Tiếng Anh 11 - Unit 8: Celebrations grammar and vocabulary

UNIT 8:CELEBRATIONS
GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
1.Lunar New Year, or Tet, is Vietnam’s main holiday
A.party	B.festival	C.meeting	D.get-together
2.It is the grandest and most important occasion in the year which falls sometime between 19 January and 20 February on the Western calendar
A.day	B.date	C.event	D.chance
3.Tet marks the beginning of spring and, for agrarian people, the start of the New Year
A.seed	B.germ	C.source	D.outset
4.The preparations and celebrations used to be spread over months but nowadays the holiday is much shorter
A.mixtures	B.compositions	C.arrangements	D.exclusive
5.There is great excitement building up well before Tet
A.thrill	B.electricity	C.heat	D.fever
6.Streets are decorated with colored lights and red banners
A.painted	B.ornamented	C.drawn	D.written
7.People are busy buying gifts, cleaning and decorating the house and cooking traditional foods
A.favorite	B.daily	C.customary	D.national
8.Besides, the Kumquat tree with its ripe deep orange fruits is popular throughout the country
A.However	B.As well as	C.Furthermore	D.In case
9.One of Tet’s most special foods is banh chung, which is made from sticky rice, yellow mug bean and fatty pork
A.different	B.unfamiliar	C.specific	D.beloved
10.People believe that what they do on the first day of the year will influence their luck during the whole year
A.maintain	B.trust	C.depend on	D.rely on
11.The whole family usually tries to get together at Christmas
A.contact	B.relate	C.gather	D.communicate
12.We wish you both health and longevity
A.long life	B.happy life	C.easy life	D.exciting life
13.Agrarian people depend on the lunar calendar to prepare for their crops
A.gardeners	B.planters	C.highlanders	D.farmers
14.Lunar New Year, or Tet, is Vietnam’s main holiday
A.important	B.serious	C.excited	D.short
15.Tet is a grand and important occasion in the year
A.excited	B.colored	C.great	D.necessary
16.Peter is not____________work today. He is____________holiday
A.at/ on	B.in/ for	C.from/away	D.for/ over
17.When I was in class, I often sat____________Tommy and Mike
A.in	B.within	C.among	D.between
18.In spring , all flowers are____________blossom colorfully
A.in	B.at	C.about	D.over
19.That resort is popular____________young people, especially on Tet holiday
A.for	B.with	C.to	D.in
20.Those ladies often go to pagoda to pray____________happiness and luck
A.for	B.to	C.on	D.into
21.What do you often do____________the first day of the year?
A.at	B.on	C.for	D.in
22.It is important____________most Vietnamese people to decorate their house on Tet
A.to	B.with	C.for	D.over
23.Daisy could not go shopping with us because she was busy____________traditional food for Tet
A.about	B.with	C.for	D.on
24.It is very nice____________you to give me those flowers to decorate my house
A.about	B.for	C.on	D.of
25.Family members who live apart try to get together____________Tet
A.in	B.on	C.at	D.during
26.On Christmas Eve, children go to bed full____________excitement
A.of	B.with	C.up	D.in
27. Before Tet, supermarkets and shops are full____________goods
A.with	B.of	C.in	D.for
28.On the first day of Tet, children____________their new clothes and make New Year’s wishes to their parents
A.take on	B.pick on	C.try on	D.put on
29.What exactly is the influence of television____________children?
A.in	B.on	C.over	D.to
30.I don’t feel I can comment____________their decision
A.in	B.on	C.at 	D.to
31.Drinking and smoking will do great harm ____________people’s health
A.to	B.for	C.with	D.in
32.He committed the crime____________the influence of drugs
A.in	B.with	C.by	D.under
33.She’s very lively and full____________fun
A.of	B.with	C.by	D.All are correct
34.You’re ____________luck-there’s one ticket left
A.in	B.on	C.by	D.with
35.You’re____________luck. She’s not here
A.off	B.out of	C.away from	D.outside
36.There’s____________outside the house. I hear some strange voices
A.everybody	B.anybody	C.nobody	D.somebody
37.There’s____________sharp in my shoe and I feel hurt
A.something	B.anything	C.everything	D.nothing
38.These young people have____________(else)to go
A.somewhere	B.nowhere	C.anywhere	D.everywhere
39.I’ve lost my bag and I can’t find it____________
A.anywhere	B.somewhere	C.nowhere	D.everywhere
40.Although he hasn’t said____________he seems to be upset about it
A.something	B.anything	C.nothing	D.everything
41.I would like to offer a small reward to____________who finds my missing dog
A.someone	B.anyone	C.no one	D.those
42.Can you please check that____________has got a ticket?
A.someone	B.anyone	C.no one	D.everyone
43.He wasn’t noticed by____________as he crept off the boat
A.no one	B.none	C.anyone	D.not one
44.Did____________happen?-No, nothing happened
A.nothing	B.anything	C.any	D.a thing
45.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
46.I have not spoken to____________all day because I have a sore throat
A.someone	B.nobody	C.anybody	D.ones
47.I need____________reliable to look after the baby while I am at work
A.anyone	B.someone	C.everybody	D.none
48.____________told me she was ill so I did not pay her a visit
A.Everyone	B.Someone	C.Anyone	D.No one
49.Listen! I hear____________knocking at the window
A.anyone	B.no one	C.someone	D.anybody
50.I need____________to help me because it is a hard work
A.someone	B.anyone	C.anybody	D.no one
49.Listen! I hear____________knocking at the window
A.anyone	B.no one	C.someone	D.anybody
50.I need____________to help me because it is a hard work
A.someone	B.anyone	C.anybody	D.no one
51.Of the three sisters, Mary is the most beautiful____________
A.someone	B.anyone	C.everyone	D.one
52.Good morning,____________
A.someone	B.anyone	C.no one	D.everybody
53.I phoned last night but____________answered
A.no one	B.someone	B.everyone	D.ones
54.If you saw____________drowning, what would you do?
A.someone	B.everyone	C.each one	D.the ones
55.____________must have opened the cage, the bird flew away
A.Someone	B.Anyone	C.Nobody	D.Everybody
56.Remember not to tell____________about our project
A.someone	B.anyone	C.no one	D. each one
57.A few months before Tet, they____________pigs and chickens to prepare for traditional food
A.fat	B.fatty	C.fatten	D.fattish
58.When they meet each other on the first day of the year, they often exchange wishes of____________and prosperity
A.happy	B.happily	C.happiness	D.unhappy
59.Tet is a____________occasion for all members of families to gather
A.special	B.specially	C.specialize	D.specializing
60.During Tet holiday, all areas of amusement and____________are always crowded
A.entertain	B.entertainment	C.entertainer	D.entertaining
61.By____________, people often try to do good things on the first day of the year
A.tradition	B.traditional	C.traditionally	D.traditionalist
62.Those foreign tourists are looking forward to enjoying Vietnamese Tet holiday with______
A.excite	B.excited	C.excitement	D.exciting
63.To most Vietnamese people, Tet holiday is often well____________
A.prepare	B.prepared	C.preparation	D.preparative
64.In Britain and America, it is____________for everybody to sing”Auld Lang Syne” on New Year’s Eve
A.tradition	B.traditional	C.traditionally	D.traditionalism
65.Vietnamese people usually make____________for Tet several week beforehand
A.preparing	B.preparation	C.preparatory	D.preparations
66.Children are always ____________about Tet holiday
A.excited	B.interested	C.keen	D.concerned
67.There is a____________mood everywhere on New Year’s Day
A.popular	B.good	C.optimistic	D.festive
68.I shook hands and____________a few words with the manager
A.uttered	B.expressed	C.exchanged	D.converted
69.Jane is a very sociable girl. She likes parties and____________
A.rituals	B.ceremonies	C.traditions	D.celebrations
70.People believed that what they do on the first day of the year will____________their luck during the whole year
A.control	B.influence	C.exchange	D.result
71.Tet is really a time of fun and____________throughout the country
A.holidays	B.celebrations	C.preparations	D.festivals
72.Many people go to the pagoda to____________for a happy year for themselves and their family
A.pray	B.long	C.desire	D.ask
73.The____________of football spreads not only throughout England but also all over the world
A.popular	B.popularize	C.popularly	D.popularity
74.Some days before New Year, they____________greeting cards one another
A.exchange	B.show	C.receive	D.express
75.____________is a day or time of the year when people have a holiday form work and celebrate some special event, often a religious event
A.Festival	B.Decoration	C.Occasion	D.Celebration
76.Films are the most popular____________of entertainment
A.style	B.form	C.area	D.case
77.She is a Buddhist. She often goes to the____________twice a month
A.house	B.church	C.pagoda	D.banner
78.He sat down and____________and stirred his coffee
A.cooked	B.exchanged	C.sugared	D.decorated
79.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
80.____________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
81.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
82.He____________his room with pictures of all his favorite sports figures
A.prepared	B.received	C.decorated	D.colored
83.I have just____________some traditional food for Tet from my grandmother, who lives in the countryside
A.cleaned	B.celebrated	C.received	D.fallen
84.Traditionally, Vietnamese people tend to behave____________to make a favorable impression on the first day of the year
A.funnily	B.politely	C.variously	D.occasionally
85.____________is a small device containing powder that burns or explodes and produces bright coloured lights and loud noises, used especially at celebrations
A.lightning	B.Lighting	C.Firework	D.Fireworks
86.Her parents no longer have any real____________over her
A.influence	B.effect	C.request	D.permission
87.She____________to God for an end to her sufferings
A.prayed	B.said	C.asked	D.required
88.In Britain, dinner usually____________turkey, Christmas pudding, brandy and butter
A.brings	B.serves with	C.consist of	D.puts up
89.”Merry Christmas” and “ Happy New Year” are some popular____________at Christmas and New Year in the USA
A.desires	B.wants	C.wishes	D.likes
90.Tet in Vietnam____________the beginning of spring
A.points	B.shows	C.scores	D.marks
91.Every____________looks forward to the Mid-Autumn, or Moon Festival on the 15th day of the eight lunar month
A.children	B.one	C.other	D.child
92.____________traditional festivals are celebrated in different provinces during different times of the year
A.Another	B.Other	C.One	D.Ones
93.Nobody was late for the meeting last night,____________?
A.wasn’t he	B.weren’t they	C.were they	D.was he
94.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
95.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
96.She was____________to leave without saying goodbye
A.only one	B.the only one	C.ones	D.the ones
97.Banh chung____________on the altar to worship during Tet
A.put	B.is put	C.has put	D.will put
98.I feel____________whenever I go to the pagoda
A.as happier and relaxed	B.more happier and relaxed
C.happier and more relaxed	D.more relaxed and happier
99.When Tet is coming, it is often cold in____________North
A.a	B.an	C.the	D.no article
100.Their house____________with apricots and some other kinds of flowers
A.decorated	B.has decorated	C.is decorating	D.was decorated