完形填空。 The Spring Festival is one of the most important traditional festivals in China. We Chinese call it 'Nian'. But do you know that Nian was once the name of a monster(妖怪) ? A long time ago, the monster Nian 1 in the mountains. It mainly ate animals which were 2 than itself. But in winter, the animals stayed in the holes and 3 went out. It was difficult for Nian to find something to eat. So it came to villages and ate a lot of people. People were so 4 of Nian that they locked their doors before evening came during winter. One day, an old man came to the village. He told people there that Nian was afraid of 5 things the color red, fire and noise. He told people to play drums and gongs, make big fires and set off fireworks to make Nian 6 . 7 a moonless, cold night, Nian went to the village again. As soon as opened its mouth, people made too much loud 8 and made fire. Nian was really afraid and ran away. Wherever it went, there was noise and fire. When Nian was tired and couldn't run any more, people killed it. After that, on the coldest day of winter, people beat drums and gongs, and set off fireworks to celebrate the 9 of the monster Nian. They 10 red lanterns and have a big dinner without sleeping during the night. In the morning people greet each other happily. So now we have the Spring Festival. ( )1. A. living ( )2. A. weak ( )3. A. often ( )4. A. excited ( )5. A. two ( )6. A. go away ( )7. A. In ( )8. A. voice ( )9. A. successful ( )10.A. put up B. lived B. weaker B. usually B. tired B. second B. take away B. At B. noise B. success B. put away C. keeping C. strong C. seldom C. exciting C. three C. go out C. Of C. music C. die C. put off D. kept D. stronger D. ever D. afraid D. third D. take out D. On D. sound D. death D. put down