Đề thi giữa kì 2 Tiếng Anh lớp 8 có đáp án (đề 7)

Read the passage and answer the questions.

Vietnam’s New Year is celebrated according to the Lunar calendar. It is officially known as Tet Nguyen Dan, or Tet. It occurs between January twenty-first and February nineteenth. Vietnamese people usually make preparations for the holiday several weeks before hand. They tidy their houses, cook special food and make offerings … On the New Year’s Eve, people sit up to midnight to see the New Year in, then they put on new clothes and give one another the greetings of the season. The first three days are the most important. Vietnamese people believe that how people act during those days will influence the whole year.

Complete the passage by choosing one given word to fill in the gaps.

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London in Britain’s biggest city. It is a very old city and dates back to the Romans. It is a city of (15) _____ buildings and churches, and it has many beautiful parks. It also has some of the best (16) _____ in the world. London is very crowed in summer. It is a popular city (17) ____ foreign tourists, and has more than eight million visitors a year. The city is (18) _____ for its shopping and deparrtment stores. London has an excellent underground railway system, so it is easy for (19) _____ to get around. In London, there are plenty of good restaurants where you can get excellent British (20) _____. The city also has lots of good Indian, Chinese, Japanese, French, Italian, and Greek restaurants.