The Chinese New Year is a great holiday to choose to celebrate Chinese culture with your child. Here are few fun ways to bring a bit of fun and 1 into your home through the festivities of the Chinese New Year.
1.Add a lucky red door. Red is a traditional color of 2 . It's an important part of the Chinese New Year to 3 on doing what one can to bring about good luck for the New Year. If you don't want to 4 the door red, how about wrapping it up like a present with red wrapping paper. If changing your front door's color is not workable, how about the door to your child's bedroom?
2.Eat. A huge part of most cultures is that of food and the Chinese New Year is not 5 , it's eating jiaozi at midnight on New Year's Eve, or longevity noodles on day seven of the festivities to 6 long life. The Chinese New Year celebrations mean many fancy meals that your child will 7 .
3.Create a lantern. Sara Naumann, the Guide to China Travel, shares a bit about the legend of the Lantern Festival or Yuanxiao, which occurs on the 8 day of the Chinese New Year festivities. It's a 9 that includes an emperor, a young woman who misses her family, and tricking the God of Fire. Your kids should love this story. After 10 it with them, or while reading the story, enjoy making your own paper lantern to display.
4.Give lucky money. The Guide to Mandarin Language shares that another very popular 11 during the Chinese New Year is that of the gift of red envelopes with 12 in them. These gifts are given to children and usually follow a bit of superstition（迷信） in that the money needs to be given in even amounts and never contain 13 numbers, such as four. Therefore, four dollars is not a good gift. The envelopes are also decorated with lucky symbols and New Year 14 .
5.Give a small gift. The giving of simple gifts is also an appropriate way to 15 the Chinese New Year. What better gift than that of a children's book about the Chinese New Year or the Chinese Culture.
6.Make some noise. Just like in America, the Chinese use 16 in ringing in their New Year. In the Chinese culture it began as a way to 17 away any demons（鬼） that threaten to bring a profitable and lucky New Year, but today it's also about excitement and 18 . Consider setting off a few firecrackers of your own, if allowed in your area. If not, make a cute firework picture with a bit of glitter and glue. A pretend firecracker is another great craft that could also be considered a festive way to decorate your New Year table.
7.Sing Happy Birthday to your dog. The second day of the Chinese New Year is 19 the birthday of all dogs. Why not 20 your child to throw Fido a birthday celebration? Perhaps an extra ride in the car or new chew toy is in order? I know my dog would appreciate a few extra belly rubs too.
( ) 1. A. tradition B. culture C. civilization D. habit
( ) 2. A. wealth B. disaster C. belief D. luck
( ) 3. A. focus B. accuse C. adapt D. mind
( ) 4. A. boil B. paint C. wash D. purchase
( ) 5. A. same B. similar C. common D. different
( ) 6. A. come about B. take about C. bring about D. get out
( ) 7. A. bore B. destroy C. enjoy D. absorb
( ) 8. A. last B. first C. second D. next
( ) 9. A. play B. story C. novel D. history
( ) 10. A. sharing B. listening C. reading D. making
( ) 11. A. invention B. story C. race D. tradition
( ) 12. A. food B. clothes C. money D. jewels
( ) 13. A. unclear B. unlucky C. unfair D. uncertain
( ) 14. A. wishes B. signs C. presents D. happiness
( ) 15. A. spend B. envy C. buy D. celebrate
( ) 16. A. firecrackers B. songs C. dances D. goods
( ) 17. A. take B. scare C. get D. burn
( ) 18. A. fun B. relax C. sleep D. travel
( ) 19. A. fixed B. named C. considered D. marked
( ) 20. A. order B. accompany C. tease D. Allow
第三节完形填空（共20小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A young girl, Hattie, stood outside a small church. "I can't go to Sunday School," she said to the pastor(牧师). The next time the 21 met her he said "Hattie, we are going to have a larger Sunday school room soon. When we get the 22 with which to found a school building we are going to 23 one large enough to get all the little children in, and we are going to begin very soon to 24 the money for it."
The pastor did not see Hattie 25 , untilhe heard from her parents some two years later that Hattie died. As her poor little body was being moved, a purse was found. Inside was found 57 cents and a note 26 : "This is to help build the little church 27 so more children can go to Sunday school."
For two years she had saved for this offering of 28 . When the pastor tearfully read that 29 , he knew instantly what he would do. 30 this note, he told the 31 of her love and devotion.
A newspaper 32 the story and published it. A man 33 them a land worth many thousands. Checks came from far and wide. Within five years the little girl's gift had 34 to $250,000.00 a huge sum for that time.
Her unselfish love had 35 wonders. When you are in the city of Philadelphia, look up Temple University, 36 hundreds of students are trained. Have a look, 37 , at a Sunday School building which houses hundreds of Sunday scholars, 38 no child in the area will ever need to be left outside at Sunday school time. In one of the rooms of this 39 may be seen the picture of the sweet face of the little 40 whose 57 cents made such remarkable history.
21.A. assistant B. teacher C. pastor D. professor
22.A. chance B. time C. help D. money
23.A. build B. buy C. visit D. damage
24.A. spend B. raise C. waste D. return
25.A. again B. completely C. either D. suddenly
26.A. lasted B. read C. searched D. posted
27.A. stronger B. taller C. bigger D. smaller
28.A. art B. life C. honor D. love
29.A. note B. notice C. need D. worry
30.A. Joining B. Carrying C. Setting D. Adding
31.A. use B. matter C. story D. cost
32.A.learned of B. called for C. made up D. brought back
33.A. sent B. offered C. caught D. carried
34.A. gathered B. turned C. increased D. fallen
35.A. covered B. beaten C. made D. done
36.A. where B. when C. which D. that
37.A. already B. too C. instead D. though
38.A. as long as B. even if C. so that D. ever since
39.A. library B. cinema C. church D. building
40.A. scientist B. writer C. boy D. Girl
第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
One day a young man was standing in the middle of the town proclaiming that he had the most beautiful heart in the whole valley. A large crowd gathered．and they all admired his heart for it was 31 . There was not a scar in it. Suddenly, an old man appeared and said, “Why, your heart is not nearly as beautiful as 32 .”
The crowd and the young man looked at the old man’s 33 . It was full of scars, it had places 34 pieces had been removed and other pieces 35 in, but they didn’t fit quite right, and there were several 36 edges. In fact, in some places there were deep gaps where whole pieces were missing.
The young man laughed. “ 37 your heart with mine, mine is perfect and yours is a mess of scars.”
“Yes,” said the old man, “Yours 38 perfect but I would never trade with you. You see, every 39 represents a person 40 I have given my love. I tear out a piece of my heart and give it to them, and often they 41 me a piece of their heart that fits into the 42 place in my heart. But because the pieces aren’t exact, I have some rough edges, which I cherish, because they remind me of the love we 43 .
“Sometimes I have given pieces of my heart 44 , and the other person hasn’t returned a 45 of his or her heart to me. These are the empty gaps—giving love is 46 a chance. Although these gaps are painful, they 47 open, reminding me of the love I have for those people too, and I hope someday they may return and fill the space I have been waiting. So now do you see what true beauty is?’’
The young man walked up to the old man, 48 his perfect heart, and tipped a piece out. He 49 it to the old man.
The old man placed it in his heart, then took a piece from his old scarred heart and placed it in the wound in the young man’s heart. It 50 , but not perfectly, as there were some jagged edges.
The young man looked at his heart, not perfect anymore but more beautiful than ever, since love from the old man’s heart flowed into his.
They embraced and walked away side by side.
31．A．ugly B．perfectC．beautiful D．hurt
32．A．mine B．hisC．theirs D．ours
33．A．coat B．appearance C．face D．heart
34．A．thatB．whichC．where D．whose
35．A．cut B．set C．put D．brought
36．A．smooth B．rough C．broken D．pretty
37．A．Comparing B．Compared C．Compare D．Compares
38．A．looks B．seems C．isD．fits
39．A．oneB．heartC．pieceD．scar
40．A．on whom B．in whom C．with whom D．to whom
41．A．take B．giveC．lendD．pass
42．A．empty B．full C．original D．first
43．A．had B．gaveC．shared D．owned
44．A．inB．away C．offD．up
45．A．lot B．sheet C．pieceD．pile
46．A．making B．taking C．keepingD．bringing
47．A．keep B．cutC．comeD．stay
48．A．carried away B．reached into C．took out D．brought up
49．A．offeredB．tookC．passedD．served
50．A．fit B．hit C．beat D．set
第二节完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
All the World Asks
On my first day in a college classroom, I felt like an overgrown child returning to civilization after having been lost in the forest for thirty years. There I sat, 21 enough to be a father to most of the students in the room, 22 unconfident enough to be their baby brother. We were crowded elbow (肘部) to elbow, listening to a 23 who looked even younger than the students. I felt uncomfortable and out of place as the professor carefully 24 what she expected us to learn. As I listened, I couldn't help but 25 of my own oldest daughter who was now beginning her first year in 26, just like me. I remembered how hard I had tried to help build self-confidence in her and my other children. So why did I suddenly feel like a scared 27 myself'? When I walked out of that classroom, I had serious 28 about my ability to make it 29college. Not until late that night did my thinking 30 .It was a long-distance 31 from my daughter, my fellow college freshman, that did the trick. She spoke on the phone about the doubts, worries and anxieties she was 32 . She was certain that she'd never 33 at college. How 34 her worries sounded! In my most confident parental 35, I said, “Doing your best is all the world 36 .” The next day in class, those words still repeated in my head. When the professor raised a 37 for the class, nobody, including me, 38to answer. When I looked around al the 39 and uncertainty on the young faces in that room, I knew 40 what I had to do: my best. That's all the world asks. So I raised my hand, and the professor called my name. I spoke.
21. A. big B. tall C. old D. strong
22. A. andB. soC. or D. yet
23. A. professor B. teacher C lecturer D. instructor
24. A. showed B. explained C. designed D. offered
25. A. think B. speakC. talk D. hear
26. A. school B. office C. classroom D. college
27. A. father B. parent C. child D. son
28. A. fearsB. doubts C. opinions D. ideas
29. A. over B. on C. with D. through
30. A. stop B. turn C. change D. continue
31. A. call B. talk C. reportD. discussion
32. A. obtaining B. gaining C. experiencing D. feeling
33. A. fail B. succeed C. win D. pass
34. A. common B. ordinary C. regular D. familiar
35. A. sound B. whisper C. word D. voice
36. A. hopes B. asks C. wantsD. expects
37. A. request B. problem C. question D. demand
38. A. dared B. preferred C. tried D. prepared
39. A. sorrow B. joy C. fear D. anger
40. A. exactly B. roughly C. gradually D. Certainly
第二节完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
All the World Asks
On my first day in a college classroom, I felt like an overgrown child returning to civilization after having been lost in the forest for thirty years. There I sat, 21 enough to be a father to most of the students in the room, 22 unconfident enough to be their baby brother. We were crowded elbow (肘部) to elbow, listening to a 23 who looked even younger than the students. I felt uncomfortable and out of place as the professor carefully 24 what she expected us to learn. As I listened, I couldn't help but 25 of my own oldest daughter who was now beginning her first year in 26, just like me. I remembered how hard I had tried to help build self-confidence in her and my other children. So why did I suddenly feel like a scared 27 myself'? When I walked out of that classroom, I had serious 28 about my ability to make it 29college. Not until late that night did my thinking 30 .It was a long-distance 31 from my daughter, my fellow college freshman, that did the trick. She spoke on the phone about the doubts, worries and anxieties she was 32 . She was certain that she'd never 33 at college. How 34 her worries sounded! In my most confident parental 35, I said, “Doing your best is all the world 36 .” The next day in class, those words still repeated in my head. When the professor raised a 37 for the class, nobody, including me, 38to answer. When I looked around al the 39 and uncertainty on the young faces in that room, I knew 40 what I had to do: my best. That's all the world asks. So I raised my hand, and the professor called my name. I spoke.
21. A. big B. tall C. old D. strong
22. A. andB. soC. or D. yet
23. A. professor B. teacher C lecturer D. instructor
24. A. showed B. explained C. designed D. offered
25. A. think B. speakC. talk D. hear
26. A. school B. office C. classroom D. college
27. A. father B. parent C. child D. son
28. A. fearsB. doubts C. opinions D. ideas
29. A. over B. on C. with D. through
30. A. stop B. turn C. change D. continue
31. A. call B. talk C. reportD. discussion
32. A. obtaining B. gaining C. experiencing D. feeling
33. A. fail B. succeed C. win D. pass
34. A. common B. ordinary C. regular D. familiar
35. A. sound B. whisper C. word D. voice
36. A. hopes B. asks C. wantsD. expects
37. A. request B. problem C. question D. demand
38. A. dared B. preferred C. tried D. prepared
39. A. sorrow B. joy C. fear D. anger
40. A. exactly B. roughly C. gradually D. Certainly
第二节完型填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出一个最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
In Glasgow, Scotland, a young lady, like a lot of teens today, got tired of home. The daughter objected to her family’s 36 lifestyle and said , “I don’t want your God . I am leaving !”
She left home .Before long , she was disappointed and unable to find a job , so she took to the streets to do everything she could to 37money. Many years passed by , her father died , her mother grew 38 , and the daughter became more and more entrenched (固执) in her way of life .
No contact was made between mother and daughter during these years . The mother , having 39 her daughter’s whereabouts , went to the poor part of the city in 40 of her daughter . She stopped at each of the rescue missions with a simple 41 . “Would you allow me to 42this picture ?” It was a picture of the smiling , gray-haired mother with a handwritten 43 at the bottom : “I love you still…come home !”
One day the daughter wandered into a rescue mission for a hot meal . She sat 44listening to the service , all the while letting her 45wander over to the bulletin board . There she saw the picture and thought , could that be my mother ?
She couldn’t 46until the service was over . She stood and went to look .It was her mother , and there were those words , “I love you still…come home !” 47she stood in front of the picture , she wept . It was too 48 to be true .
It was night , but she was so 49by the message that she started walking home . 50 the time she arrived it was early in the morning . She was afraid and 51her way timidly . As she knocked , the door 52 open on its own . She thought someone must have broken into the house . Concerned for her mother’s 53, the young woman ran to the bedroom and shook her mother awake and said, “It’s me ! It’s me ! I’m home!”
The mother couldn’t believe her eyes . They fell into each other’s arms . The daughter said , “I was so worried and 54 someone had broken in.” The mother replied gently , “No, dear . From the day you left , that door has never been 55.”
36．A．shabby B．religious C．awful D．simple
37．A．earn B．win C．offer D．approach
38．A．lonelier B．slower C．elder D．older
39．A．told about B．heard of C．learned from D．informed of
40．A．sight B．charge C．search D．want
41．A．request B．remark C．question D．speech
42．A．bring up B．lay off C．drop out D．put up
43．A．record B．advice C．message D．notice
44．A．constantly B．absent-mindedly C．frequently D．carefully
45．A．eyes B．hands C．thoughts D．imaginations
46．A．help B．evaluate C．wait D．consult
47．A．After B．Since C．Until D．As
48．A．lucky B．good C．skeptical D．coincidence
49．A．astonished B．touched C．blamed D．ashamed
50．A．By B．At C．During D．Before
51．A．walked B．led C．made D．held
52．A．seemed B．blew C．proved D．flew
53．A．safety B．anxiety C．danger D．relief
54．A．observed B．realized C．found D．thought
55．A．adopted B．opened C．locked D．Fixed