1.   Teachers’ Day        .......................................................................................

2.   New Year               .......................................................................................

3.   Children’s Day       .......................................................................................

4.   Christmas               .......................................................................................

5.   Women’s Day        .......................................................................................

6.   Independence Day .......................................................................................

IV. Put the name of the celebration in each blank: Halloween/ New Year’s Day/ Boxing Day/
Passover/ Christmas/ Mother’s Day/ Easter/ Father’s Day/ Mid-Fall Festival.
1. It is celebrated in Viet Nam on the 15th of August in a lunar year.
2. It is celebrated on 26 December , the day after Christmas Day.
3. It is celebrated on the second Sunday in May when people give cards or gifts to their mothers.
4. It is celebrated in late March or early April in memory of freeing of the Jews from being slaves in
Egypt.
5. It is celebrated on the third Sunday in June when people give cards or presents to their fathers.
6. It is celebrated on Sunday in March or April when Christians think Christ coming back to life.
7. It is celebrated on 25 December when Christians remember the birth of Christ.
8. It is celebrated on the first day of the years, January 1st.
9. It is celebrated in the night of October 31, when children wear costumes and go from door to door to
ask for candy.

Exercise 8: Readorder the words to make sentences.

1. they/ Teachers’ Day/ are/ for/ preparing?

=> ………………………………………………………………………………
2. to/ what/ do/ are/ on/ they/ Sports/ going/ Day/?

=> ………………………………………………………………………………
3. is/ big/ going/ to/ a/ Children’s Day/ song/ brother/ sing / your/ on/?

=> ………………………………………………………………………………
4. in/ he/ his/ is/ guitar/ room/ practising/ the/ playing/.

=> ………………………………………………………………………………
5. take/ will/ part/ the/ contest/ you/ in / singing/?

                              Test1
II. READING AND WRITING

Task 1A. Look, read and write. There is one example.

Example:

ai dịch dùm em câu này với

my name Vy and Im from Viet nam my favorite day in the school year is spring festival school usually have this festival early in the year when the weather is not too hot often aroud Vietnammese new year we decorate the school using some spring flowers and play some fun games with our teachers there is usually delicious food and even sweets some children play music or do dances for everyone to watch our parents usually come too the teachers give prizes for children everyone has lots of fun

10.Don't worry!Your cold will last for a few days and then..............(appear)

12.You must be careful when playing computer games because they can be............(addict)

21.Vasak day is a..............festival for those who fllow Buddihism (deligion)

22.I think it's a good.................in this circumstance (choose)

23.We are having an interview with Thanh,one of the Elephant Race................ (organise)

24.The Carnival of Rio de Janeiro is a very...............festival (fescinate)

25.There are a lot of cultural and............activities held as part of this festival (art)

26.Hoi Mua Festival is held by people of ethnic...............in Phu Yen (minor)

27.It's very..................to participate in this festival (joy)

29.There are many...............differences between the two communities (culture)

31.There were livey New Year.............all over the town (celebrate)

32.When we heard she'd got the job,ew all went off for a..............drink (celebrate)

33.It is ..................in America to eat turkey on Thanksgiving Day (tradition)

34.What forms of................do you participate in during the festival? (entertain)

35.The hall looked very.............with its Christmas tree (festival)

37.The Chinese New Year marks the................of spring and the start of the Lunar New Year (begin)

Exercise 5: Write the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets

1. Do Son Buffalo Fighting Festival ____________(hold) every year on the 9th day of the eighth lunar month.

2. ____________(you/ watch) this programme or can I turn the TV off?

3. What ____________(you/do) when you’ve spent all your money?

Exercise 6: Read the text carefully, and then choose the correct answer

According to Irish folklore a man named Jack, well known for his drunkenness and quick temper, got very drunk at a local pub on All Hallows Eve. He met the Devil outside the pub because the Devil wanted his soul. Jack asked him one more drink but he didn’t have the money to pay. So he convinced the Devil to turn himself into a coin and Jack put it into his wallet that had a silver cross that caught the Devil. Jack agreed to free the Devil under one condition: he should let him live for another year. The Devil accepted.

The following year the Devil reappeared and asked Jack to accompany him. Jack told the Devil to take an apple from a tree; when the Devil climbed up, Jack carved a cross on the tree and the Devil was trapped again. This time Jack asked the Devil ten more years of life in exchange for his freedom; again the Devil had to accept.

Soon after, Jack died. God would not allow such an unsavory figure into heaven. The Devil kept his word not to claim his soul, would not allow Jack into hell. He sent Jack off into the dark night with only a burning coal to light his way. Jack put the coal into a carved-out turnip and has been roaming the Earth with ever since. The Irish began to refer to this ghostly figure as “Jack of the Lantern,” and then, simply “Jack O’Lantern.”

The Irish used to carve turnips or beets as Jack’s lanterns and place them into windows or near doors to frighten away evil spirits on Halloween night. When they emigrated to the USA, they brought their traditions with them. They couldn’t find turnips in America but they found a lot of pumpkins which were suitable substitutes to make a JackO’Lantern; since then, pumpkins are an essential part of Halloween celebrations.

1. Where did Jack O’ Lantern first appear?

A. England   

B. The USA  

C. Scotland   

D. Ireland

2. Why did Jack meet the Devil outside the pub?

A. Because he wanted to invite the Devil for a drink.

B. Because the Devil wanted to collect his soul.

C. Because he sold his soul to the Devil.

D. Because he didn’t have money to pay for his drink.

3. Jack had a silver cross in his wallet _________.

A. to prevent the Devil taking his soul

B. to turn the Devil into a coin

C. to drive the Devil away from him

D. to prevent the Devil from changing back into his original form

4. What did the Devil have to do before he could come down from the tree?

A. Let Jack live for more ten years.         

B. Promise not to bother Jack any more.

C. Take an apple from the tree.     

D. Exchange his life for his freedom.

5. When he died, Jack wasn’t allowed into heaven because _________.

A. he was a honest man      

B. the Devil didn’t accept him

C. he was a bad man           

D. the God didn’t want his soul

Exercise 6. Complete the second sentence in each pair so that it has similar meaning to the first sentence.

1. A lot of people use cell phones.

→ Cell phones…………………………………………………………………………..

2. Miss. Diep hasn’t taught us since the last semester.

→ We………………………………………………………………………………………

3. Mr. Vinh teaches our English lessons.

→ Our English lessons……………………………………………………………….

4. A student is doing that experiment.

→ That experiment…………………………………………………………………….

5. Our teachers give us a free period this Saturday to prepare the festival.

→  We……………………………………………………………………………………..

6. Did you buy this dictionary two weeks ago?

→ Was……………………………………………………………………………………..

7. We should clean our teeth twice a day.

→  Our teeth……………………………………………………………………………..

8. Alan’s knowledge about science and technology doesn’t impress me.

→ I………………………………………………………………………………………….

9. Her father drive all of us to school every day.

→ All of us……………………………………………………………………………….

10. They are going to build a new school here next year.

→ A new school………………………………………………………………………..