题目：
阅读短文，按要求完成短文后的各项任务（共5题：每题2分，满分10分）
We call Chinese New Year the Spring Festival. There is a name for each Chinese year. (1) We may call it the year of sheep, the______ of horse_______ the year of dog. (2) And this year is the year of snake.
Before New Year’s Day, people are busy shopping and cleaning their houses. On New Year’s Eve, there is a big family dinner. All the families stay up late to welcome the New Year after dinner. On the first day of the New Year, people put on their new clothes and go to visit their friends and relatives. They say “Happy New Year and good luck.” And some other greetings to each other. People usually have a good time during Chinese New Year, the Spring Festival.
小题1:将（1）句的空白处分别填上一个适当的词语，使句意完整、上下文通顺。_____ _____
小题2:将（2）句译成中文__________________________________________________
小题3:回答问题：What do Chinese people do before New Year’s Day ? __________________
小题4:在文中找出与 A lot of families don’t sleep early because they want to welcome the New Year 的同义句。
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小题5:在文中找出最能表达该短文主题的句子。
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答案：
小题1:Year or,
小题2:今年是蛇年
小题3:They are busy shopping and cleaning their houses
小题4:All the families stay up late to welcome the new year after dinner
小题5: People usually have a good time during Chinese New Year, the Spring Festival.
题目分析：本文叙述了中国的新年，春节。在新年到来之前，人们忙着购物和打扫房间。除夕夜，全家聚在一起熬夜，迎接新的一年的到来。在新年第一天，人们穿上新衣服，去给亲朋好友拜年。人们在新年过得很快乐。
小题1:根据,the year of sheep羊年，因此马年是the year of horse,因此第一空为year。第二空表示并列故用连词or，或者。
小题2:this year的意思是今年； the year of snake的意思是蛇年，故此句完整的意思是今年是蛇年。
小题3:根据Before New Year’s Day, people are busy shopping and cleaning their houses.可知在新年到来之前，人们忙着购物和打扫房间。故此处的答案为：They are busy shopping and cleaning their houses。
小题4:don’t sleep early的意思是stay up late熬夜，没有早睡觉；因此与这一句意思相同的句子是All the families stay up late to welcome the new year after dinner。
小题5:因为全文都是围绕着中国人过新年的活动展开的，因此主题句应是人们在新年过的快乐，故选择这一句 People usually have a good time during Chinese New Year, the Spring Festival为主题句。
