Underline the most suitable conjunction in each sentence.

      1.   Even though/ When/ Because the New Year’s Eve is a very important moment of the year, the whole family stays awake to experience it.

      2.   We have finished the preparations on time for the party while/ even though/ however we had a lot of things to do.

      3.   While/ When/ Since you come to the Lantern Festival in Hoi An, you may be surprised about the beauty of the floating lanterns.

      4.   You can get there by airplane, but/ and/ so it is a bit costly.

      5.   Chung cake is very tasty; but/ however/ additionally, it is a type of cake for festivals more than for a daily life.

Choose the best answer VI. Choose the best answer 1. (When /if)you are Vietnamese, you shoukld know the story Chung cakes. 2. (Even though/ when) the new year^ prime Eve is late at night, children saty awake to welcome the new year and to watch the firework display. 3. children like the Mid Autumn festival (because / although) they are given sweets and toys. 4. (while / if) children are waiting for the moon to rise, they sing, dance and listento the story of Hang Nga. 5. (Because e/ when) you come to the Lim Festival you can enjoy the singing of the st skilled lien anh and lien chi

III. Read the following passage carefully and fill in each gap with one suitable word.

         New Year is one of the most important (1) _______ in the United States. On New Year’s Eve, most people go to the parties. At twelve o’clock (2) _______ night, everyone says “Happy New Year” and they (3) _______ their friends and relatives good luck. New Year’s parties usually last a long (4) _______ . Many people don’t go home (5) _______ next morning. Another holiday, Halloween, is mainly for children. On this holiday, children (6) _______ as witches, ghosts or others. Most children go (7) _______ house to house asking for candy or fruit. If people at the house don’t give (8)_______candy, the children will (9)_______a trick on them. But this hardly ever happens. Almost people give them (10)_______or fruit.

I. Underline the most suitable word or phrase in each sentence:

1. However/ Though it was late, I decided to phone Brian.

2. Although/ Despite the car was cheap, it was in good condition.

3. Despite of the weather/ the weather, we went sailing.

4. I put the food in the fridge because/ because of I want it to get cold.

5. Since/ Because of Janet wanted to save money, she gave up smoking.

6. We can’t eat now because/ although there isn’t enough time.

7. I can’t come to your party so that/ because I am too busy.

8. I couldn’t see anything because/ because of the dark.

9.Despite/ Though the cold weather, we all went for a walk.

10. It was raining, but / although I went swimming anyway.

11. Mary doesn’t go to school because/ though she was ill.

12. In spite of/ Because of his old age, Mr Benson runs fours miles before breafast.

Read the following passage and answer the questions:

Tet holiday is celebrated on the first day of the Lunar New Year in Viet Nam. Some weeks before the New Year, the Vietnamese clean their houses and paint the walls. New clothes are bought for the occasion. One or two days before the festival, people make Banh chung , which is the traditional cake, and kinds of jam. On the New Year's Eve, the whole family gets together for the reunion dinner. On New Year morning, all the members of the family pay their respects to the elders by beautiful words. In return, they receive lucky money wrapped in red tiny envelopes. Then people go to visit the neighbors, friends and relatives.

What do they do on the New Year's Eve?

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IV. Fill each blank with one suitable word to complete the passage below (2pts)

New Year is one of four important traditional (1)…………….in the United States. On New Year’s Eve, most people go to parites. At twelve o’clock (2)…………..night, everyone says “Happy New Year” and they (3)…..………their  friends and relatives good luck. New Year’s parties usually (4) ……………a long time. Some people don’t go home (5)……………..morning. Another holiday, Halloween, is mainly for children. On this holiday children (6) …………….as wiches, ghosts or other characters. Most of the childen go (7)……………..house to house and say “Trick or Treat” (8)…………..the people at the house do not give them candy, they children (9)……………….play a trick on them. But this (10)……………happens. Most people give them candy or fruit.

A. Choose the word which best fits each gap.

New Year is one of the most important (1) ________ in the United States. On New Year’s Eve, most people go to the parties. At twelve o’clock at night, everyone says “Happy New Year” and they (2) ________ their friends and relatives good luck. New Year’s parties usually last a long time. Many people don’t go home (3) ________ morning. Another holiday, Halloween, is mainly for children. On this holiday children (4) ________ as witches, ghosts or other characters. Most children go (5) ________ house to house and say “Trick or Treat”, asking for candy or fruit. If the people at the house do not give them candy, the children will play a trick on them. But this (6) ________ ever happens. Most people give them candy or fruit.

1.   a. competitions         b. festivals                 c. decorations           d. traditions

2.   a. wish                        b. exchange               c. bring                       d. play

3.   a. in                             b. on                           c. for                           d. until

4.   a. put                          b. make                      c. dress                       d. set

5.   a. from                        b. in                            c. to                             d. for

6.   a. mostly                    b. hardly                    c. usually                   d. always