七、语法填空。(每小题1分,共10分)
New Year's Day is one of the most important 1. (day) for many people in the world.
New Year's Day is 2. 1 January. People 3. (close) most companies, shops and schools during that time.
People get ready for New Year's Day from late December. People spend a few days 4. (clean) their houses.
People also prepare the meal 5. New Year's Day from late December. On New Year's Day, people usually do not cook 6. have lots of fun at home. On New Year's Eve, family 7. (member) and friends usually stay at home or in hotels and 8. (hear) the bells (铃声) which tell people of the 9. (come) New Year. Children are busy 10. (get) the gifts from their parents and relatives.

1. days 2. on 3. close 4. cleaning 5. for
6. but 7. members 8. hear 9. coming 10. getting

八、选词填空。(每小题2分,共10分)
come make taste get ready for celebration
It's great to enjoy the special porridge of winter! In China, the 12th month of the lunar calendar is called la yue. Chinese people 1. ______ the Laba Festival on the eighth day of the month. From this day on, people begin 2. ______ the Spring Festival. On this day, people eat the hot Laba porridge. It has rice, red beans, dried lotus seeds(莲子) and different kinds of nuts(坚果). 3. ______ the porridge nice, people cook it with eight different things. Everywhere you eat the porridge, it 4. ______ different. The porridge is not just good for health, but a blessing(祝福) for the 5. ______ of the Spring Festival.

1. celebrate 2. to get ready for 3. To make
4. tastes 5. coming

九、完形填空。(第1~15小题每小题1分,第16小题2.5分,共17.5分)
There are four people in Li Ming's family. They are his parents, his sister and him. They live in a big house with two floors. Li Ming's parents' room is on the first floor. And his sister Li Hua's room and his room are on the floor.
Today is the last day of the Chinese lunar year. It's a very day of the year. Chinese people prepare to the coming Spring Festival. So do Li Ming's family.
In the morning, they get up at 6:30. After breakfast, Li Ming's father begins to ______ the Spring Festival couplets. Li Ming's mother cleans the ______ for cooking. Li Ming helps ______ the table, chairs and the floor. Li Hua helps wash the clothes.
In the afternoon, Li Hua helps her mother make some dishes in the kitchen. And Li Ming helps his father set the . They need to a lot of time. Before dinner, Li Ming's father lights the firecrackers(鞭炮) first. It's a Chinese custom(习俗). After that, they start enjoying the big . At the table, they eat, drink and talk . The meal can usually for hours.
They watch TV together they have the meal. Li Ming's parents give Li Ming and Li Hua some lucky money. It's said that it can bring good . They enjoy the family time very much.
()1. A. first B. second C. third D. fourth
()2. A. strong B. wild C. healthy D. important
()3. A. celebrate B. grow C. buy D. hang
()4. A. give up B. look at C. put up D. clean up
()5. A. street B. ring C. kitchen D. calendar
()6. A. clean B. call C. exercise D. use
()7. A. wet B. delicious C. active D. fast
()8. A. table B. house C. present D. lantern
()9. A. go B. listen C. remember D. spend
()10. A. busy B. traditional C. cute D. small
()11. A. word B. house C. meal D. cake
()12. A. happily B. finally C. really D. quickly
()13. A. join B. walk C. last D. raise
()14. A. or B. so C. because D. after
()15. A. earth B. luck C. food D. study
16. What do your family have for dinner on Chinese New Year's Eve?

1~5. BDACC 6~10. ABADB 11~15. CACDB
16. We always have dumplings and fish.（言之有理即可）