Are you an eating?lover? Do you want to eat every delicious food in the world?Then do you watch the popular program A Bite of China? It's a TV program on Chinese delicious food which has been produced by CCTV. Is there any holiday that isn't celebrated with special festival food?Here are several traditional Chinese foods.

Noodles are a symbol of long life in Chinese culture. They are as much a part of Chinese birthday celebration as a birthday cake with its candles in many Western countries. Since noodles mean long life, it is considered very unlucky to cut it off.

Although Westerners sometimes may be very sorry to see fish lying on the plate, in China the whole fish is a symbol of richness. In fact, at a party it is a tradition to serve the whole fish last, pointed towards the most valued guest. Fish also has a special meaning because the Chinese word for fish, yu, sounds like the word for richness or plenty, and it is believed that eating fish will help your wishes come true in the year to come.

A very popular dish during the Dragon Boat Festival is zongzi. This tasty dish is made of rice dumplings with meat, peanuts or other delicious food in bamboo leaves. The tradition of zongzi is meant to remind us of a great man, Qu Yuan, in Chinese history.

1.A Bite of China is ________.

A. a magazine B. a newspaper

C. a film D. a TV program

2.According to the passage, in traditional Chinese culture, people will eat ________ on their birthdays.

A. eggs B. noodles C. fish D. cakes

3.Fish has a special meaning in Chinese culture mainly because ________.

A. it is served last at a party

B. it is pointed to the valued guest

C. it sounds like the word for richness or plenty in Chinese

D. it is so delicious that all Chinese people like it

4.________ in the Dragon Boat Festival makes us think of Qu Yuan.

A. Zongzi B. Meat C. Peanuts D. Dumpling

5.The article mainly talks about ________.

A. Chinese food B. Chinese history

C. Chinese festival D. Chinese language

Many books have been written about “the art of giving”. And we also know that it’s hard to give people a gift,

______a personal one. If we want to make it better, we should understand who you will give the gift to and their likes and _______.

As is often the case, some little kids think they don’t get enough gifts ______ some old people think they get too many gifts. Different people like different kinds of gifts. Some presents are never too _______. For example, when a little child just gives his or her mother a leaf from a tree, it is enough to make her very__________.

Gift giving is different in different _______. Here are some of their likes. In Japan, people sometimes give special gifts. But they are not opened. Later, the same gift may be given away to someone________, because many people have enough things and don’t want ________ gifts themselves. In Canada, a tree can help remember________. In the USA, some people ask their families and friends to give money to charity rather than buying them gifts. In Sweden, doing something for someone is the best gift. People don’t need to ________ too much money. Instead, making a meal for him or her is enough.

To make things ________, some people would rather just give money. In some cultures, however,____________ money can make people uncomfortable. “When someone gives me money, it just makes me think they’re being lazy,” says John Wilson. “In England, we have a saying: It’s the thought that ______. When someone gives me money, I feel they don’t think it about at all. I prefer to receive a gift________ has some thought behind it.”

Different people have very different thoughts _______this subject! So maybe the art of giving is difficult! What do you think?

1.A. usually B. especially C. commonly D. generally

2.A. dislikes B. unlike C. disadvantages D. disagreements

3.A. whether B. when C. if D. while

4.A. same B. similar C. small D. big

5.A. lonely B. happy C. angry D. good

6.A. cities B. towns C. counties D. countries

7.A. else B. other C. else’s D. another

8.A. many too B. much too C. too many D. too much

9.A. a child B. a person C. a guide D. a teacher

10.A. spend B. take C. cost D. have

11.A. more difficult B. easily C. easier D. more easily

12.A. using B. giving C. receiving D. lending

13.A. counts B. invents C. finds D. knows

14.A. who B. what C. it D. that

15.A. in B. on C. before D. after

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