Question

Chinese New Year is  the  most  1      festival for  2        people  all  over  the  world.  It  is  also  called the Spring Festival  3        the  Lunar New Year.  The exact  date  of  the  Spring  Festival  on  the  Western calendar changes 4       year to year. However,Chinese New Year takes place between January 1 5       February 19. 

6       the Chinese calendar,every year  has an animal’s  7      .  These  animals  are  the rat,ox, tiger,rabbit,dragon,snake,horse,sheep,monkey,rooster,dog  and  8        . A  Chinese legend says that these 9       animals had a race. The first year was named 10       the rat,the winner. The other 11       years were named according 12       the order in which the animals arrived in the race.

The clever rat jumped  13       the  ox’s back,and then,at the  14      ，jumped  over  the  ox’s head to arrive 15      !  

The Chinese believe that a person bom in a particular(特殊的）year has some of the characteristics of that animal.

(   ) 1. A.  special  B. important     C. different  D. exciting

(   ) 2. A.  English  B. American     C. Chinese  D. French

(   ) 3. A.  for  B. and     C. or  D. but

(   ) 4. A.  from  B. between     C. on  D. in

(   ) 5. A.  and  B. to     C. with  D. on

(   ) 6. A.  On  B. In     C. From  D. To

(   ) 7. A.  name  B. face     C. number  D. letter

(   ) 8. A.  cat  B. pig     C. elephant  D. panda

(   ) 9. A.  six  B. ten     C. fifteen  D. twelve

(   ) 10. A.  after  B. with     C. /  D. before

(   ) 11. A.  12  B. 13     C. 11  D. 14

(   ) 12. A.  to  B. with     C. on  D. from

(   ) 13. A. at     B. in  C. onto     D. into

(   ) 14. A.  first  B. end     C. last  D. beginning

(   ) 15. A.  first  B. second     C. third  D. last

Answer 1

 l.  B  2. C  3. C  4. A  change  from  year  to  year 年年有变化。

5. A  6. A  7. A  8. B  9. D  10. A  name  after  “以……命名”，是固定搭配。

11. C 12. A 13. C 14. B 15. A