Упр.3 Юнит 2 Урок 8 ГДЗ English Кузовлев 10 класс

Задача

III. USE OF ENGLISH (VOCABULARY)

Read the text about harvest festivals around the world. For questions 1—11, choose the best answer: a, b, c or d.

Harvest Festival

A Harvest Festival is an annual (1) … which occurs around the time of the main harvest of a given region. People from various cultures all over the world celebrate the gathering of the harvest. This festival is devoted (2) … thanking God for granting a good harvest. This tradition is handed (3) … from generation to generation. The common features of harvest festivals around the world are: (4) … , merriment, contests, music and dances. In Britain, thanks have been given for successful harvests since (5) … times. British people (6) … this day with singing hymns, and decorating churches with baskets of fruit and food. In British churches and schools people bring in food from the garden or farm. The food is often (7) … out to the poor and senior (8) … of the local community, or used to raise funds for charity. In the USA, Harvest Festival is a (9) … holiday known as Thanksgiving which falls on the fourth Thursday in November. In both the USA and Canada, it has also become a national secular holiday, though it is (10) … to religion, but in Britain it is both a Church festival giving thanks to God for the harvest, and a more (11) … festival celebrated in schools.

a) observation b) observance c) observatory d) observer
a) in b) on c) to d) of
a) back b) out c) in d) down
a) feasts b) events c) holidays d) occasions
a) annual b) national c) local d) pagan
a) see b) watch c) observe d) view
a) presented b) handed c) sent d) gifted
a) civilians b) generations c) citizens d) peoples
a) federal b) military c) civil d) bank
a) devoted b) dedicated c) related d) commemorated
a) religious b) secular c) spiritual d) holy

Подробный ответ

1 — b) observance (annual observance — ежегодное празднование)

2 — c) to (devoted to)

3 — a) back (handed back — передаваться обратно, из поколения в поколение)

4 — a) feasts (common features: feasts, merriment, contests, music and dances)

5 — d) pagan (since pagan times)

6 — c) observe (observe this day — отмечать этот день)

7 — b) handed (handed out — раздаётся)

8 — c) citizens (senior citizens — пожилые люди)

9 — c) civil (a civil holiday — гражданский праздник)

10 — c) related (related to religion — связанный с религией)

11 — b) secular (a more secular festival — более светский праздник)