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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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(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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内容提要：你和你的父母在元旦（New Year's Day ）到泰山（Mount Tai）作了一次旅行，午饭是在一个小餐馆吃的，靠你们旁边坐的是一个英国人，他想吃中餐，但他不会讲汉语，你爸爸用英语同他进行交谈并帮他吃到了满意的中国食物，他很高兴，他希望你爸爸有机会到英国去拜访他。

你听懂了他们的谈话，非常高兴。

注意：词数80词左右

用时间分词at，on，in填空，注意它们之间的区别。

　　(1)________ eight o'clock在八点钟

　　________ 4：00 p. m.在下午四点钟

　　________ noon在中午

　　________ night在夜里

　　(2)________ March 8在三月八日

　　________ Sunday在星期天

　　________ Saturday morning在星期五早上

　　________ New year's Day在元旦那天

　　________ weekends在周末

　　(3)________ May在五月份

　　________ summer在夏天

　　________ 2004 在2004年

　　________ the morning在早上

　　________ the afternoon在下午

　　________ the evening在晚上

　　________ the day在白天

1.如果你想保持健康，你就必须每天多运动。

If you want to               , you must                 every day.

2.他穿着紫色的裤子看上去很时髦。

The         trousers                              .

3.为什么你要买这么多的土豆呢？

Why do you need to buy                      .

4.李老师正在和学生们谈论庆祝元旦的事情。

Mr. Li                              New Year’s Day.

5.他上学再也不迟到了。

He              for school              .