For questions 1-8, read the text below and decide which answer (А, В, C or D) best fits each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).
Example:
| A commemorate | В remember | C recall | D hold |
Columbus day
A holiday to 0 commemorate the day when Christopher Columbus reached the Bahamas, it is celebrated in north and south Americas 1 . Traditionally, it takes place on the second Monday of October.
The holiday is 2 by many government institutions, so they either have shortened business hours, or are closed 3 . The extent of celebrations and business operations change on a state-to-state 4 .
As for the celebration itself, it 5 from traditional dances to the finest examples of Italian cuisine. This might come as a surprise, but Columbus is an Italian, even though he was commanding a Spanish flotilia when he 6 the New World.
In recent years, 7 , a noticeable shift has occurred. The holiday itself is getting increasingly 8 with genocide of indigenous people during the colonization era. As a result of this, fewer states are now holding celebrations.
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