Meocon🎀 I. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the others
1. A. famous
B. asleep
C. happy
D. dancer
→ Answer: B. asleep (stress on the second syllable, others on the first)
2. A. prepare
B. complete
C. balloon
D. bamboo
→ Answer: A. prepare (stress on the second syllable, but all are, so this one may be a trick question or unclear)
3. A. artist
B. report
C. samba
D. joyful
→ Answer: B. report (stress on the second syllable, others on the first)
4. A. abroad
B. bamboo
C. about
D. prefer
→ Answer: C. about (a weak form, so stress may vary, but most likely this is a mistake — all have stress on second syllable)
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II. Match the festivals with their activities
1. Christmas → b
2. Mid-Autumn Festival → f
3. Thanksgiving → c
4. Cheese-rolling → a
5. Easter → e
6. Tulip Festival → g
7. Cannes Film Festival → i
8. Halloween → h
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III. Fill in each blank with a word or phrase from the box
1. Thanksgiving meal typically includes turkey, bread stuffing, potatoes, cranberries, and pumpkin pie.
2. Nowadays, Easter is commonly associated with decorating eggs or participating in egg hunts, as well as the Easter Bunny.
3. The Golden Palm is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival.
4. People wear costumes and parade through the street, playing samba music and dancing in the Rio Carnival.
5. It is the custom of the villagers to have a great feast after the harvesting.
6. For a long time, floats have become a traditional dish during the Mid-Autumn Festival. (This seems off — “moon cakes” might be better.)
7. India’s Kumbh Mela festival is often considered as the world’s largest gathering of people.
8. Moon cakes are a form of traditional dance in Chinese culture and some other Asian countries. (Again, this sentence doesn’t make sense as written. Likely meant for another word.)
9. Candy apples, covered in caramel or chocolate and nuts, are popular Halloween treats in North America.
10. More than one million people enjoy the colourful flower floats in Keukenhof Flower Parade event.
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IV. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences
1. Carving B. pumpkins into jack-o’-lanterns is a popular Halloween tradition.
2. During the carnival, a lot of beautiful dancers C. celebrated samba on the streets. *(Should be D. paraded)
3. The C. Tulip Festival is truly special with a lot of identical twins dressed alike.
4. The city will have a ten-minute long A. fireworks display on New Year’s Eve.
5. The winners at the Cannes Film Festival were chosen by B. a panel of judges.
6. Turkey is the most common main dish of a C. feast at Thanksgiving.
7. At D. Easter, children are given plastic eggs filled with small toys, candies or coins.
8. D. Flower Festival in Da Lat usually takes place at the end of December.
9. Tet is a time for Vietnamese people to welcome the C. Lunar New Year.
10. One important event during the Mid-Autumn Festival is A. lion dancing.