__1__ Usually it is held in January or February. Of all our festivals, the Spring Festival is the most important to us Chinese. Before it comes, everyone has to prepare things. Several days before the lunar new year, we clean our houses and decorate them. The old folk says that everything must be new and clean for the Spring Festival celebration so that the new year will bring happiness and good luck.

__2__ We put up some New Year pictures. On the Festival eve, all the family members come back to their hometown. No matter how far away from home a person is, he will always try to get home in time for this big dinner.__3__ It means “come together”. When we're enjoying the meal, we give each other the best wishes for the coming year.

On the first day of the holiday, we usually stay at home. We get up fairly early and, first thing, exchange New Year greetings. This is a happy moment for the children.

__4__ And then we let off firecracker and fireworks. We enjoy ourselves very much.

__5__ We sit around chatting and eating sweets and New Year Cakes and all kinds of delicacies(佳肴). Each family prepares something special. Sometimes we would see some lion and dragon dances. The celebration lasts about 15 days.

A. The celebration begins on the eve of the lunar new year.

B. They can enjoy themselves.

C. Every year there is a Spring Festival in China.

D. They can get some pocket money.

E. We often make a special kind of food called “dumplings”．

F. On the second and the third days, we go visiting relatives and friends.

G. Every family enjoys a wonderful dinner.

1. ________　2. ________　3. ________　4. ________

5. ________

阅读下列短文, 从所给的四个选项中, 选出最佳答案

　Every country in the world celebrates New year but not every country does it in the same way．The countries of American and Europe welcome the New Year on January the first．This practice, began with the Roman ruler Julius Caesar, changes the date of the New Year from the first day of March to the first day of January．In the Middle East, New Year is when spring begins．People in China celebrate it on the spring Festival which is the first day of their calendar based on the moon．The Spring Festival usually comes between January 21 and February 19．Rosh Hashana which is the Jewish New Year, was at the end of summer．The Hindus in India celebrate first day of each season, so they have four New Years．

　In all of these cultures, there is a pracitice of making noise．People made noise in ancient times to drive away the devil spirits from house to house with drums and bamboo sticks．Young people in America stay up until midnight on New Year’s Eve to watch the clock pass from one year to the next．Friends often gather together at a party on New Year’s Eve, and when the New Year comes, all ring bells, blow horns, blow whistles, sing and kiss each other．

(1) The people all over the world ______ celebrate the New Year．

[　　]

A．do not all　　　

B．do the same thing but not to

C．do not do the same thing to

D．do the same things to

(2) Chinese New Year’s Day is called the Spring Festival, which comes______．  

[　　]

A．on the first day of March

B．between January 21 and February 19

C．at the end of summer

D．on the first day of January

(3) The countries all over the world have only one New Year except ______．

[　　]

A．the Indians　　　B．the Hindus

C．the Romans　　　D．the people in the Middle East

(4) It was long ago that people began to ______ to ______．

[　　]

A．make noise; make fun

B．make noise; frighten the devil spirits

C．make noise; stop themselves from falling asleep

D．light fireworks; make the night bright

(5) In the United States, people usually do not sleep until very late ______ on New Year’s Eve．

[　　]

A．to watch a big clock

B．to stand watching for nothing

C．to see off the old year and welcome the New Year

D．to make noise