Bài tập Unit 13

UNIT 13 - FESTIVALS (EXERCISES)
Bài tập 1: Đọc đoạn văn sau đây và thực hiện các nhiệm vụ phía dưới.
Christmas is an important festival in many countries around the world.
The Christmas Tree
On Christmas Eve in the early 1500s, some people decorated a tree and put it in the market place in the Latvian city of Riga. This custom spread throughout Europe, and finally to America in the 1800s.
The Christmas Card
In the mid-nineteenth century, an Englishman wanted to send Christmas greetings to his friends, so he had someone design a card. Forty years later, cards were a part of the Christmas tradition.
Christmas Carols
Eight hundred years ago, Christmas songs were performed for people in towns and villages. These songs were stories put to music and most people enjoyed them. The leaders of the Church, however, did not. They said the songs were unsuitable, but about 180 years ago, the songs became popular again.
Santa Claus
In 1823, the patron saint of children, Saint Nicholas appeared in a poem called A Visit From Saint Nicholas. The character in the poem was a fat jolly man who wore a red suit and gave children presents on Christmas Eve. The poem, which was written by Clement Clarke Moore, an American professor, became popular in the USA. Santa Claus is based on the description of Saint Nicholas in this poem.
Task 1. Complete the table
Christmas specials
Place of origin
Date


Riga




mid-19th century


USA


Task 2. Answer the question
1. How long ago did the Christmas tree come to the USA?

2. Why did the Englishman have someone design a card?

3. When were Christmas songs first performed?

4. Who wrote the poem A Visit from Saint Nicholas?

5. What is Santa Claus based on?

Bài tập 2: Điền từ thích hợp vào chỗ trống.
bullfighting
ice skating
bird-watching
weight-lifting

water-fetching
air-conditioning
zebra crossing
window-shopping

My father likes ............ . He spends lots of hours watching the birds.
In ............, a traditional public entertainment in Spain, bulls are fought and usually killed in a bullring.
............ is the activity of lifting heavy objects as a sport or as exercise.
She enjoys looking at goods displayed in shop windows, so she goes ............ very often.
............ is the activity of skating on ice.
In the ............ contest, one person from each team has to run to the river to get the water.
............ is a system that makes the air inside a building, room or vehicle cool.
Pedestrians must cross the street on ............
Bài tập 3: Chuyển sang câu bị động:
Clement Clarke Moore wrote the poem “A visit from Saint Nicholas”.

They performed Christmas songs for people in town.

Santa Claus gave children presents on Christmas Eve.

My father decorated the Christmas tree with colored lights.

Miss Thanh taught me to draw the Christmas cards.

Ba invited Liz to the rice-cooking festival

They held the festival in the communal house yard.

The council leader awarded the first prize to the Mekong team.

Bài tập 4: Chia động từ ở thời hiện tại đơn hoặc quá khứ đơn dạng chủ động hoặc bị động:
It’s a big factory. Five hundred people (employ) ............ there.
Water (cover) ............ most of the Earth’s surface.
The letter (post) ............ a week ago and it (arrive) ............ yesterday.
The boat (sink) ............ quickly but fortunately everybody (rescue) .............
Ron’s parents (die) ............ when he was very young. He and his sister (bring) ............ up by their grandparents.
The gate (lock) ............ at 6.30 pm everyday.
Sue (bear) ............ in London but she (grow) ............ up in the north of England.
We (not/ play) ............ football yesterday afternoon. The match (cancel) ............
Originally the book (write) ............ in Spanish and a few years ago it (translate) ............ into English.
I saw an accident last night. Somebody (call) ............ an ambulance but nobody (injure) ............ so the ambulance (not/ need) .............
Bài tập 5: Chuyển các câu sang dạng chủ động hay bị động:
Does Egypt export cotton to many countries?

The Christmas trees were decorated and put at the front doors.

Somebody must do something for these poor men.

Did Jack London write the novel “Martin Idon”?

A new supermarket is going to be built next year.

They have just