VI. The following passage is what a teacher of English told his students about harvest festivals around the world. There are missing gaps in the passage. Fill in the gaps
into wine                                                       as part of the celebrations                                      to bring some food
to celebrate the Yam harvest                           next week                                     every year                                    around the world (2)
in the north                                                                  to church to be eaten
Today I am going to tell you about harvest festivals. They are held [1] _______________. We are going to have our own Harvest Festival (2) _________________. Which foods are you thankful for? Think about foods that grow (wheat for bread, fruit or vegetables). Write yourself a reminder (3) ______________next Wednesday.
There are lots of different festivals (4) _______________. In Britain Christian people celebrate Harvest festival (5) ________________. In America people celebrate Thanksgiving. In west Africa there is a festival of Yams - (6)________________. Yams are a  bit like sweet potatoes. In Germany they hold Oktoberfest - which celebrates the end of the grape harvest. Many of the grapes are made (7)_________________.
In India there are many different harvest festivals, as different areas grow different foods. These include rice in the south, and wheat (8) ________________. Animals are also decorated (9) ________________.
In Scotland they have Lammas - which celebrates the wheat harvest. A loaf of bread is made from the first harvest of wheat. It is then taken (10) __________________. 

V. Read the text and answer the questions.

Mardi Gras

People in many parts of the world celebrate Mardi Gras. The name means ‘Fat Tuesday’ in French. The carnival traditionally started on the day before Ash Wednesday - when Catholics have to stop eating and drinking certain things for Lent. Today, Mardi Gras is a very popular carnival. It begins in January or February and last for several days or weeks, until Ash Wednesday. Many people say it is ‘the biggest free show on Earth’, and it is an exciting holiday for both children and adults.

There are big Mardi Gras celebrations in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Sydney, Australia; Nice, France; Venice, Italy; and Cologne, Germany, but the biggest and most famous is in New Orleans, in Louisiana, USA.

In New Orleans, the whole city stops for one huge party. Tens of thousands of people fill the streets and there are hundreds of parades. Each parade has a king and queen and people wear very colorful costumes with the Mardi Gras colors of purple, green and gold. There is a lot of music (especially jazz) and dancing. People in the parade throw special Mardi Gras coins, flowers, necklaces and sweets to the crowds. After each parade there is a big party, called a ball. People wear masks and they dance all night. There are always lots of fireworks too.

A favorite tradition of the New Orleans Mardi Gras is the King Cake. This is a special cake in the Mardi.Gras colors. There are many different kinds, and people eat thousands of them!

A. Answer the questions with a short phrase.

1. What does Mardi Gras mean?

2. Where is Mardi Gras carnival celebrated?

3. When does the carnival start?

4. Flow long does it last?

5. Where is the biggest Mardi Gras carnival?

B. Are the following sentences true or false?

IX. Give the correct form of the word in the blanket.

1. Before Tet, housewives are always busy cooking _____________ foods. (TRADITION)

2. Each nation has its own way of _________________ the New Year. (CELEBRATE)

3. Each child __________________ forward to the Mid- Autumn. (LOOK)

4. Marry Christmas” and “ Happy new year are ____________wishes at Christmas and New Year in the USA. (POPULARITY)

5. Tet is the most _______________ festival of the Vietnamese calendar. (IMPORTANCE)

6. We wish you both health and __________________. (LONGEVAL)