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The Spring Festival, Chinese Lunar New Year, is China's most significant holiday of the year, when families get together to celebrate. In modern times, however, the old ways of spending the New Year no longer meet the needs of young people, who have created various new ways to celebrate the traditional holiday.
In today's society, people are not as stable as they used to be, changing jobs and moving to another city to work is quite common. Having a big family
reunion dinner is difficult.
People who have a longer holiday such as Li Qian, a magazine editor,
prefer to go outside the city to celebrate.
"We are going to walk alongside the Yellow River, chen go to the Shaaxi
countryside to celebrate the New Year,"said Li. "I feel that I can only have a
truly traditional New Year celebration in the countryside. "
Last year, Li spent the New Year with his friends in Junxian County ,
central China's Henan Province. Interested in folk craftwork , Li bought two boxes of local products such as a special kind of mud sculpture (混塑) and
New Year paintings, only available during the Spring Festival.
"Everything in the countryside is very traditional, just like how people
celebrated the New Year in old times, while in the city there isn't much
holiday atmosphere," Li said. "The farmers are very down-to-earth and they
have kept all the traditions. "
1. What happens to Chinese Lunar New Year in modern times?
A. All people return home before the day comes as usual.
B. Most people spend their New Year with their friends after returning home.
C. Some people can't return home to celebrate the New Year because they
have noholidays.
D. Some people prefer to spend their New Year like Mr. Li, even if they have longer holidays.
2. Why does Mr. Li like to go to the countryside to celebrate the New Year?
A. Because he wants to have a truely traditional New Year.
B. Because he doesn't want to celebrate it in the city.
C. Because he has no family to celebrate with.
D. Because the farmer in the countryside needs his help a lot.
3. What does the underlined words "folk craftwork " mean in this passage?
A.她产品
B.好吃的东西
C. 手工艺品
D.风土人情
4. After reading the passage, what can we know about the attitude of the
young people to the New Year?
A. They enjoy the old way their parents celebrate the New Year.
B. They are interested in staying at home watching TV programs.
C. They have no interest in celebrating the New Year traditionally.
D. They prefer new ways to celebrate the New Year.
5. What does the writer want to tell us in this passage?
A. Traditional celebration is changing in today's world.
B. No young people like to celebrate the New Year.
C. Only do we go to the countryside we can celebrate Chinese New Year.
D. Traditional celebration is no longer in China.
