吃货福利：春节幸运食物盘点

Food and festivals are important parts of Chinese culture. Today, we are going to put them together, and show you some lucky foods during Chinese New Year.

Dumplings

During Chinese New Year, families sit together and eat a big meal. It’s an old tradition for Chinese people in the north to eat dumplings during the big meal. Dumplings look like the ancient coins, and people regard them as symbols of wealth. They say that the more dumplings you eat during New Year, the more money you will make next year. Sometimes people make a few dumplings with coins in it. If a person gets the coin-dumpling, people believe he or she is going to have good luck in the coming year.

Tang yuan

Tang yuan are rice balls, usually sweet. They are the main festival food for the Lantern Festival in fact. But people in the south China eat them during the Chinese New Year. “Tang yuan” sounds like reunion or together in Chinese, making it the symbol of reunion. This is the reason why they are poplar during the Spring Festival, though people in south and north China have different tastes of tang yuan.

Hot pot

Hot pot, or huo guo, is also very important in some places, mainly in the north of China. Eating hot pot makes people feel warm. And the red color symbolizes(象征) that the following year is full of happiness.

  ▲  , people also eat fishes, Spring Rolls and Chinese New Year Cake (nian gao) during Chinese New Year. Which one do you like best?

1.People eat dumplings during Chinese New Year because __________.

A they taste delicious

B it is traditional to do so

C they bring us money

D it is easy to make them

解析：选B。B 细节理解题。根据第二段“It’s an old tradition for Chinese people in the north to eat dumplings during the big meal.”可知中国人在春节期间吃饺子是一个古老的传统，故选B。

2.What do people think brings good luck for next year?

A Hot pot.

B Tang yuan.

C The ancient coins.

D Dumplings with coins.

解析：选D。D 细节理解题。根据第二段“If a person gets the coin-dumpling, people believe he or she is going to have good luck in the coming year.”可知人们相信，如果一个人吃到了包有硬币的饺子，他/她就会在新的一年里交好运，故选D。

3.What does the underlined word “reunion” probably mean?

A Going out.

B Growing up.

C Moving away.

D Getting together.

解析：选D。D 词义猜测题。根据第三段“Tang yuan” sounds like reunion or together in Chinese, making it the symbol of reunion.中的or可知reunion的意思应该与together接近，选项中get together(团聚)更符合文意，故选D。

4.Which of the following can be put in “ ▲ ”?

A However

B Besides

C Instead

D For example

解析：选B。B 推理判断题。上文介绍了饺子、汤圆和火锅，根据下文的also和例举的鱼、春卷、年糕可知，此处的逻辑关系应该是递进，Besides(此外)更符合文意，故选B。

5.What is the passage mainly about?

A Chinese New Year.

B Chinese Culture.

C Spring Festival foods.

D Lucky foods in China.

解析：选C。C 主旨大意题。根据全文可知，文章讲述了几种在春节期间经常吃的代表幸运的食物，“春节的食物”最符合全文大意，故选C。