📖 Unit 9: Festivals Around the World - Reading lớp 7
💎 Unit 9: Festivals Around the World
The Edinburg Festival is the biggest arts festival in the world. (1) ______ August, thousands of people come to the city to join the festival. It (2) ______ for three weeks and has a lot of activities. People enjoy music and dance performances in the streets (3) ______ early morning until late at night. They also see artists painting pictures in the streets. One of (4) ______ most interesting parts of the festival is “Fringe”. Here people enjoy comedy shows by students in small halls and cafés. At this festival, tourists also have a chance to (5) ______ new films, plays and listen to famous musicians playing great music. Although it is the world’s largest arts festival, its tickets (6) ______ quite cheap. This is one of the reasons why it attracts so many people every year.
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Fill in each blank with a suitable word.
Hanukkah is the Jewish Festival of Lights. It lasts (1) ______ eight days. People usually celebrate it (2) ______ November or December. People light candles at this festival. They light one (3) ______ every evening. To celebrate the festival, people make special pancakes. They make the (4) ______ with potatoes, onions, eggs, flour and oil. Jam doughnuts (5) ______ also very popular. People (6) ______ their family and friends presents and money at Hanukkah. Adults give (7) ______ chocolate coins. People also give cards (8) ______ others.
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Read the passage about two carnivals and do the exercises.
Carnival is an annual festival in many countries in the world. People celebrate it in different ways. Two of the world’s most famous carnivals are held in New Orleans, USA and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
New Orleans
The carnival in New Orleans lasts for about two weeks. There is a parade every day. People wear special costumes and ride on beautiful floats. They throw small gifts to the crowd. More than one million people join the festival each year.
Rio de Janeiro
The carnival in Rio is the biggest in the world. It lasts for about five days. The Rio Carnival is famous for its samba music. People dress up in special costumes and dance on floats. At the Rio Carnival, tourists enjoy the parades and competitions between samba ‘schools’ or groups. These schools can spend millions of dollars preparing every year.