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

 

The Chinese New Year is the most important festival for the Chinese people. It usually comes in January or February. It takes about 15 days to prepare for it.

On the eve of the festival, people close the shops and stay at home. They all get together for a big dinner. They stay up late and enjoy dumplings at midnight for good luck.

In the morning, people dress in their best clothes, and usually the old stay at home, the young go out to pay a New Year Call(拜年). It is an important time for the young. The young people bow(鞠躬)to the old people. The Chinese call this “Ke Tou”. This means “touching the ground with the forehead(额头)”. Then the young people give their best wishes to the old people. The old people give children gifts or lucky money.    

They are very polite(礼貌)and do not use bad words on the Spring Festival Day. It,s the most important day of the year.

1.‘The Chinese New Year” in the passage means “      ” .

A. Mid-autumn Festival      B. the Spring Festival

C. Christmas Day        D. the Dragon Boat Festival

2.It takes about to get ready for the Chinese New Year.

A. a few days B. twelve days C. half a month       D. three weeks

3.On the eve of lunar New Year, Chinese people stay up late and eat dumplings because

A. they’re hungry      B. they want to get good luck

C. they like Chinese food very much            D. they want to read books

4.From this passage we can know that       give children gifts or lucky money.

A.the teachers B. their friends C. the old people D. their brothers

5.On the Spring Festival Day, what do people usually say to each other when they meet?

A. How are you?        B. Merry Christmas.

C.Good morning.       D. Happy the Spring Festival.

 

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