Every year, during the Lantern Festival, the ...

Every year, during the Lantern Festival, the Chinese village of Nuanquan hosts one of the 1. (much) beautiful shows in the world. The tradition 2. (call) Da Shuhua involves experienced blacksmiths showering 3. (them) with molten(熔化的) iron.

Da Shuhua 4. (date) back to 300 years ago, 5. local blacksmiths came up with a unique alternative to fireworks. The rich would always celebrate New Year with firecrackers, but poor blacksmiths could not afford them, so they 6.(find) a cheaper alternative. Inspired by iron striking, the blacksmiths started melting iron to a temperature of around 1,000℃ and throwing it at a large stone wall to create an effect similar 7. fireworks.

The effect was so wonderful that Da Shuhua 8. (gradual) gained more appeal than firecrackers, attracting many people in the celebration. Throwing molten iron soon became a tradition in Nuanquan. Over the years the celebration has changed into 9. even more amazing show, as the blacksmiths start experimenting with other metals, like aluminium (铝), to create green and white 10. (flower) instead of just red.

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Lantern Festival marked the final day of the Chinese Lunar New Year. It has been an important festival1.the Western Han Dynasty.

In ancient China, often marriage2.(decide)by parents or even the government. During some periods marriage policies went to extremes.

However, extreme policies to force people to get married were rare, and young people still had certain3.(free)to get married with people they liked, rather than being4.(complete)manipulated by their parents or government. Ancient Chinese had milder ways to encourage people to find a spouse, such as fairs and meetings during festivals.

Lantern Festival is one of the festivals that provided ancient Chinese single young men and women a chance5.(meet)and get to know each other. On the night of that day, 6.(marry)men and women would meet at the flower fair and lantern-decorated street.

Romance often happened, 7.not all of these stories ended happily.

Ouyang Xiu described a woman's longing for the man she met during Lantern Festival in his poem Yuan Xi. It8.(go)like this: "Last lantern festival, the flower fair9.(decorate)with lights was daylight bright. We met after dusk when the moon rose behind willow trees. This year the moon and lanterns are still10.same, yet you are not here anymore. I am sad, with tears shed on the sleeves of my spring coat.”

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♦Yuanxiao, Chinese Lantern Festival

The Lantern Festival is celebrated on the 15th of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar. The festival ends the New Year's celebration. It is a fun festival. People carry lanterns and go into the streets at night to watch lion or dragon dances, play games and light firecrackers. Yuanxiao, a sweet dumpling made of rice flour, is the traditional food eaten during the festival. In Chinese, the festival is named after this food, which is said to represent family unity and happiness because it is sticky, round and sweet.

♦The Dai Water­Splashing Festival

The Dai minority in Yunnan celebrate the Water­Splashing Festival in the middle of April. The festival celebrates the Dai Lunar New Year and lasts for three days. There are dragon races and fireworks displays on the first day and a fair on the second day. At the fair, young lovers throw love pouches to each other. The third day is the actual water­splashing day, people splash water on each other to wash away illnesses and bad luck and bring good luck for the coming year.

♦Losar

Losar is a Tibetan word for New Year.“Lo” means “year” and “sar” means “new”. As the most popular festival among Tibetans, it is celebrated from the first day in the first month to the fifteenth day based on the traditional Tibetan calendar.

On the last day of the year, people clean their houses and prepare for the festival. On the first day of the New Year, Tibetan women usually wake up early at about 5 o'clock, and prepare for a special kind of barley wine for the family which have tsamba, brown sugar, and milk dregs. The whole family have to drink the wine in their beds and then continue to sleep, while the housewives sit in front of their windows, waiting for the sunrise. As soon as they see the sun rays in the east, they go to the well for the first bucket of water in the New Year. It is said that water in the well is the freshest and sweetest at this time and the family who get the lucky water earliest will be the most fortunate.

1.People eat yuanxiao during the Lantern Festival because

________.

A．it is the traditional food and has its symbolic meaning

B．it is delicious and easy to be made

C．it is sticky, round and sweet

D．it is made of rice flour

2.What can we know from Paragraph 2 about the word “fair”？

A．Young people splash water on each other at the fair.

B．It is the time when young people have meetings.

C．Young people find their lovers there.

D．Young people sing and dance there to celebrate the festival.

3.How many days does Tibetan Losar last?

A．2.　　　　　　 　　　 B．3.

C．15.　　 　　　　　　 D．25.

4.The passage is mainly about________.

A．the culture and custom in China

B．the reason why people celebrate festivals

C．several festivals in China

D．the history of three festivals in China

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1.How long will the Forbidden City be lit up for this years Lantern Festival?

A. For 2 nights B. For 19 hours. C. For 20 minutes

2.How much should a night tour participant pay for the ticket booked online?

A. 40 yuan. B. Not mentioned C. Free of charge.

3.According to the recording, which of the following is true?

A. It is the 94th time for the museum to celebrate the Lantern Festival.

B. Shan Jixiang is one of the gatekeepers of the Palace Museum.

C. Special lighting technology was used to avoid the possibility of fires

4.What can probably become another new occasion for the night tour?

A. Christmas Eve. B. Dragon Boat Festival. C. Valentines Day

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Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf Second, ___________ during the Spring Festival of the Tiger year, presented to the world a new image of China’s cartoons.

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The Spring Festival, known 1. the Chinese Lunar New Year, falls on February 16th this year and 2. (mark) the start of the Year of Dog in the Chinese Lunar Calendar. Meanwhile, the Spring Festival travel season, known as Chunyun in Chinese, officially begins. It is 3. time for family reunions, so millions of Chinese people will return to their hometowns or travel around the country in 4. has become the largest human migration in the world.

Around 2.98 billion trips are expected to be made during the Spring Festival. Several years ago, some people had no 5. (choose) but to turn to ticket scalpers (黄牛党) for help. However, at present, unlike previous years, people find 6. much easier to get tickets. High-speed trains make trips home 7. (considerable) faster. China Railway Corp. has launched a series of 8. (service) for passengers which involve self-service counters, free smartphone apps and ubiquitous(随处可见的) travel notices, thus 9. (save) much time for the passengers. As for travel by road, the electronic toll collection system helps enhance the efficiency of travel with the system 10. (update).

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Mid-Autumn Festival is the second grandest festival in China after Chinese New Year. It’s a time when families come together to appreciate the full moon and eat mooncakes during the festival. In fact, besides these two traditions, there are many others.

1. Watching the tide

In ancient times, watching the tide on the Qiantang River in East China’s Zhejiang province was another grand event of Mid-Autumn Festival. It has been recorded in detail since the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220). Many famous ancient poets, like Su Shi in the Song Dynasty (960-1279) wrote about the grand occasion in their poems.

2. Making colorful lanterns

On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, people usually make colorful lanterns to decorate th beautiful night. They also make Kongming lanterns, which can fly because the burning candles h t the air in the lanterns. Children write good wishes on the lanterns and let them fly up into the sky.

3. Burning pagodas (佛塔)

When night falls, people gather together in an empty place, and pick up broken bricks and tiles to pile up several pagodas. The pagodas are hollow and are filled with firewood. Then the firewood in the pagodas is lit, and the red flames rise and sparks explode, through which people express the joy of harvest in autumn.

4. Stealing vegetables

Among the Dong ethnic group in Central China’s Hunan province, it is the custom for young ladies to steal vegetables on Mid-Autumn Festival night. Whoever eats vegetables with sweet dew on this night will be healthy and happy. Also, women and girls express their adoration to their favorite young men by this way.

5. Drinking osmanthus-flavored wine

Osmanthus-flavored wine is a gift during this season. Drinking Osmanthus fragrance wine at Mid-Autumn Festival implies sweetness, wealth and luck, and prosperity of the family.

People gather together to appreciate the moon, on which Wu Gang, who chases Chang’e, is cutting a sweet-scented osmanthus tree outside the Moon Palace, according to a legend. They drink the sweet osmanthus-flavored wine to echo the festival atmosphere.

1.What do people usually do during Mid-Autumn Festival?

A.People in Hunan province steal vegetables on Mid-Autumn Festival night.

B.People drink Osmanthus fragrance wine to appreciate the moon and honor Chang'e.

C.People make Kongming lanterns to express good wishes and the joy of harvest in autumn.

D.People watch the tide on the Qiantang River, which dates back to the Han Dynasty.

2.Which column of a magazine does this article probably belong to?

A.Science. B.Culture. C.Advertisement. D.History.

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Chinese Spring Festival marks the first day of a new year, so the first meal is rather important. People from the North and the South have different 26  about the foods they eat on this 27  day. In Northern China, people 28  eat Jiaozi. The word Jiaozi in Chinese means the 29  and the beginning of time. According to historical 30 , in the past people from the North and the South both ate Jiaozi on Chinese New Year’s Day. Perhaps 31  the areas in Southern China 32  more rice than those in Northern China, southern people slowly 33  to eat many other kinds of food on New Year’s Day. 34 , the most common foods for the first 35  are noodles, New Year Cake and Tangyuan. The noodle 36  long life. The New Year Cake is called Niangao in Chinese, which 37  the hope of improvement in 38  year after year. Tangyuan is a symbol of 39  according to the Chinese.

To 40  a New Year visit to relatives and friends is an important activity during the Spring Festival. People also send cards to 41  a New Year’s greeting. What children love most is to set off firecrackers. 42 , as the pace of life is becoming faster and faster, people have 43  new ways to celebrate the Chinese traditional New Year. For example, many people no longer send out greeting cards. 44 , they use short messages or emails. Also to travel during the New Year holidays has come into 45.

1.A. word       B. habits            C. meanings         D. stories

2.A. usual          B. unforgettable         C. common       D. special

3.A. seldom          B. usually           C. always            D. hardly

4.A. end         B. future            C. result             D. effect

5.A. reasons        B. records           C. notes              D. stories

6.A. as long as          B. though            C. when              D. because

7.A. caused         B. took           C. produced         D. brought

8.A. understood     B. knew              C. made               D. began

9.A. Besides        B. Therefore         C. Consequently     D. Usually

10.A. subject         B. title                 C. program           D. meal

11.A. symbolizes        B. reveals           C. shows             D. indicates

12.A. transports         B. represents            C. fetches              D. takes

13.A. health          B. family            C. life               D. work

14.A. reunion        B. luck              C. happiness          D. harmony

15.A. do             B. pay                C. get               D. carry

16.A. express        B. describe               C. establish        D. define

17.A. Luckily        B. Unfortunately       C. However             D. Besides

18.A. given away    B. made out           C. got into           D. taken up

19. A. Instead         B. Fortunately         C. Moreover         D. Furthermore

20.A. fashion        B. effect               C. sight             D. power

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The Warwick Cheese Festival takes place in June every year. This annual event is the biggest cheese festival in North America, 1. (attract) tens of thousands of Canadians and　 2. (visitor) from all over the world. They can try over 100 kinds of cheese made all over Quebec at the festival. And they 3. (invite) to vote for the People’s Choice Prize of the year.

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The Spring Festival falls ________ the first day of the Chinese Lunar year.

A. in                B. at          C. on                                D. for

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