Complete the passage with the suitable words:
HALLOWEEN IN AMERICA
Halloween was introduced to America by Irish (1).....
Around the 1840s. The holiday was also known by the name Devil's Night or Hell
Night. People played (2)...................... tricks on their neighbors. For
(3)........................, they might steal some of their eggs from the
(4).................. house. In today's times it has become more family-oriented with
Halloween (5)........................, Games like "bobbing for apples” or a contest for
the most (6)...................... costume. To bob for apples: place apples in a large tub
(7)......... ............ with water. With their hands tied behind the
(8)..................., people try to catch one of these apples using their
(9)...................... . The person catching the most (10)....................... wins the
game.
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Halloween has its origin in the ancient Celtic celebration called Samhain (pronounced sow-in). The Celtic people lived in Ireland, the United Kingdom, and northern France over 2,000 years ago. The Celtic New Year began on November 1. Samhain was a festival that celebrated the end of summer and the harvest season on the day before the new year. During this festival, the Celts would wear costumes and try to tell each other their future.
By the time Christianity had spread to the region in the ninth century A.D., November 1 had been designated All Saints Day or All-hallows. The day before, October 31", was referred to as All-hallows Eve. It is now simply called Halloween.
32. The origin of Halloween can be traced to Celts. T
33. The celebration of Samhain took place on November 1st. T
34. During Samhain, people wore costumes and told each other's fortune. T
35. By the 900s, Christianity had spread into Celtic lands. T
36. All-hallows Eve is another name for Halloween.T
Complete the following text by writing ONE suitable preposition in each gap.
Cotton was cultivated in pakistan about 3,000 BC. It was also grown in Central America. Later it was also grown _on_ Iraq and Egypt. The Industrial Revolution made cotton uch cheaper. In 1771 Richard Arkwright opened a cotton-spinning mill with a machine called a water frame, which was powered__from___ a water mill. Then, in 1779, Samuel Crompton invented a new cotton-spinning machine called a spinning mule. Finally, in 1785 Edmund Cartwright invented a loom that could be powered by a steam engine. In 1794 American Eli Whitney patented the cotton gin. As a result__from_ these new inventions cotton production boomed.
In 1884 Count Hilaire de Chardonnet made the first artificial fibre, from plant cellulose. In the following chemists invented new ways of making fibres__for___ cellulose and by the 1920s they were common. The name rayon was invented in 1924.
Nylon was first made in 1935 by Wallace Carothers. Nylon stockings went__off sale in 1940. Terylene was invented by British scientist John Rex Whinfield and James Tennant Dickson in 1941. Spandex was invented by Joseph Shivers in 1958. It was first manufactured in 1962
1. This year, we will break with tradition and go on holiday instead of staying at home during Tet.
(Năm nay, chúng ta sẽ phá vỡ truyền thống một lần và đi du lịch thay vì ở nhà trong dịp Tết.)
2. Traditionally, children in the US go from house to house to ask for sweets on Halloween.
(Theo truyền thống thì vào ngày Halloween, trẻ em Mỹ sẽ đi khắp các ngôi nhà để xin kẹo ngọt.)
3. Holding a party to wish our grandparents longevity is one of the customs we practise at Tet.
(Tổ chức một bữa tiệc để chúc ông bà sống lâu là một phong tục chúng ta thực hiện vào ngày Tết.)
4. Organising a folk song club is one way for us to keep our traditions alive.
(Tổ chức một câu lạc bộ dân ca là một cách để giữ cho truyền thống sống mãi.)
5. It's becoming a custom for young people to celebrate New Years in addition to Tet.
(Việc người trẻ ăn mừng Tết Dương Lịch và cả Tết Nguyên Đán đã trở thành phong tục.)
Fill in each blank with one suitable word
For hundreds of years English was spoken (1)..popularly.... by the inhabitants of English. After the discovery of the New World, (2)..then..... , English gradually (3)..effected.... to North America, to Australia (4)...and..... Mew Zealand, to Africa and (5)..... of Asia. Today around 230 million people (6)...learn..... English as a first language, and nearly too (7)........ more speak it as a (8)......... or auxiliary language
3. affected
_effect (n): sự tác động
_affect (v): tác động
Chọn C
Sự kiện quan trọng nhất đối với Hopper là attending the New York School of Art
Vì “the New York School of Art, where he bacame familiar with many leading figures such as William Merritt Chase and Robert Henri, founders of American Realism.” Đây là nơi Hopper quen thuộc với những nhân vật dẫn đầu – thành lập trường phái hiện thực Mỹ
(1)immigrants
(2)mischievous
(3)instance
(4) hen
(5)custome
(6) original
(7)filled
(8)backs
(9)teeth
(10)apples