Bài tập môn tiếng anh lớp 11 (45)
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BÀI TẬP TỰ LUẬN TIẾNG ANH LỚP 11 UNIT 8
CELEBRATIONS
I. Complete the sentences with the appropriate forms of the words in parentheses
1. Regular exercise is just as..................................as eating the right type of food.
(importance)
2. Tet remarks the..................................of spring and the start of the New Year. (begin)
3. They are busy..................................the room.
(decorate)
4. What are your country's..................................foods?
(speciality)
5. What forms of..................................do you take part in on Tet vacations?
(entertain)
6. Children often receive "..........money" inside red envelopes on the first days of Lunar
New Year. (luck)
7. Streets are decorated with.................................. lights and red banners.
(colour)
8. Her eyes were wide with..................................when she heard the news.
(excite)
II. Use the given words to make meaningful sentences.
1. New Year's Eve / most people / Britain / stay up / midnight.
2. They / often go to parties / gather / public places / see / New Year".
3. At 12 o'clock / they / wish /Happy New Year / sing Auld Lang Syne.
4. After midnight / people visit / friends / neighbours/
5. Traditional / they / take / piece / coal / a gift.
6. Of course / not everyone / go out.
7. Lot / people / stay at home / watch / celebration / TV.
8. New Year's Day / people make New Year resolutions / they usually / forget / after a
few days.
III. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions bellow.
In many countries in the world, the second Sunday in May is Mother's Day. Mother's
Day was the idea of an American woman, Anna Jarvis. Anna's mother wasn't alive any
more, and Anna wanted a special day to remember her mother. Her friends agreed.
However, many people in the U.S. weren't happy about Anna's idea. Some thought a
national day of , celebration was unnecessary. Anna and her friends wrote letters to
important people. These people liked the idea. Finally, on May 8, 1914, President
Woodrow Wilson made the second Sunday in May Mother's Day, a day of celebration in
the United States.
1. Is the second Sunday in May Mother's Day in many countries in the world?
2. Who had the idea of Mother's Day?
3. Why did Anna come up with the idea?
4. Why were many people in the U.S. not happy about Anna's idea?
5. What did Anna and her friends do then?
6. Who made the second Sunday in May Mother's Day, a day of celebration in the United
States?
