五、完形填空。
Do you know Chinese New Year? It is a very big 1 in China. People like to be with their 2 at that time. They usually cook many kinds of delicious foods, and then they have a big 3 in the evening.
During the festival, Chinese like to 4 dumplings. It has a 5 of about 1,800 years. And it is still very 6 in China now. When making dumplings during the Spring Festival, people sometimes 7 a coin in one of the dumplings. If you eat the dumpling 8 the coin, you'll be very lucky. They think it can bring 9 luck to people. Usually people make dumplings with meat and 10 like cabbages and tomatoes.
11 is another lucky food for Chinese. In Chinese, "fish" 12 like "surplus (盈余)". Chinese like to have a surplus at the end of the year. 13 think if they save some things at that time, they can make more in the 14 year.
If you 15 to China, don't forget to taste the special food.
()1. A. habit B. party C. festival D. test
()2. A. family B. classmates C. teachers D. doctors
()3. A. breakfast B. lunch C. dinner D. food
()4. A. eat B. sell C. build D. buy
()5. A. set B. price C. trip D. history
()6. A. welcome B. useful C. interesting D. healthy
()7. A. give B. put C. take D. pay
()8. A. for B. with C. in D. from
()9. A. bad B. good C. easy D. difficult
()10. A. rice B. eggs C. fruit D. vegetables
()11. A. Meat B. Fish C. Cabbages D. Tomatoes
()12. A. looks B. sounds C. sells D. thinks
()13. A. He B. We C. They D. Them
()14. A. same B. middle C. next D. last
()15. A. live B. come C. take D. bring

1. C 【点拨】habit 习惯;party 聚会;festival 节日;test 测试。根据“Chinese New Year”可知中国的春节是一个节日。故选 C。
2. A 【点拨】family 家人;classmate 同学;teacher 老师;doctor 医生。根据常识可知春节是和家人在一起。故选 A。
3. C 【点拨】breakfast 早餐;lunch 午餐;dinner 晚餐;food 食物。根据“in the evening”可知在晚上吃晚餐。故选 C。
4. A 【点拨】eat 吃;sell 卖;build 建立;buy 购买。根据常识可知,中国人春节喜欢吃饺子。故选 A。
5. D 【点拨】set 一套,一幅;price 价格;trip 旅行;history 历史。根据“about 1,800 years”可知是指饺子有大约 1800 年的历史。故选 D。
6. A 【点拨】welcome 受欢迎的;useful 有用的;interesting 有趣的;healthy 健康的。根据前句介绍可知,饺子有很长的历史,现在还是很受欢迎。故选 A。
7. B 【点拨】give 给;put 放;take 拿,取;pay 付钱。根据“If you eat the dumpling $\underline{8}$ the coin, you'll be very lucky. ”可知,是把硬币放到饺子里。故选 B。
8. B 【点拨】for 为了;with 和;in 在……里面;from 从。根据“If you eat the dumpling $\underline{8}$ the coin, you'll be very lucky. ”可知是指带有硬币的饺子。故选 B。
9. B 【点拨】bad 坏的;good 好的;easy 容易的;difficult 困难的。根据“you'll be very lucky”可知是指好运。故选 B。
10. D 【点拨】rice 米饭;egg 鸡蛋;fruit 水果;vegetable 蔬菜。根据“like cabbages and tomatoes”可知卷心菜和西红柿是蔬菜。故选 D。
11. B 【点拨】meat 肉;fish 鱼;cabbage 卷心菜;tomato 西红柿。根据下句“fish”可知是指鱼。故选 B。
12. B 【点拨】look 看起来;sound 听起来;sell 卖;think 认为。此处是指鱼听起来像“余”。故选 B。
13. C 【点拨】根据“$\underline{13}$ think if they save some things at that time, they can make more”可知是指他们,且是作主语,应用主格代词。故选 C。
14. C 【点拨】same 相同的;middle 中间的;next 下一个;last 最后的。根据“they can make more in the $\underline{14}$ year”可知是指第二年。故选 C。
15. B 【点拨】live 居住;come 来;take 带走;bring 带来。根据“If you $\underline{15}$ to China, don't forget to taste the special food. ”可知是指来中国不要忘记品尝特别的食物。故选 B。

【分析】先通读全文，明确文章主题为介绍中国新年的传统习俗。解题时，需结合每个空所在句子的语境，运用词汇词义辨析、固定搭配及中国传统节日常识，逐一分析选项，最后通读验证逻辑是否通顺。
【解析】1. 根据“Chinese New Year”可知中国新年是节日，故选C（festival）；2. 春节是家人团聚的节日，结合常识选A（family）；3. 由“in the evening”可知是晚餐，选C（dinner）；4. 春节吃饺子是中国传统，选A（eat）；5. “about 1,800 years”说明饺子有1800年历史，选D（history）；6. 饺子历史悠久，现在仍受欢迎，选A（welcome）；7. 春节时人们会把硬币放进饺子，选B（put）；8. 吃带有硬币的饺子会带来好运，选B（with）；9. 吃带硬币的饺子意味着好运，选B（good）；10. 卷心菜、西红柿属于蔬菜，选D（vegetables）；11. 下文提到“fish”，可知鱼是另一种幸运食物，选B（Fish）；12. “fish”的发音听起来像“surplus（盈余）”，选B（sounds）；13. 指代前文的中国人，作主语用主格they，选C（They）；14. 此处指下一年，选C（next）；15. 来中国要品尝特色食物，选B（come）。
【答案】1.C 2.A 3.C 4.A 5.D 6.A 7.B 8.B 9.B 10.D 11.B 12.B 13.C 14.C 15.B
【知识点】完形填空解题技巧、词汇词义辨析、中国传统节日常识
【点评】本题围绕中国新年传统习俗设题，侧重考查词汇辨析、语境理解及文化常识，难度适中，是典型的基础型完形填空题目。
【难度系数】0.6