Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank.

SPRING FESTIVALS

From (1) _______ times people have celebrated the end of winter and the new life that spring brings. One of the most important Christian festivals is Easter, (2) _______ Christians remember the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ Easter, however, is not the (3) _______ spring festival. In Sweden, people celebrate the end of the winter by making (4) _______ bonfires. Fire also plays an important part in the Hindu festival of Holi. In some villages children are (5) _______ round bonfires by their mothers to protect them(6) _______ danger in the coming year. Buddhists in Thailand soak (7) _______ in water when celebrating their New Year, which (8) _______ in the middle of April. In Antigua in Guatemala they carpet the streets with flowers. Chinese spring parades are (9) _______ colourful, but (10) _______ flowers they have large dragon puppets which dance in the streets.

Question 6:

inout ofagainstfromHướng dẫn giải:

- Cấu trúc cố định: protect sb from sth/ doing sth: bảo vệ ai khỏi cái gì

… to protect them from danger in the coming year.

Tạm dịch:… để bảo vệ chúng khỏi nguy hiểm trong năm tới.