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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

What does the word “statutory” in paragraph 1 mean? 

A. unnecessary 

B. frequent 

C. inflexible 

D. compulsory 

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Trả lời:

verified Giải bởi Vietjack

Chọn D

Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu

Giải thích:

Từ “statutory” trong đoạn 1 có nghĩa?

  A. unnecessary (adj): không cần thiết        

B. frequent (adj): thường xuyên

  C. inflexible (adj): không uốn được           

D. compulsory (adj): bắt buộc

Thông tin: 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).

Tạm dịch: Ở Scotland ngày lễ vào ngày mùng 1 tháng một (hoặc mùng 2 tháng một nếu ngày mùng 1 tháng một rơi vào chủ nhật) thì là bắt buộc, và ngày 25 tháng mười hai cũng là một ngày nghỉ lễ bắt buộc (hoặc ngày 26 tháng mười hai nếu ngày giáng sinh rơi vào chủ nhật).

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