Chinese New Year

(exercises)

1) Read the text and fill in the gaps with the prepositions given in the box on the right. after
The biggest festival 1______ the Chinese calendar is the New Year. The date 2_____ the New for
Year depends 3______ the moon so it changes every year, but it is always 4_____ January or
in
February.
5_____ Chinese culture, each year is named 6_______ an animal. There are twelve different of
animals. A traditional part 7______ the Chinese New Year celebrations is the Lion Dance. People
on
dress 8_____ lion costumes and dance 9_____ the street. Red is the colour 10______ good luck
11____ Chinese people. with
Dancers usually perform the Lion Dance high 12_____ the air. The show ends 13_____ singing
and dancing 14_____traditional costumes.
The New Year celebrations normally finish 15_____ a beautiful and noisy fireworks display. Chinese people
have used fireworks 16_____ 2.000 years. They are a traditional part 17_____ any Chinese celebration.

2) Are the following statements true (T) or false (F)?

1. The Chinese New Year celebrations are on the 1st January? ___
2. It is traditional for people to wear lion costumes for the
celebrations. ___
3. In China, people think the colour red is lucky. ___
4. The New Year celebrations can be very noisy. ___
5. Fireworks are a traditional part of some of Chinese
celebrations. ___
6. Chinese people have used fireworks for 2.500 years. ___

3) Complete the phrases with the words given in the box on the right.
Chinese ( 2 )
1. _____________ animals 5. ________________ part good
lion
2. _____________ culture 6. ________________ calendar different
3______________ costumes 7. ________________ celebrations traditional
New Year
4. _____________ display 8. ________________ luck fireworks

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KEY
Ex. 1)

1 in 2 of 3 on 4 in 5 In 6 after 7 of 8 in 9 in 10 of 11 for
12 in 13 with 14 in 15 with 16 for 17 of

Ex. 2)
1 F (the date depends on the moon)
2T
3T
4T
5 F (not some, but all the celebrations)
6 F (2.000)

Ex.3)
1 different
2 Chinese
3 lion
4 fireworks
5 traditional
6 Chinese
7 New Year
8 good

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