The Spring Festival is celebrated not only in China but also in other parts of the world.The traditional holiday is the most important to Chinese both home and abroad.

United Kingdom

   Celebrations for Spring Festival in the UK started in 1980, with the first evening party held in 2002.Every new year, people get together and have a lot of activities.They sing songs, dance to music, share photos with friends or enjoy films in a cinema.

United States

   Spring Festival has become a key time for Chinese living or working in the US.They join in a large evening party to welcome the traditional new year.It is a good chance for people to build a circle of friends and feel that they are not alone because they share the same culture and values.

Australia

   The Chinese New Year will be welcomed with three weeks of celebrations across Australia.Many people come to Sydney's Chinatown or Little Bourke in Melbourne.They enjoy fireworks, lion dances, dragon boat races and many other traditional activities.The celebrations are also a bridge towards better understanding between Chinese and non?Chinese.

Singapore

   The family dinner on New Year's Eve is an important tradition for Chinese whether they were born in Singapore or moved there from China.They place traditional food on a table as an act of remembering their past.Then the whole family enjoy their dinner together.They usually hold it at home because having it in a restaurant takes away the meaning of the tradition.

(  )6.Celebrations for Spring Festival in the UK started in ________.

  A.1890    B.1980       C.2000      D.2002

(  )7.At Spring Festival, American Chinese join in a large evening party to ________.

  A.say hello to the new year     B.refuse a good chance

C.tell others they are alone     D.share different cultures

(  )8.Chinese in Australia enjoy the following activities except ________.

  A.fireworks            B.lion dances

C.bridges              D.dragon boat races

(  )9.In Singapore, Chinese families don't hold the New Year dinner at a restaurant but at home because ________.

A.they were born in Singapore    B.they moved there from other places

C.the restaurant is far away      D.they want to keep Chinese tradition

(  )10.After reading the passage above, we might say ________.

A.all parts of the world celebrate Spring Festival

B.the Chinese New Year is celebrated only in China

C.celebrations for Spring Festival are just held in four foreign countries

D.Chinese across the world have a strong feeling towards Spring Festival

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