1 . 阅读短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。

Mid-Autumn Festival, or Mid-autumn Day, is the second grandest festival in China after the Chinese New Year. It is named so for that it is celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month,     1     is always in the middle of the autumn season in China.

The day is also known as the Moon Festival. In Chinese culture, full moon     2     (symbolize) reunion, so that they reunite with their families     3     celebrations. They worship the moon together, appreciate the moon together, enjoy reunion dinner and even share one mooncake     4     (celebrate) the reunion.

2 . Want good luck in 2023? Hit the kitchen. Throughout the world, New Year’s day means celebrating with traditional foods. For your holiday menu, greet the new year with the following foods.

Fish

The Chinese eat fish because the word for “fish” sounds like the word for “a large quantity”. But in other cultures, the custom results from the practicality of cod s (鳕鱼) easy preservation. Among the fishy dishes out there are: boiled cod in Denmark, dried salted cod in Italy, and seafood salad in Sweden.

Grapes

In the early 1900s, Spanish grape growers had a good harvest, and there was born a tradition. When the clock strikes midnight, revelers (狂欢者) pick up a grape for every strike, with each of the twelve grapes representing a month of the coming year. If the particular grape is especially sweet, you can expect an especially happy month matching which grape it was. For example, if the second grape was sweeter than the rest, your February will bring you much happiness.

Beans

Speaking of money, it couldn’t hurt to pair cash with coins. That’s the idea behind eating foods that are small and round. Italians and Germans eat small beans, while the Japanese prefer sweet black beans. In the American South, eating black-eyed peas is thought to bring success, a tradition which started with Sephardi Jews who moved to Georgia in the 1700s.

Cake

What’s a meal without dessert? The meal for the New Year’s Day, commonly a round cake completes the meal. You’ll find pastries in the Netherlands, Poland and Italy. Some cultures hide a meaningful treasure within, and whoever gets it is guaranteed a great year. In Greece, look out for a coin; in Scandinavia, a nut is buried in rice pudding.

1. According to the text, which of the following is TRUE?

A．The custom of eating fish has its origin in China.

B．Spanish grapes were used to celebrate a good harvest.

C．Small and round beans were used as a kind of coins.

D．The meal for the New Year’s Day often ends up with a round cake.

2. The dishes mentioned in the text                .

A．symbolize good fortune	B．promote national development
C．are beneficial to a balanced diet	D．are popular throughout the world

3. In which column of a magazine can you most probably find this text?

A．Food recipes.	B．Historical stories.
C．Traffic and holidays.	D．Culture and customs.

3 . 阅读下面短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个恰当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。

The fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month is the Mid-Autumn Festival. It is a festival     1     symbolizes (象征) reunion.     2     (enjoy) the beauty of the full moon has been a long-standing tradition Chinese custom for centuries. Eating moon cakes is an important custom during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Due     3     the different diet habits in different regions, moon cakes vary in taste including fillings of five kernel, egg yolk, jujube paste and bean paste.