Mistletoe, Holly and Ivy

Mistletoe, Holly and Ivy

In ancient ________________________________ (1) , these plants symbolised new life. They grew berries ________________________________ (2) were the seeds of new life ________________________________ (3) the time of year when most things looked dead. Originally people decorated ________________________________ (4) homes with these berries ________________________________ (5) they looked very pretty and offered hope for the spring. Christians kept the old ________________________________ (6) of decorating their houses with these berry plants but looked for Christian meanings in the plants,  ________________________________ (7) .

Ivy is the ________________________________ (8) of friendship which is to remain strong and ________________________________ (9) for years. It was brought indoors ________________________________ (10) Christmas, because it was traditionally a time to ________________________________ (11) and renew friendships. 

Mistletoe is brought indoors because ________________________________ (12) the old belief that people ________________________________ (13) meet under the mistletoe will remain friends for a long time, and enemies that meet under the mistletoe will stop ________________________________ (14) and become friends.

More recently mistletoe is ________________________________ (15) over doorways, and to be kissed under the mistletoe is good luck.

Article written by Carol Rainbow.

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Možnosti:

1. 1. a) era
   2. b) histories
   3. c) tenses
   4. d) times
2. 1. a) there
   2. b) what
   3. c) where
   4. d) which
3. 1. a) at
   2. b) by
   3. c) in
   4. d) on
4. 1. a) ---
   2. b) a
   3. c) our
   4. d) their
5. 1. a) because
   2. b) that
   3. c) to
   4. d) while
6. 1. a) customers
   2. b) customs
   3. c) habitats
   4. d) habits
7. 1. a) also
   2. b) as well
   3. c) either
   4. d) too
8. 1. a) sign
   2. b) signature
   3. c) signing
   4. d) sing
9. 1. a) true
   2. b) truly
   3. c) truth
   4. d) truthfully
10. 1. a) at
    2. b) in
    3. c) on
    4. d) to
11. 1. a) memorize
    2. b) memory
    3. c) remember
    4. d) remind
12. 1. a) for
    2. b) of
    3. c) that
    4. d) to
13. 1. a) what
    2. b) when
    3. c) which
    4. d) who
14. 1. a) argue
    2. b) arguing
    3. c) to argue
    4. d) to arguing
15. 1. a) hanged
    2. b) hanging
    3. c) hung
    4. d) hungover

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