Chinese Spring Festival marks the first day of a new year, so the first meal is rather important. People from the North and the South have different 26 about the foods they eat on this 27 day. In Northern China, people 28 eat Jiaozi. The word Jiaozi in Chinese means the 29 and the beginning of time. According to historical 30 , in the past people from the North and the South both ate Jiaozi on Chinese New Year’s Day. Perhaps 31 the areas in Southern China 32 more rice than those in Northern China, southern people slowly 33 to eat many other kinds of food on New Year’s Day. 34 , the most common foods for the first 35 are noodles, New Year Cake and Tangyuan. The noodle 36 long life. The New Year Cake is called Niangao in Chinese, which 37 the hope of improvement in 38 year after year. Tangyuan is a symbol of 39 according to the Chinese. To 40 a New Year visit to relatives and friends is an important activity during the Spring Festival. People also send cards to 41 a New Year’s greeting. What children love most is to set off firecrackers. 42 , as the pace of life is becoming faster and faster, people have 43 new ways to celebrate the Chinese traditional New Year. For example, many people no longer send out greeting cards. 44 , they use short messages or emails. Also to travel during the New Year holidays has come into 45 . 小题1: A．word B．habits C．meanings D．stories 小题2: A．usual B．unforgettable C．common D．special 小题3: A．seldom B．usually C．always D．hardly 小题4: A．end B．future C．result D．effect 小题5: A．reasons B．records C．notes D．stories 小题6: A．as long as B．though C．when D．because 小题7: A．caused B．took C．produced D．brought 小题8: A．understood B．knew C．made D．began 小题9: A．Besides B．Therefore C．Consequently D．Usually 小题10: A．subject B．title C．program D．meal 小题11: A．symbolizes B．reveals C．shows D．indicates 小题12: A．transports B．represents C．fetches D．takes 小题13: A．health B．family C．life D．work 小题14: A．reunion B．luck C．happiness D．harmony 小题15: A．do B．pay C．get D．carry 小题16: A．express B．describe C．establish D．define 小题17: A．Luckily B．Unfortunately C．However D．Besides 小题18: A．given away B．made out C．got into D．taken up 小题19: A．Instead B．Fortunately C．Moreover D．Furthermore 小题20: A．fashion B．effect C．sight D．power