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Major Cold(大寒) begins on Jan. 20 and ends on Feb. 3 in 2018. Major Cold is the last solar term(节气) in winter in a year. Here are some things you should know about Major Cold.

the La Ba Festival

An important day during Major Cold is the La Ba Festival. It was a day of thanks for a good harvest and sacrifice(祭祀) to ancestors. People usually eat La Ba porridge, a porridge with eight kinds of mixed grains and corn. The festival is celebrated on the eighth day of the 12th lunar month and is one of the most important traditional festivals in Chinese culture. It is also a prelude(前奏) to the Chinese Lunar(阴历的)New Year. This year the La Ba Festival falls on Jan. 24.

Eating “dispelling(驱散) cold cake”

During Major Cold, People in Beijing have a habit of eating “dispelling cold cake”, a kind of rice cake. Sticky rice(糯米), the cake's main ingredient, has more sugar than rice. It can make people feel warm all over their bodies. In Chinese the word “rice cake” has the same pronunciation with the word “higher in a new year”. It's a symbol of good luck and promotion(提升).

Buying sesame straw(芝麻秆)

Major Cold always coincides with(与……一致) the end of the year in lunar calendar. In some areas of China, people always look forward to buying sesame straw during this period because of the old saying, “Sesame_in_bloom—rising_steadily”. This saying is used to describe either the rising of living standards or the progress in thought, studies or skills.

1.How long does the Major Cold last in 2018?

A. 10 days. B. 15 days. C. 20 days.

2.What do people eat on the La Ba Festival?

A. La Ba porridge. B. Dispelling cold cake. C. Sesame straw.

3.What's the symbol of “dispelling cold cake”?

A. Good luck and promotion. B. Rick cake. C. Warmth.

4.What does the underlined phrase “Sesame in bloom—rising steadily.” mean in Chinese?

A. 芝麻开花节节高。 B. 人往高处走。 C. 天上掉馅饼。

5.Which is RIGHT according to the passage?

A. “Dispelling cold cake” and La Ba porridge are traditional food on Major Cold.

B. Major Cold is a time to thank for a good harvest and sacrifice to ancestors.

C. The tradition of buying sesame straw came from a folk legend(传说).

I have a neighbor we call “Happy”. I have never seen her angry at anything and never heard her say a mean word to anyone or about anyone.

Happy and her husband Ben, 70, have a huge garden. They spent many happy hours together working on it. Most of the neighbors watched interestingly as Ben doubled the size of their garden. As the cost of food climbed faster than Ben’s beans, we all wished we also had such a large garden. As the rest of us spent our dollars at the market, Happy could be seen picking beans in her back yard.

Last month, Happy and Ben invited most of the neighborhood over for an “all-day food fest”. We were told to bring gloves and arrive very early in the morning. We didn’t know what was about to take place. 

By 9:00 am, there were nine of us in the garden picking tomatoes, beans, peppers, and cucumbers. By 10:00 am, there was lots of laughter. We shared a lot of stories. By five o’clock, everyone was a little drunk from the wine and beer. After dinner, we played games. As we were leaving, Happy and Ben handed each of us a shopping bag filled with the vegetables of the day, already packaged and frozen. What a delightful gift!

Well, the point wasn’t so much about the food. The true gift was a day of friends enjoying one another’s company. None of it would have happened if it had been for Happy and Ben’s garden. Now they have a blog about gardening in case we decided to plant a garden. And I am so proud of my tomato plants!

1.We can infer that Happy and her husband Ben_______.

A. don’t like spending time with others

B. sometimes quarrel with each other

C. live on the food they grow in their garden

D. are a generous and warm-hearted couple

2.According to paragraph 2, people wish they also had a garden so that_______.

A. they didn’t have to spend so much money on food

B. they could grow vegetables and sell at the market

C. they could invite their neighbors and hold parties in it

D. they could spend happy times together with their family in it

3.For what purpose did Happy and Ben invite the neighbors to their garden?

A. To ask them to attend a birthday party

B. To help them get to know each other.

C. To let them enjoy what they grew in the garden.

D. To ask them to share some interesting stories.

4.What did the writer most probably think of the time he spent in the garden?

A. It was too long B. It was wonderful.

C. It was not as good as he thought. D. It was too terrible.

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