Giải bài tập tiếng Anh 7 - Pearson [Unit 9]

A. PHONETICS
 
I. 1. C      2. A           3. B           4. B           5. B

II.

Stress on 1st syllable	Stress on 2nd syllable
listen; cancel; happy; rainy; handsome; album; culture, harvest; annual	compete; prefer; perform; afraid; dislike; reply; review; parade; remote

B. VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR

I.  1. holiday       2. superstition        3. lantern        4. attractions          5. society
     6. considered  7. Traditionally      8. colorful       9. canals               10. decorating

II. 1. C      2. B         3. A             4. B              5. C

III.
A/ 1. When is Diwali celebrated?                   
2. What did it mark?
3. How do Indians celebrate Diwali?            
4. How do some people believe?
5. What do people do to invite Lakshmi in?
 
B/ 1. When and where does Elephant Race Festival take place?
2. What are the M’nong ethnic group known for?
3. How long is the racetrack? Where does it set? How wide is the racetrack?
 
C. SPEAKING

I. 1. f     2. d     3. e    4. a     5. j     6. c    7. b     8. i    9. g    10. h
 
D. READING

I. 1. by  2. as    3. numbers    4. are    5. enjoy    6. ones    7. According     8. rises
 
II.
1.  It is the Boston Carnival.
2.  It’s really hot, late August day.
3.  She can see some fantastic dancers.
4.  They are wearing colourful costumes.
5.  He is cooking some lovely Caribbean chicken curry.
6.  It takes place in Guadalajara, Mexico.
7.  We can hear some fantastic mariachi music, and see that the guitarists are all playing together.
8.  The spectators are clapping and shouting and singing with the music.
9.  It is an arts festival.
10. They are waiting to see some funny films, some old films with Charlie Chaplin at the theater.
 
III. 1. False          2. True           3. False         4. NM        5. True
        6. NM          7. NM             8. True          9. NM       10. True
IV.
1.  It  is  celebrated  on  November  1  in  Mexico,  Ecuador,  Guatemala  and  other  parts  of  Central and South America.
2.  Families gather to pray to the souls of dead relatives, asking them to return for just one night.
3.  People  decorate  altars  in  their  homes  and  graveyards  with  food, candles,  candy  skulls and marigolds to welcome the souls back to Earth.
4.  Pan de los muertos(bread of the dead) is baked in the shape of skulls and crossbones, and a toy is hidden inside each loaf.
5.  Day of the Dead is a time to celebrate and remember the lives of dead family members.
 
V.
1.  It is celebrated in India.
2.  It lasts for five days around the end of October.
3.  It is the festival of Lakshmi, the Goddess who, in the Hindu religion, brings peace and prosperity.
4.  People  clean  and  decorate  their  homes,  prepare  special  food  and buy  new  clothes  and jewelry to welcome the Goddess in their homes.
5.  Because people light up their homes with oil lamps and colourful lights all over India, and on the darkest night of the lunar month fireworks fill the sky.
 
E. WRITING

Da Lat Flower Festival has been organized every two years since2005 in the Flower Garden of Da Lat. The programs of Flower festival are a variety of content for every festival period. These will make interests to tourists and participants as well.During the festival, the shows have the participation of thousands of professional and un-professional artists. Besides the opening and closing ceremonies, the festival has also some other programs such as flower exhibition fair, flower car march, trade fair, contest of Da Lat farmers. The reason why Da Lat Flower Festival is held is that the local government has recently taken more measures to increase cultural activities in the tourism industry.
 
TEST (UNIT 9)

1. D          2. B          3. A         4. A      5. A      6. A       7. A    8. B    9. A    10. C
11. D       12. D           13. B      14. D       15. D      16. C     17. A     18. C     19. B       20. C
21. B      22. B         23. A            24. B       25. B          26. D       27. D       28. A         29. B      30. B
31. C       32. B         33. C          34. D         35. D
36. celebrations       37. festive     38. cultural     39. performance     40. celebratory
41. entertainment    42. beginning    43. excitement  44. colourful  45. traditional
46. How often does La Tomatina in Buñol near Valencia happen?
47. When does La Tomatina take place?
48. What is the highlight of the festival?
49. When does La Tomatina date back to?
50. What do some youngsters accidentally do?
51. How long does Burning Man last?
52. Where and where did the festival/ Burning Man begin?
53. When does the event begin and end?
54. What does the festival take its name from?
55. How many people attended Burning Man in 2010?
56. A      57. C         58. D          59. B               60. A
61. True       62. False       63. True        64. True      65. False
66. False     67. False       68. True        69. True     70. False
71. Holi is a spring festival also known as the festival of colors.
72. It starts with a Holika bonfire on the night before Holi where people gather, sing and dance.
73.  The  next  morning  is  free  for  all  carnival  of  colors,  where everyone  plays,  chases  and colors each other with dry powder and colored water, with some carrying water guns and colored water-filled balloons for their water fight.
74. Children and youth spray coloured powder solutions at each other, laugh and celebrate, while elders tend to smear dry coloured powder on each other’s face.
75.  After  playing  with  colours,  and  cleaning  up,  people  bathe, put  on  clean  clothes,  visit friends and family.
76. The tradition of dressing in costume for Halloween has both European and Celtic roots.
77. Hundreds of years ago, winter was an uncertain and frightening time.
78. People thought that they would encounter ghosts if they left their homes.
79.  To  avoid  being  recognized  by  these  ghosts,  people  would  wear  masks  when  they  left their homes after dark so that the ghosts would mistake them for fellow spirits.
80. On Halloween, to keep ghosts away from their houses, peoplewould place bowls of food outside their homes to appease the ghosts and prevent them fromattempting to enter.