请以“The Spring Festival”为题，写一篇不少于80词的短文，介绍中国春节。内容包括：

1. 春节在中国是一个重要的节日，中国人都庆祝春节。

2. 春节期间天气寒冷，但人们很快乐。

3. 家人团聚，吃大餐，享受美食和饮料，在电视上看春节晚会。

4. 孩子们从父母那得到礼物，新衣服和压岁钱。喜欢放烟火。

5.谈谈你对春节的感受。（不少于两点）

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Today is the last Saturday before Christmas. Everyone in the USA _____ shopping for presents. _____ is falling. People are walking fast. They are trying to keep _____ when they move from shop to shop. In the shops children are _____ at the toys. They are talking to a man called Father Christmas. He asks, “What do you want for Christmas?”

In the USA it is warm and beautiful in summer. The trees and fields are green then. But now it is winter and _____ is white.

At____，small lights make the houses and buildings _____.Christmas is a beautiful ____ of a year.

Christmas Day always begins before _____ .Children wake up very early in the morning. They open the ______ from their parents. Then they wake up their parents, saying “Merry Christmas.”

1.A. be B. isC. amD. are

2.A. SnowB. Rain C. Leaf D. Kite

3.A. happyB. nice C. coldD. warm

4.A. seeingB. see C. lookingD. look

5.A. everythingB. nothingC. anything D, something

6.A. eveningB. night；C. morningD. afternoon

7.A. bad B. nice C. old D. new

8.A. time’s B. times’C. timesD. time

9.A. breakfastB. lunchC. supper D. dinner

10. A. doorsB. presents C. windowsD. TV

At midnight at New Year’s Eve people in Rome and Italy throw ( 扔 ) all the things they no longer want .The streets are filled with old chairs ,beds ,clothes and dishes …. In Madrid, Spain, new year comes in more quietly ( 安静地 ) . People go to the main square, each holding a bag of grapes .As the clock strikes ( 敲 ) twelve ,the people eat grapes .

In Tokyo people eat noodles at New Year’s Eve. This food is said to bring long life. Early the next morning , some Japanese families climb Mount Fuji. There they watch the first sunrise ( 日出 ) of the new year.

In China , New Year’s food include ( 包括 ) a whole fish and a chicken . The chicken must be presented ( 呈现 ) with a head ,a tail and two feet to symbolize ( 象征 ) completeness ( 完美) .

1.This story is about New Year’s Eve in ________.

A. Italy and Spain

B. England

C. Japan and China

D. Both A and C

2.From the story we know that people in some countries bring in New Year By ____________.

A. throwing everything

B. playing games

C. eating some special food

D. drinking coke

3.People climb Mount Fuji to ______________.

A. see the sun come up

B. look at the stars

C. search for New Year’s flowers

D. watch the sun go down

4.The people who hope to have long life from their New Year’s food_________.

A. are Spanish

B. are Japanese

C. are Chinese

D. are Italians

5.People in China eat __________ at New Year’s Eve because they symbolize completeness.

A. grapes

B. noodles

C. fish and chicken

D. whole fish and chicken

That boy is from England. ______ name is Tom.

A．Her B．His C．Your D．Its

They often watch TV______ the evening.

A．in B．on C．of D．At

Lucy wanted to buy the watch, she didn’t have enough money.

A． so B．and C．or D．but

— books are there on the table?

— There are 50 books on the table.

A．How long B．How much C．How many D．How far

Susan is girl in our class.

A．tall B．taller C．tallest D．the tallest

— Mum, must I clean the room right now?

— No, you ______.

A．shouldn’t B．wouldn’t C．mustn’t D．needn’t

My parents and I my grandparents tomorrow.

A．visit B．visited C．have visited D．will visit