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　　The Chinese New Year is called the Spring Festival. It's the biggest festival in China. It usually comes in January or February. Where. there are Chinese, there is the Spring Festival. Each Chinese year has a name. We may call it the Year of Tiger, the. Year of Monkey or the Year of Horse (马). And the year of 2000 is called the Year of Dragon. The year after it is the Snake Year.

　　People always spend a month before the festival in getting ready for it. People are busy cleaning their houses and buying many delicious things to eat like pork (猪肉), fish, fruit, drinks and many other things. They often make a special kind of food called "dumplings". On the Eve, there is a big family dinner. All the family stay up late to welcome the New Year, watching the CCTV programs (节目). On the first day of the Chinese New Year, people put on their new clothes and go to visit their relatives (亲戚) and friends, say "Happy New Year", "Good luck" and some other greetings (贺词) to each other. It often lasts to the Lantern Festival (元宵节). People always have a very good time, especially (尤其) children. Children can usually get some money for the New Year from their parents and their relatives.

(1) The Spring Festival means "________" in Chinese.

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(2) The Chinese usually have their Spring Festival in ________.

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A．January or February

B．February or March

C．September or October

D．December or January

(3) Which year is called the Year of Horse?

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(4) What's the special kind of food for the Spring Festival in China?

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(5) What can children get from their parents and their relatives?

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In many parts of China, spring is usually very        . It usually comes in March         ends in May. Summer is often very hot. It lasts(持续)        June to August. Fall starts in       and goes on to November. The weather can be quite warm        fall. Winter lasts from December to February, and it is very cold. You need to wear lots of warm clothes. The best time      China is spring and fall. It is often too hot in summer and too cold in winter.
The seasons of the year in England and       U.S.A. are nearly       . The weather in England never gets too hot or too cold. In England, spring        last from late March to May.
In Australia summer is from December to the next February, and winter is in June, July and August.       when it’s spring in China, it is fall in Australia.

Different Countries, Different Weather

　　In much of China, spring is usually very short. It usually comes in March and ends in May. Summer is often very hot. It lasts from June to August. The hottest month is July. Autumn starts in September, and goes on to November. The weather can be quite warm in autumn. Winter lasts from December to February, and is very cold. You need to wear lots of warm clothes. The best time to visit China is spring or autumn. In summer it is often too hot, and in winter it is too cold.

　　The seasons of the year in England and the USA are nearly the same. But unlike much of China, the weather in England never gets too hot or too cold. The Australian seasons are the opposite: summer is from December to February, and winter is in June, July and August. So when it's spring in China, it is autumn in Australia.

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(1) Spring is long in most parts of China.

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(2) In winter it is very cold in most parts of China.

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(3) The weather in England is very hot in summer but not very cold in winter.

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(4) The weather in the USA is the same as that in England.

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(5) When it is autumn in China, it is spring in Australia.

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(6) July is a summer month in Australia. 　　　　　　　　 (　　) 查看习题详情和答案>>