B/ Mid – Autumn Festival

There are hundreds of festival in Vietnam each year. (1)………., Tet holiday, the Mid- Autumn festival is one of the most famous festival and it is a traditional celebration for Vietnamese (2)…………

The Mid – Autumn Festival is (3)………….. on the 15^th day on the 8^th lunar month ( often in late Semtember or early October) in the middle of Autumn and it is celebrated for a whole day. On this day , the adults and the parents prepare a special cake called moon cake along with many candies, jellies, grapefruit, bananas, apples, etc. Tha Mid- autumn celebration is an opportunity (4) …………………. Family members to reunite. Young people express their gratitude to the elderly.

Question 1: A. and         B. therefore         C. besides         D. so

Question 2: A. children         B. child         C. girls         D. boys

Question 3: A. held         B. remembered          C. taken         D. done

Question 4: A. on          B. for         C. in         D. at

Mid-Autumn Festival

            Mid-Autumn Festival is held on 15^th day of the eight lunar month to celebrate biggest full moon in the year. In Viet Nam, this festival is for children (56)___________ children are center of all activities on that day. (57)_____________ the festival is coming, the adults and the parents prepare many different foods -  moon cakes, candies, biscuits, jellies, and fruit. (58)_____________, the children are given many nice lanterns – star lanterns, flower lanterns and diverse funny masks, (59)__________ they can light the lantern during the Mid-Autumn night.

            (60)______________ the autumn is the time of the beginning of the new school year, the adults and parents give gifts to the children. The festival takes place (61)_______________ people have had good crops. (62)____________, it is also the congratulation for the full harvest.

            Nowadays, (63)__________ some of the traditional toys have been replaced by modern toys, the meaning of the festival has been kept and developed. It is certain that Mid-Autumn Festival is a good example of the traditional culture of the Vietnamese.

Task 1: Complete each blank in the passage with the correct linking word. (There may be more than one possibility)

Task 2: Read the passage again, and then answer the following questions.

64.                        When is Mid-Autumn Festival held? What is it for?

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65.                        What do the adults and the parents do to prepare for the festival?

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66.                        What are children given besides moon cakes?

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67.                        What can children do with their lanterns?

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68.                        Why is Mid-Autumn Festival also considered the congratulation for the full harvest?

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69.                        What is the importance of this festival?

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answer the questions

to children , mid -autumn festival is the most joyful celebration. it is held in vietnam on the 15^th day of the 8^th lunar month.on this day, children usually receive many gifts or banh trung thu(a special kind of cakes)from their parents,their relatives and even from some certain organnizations for their good study result.at night, they often parade on the streets while singing and carrying colorful star lanters .

1. when is mid-autumn festival held in vietnam?

2.what do children usually receive on mid-autumn festival?

3. what do children do on mid-autumn festival night?

4. what do children think about mid-autumn festival?

Read the following passage and choose the best answer A, B, C or D.

                                                         Mid-Autumn Festival

   There are hundreds of festivals in Vietnam each year. (1)________Tet holiday, the Mid-Autumn festival is one of the most famous festivals and it is a traditional celebration for Vietnamese (2)________.The Mid-Autumn festival is (3)__________the 15^th day on the 8^th lunar month (often in late September or early October) in the middle of (4)__________and it is celebrated for a whole day. On this day, the adults and the parents prepare a special cake called (5)_________along with many candies, jellies, grapefruit, bananas, apples, etc. The Mid-Autumn celebration is an opportunity for family members to reunite. Young people express their gratitude to the elderly.