UNIT 9: FESTIVALS AROUND THE WORLD I. Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined 1. A. perform B. end C. festival D. elephant 2. A. cake B. celebrate C. racing D. candle 3. A. desert B. held C. prefer D. celebrate 4. A. those B. they C. than D. Thanksgiving 5. A. cranberry B. lantern C. gather D. apricot II. Find which word which has a different stress pattern from the others. 1. A. costume B. canoe C. highlight D. season 2. A. violet B. serious C. seasonal D. hilarious 3. A. festival B. disaster C. pavement D. station 4. A. serious B. diverse C. special D. local 5. A. direct B. affect C. open D. renew 6. A. succeed B. happen C. replace D. attend 7. A. reward B. country C. samba D. music 8. A. helicopter B. entertainment C. superstitious D. documentary 9. A. perform B. order C. receive D. rehearse 10. A. invite B. discuss C. circle D. combine 11. A. pavement B. review C. concert D. samba 12. A. famous B. asleep C. pretty D. careful 13. A. highlight B. project C. horror D. perform 14. A. manner B. tourist C. machine D. action 15. A. chaos B. circle C. direct D. cannon III. 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 IV. Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D). 1. In La Tomatina, people get to throw tomatoes at ___________. A. together B. once C. themselves D. each other 2. Which do you think are _____________ festivals? A. music B. harvester C. artistic D. season 3. A lot of dancers go to Rio de Janeiro to _____________ the Rio Carnival. A. follow B. take C. attend D. play 4. Villagers voluntarily contribute money and other things to ________ the festival. A. remember B. celebrate C. set D. open 5. La Tomatina ____________ on the last Wednesday of August every year. A. hold B. held C. is held D. be held 6. The festival ________________ every year at the end of August. A. occur B. takes place C. takes D. held 7. The biggest prize of the Cannes Film Festival is the Palme d’Or, which is given ____ the best film. A. with B. to C. of D. for 8. People in Cannes take the Cannes Film Festival _____________ a very serious way. A. at B. in C. on D. with 9. The Samba Parade in Rio Carnival has thousands of samba ________ from various samba schools. A. performance B. perform C. performer D. performers 10. The Elephant Race Festival in Dak Lak is a race between elephants that are ridden by their _______. A. own B. owners C. owner D. owning 11. The _________ of the Rio Carnival is the Samba Parade. A. best B. highlight C. importance D. performance 12. Everybody has gone to the _______ festival. A. music B. musical C. musician D. musicians 13. 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 14. La Tomatina is a _____________ festival to celebrate the tomato harvest. A. year B. seasonal C. season D. annually 15. People put pumpkin ____________ outside the homes during Halloween. A. lights B. lanterns C. neon signs D. bulbs 16. It is _____________ to see elephants racing in the Elephant Race Festival inDak Lak. A. amaze B. amazing C. amazed D. amazement 17. A lot of cultural and __________ activities are held as part of the FlowerFestival in Da Lat. A. art B. artist C. artistic D. arts 18. The ____________ atmosphere is felt around all the villages. A. tradition B. festival C. festive D. air 19. People of ____________ minorities in Phu Yen celebrate Hoi Mua Festivalevery March. A. ethnic B. local C. native D. village 20. Diwali, the Hindu Festival of Light, is the __________ holiday of the year in India. A. more important C. most important B. importance D. most importance V. Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets. 1. Street are decorated with ________________ lights and red banners. (colour) 2. There are many ________________ differences between the two communities. (culture) 3. She gave a wonderful ________________ as the Iron Lady – the former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. (perform) 4. There were lively New Year ________________ all over the town. (celebrate) 5. When we heard she’d got the job, we all went off for a ________________ drink. (celebrate) 6. It is ________________ in America to eat turkey on Thanksgiving Day. (tradition) 7. What forms of ________________ do you participate in during the festival? (entertain) 8. The hall looked very ________________ with its Christmas tree. (festival) 9. Her eyes were wide with ________________ when she heard the news. (excite) 10. The Chinese New Year marks the ________________ of spring and the start of the Lunar New Year. (begin) VI. Make questions for the underlined parts, using the question words in brackets. 1. In 201, 51,515 people attended Burning Man. (How many) ........................................................................................................................ 2. Some youngsters accidentally knocked over one of the giants. (What) ........................................................................................................................ 3. The highlight of the festival is the tomato fight. (What) ....................................................................................................................... 4. La Tomatina dates back to 1945 when an annual parade of enormous figures with big heads was passing through the streets of Bunyol. (When) ........................................................................................................................ 5. La Tomatina in Bunol near Valencia happens every year. (How often) ........................................................................................................................ 6. La Tomatina takes place on the last Wednesday in August. (When) ........................................................................................................................ 7. The festival began in San Francisco’s Baker Beach in 1986. (When; Where) ........................................................................................................................ 8. It takes its name from the ritual burning of a large wooden model of a hated person. (What) ........................................................................................................................ 9. Burning Man lasts one week. (How long) ........................................................................................................................ 10. The event begins on the last Monday in August, and ends on the first Monday in September. (When) ........................................................................................................................ VII. Identify the mistake in each sentence 1. Although our grandfather was old but he could help us. A B C D 2. Friends advised her to stop to do the housework because of her old age. A B C D 3. In spite of her serve pain; however, she tried to walk to the auditorium to attend the lecture. A B C D 4. Despite of growing industrial activity, the majority of the American people continued A B C to make their living from farming until the beginning of the twentieth century. D 5. Although I asked my parents for permission, but they still got angry. A B C D 6. John didn't went to work because he was seriously ill. A B C D 7. When Barbara was in Italy, she was used to stay with an Italian family. A B C D 8. I knew him until I was a child. A B C D 9. I'll give him a map so as to he can find the way all right. A B C D 10. Because of the invention of machines such as vacuum cleaners, washing machines, A B women spend less time to do the housework. C D 11. Although being the best qualified candidate, he didn't get the job. A B C D 12. Mrs. Green cooked dinner and her daughter Susan was laying the table. A B C D 13. I rarely see a film in spite of there are many films that are worth seeing. A B C D 14. Some people think Harry succeeded in business despite of his charming personality A B C rather than his business skills. D 15. The job is badly paid but I'm looking for another one. A B C D VIII. Give the correct form of the verbs in the brackets to complete the sentences 16. Ted and Amy (to be / marry)_______ for 24 years. 17. Fred ________(to answer) the phone if his wife (to have)________ a bath. 18. If Claire _______(to wear) this dress at the party, our guests ________(not/to stay) any longer. 19. They ________(not/to survive) in the desert if they _______(not/to take) extra water with them. 20. You _______(to cross) the Channel if you ________(to fly) from Paris to London. 21. I ________(to remember) you if you ________(to give) me a photo. 22. If you ________(to press) CTRL+S, you _______(to save) the file. 23. He ________(not/to understand) you if you (to whisper)_______. 24. If we _______(to send) an invitation, our friends ________(to come) to our party. 25. At last the bus came. We (to wait)________ for half an hour. 26. I'm feeling sick.I (to eat)________ so much chocolate last night. 27. If I ________(to touch) this snake, my girlfriend _________(not/to scream). 28. I think the weather (to be)_______ nice later. 29. I (to turn)________ the dishwasher on when heard the shot. 30. She ________(to forget) to pick you up if you _________(not/to phone) her. IX. Complete the second sentence so that it has the similar meaning to the first one. 31. They will widen the road to our village next year. The road____________________________________________________________________ 32. I think you should go to work by bi ke. Why don't___________________________________________________________________ 33. We will plant more trees along this street. More trees__________________________________________________________________ 34. He got the first prize at the competition. His mother is very happy. His mother__________________________________________________________________ 35. Mr Hung lived in the country when he was a child. Mr Hung used________________________________________________________________ 36. They sell these chemicals everywhere in my hometown. These chemicals______________________________________________________________ 37. You forgot to turn off the T.V last night, didn't you? You didn't remember__________________________________________________________ 38. Is pollution the most serious problem? Pollution is__________________________________________________________________ 39. They will build a new school for poor children next month. A new school________________________________________________________________ 40. Some people will interview the new president on TV. The new president____________________________________________________________ X. Rearrange the following words and punctuation marks to complete the sentences. 41. The / pulls / handle / to / driver / to / go / forward / back / or / pushes / the / it / go /./ ___________________________________________________________________________ 42. There / been / have / transport / interesting / many / inventions / nowadays /./ ___________________________________________________________________________ 43. I / it/ way/ convenient/ is/ guess/, /green/ to/ travel/ a/. ___________________________________________________________________________ 44. The / sits / driver / the / to / wheel / inside / and / pedals /go/ forward /./ ___________________________________________________________________________ 45. The / a / is / single-wheel / bike / mono-wheel /. / ___________________________________________________________________________
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