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   Every year, as the Spring Festival draws near, most Chinese people will get excited to make preparations for the most important festival and make plans for the winter break. It is a little like Christ?mas 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 things happen in China. Entering lunar Decem?ber, most families will make shopping plans for the coming big day and food is cer?tainly 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 word "Christ" sug?gests, 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 farm?ers.

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 cel?ebrate.

But the most curious difference is about students. Chinese students going home for the Spring Festival sometimes report that they get bored by the end of the 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 complexities (复杂性)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" (in 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. Which of the following is NOT the factor that makes the students upset about Christmas?

  A. The burden from homework.

B.The complex holiday travel.

C. The short holiday.

D.The unhappy relations with parents and brothers.

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  [文章大意]本文主要向我们介绍了中国的春节和西方的圣诞节的相同点与不同点。

1. D 推理判断题。根据第二段的"Similar things happen 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”町知人们是为即将到来的春节做准备，故D项正确。

2.A段落大意题。根据第二、三段的内容可知这两段主要是在讲两个节日的相似之处，故A项正确。

3.C细节理解题。由最后一段可知，使学生假期不开心的三个因素是太多的家庭作业、旅行的不便和不和睦的家庭关系。假期时间短只是一个客观情况，并不是使学生不幵心的原因。