China is a great country with a long history and its biggest festival is the Spring Festival. ____1____. Around the world, it is also known as the Chinese New Year. Families get together to celebrate and enjoy the happy moments. It is a tradition that people put Spring Festival couplets on the front doors to welcome luck and happiness in. ____2____, which are usually put on windows, doors, and walls. In some towns and the countryside, people still keep the tradition today. People in cities try every way to blend (混合；融合) the tradition with their modern life.

To welcome the Spring Festival, ____3____. They encourage their students to create the couplets in Chinese and art classes as well as in certain clubs to celebrate the festival. The year 2026 is the Chinese Year of the Horse. Before this Spring Festival, the art teachers of one school in Xi’an encouraged and guided their students to put the idea of paper cutting into handicrafts (手工艺品). As their imaginations flew, out from the students came great artistic works. ____4____ and successfully made big handicrafts of horses and the Chinese character of “福” (meaning “luck”) in paper-cut style. One student of a class even used the idea of horseshoes to create the artwork of 2026 New Year greetings!

As one of the most important traditional festivals, ____5____.

*Horseshoe: A U-shaped piece of metal that is tied to the bottom of a horse’s foot. A horseshoe is often used as a symbol of good luck.

A. group of students worked together

B. many communities have different celebrations

C. the Spring Festival is certainly the best time to pass down Chinese culture

D. The festival falls on the first day of the first Chinese lunar month

E. It is also a tradition that people make paper cuttings

F. many schools have different activities

1.1.

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B

C

D

解析：选D。D 介绍春节时间，承接上文介绍春节基本信息，逻辑通顺。

2.2.

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D

解析：选E。E 前一句提到贴春联是传统；空格后 which 指代空格名词，描述物品贴在门窗墙上。

3.3.

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D

解析：选F。F 空格后主语 They 指代空格内容，后文写 “鼓励学生写春联、美术课手工”，主语是学校老师。讲学校举办各类活动，They 指代 schools。

4.4.

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解析：选A。A 后半句“成功制作大型马和福字剪纸手工作品”，表示一群学生合作，主语 students，前后主语一致。

5.5.

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D

解析：选C。C 结尾句，总结全文。全文讲春节传统，学校通过手工传承文化。点明春节是传承中华文化的好时机，升华主旨。