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Unit 8 CELEBRATIONS TEST 1

Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.

1. A. celebration B. entertainment C. traditional D. preparation
2. A. special B. polite C. happy D. really
3. A. positive B. envelope C. occasion D. everyone
4. A. lucky B. banner C. begin D. lunar
5. A. sometimes B. between C. apple D. color

Choose the best answer.

6. Peter is not _____ work today. He is _____ holiday.
A. at / on B. in / for C. from / away D. for / over
7. When I was in class, I often sat _____ Tommy and Mike.
A. among B. between C. in D. within
8. In spring, all flowers are _____ blossom colorfully.
A. at B. about C. over D. in
9. Those foreign tourists are looking forward to enjoy Vietnamese Tet holiday with _____.
A. excite B. excited C. exciting D. excitement
10. To most Vietnamese people, Tet holiday is often well _____.
A. prepare B. prepared C. preparation D. preparative
11. The _____ of football spreads not only throughout England but also all over the world.
A. popular B. popularize C. popularly D. popularity
12. Ripe fruit is very good for our health.
A. Sugared and colored B. Cooked carefully
C. Picked by hand D. Fully grown and ready to eat
13. Some days before New Year, they _____ greeting cards one another.
A. exchange B. show C. receive D. express
14. _____ is a day or time of the year when people have a holiday from work and celebrate some special
event, often a religious event.
A. Festival B. Decoration C. Occasion D. Celebration
15. Films are the most popular _____ of entertainment.
A. style B. form C. area D. case
16. She is a Buddhist. She often goes to the _____.
A. house B. church C. pagoda D. banner
17. He sat down and _____ and stirred his coffee twice a month.
A. cooked B. exchanged C. sugared D. decorated
18. One of Tet’s _____ most special foods is banh chung.
A. a B. an C. the D. Ø
19. They have found that New Year celebration in Vietnam is _____ that in any other countries.
A. more interesting than B. as interesting than
C. interesting more than D. more interesting as
20. When some certain fruits _____, they will be a delicious food called Mut in Vietnamese.
A. are sugared and cooked B. sugars and cooks
C. are sugaring and cooking D. have sugared and cooked
21. Why don’t you come and see me as you _____?
A. was B. had C. do D. used to
22. When we were younger, we used _____ allowed to drink coffee.
A. do not to be B. were not C. to not be D. not to be
23. Having a good diet gives me a sense that I am doing _____ positive and that I am in control.
A. one B. someone C. something D. anything
24. There is _____ outside the house.
A. one B. someone C. anyone D. anybody
25. I have not spoken to _____ all day because I have a sore throat.
A. someone B. nobody C. anybody D. ones
26. I need _____ reliable to look after the baby while I am at work.
A. anyone B. someone C. everybody D. none
27. She was _____ to leave without saying goodbye.
A. only one B. the only one C. ones D. the ones

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28. _____ can attend so you don’t have to be invited.
A. Anyone B. Someone C. Somebody D. Only one
29. _____ told me she was ill so I did not pay her a visit.
A. Everyone B. Someone C. Anyone D. No one
30. Listen! I hear _____ knocking at the window.
A. anyone B. no one C. someone D. anybody

Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.

The New Year is an event that happens when a culture celebrates the end of one year and the beginning
of the next year. Cultures that measure yearly calendars all have New Year celebrations.
Tet Nguyen Dan pronunciation, more commonly known by its shortened name Tet, is the most important
and popular holiday and festival in Vietnam. It is the Vietnamese New Year which is based on the Chinese
calendar, a lunisolar calendar. The name Tet Nguyen Dan is Vietnamese for Feast of the First Morning.
Tet is celebrated on the same day as Chinese New Year though exceptions arise due to the one-hour time
difference between Hanoi and Beijing. Tet shares many of the same customs of its Chinese counterpart. It is
celebrated from the first day of the first month of the Chinese calendar, around late January or early February,
until at least the third day. Many Vietnamese prepare for Tet by cooking special holiday foods, decorating
and cleaning the house. During Tet holiday, Vietnamese visit their families, pagodas and temples, forgetting
about the troubles of the past year and hoping for a better upcoming year. Tet traditionally marks the coming
of Spring. Vietnamese people usually return to their families during Tet. Some return to worship at the family
altar or visit the graves of their ancestors. Others return to where they grew up. Although Tet is a main holiday
among all Vietnamese, each region and religion has its own customs.
36. Tet is a _____ holiday in Vietnam.
A. crucial B. sorrowful C. unpopular D. uncommon
37. Vietnamese New Year is based on _____.
A. the Vietnamese calendar B. the Chinese calendar
C. Chinese culture D. New Year celebrations
38. Tet is celebrated at least _____.
A. one day B. two days C. three days D. a fortnight
39. Which is NOT done to prepare for Tet?
A. cooking special foods B. cleaning houses
C. decorating houses D. visiting relatives and friends
40. Tet _____.
A. has the same customs throughout the country
B. has different customs, which are up to region and religion
C. is not celebrated throughout the country
D. is at end of spring

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.

(41) _____ the Vietnamese believe that the first visitor a family receives in the year determines their
fortune for the (42) _____ year, people never enter (43) _____ house on the first day without (44) _____ first.
The act of being the first person to enter a house on Tet is called xong dat or dap dat. Usually, a person with
a happy demeanor or who had experienced good luck during the previous year is invited first into the house.
In some (45) _____, any person with names such as Phuc (happy), Tai (wealth), Loc (luck), will be invited to
(46) _____ this act of xong dat. However, just to be (47) ______, the owner of the house will leave the house
a few minutes before midnight and come back just as the clock (48) _____midnight to prevent anyone else
(49) _____ entering the house first who might potentially bring any unfortunate events in the new year to the
household. Sweeping during Tet is taboo, since it symbolizes sweeping the luck away. It is also taboo for (50)
______ who experienced a recent loss of a family member to visit anyone else during Tet.
41. A. Although B. Instead C. Due to D. Since
42. A. all B. whole C. round D. around
43. A. any B. each C. every D. one
44. A. to be invited B. to invite C. being invited D. inviting
45. A. cases B. examples C. kinds D. sorts
46. A. take B. perform C. do D. make
47. A. safe B. safety C. unsafe D. safely
48. A. hits B. knocks C. strikes D. shows
49. A. in B. for C. with D. from
50. A. the one B. anyone C. no one D. each one

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