Câu hỏi: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 33 to 37.
Easter
Easter is a holiday in late March or early April, the first Sunday after the first full moon after 21 March. Many people (33)_________ it with their family or have a short holiday/ vacation. It is also an important Christian festival. Easter Sunday, the day of the Resurrection, is the end of Lent and the most important date in the Christian year. Many people who do not go to church at other times go on Easter Sunday. It was once (34) _________ for people to wear new clothes to church on this day. Women (35)_________ new hats, called Easter bonnets. Today, people sometimes make elaborately decorated Easter bonnets for fun. A few people send Easter (36)_________ with religious symbols on them or pictures of small chickens, lambs, rabbits and spring flowers, all traditionally associated with Easter.
The Friday before Easter Sunday is called Good Friday and is remembered as the day Christ was crucified (= hanged on a cross to die). On Good Friday many people eat hot cross buns (= fruit buns decorated with a simple cross). The Monday after Easter is called Easter Monday. In Britain, Good Friday and Easter Monday are both bank holidays. In the US, each company decides for itself (37) _________ to close or remain open on those days.
The word or phrase which best fits the gap (33) is...
A. spend
B. use
C. take
D. expend
Easter
Easter is a holiday in late March or early April, the first Sunday after the first full moon after 21 March. Many people (33)_________ it with their family or have a short holiday/ vacation. It is also an important Christian festival. Easter Sunday, the day of the Resurrection, is the end of Lent and the most important date in the Christian year. Many people who do not go to church at other times go on Easter Sunday. It was once (34) _________ for people to wear new clothes to church on this day. Women (35)_________ new hats, called Easter bonnets. Today, people sometimes make elaborately decorated Easter bonnets for fun. A few people send Easter (36)_________ with religious symbols on them or pictures of small chickens, lambs, rabbits and spring flowers, all traditionally associated with Easter.
The Friday before Easter Sunday is called Good Friday and is remembered as the day Christ was crucified (= hanged on a cross to die). On Good Friday many people eat hot cross buns (= fruit buns decorated with a simple cross). The Monday after Easter is called Easter Monday. In Britain, Good Friday and Easter Monday are both bank holidays. In the US, each company decides for itself (37) _________ to close or remain open on those days.
The word or phrase which best fits the gap (33) is...
A. spend
B. use
C. take
D. expend
spend: dành
use sử dụng, dùng
take: chịu đựng
expend: tiêu dùng
Vì Lễ Phục Sinh là một ngày, thông thường người ta không nói dùng một ngày để làm gì, tiêu dùng cũng vậy. Do đó, loại đáp án B và D. Thêm vào đó, tác giả thể hiện thái độ trung lập với chủ đề bài văn nên đáp án C là không đúng.
Tạm dịch: ... Many people____it with their family or have a short holiday/ vacation: ... Nhiều người_____ngày lễ này ở bên gia đình hoặc đi nghỉ ngắn ngày. Đây cũng là một lễ hội quan trọng của đạo Kito.
use sử dụng, dùng
take: chịu đựng
expend: tiêu dùng
Vì Lễ Phục Sinh là một ngày, thông thường người ta không nói dùng một ngày để làm gì, tiêu dùng cũng vậy. Do đó, loại đáp án B và D. Thêm vào đó, tác giả thể hiện thái độ trung lập với chủ đề bài văn nên đáp án C là không đúng.
Tạm dịch: ... Many people____it with their family or have a short holiday/ vacation: ... Nhiều người_____ngày lễ này ở bên gia đình hoặc đi nghỉ ngắn ngày. Đây cũng là một lễ hội quan trọng của đạo Kito.
Đáp án A.