______ crowded the supermarket was during the Spring Festival!

A. What B. What a C. How

Is the hen old enough to ______ eggs?

A. lie B. put C. lay

The mooncake is in the ______ of a flower. It is beautiful.

A. color B. size C. shape

The boy ______ a leaf from the tree with a stone.

A. shot down B. cut down C. took down

Will your mother ______ you if you do something wrong?

A. praise B. provide C. punish

On the morning of the Spring Festival, children can’t wait to their new clothes.

A. put on B. put up C. put away

My parents ______ me to become a doctor in the future.

A. expect B. promise C. tell

—I went to the Ice and Snow World.The ice lanterns were very beautiful.

—______ I hope to visit there some day.

A. No problem. B. That's true. C. Sounds like fun.

根据对话内容，从方框内所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余项。

A：Glad to meet you! I'm Zhou Wei from China.

B：Glad to meet you, too! I'm Alan. Welcome to America.

A：Thank you.I am interested in Western culture, especially Western festivals. 1.

B：Of course.2. It's a day to play jokes on others to get a good laugh and make one feel like a fool.

A：Well, sounds like fun. 3.

B：Yes. Each country celebrates April Fool's Day differently. 4. The French fool their friends by taping a paper fish to their friends' backs. When someone discovers this trick, he cries out “Poisson d'avril！”

A：That sounds interesting. What about other countries?

B：In England, tricks can be played only in the morning. 5.

A：So many names about April fools. I hope to spend April Fool's Day in Western countries.

B：Come to the April Fool's Day this year. There are some other activities we can do together.

A．In France, the April Fools are called “April Fish”．

B．It has another name—a cuckoo bird.

C．Would you mind telling me some traditions about the April Fool's Day?

D．It falls on April 1st every year.

E．In Scotland, April Fool's Day is 48 hours long and you are called an “April Gowk”，

F．If a trick is played on you, you are a “noodle”．

G．There must be many ways to celebrate it.

阅读下面短文，理解其大意，然后从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出一个能填入空白处的最佳选项。

The main activities in the Qingming Festival are tomb sweeping(扫墓), taking a spring outing and flying kites.

Tomb sweeping is the most important ______ in the Qingming Festival. Cleaning the tomb and paying respect to the ______ person with offerings are the two important parts of remembering the past relatives. People often ______ weeds(野草) around the tomb and add fresh soil to show care of the dead. They also take the dead person's favorite food and wine to sacrifice(供奉) to them as well as paper money. They take the food and burn the paper money to hope the dead won't lack(缺少) ______. Kowtowing(叩头) is also necessary.

This tradition of spring outing began in the Tang Dynasty and lasts till today. It is a day ______ remembering the dead and having a good time. During March, trees turn green, flowers blossom(开花), and the sun shines brightly. It is a fine time to go out and ______ the beautiful scenes of nature. So visitors can be seen everywhere during the month of the festival. Spring outings ______ add joy to life but also develop a healthy body and mind.

Flying kites is an activity loved by many people during the Qingming Festival. ______ are flown day and night. Little lanterns are tied to the kite. When the kite is flying in the sky, the lanterns look like twinkling(闪烁的) stars. That adds special scenery to the sky during the night. It is said that this ______ good luck and diseases can be taken away.

______， the Qingming Festival is special because it connects the tears to the dead with the laughter from the spring outing.

1.A. tradition B. culture C. trick

2.A. important B. dead C. useful

3.A. clear away B. wash away C. give away

4.A. clothes and money B. food and drinks C. food and money

5.A. for B. in C. to

6.A. discover B. admire C. treat

7.A. not only B. either C. not

8.A. Clouds B. Birds C. Kites

9.A. brings B. lays C. spreads

10.A. As a result B. In a word C. In my opinion