The Spring Festival is a time for family reunions, for visits to friends, and for good wishes to the coming year. In addition, the whole family will eat dumplings together. On the first day of the Spring Festival, friends and relatives will call on each other to exchange greetings and wish each other the happiest New Year.Preparations for the Spring Festival or the Chinese New Year begin in the last few days of the last month of the old year, when houses are thoroughly cleaned, debts repaid, hair cut and new clothes purchased. Spring Festival couplets and big pictures of character “Fu” (meaning “happiness”) are displayed everywhere as a prayer for good luck.“Guo Nian”, meaning “passing the year” in Chinese, is the common name among the Chinese people for the Spring Festival. It actually means greeting the New Year. At midnight, at the turn of the old and new year, people usually let off firecrackers, which serves to drive away the evil spirits and to greet the arrival of the New Year.Questions 1-5 are based on the passage you have just read.1. What is the Spring Festival a time for?A) Family reunions.B) Visits to friends.C) Good wishes to the coming year.D) All of the above.2. What do people do on the first day of the Spring Festival?A) They exchange greetings and wish each other a happy New Year.B) They call on each other and have happy talks.C) They exchange greetings and talks.D) They clean their houses and wish each other a happy New Year.3. What do people do to prepare for the Spring Festival?A) They clean the windows, repay the debts and buy some new clothes.B) They clean the houses, visit friends and buy some new clothes.C) They clean the houses, repay the debts and buy some new phones.D) They clean the houses, repay the debts and buy some new clothes.4. People post the Spring Festival couplets and the big pictures of character “Fu” ________.A) somewhereB) everywhereC) anywhereD) nowhere5. Why do people usually let off firecrackers at the turn of the old and new year?A) Because they want to drive away the dark night and to greet the arrival of the New Year.B) Because they want to drive away the evil spirits and to make the New Year happier.C) Because they want to drive away the evil spirits and to greet the arrival of the New Year.D) Because they want to warmly welcome the arrival of the New Year.
The Spring Festival is a time for family reunions, for visits to friends, and for good wishes to the coming year. In addition, the whole family will eat dumplings together. On the first day of the Spring Festival, friends and relatives will call on each other to exchange greetings and wish each other the happiest New Year.
Preparations for the Spring Festival or the Chinese New Year begin in the last few days of the last month of the old year, when houses are thoroughly cleaned, debts repaid, hair cut and new clothes purchased. Spring Festival couplets and big pictures of character “Fu” (meaning “happiness”) are displayed everywhere as a prayer for good luck.
“Guo Nian”, meaning “passing the year” in Chinese, is the common name among the Chinese people for the Spring Festival. It actually means greeting the New Year. At midnight, at the turn of the old and new year, people usually let off firecrackers, which serves to drive away the evil spirits and to greet the arrival of the New Year.
Questions 1-5 are based on the passage you have just read.
1. What is the Spring Festival a time for?
A) Family reunions.
B) Visits to friends.
C) Good wishes to the coming year.
D) All of the above.
2. What do people do on the first day of the Spring Festival?
A) They exchange greetings and wish each other a happy New Year.
B) They call on each other and have happy talks.
C) They exchange greetings and talks.
D) They clean their houses and wish each other a happy New Year.
3. What do people do to prepare for the Spring Festival?
A) They clean the windows, repay the debts and buy some new clothes.
B) They clean the houses, visit friends and buy some new clothes.
C) They clean the houses, repay the debts and buy some new phones.
D) They clean the houses, repay the debts and buy some new clothes.
4. People post the Spring Festival couplets and the big pictures of character “Fu” ________.
A) somewhere
B) everywhere
C) anywhere
D) nowhere
5. Why do people usually let off firecrackers at the turn of the old and new year?
A) Because they want to drive away the dark night and to greet the arrival of the New Year.
B) Because they want to drive away the evil spirits and to make the New Year happier.
C) Because they want to drive away the evil spirits and to greet the arrival of the New Year.
D) Because they want to warmly welcome the arrival of the New Year.
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本题主要考查对关于春节的英文文章的阅读理解能力。解题思路是仔细阅读文章，根据每个问题的关键信息，在文章中找到对应的内容进行分析和判断。
第1题
题目问春节是一个什么样的时期。文章第一段提到 “The Spring Festival is a time for family reunions, for visits to friends, and for good wishes to the coming year.”，明确指出春节是家庭团聚、走亲访友以及对来年表达美好祝愿的时期。选项A“家庭团聚”、选项B“走亲访友”、选项C“对来年表达美好祝愿”都符合原文描述，所以应该选择包含以上所有内容的选项D。
第2题
题目问人们在春节第一天做什么。文章中 “On the first day of the Spring Festival, friends and relatives will call on each other to exchange greetings and wish each other the happiest New Year.” 表明，春节第一天亲朋好友会互相拜访，交换问候并祝福彼此新年快乐。选项A “They exchange greetings and wish each other a happy New Year.” 与原文表述一致，是正确的；选项B “They call on each other and have happy talks.” 中 “have happy talks” 原文未提及；选项C “They exchange greetings and talks.” 同样 “talks” 原文未明确提及；选项D “They clean their houses and wish each other a happy New Year.” 打扫房子是春节前的准备活动，并非春节第一天的活动。所以选A。
第3题
题目问人们为春节做哪些准备。文章 “Preparations for the Spring Festival or the Chinese New Year begin in the last few days of the last month of the old year, when houses are thoroughly cleaned, debts repaid, hair cut and new clothes purchased.” 说明春节准备工作包括彻底打扫房屋、偿还债务、理发和购买新衣服。选项A “They clean the windows, repay the debts and buy some new clothes.” 只提到打扫窗户，不全面；选项B “They clean the houses, visit friends and buy some new clothes.” 走亲访友不是准备活动；选项C “They clean the houses, repay the debts and buy some new phones.” 原文是买新衣服，不是新手机；选项D “They clean the houses, repay the debts and buy some new clothes.” 符合原文描述，所以选D。
第4题
题目问人们张贴春联和“福”字的位置。文章 “Spring Festival couplets and big pictures of character “Fu” (meaning “happiness”) are displayed everywhere as a prayer for good luck.” 明确指出春联和“福”字是到处张贴，以祈求好运。选项A “somewhere” 表示某个地方；选项C “anywhere” 表示任何地方；选项D “nowhere” 表示没有地方，均不符合原文，所以选B。
第5题
题目问人们在新旧年交替时放鞭炮的原因。文章 “At midnight, at the turn of the old and new year, people usually let off firecrackers, which serves to drive away the evil spirits and to greet the arrival of the New Year.” 说明放鞭炮是为了驱邪和迎接新年的到来。选项A “Because they want to drive away the dark night and to greet the arrival of the New Year.” 说驱走黑夜不符合原文；选项B “Because they want to drive away the evil spirits and to make the New Year happier.” 说让新年更快乐不准确；选项D “Because they want to warmly welcome the arrival of the New Year.” 没有提及驱邪，不全面；选项C “Because they want to drive away the evil spirits and to greet the arrival of the New Year.” 符合原文，所以选C。