Trắc nghiệm Tiếng Anh 8 Global Success Unit 5 Kĩ năng đọc đục lỗ (có đáp án)

Native American Indian groups in North America lived (1) __ different cultural regions, each of which (2) ____ its own customs and traditions. A custom is the specific way in which (3) ______ group of people does something. This can include how foods are prepared, what clothing (4) ____ worn, the kinds of celebrations and much more. The set of customs developed and (5) _____ by a culture over time is a tradition.   

A culture’s customs are often determined by (6)____ natural resources found in their environment. In the Desert Southwest region, cloth weaving develop (7) ____ a custom. The area has (8) _____ large animals whose skins can be used for making clothing or blankets. Cloth weaving was a way (9)_____  meeting the need for clothing without using animal skins. In the Eastern Woodlands area, however, hunting (10) _____ fishing were daily activities. Since it was easy to get animal skins, developing skills like weaving were less important.

The end of December and the beginning of January are the (1) _______ times for the Japanese post offices. The Japanese have a custom of (2) ______ New Year’s Day postcards to their friends and relatives, similar (3) _______ the Western custom of sending Christmas cards. Their original purpose was (4) ______ your faraway friends and relatives tidings of yourself and your immediate family. In other words, (5) _______ custom existed for people to tell others whom they did not often meet that they were alive and well.

Japanese people send these postcards (6) ______ they arrive on 1th January. The post office guarantees to deliver the greeting postcards (7) ______ 1th January if they are posted within a time limit. To deliver these cards on time, the post office usually (8) ______ students part-time to help deliver the letters.

It is customary not to send these postcards when one has had a death in the family (9) _______ the year. In this case, a family member sends a simple postcard called mochi hagaki (mourning postcards) to inform friends and relatives they (10) _______ send New Year’s cards, out of respect for the deceased.