The 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 36 about the foods they eat on this 37 day. In Northern China, people 38 eat Jiaozi. The word Jiaozi in Chinese means the 39 and the beginning of time. According to historical 40 , in the past people from the North and the South both ate Jiaozi on Chinese New Year’s Day. Perhaps 41 the areas in Southern China 42 more rice than those in Northern China, southern people slowly 43 to eat many other kinds of food on New Year’s Day. 44 , the most common foods for the first 45 are noodles, New Year Cake and Tangyuan. The noodle 46 long life. The New Year Cake is called Niangao in Chinese, which 47 the hope of improvement in 48 year after year. Tangyuan is a symbol of 49 according to the Chinese. To 50  a New Year visit to relatives and friends is an important activity during the Spring Festival. People also send cards to   51   a New Year’s greeting. What children love most is to set off firecrackers.   52 , as the pace of life is becoming faster and faster, people have 53 new ways to celebrate the Chinese traditional New Year. For example, many people no longer send out greeting cards. 54 , they use short messages or emails. Also to travel during the New Year holidays has come into 55 . 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