Đề kiểm tra học kỳ I môn Tiếng Anh lớp 11 trường THPT Nguyễn Trãi, Thái Bình năm học 2015 - 2016

The students who (36) ______ part in the fight against illiteracy considered it (37) ______ honorable job to help people in their home villages. They (38) ______ spent their summer vacations (39) ______ illiterate people to read and write. Some even prepared relevant materials for their classes. They talked about new farming techniques and family planning. Before they left, they promised (40) ______ back the next summer.

In Vietnam, there is great excitement built up well before Tet Nguyen Dan. First, every family organizes a trip to the cemetery to visit the graves of their ancestor. After that, to create an air of prosperity, wealth and fun for the first three days of the Lunar New Year, people are kept busy cooking traditional foods, buying gifts, and making other preparations. Certain items deemed to be bought or made are banh chung, dried watermelon seeds, tea, dried sausages, fruit (fresh and candied), ornamental plants and flowers. Red and yellow flowers are ideal as they make the house more welcoming. On the New Year's days, only good comments and wishes can be expressed. Children receive their li xi (or red envelopes with “lucky money” inside). People make a visit to family members, neighbors, and close friends. And people who live apart from their family try to get together on these days. Clearly enough, games and various forms of entertainment are staged and these often last a week. Varying traditional specialties including wrestling, buffalo fighting, dragon or unicorn dancing take place in different regions.