Bài tập Tiếng Anh 7 - Unit 9: Festivals around the world

UNIT 9
FESTIVALS AROUND THE WORLD
A. PHONETICS
1. Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from the others.
1. A. Cannon	B. chaos	C. circle 	D. Direct
2. A. Festival	B. disaster 	C. pavement 	D. station 
3. A. documentary 	B. entertaining 	C. helicopter 	D. superstitious 
4. A. Horror	B. highlight 	C. project 	D. perform 
5. A. hilarious 	B. violent 	C. serious 	D. seasonal 
2. Put the words in the box into two groups.
agree	people	 listen	 receive 	enjoy
perform 	polite	season	harvest	poster
Stress on 1st syllable
Stress on 2nd syllable
B. VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR 
1. Find the odd one out A, B, C, or D. 
1. A. Happy	B. funny	C. joyful 	D. prefer 
2. A. fascinating 	B. shopping 	C. exciting 	D. amazing 
3. A. Attend	B. celebrate 	C. organize 	D. held 
4. A. celebration 	B. performer 	C. artist 	D. dancer
5. A. festival 	B. cultural 	C. traditional 	D. local 
2. Circle A, B, C, or D for each picture.
1, 	 2, 
A. festival 	 A. attending Hoi Mua Festival in Phu Yen
B. parade 	 B. attending a seasonal festival 
C. performance 	 C. celebrating Diwali 
D. holiday 	 D. attending music festival
3.	 4. 
A. Tet 	 A. Thanksgiving in US 
B. Christmas 	 B. Cannes Film Festival 
C. Easter 	 C. Rio Carnival 
D. Halloween 	 D. Flower Festival in Da Lat
3. Choose the correct option for each gap in the sentences. 
1. . festival do you choose? - I choose Elephant Race Festival. 
A. What 	B. How	C. Which	 D. When 
2. He thinks elephants are ..animals. 
A. fascinated 	B. fascinating 	C. fascinates 	D. fascinate 
3. It must be amazing elephants racing. 
A. see	 B. to see	C. seeing 	D. saw 
4. La Tomatina is ..in Spain, in a small town. 
A. holds 	B. hold	C. holding 	D. held 
5. La Tomatina is a seasonal .. to celebrate the tomato harvest.
A. celebration 	B. parade 	C. festival 	D. game 
6. ..do you like about La Tomatina? 
A. What 	B. Which	C. When 	D. Why 
7. Do you . anything about music festival called Burning Man? 
A. like 	B. know	C. understand 	D. have 
8. . do people do at Burning Festival?
B. Which 	C. What 	A. Why	D. How 
9 . often is Burning Festival held? - It's held every year. 
A. Which 	B. When	C. What 	D. How 
10 . does the teacher say La Tomatina sounds unusual? - Because people throw tomatoes at each other for one hour at the festival. 
A. What 	B. When	C. Why 	D. How 
4. Fill each blank with a word from the box.
Celebrate	 attend	seasonal 	performers 	music 
decorate 	harvest	went 	festival 	parade
1. Carnival is a popular in many countries in South America. 
2. South American people Carnival in different ways.
3. At Carnival, people wear costumes and through the streets, 
playing samba music and dancing.
. 4. She is going to Rio Carnival to watch . dance
5. A lot of dancers go to Rio de Janeiro to ..the Rio Carnival.
6. I think nobody is at home now because they have gone to the festival. 
7. We to the Flower Festival in Da Lat last year. 
8. During Tet, the Vietnamese .their house with many beautiful flowers. 
9. Thanksgiving is a ..festival only held in the USA. 
10. Do you have ..festival in your country? 
C. READING 
1. Read the text and then choose the best answer A, B, C, or D.
Visit the Edinburgh Festival
Every year, thousands of people come to Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland, to be part of the Edinburgh Festival. For three weeks every August and September the city is filled with actors and artists from all over the world. They come to Edinburgh for the biggest arts festival in Britain. During this time, the streets of the city are alive with music and dance from early in the morning untill late at night. You can even see artists painting pictures on the streets.
Tens of thousands of tourists come to the festival to see new films and plays and to hear music played by famous musicians. This year, you can see over five hundred performances with actors from more than forty countries.
The tickets for these performances are quite cheap, and it is usually easier to see your favourite star in Edinburgh than it is in London. So come to Edinburgh next summer! 
1. How many people come to attend the Edinburgh Festival every year?
A. Thousand people 	B. Thousands of people
C. Some people	D. Few people
2. How long does the Edinburgh Festival last?
A. Two months	B. Three months 
C. Three weeks	D. For 3 weeks every August and September
3. What can you even see artists doing on the streets?
A. Playing the guitar on the streets 	B. Singing songs on the streets 
C. Painting pictures on the streets	D. Dancing on the streets 
4. How many performances can people see this year?
A. Tens of thousands 	B. Thousands
C. Some people 	D. Over five hundreds 
5. How much are the tickets for these performances? 
A. Very cheap	B. Very expensive 	
C. Not cheap	D. Not quite expensive 
2. Read the conversation and answer the questions.
Mary: Hi, Hoa. 
Hoa: Hi, Mary. 
Mary: What did you do last weekends? 
Hoa: I went to Hoi Mua Festival with my parents. 
Mary: Where is it? 
Hoa: Its in Phu Yen. 
Mary: What is it about? 
Hoa: Ah. It's held to thank the Rice God for the crop, and to pray for better crops in the future. 
Mary: Really? What do people usually do at the festival? 
Hoa: People play drums, sing songs and dance. They also drink rice wine through a long thin bamboo tube. My father likes it. 
Mary: Are there any other activities? 
Hoa: Yes. There are cultural shows, buffalo races, and traditional games. 
Mary: Oh, that sounds really interesting. How often does it take?
Every March 
Mary: I would like to go there next year.
Questions:
1. What did Hoa do last weekends?
2. Who did she go with?
3. What is Hoi Mua held for?
4. What do people usually do at the festival?
5. Would Mary like to go there?
3. Choose the correct word A, B or C for each gap to complete the following passage.
 Yesterday, Carlos went (1) La Tomatina. The festival is held on were the last Wednesday of August every year in Būnol, Spain. (2) of people there. In the morning, many people tried (3) up the pole to get the ham. At 11 a.m., they (4) a jet from the water cannons and the chaos began. Bags of tomatoes from trucks were (5) to the crowds, and they began throwing tomatoes at one another. They all had to wear goggles (6) their eyes. 
After one hour, they saw another jet and stopped (7) The whole town square (8) red with rivers of tomato juice. Finally, they tried tomato Paella, a (9) Spanish rice dish. Together with local people and tourists, they enjoyed the (10) food and drinks. 
1. A. At	B. in	C. To
2. A. There	B. They	C. That 
3. A. to climb	B. climb	C. Climbing
4. A. See	B. saw	C. Seen
5. A. Throw	B. threw	C. thrown
6. A. to protect 	B. protect 	C. protected
 7. A. to throw	B. throw	C. throwing 
8. A. Is	B. are	C. was 
9. A. Tradition	B. traditional 	C. traditionally 
10. A. Good	B. well	C. better 
D. WRITING 
1. Make up sentences using the words and phrases given. 
Example: Titanic / moving / film
→ Titanic is a moving film.
1. people / love / festivals / because of/ advantages / they / bring/about/.
2. festivals / good / for / community /.
3. festivals / create / opportunity / for / the / people / take / part / festival / activities /
4. festivais / help / people / cooperate / with / one / another /.
5. people / can / understand / more / about / and / appreciate / their / cultural / values 	
2. Rewrite the following sentences so that their meaning stays the
same, using the words given. 
1. There are various types of music for people to listen at Rock in Rio.
(listen)
2. Japanese Boys' Day is celebrated on May 5th. (celebrate)
3. Japanese people hang up carp kites outside their houses on Japanese Boys' Day. (hung up)
4. Japanese people celebrate a special day for Japanese Girls on March 3rd every year. (celebration)
5. Can I ask you some questions about your favourite festival? (possible)
3. Can you correct the passage? Write the correct version.
In canada and the united states one of the most popular festivals in the year is halloween halloween is on octor 31st it's a day when some people dress up in strange or unusual costumes for example they may dress up to look like an animal a person from a book or movie or a famous person from history in some places children go to school in their halloween costumes after dark many young children put on their costumes and visit their neighbours they knock on the door and shout "trick or treat!" then the neighbours give them some candy and the children go on to the next house adults also enjoy dressing up for halloween there are usually halloween parties in the evening and usually there is a prize for the best or most unusual costumes.