—"Merry Christmas! Boys and girls".—______________..

A. Thank you very much.        B. You are very kind

C. The same to you             D. Never mind.

We call the Chinese New Year the Spring Festival（春节）. There is a name for each Chinese year. We may call it the year of the sheep , the year of the monkey or the year of the dog. And this year is the year of the horse.

Before New Year’s Day, people are busy shopping and cleaning their houses. On New Year’s Eve, there is a big family dinner. After dinner, all the family stay up late to welcome the New Year. On the first day of the New Year, people put on their new clothes and go to visit their friends and relatives（亲戚）. They say “good luck” and some other greetings to each other. People usually have a very good time during the festival.

1.How many Chinese festivals are talked about (谈论）in this passage ?

A. One.    B. Two.    C. Three.   D. Four.

2.We can find every Chinese year is given ___________ name.

A. an animal    B. a plant  C. a  family     D. a full

3.How do Chinese people usually spend New Year’s Eve ?

A.They put on new clothes and go to the park .

B.They visit their friends and relatives

C.They are busy shopping and cleaning their houses

D.They have a big dinner and stay up late to welcome the New Year.

4.On New Year’s Day, people say “___________” to each other when they meet

A. Merry Christmas                 B. Good luck

C. Happy New Year                 D. Both B and C

5.The best title for this passage (本文的最佳题目)is ____________

A. Good Time                      B. The Spring Festival  

C. Big Dinner                      D. The Year of the Horse

—Merry Christmas!

—_______.

　 A. I’m very happy　　　　　　　　　　　 B. It’s very kind of you

　 C. Thanks. The same to you　　　　D. My pleasure

We call the Chinese New Year the Spring Festival. There is a name for each Chinese year. We may call it the year of the sheep, the year of the monkey or the year of the pig. And this year is the year of dragon. Before New Year’s Day, people are busy shopping and cleaning their houses. On New Year’s Eve, there is a big family dinner. After dinner all the families stay up late to welcome the New Year. On the first day of the New Year, people put on the new clothes and go to visit their friends. They say “Good luck” and some other greetings (问候) to each other. People usually have a very good time during the festival.

1.How many Chinese festivals are talked about in this passage?

A. One    B. Two    C. Three    D. Four

2.We can find that every Chinese year is given ______ name.

A. an animal    B. a plant    C. a family    D. a full

3.The underlined phrase “stay up” in the passage means “______”.

A. 建造    B. 张贴    C. 熬夜    D. 起立

4.On New Year’s day, people say “______” to each other when they meet.

A. Merry Christmas    B. Good luck    C. Happy New Year    D. Both B and C

5.The best title (标题) for this passage is ______.

A. Good time     B. The Spring Festival      C. Big dinner    D. The Year of the Dragon

My five brothers, my sister and I lived in Toronto with our parents. My father worked in a factory, and my mother stayed at home. Each year my father would dress up as Santa Claus and go through the streets sharing joy and candies with the children there. He loved it as much as they did!
But around Christmas in 1970, my father was out of work. In fact, there was no money for Christmas and my parents weren’t sure how they’d provide for us.
That Christmas Eve, however, as usual, my father left the house dressed as Santa Claus. He knew that even though our Christmas would be hard, he could not make the other kids in the neighborhood disappointed.
As my father left the house and went downstairs, another Santa Claus was walking up, with a great bag of gifts for us! He said nothing, only smiled a sweet smile at my father, and wished him a merry Christmas. The jolly man handed the bag and walked away down the block.
We never knew who showed us great kindness on the snowy Christmas night. We do know, however, that without him we would have had nothing under the tree. His kindness gave my parents hope and showed us in a very real way the true meaning of Christmas.
Our family has never forgotten this kind stranger and his generosity(慷慨). Each year we tell the story of the mysterious(神秘的) Santa Claus and try to repay his gifts by giving help to others in need.
【小题1】According to the passage, the writer’s father is ______on Christmas.