...D) THE SPORTS STADIUM WE VISITED THIS AFTERNOON IS FURTHER ......

10) ...

d) The sports stadium we visited this afternoon is further ... the hill.

...

e) You can see the fountains now, ... .

f) If you would like to video the show, the best place is ... the footbridge.

.../10pt

g) I'm afraid you can't swim ... the fountains.

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h) There is a café ... .

Fill in the columns with: salmon, banana, chicken, tuna, orange, beef, cod, peas, apple, potatoes

1

6

FISH

MEAT

VEGETABLES

FRUIT

7

Write the names of the countries for each of the given nationalities:

f) Japanese

a) Italian

- ...

g) Hungarian

b) Irish

h) Turkish

c) Portuguese

i) Polish

d) Brazilian

..

j) Canadian

e) Swedish

Name:

8

Read the text and answer the questions:

Although spring does not officially begin until the cherry trees

blossom in April, this is the time when the weather begins to get

warmer. Cherry blossom parties take place and in Golden Week (29

^th

April - 5

^th

May) many Japanese people take time off to travel.

Buddha's birthday (8

^th

April) is celebrated at temples nationwide.

Sweet tea is poured over a small image of the Buddha as a sign of

devotion. After the mild climate of late spring, the skies cloud over and

there are torrential downpours during the rainy season, often the cause

of landslides and flooding. This is the start of the season of night-time

torch-lit fishing with trained cormorants.

As soon as the last clouds of the rainy season have left, the

scorching heat and humidity of summer makes itself felt, the air vibrates

with the sound of insects, the rice grows fast and people do what they

can to keep cool.

During the Fire Festival on 14

^th

July, twelve massive torches are

set alight and carried by priests in white robes to purify twelve portable

shrines.

Autumn is the time of harvest festivals with processions of

ornate floats in many cities. On 15

^th

November there is a children's

festival when parents take children aged three, five and seven to shrines

to give thanks for their good health and pray for good fortune.

The winter season begins in the north with the first snows.

However, in Tokyo the winters are relatively mild and the temperature

rarely drops below freezing.

On 6

^th

January Tokyo firefighters in traditional uniforms perform

acrobatic tricks on top of bamboo ladders to show their spirit and skill.

a) When does the spring officially begin?

b) What happens during the Golden

Week? ...

c) Why is tea poured over an image of the

Buddha? ...

d) What do the torrential downpours

cause? ...

e) Why are torches lit on 14

^th

July? ...

f) What do Japanese people do in

autumn? ...

g) Why do parents visit shrines on 15

^th

November? ...

h) When does the winter season begin in the

9

Decide if the sentences are True or False. Correct any false statements:

north? ...

i) What are the winters in Tokyo

a) It gets warmer in Japan in

like? ...

April. ...

j) What happens on 6

^th

January in

b) Many Japanese people don't go to work during the Golden

Tokyo? ...

Week. ...

c) Buddah's birthday is celebrated on 8

^th

d) After spring comes the time of heavy

rains. ...

e) Summers in Japan are very hot and

humid. ...

f) The rice grows fast in the

summer. ...

g) The Fire Festival is celebrated on 14

^th

July. ...

h) Priests wear white robes on 14

^th

i) On 15

^th

November parents take three, five and seven-year olds to

shrines. ...

j) In winter the temperature in Tokyo is usually above the

0°C. ...