第二节: 完形填空 (共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项.
The Spring Festival marks the first day of a new year, so the first meal is rather important. People from the North and the South have different   36   about the foods they eat on this  37   day. In Northern China, people   38   eat Jiaozi. The word Jiaozi in Chinese means the   39   and the beginning of time. According to historical   40  , in the past people from the North and the South both ate Jiaozi on Chinese New Year’s Day. Perhaps  41  the areas in Southern China   42   more rice than those in Northern China, southern people slowly  43  to eat many other kinds of food on New Year’s Day.   44   , the most common foods for the first   45   are noodles, New Year Cake and Tangyuan. The noodle  46  long life. The New Year Cake is called Niangao in Chinese, which   47   the hope of improvement in   48   year after year. Tangyuan is a symbol of   49    according to the Chinese.
To  50   a New Year visit to relatives and friends is an important activity during the Spring Festival. People also send cards to   51    a New Year’s greeting. What children love most is to set off firecrackers.   52   , as the pace of life is becoming faster and faster, people have   53   new ways to celebrate the Chinese traditional New Year. For example, many people no longer send out greeting cards.   54   , they use short messages or emails. Also to travel during the New Year holidays has come into   55   .
36. A. word            B. habits                C. meanings          D. stories
37. A. usual          B. unforgettable             C. common            D. special
38.A. seldom         B. usually               C. always              D. hardly
39. A. end             B. future              C. result             D. effect
40. A. reasons        B. records              C. notes              D. stories
41. A. as long as      B. though             C. when            D. because
42. A. caused          B. took                 C. produced           D. brought
43. A. understood     B. knew            C. made                D. began
44. A. Besides            B. Therefore             C. Consequently         D. Usually
45. A. subject          B. title              C. program           D. meal
46. A. symbolizes         B. reveals            C. shows              D. indicates
47. A. transports       B. represents          C. fetches                     D. takes
48. A. health          B. family             C. life              D. work
49. A. reunion        B. luck                   C. happiness          D. harmony
50. A. do            B. pay               C. get              D. carry
51.A. express              B. describe                 C. establish            D. define
52. A. Luckily         B. Unfortunately       C. However                  D. Besides
53. A. given away     B. made out           C. got into           D. taken up
54. A. Instead         B. Fortunately          C. Moreover         D. Furthermore
55.A. fashion          B. effect                       C. sight             D. power