阅读理解：阅读下面短文，然后按要求完成任务。

　　It's time to enjoy the special warm porridge of winter! In China，the 12th month of the lunar calendar is called la yue．So a festival is celebrated on the eighth day of the month．It falls on January 7 in 2006．

　　From this day on, people begin to get ready for the Spring Festival．

　　On this day, people eat hot laba porridge．It has rice, red beans, peas, dried lotus seeds and different kinds of nuts．Eight different things are cooked with sugar to make the porridge nice．The flavour changes from place to place．

　　At midnight, people begin to cook it, but the special smell won't come until the next morning．

　　The porridge is also called babao porridge．The porridge is not just good for health, but a blessing for the coming of the Spring Festival．

　　A story about the porridge goes like this．Long ago, a man was always wasting food．One winter, he had no more food．He was cold and hungry．Finally, his neighbour put together everything that he threw away and made a bowl of porridge for him．His life was saved!

(A)根据短文内容回答问题。

1．Laba Festival is on ________ of the lunar calendar．

A．January 7

B．December 8

C．the eighth day of the 12th month

2．Why do people also call it babao porridge?________

A．Because people eat this porridge during the laba Festival．

B．Because the porridge is made up of 8 different kinds of things．

C．Because people like to eat that porridge．

3．We can learn from the porridge story that ________．

A．one should be hard-working

B．one should learn how to make porridge