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Winter International (国际的) Food Festival
Green Square will have this year’s Winter International Food Festival on January 15th. You can enjoy food and drinks from more than 20 countries. There will also be five interesting shows.
After you get to the square, go to the red house to pick up your free “food passport (护照)”. You can visit seven stations and collect a stamp (印章) at each station. After collecting all seven stamps, you will win (赢得) an amazing gift!
Shows: 5:00 p.m.-5:10 p.m. African dance 5:15 p.m.-5:35 p.m. Piano performance
5:35 p.m.-6:00 p.m. Indian dance 6:30 p.m.-6:45 p.m. Violin performance
6:50 p.m.-7:00 p.m. Australian dance
More tips: Tickets are 50 yuan for adults (成年人) and free for the old over 60 years old. Half price (价钱) for children under the age of 10.
For more information, please call us on 2551179 or click (点击) here.
() 1. How can people win a gift?
A. By trying the food. B. By getting seven stamps.
C. By visiting the red house. D. By taking a food passport.
() 2. If John has free time after 5:35 p.m., which shows can he watch?
① Indian dance ② Violin performance ③ Australian dance
④ Piano performance ⑤ African dance
A. ①②③ B. ①④⑤ C. ②③④ D. ③④⑤
() 3. If Mike takes part in this festival with his 8-year-old son, how much should he pay?
A. 10 yuan. B. 50 yuan. C. 60 yuan. D. 75 yuan.
() 4. Where can you probably read the passage?
A. In a storybook. B. Online. C. On a poster. D. In a magazine.

B
Today, people all over China are celebrating the Laba Festival. It is a traditional Chinese festival. It’s on the eighth day of the 12th lunar (农历) month. What does this festival mean to Chinese people? It just tells people to prepare for celebrating the coming New Year’s Day and wanderers to go back home to get together with their family.
Long long ago, Laba Festival was a day of thanks for a good harvest (收成). On this day, people usually ate Laba porridge. Many temples (寺庙) today also give out Laba porridge to people. The sweet, red porridge is believed to bring good luck and joy.
The festival is also the day for people to put garlic in vinegar(醋). The garlic turns green then, and have a special taste. People like to eat it with jiaozi. In the past, it was used to let people remember to give back the money they borrowed, as “garlic” sounds the same as suan in Chinese, which means “calculate (计算)”.
Customs (风俗) are quite different across the country. People in Qianxian eat the Laba a few days before. In Xining City, people eat porridge with beef and mutton.
() 5. The Laba Festival is on ______.
A. the eighth day of December B. the eighth day of January
C. the eighth day of the twelfth month D. the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month
() 6. Laba Festival is similar to ______.
A. Christmas B. May Day C. Thanksgiving Day D. Water Festival
() 7. The underlined word “wanderers” probably means “______” in Chinese.
A. 奇迹 B. 漂泊者 C. 学者 D. 怀疑者
() 8. What can we learn from Paragraph 3?
A. The garlic is a green vegetable.
B. People usually give back money before a new year comes.
C. People usually put garlic in vinegar on New Year’s Day.
D. People eat the Laba garlic before the Laba Festival.