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China is a country with many colorful days and festivals. The Dragon Head Raising Day is one of them. This special day is on the second day of the second month in the Chinese lunar calendar. It (1 ) s for the started of spring and farming.
The dragon is (2) [ im'po:tnt] in Chinese. We Chinese people call (3) (我们自己) the “descendants (传人) of the drag- on”. So people (4) the Dragon Head Raising Day with many customs about dragon.
On the day in (5) a times,people put a- shes in the kitchen. This was to “lead the dragon into the house”. People believed that with the (6) of the dragon,they could have a good (7) (收获) in autumn.
Also,people eat special foods on that day.The foods usually named (8) adragon.For example,people eat “dragon whisker ” noodles and dumplings called "dragon teeth".
Today,many customs have disappeared. But one that has (9) is the cutting of hair. It was said that a haircut during the first lunar month may bring bad luck to the (10) of a family—mother's brothers. So many people have their hair cut on the Dragon Head Raising Day.
22. (l) stands (2) important (3) ourselves (4) celebrate (5) ancient (6) help (7) harvest (8) after (9) remained (10) uncles
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Are you still doing the V for victory sign? It's out. The latest popular hand gesture (手势) is putting both of your hands and put them together to make a heart-shape. It 1. “hand heart”.
Many young pop 2. in the US have done the move in recent photos. “ The ‘ hand heart’ gesture means something 3. ‘Move you’ and ‘thank you”” said Taylor Swift,the country singer. “You can send a sweet,simple message without 4. a word. ”
Swift often does it at her concerts. And she is believed to be the first to 5. it popular. Last month,Justin Bieber and 6. superstar friends did the "hand heart" and put the photos online. They did it to help out three kids whose parents were killed in a car accident.
It used to take much 7. for nonverbal (非语言的) culture to move. But now,It moves faster 8. we have smart phones and the Internet.
In the Republic of Korea,the “hand heart” has been 9. for a long time but in a different 10. . People there put their hands above their heads and making a bigger heart shape with their arms. It meansI love you. ”
(2015 河南)