B
On New Year's Day,many people eat special food for good luck.
In Spain,people eat twelve grapes at midnight on New Year's Eve—one grape for good luck in each month of the new year.
During the Spring Festival,Chinese people eat dumplings. Sometimes people put a coin in one of the dumplings. Everyone hopes to find the coin for luck in the new year. Of course they don't eat
it. In the south of China,people make rice cakes for the Spring Festival. People call rice cakes niangao. It means “getting better year after year”.
Japanese eat noodles on New Year's Eve and on their birthdays. They think noodles may bring them good luck and long life.
The food may be different in each country,but the meaning is the same. People hope the food will bring them luck and fun in the coming year.
语篇结构
6. Why do people in Spain eat twelve grapes on New Year's Eve?
A. Because grapes are delicious.
B. Because twelve is a lucky number.
C. Because they want good luck all year round.
D. Because there are twelve months in a year.
(
C
)
7. What does the underlined word “it” refer to?
A. The dumpling.
B. The coin.
C. The cake.
D. The rice.
(
B
)
8. What does the writer want to tell us in the third paragraph?
A. How to make dumplings.
B. Chinese people like eating dumplings.
C. Chinese people eat dumplings and niangao during the Spring Festival.
D. Niangao is people's favourite food.
(
C
)
9. What do Japanese eat on New Year's Eve?
A. Noodles.
B. Bread.
C. Chicken.
D. Rice cakes.
(
A
)
10. People hope that ______ will bring them good luck.
A. money
B. water
C. gift
D. food
(
D
)
