Make questions for the underlined parts : Tomorrowland is an electronic dance music festival
VI. Make questions for the underlined parts.
1. Tomorrowland is an electronic dance music festival.
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2. The Songkran Festival is usually celebrated between 13 and 16 April.
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3. Vietnamese people go to pagodas at Tet to pray for a year of good luck and happiness.
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4. Diwali is celebrated by millions of Hindus, Sikhs and latns across the world.
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5. The Vietnamese celebrate Tet with family gatherings, traditional foods, and lion dances.
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6. The festival site is three miles from the nearest town of Shepton Mallet.
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7. During Tet, children and the elderly receive lucky money put in red envelopes.
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8. It cost about £400 to go to Glastonbury Festival last year.
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9. Many people went to Han River to witness the Danang International Fireworks Festival.
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10. Jean visits Dalat every two years to attend the Dalat Flower Festival.
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VII. Fill in each blank with a correct preposition.
1. Elephant Race Festival is held _________ Dak Lak province.
2. At La Tomatina, people throw tomatoes _________ each other.
3. Halloween is celebrated _________ October 31st.
4. Thanksgiving originated _________a harvest festival.
5. _________Christmas Eve, we sit in front of the fire and read Christmas stories.
6. The custom of giving eggs _________ Easter celebrates new life.
7. We decorated our Christmas tree _________ red bows and colorful ornaments.
8. La Tomatina is held _________ the last Wednesday of August every year.
9. Hoi Mua Festival is held to thank the Rice God _________ the crop and to pray _____ better crops in the future.
10. _________the morning, many people tried to climb_________ the pole to get the ham.
C. SPEAKING
A. How do the Scot celebrate Hogmanay?
B. I've always wanted to spend New Year in Scotland
C. Was the street crowded with people?
D. What did you do for your holidays last year?
E. What else happened at the Hogmanay celebration?
F. Did you go to the street party?
G. Oh, what a night!
I. Complete the dialogue with appropriate sen sentences. Write the letters of the sentences (A - G)
Jane: I can’t wait for the Christmas and New Year holidays.
Andrew: Me too. (1) __________________________________________________
Jane: Well, I spent time with my family at Christmas. And then I flew to Edinburgh
to visit some friends and spend my New Year holiday with them.
Andrew: Lucky you! (2) __________________________________________________
Jane: In Scotland, they call New Year’s Eve Hogmanay and it’s the most fun.
Andrew: (3) ____________________________________________________________
Jane: They celebrate it with street parties, concerts, fireworks and fire spectaculars.
Andrew: (4) _____________________________________________________________
Jane: Yes, of course. We went to Princes Street for a massive street party.
Andrew: (5) _____________________________________________________________
Jane: Yes, very ... I heard there were about 80,000 people in attendance.
Andrew: (6) _____________________________________________________________
Jane: There were loads of bands playing different live music, a laser show and a huge
fireworks display at midnight from the Edinburgh castle.
Andrew: (7) _____________________________________________________________
Jane: It’s my most memorable holiday. You should go and spend New Year in Scotland.
D. READING
I. Complete the passage with the words from the box.
Other, carved, trick-or-treating, fun,
Unwanted, comes, costumes, frightening.
Halloween is celebrated on October31, and many people, including children, dress up in (1)______________ , visit people’s houses, and ask for candy. This is called (2) _______________.
There are (3) ______________ traditions at Halloween. People have parties in their houses.
You can dress up in scary costumes for (4) ______________ , but your costume doesn’t have to
be scary. In the USA, many people wear costumes that aren’t (5) ______________ .
People also tell scary stories at Halloween or play games like bobbing for apples. Some people make jack-o’-lanterns. (6) ______________ pumpkins with candles inside, and put them inside or outside their houses. It’s unclear where this tradition (7) ______________ from.
Some historians believe that in the past, they were used to scary away (8) ______________visitors or travelers. Jack-o’-lanterns are now chiefly associated with Halloween.
II. Read the text carefully, then do the tasks.
Holi, known as the festival of colours, is the Hindu festival celebrated by Hindus all over Asia and also by the people from some parts of Europe and North America. It is mainly observed in India and Nepal.
Holi commemorates the victory of good over evil, marks the arrival of Spring, and a time to give thanks for the good harvest. The dates change each year according to the full moon, but it is normally in March and sometimes in late February and lasts for a night and a day.
Traditional Holi celebrations start the night before Holi with a Hollka Dahan where people gather around a bonfire and perform religious rituals praying that evil will be destroyed. The next morning is a free-for-all festival of colours. People chase each other, smear each other with paint, throw coloured paint powder over each other, and drench each other with coloured water. Some people carry waterguns and coloured water-filled balloons for their water fight. In the evening, people visit houses of their friends and relatives and share sweets and other food items.
A. Decide if the statements are true (T) or false (F).
1. The ‘festival of colours’ is another name for Holi.
2. Only Hindus celebrate Holỉ.
3. Holi is celebrated on 1 March - the first official day of spring.
4. Holi activities start early In the morning.
5. The famous festival of colours is the second day of Hol . nd cojour each other.
6. Water guns and water-filled balloons are also used to play and colour each other.
B. Answer the questions.
1. Where is Holi mainly celebrated?
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2. When does Hol i take place?
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3. How long does the festival last?
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4. Why is Holi festival celebrated?
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5. How do people celebrate Holika Dahan?
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6. What do people do on the day of Holi?
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E. WRITING
I. Arrange the words to make sentences meaningful.
1. carnival / Rio I has I famous / the / most / in / the / world.
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2. festival / when / the / starts / people / square / gather / in / the / town.
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3. the / starts / festival / with / opening / parade / an / where / walk / people / the I streets / through.
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4. than / 2 million / there / people / in I are / more / the I streets / on / during / Rio / the / carnival.
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5. highlight / the / main / carnival / is / of / samba / the / parade / samba / two hundred I with / the / schools.
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6. we / have / and / parties / other / throughout / festival / celebrations / the.
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7. Diwali/ of / festival/ five-day/ celebrated / across / lights / is / the / by/ millions / Hindu/the/world / of.
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8. houses / celebrate / are / candles / decorated / with / to / colourful / Dlwall / and / lights.
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II. Write the second sentence so that It has the same meaning as the first one. Use the word in brackets.
1. When did people hold the first Cannes Film Festival? (held)
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2. More than 70 samba schools participated in the five-day carnival, (part)
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3. Omizutori is the oldest festival in Japan, (than)
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4. The music festival was held although the weather was bad yesterday, (spite)
Themusicfestival _______________________________________________________________
5. I can't wait to watch the samba parade in Rio Carnival, (forward)
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6. The date for La Tomatina is the last Wednesday of August, (place)
LaTomatin a _________________________________________________________________
7. Thousands of people lined the streets because they wanted to watch the massive colourful parade, (in order to)
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8. The festival took place in a remote area. However, a lot of people attended it. (although)
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