The Spring Festival is the biggest festival for Chinese people all around the world. The celebration usually lasts for 15 days. There are a lot to do.
On the eve of the Spring Festival, family members get together and have big meals. Their favorite dish on this day is dumplings.
Days before the Spring Festival, families will clean their homes. People think cleaning sweeps away bad luck. It makes the house ready for good luck.
The color red is everywhere during the Spring Festival. People think red is a happy color and will bring them a bright future. People wear red, too. They decorate(装饰)their homes with pieces of red paper. Kids get a lot of hongbao. It is a red paper bag with money in it. Usually, older people give younger ones hongbao. They think it brings good luck.
The Spring Festival is the time to make everybody happy. So don’t say any bad words or do anything that will bring unhappiness to other people. For example, you’d better not say any bad words like “death”. Don’t break anything and people think that it means your luck is running out.
Also, don’t borrow or lend money on these days. If you have borrowed money, return it before the Spring Festival.
1.What do most people do on the eve of the Spring Festival?
A. Family members gather for a big meal.
B. Friends eat dumplings together.
C. They borrow money from friends.
D. They give each other hongbao.
2. Why do people clean their houses before the Spring Festival?
A. Because they enjoy being clean.
B. Because it is believed that cleaning will sweep away bad luck.
C. Because they think it will bring happiness to others.
D. Because it is thought that cleaning brings in money.
3.Which of the following things is NOT hoped to happen during the Spring Festival?
A. Returning money before the Spring Festival.
B. Saying any bad words or doing anything that will bring unhappiness to other people.
C. Wearing red clothes.
D. Decorating houses with red paper.
4. The underlined phrase “running out” probably means“ ”.
A. 跑出去 B. 经营 C. 耗尽 D. 遇见
5.We can tell from the passage that the Spring Festival is .
A. a time of harvest
B. celebrated for one whole month
C. only celebrated in China
D. a time for family members to get together and have fun
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Ingredients ·3 cups of strawberries ·2 small apples ·1 bag of sugar ·2 teaspoons of vanilla syrup(香草糖浆) ·crushed ice(碎冰) |
Apple Strawberry Slush Wash and peel two apples. the apples into pieces. Wash strawberries and them dry. Cut strawberries in half and put them in a bowl. Add some sugar and stir(搅拌). Put the bowl of strawberries aside(在旁边). Put the apples in a blender, turn it on until there are slices of apples left. Pour into a bowl and put aside. Stir the strawberries and sugar, pour strawberries into the blender and the blender. Pour the strawberries into a medium size bowl and add the apples. Add the vanilla syrup and stir until well mixed. Put some in glasses. Fill the with the apple and strawberry mixture. Then mix all up. Now, just put a spoon in each glass and this Apple Strawberry Slush(浆) is OK to drink. |
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A. the most carefully B. the most careful
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My mother makes me ___ my homework before 8 every day.
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C. finishes D. finishing
