题目内容
Hello, everybody! You are taking the important exam now. Don't be nervous. It is not as difficult as you imagine. I am sure you all will succeed. Please answer every question with great care. You know ________ you are, ________ mistakes you'll make.
A. the careful; the few
B. the more careful; the less
C. careful; few
D. the more careful; the fewer
The Spring Festival is celebrated not only in China but also in other parts of the world. The traditional holiday is the most important to Chinese both at home and abroad.
United Kingdom Celebrations for the Spring Festival in the UK started in 1980, with the first evening party held in 2002. Every new year, people get together and have a lot of activities. They sing songs, dance to music, share photos with friends or enjoy films in a cinema. |
United States The Spring Festival has become a key time for Chinese living or working in the US. They join in a large evening party to welcome the traditional new year. It is a good chance for people to build a circle of friends and feel that they are not alone because they share the same culture and values. |
Australia The Chinese new year will be welcomed with three weeks of celebrations across Australia. Many people come to Sydney’s Chinatown or Little Bourke in Melbourne. They enjoy fireworks, lion dances, dragon boat and many other traditional activities. The celebrations are also a bridge towards better understanding between Chinese and non-Chinese. |
Singapore The family dinner on new year’s eve is an important tradition for Chinese whether they were born in Singapore or moved there from China. They place traditional food on a table as an act of remembering their past. Then the whole family enjoy their dinner together. They usually hold it at home because having it in a restaurant takes away the meaning of the tradition. |
1. Celebrations for the Spring Festival in the UK started in ___________.
A. 1890????????????? ????????????? ? ????????????? B. 1980????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C.2000????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D.2002
2. At the Spring Festival, American Chinese join in a large evening party to _________.
A. say hello to the traditional new year
B. refuse a good chance
C. tell others they are alone
D. share different cultures
3.. Chinese in Australia enjoy the following activities except _________.
A. fireworks?????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. lion dances?????
C. trick or treat???? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. dragon boat races
4. In Singapore, Chinese families don’t hold the new year dinner at a restaurant but at home because___________.
A. they want to keep Chinese tradition
B. the restaurant is far away
C. they moved there from other places
D. they were born in Singapore
5. After reading the passage above, we might say__________.
A. all parts of the world celebrate the Spring Festival
B. the Chinese new year is celebrated only in China
C. celebrations for the Spring Festival are just held in four foreign countries???????
D. Chinese across the world have a strong feeling towards the Spring Festival
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New Year's Day is the first day of the year. In modern times, it is 1 1st. It is a time for looking forward and wishing for a 2 year ahead. People welcome in the New Year on the 3 before. This is called New Year's Eve. All over Britain there are parties, fireworks (烟火), singing and dancing, to ring (鸣钟) out the Old Year and ring 4 the New Year. In the 5 days, the New Year 6 with a special custom (习俗) called "first footing". It was supposed to 7 good luck to people for the coming year. When January 1st started, people usually waited behind their doors 8 a person with dark hair to 9 . The 10 carried a piece of coal (煤炭), some bread, some 11 and some green plants. These were all for good luck-the coal to make sure that the house would always be 12 , the bread to make sure everyone in the house would have enough food to 13 , money to make sure they would have enough money, and the green plants to make sure that they had a 14 life. The visitor would then take some dust (尘土) out of the house with him-that was saying 15 to the old year. | ||||
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