Different countries celebrate the New Year in different ways. Many countries still follow the lunar calendar(陰歷) ，meaning that their new year often starts in late January or in February. New Year celebrations for some countries (like China,Viet?nam,and Korea) last not one day,but up to two weeks ！

  In the US,many people attend New Year par?ties. They drink,dance,and cheer at midnight.

  In the southern US,many people eat black-eyed peas for good luck in the new year.

  In Mexico and Venezuela,many people wear red or yellow for good luck.

  In Brazil,people wear white clothes for good luck,and in China,they wear red clothes and give children red envelopes with money in them.

  In Iran,people wear brand new clothes on the first day of the New Year.

  In Scotland,people open the front door at mid?night to let in the New Year,and open the back door to let out the old year.

  In Switzerland,people kiss each other three times at midnight.

  In Japan,they ring a bell 108 times to get rid of (除掉) the 108 bad desires.

  In Korea,they ring a bell 33 times for 33 old soldiers (士兵) .

(   ) 1. All the following countries celebrate the New Year for two weeks except        .

    A. Korea   B. Brazil

   C. Vietnam   D. China

(   ) 2. People in        wear red for good luck.

   A.Brazil and China

   B.Brazil and Venezuela

   C.Mexico and China

   D.Iran and Venezuela

(   ) 3. People in Switzerland kiss each other          times at midnight of New Year.

A. three   B. eight   C. ten   D. thirteen

(   ) 4. People in Scotland    ,at midnight of New Year.

   A.eat black-eyed peas

   B.ring a bell many times

   C.wear white clothes for good luck

   D.open the front and back doors

(   ) 5. What is the main idea of the passage?

   A.There are many different countries in the world.

   B.People like to do different things at midnight of New Year.

   C.Different countries celebrate the New Year in different ways.

   D.People like to wear different clothes to celebrate the New Year.

A_: Hi,Sun Yan!What are you busy doing these days? 

B: I'm busy 1     for the Spring Festival. 

A: What do you mean by the Spring Festival? 

B: Don't you know about the Spring Festival? It's 2     your Christmas. It's 3     important holi?day in China.

A: Oh,I see. 4     is the holiday? 

B;About one week long.

A: What do you usually do during the holiday? .

B：Lots of things,such as eating and drinking_t play?ing mahjong,going to the movies and temple fairs(廟會(huì)) ，visiting relatives and friends and so on. In many places people like to set off fire?crackers (鞭炮) . It is very interesting. But now it 5     in some big cities because it is not safe.

A: Do you eat special food 6     the holiday?

B;Yes,we eat dumplings.

A;Do children like the holiday?

B: Sure. Children can have delicious food and wear

new clothes. They can also get some money from

their parents. A: What is that money for?

B: The money 7     to children for good luck by their parents or other seniors (較年長的人) . Children can use the money 8     a lot of things for 9     .

A: That's very interesting. Thank you for 10    me so much about the Spring Festival. 

B: It's my pleasure.

(   ) 1. A. prepared   B. to prepare

   C. preparing   D. be prepare

(   ) 2. A. as   B. like

   C. liking   D. liked

(   ) 3. A. more   B. the most

   C. much   D. many

(   ) 4. A. How long   B. How often

   C. How soon   D. How quick 

(   ) 5. A. doesn't allow   B. isn't allowed

     C. allows   D. allowed

(   ) 6. A. in   B. for

   C. at   D. with

(   ) 7. A. is given   B. gives

   C. gave   D. given

(   ) 8. A. to buy   B. buying

   C. bought   D. to buying

(   ) 9. A. them   B. themselves

   C. their   D. they

(   ) 10. A. to tell .   B. tell

   C. telling   D. told

(  ) 5. Many animals like to wait       it is dark when they go out to look for their food.

    A. since   B. until

   C. as   D. because

(   ) 4. [2014 •黟西南]He didn't go to school yesterday      he was ill.

    A. because   B. because of

   C. if   D. so

(   ) 3. [2014 .南充]—When were you born?

      ―I was born          a cold winter morning in 1994.

A. in   B. at   C. on   D. of

(   ) 2. We usually have a picnic        .

A. nice somewhere B.somewhere nice   C. anywhere nice   D. nice anywhere

(   ) 1. We will have        off on May Day.

    A. three-day   B. three days

   C. three-days   D. three's day

5.我們已經(jīng)游覽了一些有趣的地方。 

We have traveled        .

4.我一到北京就給你打電話。

I'll call you        I get to Beijing.

3.孩子們在花園里玩得很開心。

Kids are        in the gardea