【正文】 據(jù)短文內(nèi)容 they often make a special kind of food — dumplings，可知選 B。 4．A 根據(jù)短文最后幾句話可以看出，人們?cè)诔燥垥r(shí)互相祝福，所以選 A。 What is your favorite holiday? Here are some students39。 Sandy from Taiwan says： Zhenia from Ukraine says：s Day．We celebrate the new year on the 31st of December．Father Frost es with his granddaughter on that night．He puts his presents under the New Year Tree．We have a party and stay up until midnight to see the New Year in and the Old Year off．We cook delicious food for the party．People also celebrate Old New Year in our country．It is on the 14th of January． My favorite day is Deepavali(屠妖節(jié))，which is also called Festival of Lights．People do some cleaning at home and light their oil lamps to thank for the defeat of the bad king．To celebrate it，we also eat sweets and delicious food，wear new clothes，and give presents to our friends and relatives． My name is Pat．My favorite holiday is Songkran．It takes place from the 13th to 15th of April．On the holiday people pour water on each other．It is a lot of fun．People also buy new clothes and they have big parties． ) 1．What is Sandy39。 A．The MidAutumn festival．s Day． D．Songkran． ) 2．The underlined word jubilation is closest in meaning to ________． B．celebration ( A．音樂會(huì) C．中秋節(jié) ( A．eat sweets and delicious food C．give presents to others ( B．India． 1．A 根據(jù) Sandy 的敘述可知，他們總是去同一個(gè)飯店，可以猜測(cè)是慶賀節(jié)日，所以選 B。 3．D 根據(jù) Yagna 的敘述，可以確定為了慶祝屠妖節(jié)，他們可以吃糖和佳肴，可以穿新衣服，可以送別人禮物，所以選 D。 5．C四 An English Christmas dinner has a meal of turkey，and it also includes pies and plum puddings(李子布丁)．In Germany，Christmas is celebrated with bread cookies and cakes，which are made like Christmas trees．In France，Christmas dessert is a cake filled with butter cream． Japan celebrates New Year with a sevenday festival．It begins from January 1st．Food is prepared before the festival so people don39。s Day，various dishes called Osechi ryori(御節(jié)料理) are served — each dish is a wish for the New Year．s time might cut luck，F(xiàn)oods with lucky names are popular，such as fish，which sounds like surplus(剩余)． ) 1．What do you learn from the passage? B．New Year begins from January 10th in Japan． D．Traditional foods only show a new of good luck． ) 2．What did a threefestival in midJanuary in southern parts of India? B．Pongal． (s Day． B．dessert D．dumplings ) 4．The underlined word various in Paragraph 4 can best be replaced by _______． B．same D．few ) 5．The underlined word possibility in Paragraph 5 probably means ________ in Chinese．A．必須性 C．可變性 1．A 根據(jù)第三段的內(nèi)容可知在印度南部地區(qū)連續(xù)三天的節(jié)日是 Pongal。 3．C 根據(jù)第四段的內(nèi)容可以確定 various 是“各種各樣的，豐盛的”，所以選 A。 5．D五 They were fresh，cheap，and big enough to feed a group of people．Americans like having large poultry(家禽) for celebrations because they don39。t widely offered until the late 19th century．Chicken was more highly regarded than it is today．Venison(鹿肉) would have been another choice，especially during the 17th and 18th centuries．Eating turkey was also a British holiday custom(風(fēng)俗，習(xí)慣) people brought to the New World． 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，選擇最佳答案。 ( A．享用 C．飼養(yǎng) ( A．Turkeys were fresh． C．Turkeys were cheap． ( A．About three months． C．About one year． ( A．Turkeys． C．Cows． D．Geese． ) 5．The underlined word factor can be replaced by ________．A．opinion C．thought 1．A 根據(jù)第二段內(nèi)容可知，火雞味道鮮美，價(jià)格低廉，個(gè)大，所以人們喜歡吃，即選 D。 3．B 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容可知，活著的奶牛比死的更有用，所以選 C。 5．D六 The New Year is also celebrated with a Christmas tree that has begun to be called a New Year tree．Russian people regard the ing year as the beginning of new life，a chance to make dreams e true．There is a tradition to make a wish while drinking champagne(香檳酒)．Actually，champagne is the traditional drink of the first half hour of the New Year．And then beer or vodka(伏特加酒) takes its place．People make a lot of preparations before New Year39。 Russian New Year is different from American Christmas．It is usua