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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
1. How do 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.
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 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.
2. Janet Jones is ……… I rarely see these days.
3. She valued friendship more than ……… in the world.
4. I 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. I 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. 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.
1. 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.
4. 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.
6. A number of refugees (turn) back at the border recently.
7. The number of books in the library (rise) to over five million..
8. 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. Banh Chung, which is made ……… sticky rice, is one of Tet’s special foods.
3. The New Yeas is celebrated ……… night ……… January 1.
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.
7. 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
1. celebrate 2. exchange 3. decorate-represent 4. Influence 5. preparation
6. wrapped 7. traditional 8. popular 9. excited
Ex2:
1. no one 2. someone 3. anything 4. anyone 5. something
6. Nothing 7. every one 8. anything 9. anyone 10. nothing
11. someone 12. Everyone 13. everything 14. no one-anything 15.something-anyone
Ex3:
1. wants 2. claim 3. is preparing
4. shuts 5. is carefully checked 6. have been turned
7. has risen 8. was destroyed 9. thinks
10. was 11. wants 12. are
13. have/has been-has been 14. are going 15. has forgotten
1. at 2. from 3. at-on 4. on 5. for
6. with 7. for 8. on-to 9. between-on 10. in
Ex5:
1. festival 2. everything 3. written 4. with 5. open