The Spring Festival is celebrated not only in China but also in other parts of the world. The traditional holiday is the most important to Chinese both at home and abroad.
United Kingdom
Celebrations for the Spring Festival in the UK started in 1980, with the first evening party held in 2002. Every new year, people get together and have a lot of activities. They sing songs, dance to music, share photos with friends or enjoy films in a cinema.
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United States
The Spring Festival has become a key time for Chinese living or working in the US. They join in a large evening party to welcome the traditional new year. It is a good chance for people to build a circle of friends and feel that they are not alone because they share the same culture and values.
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Australia
The Chinese new year will be welcomed with three weeks of celebrations across Australia. Many people come to Sydney’s Chinatown or Little Bourke in Melbourne. They enjoy fireworks, lion dances, dragon boat and many other traditional activities. The celebrations are also a bridge towards better understanding between Chinese and non-Chinese.
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Singapore
The family dinner on new year’s eve is an important tradition for Chinese whether they were born in Singapore or moved there from China. They place traditional food on a table as an act of remembering their past. Then the whole family enjoy their dinner together. They usually hold it at home because having it in a restaurant takes away the meaning of the tradition.
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小题1: Celebrations for the Spring Festival in the UK started in ___________.
| A．1890 |
B．1980 |
C．2000 |
D．2002 |
小题2: At the Spring Festival, American Chinese join in a large evening party to _________.
| A．say hello to the traditional new year |
| B．refuse a good chance |
| C．tell others they are alone |
| D．share different cultures |
小题3:. Chinese in Australia enjoy the following activities except _________.
| A．fireworks |
B．lion dances |
| C．trick or treat |
D．dragon boat races |
小题4: In Singapore, Chinese families don’t hold the new year dinner at a restaurant but at home because___________.
| A．they want to keep Chinese tradition |
| B．the restaurant is far away |
| C．they moved there from other places |
| D．they were born in Singapore |
小题5: After reading the passage above, we might say__________.
| A．all parts of the world celebrate the Spring Festival |
| B．the Chinese new year is celebrated only in China |
| C．celebrations for the Spring Festival are just held in four foreign countries |
| D．Chinese across the world have a strong feeling towards the Spring Festival |
