires.
Tạm dịch:Ở Thụy Điển, người ta ăn mừng vào cuối mùa đông bằng cách đốt lửa trại thật lớn.
Đáp án cần chọn là: D