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Lunar New Year usually for sometime ……… 19 January and 20 February ……… the western calendar.. Both children and adults take part ……… games and various form of entertainment.[r]
(1)Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS
Ex1: Fill in each blank of the sentences with one word from the box
Preparations decorate celebrate excited traditional popular wrapped represent influence exchange How people ……… New Year in your country
2 On the first day of Tet, people often visit relatives and friends to New Year wishes
3 Japanese usually ………their house with some small pine trees, which ……… constancy and longevity People believe that what they on the first day of the year will ……… their luck during the whole
year
5 People usually make ……… for Tet several weeks beforehand
6 Tet is also the time for children to receive lucky money ……… in red envelops
7 Besides the ……… flowers for Tet such as peach flowers and apricot flowers, the kumquat trees are also ……… through out the country
8 Children are always ……… about the Tet holiday
Ex2: Complete the sentences with someone, something, anyone, anything, no one, nothing, everyone, everything
1 We arranged the meeting, but……… came Janet Jones is ……… I rarely see these days
3 She valued friendship more than ……… in the world I always get to work before ……… else
5 While you are making dinner, I’ll get on with ……… else ……… has changed Everything is the same as it was
7 I hope ……… will be comfortable here We try to make each guest feel at home We don’t think there’s ……… wrong with her reading ability
9 Hardly ……… turn up to the meeting
10 I’m not going to the party because I’ve got ……… to wear 11 I thought I heard ……… knocking at the door
12 ……… calls her Maggie, but her real name’s Margaret 13 The earthquake destroyed ……… within a 25-mile radius 14 There was complete silence in the room ……… said ……… 15 Sarah was upset about ……… and refused to talk to ………
Ex3: Complete the sentences with the correct form or tenses of the verbs in brackets I have been trying to sell my car for ages but nobody (want) to buy it
2 The office staff (claim) that they have been treated badly by management
3 At present, the Managing Director, together with his heads of department, (prepare) a new budget It’s a really quiet at night Everything (shut) at around 10 o’clock
5 Every letter and parcel (carefully/check) before posting to make sure it has the correct address A number of refugees (turn) back at the border recently
7 The number of books in the library (rise) to over five million All the furniture (destroy) in the fire two days ago
9 Practically everyone (think) that Phil should be given the job 10 One of the reasons I took the job (be) that I could work from home 11 If anybody (want) to leave early, they can
12 Either the president or his representatives (be) to attend the meeting
13 It’s the first time either of us (be) to China, but everyone was met here (be) very welcome and helpful 14 A couple of my friends (go) to Honolulu next week
15 Someone (forget) their umbrella
(2)2 Banh Chung, which is made ……… sticky rice, is one of Tet’s special foods The New Yeas is celebrated ……… night ……… January
4 There are usually a lot of party ……… New Year’s Eve
5 Vietnamese people prepare ……… Tet several weeks beforehand
6 We decorated our Christmas tree ……… a lot of colored lights and shiny little bells Many people go to the pagoda to pray ……… a happy year
8 ……… the first day of Tet everyone tries to be nice and polite ……… others
9 Lunar New Year usually for sometime ……… 19 January and 20 February ……… the western calendar 10 Both children and adults take part ……… games and various form of entertainment
Ex 5: Fill in each blank with one appropriate word to complete the passage
New Year’s Day is the ……… of the year expected to bring most joy to everyone in China Most people insist on doing……… right to prepare for the celebration Good luck wishes ……… on red paper are on the walls and doors of the house Living room decorated ……… a lot of flowers is always full of laughter Many families leaving every door and window ……… at midnight on New Year’s Eve believe in letting the old year out and the New Year ……… On New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day people ……… together and eat feasts of delicious, traditional foods Every where there are a lot of children playing around in their branch new ……… They are very happy to get some ……… money from adults They also enjoy dragon and unicorn ………
(3)1 celebrate exchange decorate-represent Influence preparation
6 wrapped traditional popular excited
Ex2:
1 no one someone anything anyone something
6 Nothing every one anything anyone 10 nothing
11 someone 12 Everyone 13 everything 14 no one-anything 15.something-anyone Ex3:
1 wants claim is preparing
4 shuts is carefully checked have been turned
7 has risen was destroyed thinks
10 was 11 wants 12 are
13 have/has been-has been 14 are going 15 has forgotten Ex4:
1 at from at-on on for
6 with for on-to between-on 10 in
Ex5:
1 festival everything written with open