Read then answer the questions
III. Read then answer the questions.
Many countries all over the world celebrate the New Year holiday. In China, it is a very happy time.
Chinese people think it is the most important time of the year. There are parades in the streets, and families
gather for big dinners. At these dinners, children get lucky money in red envelopes as their good grade and
achievements during the last year. Before the New Year, the Chinese people always clean their houses to clean out bad luck. Everything must be fresh and clean as they think that they will have a happy new year. People also make sure that they have paid all their bills. It is important to start a New Year without owning anyone’s money. Different from Chinese, in Thailand, people hold Water Festival. The festival takes place everywhere in the country but especially popular in the north. Water Festival takes place in the middle of April every year. It is a part of the Thai New Year. People throw buckets of water on each other. There are even parades where people throw water. It is especially important to throw water on older people. It shows respect to them.
56. What happen in the streets in China on New Year holiday?
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57. Why do Chinese people clean their houses before the New Year?
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58. What do they try to avoid when they start the New Year?
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59. When is the Water Festival held in Thailand?
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60. Why is it important to throw water on older people?
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IV. Match the first halves in column A with the second ones in column B to make sentences.
Column A Column B
61. Linna is washing the dishes A. but I am not.
62. My friends are going away for holiday this summer B. and he drives to work every day.
63. My uncle has got a small car C. but there is only one bathroom.
64. My father likes raw fish D. and her sister is helping her.
65. There are 3 bedrooms in my new house. E. but my mother doesn’t.
D. WRITING (3.0/10)
I. Rearrange the words to make sentences.
72. peaceful/live/a/we/in/neighborhood/very.
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73. city/sister/living/modern/in/a/apartment/is/my/in/the/.
………………………………………………………………………
74. railway/me/you/the/tell/can/way/the/to/station?
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75. us/out/for/let/go/a walk.
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II. Write sentences from the given cues.
76. Jane’s T-shirt/expensive/than/my.
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77. I’m/to/introduce/you/natural wonders/world.
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78. My new pencil case/different/your.
………………………………………………………………………
79. What time/you/breakfast?
………………………………………………………………………
80. Mr. Brown/like/do gardening/morning.
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III. Rewrite these sentences in such a way that the sentences you write remain unchanged from the
original ones.
81. The square in Hoi An is smaller than the square in Hanoi.
The square in Hanoi …………………………………
82. There are many shops here, so the streets are busy all day.
Because there ………………………………………………………
83. No lake in the world is deeper than Lake Baikal.
Lake Baikal ………………………………………………….
84. There is an art gallery opposite my school gate.
The art gallery ……………………………………………….
85. My brother never goes to school late.
My brother always ………………………………………….
Many countries all over the world celebrate the New Year holiday. In China, it is a very happy time.
Chinese people think it is the most important time of the year. There are parades in the streets, and families
gather for big dinners. At these dinners, children get lucky money in red envelopes as their good grade and
achievements during the last year. Before the New Year, the Chinese people always clean their houses to clean out bad luck. Everything must be fresh and clean as they think that they will have a happy new year. People also make sure that they have paid all their bills. It is important to start a New Year without owning anyone’s money. Different from Chinese, in Thailand, people hold Water Festival. The festival takes place everywhere in the country but especially popular in the north. Water Festival takes place in the middle of April every year. It is a part of the Thai New Year. People throw buckets of water on each other. There are even parades where people throw water. It is especially important to throw water on older people. It shows respect to them.
56. What happen in the streets in China on New Year holiday?
………………………..……………………….………………………..………………………...
57. Why do Chinese people clean their houses before the New Year?
………………………..………………………..………………………..………………………..
58. What do they try to avoid when they start the New Year?
………………………..………………………..………………………..………………………..
59. When is the Water Festival held in Thailand?
………………………..………………………..………………………..………………………..
60. Why is it important to throw water on older people?
………………………..………………………………………………..………………………....
IV. Match the first halves in column A with the second ones in column B to make sentences.
Column A Column B
61. Linna is washing the dishes A. but I am not.
62. My friends are going away for holiday this summer B. and he drives to work every day.
63. My uncle has got a small car C. but there is only one bathroom.
64. My father likes raw fish D. and her sister is helping her.
65. There are 3 bedrooms in my new house. E. but my mother doesn’t.
D. WRITING (3.0/10)
I. Rearrange the words to make sentences.
72. peaceful/live/a/we/in/neighborhood/very.
………………………………………………………………………
73. city/sister/living/modern/in/a/apartment/is/my/in/the/.
………………………………………………………………………
74. railway/me/you/the/tell/can/way/the/to/station?
………………………………………………………………………
75. us/out/for/let/go/a walk.
………………………………………………………………………
II. Write sentences from the given cues.
76. Jane’s T-shirt/expensive/than/my.
………………………………………………………………………
77. I’m/to/introduce/you/natural wonders/world.
………………………………………………………………………
78. My new pencil case/different/your.
………………………………………………………………………
79. What time/you/breakfast?
………………………………………………………………………
80. Mr. Brown/like/do gardening/morning.
………………………………………………………………………
III. Rewrite these sentences in such a way that the sentences you write remain unchanged from the
original ones.
81. The square in Hoi An is smaller than the square in Hanoi.
The square in Hanoi …………………………………
82. There are many shops here, so the streets are busy all day.
Because there ………………………………………………………
83. No lake in the world is deeper than Lake Baikal.
Lake Baikal ………………………………………………….
84. There is an art gallery opposite my school gate.
The art gallery ……………………………………………….
85. My brother never goes to school late.
My brother always ………………………………………….