Question

Of all our festivals the Spring Festival is the most important to us Chinese. Several days before the Lunar(阴历) New Year, we 1.  our houses and decorate them. We make everything new and clean and hope that the New Year will2.  us happiness and good luck. The celebration begins on the eve of the Lunar New Year. The 3.  get together for dinner. If a person is 4.   from his home, he will always try to get home for this big dinner. On the first day of the holiday, we usually get up quite early and exchange New Year’s greeting first. On the 5.  day and the third day, we go to visit relatives and friends. We sit around talking and 6.  all kinds of delicious food. Every family gets something special ready. The celebration 7.   15 days. The 15^th night of the first month is called the Lantern Festival. On that day we young people go out to enjoy8.   and sometimes we dance folk dances far into the night.

Answer

1.clean

2.bring

3.families

4.away

5.second

6.eating

7.lasts

8.ourselves

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍中国的传统节日——春节。文章介绍，人们在春节前几天就打扫并装饰屋子，除夕夜，即使离家的游子也会千方百计回家吃团圆饭，新年的第一天人们相互祝福，第二、第三天人们走亲访友，这样的庆祝活动一直持续到元宵节。

1.下文We make everything new and clean的描述可知，这里指的是人们打扫并装饰屋子，故应填：clean。

2.语境可知句意为：人们希望新年会带来开心和好运。故应填：bring。

3.根据语境可知句意为：家人聚在一起吃团圆饭。这里有“家家户户”的意思，应用复数形式，故应填：families。

4.语下文he will always try to get home的描述可知，这里是指“离家”。在英语中，“离家”应表达为：be away from home，故应填：away。

5.前文On the first day以及下文the third day的描述可知，这里是指在新年的第二、第三天，故应填：second。

6.根据语境可知，这里是指人们坐在一起聊天，吃着各种好吃的东西。由于与前面的词存在并列关系，故可填：eating。

7.语境可知句意为：庆祝活动持续15天。这里表示”持续”,句子主语是第三人称单数，故应填：lasts。

8.语境可知，这里指的是“玩得开心”，在英语中应表达为：enjoy oneself。由于这里是说我们年轻人这个群体，因此应用复数反身代词，故应填：ourselves。

考点：短文填空。