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八、阅读理解 ( 本大题共 5 小题 , 每小题 2 分 , 共 10 分 ) 阅读下列短文 , 短文后面有五个小题 , 从每小题所给的四个选项中 , 选出最佳答案。未选、错选或多选均不得分。 The Lunar ( 农历的 ) New Year is one of the biggest and most important holidays in Asia. In China, it is called “ Chunjie ”, which means “ spring festival ” in English. In Vietnam, it is known as “ Tet. ” And in Korea, it is “ Seollal. ” These countries mark the coming year with many similar activities: family reunions ( 团圆 ), cleaning the home, the color red, and traditional foods. Today, we learn about four foods considered lucky during the Lunar New Year. Spring rolls In China, spring rolls are often made of vegetables and pork mea t. The fried spring rolls look like large pieces of gold. The food is a symbol of wealth and financial success for the coming year. Vietnamese red sticky rice In Vietnam , one food you will find during Tet is orange - red rice, called xoi - gac. It is made with gac, a fruit that only grows in Asia. The inside of the fruit is a beautiful, deep red. This gives xoi - gac its orange - red color. And it is the food's color that makes it especially popular during Tet; red represents luck, happiness and celebration in many Asian cultures. Korean rice cake soup No Korean New Year celebration is complete without tteokguk, or rice cake soup. Eating a bowl of it is said to bring a person a long life. Eating tteokguk also represents growin g another year older. Koreans may ask a person their age by saying “ How many bowls of tteokguk have you eaten ? ” The soup includes vegetables and thin, round pieces of rice cake. The round shape is said to represent old Korean money. So, tteokguk is said to bring riches, too. Fish In many places in Asia, fish is another lucky food for the New Year. In Chinese, the word for fish sounds like the word for more or extra. So, fish also represents wealth. To be especially lucky, there should b e some left for a meal the next day. That suggests your riches will continue throughout the new year.