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The Chinese New Year is a great holiday to choose to celebrate Chinese culture with your child. Here are few fun ways to bring a bit of fun and   1   into your home through the festivities of the Chinese New Year.

1.Add a lucky red door. Red is a traditional color of   2  . It's an important part of the Chinese New Year to   3  on doing what one can to bring about good luck for the New Year. If you don't want to  4   the door red, how about wrapping it up like a present with red wrapping paper. If changing your front door's color is not workable, how about the door to your child's bedroom?

2.Eat. A huge part of most cultures is that of food and the Chinese New Year is not   5  , it's eating jiaozi at midnight on New Year's Eve, or longevity noodles on day seven of the festivities to    6  long life. The Chinese New Year celebrations mean many fancy meals that your child will   7  .

3.Create a lantern. Sara Naumann, the Guide to China Travel, shares a bit about the legend of the Lantern Festival or Yuanxiao, which occurs on the   8  day of the Chinese New Year festivities. It's a   9  that includes an emperor, a young woman who misses her family, and tricking the God of Fire. Your kids should love this story. After   10  it with them, or while reading the story, enjoy making your own paper lantern to display.

4.Give lucky money. The Guide to Mandarin Language shares that another very popular   11  during the Chinese New Year is that of the gift of red envelopes with   12  in them. These gifts are given to children and usually follow a bit of superstition（迷信） in that the money needs to be given in even amounts and never contain   13  numbers, such as four. Therefore, four dollars is not a good gift. The envelopes are also decorated with lucky symbols and New Year   14  .

5.Give a small gift. The giving of simple gifts is also an appropriate way to   15  the Chinese New Year. What better gift than that of a children's book about the Chinese New Year or the Chinese Culture.

6.Make some noise. Just like in America, the Chinese use   16  in ringing in their New Year. In the Chinese culture it began as a way to   17   away any demons（鬼） that threaten to bring a profitable and lucky New Year, but today it's also about excitement and   18  . Consider setting off a few firecrackers of your own, if allowed in your area. If not, make a cute firework picture with a bit of glitter and glue. A pretend firecracker is another great craft that could also be considered a festive way to decorate your New Year table.

7.Sing Happy Birthday to your dog. The second day of the Chinese New Year is   19  the birthday of all dogs. Why not   20  your child to throw Fido a birthday celebration? Perhaps an extra ride in the car or new chew toy is in order? I know my dog would appreciate a few extra belly rubs too.

(    ) 1. A. tradition           B. culture             C. civilization       D. habit

(    ) 2. A. wealth              B. disaster             C. belief                      D. luck

(    ) 3. A. focus                      B. accuse              C. adapt                D. mind

(    ) 4. A. boil                 B. paint                C. wash                D. purchase

(    ) 5. A. same                B. similar             C. common           D. different

(    ) 6. A. come about       B. take about         C. bring about       D. get out

(    ) 7. A. bore                 B. destroy             C. enjoy                      D. absorb

(    ) 8. A. last                  B. first                 C. second              D. next

(    ) 9. A. play                 B. story                C. novel                      D. history

(    ) 10. A. sharing           B. listening           C. reading             D. making

(    ) 11. A. invention               B. story                C. race                 D. tradition

(    ) 12. A. food                      B. clothes             C. money              D. jewels

(    ) 13. A. unclear           B. unlucky            C. unfair               D. uncertain

(    ) 14. A. wishes            B. signs                C. presents            D. happiness

(    ) 15. A. spend             B. envy                C. buy                  D. celebrate

(    ) 16. A. firecrackers     B. songs                      C. dances              D. goods

(    ) 17. A. take                      B. scare                C. get                   D. burn

(    ) 18. A. fun                B. relax                C. sleep                D. travel

(    ) 19. A. fixed              B. named              C. considered               D. marked

(    ) 20. A. order              B. accompany       C. tease                D. allow

Answer 1

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解析:

本文介绍的是中国的过春节的风俗习惯，内容熟悉但要结合实际。

1. B 前文已经说过是庆祝中国文化，把中国文化（culture）带回家，而不是传统（tradition），文明（civilization），习惯（habit）。

2. D 在中国红色在节日的时候是幸运（luck）色，远非财富（wealth），灾难（disaster），和信仰（belief）。

3. A 过春节的时候为给新年带来好运，集中精力（focus on）做事很重要，绝不是指控（accuse），适应（adapt），和在意（mind）。

4. B 如果不把门漆（paint）成红色，而不是煮（boil），洗（wash），更不是购买（purchase）。

5. D 中国的春节没用不同（different），也是吃是一大部分，前面有no，所以不可能是相同（same），相似（similar），共同（common）。

6. C 长寿面带来（bring about）长寿，而不是发生（come about），出去（get out），take和about通常不搭配。

7. C 庆祝新年就意味着你的孩子可以享受（enjoy）到许多好吃的，厌恶（bore），毁坏（destroy），吸收（absorb），显得不合乎情理。

8. A 常识是：元宵节是春节的最后（last）一天，而不是最初（first），第二（second），下一（next）天。

9. B 根据常识，这是关于元宵节来历的故事（story），绝不是戏剧（play），小说（novel），和历史（history）。

10. A 当然是和孩子们分享（sharing）这个故事了，不会是听（listening），读（reading），编造（making），read应和to/for搭配才表示把……读给……来听。

11. D 另一项传统（tradition）是发压岁钱。这是传统，不是发明（invention），故事（story），和比赛（race）。

12. C 是压岁钱（money）而不是食品（food），衣服（clothes）和珠宝（jewels），再说是在信封里。

13. B 给的压岁钱的数量应是吉祥数而不是不吉祥（unlucky）的数，不可能是不清晰（unclear），不公平（unfair），和不确定（uncertain）。

14. A 红包上装饰有吉祥图案和新年祝福（wishes），而非标志（signs），礼物（presents）和幸福（happiness）。

15. D 给小礼物也是庆祝（celebrate）新年的一种方式，渡过（spend），嫉妒（envy）和购买（buy）显得不伦不类。

16. A 中国新年的另一种庆祝方式是放鞭炮（firecrackers），不是歌曲（songs），舞蹈（dances）和货物（goods）。

17. B 放鞭炮开始的时候是为了吓跑（scare）鬼怪，绝非带走（take），逃离（get）和烧（burn）。

18. A 现如今，放鞭炮是为了娱乐（fun），根本不是为了放松（relax），休息（sleep）和旅行（travel）。

19. C 习俗是新年的第二天被认为（be considered n.）是狗的生日，固定（fixed），命名（named）和标注（marked），不符合习俗。

20.D 为什么不允许（allow）你的孩子扔给狗一份生日礼物呢，而不是命令（order），陪伴（accompany），和取笑（tease）。