The Chinese New Year is the most important festival for the Chinese people. It usually comes in January or February. It takes about 15 days to prepare for it.

On the eve of the festival, people close the shops and stay at home. They all get together for a big dinner. They stay up late and enjoy dumplings at midnight for good luck.

In the morning, people dress in their best clothes, and usually the old stay at home, the young go out to pay a New Year Call(拜年). It is an important time for the young. The young people bow(鞠躬）to the old people. The Chinese call this “Ke Tou”. This means “touching the ground with the forehead(额头)”. Then the young people give their best wishes to the old people. The old people give children gifts or lucky money.    

They are very polite(礼貌）and do not use bad words on the Spring Festival Day. It，s the most important day of the year.

1.‘The Chinese New Year” in the passage means “      ” .

A. Mid-autumn Festival      B. the Spring Festival

C. Christmas Day        D. the Dragon Boat Festival

2.It takes about to get ready for the Chinese New Year.

A. a few days B. twelve days C. half a month       D. three weeks

3.On the eve of lunar New Year, Chinese people stay up late and eat dumplings because

A. they’re hungry      B. they want to get good luck

C. they like Chinese food very much            D. they want to read books

4.From this passage we can know that       give children gifts or lucky money.

A.the teachers B. their friends C. the old people D. their brothers

5.On the Spring Festival Day, what do people usually say to each other when they meet?

A. How are you?        B. Merry Christmas.

C.Good morning.       D. Happy the Spring Festival.

They will try their best in the Dragon Boat Racing _______ they may fail.

A. if                        B. though               C. until                   D. when

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Dragon –Boat Festival is also called the DuanWu Festival. (1)It is celebrated on the _____day of _____ according to the Chinese calendar．Here is something about Dragon-Boat Festival.

For thousands of years, the festival has been marked by eating Zong Zi and racing dragon boats .People hold the dragon-boat races in order to remember Qu Yuan , one of the greatest poets(诗人)in China．

Qu Yuan was born in Zigui of Hubei Province over 2,200 years ago．Qu Yuan was an honest minister(大臣)of the State of Chu，during the Warring States Period(475-22 l BC)(战国时期)．He was upright and wise. He wanted to bring his country peace and make the country stronger, but the country was in the hands of bad officials，he failed．At last，he was very discouraged. He ended his life by throwing himself into the Miluo River. It was said that people jumped from boats into the river and tried to save him. But it was too late. They were very sad. They threw rice into the water to feed Qu Yuan’s spirit.

(2)Now we read his poem Li Sao which was full of deep love for his country．We can see the dragon-boat races and have a kind of Chinese food named Zong Zi to eat during the Dragon-boat Festival．

1.在（1）句的空白处填入合适的词，使上下文完整。_____  _____

2.Why do we hold the dragon-boat races? _________________________________.

3.把(2) 处划线部分译成汉语。

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4.在文中找出与下列句子意思相近的句子：He jumped into the Miluo River and died.  ________________________________________

5.找出或写出文章中最能表达该文中心的句子。

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单词填空（每小题1分，共10分）

请根据所给首字母或中文提示，写出单词在句中的正确形式。每空只能填一词，将单词完整地写在答题卡上。

1. My brother’s schoolbag is small, but Jim’s is b       .

2. Look! That is my lovely c       . It’s running after a mouse.

3. Please o        the door and come in.

4. Miss Qin is a good t       . She teaches English well.

5.Don’t ride your bike too f        in the street. It’s very dangerous.

6. Boys and girls, please take out your         (钢笔) and write down the new words.

7.--- How about this         (红色的) skirt?  --- It’s vey nice. I will take it.

8. A girl from a primary school in Guilin was very         (幸运的) to get a free ticket to the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai.

9. When you         (接受) a present, you must use both hands. It’s a traditional custom in China.

10.The villagers         (庆祝）the Dragon Boat Festival by having a dragon boat race last Wednesday.