Reading comprehension.
Read the following passage and complete the tasks.
My name is Quanzhou and I’m from China. My favorite time of the year is Chinese New Year. People decorate houses and streets with lanterns and flowers many days before New Year festival. Everything is red and gold, because they’re the lucky colors. People give children lucky money in red envelopes, and they also give friends mandarin oranges for good luck. The New Year’s Eve dinner is called Reunion Dinner. People in the family sit together, talk and enjoy the traditional food. One special dish is Nian Gao. People make Nian Gao with sugar and rice. We also eat fish, chicken and dumplings. After dinner we watch the New Year music performance on TV. At midnight, we can see fireworks in the sky. The colors are amazing. There are parades and lion dances in the streets, too.
* Decide whether the statements that follow are True or False.
17. People decorate their houses during New Year festivals.
18. Red and gold are lucky colors in China.
19. Children receive lucky money in red envelopes.
20. People eat fish, chicken and mandarin oranges for Reunion Dinner.
* Choose the word or phrase that best answers each question.
21. What do people give to friends for good luck?
A. Nian Gao B. mandarin oranges C. money D. flowers
22. What do people make Nian Gao with?
A. fish and chicken B. rice and dumplings C. sugar and rice D. fish and rice
