UNIT 8 EXERCISES

November 16, 2018I. Fill in each blank of the sentences with one word from the box.preparations decorate celebrate excited popularwrapped represent influence traditional exchange1. How do people ______ New Year in your country?2. On the first days of Tet, people often visit relatives and friends to ______ New Year wishes.3. Japanese usually ______ their houses with some small pine trees, which ______ constancy and longevity.4. People believe that what they do on the first day of the year will ______ their luck during the whole year.5. People usually make ______ for Tet severals weeks beforehand.6. Tet is also the time for children to receive lucky money ______ in red envelopes. 7. Besides the ______ flowers for Tet such as peach flowers and apricot flowers, the kumquat trees are also ______ throughout the country.8. Children are always ______ about the Tet holiday.II. Fill in each blank with an appropriate preposition.1. Children usually are given 'lucky money' _______ Tet.2. Banh Chung, which is made _______ sticky rice, is one of Tet's special foods.3. The New Year is celebrated _______ night _______ January 1.4. There are usually lot of party _______ New Year’s Eve.5. Vietnamese people prepare _______ Tet several weeks beforehand.6. We decorated our Christmas tree _______ lot of colored and shiny little bells.7. Many people go to the pagoda to pray _______ happy year.8. _______ the first days of Tet everyone tries to be nice and polite _______ others.9. Lunar New Year usually falls sometime _______ 19 January and 20 February _______ the Western calendar.10. Both children and adults take part _______ games and various forms of entertainment.III. Complete these sentences with someone, something, anyone, anything, no one, nothing, everyone, everything.1. We arranged the meeting, but _______ came.2. Janet Jones is _______ rarely see these days.3. She valued friendship more than _______ in the world.4. always get to work before _______ else.5. While you are making dinner, I'll get on with _______ else.6. _______ has changed. Everything is the same as it was.7. hope _______ will be comfortable here. We try to make each guest feel at home. 8. We don't think there's _______ wrong with her reading ability,9. Hardly _______ turn up to the meeting.10. am not going to the party because I've got _______ to wear.11. thought heard _______ knocking at the door.12. _______ calls her Maggie, but her real name's Margaret.13. The earthquake destroyed _______ within 25-mile radius.14. There was complete silence in the room. _______ said _______.15. Sarah was upset about _______ and refused to talk to _______IV. Choose the one word or phrase -a, b, c, or d- that best completes the sentences or substitutes for the underlined part.1. Family members who live apart try to get together ______ Tet.a. in b. at c. on d. during2. Most towns put ______ Christmas tree, fir tree decorated with colored lights, shiny balls, tinsel and bows.a. on b. in c. with d. up3. On Christmas Eve children go to bed full ______ excitement.a. of b. with c. up d. in4. Agrarian people depend on the lunar calendar to prepare for their crops.a. gardeners b. planters c. farmers d. highlanders5. There is ______ mood everywhere on New Year's Day.a. popular b. good c. optimistic d. festive6. In Britain and America, it is ______ for everybody to sing 'Auld Lang Syne' on New Year's Eve.a. tradition b. traditional c. traditionally d. traditionalism7. Children are always ______ about Tet holiday.a. excited b. interested c. keen d. concerned8. shook hands and ______ few words with the manager.a. uttered b. expressed c. exchanged d. converted9. Jane is very sociable girl. She likes parties and ______.a. rituals b. ceremonies c. traditions d. celebrations10. Shopping malls are decorated for Christmas from September, ______ most people do not do their Christmas shopping until December.a. though b. because c. so d. so thatV. Choose the one word or phrase -a, b, c, or d- that best completes the sentences.11. The number of students who knew the answer to the last question on the exam ______ very low.a. were b. was c. have been d. has been12. ______ waiting to hear the results.a. Everyone was b. All was c. Everyone were d. All were13. 'We need new curtains.' 'Okay, let's buy ______.a. one b. onesc. some with flowers on d. ones with flowers on14. ______ the furniture ______ arrived yet.a. None ... has b. None ... have c. None of ... has d. None of ... have15. number of students ______ in intensive language programs abroad nowadays.a. participated b. has participatedc. have participated d. is participating16. Every one of the boys and girls in the school ______ what to do if the fire alarma. knows rings b. know rings c. knows will ring d. would know-rang17. Some of these people are friends of mine and ______people from the office.a. the rest is b. the rest are c. rest is d. rest are18. Knowing several ______ helpful if you work for an intemational corporation.a. languages are b. language is c. languages is language are19. Three hours______ long time to take on the homework.a. seems b. seem c. seemed d. has been20. The Prime Minister, as well as several Cabinet Ministers, ______ in tough financial policy.a. is believing b. don't believe c. believe d. believesVI. Identify the one underlined word or phrase- A, B, or that must be changed for the sentence to be correct.21. No one in our office wants to drive to work because of there are always Ctraffic jams at rush hour D22. The United States come top of the list of countries ranked by economic Dperformance.23. About 60 per cent of the people uestioned wants cars to be banned Dfrom the town center.24. There's hardly no sugar left, so we must get some when we go shopping. D25. If someone phones while I'm out can you tell them I'll be back at 11.30?A VII. Fill in each blank with one appropriate word to complete the passage.New Year's Day is the (31) _______ of the year expected to bring most joy to everyone in China. Most people insist on doing (32) _______ right to prepare for the celebration. Good luck wishes (33) _______ on red paper are hung on the wails and doors of the houses. Living room decorated (34) _______ lot of flowers is always full of laughter. Many families leaving every door and window (35) _______ at midnighton New Year's Eve believe in letting the old year out and the New Year (36) _______. On New Year's Eve and New Year's Day people (37) _______ together and eat feasts of delicious, traditional foods. Everywhere there are lot of children playing around in their brand new (38) _______. They are very happy to get some (39) _______ money from adults. They also enjoy dragon or unicorn (40) _______.Open clothes everything with in written get Lucky dancing festivalVIII. Read the passge carefully, then choose the correct answer.THANKSGIVINGThanksgiving is celebrated in the US on the fourth Thursday in November. For many Americans it is themost important holiday apart from Christmas. Schools, offices and most businesses close for Thanksgiving, andmany people make the whole weekend vacation.Thanksgiving is associated with the time when Europeans first cameto North America. In 1620 the ship the Mayflowers arrived, bringing about 150 people who today are usuallycalled Pilgrims. They arrived at the beginning of very hard winter and could not find enough to eat, so manyof them died. But in the following summer Native Americans showed them what foods were safe to eat, so thatthey could save food for the next winter. They held big celebration to thank God and the Native Americans forthe fact that they had survived.Today people celebrate Thanksgiving to remember these early days.The most important part of the celebration is traditional dinner with foods that come from North America. Themeal includes turkey, sweet potatoes (also called yams) and cranberries, which are made into kind of sauce orjelly. The turkey is filled with stuffing or dressing, and many families have their own special recipe. Dessert ispumpkin made into pie. On Thanksgiving there are special television programs and sports events. In New York there is the Macy'sThanksgiving Day Parade, when long line of people wearing fancy costumes march through the streets withlarge balloons in- the shape of imaginary characters. Thanksgiving is considered the beginning of the Christmasperiod, and the next day many people go out to shop for Christmas presents.41. In the United States, Thanksgiving is ______.a. religious celebration held by Christians only b. celebrated as public holiday .c. more important than Christmasd. apart from Christmas42. According to the passage Pilgrims are ______.a. people who travelled to America by shipsb. trips that religious people make to holy place .c. people who left their home and went to live in North America in the early 17th century;d. Native Americans who live in North America.43. All of the following statements are mentioned EXCEPT ______.a. People celebrate Thanksgiving to thank Godb. People usually have traditional dinners on Thanksgivingc. There are lots of entertainments on Thanksgivingd. People go to churches for religious services on Thanksgiving.44. On thanksgiving ______.a. turkey, yams and pumpkin pies are servedb. people join in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Paradec. people wear coloured carnival masks matching through the streetsd. people go out to shop for Christmas presents45. Which of the following is not true?a. In the US, Thanksgiving is not national holiday; it's religious holiday. b. Christmas comes Jess than month after Thanksgiving.c. Thanksgiving was originally celebrated by the first, Europeans in North America to thank God for their survival.d. The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade are colourful and exciting.IX. Choose the sentence a, b, or that is closest in meaning to the printed one. 46. It never occurred to me to go by train.a. used to go by train. b. was used to going by train.c. never find it boring to go by train d. never thought of going by train.47. should have studied last night, but was too tireda. couldn't study last night because was very tired.b. studied last night, so was very tired.c. tried to study last night but felt bored.d. didn't study last night because felt very bored.48. The doctor said, 'You really ought to rest for few days, Jasmine.'a. Jasmine's doctor insisted that she should rest for few days.b. The doctor suggested that Jasmine should take short rest.c. The doctor strongly advised Jasmine to take few days’ rest.d. It is the doctor's recommendation that Jasmine rested shortly.49. The sooner he stops smoking, the better he'll feel.a. As soon as he feels better, he'll try to stop smoking.b. When he stops smoking, he'll begin to feel better.c. He feels so much better since he stopped smoking.d. Though he feels better, he still smokes.50. The coffee was not strong. It didn't keep us awake.a. The coffee was very strong, but it couldn't keep us awake.b. The coffee was so strong that we couldn't sleep.c. The coffee was not strong enough to keep us awake.d. We was kept awake because the coffee was strong.X. Choose the word or phrase (A, B, or D) that best fits the blank space in the following passage.SPRING FESTIVALSFrom (31) _______ times people have celebrated the end of winter and the new life that spring brings. One of the most important Christian festivals is Easter, (32) _______ Christians remember the death and resurrectionof Jesus Christ.Easter, however, is not the (33) _______ spring festival. In Sweden, people celebrate the end of the winter by making (34) _______ bonfires. Fire also plays an important part in the Hindu festival of Holi. In some villages children are (35) _______ round bonfires by their mothers to protect them (36) _______ danger in the coming year. Buddhists in Thailand soak (37) _______ in water when celebrating their New Year, which (38) _______ in the middle of April. In Antigua in Guatemala they carpet the streets with flowers. Chinese spring parades are (39) _______ colourful, but (40) _______ flowers they have large dragon puppets which dance in the streets.1. a. earliest b. latest c. previous d. old2. a. which b. when c. because d. by then3. a. single b. one c. only d. lonely4. a. giant b. tremedous c. extreme d. huge5. a. gone b. carried c. brought d. run6. a. in b. out of c. against d. from7. a. through b. one other c. each other d. mutually8. a. falls b. appears c. happens d. occurs9. a. the same b. as c. not less d. equally10. a. instead of b. on behalf of c. in spite of d. place of