Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 35 to 42. Public holidays in the United Kingdom, commonly referred to as bank holidays, are days where most businesses and non – essential services are closed although an increasing number of retail businesses (especially the larger ones) do open on some of the public holidays. There are restrictions on trading on Sundays and Christmas Day. Four public...
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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 35 to 42.
Public holidays in the United Kingdom, commonly referred to as bank holidays, are days where most businesses and non – essential services are closed although an increasing number of retail businesses (especially the larger ones) do open on some of the public holidays. There are restrictions on trading on Sundays and Christmas Day. Four public holidays are common to all countries of the United Kingdom. These are: New Year's Day, the first Monday in May, Christmas Day, and Boxing Day. Some banks open on some bank holidays. In Scotland, while New Year's Day and Christmas Day are national holidays, other bank holidays are not necessarily public holidays, since the Scots instead observe traditional local customs and practice for their public holidays. In Northern Ireland, once again, bank holidays other than New Year's
Day and Christmas Day are not necessarily public holidays. Good Friday and Christmas Day are common law holidays, except in Scotland, where they are bank holidays. In Scotland the holiday on 1 January (or 2 January if 1 January is Sunday) is statutory, and 25 December is also a statutory holiday (or 26 December if Christmas Day falls on a Sunday). Boxing Day is a holiday traditionally celebrated the day following Christmas Day, when servants and tradesmen would receive gifts, known as a "Christmas box", from their bosses or employers. Today, Boxing Day is the bank holiday that generally takes place on 26 December. And 28 December only is given if Boxing Day is Saturday.
Like Denmark, the United Kingdom has no national day holiday marked or celebrated for its formal founding date. Increasingly, there are calls for public holidays on the patron saints' days in England, Scotland and Wales. An online petition sent to the Prime Minister received 11,000 signatures for a public holiday in Wales on St. David's Day; the Scottish Parliament has passed a bill creating a public holiday on St. Andrew's Day although it must be taken in place of another public holiday; campaigners in England are calling for a bank holiday on St. George's Day; and in Cornwall, there are calls for a public holiday on St. Piran's Day.
Bank holidays besides New Year's Day and Christmas Day are not public holidays in Scotland because _______.
A. the Scots observe traditional local customs
B. Scotland does not belong to the U.K
C. they are common law holidays
D. the Scots celebrate Good Friday
Every December millions of Christmas cards go through the post . There are pictures of the stars and snow or Christmas (1) trees In these days it is hard to think of Christmas (2)without Christmas cards . Yet little over a hundred and fifty years ago there were (3) nothing at all.Here is just one story of the way in which they started.
Some boys of those days who were at boarding schools had to write a special piece of English at Chritmas (4)time . This was sent to their (5)parents so that they could see how the boys' work was during the year .
Young people like to make little (6)drawings on the paper when they write letters or poems.These boys were the (7)same They used to draw little pictures all (8) round the writing . Sometimes they coloured them , and after a time the (10)first Christmas cards.
Every December millions of Christmas cards go through the post . There are pictures of the stars and snow or Christmas (1) t...trees ... In these days it is hard to think of Christmas (2)w..without....... Christmas cards . Yet little over a hundred and fifty years ago there were (3) n..nothing ... at all.Here is just one story of the way in which they started.
Some boys of those days who were at boarding schools had to write a special piece of English at Chritmas (4)t.......time...... . This was sent to their (5)p.........parents ....... so that they could see how the boys' work was during the year .
Young people like to make little (6)d.........drawings .................. on the paper when they write letters or poems.These boys were the (7)s.............same................. They used to draw little pictures all (8) r............round....... the writing . Sometimes they coloured them , and after a time the (10)f..first......... Christmas cards.