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1 Unit 1 Festivals around the world ☆ Skimming-fill in the following chart: Festivals Names of Festival Countries

Festivals of the Dead

Festivals to Honour People Harvest Festivals Spring Festivals

☆ Scanning- fill in the following chart: Festival What it celebrates What people do

Mid-Autumn Festival

Spring Festival

Dragon Boat Festival (No information in the passage. What’s

your idea?)

Obon Festival 2

☆ Fill in the blanks with proper phrase: take place, in memory of, dress up, play a trick on, look forward to, day and night, as if/ as though, have fun with, turn up, keep one’s word, hold one’s breath, set off, remind… of… 1. He is a reliable man who always _________________. 2. I’m very happy you __________ so early. We just need to talk about the plan with you. 3. I’m sorry, but you just missed John. He ________ for the airport about an hour ago. 4. Jim ____________________ his little dog in the yard now. We can hear his laughter. 5. The meeting that will ___________ next week is _________________ their ancestors’ arrival in the village 100 years ago. 6. The photo ________ her _______ her lover who had drowned at sea and she wept. 7. There is something strange in the dark. It’s obvious that he was trying to __________. 8. These children loved _______________________ their teachers. 9. They all ____________ to take part in the New Year's party. 10. You sound _______________ you’ve caught a cold.

☆ Fill in the blanks according to the given words: 1. Scientists today announced the discovery of the oldest fossil skeleton of a human a____________(descendant), which was more than a million years before Lucy, the specimen that walked the Earth 3.2 million years ago. 2. A_________ (arrive) of adopted Haitian children has been still unclear in Canada. 3. B__________(believe), then, is the great guide of human life.. 4. When visiting a family it is a Chinese c__________ (tradition) to bring a small gift, such as fruits, to the host, especially around New Year’s time. Gifts should be given and received with both hands. 5. Telephone is now a household n______________(necessary). 6. Many words in the English language are French in o__________(source, root). 7. You shouldn't tell such o__________(clear, evident) lies. 8. If you haven’t got a night parking p__________ (approval), you can’ t park your car here. 9. The alarming p___________ (predict) that the Himalayan glaciers will melt by 2035 has turned out not to be based on scientific studies. 10. She is a very r__________(faithful) person who goes to church every Sunday.

☆ Complete the following sentences with proper form of verbs: 1. The man _______(earn, get, obtain, receive) a lot in the business, but he lost the respect of his friends. 2. All the students _______________ (assemble, group) in the stadium already. 3. President Obama is the man Americans _________ (respect) most in 2009, a USA Gallup Poll finds, while Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and former Alaska governor Sarah Palin are virtually tied as the most-___________ woman.(same verb) 4. When we met again, he ________ (acknowledge faults) to me for not having kept his word and asked me to __________ (pardon, excuse) him. 5. She learned that her lover _____________ (sink) at sea and she _________(cry, sob, tears). Although she _________ (rub, erase) all her tears away when she came out of the room, she couldn’t hide the sadness on her face. 6. He _________ (make or construct) some branches together to form a roof. 7. In Jan., 2010, a prize of £1m _____________ (give as a reward) to a UK scheme to generate power from mountain streams, for saving carbon emissions at the local level. 3

Grammar- Modal verbs 1. My uncle was poor but liked fashion, so he ________ often dress up as a rich man. A. might B. would C. should D. could 2. A man landed on Mars? You _______ be joking. That _______ be true. A. can’t, must B. must, can’t C. can, mustn’t D. can’t, mustn’t 3. – How’s your tour around the North Lake? - It ______ be, but it is now heavily polluted. A. will B. would C. should D. must 4. In crowded places like airports and railway stations, you _____ take care of your luggage. A. can B. may C. must D. will 5. – What do you think we can do for our aged parents? - You ____ do anything except to be with them and be yourself. A. don’t have to B. oughtn’t to C. mustn’t D. can’t 6. – What does the sign over there read? - “ No person ______ smoke or carry a lighted cigarette, cigar or pipe in this area.” A. will B. may C. shall D. must 7. The biggest problem for most plants, which ____ just get up and run away when threatened, is that animals like to eat them. A. shan’t B. can’t C. needn’t D. mustn’t 8. – Turn off the TV, Jack. ______ your homework now? - Mum, just ten more minutes, please. A. Should you be doing B. Shouldn’t you be doing C. Couldn’t you be doing D. Will you be doing 9. A left-luggage office is a place where bags ____ be left for a short time, especially at a railway station. A. should B. can C. must D. will 10. How _____ you say that you really understand the whole story if you have covered only part of the article? A. can B. must C. need D. may 11. You might just as well tell the manufacturer that male customers ____ not like the design of the furniture. A. must B. shall C. may D. need 12. Children under 12 years of age in that country _____ be under adult supervision when in a public library. A. must B. may C. can D. need 13. – I don’t mind telling you what I know. - You _____. I’m not asking you for it. A. mustn’t B. may not C. can’t D. needn’t