Zhenia from Ukraine says：
My favorite day is New Year's Day．We celebrate the new year on the 31st of
December．Father Frost comes 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．
Yagna from India says：
My favorite day is Deepavali(屠妖节)，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．
Pat from Thailand says：
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．
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
( ) 1．What is Sandy's favorite holiday?
A．The Mid-Autumn festival．
B．New Year's Day．
C．Deepavali．
D．Songkran．
( ) 2．The underlined word "jubilation" is closest in meaning to "________"．
A．hope B．celebration C．present D．exercise
( ) 3．What does the underlined word "Songkran" probably mean in Chinese?
A．音乐会 B．新年 C．中秋节 D．泼水节
( ) 4．In order to celebrate Deepavali，we can ________．
A．eat sweets and delicious food
B．weal new clothes
C．give presents to others
D．all of the above
( ) 5．Where does Zhenia come from according to the passage?
A．Taiwan． B．India． C．Ukraine． D．Thailand．
答案：
1．A 根据第一个学生的话可以确定 Sandy 最喜欢的节日是中秋节，即选 A。
2．B 根据 Sandy 的叙述可知，他们总是去同一个饭店，可以猜测是庆贺节日，所以选 B。
3．D 根据 Pat 的介绍可知在 4 月 13 — 15 日，他们可以把水泼在别人身上，所以确定是泼水节，选 D。
4．D 根据 Yagna 的叙述，可以确定为了庆祝屠妖节，他们可以吃糖和佳肴，可以穿新衣服，可以送别人礼物，所以选 D。
5．C 根据第四段的内容可以找出 Zhenia 是来自乌克兰，即 C。
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Around the world，people have different traditional foods to celebrate different
festivals．Traditional foods also show a new year of good luck and good health：
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．
In southern parts of India，there is a three-day festival in mid-January called Pongal．It includes rice and a dish of rice cooked with sugar that is shared with families and friends． Japan celebrates New Year with a seven-day festival．It begins from January 1st．Food is
prepared before the festival so people don't need to cook during the festival．On New Year's Day，various dishes called Osechi ryori(御节料理) are served — each dish is a wish for the New Year． In most Asian countries，the New Year begins with the first full moon of the first Chinese Lunar(阴历的) month．Each place has its special food to welcome the coming year：People in China prepare their food ahead of time to avoid the possibility that using a knife during New Year's time might "cut luck"，Foods with lucky names are popular，such as fish，which sounds like "surplus(剩余)"．
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
( ) 1．What do you learn from the passage?
A．people have different traditional foods to celebrate different festivals．
B．New Year begins from January 10th in Japan．
C．In France，Christmas dessert is a cake filled with butter．
D．Traditional foods only show a new of good luck．
( ) 2．What did a three-festival in mid-January in southern parts of India?
A．Christmas． B．Pongal． C．New Year． D．Lantern Festival．
( ) 3．In Japan，people all like eating _______ on New year's Day．
A．turkey B．dessert C．Osechi ryori D．dumplings
( ) 4．The underlined word "various" in Paragraph 4 can best be replaced by " _______"．
A．different B．same C．expensive D．few
( ) 5．The underlined word "possibility" in Paragraph 5 probably means "________" in Chinese．
A．必须性 B．必然性 C．可变性 D．可能性
答案：
1．A 由第一段的内容可知，人们用不同的传统食物来庆祝不同的节日，所以选 A。
2．B 根据第三段的内容可知在印度南部地区连续三天的节日是 Pongal。
3．C 根据短文第四段的内容可知，在日本的节日里人们习惯吃御节寿司，所以选 C。
4．A 根据第四段的内容可以确定 various 是“各种各样的，丰盛的”，所以选 A。
5．D 根据最后一段内容可知，possibility 是名词，可以推断出是“可能性”，所以选 D。 五
On Thanksgiving Day，most of us will sit down to enjoy a turkey dinner．The bird also shows up on the table at Christmas．How did we start with the tradition of savoring turkeys during the holidays?