GLOBAL SUCCESS 6 - UNIT 6 - READING COMPREHENSION, VOCABULARY

• Tet holiday

• Summer holiday

What do people do in Tet?
         "Tet’s preparations and celebrations nowadays are shorter than those in the past. Streets are decorated with coloured lights and red banners. Shops are full of goods. People are busy buying gifts, cleaning and decorating their houses and cooking traditional foods.

Houses are often decorated with plants and flowers at this time. ”

• People buy gifts, clean and decorate their houses and cook traditional foods

• People enjoy traditional food
  

• People clean their house and wait for the first footer

What does Tet mark?
         “Lunar New Year, or Tet, is Vietnam's main holiday. It is the most important occasion in the year which falls sometimes between 19th January and 20th February on the Western calendar. Tet marks the beginning of spring and the start of a new year.

        Tet’s preparations and celebrations nowadays are shorter than those in the past. Streets are decorated with coloured lights and red banners. Shops are full of goods.”

• the end of the year  

• the start of a new month

• the beginning of a new year

• the beginning of spring and the start of a new year.

What do people decorate the streets with?
         “ Tet marks the beginning of spring and the start of a new year.

        Tet’s preparations and celebrations nowadays are shorter than those in the past. Streets are decorated with coloured lights and red banners. Shops are full of goods. People are busy buying gifts, cleaning and decorating their houses and cooking traditional foods.

• plants and flowers

• coloured lights and red banners

• peach blossom and apricot blossom

• traditional foods

What does Tet sometimes take place on Western calendar?

         “Lunar New Year, or Tet, is Vietnam's main holiday. It is the most important occasion in the year which falls sometimes between 19th January and 20th February on the Western calendar. Tet marks the beginning of spring and the start of a new year."

• from 19th January to 20th January

• from 19th January to 20th February

• from 19th January to 19th February

• from 19th January to 20th February

What is another name of Tet?
         “Lunar New Year, or Tet, is Vietnam's main holiday. It is the most important occasion in the year which falls sometimes between 19th January and 20th February on the Western calendar. Tet marks the beginning of spring and the start of a new year.

        Tet’s preparations and celebrations nowadays are shorter than those in the past. Streets are decorated with coloured lights and red banners. Shops are full of goods. ”

• Vietnamese holiday

• Lunar New Year 

• Traditional holiday

• Vietnamese main holiday

Chọn đáp án câu số 1. A. take                             B. bring                                  C. cook                                   D. sell

“Before New Year's Day comes, people clean and decorate their houses, (1) ______ a lot of traditional food and go shopping for presents and new clothes. New Year's Eve is the time (2)   ______ every family gathers its members together for dinner.

People (3) ______ the New Year with a music performance and a firework display to light up the sky. On New Year's Day, they visit their friends and relatives. The children get lucky money in red envelopes. Many people go to the (4) ______ to wish for good health and good luck. Chinese people in Hong Kong celebrate the New Year with (5) ______and happiness.”

• C

• B

• A

• D

What is the most special Tet's food?        

"Houses are often decorated with plants and flowers at this time. Peach blossom is traditional at          

Tet in the North while apricot blossom is traditional in the South. The kumquat tree with its ripe deep orange fruits is popular throughout the country. One of Tet’s most special foods is Banh Chung, which is made from sticky rice, green beans and fatty pork. Mut, which is candied fruits such as sugared apples, plums or tomatoes, is also popular.”

• Banh Chung

• Banh Day

• Peach

Chọn đáp án câu số 2. A. when                           B. after                                   C. before                                D. during

“Before New Year's Day comes, people clean and decorate their houses, (1) ______ a lot of traditional food and go shopping for presents and new clothes. New Year's Eve is the time (2)   ______ every family gathers its members together for dinner.

People (3) ______ the New Year with a music performance and a firework display to light up the sky. On New Year's Day, they visit their friends and relatives. The children get lucky money in red envelopes. Many people go to the (4) ______ to wish for good health and good luck. Chinese people in Hong Kong celebrate the New Year with (5) ______and happiness.”

• A

• B

• C

• D

Chọn đáp án câu số 3. A. meet        B. see   C. end D.celebrate

“Before New Year's Day comes, people clean and decorate their houses, (1) ______ a lot of traditional food and go shopping for presents and new clothes. New Year's Eve is the time (2)   ______ every family gathers its members together for dinner.

People (3) ______ the New Year with a music performance and a firework display to light up the sky. On New Year's Day, they visit their friends and relatives. The children get lucky money in red envelopes. Many people go to the (4) ______ to wish for good health and good luck. Chinese people in Hong Kong celebrate the New Year with (5) ______and happiness.”

• D

• B

• A

• C