The Spring Festival is our Chinese people's festival. There are different names for each Chinese year. We call it the year of sheep, the year of dog, the year of pig—And this year is the year of mouse.

     Before the day of the festival, people are busy shopping and cleaning their houses. On the Eve, there is a big family dinner. After dinner, all the family stay up late to welcome the New Year. It is the middle of the night. We have dumplings. We can watch many kinds of programs on TV. On the first day of the New Year, people especially children put on their new clothes and go to visit their friends. They say "Happy New Year" and some other greetings to each other. People have a good time during the festival.

1. How many different names are there for Chinese years?

  A.10            B.6               C.4             D.12

2. When is the Eve in Chinese year?

  A. The evening of the Spring Festival day.

B. The evening before the Spring Festival day.

C. The evening after the Spring Festival day.

D. On the evening of January I st.

3. What does the people do before the Spring Festival?

A. They sing and dance with their friends.

B. They play games with their family.

C. They go shopping and clean their houses.

D. They watch TV programs.

4. What's the favorite food for the Chinese people on the Eve?

  A. Cakes.        B. Vegetables.       C. Dumplings.        D. Meat.

5. On the festivals people usually        .

  A. wear new clothes                           B. say some greetings

C. visit their friends                        D. Both A. B and C

A Christina from Spain
On the last day of the year, the 31^st of December, people wait till 12 pm. Everybody must have 12 grapes(葡萄) to eat at midnight. At each sound of the clock, we must eat a group. But we can’t ever finish eating the grapes on time! Usually when people still have some grapes in their mouths, they look at each other and start to laugh. This tradition started in Spain long ago. One year, when there were a lot of grapes, the king of Spain decided to give grapes to everybody to eat on New Year’s Eve.
B Cordon from Britain
On New Year’s Day in Britain, people have parties. At 12 o’clock, the music stops, and we listen to the radio. On the radio we hear Big Ben, the famous clock in London. Then everybody sings a song about friendship and kisses their friends. We say “Happy New Year” to each other. It’s lucky if a tall man with dark hair is the first person to come to the house in the new year. So I go and visit as many friends as I can. They all give me a drink.
C Angela from Brazil
In all cities in Brazil, we have a big party on New Year’s Eve, especially in Rio de Janeiro. People in this city go to the beaches to watch fireworks(焰火)。We put flowers in the sea and think about things we want for ourselves or others. We usually wear white clothes for good luck during the New Year.
【小题1】Picture___________ is about paragraph 1.

【小题2】Who have parties on New Year’s Day?
A. People in Spain.  B. People in Britain.
C. People in Brazil.  D. Both B and C.
【小题3】From the 2nd paragraph, we can infer (推断)that___________.

用所给词的适当形式填空。
【小题1】Tom invited me _________ (go ) swimming with him.
【小题2】My brother _________(teach) himself English when he was seven years old.
【小题3】Don’t make any _________ , it’s too _______(noise).
【小题4】They go swimming instead of _________ (play) computer games.
【小题5】The teacher often encourages us _________ (study) hard.
【小题6】If it _________( rain) tomorrow, we_________(not go)to the park.
【小题7】Look! The students_________ (play) on the playground.
【小题8】He _________(take) the train to Shanghai next Friday.
【小题9】Running is as _________(interest ) as swimming.
【小题10】Lily is willing _________ (help) others.
【小题11】We must try our best _________ (learn) English well.
【小题12】We hope the world will be _____________(peace) forever!
【小题13】World you like _________ (some) chicken? They are delicious.
【小题14】Zhalong is one of_______________(important) wetlands in the world.
【小题15】It is an important__________________(live) area for wild animal.

A Christina from Spain

  On the last day of the year, the 31^st of December, people wait till 12 pm. Everybody must have 12 grapes(葡萄) to eat at midnight. At each sound of the clock, we must eat a group. But we can’t ever finish eating the grapes on time! Usually when people still have some grapes in their mouths, they look at each other and start to laugh. This tradition started in Spain long ago. One year, when there were a lot of grapes, the king of Spain decided to give grapes to everybody to eat on New Year’s Eve.

B Cordon from Britain

On New Year’s Day in Britain, people have parties. At 12 o’clock, the music stops, and we listen to the radio. On the radio we hear Big Ben, the famous clock in London. Then everybody sings a song about friendship and kisses their friends. We say “Happy New Year” to each other. It’s lucky if a tall man with dark hair is the first person to come to the house in the new year. So I go and visit as many friends as I can. They all give me a drink.

C Angela from Brazil

In all cities in Brazil, we have a big party on New Year’s Eve, especially in Rio de Janeiro. People in this city go to the beaches to watch fireworks(焰火)。We put flowers in the sea and think about things we want for ourselves or others. We usually wear white clothes for good luck during the New Year.

1.Picture___________ is about paragraph 1.

2.Who have parties on New Year’s Day?

A. People in Spain.   B. People in Britain.

C. People in Brazil.  D. Both B and C.

3.From the 2nd paragraph, we can infer (推断)that___________.

A. People listen to the radio at home.

B. Cordon can’t drink much. 

C. Cordon is a tall man with dark hair.

D. there are no people near Big Ben.

4. On New Year’s Day, Brazilians usually wear white clothes because_________.

      A. that reminds them of their happy life

B. they hope that can bring them good luck

C. they think that they look beautiful in white

D. that’s what they have to do during the New Year

5.This article mainly tells us ________________.

     A. what people in Britain do on New Year’s Day

     B. when and where people have New Year parties

     C. why people in different countries like the New Year

     D. what people around the world do on New Year’s Day