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Red Packets in Chinese Culture

Giving Hongbao (red packets) is a tradition in China. Traditional red pockets are often decorated with gold Chinese characters（汉字）, such as ___ 1 ___and wealth.

How red packets a re used

During Chinese New Year, __ 2 ___is (are) put inside red packets which are then handed out to younger generations by their parents, grandparents, relatives, and even close neighbours and friends.

The ___ 3 ___

Red represents luck and good fortune in Chinese culture. That is __ 4 ___red packets are used during Chinese New Year and other celebrations.

How to give and receive

Giving and receiving red packets is a ___ 5 ___act. Therefore, red packets are always __ 6 ___and received with both hands.

Someone who receives a red packet at Chinese New Year or on his or her birthday should not ___ 7 ___it in front of the giver. __ 8 __, things are different at a Chinese wedding, where the guests usually give the red packets to the attendants and sign ___ 9 ___names on a large scroll ( long piece of paper). The attendants will open the packets at once, ___ 10 __the money inside, and record it on a register（登记簿） next to the guests' names.

The amount （数量）

The amount of money is relative to your relationship to the person who receives-the ___ 11 ___your relationship is, the more money is expected. Anyway, it is not the amount of the money that matters, but the care and love you hold for others .

What not to gift

Certain amounts of money are to be __ 12 ___. Anything with a four is not good because four sounds similar to __ 13 ___in Chinese. Even numbers（偶数）, except four, are better than odd-as good things are believed to come in __ 14 ___. For example, gifting ＄20 is better than ＄21.

The money inside a red packet should ___ 15 ___be new. Folding the money or giving dirty or wrinkled bills is in bad taste.

Hongbao is a symbol of love from others, as well as a sign of good luck.

A．	1. praise	B．	dream	C．	happiness	D．	advice
E．	2. paper	F．	money	G．	letters	H．	notes
I．	3. colour	J．	size	K．	shape	L．	history
M．	4. when	N．	why	O．	how	P．	where
Q．	5. strange	R．	simple	S．	smart	T．	serious
U．	6. presented	V．	filled	W．	covered	X．	gathered
Y．	7. watch	Z．	hide	[．	open	\．	accept
]．	8. Moreover	^．	However	_．	Otherwise	`．	Besides
a．	9. his	b．	their	c．	your	d．	our
e．	10. count	f．	change	g．	choose	h．	collect
i．	11. worse	j．	harder	k．	closer	l．	wider
m．	12. avoided	n．	increased	o．	afforded	p．	returned
q．	13. birth	r．	fear	s．	death	t．	envy
u．	14. groups	v．	rows	w．	teams	x．	pairs
y．	15. sometimes	z．	never	{．	seldom	\|．	always

I was going to buy some fruits and medicine for my headache.After I parked my car，I went into the market.It wasn't as （1）　　as I had expected.Only a few people were shopping in it.

In the market，I saw a little girl （2）　　in a shopping car（车）.She looked to be 9 months old with blond curly hair and blue eyes.

She was such a lovely girl that I couldn't（3）　　my eyes away.Then I did what I always do with children：I gave her my best smile.I may have looked a bit（4）　　，but it came from my heart.

I've learned that everyone（5）　　a smile sometimes，even strangers at the market in a rush to get home.

She took her time deciding just（6）　　to deal with my smile.But finally，she smiled.

I laughed and waved（挥手） goodbye.And she blew me a kiss.

That put a smile on my face and then I got a smile in（7）　　from every shopper I passed.

I was still smiling when I got home and（8）　　I'd forgotten to get medicine.Luckily，I didn't need it.My headache was gone.

Want to change the world？Try smiling.In that simple（9）　　of everyone's smiles，this tiring world would become a better place.

（10）　　 you're lucky，you'll be blown a kiss and it maybe make your headache go away.

（1）A.scared	B.crowded	C.quiet	D.empty
（2）A.sitting	B.reading	C.sleeping	D.selling
（3）A.throw	B.send	C.move	D.give
（4）A.thirsty	B.angry	C.hungry	D.crazy
（5）A.needs	B.hates	C.makes	D.gives
（6）A.why	B.how	C.where	D.when
（7）A.fact	B.total	C.return	D.public
（8）A.decided	B.realized	C.developed	D.received
（9）A.excitement	B.condition	C.exchange	D.opinion
（10）A.So	B.As	C.But	D.If

A young boy had many bad habits.His father was so（1）　　.He asked an old teacher for help.The teacher took the boy for a walk in the woods.While walking，he suddenly stopped and told the boy to pull out a small plant.

The boy held the plant and pulled it out （2）　　.The old man then asked him to pull out a little bigger one.The boy （3）　　hard and the plant came out，roots（根） and all. "Now pull that one out. "said the old man，looking at a small tree.The boy had to use all his strength（力） to pull the （4）　　out. "Now pull this one out. "said the old man，（5）　　a big tree.The boy held the trunk（树干）and tried to pull it out.But it didn't move at all. "It's （6）　　. "said the boy，out of breath.

"So they （7）　　bad habits， "said the teacher， "When they are small，it is easy （8）　　them out；but when they grow bigger，they cannot be pulled out. "The old man's words made a great difference to the boy's life.

What we can learn from the story is：Don't wait （9）　　 bad habits to grow in you. （10）　　 when you have control over them，or they will control you.

（1）A.happy	B.worried	C lazy
（2）A.carefully	B.easily	C.nearly
（3）A.brushed	B.discovered	C.tried
（4）A.grass	B.tree	C.leaf
（5）A.pointing at	B.cutting down	C.looking after
（6）A.impolite	B.impossible	C.inconvenient
（7）A.like	B.are like	C.look like
（8）A.to pull	B.pull	C.pulling
（9）A.until	B.of	C.for
（10）A.Give them out	B.Give them up	C.Give them away

Along the way，everyone will have a lot of things to remember.One thing happened long time ago，but it has remained in my（1）　　.

It happened when I was in Grade Four.My biology（2）　　，Mr.White，came to the classroom five minutes before the class began.He looked excited and said to us，"Boys and Girls，today I have a（3）　　but interesting task for you to complete.Do you want to know what it is？Are you interested？"Everyone（4）　　great interest.We couldn't wait to know what we would do next.

Later，Mr.White led us to go（5）　　the biology laboratory. "During the following days，one of your tasks is going to（6）　　what will happen to these caterpillars（毛毛虫） and what you have learned from the project.You should watch the caterpillars carefully every day. " Mr.Write said and wrote some（7）　　on the blackboard.

My class started doing a special（8）　　in which we raised butterflies from caterpillars，（9）　　

all of us watched the insects in our laboratory.Within a week they began to come out（10）　　.We all paid more attention to（11）　　them by heart.Finally，the wings began to get（12）　　and wet.Then the butterflies shook their wings carefully to dry by（13）　　.

About three days later，the insects began to fly.One little boy，who had been watching carefully each day，saw this and announced in a（n）（14）　　voice，"They are flying!"

"Of course they're（15）　　 ! "a little girl in a class replied."They're called butterflies.If they didn't fly，they'd just be butter!"

（1）A．school	B．journey	C．mind
（2）A．speaker	B．cleaner	C．teacher
（3）A．serious	B．special	C．strict
（4）A．showed	B．formed	C．shared
（5）A．into	B．from	C．during
（6）A．work out	B．find out	C．put out
（7）A．invitations	B．inventions	C．instructions
（8）A．action	B．project	C．method
（9）A．and	B．but	C．so
（10）A．quickly	B．easily	C．slowly
（11）A．watching	B．hearing	C．touching
（12）A．perfect	B．ready	C．dirty
（13）A．ourselves	B．yourselves	C．themselves
（14）A．excited	B．angry	C．strange
（15）A．running	B．flying	C．sleeping

When his friends play soccer or video games，12 ﹣ year ﹣ old Campbell spends lots of free time making Teddy Bears.

At the age of nine，Campbell was told that many sick children in the hospital couldn't get Christmas（1）　　.So the little boy decided to make gifts himself for them.

Over the past three years，Campbell has（2）　　himself how to make animal toys for children in the hospital. "I knew I could do it if I practiced." he said.（3）　　he injured （使……受伤） his fingers a few times，he didn't give up.With more practice，it（4）　　him less and less time to finish each toy.So far，the（5）　　boy has made more than 800 toys and he gave many of them to sick children at the local hospital.

Campbell's bears have a great（6）　　on many people's lives，especially for his dad that was seriously ill.One night，Campbell showed his dad the bear he'd made for him，Buying it would help him（7）　　the illness. （8）　　，his dad became well again after months.

"Campbell brought（9）　　 and encouragement to his father， " the boy's mother said， "and I'm sure that each bear（10）　　 has the same feeling."

（1）A.trees	B.clothes	C.presents	D.socks
（2）A.praised	B.taught	C.warned	D.required
（3）A.As soon as	B.In order that	C.Because	D.Although
（4）A.took	B.spent	C.brought	D.offered
（5）A.sick	B.kind	C.lazy	D.nervous
（6）A.trouble	B.suggestion	C.advantage	D.influence
（7）A.beat	B.fear	C.move	D.spread
（8）A.Sadly	B.Secretly	C.Luckily	D.Hopelessly
（9）A.happiness	B.loneliness	C.difficulty	D.shame
（10）A.giver	B.visitor	C.seller	D.receiver