The Rice-cooking (1) ______was held in the communal house yard about one kilometer a way from a competition. There were three river water fetching, fire-making and rice-cooking. The festival (2)______one day. In the water-fetching contest, one person from each team had (3)_____to the river to get the water. In the fire-making contest, two team members had to make fire in the (4) _____way. They tried to rub pieces of bamboo together to make the fire. Six people from each team (5)______in the Rice-cooking Festival. They had to separate the rice from the husk and then cook the rice.

1. A. holiday                     B. contest                  C. festival                   D. competition (NB)

2. A. takes                        B. took                        C. taking                    D. take             (NB)

3. A. to run                        B. run                        C. ran                          D. running (NB)

4. A. strange                     B. tradition                C. traditional             D. tradition (VD)

    5. A. participates             B. participated          C. participating        D. participate (TH)