Question

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During the Spring Festival, people enjoy not only reuniting（相聚）with their family, but also tasting the delicious food.

Dumplings

With a history of nearly 2,000 years, dumplings are the most popular traditional food in China. They’re indispensable（不可缺少的）on Chinese New Year’s Eve dinner tables, especially in the north. The food is usually made before noon on New Year’s Eve and eaten at midnight. Sometimes, people put coins or nuts inside to make lucky dumplings.

Yuanxiao

The custom of eating yuanxiao was first recorded in the Song Dynasty. At that time, people in Mingzhou-known today as Ningbo-created the food. They made different kinds of fillings, rolled them into balls, and then boiled them in a pot.

Rice cakes

During the Spring Festival, many people eat rice cakes, which symbolizes（象征）the idea that life is improving year by year.

Other traditional Spring Festival food

If you go to Guangxi you can see people enjoy eating zongzi during the Spring Festival. Eight-treasure rice, or babao fan in Chinese, is an indispensable food for people in Shanghai on Chinese New Year’s Eve. It represents reunion, good luck and health.

1.When do people usually make dumplings?

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2.Was the custom of eating yuanxiao first recorded in the Song Dynasty?

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3.What does eating rice cakes symbolize?

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4.Where can we see people enjoy eating zongzi during the Spring festival?

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5.What is the passage mainly about?

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Answer

1.Before noon on New Year’s Eve.

2.Yes, it was.

3.It symbolizes the idea that life is improving year by year.

4.In Guangxi.

5.It’s mainly about traditional Spring Festival food.

【解析】

本文主要讲述了春节期间人们常吃的传统食物。

1.根据文中“The food is usually made before noon on New Year’s Eve.”可知，饺子通常在除夕的中午前做好。故填Before noon on New Year’s Eve.

2.根据文中“The custom of eating yuanxiao was first recorded in the Song Dynasty.”可知，吃元宵的习俗最早记载于宋朝，所以此处使用肯定回答。故填Yes, it was.

3.根据文中“which symbolizes（象征）the idea that life is improving year by year”可知，吃年糕象征着生活一年比一年好。故填It symbolizes the idea that life is improving year by year.

4.根据文中“If you go to Guangxi you can see people enjoy eating zongzi during the Spring Festival.”可知，在广西，你可以看到人们在春节期间吃粽子。故填In Guangxi.

5.根据文中“During the Spring Festival, people enjoy not only reuniting（相聚）with their family, but also tasting the delicious food.”和“Dumplings；Yuanxiao；Rice cakes；Other traditional Spring Festival food”可知，文章主要讲述了传统的春节食物。故填It’s mainly about traditional Spring Festival food.