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The Chinese New Year is a great holiday to choose to celebrate Chinese culture with your child. Here are few fun ways to bring a bit of fun and   1   into your home through the festivities of the Chinese New Year.

1.Add a lucky red door. Red is a traditional color of   2  . It's an important part of the Chinese New Year to   3  on doing what one can to bring about good luck for the New Year. If you don't want to  4   the door red, how about wrapping it up like a present with red wrapping paper. If changing your front door's color is not workable, how about the door to your child's bedroom?

2.Eat. A huge part of most cultures is that of food and the Chinese New Year is not   5  , it's eating jiaozi at midnight on New Year's Eve, or longevity noodles on day seven of the festivities to    6  long life. The Chinese New Year celebrations mean many fancy meals that your child will   7  .

3.Create a lantern. Sara Naumann, the Guide to China Travel, shares a bit about the legend of the Lantern Festival or Yuanxiao, which occurs on the   8  day of the Chinese New Year festivities. It's a   9  that includes an emperor, a young woman who misses her family, and tricking the God of Fire. Your kids should love this story. After   10  it with them, or while reading the story, enjoy making your own paper lantern to display.

4.Give lucky money. The Guide to Mandarin Language shares that another very popular   11  during the Chinese New Year is that of the gift of red envelopes with   12  in them. These gifts are given to children and usually follow a bit of superstition（迷信） in that the money needs to be given in even amounts and never contain   13  numbers, such as four. Therefore, four dollars is not a good gift. The envelopes are also decorated with lucky symbols and New Year   14  .

5.Give a small gift. The giving of simple gifts is also an appropriate way to   15  the Chinese New Year. What better gift than that of a children's book about the Chinese New Year or the Chinese Culture.

6.Make some noise. Just like in America, the Chinese use   16  in ringing in their New Year. In the Chinese culture it began as a way to   17   away any demons（鬼） that threaten to bring a profitable and lucky New Year, but today it's also about excitement and   18  . Consider setting off a few firecrackers of your own, if allowed in your area. If not, make a cute firework picture with a bit of glitter and glue. A pretend firecracker is another great craft that could also be considered a festive way to decorate your New Year table.

7.Sing Happy Birthday to your dog. The second day of the Chinese New Year is   19  the birthday of all dogs. Why not   20  your child to throw Fido a birthday celebration? Perhaps an extra ride in the car or new chew toy is in order? I know my dog would appreciate a few extra belly rubs too.

(    ) 1. A. tradition           B. culture             C. civilization       D. habit

(    ) 2. A. wealth              B. disaster             C. belief                      D. luck

(    ) 3. A. focus                      B. accuse              C. adapt                D. mind

(    ) 4. A. boil                 B. paint                C. wash                D. purchase

(    ) 5. A. same                B. similar             C. common           D. different

(    ) 6. A. come about       B. take about         C. bring about       D. get out

(    ) 7. A. bore                 B. destroy             C. enjoy                      D. absorb

(    ) 8. A. last                  B. first                 C. second              D. next

(    ) 9. A. play                 B. story                C. novel                      D. history

(    ) 10. A. sharing           B. listening           C. reading             D. making

(    ) 11. A. invention               B. story                C. race                 D. tradition

(    ) 12. A. food                      B. clothes             C. money              D. jewels

(    ) 13. A. unclear           B. unlucky            C. unfair               D. uncertain

(    ) 14. A. wishes            B. signs                C. presents            D. happiness

(    ) 15. A. spend             B. envy                C. buy                  D. celebrate

(    ) 16. A. firecrackers     B. songs                      C. dances              D. goods

(    ) 17. A. take                      B. scare                C. get                   D. burn

(    ) 18. A. fun                B. relax                C. sleep                D. travel

(    ) 19. A. fixed              B. named              C. considered               D. marked

(    ) 20. A. order              B. accompany       C. tease                D. allow

Answer 1

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解析:

本文介紹的是中國的過春節(jié)的風俗習慣，內容熟悉但要結合實際。

1. B 前文已經說過是慶祝中國文化，把中國文化（culture）帶回家，而不是傳統(tǒng)（tradition），文明（civilization），習慣（habit）。

2. D 在中國紅色在節(jié)日的時候是幸運（luck）色，遠非財富（wealth），災難（disaster），和信仰（belief）。

3. A 過春節(jié)的時候為給新年帶來好運，集中精力（focus on）做事很重要，絕不是指控（accuse），適應（adapt），和在意（mind）。

4. B 如果不把門漆（paint）成紅色，而不是煮（boil），洗（wash），更不是購買（purchase）。

5. D 中國的春節(jié)沒用不同（different），也是吃是一大部分，前面有no，所以不可能是相同（same），相似（similar），共同（common）。

6. C 長壽面帶來（bring about）長壽，而不是發(fā)生（come about），出去（get out），take和about通常不搭配。

7. C 慶祝新年就意味著你的孩子可以享受（enjoy）到許多好吃的，厭惡（bore），毀壞（destroy），吸收（absorb），顯得不合乎情理。

8. A 常識是：元宵節(jié)是春節(jié)的最后（last）一天，而不是最初（first），第二（second），下一（next）天。

9. B 根據常識，這是關于元宵節(jié)來歷的故事（story），絕不是戲�。╬lay），小說（novel），和歷史（history）。

10. A 當然是和孩子們分享（sharing）這個故事了，不會是聽（listening），讀（reading），編造（making），read應和to/for搭配才表示把……讀給……來聽。

11. D 另一項傳統(tǒng)（tradition）是發(fā)壓歲錢。這是傳統(tǒng)，不是發(fā)明（invention），故事（story），和比賽（race）。

12. C 是壓歲錢（money）而不是食品（food），衣服（clothes）和珠寶（jewels），再說是在信封里。

13. B 給的壓歲錢的數量應是吉祥數而不是不吉祥（unlucky）的數，不可能是不清晰（unclear），不公平（unfair），和不確定（uncertain）。

14. A 紅包上裝飾有吉祥圖案和新年祝福（wishes），而非標志（signs），禮物（presents）和幸福（happiness）。

15. D 給小禮物也是慶祝（celebrate）新年的一種方式，渡過（spend），嫉妒（envy）和購買（buy）顯得不倫不類。

16. A 中國新年的另一種慶祝方式是放鞭炮（firecrackers），不是歌曲（songs），舞蹈（dances）和貨物（goods）。

17. B 放鞭炮開始的時候是為了嚇跑（scare）鬼怪，絕非帶走（take），逃離（get）和燒（burn）。

18. A 現如今，放鞭炮是為了娛樂（fun），根本不是為了放松（relax），休息（sleep）和旅行（travel）。

19. C 習俗是新年的第二天被認為（be considered n.）是狗的生日，固定（fixed），命名（named）和標注（marked），不符合習俗。

20.D 為什么不允許（allow）你的孩子扔給狗一份生日禮物呢，而不是命令（order），陪伴（accompany），和取笑（tease）。