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　English names and Chinese names are quite different in some __1___ ways, but it's not hard for us to know. Unlike Chinese, most English people have __2___ names. One is their family name, both of the other names are given names. Their family name is __3___ the given name. They use Mr., Mrs. or Miss with the __4___ name, but they never use __5___ with the first name. For example, we can __6___ a man named James Allan Green Mr. Green, __7___ we can't call him Mr. James or Mr. Allan. People usually use Jim __8___ James. Jim is short for James because it's __9___ to remember. But Chinese names are the opposite. A girl with the name Han Limei __10___ her family name Han first. Of course, she can be called Ah Mei for short in China if you wish.

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Most English people have three names: a first name, a middle name and the 1 name. 2 family name comes last. For example, my full name is Jim Allan Green. Green is my family name. My parents gave me 3 of my other names. In England people 4 use Mr. Mrs. and Miss before their first names. They 5 Mr. Mrs. or Miss with the family name, but never with the first name. It's different 6 the Chinese names. In China, the 7 name is the family name and the last name is the 8 name. For example, a man 9 Zhou Jian puts his family name Zhou 10 . In England, people often call me Jim 11 short. That's because it's shorter and 12 than James.

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Most English people have three names: a first name, a middle name and the 1 name. 2 family name comes last. For example, my full name is Jim Allan Green. Green is my family name. My parents gave me 3 of my other names. In England people 4 use Mr. Mrs. and Miss before their first names. They 5 Mr. Mrs. or Miss with the family name, but never with the first name. It's different 6 the Chinese names. In China, the 7 name is the family name and the last name is the 8 name. For example, a man 9 Zhou Jian puts his family name Zhou 10 . In England, people often call me Jim 11 short. That's because it's shorter and 12 than James.

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The Lunar Calendar（阴历）

    Modern Chinese use the solar calendar（阳历）as English people do . But at the same time, they use their own lunar calendar. Each lunar year is given the name of one of these animals : the rat , the ox , the tiger , the hare , the dragon , the snake , the horse , the goat , the monkey , the chicken , the dog and the pig . This list lasts for 12 years and then starts again.

    Each Chinese month starts on the day of the new moon. And the full moon comes on the 15th day of the month. The New Year always starts between January 21 and February 20. On the last day of the lunar year, there is a big family dinner. All members of the family except married daughters try to be present at this meal, even of they have to travel many miles to reach the home of their parents. Old quarrels are forgotten, and everybody is happy. After the dinner, the children keep awake to welcome the New Year.

    The New Year celebrations last for 15 days, from the new moon to the full moon. On the first day, children and unmarried people go to visit their elders .

1. If next year is the year of the dragon, what was the name of last year?

   A．It was the year of tiger.             B．It was the year of the hare.

   C．It was the year of snake.            D．It was the year of the ox.

2. Suppose that next Chinese New Year’s Day is on 15th February, when will people have their big family dinner?

A．On February 15                              B．On February 16 

C．On February 14                              D．On February 17

3. The family usually have their big family dinner at the home of ________.

   A．the married son                              B．the married daughter

   C．the unmarried son                        D．the parents

4. People celebrate the New Year ________.

A．for 15 days  

B．from the new moon to the full moon in the first month of the lunar year

C．from January 21 to February 20

D．both A and B

5. From this selection we know that each Chinese month is measured by ______.

  A．the sun’s revolutions（旋转）        B．the moon’s revolutions

  C．the earth’s revolutions               D．both the earth’s and moon’s revolutions