(34-38) Read the following passage and choose the best option A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
Holi is known as a spring festival, a festival of colours, or sometimes a festival of love. It is an ancient Hindu religious festival. The festival is now popular in parts of Europe and North America as a spring celebration of love, frolic and colours. Holi celebrations start with a Holika bonfire. On the night before Holi, people gather, sing and dance. The next morning, it is free for the carnival of colours. In this carnival, everyone plays, chases and colours each other with dry powder and coloured water. Some people even carry water guns and coloured water-filled balloons for their water fights. All the people, friends or strangers, men or women, the young and the old, the rich or the poor, join a fair game. The frolic and fight with colours occur in
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the open streets, open parks, outside temples and buildings. Many crowds of people carry drums and musical instruments, go from place to place, sing, and dance. During the day, they play with colours on each other, laugh and chit chat, then share Holi delicacies, food and drinks. In the evening, people dress up, move and visit families, relatives, and friends. Holi is nationally celebrated on the Phalguna Purnima (Full Moon). The festival date varies every year, per the Hindu calendar, and typically comes in March, sometimes February per the Gregorian calendar. The festival is a symbol of the victory of good over evil, the arrival of spring, and the end of winter.For many people, it is a festive day to meet others, play and laugh, forget and forgive, and repair broken relationships.
34. Which of the following is Holi NOT known as?
A. a spring festival
B. a festival of colours
C. a festival of harvest
D. a festival of love
35. When does Holika bonfire happen?
A. during the Holi
B. on the night before Holi
C. on the day before Holi
D. on the night after Holi
36. What event is there in the morning of Holi?
A. the carnival of rides
C. the carnival celebration
B. the carnival of colours
D. the carnival of fun
37. Who take part in a fair game?
A. all the people
B. the young and the old
C. friends or strangers
D. the rich or the poor
38. People celebrate Holi festival
A. on the same date every year
C. at the beginning of the year
B. on the various dates every year
D. at the end of the year