* Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 24 to 30. In Viet Nam festivals often take place during the three months in spring and in autumn when people have a lot of leisure time. In addition, the climate in spring and autumn is especially suitable for holding festivals and for festivals goers to enjoy. Traditional festivals constitute a form of cultural activities, a spiritual product which...
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* Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 24 to 30.
In Viet Nam festivals often take place during the three months in spring and in autumn when people have a lot of leisure time. In addition, the climate in spring and autumn is especially suitable for holding festivals and for festivals goers to enjoy. Traditional festivals constitute a form of cultural activities, a spiritual product which the people have created and developed during the course of history. From generation to generation, the Vietnamese people preserve the fine tradition of “remembering the source while drinking water.” Festivals are events which represent this tradition of the community as well as honour the holy figures named as “gods” -the real persons in national history or legendary persons. The images of gods converge the noble characteristics of mankind. They are national heroes who fought against foreign invaders, reclaimed new lands, treated people, fought against natural calamities, or those legendary characters who affect the earthly life.
Accordingly, first and foremost, festivals are events when people pay tribute to divinities that rendered merits to the community and the nation. These are occasions when people come back to either their natural or national roots, which form a sacred part in their mind. Furthermore, testivals represent the strength of the commune or village, the local region or even the whole nation. Worshipping the same god, the people unite in solidarity to overcome difficulties, striving for a happy and wealthy life.
Moreover, festivals display the demand for creativity and enjoyment of spiritual and material cultural values of all social strata. They become a form of education under which fine traditional moral values can be handed from one generation to the next in a unique way of combining spiritual characters with competition and entertainment games. Festivals are also the time people can express their sadness and worries in a wish that gods might bestow favour on them to help them strive for a better life.
(Adapted from: Overview of Traditional Festivals - Viet Mam, Country and Peoples)
Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a value of festivals?
A. Showing community’s union
B. Remembering national heroes
C. Questioning personal bad lucks
D. Educating young generations
1. takes
2. is
3. has
4. give
5. doing
6. use
7. live
8. provide
9. exchange
10.to applaud - lands
1. Worshipping (take)_____takes____place regularly on particular days, such as festivals and the death day of the ancestor.
2."Banh Chung" (be)_____is______ a traditional and irreplaceable cake of Vietnamese people in the Tet Holidays.
3. The convention of giving "li xi” (have) ___has_______its roots in the folklore about the ogre called Tuy.
4. Adults (give)____give___-red lucky pockets to children as a token of luck and best wishes.
5. South Koreans prefer (do) doing business with people with whom they have a personal connection.
6. Thais generally (use) use first rather than surnames, with the honorific title Khun before the name.
7. Traditionally, children (live) live with their parents until marriage.
8. The extended family (provide) provides both emotional and financial support.
9. The British (exchange) exchanges gifts between family members and close friends for birthdays and Christmas.
10. It is the custom for Polish (applaud) to applaud when the plane (land) _lands__.