Question

Chinese Spring Festival marks the first day of a new year, so the first meal is rather important. People from the North and the South have different   26  about the foods they eat on this  27   day. In Northern China, people   28   eat Jiaozi. The word Jiaozi in Chinese means the   29   and the beginning of time. According to historical  30  , in the past people from the North and the South both ate Jiaozi on Chinese New Year’s Day. Perhaps   31  the areas in Southern China   32   more rice than those in Northern China, southern people slowly  33  to eat many other kinds of food on New Year’s Day.   34   , the most common foods for the first   35   are noodles, New Year Cake and Tangyuan. The noodle  36  long life. The New Year Cake is called Niangao in Chinese, which   37   the hope of improvement in   38   year after year. Tangyuan is a symbol of   39    according to the Chinese.

To  40   a New Year visit to relatives and friends is an important activity during the Spring Festival. People also send cards to   41    a New Year’s greeting. What children love most is to set off firecrackers.   42   , as the pace of life is becoming faster and faster, people have   43   new ways to celebrate the Chinese traditional New Year. For example, many people no longer send out greeting cards.   44   , they use short messages or emails. Also to travel during the New Year holidays has come into   45   .

1.A. word       B. habits            C. meanings         D. stories

2.A. usual          B. unforgettable         C. common       D. special

3.A. seldom          B. usually           C. always            D. hardly

4.A. end         B. future            C. result             D. effect

5.A. reasons        B. records           C. notes              D. stories

6.A. as long as          B. though            C. when              D. because

7.A. caused         B. took           C. produced         D. brought

8.A. understood     B. knew              C. made               D. began

9.A. Besides        B. Therefore         C. Consequently     D. Usually

10.A. subject         B. title                 C. program           D. meal

11.A. symbolizes        B. reveals           C. shows             D. indicates

12.A. transports         B. represents            C. fetches              D. takes

13.A. health          B. family            C. life               D. work

14.A. reunion        B. luck              C. happiness          D. harmony

15.A. do             B. pay                C. get               D. carry

16.A. express        B. describe               C. establish        D. define

17.A. Luckily        B. Unfortunately       C. However             D. Besides

18.A. given away    B. made out           C. got into           D. taken up

19. A. Instead         B. Fortunately         C. Moreover         D. Furthermore

20.A. fashion        B. effect               C. sight             D. power

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.B

4.A

5.B

6.D

7.C

8.D

9.A

10.D

11.A

12.B

13.C

14.A

15.B

16.A

17.C

18.D

19.A

20.A

【解析】

试题分析：

1.考查名词;句意是：南北方人对吃的食物有不同的习惯。选B

2.考查形容词：春节的第一天是个特殊的日子。选D

3.考查副词，表示北方人经常吃饺子。选B

4.考查上下文串联：后面是the beginning of time 说明前面是end。选A

5.考查名词：historical records“历史记录”，选B

6.考查连词：句意是：因为南方生产的稻米更多，所以选D

7.考查动词，解析同上题。选C

8.考查动词：表示南方人开始慢慢吃其他食物。选D

9.考查副词，besides是此外，表示另外的原因。选A

10.考查上下文串联，第一句话就有the first meal，选D

11.考查动词：句意是：面条象征长寿。选A

12.考查动词：表示年糕代表生活一年比一年好。选B

13.考查名词：解析同上题。选C

14.考查名词：表示汤圆是象征着团园。选A

15.考查词组：pay a visit to“拜访”。选B

16.考查动词：人们送卡片是为了表达问候。选A

17.表示转折；后面讲的是现在人们过节的方式和以前不一样了。选C

18.考查词组辨析：A. given away赠送，B. made out辨认出，C. got into进入，D. taken up从事，句意是：人们人们已经采取了新的方式庆祝春节。选D。

19.考查副词，人们不送卡片了，相反的，人们发短信发邮件。选A

20.考查名词：句意是;出国旅游也变成时尚了。选A

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