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1 What is the main idea of the passage?
New Year’s Day is an important day for lovers.
You should get some mistletoe before Christmas.
You should always kiss your girlfriend or boyfriend on holidays.
✔ Christmas and New Year’s have many traditions for people in love.
2 Why should you kiss your lover on New Year’s Eve?
There is the mistletoe on the door.
You want to celebrate New Year’s.
You don’t want to refuse a kiss.
✔ It will bring bad luck to your relationship if you don’t.
3 Why would the mistletoe tradition seem strange?
✔ People think that the mistletoe is poisonous.
It is thought that the mistletoe is hard to find.
It is believed that the mistletoe is not a pretty plant.
It is strange to kiss someone on Christmas.
4 Where would the following sentence best fit to the passage?
The mistletoe is a plant with green leaves and red berries.
✔ (a) (b) (c) (d)
Summarize the Text
Complete the summary with the words in the box.
you plant the mistletoe some holiday traditions on New Year’s Eve
under the mistletoe for people in love will not stay together
Christmas and New Year’s are important times . Kissing is part of
. According to a Christmas tradition, you get a kiss if you meet your
lover which is hung above doors. Another tradition is to kiss your
lover . Otherwise, according to myth, you
another year.
Unit 3 Festival 27
New Year’s Day is an important day for lovers.
You should get some mistletoe before Christmas.
You should always kiss your girlfriend or boyfriend on holidays.
✔ Christmas and New Year’s have many traditions for people in love.
2 Why should you kiss your lover on New Year’s Eve?
There is the mistletoe on the door.
You want to celebrate New Year’s.
You don’t want to refuse a kiss.
✔ It will bring bad luck to your relationship if you don’t.
3 Why would the mistletoe tradition seem strange?
✔ People think that the mistletoe is poisonous.
It is thought that the mistletoe is hard to find.
It is believed that the mistletoe is not a pretty plant.
It is strange to kiss someone on Christmas.
4 Where would the following sentence best fit to the passage?
The mistletoe is a plant with green leaves and red berries.
✔ (a) (b) (c) (d)
Summarize the Text
Complete the summary with the words in the box.
you plant the mistletoe some holiday traditions on New Year’s Eve
under the mistletoe for people in love will not stay together
Christmas and New Year’s are important times . Kissing is part of
. According to a Christmas tradition, you get a kiss if you meet your
lover which is hung above doors. Another tradition is to kiss your
lover . Otherwise, according to myth, you
another year.
Unit 3 Festival 27
