阅读理解
At midnight on New Year's Eve .people in Rome and Italy throw (扔) all the things they no longer
want .The streets are filled with old chairs ,beds ,clothes and dishes …. In Madrid (马德里) Spain, new year comes in more quietly . People go to the main square ,each holding a bag of grapes .As the clock
strikes ( 敲 ) twelve ,the people eat grapes .
In Tokyo people eat noodles on New Year's Eve. This food is said to bring long life. Early the next
morning , some Japanese families climb Mount Fuji (富士山) . There they watch the first sunrise of the
new year.
In China , New Year's food include a whole fish and a chicken . The chicken must be presented
(呈现) with a head ,a tail and two feet to symbolize (象征) completeness (完美) .
1. This story is about New Year's Eve in ________.
A. Italy and Spain
B. England
C. Japan and China
D. Both A and C
2. From the story we know that people in some countries bring in New Year By ___________.
A. throwing everything
B. playing games
C. eating some special food
D. drinking coke
3. People climb Mount Fuji to ______________.
A. see the sun come up
B. look at the stars
C. search for New Year's flowers
D. watch the sun go down
4. The people who hope to have long life from their New Year's food_________.
A. are Spanish
B. are Japanese
C. are Chinese
D. are Italians
5. People in China eat __________ at New Year's Eve because they symbolize completeness.
A. grapes
B. noodles
C. fish and chicken
D. a whole fish and a chicken
