一、听力理解。
小华正在和朋友们分享他和家人的新年计划。请听下面一段独白，根据独白内容完成下列句子，每个空格不超过3个单词。独白读两遍。
1. Xiaohua is very because Chinese New Year is coming.
2. Xiaohua and his parents are going to buy some , food, and flowers tomorrow.
3. Xiaohua and his parents are going to make some and jiaozi tomorrow evening.
4. Xiaohua and his parents will have dinner with his grandparents, his aunt and uncle, and his cousins on Chinese New Year's Eve.
5. On Chinese New Year's Day, Xiaohua and his parents are going to watch a(n) .

1. excited
2. new clothes
3. cakes
4. three
5. lion dance

二、完形填空。
春节是我国最重要的传统节日，大家是怎么度过春节的？请先阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后用方框中所给单词或短语的适当形式填空。每个单词或短语限用一次。
gather set off sweep out
bring together count down
Chinese lunar calendar
The Spring Festival is the most important traditional festival in China. It falls on the first day of the 1. . Before the festival, people 2. the dust from their houses to get rid of (去除) bad luck. On New Year's Eve, families 3. and enjoy a big dinner together. The Spring Festival helps 4. family members from different places. Many people 5. to midnight to welcome New Year. Then at midnight, people 6. beautiful fireworks to celebrate the Spring Festival, lighting up the sky with joy and hope. The whole country is filled with a warm and festive (喜庆的) atmosphere(氛围).

1. Chinese lunar calendar
2. sweep out
3. gather
4. (to) bring together
5. count down
6. set off

【分析】先通读短文，明确短文围绕春节习俗展开，需结合语境和方框内的短语，根据每个空的语义、语法结构匹配短语，同时注意固定搭配（如help (to) do sth），且每个短语限用一次，逐一确定答案。
【解析】1. 春节的时间是农历正月初一，对应短语Chinese lunar calendar，故填该短语；2. 春节前人们扫尘去除霉运，sweep out表示“扫除”，主语people为复数，用一般现在时，故填sweep out；3. 除夕夜家人团聚共进晚餐，gather表示“团聚”，主语families为复数，用一般现在时，故填gather；4. 春节帮助将各地的家人聚在一起，help (to) do sth是固定搭配，故填(to) bring together；5. 人们倒计时到午夜迎接新年，count down表示“倒计时”，主语people为复数，用一般现在时，故填count down；6. 午夜人们燃放烟花庆祝，set off表示“燃放（烟花等）”，主语people为复数，用一般现在时，故填set off。
【答案】1. Chinese lunar calendar；2. sweep out；3. gather；4. (to) bring together；5. count down；6. set off
【知识点】动词短语辨析、固定搭配、名词短语
【点评】本题结合春节传统习俗，考查常用短语的运用，语境贴近生活，需注意固定搭配的用法，难度适中。
【难度系数】0.8