BT LUYEN UNIT 8 (2)

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UNIT 8 CELEBRATIONS
GLOSSARY
1. agrarian [ə'greəriən] (thuộc) ruộng đất,
the agrarian problems các vấn đề ruộng đất
agrarian reforms cải cách ruộng đất
2. apricot ['eiprikɔt] quả mơ
 apricot flower: hoa mai
3. banner ['bænə] ngọn cờ, biểu ngữ, the banner of
freedom ngọn cờ tự do
4. build up: tăng dần lên
5. candied ['kændid] tẩm đường, ướp đường, candied
words những lời nịnh nọt
6. comment ['kɔment] (about / on sth.)lời bình luận, lời chú
giải
to make comments on an event bình luận một sự kiện
7. dress up: diện bảnh; ăn mặc chải chuốt tề chỉnh
8. evil ['i:vl] xấu xa
9. fall: rơi vào
10. fireworks ['faiəwə:ks] pháo hoa, pháo bông; cuộc đốt
pháo hoa
11. grand [grænd] rất quan trọng, rất lớn, vĩ đại, cừ khôi,
xuất chúng, lỗi lạc, ưu tú
12. kimono [ki'mounou] áo kimônô
13. kumquat['kʌmkwɔt] quả quất vàng
14. longevity[lɔn'dʒeviti] tuổi thọ
15. lunar ['lu:nə] (thuộc) mặt trăng, lunar month tháng âm
lịch, lunar New Year tết âm lịch
16. mask [mɑ:sk] mạng che mặt của phụ nữ ngày xưa; mặt
nạ
17. peach [pi:t∫] quả đào

18. plum [plʌm] (thực vật học) quả mận; cây mận
19. pray [prei] ( to pray to somebody) ( to pray for
somebody / something) cầu nguyện
 prayer [preə] ( prayer for something) kinh cầu nguyện; lời
cầu nguyện
20. shrine [∫rain] điện thờ, miếu thờ
21. spirit ['spirit] tinh thần, linh hồn,hồn ma
22. timing ['taimiη] sự quyết định thời gian, sự điều hoà thời
gian, sự tính toán thời gian
23. ward off [wɔ:d] ( to ward somebody / something off)
chống, trừ khử
Reading comprehension
1. When is Tet holiday in Vietnam?
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2. How long did Tet preparations and celebrations last in the past?
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3. What do streets look like before Tet?
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4. What do people often do to prepare for Tet?
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5. What is banh chung made from?
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6. What is mut?
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7. What are some popular activities at Tet?
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PRACTICE 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. sometime b. between c. apple d. color
Make the correct choice
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.
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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 c. church c. pagoda d. banner
17.______________________ He sat down and and stirred his coffee.
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 did ________allowed to drink coffee.
a.
not to be b. not c. to not be d. not use 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
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
Sentence building
31. Vietnamese New Year celebration / last / at least three days
a. Vietnamese New Year celebration lasts at least three days.
b. Vietnamese New Year celebration which lasts at least three days.
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c. Vietnamese New Year celebration lasts at least on three days.
d. Vietnamese New Year celebration, it lasts at least three days.
32. Tet holiday / people often visit relatives / friends / go to the pagoda / pray for luck / happiness
a. On Tet holiday, people often visit relatives and friends, then going to the pagoda praying for luck
and happiness.
b. When Tet holiday, people often visit relatives, friends, with go to the pagoda to pray for luck and

happiness.
c. In Tet holiday, people often visit relatives, friends, and then to go to the pagoda to pray for luck and
happiness.
d. On Tet holiday, people often visit relatives, friends, and go to the pagoda to pray for luck and
happiness.
33. many of them / go / see a fortune-teller / ask / their fortune in the new year
a. Many of them had better go to see a fortune-teller to ask for their fortune in the new year.
b. Many of them would like go to see a fortune-teller so as to they ask about their fortune in the new
year.
c. Many of them may go to see a fortune-teller to ask about their fortune in the new year.
d. Many of them should go seeing a fortune-teller to ask for their fortune in the new year
34. children / say / best wishes / adults / give / lucky money
a. Children say the best wishes to adults and are given lucky money.
b. Children say the best wishes with adults and given lucky money.
c. Children say the best wishes for adults are given lucky money.
d. Children say the best wishes with adults and being given lucky money.
35. some wealthy families / pay / dragon dancers / perform / their house / get luck and prosperity
a. Some wealthy families can pay for dragon dancers to perform at their house to get luck and
prosperity.
b. Some wealthy families would pay for dragon dancers performing at their house to get luck and
prosperity.
c. The fact that some wealthy families can pay for dragon dancers to perform at their house to get
luck and prosperity.
d. Because some wealthy families can pay for dragon dancers who to perform at their house to get
luck and prosperity.
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, so Spring is sometimes used
interchangeably with Tet in Vietnamese. 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. lunisolar 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
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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 dapdat.
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. safetiness 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
PRACTICE TEST 2
Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.
1. a. holiday b. important c. excitement d. tradition
2. a. sticky b. blossom c. throughout d. flower

3. a. orange b. country c. sugar d. receive
4. a. influence b. pagoda c. various d. festival
5. a. decorate b. nowadays c. popular d. tomato
Choose the best answer.
6.___________________________ That resort is popular young people, especially on Tet holiday.
a. for b. to
c. with
d. in
7.__________________________________________ Those ladies often go to pagoda to pray
____________________________________________happiness and luck.
a. for
b. to c. on d. into
8.___________________________ What do you often do the first day of the year?
a. at b. for c. in
d. on

9. Tet is a ________occasion for all members of families to gather.
a. special
b. specially c. specialize d. specializing
10. During Tet holiday, all areas of amusement and __ are always crowded.
a. entertain
b. entertainment
c. entertainer d. entertaining
11. By __ , people often try to do good things on the first day of the year.
a. tradition
b. traditional c. traditionally d. traditionalist
12.
Banh Chung and Mut are ________food on Tet holiday. The majority of
families have them during Tet.
a. exciting

b. popular
c. ripe d. colored
13. _______are small, soft, red fruit that you can eat raw in salads or cooked as a vegetable.
a. Apples b. Plums c. Kumquat
d. Tomatoes

14. When people ______, they speak to God in order to give thanks or to ask for his help.
a. believe b. try c. entertain
d. pray

15. Thank you very much for your gift on my birthday.
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a. present
b. flower c. candy d. plant
16. There was a very _______response to our new design - people seemed very pleased with it.
a disappointed b. excited c. negative
d. positive

17._____________________________ He seemed to find fault on my doings. He often gave negative ___
a. celebrations b. entertainments c. decorations
d. comments

18._____________ Tet is grandest and most important occasion in __ year.
a. a /a b. an / Ø c
. the / the
d. Ø/ a
19. I am used ___my sleep interrupted by the noise because I have lived in this region for more than 20
years.
a. to have
b. to having

c. having d. had
20. At Tet. areas of amusement and entertainment are ___ of any times throughout the year.
a. crowded most b. the more crowded c. as more crowded
d. the most crowded

21.________________ Banh chung on the altar to worship during Tet.
a. put
b. is put
c. has put d. will put
22 . We didn't use ________out much in the winter months.
a. to go b. go c. going d. gone
23. I phoned last night but _________answered.
a. no one b. someone c. everyone d. ones
24. in the street was shocked when they heard the news.
a. Ones b. Someone c. Everyone d. Anyone
25.___________________________________ She used to love cats but since attacked her and she
has not liked them anymore.
a. the ones b. ones c. one d. the one
26. Good morning, ____
a. someone b. anyone c. no one d. everybody
27._________________ Laziness and crime are inseparable. You cannot have _____ without the
other.
a. everyone b. someone c. ones d. one
28._______________________________________________ Of the three sisters, Mary is the most
beautiful ____
a. someone b. anyone c. everyone d. one
29. You may have _____ or the other, but not both.
a. one b. ones c. the one d. the ones
30. I need _________to help me because it is a hard work.
a. someone b. anyone c. anybody d. no one

Error identification
31. In the days leading up to Tet, each family traditional cooks special holiday foods such as mut, banh
chung and banh day.
32. Preparations for these foods are quite extensive, and cook them can take several days.
33. Family members often take turns to keep watching on the fire overnight, telling one other stories
about Tet of past years.
34. It is most wonderful time for members of a family to gather to chat and share feelings.
35. Even poor or rich, every Vietnamese family also get some special foods and decoration for Tet.
Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.
Preparations for Tet, Vietnamese New Year, start two or three months before the actual
celebrations. People try to payoff their debts in advance so that they can be debt-free on Tet.
Parents buy new clothes for their children so that the children can wear them when Tet arrives.
Because a lot of commercial activities will cease during the celebrations people try to stock up
on supplies as much as possible.
In the days leading up to Tet, the streets and markets are full of people. Everyone is busy buying
food, clothes, and decorating for their house. Each family prepares some special foods for the holiday.
Those who live far away from home will try to come home to celebrate Tet with their family.
Vietnamese families usually have a family altar to pay respect to their ancestors. During Tet the altar is
thoroughly cleaned and new offerings are placed there.
On New Year's Eve each home is thoroughly cleaned and decorated with flowers and offerings for
ancestors by the night before Tet. Many people stay up until midnight to welcome the New Year or go