Reading Test. The Christmas Festival And Its Traditions. 7 Class. Focus on RNE

Read the text and match the heading to the text. This is an imaginary old man with long white hair, a beard and a red coat who is believed by children to bring them presents at Christmas. He comes down the chimneys and puts presents for kids into the Christmas stockings.

Read the text and match the heading to the text. There are a lot of traditions which are connected with Christmas, but perhaps the most important of them is giving presents to each other. Family members wrap up their gifts and leave them at the bottom of the Christmas tree to be found in the morning. Children leave a long sock or a stocking at the end of their beds on Christmas Eve, 24th December, hoping that Father Christmas will come down the chimney during the night and will bring them small presents, fruit and nuts.

Read the text and match the heading to the text. This is a traditional and religious song that kids and adults sing in Britain. This is a song about Christmas or winter which is sung at Christmas.

Read the text and match the heading to the text. New Year is a time for celebrating and for making a new start in life. In Britain, many people make New Year resolutions. The British people promise to give up bad habits or to keep a healthy diet. These promises are often broken in the first few days of the New Year, however!

Read the text and match the heading to the text. Who doesn’t want to have a snowy Christmas? Playing snowballs and making a snowman with the whole family on Christmas Day is most people’s dream apart from the countries like Australia that celebrates Christmas on the beach in summer. This dream is more likely to come true in the northern countries. However, for the British people, it’s different. It’s not uncommon to get some snow in Scotland and in northern England, and other parts of Britain have some frost. In most cases, the British weather is wet and gloomy.

Read the text and match the heading to the text. The traditional Christmas turkey dinner is usually eaten at midday or in the early afternoon. It traditionally includes roast turkey, vegetables and potatoes. The traditional Christmas dessert is a tasty, rich, fruity cake which is called Christmas pudding.

Read the text and match the heading to the text. Officially Christmas and New Year celebrations run from the 24th of December to the 2nd of January. However, for many Brits, the Christmas marathon starts as early as the beginning of October with the first festive adverts on TV. The idea of Christmas shopping is that you spend as much money as you can do on anything.

Read the text and match the heading to the text. On Christmas Day, most British families have a big dinner which is followed by Christmas pudding or Christmas cake. As for Christmas cake, it is heavy and overfilling. It is not to everybody’s taste.

Read the text and match the heading to the text. Christmas is celebrated on the 25th of December. For most British families, this is the most important festival of the year. On this day many British people gather their families together. Most houses are decorated with holly, and there is a traditional Christmas tree in the corner of the front room.

Read the text and match the heading to the text. The Russians traditionally celebrate Christmas on January, 7. The date is different from the British date because the Russian Orthodox Church uses the Gregorian calendar for the religious holidays.