PART D. READING
A. Read a brochure about Hue Festival and answer the questions about it .
Hue Festival
Welcome to Hue Citadel. This is the place where Hue Festival will be taken place in the next few days. Every two years in April, Hue Festival is held with the main purpose is to honor the cultural heritages of Hue. The festival is also the chance to introduce Vietnam’s national identity to the tourists worldwide. Coming to Hue Festival, you will have the opportunities to enjoy many cultural and sporting activities. The festival is started with a colourful ceremony with art performance. This is a greeting to visitors and also a big cultural exchange performance of different countries such as France, Italia,England , Korea,and Brazil. Moreover, Hue festival is famous for Ao Dai Grand show, Sea festival, Kite Flying competition, Human chess, and Boat race. The unique Ao Dai performance is considered one of the most attractive shows. You can see the gentle beauty of Vietnam’s traditional costume . Especially ,the Royal Refined Music of Hue and scenery of Nguyen Dynasty will bring you back to the ancient time of Hue. I am sure that you will experience joy and happiness during Hue Festival.
Questions.
1. Where and How often does Hue Festival happen ? ……………………………………………………………………………………
2. Why does Hue Festival take place ? …………………………………………………………………………………….
3. Which countries share a performance at the beginning of the festival ? ……………………………………………………………………………………..
4. Which performance helps tourists know more about Vietnamese women’s traditional costume? ………………………………………………………………………………………
5. How can we imagine about ancient time of Hue ? ………………………………………………………………………………………
B. Read the text carefully, then do the tasks.
People visiting Spain for the first time can find it difficult to get used to the eating customs of the Spanish. It’s not so much the food itself, but the timing of the meals that visitors aren’t used to. I used to live in Cadiz myself for a few years and I actually quite like the way they do things. Breakfast is a light continental affair – justa roll and some coffee usually – eatenbetween 8 and 9.30 a.m. The main meal of the day is lunch, which people usually eat sometime between 1.30 p.m. and 3.30 p.m. Quite a few of the shops, museums and galleries close around this time, because the locals like to take time over lunch. They will rest for a short time afterwards, although the traditional afternoon siesta is not as common as it used to be. People eat late in the evening – rarelybefore 9 p.m. and at the weekend the locals often won’t eat before 11 p.m. or even midnight. This is a much lighter meal than lunch – oftenjust a few tapas taken with a drink.
