【推荐1】Of all the festivals in China, which is the most important? Many Chinese people may answer it’s the Chinese New Year. You can find descriptions of the Chinese New Year in English in magazines, newspapers and on the Internet. Let’s look at an e    1     of a news report in the UK.

New Year celebrations

Many Chinese people around the globe celebrate the Chinese New Year. The festival is known as the Spring Festival, and marks the b    2     of spring. The Chinese New Year is based around the lunar calendar. It starts with a new moon and ends 15 days later on the full moon. This means that the day of the Chinese New Year changes every year. It is different from the Western New Year, which is based on the solar calendar and a    3     happens on January 1st.

In Chinese tradition, lunar New Year’s Eve is when family members get together and have a reunion meal. It is a time of thanks for the past year and a chance to r    4     ancestors, who they wish could bring them luck and good fortune in the coming year. Families also gather on the morning of New Year’s Day. In this gathering, red packets containing some money are given by s    5     members of the family, usually married, to kids or newly-weds of the family.

Some families will invite a Lion Dance troupe（剧团）to their home to welcome the New Year and Chinese red firecrackers will also be on display. The great sound of the Lion Dance and the loud explosions of each firecracker are b    6     believed to drive away bad spirits.

Traditionally, there are things you are encouraged to do:

·Put away all brooms on New Year’s Eve so that good luck cannot be swept away.

·Clean the house thoroughly b    7     the New Year celebration. The cleaning sweeps away bad luck and makes homes ready for good luck to arrive.

·Decorate the house with things that are red and with objects that are said to bring good luck, happiness and prosperity.

【推荐2】阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
       Chinese New Year is     1     important festival in China. People like to spend time     2     their family at this time. They cook many     3    （ kind）of delicious food. Then they have a big dinner.
       The dumpling is one of the specials of Chinese New Year. It has a history of about 1,800 years. It is     4    （get）popular even around the world. Sometimes people     5    （put）a coin（硬币）in one of the dumplings. If you eat the dumpling with the coin, you’ll be     6    （luck）in the next year. They think it can     7    （bring）good luck. Usually people make dumplings with meat and vegetables. There     8    （be）also many other kinds of dumplings.
       Fish is another lucky food for Chinese people. In Chinese, “fish”     9    （sound）like “surplus（盈余）”. Chinese people like to have a surplus at the end of a year.
       If you co me to China, don’t forget     10    （taste）these specials.

【推荐3】Zhu Hui is a middle school student from Shenzhen. He’s now studying in the Dalton School in New York, the United States. He’s living with his host family, the Greens.

Today, it is     1     (sun) and hot in Shenzhen. It is the Dragon Boat Festival. It’s 9: 00 a.m. and Zhu Hui’s family are at home. His mom and aunt     2     (make) zongzi. It looks very delicious. His dad and uncle are watching the exciting boat races on CCTV-5.

Let’s take a look at Zhu Hui’s host family in New York. It’s 9: 00 p.m. in New York, and it’s the night before     3     festival. But there isn’t a Dragon Boat Festival in the US,     4     it’s like any other night for Zhu Hui and his host family. The mother is reading some     5     (story) to her young children. They enjoy reading. It usually takes     6     (they) half an hour to enjoy bed-time reading together. The father is watching a soccer game between England and Canada on TV. The English team plays very     7     (good). And what is Zhu Hui doing? He’s talking     8     the phone with his cousin in Shenzhen. Zhu Hui     9     (miss) his family very much, especially at festivals. He wishes     10     (taste) his mom’s delicious zongzi.