Question

[Phạm Thị Linh Đan]

Read the passage and answer the questions.

Every nation and every country has its own custom and traditions. In Britain traditions play a more important part in the life of the people than in other countries. Englishmen are proud of their traditions and carefully keep them up.

It has been the law for about 300 years that all theaters are closed on Sundays. No letters are delivered, only a few Sunday papers and published.

To this day an English family prefers a house with a garden to a flat in a modern house with central heating. English people like gardens. Sometimes the garden in front of the house is a little square covered with cement painted green in imitation of grass and a box of flowers.

Holidays are especially rich in old traditions and are different in Scotland, Ireland, Wales and England. Christmas is a great English national holiday, and in Scotland it is not kept, except by clerks in banks, all shops and factories are working.

Questions

1. How important are traditions in Britain?

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2. What do Englishmen do for their traditions?

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3. Which does an English family prefer, a house with a garden or a flat?

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4. How is Christmas kept in Scotland?

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Answer 1

[Hoàng Thảo Hương]

1. How important are traditions in Britain?

➞ Traditions in Britain play a more important part in the life of the people than in other countries.

2. What do Englishmen do for their traditions?

➞ Englishmen are proud of their traditions and carefully keep them up.

3. Which does an English family prefer, a house with a garden or a flat?

➞ An English family prefers a house with a garden to a flat.

4. How is Christmas kept in Scotland?

➞ Christmas in Scotland is not kept, except by clerks in banks, all shops and factories are working.