Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank.
SPRING FESTIVALS
From (26) _______ times people have celebrated the end of winter and the new life that spring brings. One of the most important Christian festivals is Easter, (27) _______ Christians remember the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ Easter, however, is not the (28) _______ spring festival. In Sweden, people celebrate the end of the winter by making (29) _______ bonfires. Fire also plays an important part in the Hindu festival of Holi. In some villages children are (30) _______ round bonfires by their mothers to protect them(31) _______ danger in the coming year. Buddhists in Thailand soak (32) _______ in water when celebrating their New Year, which (33) _______ in the middle of April. In Antigua in Guatemala they carpet the streets with flowers. Chinese spring parades are (34) _______ colourful, but (35) _______ flowers they have large dragon puppets which dance in the streets.
Question 26:
A. earliest
B. latest
C. previous
D. old
Đáp án:
earliest (adj): sớm nhất, từ đầu
previous (adj): trước đó
latest (adj): gần nhất, mới nhất
old (adj): già, cũ
- Cụm thường gặp: From earliest times: Từ những khoảng thời kỳ đầu
=> From earliest times people have celebrated the end of winter and the new life that spring brings.
Tạm dịch:Từ những khoảng thời kỳđầu, mọi người đã tổ chức kỷ niệm khi mùa đông kết thúc và mừng cuộc sống mới mà mùa xuân mang lại.
Đáp án cần chọn là: A