IX.Read the following passage and choose the best answer
If one asks me which is the most meaningful Vietnam festival, without a doubt, the Tet holiday is my definite answer. The full name for the festival in Vietnamese is “Tet Nguyen Dan”. It is the Lunar New Year holiday, which takes place on the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar. This is the most important time of the year for the locals. Before the festival arrives, all local markets and busy streets are filled with people rushing to shop for food, decorations, and flowers to prepare their home for this occasion. After that, all businesses and schools will have about 10 days off so the country, witnesses a massive flow of people leaving big cities to go back to their hometowns to celebrate Tet with their family.
At the stroke of midnight of the important day, some families would make beautifully decorated altars to express their wish for a lucky new year to the gods who guard the land, while other gathers at city central to watch the sparkling fireworks. In the next days, the Vietnamese would go to pagodas to pray, travel to beautiful sites, and visit their relatives and friends.
Question 1: What is the main idea of this passage?
A. Vietnamese people like going to pagodas
B. Visitors enjoy Tet holiday in Vietnam
C. How Vietnamese celebrate the Tet holiday
D. The reason why the Tet holiday takes place
Question 2: The word “which” is referred to:
A. Lunar New Year holiday B. Festival
C. Doubt D. Vietnamese
Question 3: The word “witness” is closest in meaning to:
A. buy B. observe C. pray D. ignore
Question 4: According to the passage, what do people do at the stroke of midnight of the important day?
A. Watch the fireworks B. Decorate the altar
C. Go to pagodas D. Both A & B
Question 5: It can be inferred from the passage that:
A. Most Vietnamese people who work far from home do not go home at Tet.
B. The whole country still works as usual during Tet.
C. Tet holiday starts at the second month of the lunar calendar.
D. People visit and meet each other on Tet holiday.
Question 6: Before Tet, people buy many things except for:
A. Flower B. Food C. Book D. Decoration
Question 7: Some families decorate their altars beautifully in order to:
A. Express their wish to the gods for a lucky new year
B. Apologize to the one who guard the family’s land
C. Receive more red envelopes
D. Earn more money
NHANH=TICK
Đáp án: A
Dịch: Tết Nguyên Đán, thường được biết đến với cái tên rút gọn là Tết, là ngày lễ và lễ hội quan trọng và phổ biến nhất ở Việt Nam.