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People have different traditional (传统的) foods to celebrate different festivals. Traditional foods for the new year show good luck and good health.
An English Christmas dinner has a meal of turkey. Germans celebrate Christmas with bread, cookies and cakes. It is made like a Christmas tree.
In the south of India, there is a three-day festival in mid-January called Pongal. It has rice and a dish o f rice cooked with sugar.
Japan celebrates the New Year with a seven-day festival. It begins from January 1st. They cook food before the festival so people don't need to cook during the festival, On New Year's Day, people can have different dishes ——each dish is a wish for the New Year.
People in China get their food ready ahead of time(提前). They don't want to use a knife during New Year's time because they think it might "cut luck". Foods with lucky names are popular, such as fish. It sounds like "surplus（余）"．
1. What can traditional foods show? ____________________________________
2. What is Germans Christmas food like? ____________________________________
3. How long is Pongal? ______________________________________
4. When do Japanese celebrate the festival? ______________________________________
5. Why don’t Chinese use a knife during the New Year’s time? _____________________
试题分析：在不同的节日里，人们往往吃不同的食物，而新年的时候吃的食物经常代表着好运和祝愿身体健康。本文中作者给我们举了几个例子来说明不同地方的人们在新年的时候吃的食物和一些习俗。
1. Good luck and good health.
根据短文的开头 People have different traditional ( 传统的） foods to celebrate different festivals. Traditional foods for the new year show good luck and good health. 可知，人们在不同的节日里会吃不同的传统的食物，而新年的传统食物代表着好运和身体健康。
2. (It is made like) a Chritmas tree.
根据短文第二段中 Germans celebrate Christmas with bread，cookies and cakes. It is made iilce a Christmas可知，德国人在过圣诞节的时候，他们吃面包、小饼和蛋糕，制成圣诞树的形状。
3. Three days.
根据短文第三段中 In the south of India, there is a three-day festival in mid-January called Pongal. 可知，Pongal是一个三天的节日，在1月的中旬。
4. (They celebrate the festival) from January 1st.
根据短文第四段中 Japan celebrates the New Year with a seven-day festival. It begins from January 1st 可知日本人从 1 月 1 日开始庆祝新年，持续 7 天。
5. Because they think it might “cut luck”.
根据短文的最后一段中 They don’t want to use a knife during New Year’s time because they think it might "cut luck".可知，在新年的时候，中国人不用刀子，因为他们认为刀子会砍杀好运气。
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