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03. Read statements 1-3 relating to the short texts in the lead-in, and decide if they are True, False or Not Given.
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1. Any number of people can attend La Tomatina.
2. The mud festival is used to sell a beauty product.
3. On Dia de los muertos people do the same activities their loved ones enjoyed in life.
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A cosmetics company in South Korea created a line of beauty products which featured mud from the Baryeong mud flats as a main ingredient. The company did not want to spend money on advertising, so the Baryeong Mud Festival was born. This allowed potential customers to feel the benefits of the special mud. The festival is home to mud slides, a mud prison, mud pools and mud skiing. You can also enjoy live music, acupuncture and a fireworks display.
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This Mexican holiday is celebrated throughout Mexico and around the world. The holiday focuses on remembering. friends and family members who have died. It is particularly celebrated in Mexico, where the day is a bank holiday. Activities involved in the holiday include building private altars, cleaning the graves of loved ones and telling funny stories about dead relatives. Street parties, parades and festivals are aLso a common feature of the celebration.
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Perhaps the hardest part of this type of question is understanding when the information is Not Given.
It is important to remember here that your answers must be based on the information in the text only and not from your own knowledge of the subject (or an educated guess)
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04. In exercise 3, which word makes statement 1 false?
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05. In exercise 3, which word/phrase in the text makes statement 2 true?
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06. Read this short text and answer the questions which follow.
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Birthdays take place once a year and celebrate the day you were born. Many people have a party on their birthday and socialise with family and friends. A birthday cake, with candles on the top, is often presented at this celebration, together with gifts and cards.
Answer True, False or Not Given.
1. The candles on the cake often represent your age.
2. Everyone has a party on their birthday.
3. Presents are often given on birthdays.
4. Everyone likes birthdays.
5. Birthdays are celebrated differently around the world.
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Another spectacular festival hosted by the Chinese is the Harbin Ice and Snow Festival. This is an annual winter festival which takes place in Harbin, Heilongjiang, China, and is now the largest ice and snow festival in the world. Initially, the majority of participants were Chinese, but it has since become an international festival and competition. The festival includes the world's biggest ice sculptures. Officially, the festival starts on 5th January and lasts for one month. However, exhibits often open earlier and finish later, weather permitting. The ice sculptures are displayed throughout the city.
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07. Here is a summary of the advice given in the previous section. Complete the tips using ONE word from the box in each gap. There is one word you do not need.
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08. Using the tips in exercise 7, read the texts and then decide if these statements agree with the information given in them.
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Look at the statements and write
TRUE if the statement agrees with the information
FALSE if the statement contradicts the information
NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this
1. The Dragon Boat Festival celebrates when Qu Yuan was saved by the people who stopped the fish eating him.
2. When the Harbin Ice and Snow Festival first began, only the Chinese entered the competition.
3. If conditions allow, the exhibits at the Harbin Ice and Snow Festival are displayed when the official festival is over.
4. There are a variety of things to do and see at the Lantern Festival.
5. Chinese New Year is also known as the Spring Festival.
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The Dragon Boat festival, also known as the Dwanwu festival, has been celebrated in China for more than 2,000 years. The festival occurs on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese lunar calendar. Th celebration emerged after the Chinese scholar, Qu Yuan, threw himself into the Mi Lo river in protest against the government of the time. Qu Yuan was drowned and the people were unable to find the body, so to prevent the fish from eating him, the locals threw rice patties into the river. Ever since then, rice dumplings or zongzi are prepared and eaten during this festival season. Other activities include drinking a special drink called realgar an dragon-boat racing to die sound of beating drums.
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Also in January there is the Lantern Festival, or the Shangyuan Festival, which is celebrated on 15th January of the Chinese lunar calendar. This festival marks the return of spring and is regarded as a day for appreciating family and the bright full moon. There are several different activities involved in this celebration, appealing to all age groups. These include: watching fireworks or solving the riddles* featured on the lanterns.
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By far the biggest celebration in the Chinese calendar, however, is Chinese New Year. In fact, the lartern festival signifies the end of this long celebration, which begins on Chinese New Year's Eve. It is a holiday filled with dragons, fireworks, symbolic clothing and flowers. Chinese New Year is a time for families to get togetheFJ The New Year's Eve dinner is called Reunion Dinner and is believed to be the most important meal of the year. Families of several generations sit together enjoying food and socialising.
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