UNIT 9: FESTIVALS AROUND THE WORLD I. Find which word does not belong to each group. 1. A. joyful B. funny C. prefer D. happy 2. A. party B. elephant C. camp D. desert 3. A. festival B. local C. traditional D. cultural 4. A. harvest B. rice god C. feast D. dancing 5. A. artist B. dancer C. celebration D. performer 6. A. ham B. flowers C. tomatoes D. Spain 7. A. shopping B. exciting C. fascinating D. amazing 8. A. costumes B. pumpkin C. Halloween D. turkey 9. A. celebrate B. attend C. held D. organize 10. A. tradition B. celebration C. festival D. dishes II. Choose the correct answers A, B, C or D. 11. The Elephant Race Festival in DakLak is a race between elephants that are ridden by their . A. own B. owning C. owner D. owners 12. The Samba Parade in Rio Carnival has thousands of samba from various samba schools. A. perform B. performance C. performer D. performers 13. People in Cannes take the Cannes Film Festival a very serious way. A. in B. at C. on D. with 14. The biggest prize of the Cannes Film Festival is the Palme d’Or, which is given the best film. A. of B. to C. with D. for 15. The festival every year at the end of August. A. takes B. takes place C. occur D. held 16. La Tomatina on the last Wednesday of August every year. A hold B. held C. is held D. be held 17. Villagers voluntarily contribute money and other thing to the festival. A. open B. celebrate C. remember D. set 18. A lot of dancers go to Rio de Janeiro to the Rio Carnival. A. play B. take C. attend D. follow 19. In La Tomatina, people get to throw tomatoes at . A. themselves B. once C. together D. each other 20. Which do you think are festivals? A. season B. harvester C. artistic D. music 21. People of minorities in Phu Yen celebrate Hoi Mua Festival every March. A. native B. local C. ethnic D. village 22. The atmosphere is felt around all the village. A. festive B. festival C. air D. tradition 23. A lot of cultural and activities are held as part of the Flower festival in DaLat. A. arts B. artist C. artistic D. art 24. Diwali, the Hindu Festival of Light, is the holiday of the year in India. A. more important B. most important C. importance D. most importance 25. The Academy Awards, commonly as The Oscars, are the most famous film awards in the world. A. know B. knew C. known D. be known 26. It is to see elephants racing in the Elephant Race Festival in DakLak. A. amaze B. amazing C. amazed D. amazement 27. La Tomatina is a festival to celebrate the tornado harvest. A. season B. seasonal C. year D. annually 28. People put pumpkin outside the homes during Halloween. A. lanterns B. lights C. neon signs D. bulbs 29. Everybody has gone to the festival. A. music B. musical c. musicians D. musician 30. The of the Rio Carnival is the Samba Parade. A. importance B. highlight C. best D. performance III. Choose the correct option for each gap in the sentences. 31. La Tomatina is a seasonal to celebrate the tomato harvest. A. celebration B. parade C. festival D. game 32. do you like about La Tomatina? A. What B. Which C. When D. Why 33. Do you anything about music festival called Burning Man? A. like B. know C. understand D. have 34. do people do at Burning Festival? A. Why B. Which C. What D. How 35. often is Burning Festival held? - It’s held every year. A. Which B. When C. What D. How 36. does the teacher say La Tomatina sounds unusual? A. What B. When C. Why D. How 37. festival do you choose? - I choose Elephant Race Festival. A. What B. How C. Which D. When 38. He thinks elephants are animals. A. fascinated B. fascinating C. fascinates D. fascinate 39. It must be amazing elephants racing. A. see B. to see C. seeing D. saw 40. La Tomatina is in Spain, in a small town. A. holds B. hold C. holding D. held VI. Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that the best fits the blank space in the following passage. Brazil’s most popular and festive holiday is Carnival. In fact, many people (1) Carnival one of the world’s biggest celebrations. Each spring, on the Saturday before Ash Wednesday, the streets of Brazil’s largest city, Rio de Janeiro, come alive (2) parties, festivals and glamorous dances. The Samba School Parade is the highlight of the (3) event. About 3000 performers, in colourful costumes embellished with feathers, beads and thousands of sequin dance down the parade route into the Sambadrome - a dance stadium (4) for the event. Judges award a (5) to the most spectacular group of dancers. 41. A. believe B. regard C. consider D. hope 42. A. with B. in C. of D. at 43. A. four days B. four-day C. fouth day D. four-days 44. A. built B. build C. to build D. building 45. A. result B. price C. respect D. prize