VI. Read the text carefully then answer the questions bellow. (5 points)
How the May Day holiday began in England
Many hundred years ago there were many villages and few towns in England. The villagers
liked to go into the forests and the fields when spring came. On the first Sunday of May they usually
took a tree back with them and put it in the center of the village. The children dance round it and
the men and the women took part in games around it.
Later the international working class made the First of May their day of solidarity.
The first May Day was celebrated in England in 1890, when the workers decided to fight for
an eight-hour working day and an end to the very long hours that they worked. In London, the
workers marched from all places to a meeting in Hyde Park. This demonstration showed their unity
and solidarity.
After that, May Day in England was usually celebrated on the Sunday nearest to the first day
of the month. There have been many large May Day demonstrations. The working people showed
on those days their solidarity with the progressive people in other countries.
56. Which seasons did the villagers like to go into the forests and fields?
57. Where were the tree put?
58. What did the children do round the tree?
59. When was the first May Day celebrated in England?
60. What did the working people show on those day?
57. Where were the tree put?
59. When was the first May Day celebrated in England?