January l is New Year’s Day. People usually give parties to celebrate    1   . The Spring Festival comes   2  . It is the most important holiday in   3  . Before the Spring  Festival,   people   4   their houses and do a lot of shopping. On the    5  of the festival family members meet for a big    6  . After   7  they watch TV until midnight. They enjoy    8  and eating.   9  , people cheer to welcome the New Year and wish other good   10  .
Teachers’ Day is  11  September 10. Students give cards or  12   to their teachers to express their thanks. The Mid-autumn Festival comes in September or October. People get   13   for a family dinner and then eat moon-cakes and watch the full,  14   moon. May 1 is Labor Day, and October 1 is our National Day. We    15  have a get-together to celebrate them in public places.

January l is New Year's Day. People usually give parties to celebrate    1   . The Spring Festival comes   2  . It is the most important holiday in   3  . Before the Spring  Festival,   people   4   their houses and do a lot of shopping. On the    5  of the festival family members meet for a big    6  . After   7  they watch TV until midnight. They enjoy    8  and eating.   9  , people cheer to welcome the New Year and wish other good   10  .

Teachers' Day is  11  September 10. Students give cards or  12   to their teachers to express their thanks. The Mid-autumn Festival comes in September or October. People get   13   for a family dinner and then eat moon-cakes and watch the full,  14   moon. May 1 is Labor Day, and October 1 is our National Day. We    15  have a get-together to celebrate them in public places.

The Chinese New Year is called the Spring Festival，which is the biggest festival in China．

It usually comes in January or February．Where there are Chinese，there is the Spring Festival．Each Chinese year has a name．We may call it the Year of the Tiger，the Year of the Pig or the Year of the Snake．And the year of 2007 is called the year of the Pig．The year after it is the Mouse Year．

People always spend a month before the festival in preparing for it．People are busy shopping and cleaning their houses．On the eve there is a big family dinner．All the family stay up late to welcome the New Year，watching the CCTV programs or playing cards．On the first day of the Chinese New Year，people put on their new clothes and go to visit their relatives and friends。saying “Happy New Year”，“Good luck” and some other greetings to each other．It often lasts to the Lantern Festival，which is also an important Chinese festival and people usually have sweet dumplings（yuanxiao）．People always have a very good time，especially children．Children can usually get some money for the new year from their parents and the elder relatives．

1．The most important festival in China is _________．

A．the Lantern Festival                                  B．the Spring Festival

C．the New Year                                            D．the October 1st

2．2008 is the _________year．

A．Mouse                 B．Sheep                  C．Tiger                     D．Pig

3．“All the family stay up late to welcome the New Year．” Here “stay up” means _________．

A．to go to sleep                                          B．not to go to bed

C．to stand up                                              D．to have a good rest

4．Which sentence is Right?

A．The Spring Festival is celebrated only by Chinese people in China．

B．People celebrate the Spring Festival all over the world．

C．The Chinese people celebrate the Spring Festival, even when they are in foreign countries．

D．People who can speak Chinese celebrate the Spring Festival in the world．

5．What do people say when they meet on the Chinese New Year's Day?

A．They say “Merry Christmas” and “Happy New Year”．

B．They say “Good luck” and “Good night” to each other．

C．They say “Have a nice day” and “Good luck” only to their friends and relatives．

D．They say many greetings，such as “Good luck” to each other．