阅读理解

　　We call the Chinese New Year the Spring Festival. There is a name for each Chinese year. We call it the year of the sheep, the year of the monkey, the year of the dragon or the year of the pig. And this year is the snake. I express my best wishes for all Chinese including all Harbiners a wonderful, healthy and happy Year of the snake.

　　Before the Chinese New Year's Day, people are busy shopping and cleaning their houses. Their yards and houses are very clean on New Year's Eve． Families make dumplings on that day. Everyone in China likes to eat dumplings. This is our Chinese tradition to have a reunion dinner on Chinese New Year' s Eve.

　　After dinner, all the family stay up late to welcome the New Year. On the first day of the New Year, people put on their new clothes and go to visit their friends. They say Happy New Year and some other greetings to each other. People usually have a very good time during the festival.

　　(1)This year (2003) is the year of ________.

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　　(2)Last year (2002) is the year of ________.

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　　A． the monkey

　　B． the dragon

　　C． the horse

　　D． the tiger

　　(3)How do Chinese people usually spend New Year' s Eve? ________.

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　　A． They put on new clothes and go to the park.

　　B． They are busy shopping and cleaning their houses

　　C． They make dumpling, have a big dinner and stay up late to welcome the New Year.

　　D． They visit their friend and talk about the New Year.

　　(4)On New Year's Day, people say. ________ to each other when they meet.

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　　A． Merry Christmas

　　B． Happy New Year

　　C． Good luck

　　D． glad to meet you

　　(5)The Spring Festival means ________.

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　　A． Christmas Day

　　B． New Year

　　C． Thanksgiving Day

　　D． the Chinese New Year. 

　　(6)My daughter was born in 1971. Hers is the year of the ________.

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阅读理解

　　We call the Chinese New Year the Spring Festival. There is a name for each Chinese year. We call it the year of the sheep, the year of the monkey, the year of the dragon or the year of the pig. And this year is the snake. I express my best wishes for all Chinese including all Harbiners a wonderful, healthy and happy Year of the snake.

　　Before the Chinese New Year's Day, people are busy shopping and cleaning their houses. Their yards and houses are very clean on New Year's Eve． Families make dumplings on that day. Everyone in China likes to eat dumplings. This is our Chinese tradition to have a reunion dinner on Chinese New Year' s Eve.

　　After dinner, all the family stay up late to welcome the New Year. On the first day of the New Year, people put on their new clothes and go to visit their friends. They say Happy New Year and some other greetings to each other. People usually have a very good time during the festival.

　　(1)This year (2003) is the year of ________.

[　　]

　　(2)Last year (2002) is the year of ________.

[　　]

　　A． the monkey

　　B． the dragon

　　C． the horse

　　D． the tiger

　　(3)How do Chinese people usually spend New Year' s Eve? ________.

[　　]

　　A． They put on new clothes and go to the park.

　　B． They are busy shopping and cleaning their houses

　　C． They make dumpling, have a big dinner and stay up late to welcome the New Year.

　　D． They visit their friend and talk about the New Year.

　　(4)On New Year's Day, people say. ________ to each other when they meet.

[　　]

　　A． Merry Christmas

　　B． Happy New Year

　　C． Good luck

　　D． glad to meet you

　　(5)The Spring Festival means ________.

[　　]

　　A． Christmas Day

　　B． New Year

　　C． Thanksgiving Day

　　D． the Chinese New Year. 

　　(6)My daughter was born in 1971. Hers is the year of the ________.

[　　]

　　Not many years ago, some farmers were worried because hawks（鹰）were taking many of their chickens. The farmers did not know what to do. Finally they went to the county officials and asked for help.“Kill the hawks,”the officials said,“We’ll even pay you for them.”So the farmers began to think of ways to kill the hawks. The farmers killed many hawks. They no longer had to worry about their chickens. But they now had a new worry. Field mice were eating up a lot of the farmers’ grain. How did this happen? Hawks eat not only chickens but also field mice. They eat more field mice than chickens. But the farmers did not know this. When they killed a lot of hawks, they changed the balance（平衡）of nature.

　　When people move into a new place, they often destroy many wild plants. Often these plants are food for the animals. If the animals cannot find enough plants to eat, they will starve or have to leave the place. In one part of the United States, for example, the deer there like to eat a certain kind of wild rose. The mountain lions there eat the deer. The number of deer, mountain lions, and wild roses does not change much if people leave things as they are. But people killed many mountain lions in order to protect the deer. Soon there were so many deer that they ate up all the wild roses. Then the deer began to eat the green leaves of young trees. These trees were important to the farmers. So the farmers thought of ways to protect their trees. Now the deer had nothing to eat, and many of them died. This was another lesson for nature.

　　To keep the balance of nature is important for us to remember.

根据短文内容判断正（T）误（F）

(1) Some of the farmers was worried because hawks were taking many of their chickens.

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(2) The farmers went to their neighbors and asked for help.

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(3) The farmers’ new worry was that field mice were eating up a lot of their grain.

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(4) If animals can’t find enough plants to eat they will kill themselves.

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(5) The lesson we should remember is that it is important to keep the balance of nature.

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