Read the passage carefully then choose the correct answers.
In Viet Nam, there is great excitement built up well before Tet Nguyen Dan. First, every family organizes a trip to the cemetery to visit the graves of their ancestor. After that, to create an air of prosperity, wealth and fun for the first three days of the Lunar New Year, people are kept busy cooking traditional foods, buying gifts, and making other preparations. Certain items deemed to be bought or made are banh chung, dried watermelon seeds, tea, dried sausages, fruit (fresh and candied), ornamental plants and flowers. Red and yellow flowers are ideal as they make the house more welcoming. On the New Year's days, only good comments and wishes can be expressed.Children receive their Ii xi (or red envelopes with lucky money inside). People make a visit to family members, neighbors, and close friends. And people who live apart from their family try to get together on these days. Clearly enough, games and various forms of entertainment are staged and these often last a week. Varying traditional specialties including wrestling, buffalo fighting, dragon or unicorn dancing take place in different regions.
Why are red and yellow flowers popular in decorating the house at Tet?




A.Because they are friendly and pleasant.
B.Because they make the house look comfortable to be in.
C.Because they represent good luck.
D.Because they are attractive and cheap.

Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in the following passage.
SPRING FESTIVALS
From (31) _______ times people have celebrated the end of winter and the new life that spring brings. One of the most important Christian festivals is Easter, (32) _______ Christians remember the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Easter, however, is not the (33) _______ spring festival. In Sweden, people celebrate the end of the winter by making (34) _______ bonfires. Fire also plays an important part in the Hindu festival of Holi. In some villages children are (35) _______ round bonfires by their mothers to protect them (36) _______ danger in the coming year. Buddhists in Thailand soak (37) _______in water when celebrating their New Year, which (38) _______ in the middle of April. In Antigu, in Guatemal, they carpet the streets with flowers. Chinese spring parades are (39) _______ colourful, but (40) _______ flowers they have large dragon puppets which dance in the streets.
(37)





A.through
B.one other
C.each other
D.mutually

Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in the following passage.
SPRING FESTIVALS
From (31) _______ times people have celebrated the end of winter and the new life that spring brings. One of the most important Christian festivals is Easter, (32) _______ Christians remember the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Easter, however, is not the (33) _______ spring festival. In Sweden, people celebrate the end of the winter by making (34) _______ bonfires. Fire also plays an important part in the Hindu festival of Holi. In some villages children are (35) _______ round bonfires by their mothers to protect them (36) _______ danger in the coming year. Buddhists in Thailand soak (37) _______in water when celebrating their New Year, which (38) _______ in the middle of April. In Antigu, in Guatemal, they carpet the streets with flowers. Chinese spring parades are (39) _______ colourful, but (40) _______ flowers they have large dragon puppets which dance in the streets.
(32)




A.which
B.when
C.because
D.by then

___________ (9)




A.That
B.This
C.There
D.It

___________ (4)




A.will
B.can
C.would
D.maybe

According to the passage, a century ago ____________ .




A.educated people throughout Europe spoke English.
B.foreign travelers to England spoke only French.
C.French was much more popular than English.
D.only the French aristocracy could speak English.

______from David, all the students said they would go.




A.Except
B.Only
C.Separate
D.Apart

Choose the best answer to complete each unfinished sentence.
To get from Vancouver to Victoria, you can fly, __ you can ride the ferry.




A.or
B.but
C.so
D.however

Choose the best answer to complete each unfinished sentence.
Many people have law degrees, ________.




A.but some of them do not practice it
B.however it is not practiced by all
C.so some are not practicing law
D.but not all of them practice law

Choose the best answer to complete each unfinished sentence.
Some sand dunes may be over 200 meters ________ height.




A.with
B.at
C.on
D.in