Every year, as Spring Festival draws near, mo...

Every year, as Spring Festival draws near, most Chinese people will get excited to make preparation for the most important festival and make plan for the winter break. It is a little like Christmas in the United States, but there are some differences between the two festivals.

Both the major Chinese and the major Western holidays come during the cold season, and special food is expected. In western countries, cookies and cakes begin just after Thanksgiving in November and show up everywhere. Turkey, potatoes and other food come later. Similar thing happens in China. Entering lunar December, most families will make shopping plans for the coming big day and food is certainly one of the most important things to be considered. At the end of the month, both parents in each family will be very busy---the father is busy buying food while the mother is busy cooking.

A deeper similarity (相似处) is tradition. Christmas, as the letters “Christ” suggests, began as a holiday to celebrate the birthday of Jesus Christ. Many people pray (祈祷) on this day. In China, people living in cities or towns, though they don’t plan to sow seeds（播种） this month, still celebrate on the big day for farmers.

Followers of both holidays are also different from each other. While Chinese people travel to the homes of elder relatives, Americans usually call or send cards. Westerners prefer Christmas carols to fireworks. In Christmas, many family gifts come together instead of one by one, since adults may have only one day free to celebrate.

But the most curious difference is about students. Chinese students going home for Spring Festival sometimes report that they get bored by the end of vacation, yet American students seldom get bored around Christmas and western New Year.

Not everyone enjoys classic holiday traditions. Students in western countries may get upset, as too much homework, travel or bad family relations may destroy the short holiday season. In China, more and more college students choose to travel or work during the winter holiday instead of going home to stay with their families. It’s against the tradition but many people accept it.

1.What does “the coming big day” (Paragraph 2) refer to?

A．Christmas                             B．Thanksgiving Day

C．the New Year’s Day                     D．the Spring Festival

2.The second and the third paragraphs mainly talk about ________.

A．the similarities between Christmas and the Spring Festival

B．the differences between Christmas and the Spring Festival

C．the preparations for Christmas and the Spring Festival

D．the history of Christmas and the Spring Festival

3.What does the writer mainly want to tell us in this passage?

A．Food in different festivals.

B．Differences between two festivals.

C．Festivals in China and western countries.

D．Traditional celebrations in different countries.

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[1] Every year, whenever the Spring Festival arrives, a lot of Chinese people cannot wait to go home. They queue for long hours in front of the ticket offices in railway stations, or do whatever they can in order to get a ticket. They tolerate the long journey on the train only to want to ____________ with their near and dear ones.

[2] According to the Beijing Youth Daily, most Chinese celebrate the Spring Festival not only because they want to follow tradition, there are also some practical reasons to explain Chinese people's fever for the holiday. Compared with one's workplace, home provides a more humane environment for one to relax oneself.

[3] Society may do with or without you, but at home, you become unique and indispensable. You may be the father or mother, daughter or son, grandfather or grandmother in the family and the family will be incomplete if anyone is absent, because every member in the family is bound together, and everyone in the family is pleased with the feeling that he or she is unique and irreplaceable.

[4] In addition, family provides an ideal environment for one to fully relax oneself. At home, one can take one's time to do whatever he or she wants, and one can spend money whenever one likes. In society, however, one needs to do everything fast and with high efficiency, because society always requires efficiency and maximum profits. Such company principles make people merely a tool in modern society.

[5] Chinese people's strong desire for the Spring Festival shows that they feel oppressed and have a sense of predicament (困境) of existence in modern society. The Spring Festival provides a chance for them to escape from such anxiety and treasure the long-lost tradition of community spirit. With the Spring Festival, people can find back the warm, family atmosphere often seen in days gone by.

1.What's the passage mainly talking about? (Please answer within 10 words.)

_____________________________________________________________________

2.Fill in the blanks with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence.  (Please answer within 10 words. )

_____________________________________________________________________

3.Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?

You may not be a necessary part in society, but in your family, you are very important and no one else can take the place of you.

_____________________________________________________________________

4.Do you think home is important for Chinese to celebrate the Spring Festival?  Why or why not? (Please answer within 30 words.)

_____________________________________________________________________

5.Translate the underlined sentence in the last paragraph into Chinese.

_____________________________________________________________________

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In terms of the original data in every way, the Chinese New Year — Spring Festival is the largest human event on the planet. In the seven _______of the Lunar New Year, Chinese are expected to _______more than $100 billion on eating and shopping — almost twice as much as Americans spend on Thanksgiving. _______, Chinese predictably buy railway tickets online _______a rate of more than 1,000 per second.

But it’s _______millions of Chinese people go home for the Spring Festival during "chunyun". All these _______take place at this time.

Transport networks have set _______highs for "chunyun" numbers almost every year for the past decade, the council(国务院)said.

Authorities expect travelers to make 356 million trips by _______during this year’s "chunyun" period. Taking the strain for the transportation is _______China’s high-speed railway network, now ________to 20 000 kilometers — the world’s longest. China’s total rail network ________more than 121 000 kilometers, the second largest in the world after the United States.

The "chunyun" ________isn’t just a wonder of logistics(组织工作)； it also shows how modern China is ________.

Trains are packed with thousands of snoozing(打盹) ________, reflecting education reforms that have greatly ________the number of university places over the past decade.

________dressed office girls in high heels can be seen picking their way through ________on their way home, which is a product of the mass migration of rural people to China’s coastal cities in search of ________jobs in service industries and factories.

Many of China’s new middle classes will opt to drive private cars and traffic jam is now a(n) ________feature of the holiday period.

Many others, however, will choose to ________the confusion altogether and take a vacation abroad — increasingly an option for the new generation in China.

1.A. days B. weeks C. months D. years

2.A. cost B. spend C. take D. pay

3.A. Moreover B. Therefore C. Otherwise D. However

4.A. for B. on C. to D. at

5.A. why B. where C. when D. how

6.A. privileges B. journeys C. organizations D. wonders

7.A. fair B. good C. nice D. new

8.A. air B. sea C. rail D. road

9.A. differently B. mainly C. clearly D. frequently

10.A. increased B. resisted C. promoted D. opposed

11.A. controls B. reaches C. aims D. shoots

12.A. environment B. requirement C. phenomenon D. circumstance

13.A. finding B. expecting C. obtaining D. changing

14.A. leaders B. workers C. students D. colleagues

15.A. declined B. expanded C. failed D. started

16.A. Gratefully B. Impatiently C. Practically D. Beautifully

17.A. playgrounds B. streets C. fields D. stations

18.A. better-paid B. well-done C. helpless D. fearless

19.A. regular B. strange C. important D. necessary

20.A. develop B. escape C. leave D. carry

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Every year there is a Spring Festival in China. Usually it is in January or February. It is the most important festival in China. So before it comes, everyone has to prepare things. They buy pork， beef, chicken, fruits and many other things. And they often make a special kind of food—“dumplings”. It means “come together”. On the day before the festival, parents buy new clothes for their children. Children also buy presents for their parents. On the Spring Festival Eve (除夕)，all the family members come back to their hometown. This is a happy moment. Some sing and dance, some play cards and others get the dinner ready. When they enjoy the meal, they give each other the best wishes for the coming year. They all have a good time.

1.Which is the most important festival in China?

A. The Mid-Autumn Festival.　　 B. The Spring Festival.

C. Children’s Day.　　 D. The New Year day

2.When is the Chinese Spring Festival usually celebrated?

A. In March or April.　　 B. In May or June.

C. In January or February. 　　 D. In November or December

3. _____________ is the special kind of food for the Spring Festival in China.　

A. Chicken　　 B. Dumpling

C. Fish　　 D. Sandwich

4.What’s the meaning of the food “dumplings” for Chinese in the Spring Festival?

A. Look up.　　 B. Help yourself.

C. Come together. 　　 D. Goodbye

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The Spring Festival is one of the most important festivals in China. During the Festival,

Chinese people have many activities. They paste up Spring Festival couplets(舂联) , greeting the New Year and saying ________to the old year. On the first day of the Spring Festival, people ____, wearing new clothes. Nowadays, children get ______ pockets from their parents and their relatives by web chat. It is a good time for people to visit relatives and friends. More importantly, the Spring Festival is celebrated not only in China but also in___________parts of the world.

The Spring Festival was ______ in the UK from 1980. Every new year, people also get together and have lots of activities. They sing songs, dance_______music, share photos with　 friends or watch_________in the cinema. Additionally, the Spring Festival has become a key time

for Chinese living in the US. They________in a large evening party to welcome the traditional new year. The Chinese New Year will be welcomed with three weeks of celebrations across Australia. Thousands of people come to Sydney's Chinatown. They enjoy fireworks(烟花，焰火) and lion dances. The family dinner on New Year's Eve is an important tradition for Chinese________they were born in Singapore or moved there from China. They usually hold it at_________because having it in a restaurant takes away the meaning of the tradition.

1.A. yes　　 B. goodbye　　 C. no

2.A. hang up　　 B. hang back　　 C. hang out

3.A. green　　 B. golden　　 C. red

4.A. other　　 B. others　　 C. another

5.A. congratulated　　 B. celebrated　　 C. happened

6.A. on　　 B. in　　 C. to

7.A. TV　　 B. matches　　 C. movies

8.A. put　　 B. join　　 C. live

9.A. if　　 B. weather　　 C. whether

10.A. home　　 B. outdoors　　 C. restaurant

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阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

Spring Festival, also1. (call) Chinese New Year, is one of the traditional festivals in China. It has2. long history and is very 3.(importance) for Chinese people. The coming of Spring Festival means the old year comes to an end and the new year begins. Before Spring Festival, people clean4.　 (they) houses and decorate doors and windows with paper-cuts. 5. New Year's Eve, family members get together and have a big dinner to celebrate the festival by6. （eat） dumplings.

Not only adults like Spring festival 7. also children like it very much. Because on that day, children can wear new clothes and watch dragon and lion dances on the street. More importantly, they can8.（give） lucky money by grandparents, parents and other relatives. Besides these traditional　 9.　 （active）, people in recent years have preferred to travel around during the seven-day holiday, 10. may bring more fun to the whole family.

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阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于 3 个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式

As we all know, the Spring Festival is 1. most important festival in China. It is meant 2. (celebrate) the lunar calendar’s new year. During the Spring Festival, family get together and have a big meal in many places. 3. many people like best is setting off fireworks, which is one of the most popular 4. (activity) during the festival, though it may cause air pollution. Dumplings are the most 5. (tradition) food. Children are fond 6. the festival very much, because they can have delicious food and wear new clothes. They can also get some money from their parents, which is given to children for good luck. The Spring Festival 7. (last) about 15 days long when people visit relatives and　 friends 8. (happy)with the words “Best Wishes”. Nowadays more and more people are enjoying the Spring Festival around the world. People hold the belief 9. the Spring Festival and other traditional Chinese Festivals will not 10. (replace) by the foreign festivals like Christmas.

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The Spring Festival is a festival ______ Chinese people gather together eating dumplings to celebrate the spring’s coming.

A. on which       B. which          C. during which      D. that

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The Spring Festival is1.most important festival in China. It is meant2.(celebrate) the lunar calendar's new year. During the Spring Festival, families get together and have a big meal in many place.3.many people like best is setting off fireworks, which is one of the most popular activities during the festival, though it may cause air pollution. Dumplings are the most4.(tradition) food. Children are fond5.the festival very much, when they can have delicious food and wear new clothes. They can also get some money from their parents,6.Is given to children for good luck. People put new year scrolls (春联) on the wall for good fortune. The Spring Festival7.(last) about 15 days long when people visit relatives and friends8.(happy) with the words "Best wishes". Nowadays more and more people are enjoying the Spring Festival around the world. People hold the9.(believe) that the Spring Festival and other traditional Chinese festivals will not10.(replace)by the foreign festivals like Christmas.

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