阅读短文，然后用括号中所给词的适当形式填空。

It is Spring Festival time. It’s a1.   (fun) time to be with our family. What are you going to do? Let’s have a look at the Spring Festival and its fun activities.

The date of the Spring Festival always2.( change). Usually the date falls between the end of January and February 19. This year it falls on February 10. But the celebration3.(usual) starts one week before Spring Festival Eve.

Xiaonian: We usually clean4.(house) on this day. By5.(clean) , we can sweep bad luck away. Another thing we do is decorating our homes with spring couples (春联), paper-cuttings and the upside-down “fu” character.

Did you know all about “nian”? A long time ago, a monster (怪物) called Nian ate people on Spring Festival Eve. But Nian was afraid of loud noises, the color red and fire. So people6.(play) drums and gongs (锣) and set off fireworks. It scared Nian.

From then on, on Spring Festival Eve, people play drums and gongs, set off fireworks and put up red lanterns. We welcome the new year.

阅读下面短文，用文中括号内所给动词的适当形式填空。

    Here in China it’s Spring Festival and we  1  （get）ready for the New Year now．My grandmother and my mother  2  （make）dumplings．My father  3  （decorate）the house．I  4  （clean）my room．

    Every year we  5  （buy）some clothes．My father often  6  （sweep）the house．My grandfather usually   7  （give）me some money．

Next year my parents  8  （build）a new house．We  9 （have）dinner in the restaurant on New Year’s Eve． 10  （eat）in the restaurant on New Year’s Eve is an interesting thing to me．

Today Chinese people can enjoy longer holidays, such as the three “God Week Holidays”: May Day, the Spring Festival and National Day. They have more time  1  .Rising incomes (收入) also make   2  possible for ordinary Chinese people to travel abroad(国外).

Zhang Haitao. a middle school student in Shanghai will go to Japan with his parents  3  the Spring Festival . “Overseas touring has always been a dream of  4  ,” Zhang Haitao said.

“ 5 will you go to Japan ,by air or by ship ?” I asked him.

“by ship, Traveling by ship is more   6  than a rushed trip by air .

“but a plane is much   7  than a ship .”

“Yes ,but you can’t see much during the   8  , while a sea trip will make you happier ,because you can see waves ,island and even big fish.”

“Will you travel at your own expense (费用)?”

“Certainly,  9  my father ‘s job is to recycle rubbish ,I’m very proud of him .He has saved   10  money in the last three years, What’s more ,he has made a contribution by protecting our environment.”

1 A travel               B travels                  C to travel                   D traveled

2 A them            B it                     C this                      D that

3 A during          B from                  C at                       D to

4 A my            B I                      C me                      D mine

5 A How           B What                   C When                   D Where

6 A dangerous      B enjoyable               C difficult                  D frustrating

7 A fast           B. faster                  C fastest                    D slower

8 A night           B day                    C holidays                 D light

9 A Because         B Although               C But                     D So

10 A a little          B many                     C  lots of                 D a few