Every year people celebrate the Spring Festival in China．Usually it is in January or February．It’s the most important (重要的) festival in China．So before it comes，everyone buys many things，and they often make a special kind of food called dumplings—It means(意思是) “come together”．Parents always buy new clothes for their children and children also buy presents for their parents．On the Spring Festival eve (除夕)，all the family come back home. They sing, dance and play cards．When they enjoy the meal，they give each other the best wishes for the coming new year．All of them 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．May Day.

2.The Chinese usually have their Spring Festival in       ．

A．January or February              B．February or March

C．September or October           D．December or January

3.What’s the special kind of food for the Spring Festival in China?  

A．Fruit.               B．Fish.              C．Dumplings.              D．Chicken.

4.The food “dumplings” means “      ”．

A．be nice             B．be hungry         C．come together          D．come back

5.From this passage, we know       .

A. Chinese Spring Festival is children’s festival.

B. Sometimes Chinese Spring Festival comes in October.

C. The children don’t get any presents from their parents at Spring Festival.

D. All the family usually get together and have a big dinner on the Spring Festival Eve.

 

Every year people celebrate the Spring Festival in China．Usually it is in January or February．It’s the most important (重要的) festival in China．So before it comes，everyone buys many things，and they often make a special kind of food called dumplings—It means(意思是) “come together”．Parents always buy new clothes for their children and children also buy presents for their parents．On the Spring Festival eve (除夕)，all the family come back home. They sing, dance and play cards．When they enjoy the meal，they give each other the best wishes for the coming new year．All of them have a good time.
【小題1】Which is the most important festival in China?

A．The Mid-Autumn Festival.	B．The Spring Festival.
C．Children’s Day.	D．May Day.

【小題2】The Chinese usually have their Spring Festival in       ．

A．January or February	B．February or March
C．September or October	D．December or January

【小題3】What’s the special kind of food for the Spring Festival in China?  

A．Fruit.

B．Fish.

C．Dumplings.

D．Chicken.

【小題4】The food “dumplings” means “     ”．

A．be nice

B．be hungry

C．come together

D．come back

【小題5】From this passage, we know       .

A．Chinese Spring Festival is children’s festival.

B．Sometimes Chinese Spring Festival comes in October.

C．The children don’t get any presents from their parents at Spring Festival.

D．All the family usually get together and have a big dinner on the Spring Festival Eve.

閱讀理解

　　The Chinese New Year is now known as the Spring Festival because it starts from the beginning of spring. Though there are some sayings about its origin（起源）, all agree that the word Nian, which in modem Chinese means“year”, was originally the name of a beast（野獸）that started to eat people the night before the beginning of a new year.

　　One story goes that the beast Nian had a very big mouth that would eat a great many people at one time. People were very afraid. One day, an old man came to their help and said he would stop all this. To Nian he said,“I hear that you are very strong, but can you eat up all the beasts on earth instead of people who are too weak to be your enemy（敵人）? ”“Yes,”Nian agreed with him and went to kill many of the beasts on earth. People were very happy because those beasts also did bad things to people and killed their farm animals from time to time.

　　After that, the old man, who was a god（神）, rode on the beast Nian and left. Nian was gone, and other beasts also went into forests; people began to enjoy their happy life. Before the old man left, he had told people to put up red paper-cuts on their windows and doors at each year's end to drive Nian away, because red is the colour the beast felt most afraid of.

　　From then on, every year at the beginning of spring, people“Guo Nian”. The word“Guo Nian”means“Go through the Nian safely”. Putting up red paper-cuts to drive Nian away and making dumplings for a better new year are still an every-year doing by the Chinese people. However（但是）, people today have long forgotten why they are doing all this, they just feel that the colour and the food make the New Year very enjoyable.

(1) How did the old man stop Nian from eating people?

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A．By putting red paper-cuts on windows.

B．By eating up beasts.

C．By talking to him.

D．By riding on him.

(2) Why did people put up red paper-cuts instead of those of any other colours?

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A．Because Nian liked the colour red.

B．Because the colour red could kill Nian.

C．Because the old man liked the colour red.

D．Because Nian was afraid of the colour red.

(3) The best title of this passage is ________.

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A．The Origin of the Chinese New Year

B．The Old Man and the Beast Nian

C．How to Go through the Nian Safely

D．What Nian Was Like

(4) Which of the following is TRUE?

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A．Nian can eat up all the beasts on earth at one time.

B．Nian is a tall beast that likes to eat farm animals.

C．Nian is afraid of paper-cuts.

D．Nian doesn't like to use his own mind.

In China, there’re many different kinds of food. Some of them are very popular. The real Chinese food is dumplings. Now let’s talk about them, OK?
Everyone in China likes dumplings very much, and there are many different kinds of dumplings. Some have meat and vegetables in them, others have sugar, eggs and so on. I like dumplings with vegetables and pork better than any other kind.
Usually people make dumplings at home. If you have no time to make them, you can buy them from any supermarket. Then you take them home and eat them with vinegar.
The Spring Festival is very important in China. When it comes, we make dumplings, usually we put a coin(硬幣) in a dumpling. If one eats the dumpling with the coin in it, he or she will be lucky in the year.
In the old days, people couldn’t often eat dumplings, because they were very poor. Now our country is becoming stronger and stronger, and our people are richer and richer. We can eat them very often.
Now tell me, do you like dumplings?
Welcome to China, and we’ll invite you to eat the real Chinese food —dumplings.
【小題1】—What does the writer like dumplings with best？—     

A．Meat.	B．Seafood.
C．Vegetables and pork.	D．Vegetables.

【小題2】You can buy dumplings from the supermarket when        .

A．you have time	B．you are tired
C．you are busy	D．you are happy

【小題3】The word “vinegar” in the passage means       .

A．糖

B．醋

C．辣椒

D．醬油

【小題4】Which of the following is NOT true ?

A．The Chinese like dumplings very much.

B．If someone eats the dumpling with the coin in it, he or she will be lucky in the year.

C．In the old days, people could only eat dumplings because they were poor.

D．Now people are rich and they often eat dumplings.