READ THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE AND CHOOSE THE ITEM (A, B,C OR D) THATBEST...

46-50: Read the following passage and choose the item (A, B,C or D) thatbest answers each of the questions about it. Every nation and every country has its own customs and traditions. InBritain traditions play a more important part in the life of the people than inother countries. Englishmen are proud of their traditions and carefully keepthem up. It has been the law for about 300 years that all theatres are closed onSundays. No letters are delivered; only a few Sunday papers are published. To this day an English family prefers a house with a garden to a flat in amodern house with central heating. English people like gardens. Sometimesthe garden in front of the house is a little square covered with cement paintedgarden in imitation of grass and a box of flowers. Holidays are especially rich in old traditions and are different inScotland, Ireland, Wales and England. Christmas is a great English nationalholiday, and in Scotland it is not kept, except by clerks in banks, all shops andfactories are working