Read the passage below and choose one correct answer for each question.

 

      In Britain, wedding invitations go out about six weeks before the wedding day. The guests reply as soon as possible to say if they can come or not. Choosing a present for the couple can be difficult. People don’t take their present for the wedding. They send them to the woman’s house before the wedding day. Most weddings take place before lunch or in the early afternoon. Many people like to get married in church. The bride often wears a long white dress. Guests wear their best clothes and most of the women wear hats. In the church, the bride’s family sits on the left and the groom’s one sits on the right. Married people wear their wedding rings on the third finger of the left hand. Most married women wear wedding rings, but married men often do not.

When do the British have to send wedding invitations?

I’m afraid I can’t go with you. I have a lot of things _____ today.

Tom failed the exam because he didn’t study hard.

John _____ his first piece of music when he was ten years old.

She said that she would have been here earlier if you _____ her.

“Would you like to have lunch with me on Sunday?” she said to me.

Choose the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting.

Everyone are (A) wearing black (B) this year because (C) it’s fashionable (D).

Streets are often decorated _____ colorful lights and red banners during Tet holiday.

Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank.

      Thanksgiving is a traditional American (33) _____. Americans (34) _____ Thanksgiving on the third Thursday in November. On this day, Americans (35) _____ the first harvest of the first group of Europeans in America. Americans eat a traditional dinner on Thanksgiving. They eat turkey, cranberries, sweet potatoes, and pumpkin pie. These are the (36)_____ people ate at the first harvest. People don’t exchange presents, but some people send Thanksgiving cards to their friends.

Question 33:

Marry expected _____ to Peter’s birthday party but he didn’t say anything.

Marry suggested _____for a picnic by the lake.

The overpopulation causes the lack _____ schools and hospitals.

Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one.

“It’s was nice of you to invite me to the dinner. Thank you.” Miss White said to Peter.

Choose the best answer for each of the following sentences.

A: “I’ve passed my exam.” - B: “_____.”

The exam is coming so the teachers make their students _____ a lot.

Choose the word that has underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others.