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50. Fill in each gap with one suitable word.

Tet or the Lunar New Year holiday is the (1) _____________ important (2) _____________ in
Viet Nam. Tet is a (3) _____________ festival (4) _____________ occurs in late January or early

February. It (5) _____________ a time for families to clean and decorate their houses, wear new

(6)_____________ and enjoy special (7) _____________ such (8) _____________ sticky cakes. Family
member (9) _____________ live apart try to be together (10) _____________ Tet.

51. Choose words in the box to fill in the blanks

with top bought friends put under on hand

Christmas is the biggest festival of the year in most of Britain. Celebrations start properly (1) __________

th
24 of December, Christmas Eve, although there have been several weeks of preparation before (2)
__________. The Christmas trees and all the presents, food, drinks and decorations have been (3)

__________. Christmas cards have always been sent to (4) __________ and relations. About a week
before Christmas, people usually (5) __________ up their decorations and decorate the Christmas tree (6)

__________ lights, various colored decorations and an angel on the (7) __________. Family presents are

usually put (8) __________ the tree.

52. Choose the best option to fill in the blanks

Christmas is my favorite holiday. I enjoy (36) ……. Christmas cookies and planning parties. I
sending cards and hearing from old friends. I love seeing children open their (37) ……on Christmas

morning. Most of all, I love one special custom that we have in our family. On the night before Christmas
we (38) ….. in warm clothing and go from house to house in our neighborhood. At each house, we (39)

…... Christmas songs.
Then we go to a hospital or a home for elderly people and we sing there. We want to let people know

that we care about them. Afterward, we come home and drink hot chocolate by the (40) ….. I love this!

1. A. bake B. baking C. to bake D. baked

2. A. presents B. gifts C. offers D. Both A and B
3. A. wear B. put on C. dress up D. get

4. A. sing B. shout C. cry D. speak

5. A. fireworks B. fireplace C. light D. firecrackers