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2024—2025学年九年级上学期期末考试 英 语 试 卷 注意事项： 1.本试卷分第Ⅰ卷(选择题)和第Ⅱ卷(非选择题)两部分，共12页，试卷满分150分，考试时间为 120分钟。 2.答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、座位号、准考证号填写在答题卡上。答卷时，选择题部分必须使用2B铅笔将答案标号填涂在答题卡上对应题目标号的位置上。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。非选择题部分，须用0.5毫米黑色签字笔书写。在本试题卷、草稿纸上答题无效。 3.考试结束后，将试题卷和答题卡一并交回。 第Ⅰ卷（选择题 共100分） 第一部分 听力 （共两节，满分30分） 做题时，可将答案划在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。 第一节 （共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分） 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 1. What will the woman buy? A. B. C. 2. What will Lucy prepare for her father? A. B. C. 3. What time will the two speakers reach Shanghai? A. B. C. 4. What’s John like now? A. B. C. 5. What are people in the United States supposed to do when they meet for the first time? A. B. C. 第二节 （共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分） 听下面几段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有一个或几个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟。听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听下面一段材料，回答第6小题。 6. How are they going to the amusement park? A. By bus. B. By taxi. C. By subway. 听下面一段材料，回答第7小题。 7. What’s the relationship between the two speakers? A. Classmates. B. Teacher and student. C. Dad and daughter. 听下面一段材料，回答第8小题。 8. Where are the two speakers? A. At school. B. In the hospital. C. In Room One. 听下面一段材料，回答第9小题。 9. What does the man mean? A. He will wait. B. He won’t wait. C. He is not sure. 听下面一段材料，回答第10小题。 10. When are they going to the mountain? A. This Saturday. B. Next Monday. C. This Sunday. 听下面一段材料，回答第11-12题。 11. Which class did Alan have yesterday morning? A. Music. B. P. E. C. Math. 12. Who taught the boy how to run fast? A. Mr. Brown. B. Mrs. Green. C. Tina. 听下面一段材料，回答第13-15题。 13. Where did the man go on his second trip to Beijing? A. The Great Wall. B. Tian’anmen Square. C. The Palace Museum. 14. What’s Jim’s favorite food in Beijing? A. Peking duck. B. Bean juice. C. Fried ring. 15. Which is the best way to travel around China as Jim says? A. Ride a bike. B. Take a slow train. C. Take the high-speed train. 听下面一段材料，回答第16-20题。 16. How old was Sun Yingsha when she began to practice table tennis? A.4 years old. B. 5 years old. C. 6 years old. 17. Why did Sun practice table tennis in the beginning? A. To make money. B. To follow her parents’ dream. C. To have something to do after school. 18. Who is Sun Yingsha’s idol in table tennis? A. Deng Yaping. B. Wang Liqin. C. Zhang Yining. 19. What did Sun Yingsha do before the Tokyo 2020 Olympics to prepare? A. She practiced alone every day. B. She watched old matches on TV. C. She kept in touch with her idol and asked for advice. 20. What can we learn from Sun Yingsha? A. Talent alone is enough for success. B. Hard work is more important than talent. C. Both talent and hard work are important for success. 第二部分 基础知识运用 （共两节，满分30分） 第一节 单项填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） 从A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。 1 —Have you ever been to Beijing? —Yes, I have. It’s ________ capital of our country with ________ long history. A. the; a B. an; the C. a; the 2. —You will never understand your mum’s love ________ you grow up. —Yes, I know for me she always wants the best. A. if B. until C. since 3. —Will you go to Amy’s birthday party next Friday? —If I ________, I will go there on time. A. am invited B. was invited C. will be invited 4. —Many people often play on mobile phones instead of reading. —That’s too bad. Everyone ________ be a book lover. Reading is more enjoyable. A. can’t B. must C. should 5. — Is everyone in the classroom today? — No, two students are ________ because they’re ill at home. A. free B. absent C. busy 6. — How do you learn English? —I study English by reading ________ and listening to tapes every day. A. loudly B. loud C. aloud 7. —Dad, can I play basketball outside? —Sorry, Linda. You have to get your clothes ________ first. A. wash B. washed C. washing 8. —Happy birthday, my dear grandma. —Thank you so much This is the best gift ________ I have ever received. A. that B. who C. what 9. — Why does Mike look sad today? — Because everyone pass the exam ________ him. A. including B. besides C. except 10. —________. I didn’t hear what you said. —Never mind. I think we’d better go home quickly. It’s going to rain. A. Pardon me B. Come on C. Take it easy 第二节 完形填空（共15小题；A篇每小题2分，B篇每小题1分，满分20分） 阅读下面A、B两篇短文，掌握其大意，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案。 A There is an old Chinese saying, “If someone gives you a little drop of water, you should return a spring of water.” That means if someone helps you a bit, you should ____11____ it and thank them in return. We thank our ____12____. They work hard all the time in order to give their sons and daughters a better life. They always give us food and clothes. They teach us what is right and ____13____ is wrong. We thank our teachers. They teach us a lot of things but they ask for ____14____. There are a lot of people that we should be grateful to in our life. We should find a ____15____ to thank them. For example, try our best to do something for them. 11. A. remember B. study C. water 12. A. friends B. teachers C. parents 13. A. what B. which C. why 14. A. something B. nothing C. anything 15. A. key B. way C. gift B There was a lazy, poor man living in a small and dirty house. People ____16____ coming into such a dirty place and the poor man was ____17____ and sad every day. One day, the poor man visited a wise old man and asked him for ____18____ about changing his life. The old man gave him a beautiful vase (花瓶) and said, “This is a magic vase that will bring you ____19____.” The poor man looked at the vase ____20____ surprise. Why would he need a vase in his poorhouse? However he didn’t want to ____21____ such a beautiful vase, so he brought it home and put it on the table. “It’s not right for something so beautiful to be ____22____,” the poor man looked at the vase and thought. Then he picked some wildflowers and put them into it. But he was still not satisfied, “It is not good for such a beautiful thing to stand in the dirty room.” Then he started to do some ____23____. His house quickly turned clean and became a ____24____ place. The poor man cheered up. He suddenly realized that it was his laziness that made him poor and unhappy. From then on, he worked hard and his life ____25____ better and better. 16. A. enjoyed B. avoided C. forgot 17. A. lonely B. hungry C. surprised 18. A. service B. knowledge C. advice 19 A. peace B. happiness C. money 20. A. in B. on C. to 21. A. care for B. give up C. pay for 22. A. ugly B. full C. empty 23. A. shopping B. cleaning C. cooking 24. A. large B. colorful C. comfortable 25. A. got B. came C. liked 第三部分 阅读理解 （共两节，满分40分） 第一节 阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳答案。 A Welcome! 24-hour service. The fastest! The most delicious! The cleanest! Call at 563-5566. Visit 166 Goodfood Road. MENU Main Dishes Cheeseburger ¥5.2 Big Mac ¥10.4 Mc Chicken ¥5 (50% off until Feb. 24) Fillet-o-fish ¥9.9 Snacks Pie (apple, pineapple) ¥3.5 French Fries ¥5/6/7.5 (small, middle, big) MC and Hot Crispy Strips ¥5/pair Drinks Coca Cola ¥3.5/4.5/5.5 (small, middle, big) Orange Juice ¥7 Coffee ¥4/4.5 (small, big and refilled for nothing) Dairy Desserts Ice Cream ¥2 Milk Shake (strawberry, chocolate) ¥4.5/6.5(small, big) Happy Meal (with happy toys) Hamburger + mini French Fries + mini Pop ¥12 Cheeseburger + mini Milk Shake + mini Orange Juice ¥14.5 26. A Big Mac could be a kind of ________. A. ice cream B. fruit C. hamburger 27. How much was one Mc Chicken before? A. ¥5. B. ¥7.5. C. ¥10. 28. Which of the food or drinks does the restaurant offer with different choices? A. Orange Juice; Coca Cola. B. Cheeseburger; Milk Shake. C. Coca Cola; Coffee; Milk Shake. B An old woman had two large pots. She carried the pole (扁担) with the pots across her neck. One of the pots had a crack (裂缝) in it while the other pot was perfect and always full of water. At the end of the long walk from the well to the house, the cracked pot arrived only half-full. For two years this happened daily, with the woman bringing home only one and a half pots of water. Of course, the perfect pot was proud. But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection. One day the cracked pot spoke to the woman by the well, “I am ashamed of myself because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your house.” The old woman smiled, “Did you notice that there are flowers on your side of the path, but not on the other pot’s side? That’s because I have always known about your crack, so I planted flower seeds on your side of the path. And every day while we walk back, you water them.” “For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate the table. Without you being just the way you are, I would not have this beauty.” Each of us has our own cracks. But it’s these cracks that make our lives together so interesting and meaningful. 29. How much water did the woman bring home every day? A. Two pots. B. One and a half pots. C. Half a pot. 30. What does the underlined word “ashamed” mean in Paragraph 3? A Nervous. B. Worried. C. Embarrassed. 31. What is the correct order of the following events? ① The perfect pot was proud. ② The woman planted flower seeds on one side of the path. ③ The cracked pot spoke to the woman by the well. A. ①③② B. ②①③ C. ③②① 32. What can we learn from this text? A. Practice makes perfect. B. Love me, love my dog. C. Every coin has two sides. C The subway train is running fast. A boy is reading a book carefully in his seat in the subway, while many other people are checking their phones. To encourage reading, a Chinese company started a book-sharing activity. They put over 10000 books around the underground, in taxis and on planes in Beijing. Since the activities started, it has earned the support of many people, even some popular celebrities (名人). The book-sharing activity, however, drew much more criticism (批评) than praise because some books were left untouched, or taken away by cleaners. People also complained (抱怨) that they couldn’t read the books—the underground was too crowded. ________ “I think most people may end up taking selfies (自拍) when they pick up the books and posting on WeChat Moments. After that, they will just bring the books back home and put them on their bookshelves,” wrote one Weibo user. Some pointed out that some celebrities who supported the activity didn’t seem to be reading much. They just wanted to draw others’ attention. Isn’t it embarrassing that the activity is supported by celebrities who don’t read a lot? “The book-sharing activity is not at all a bad thing. Over the years, everybody has been busy with work. They don’t have time for reading,” said a famous Chinese writer. “However, it doesn’t mean we should do nothing to encourage reading.” 33. How does the writer introduce the topic in Paragraph1? A. By describing a scene. B. By explaining the reason. C. By answering a question. 34. Which of the following can be put in the ________? A. Someone thought most people like taking selfies and writing posts. B. Most people thought the activity could do little to encourage reading. C. Weibo users thought reading books is less important than taking selfies. 35. What can we learn from the words of the Chinese writer in the last paragraph? A. Working is more important than reading. B. We shouldn’t give up encouraging reading. C. The book-sharing activity causes traffic accidents. 36. What’s the main purpose of the passage? A. To show people the value of reading. B. To encourage people to stick to reading. C. To ask people to return the books on time. D Have you heard of a computer program that can understand what you see and answer you in a human-like way? Well, ChatGPT, one of the most powerful AIs of its kind, has excited the world. People have tested how ChatGPT works. A teacher asked ChatGPT to write answers to exam questions. It could almost get perfect grades. A mom took a picture of the food in her kitchen and sent it into ChatGPT. It was able to tell her what dishes she could make and how to cook them. A father asked ChatGPT to think up ideas of a birthday party for his son. It could give a plan combining (结合) the kids’ two favorites, pandas and soccer. What’s more, when people ask ChatGPT questions, it can find mistakes. If you ask what happened when Columbus arrived in America in 2023, ChatGPT will tell you that Columbus got to America in the 1400s. Also, ChatGPT will not provide information on dark and bad things. ChatGPT might help in many ways, but there are still some worries. OpenAI said its users had better be careful about the information given by ChatGPT, because it’s trained to use information from the Internet, but some may not be right. Also, some think that people will use ChatGPT to copy others’ work and sell it as their own. It’s still too soon to see what kind of effect ChatGPT will have on our lives. Let’s hope that, if ChatGPT does become bigger and more popular, its effects are mostly good. 37. What does the underlined word “some” in Paragraph 4 refer to (指代)? A. People. B. The users. C. Information. 38. Which is most probably a conversation between you and ChatGPT? A. —What kind of plant is it in this picture? —Sorry, I’m not able to understand pictures. I can only understand words. B. —Find something as a gift for my cousin’s birthday. He likes dogs and basketball. —There is no such gift. C. —Is Li Bai, a writer from Japan, famous all over the world? —Yes. He is. But he is from China. 39. What is the structure (结构) of the text? A. B. C. 40. What can be the best title for this text? A. Say No to ChatGPT B. Get Success with ChatGPT C. ChatGPT Is Catching the World’s Eye 第二节 阅读填空（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分） 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余选项。 Many successful people follow healthy rules. This helps them make the best use of their days. This also helps sleep well at night. One of the most important things successful people do is to get ready for the next day the night before. ____41____ Learn to relax Successful people say it is important to relax. Some enjoy listening to music, while others like taking a bath before going to bed. Studies show that a 15-minute bath an hour or two before bedtime helps them sleep better. ____42____ Put the phone down Studies show that the blue light from a phone is bad for our sleep. ____43____ They don’t sleep with their phones nearby. They put phones away an hour before bedtime and they use an alarm clock to wake up. Think about today Before sleep, it helps to think about the day. ____44____ This helps them to learn and to change. It also helps them to make a plan for a good (perhaps even better) day tomorrow. Make a plan Many successful people make plans for their activities the next day. ____45____ This is important because sleeping badly sometimes makes everything seem worse the next day. Making plans also helps them wake up relaxed, happy and ready for the new day. A. Sleeping is useful. B. It helps them sleep well. C. Let’s see how they do that. D. Successful people control their phone use. E. Sleeping well tonight means a good day tomorrow. F. Many successful people think about the good things from the day. 第Ⅱ卷（非选择题 共50分） 注意事项：必须使用0.5毫米黑色签字笔在答题卡上题目所指示区域内作答，答在试题卷上无效。 第四部分 综合知识运用（共三节，满分50分） 第一节 单词填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） 根据句意及首字母提示写出所缺单词的适当形式，并把单词完整地填写在答题卡上。 46. Miss Li said I read slowly. Could you tell the way to i________ my reading speed? 47. His kindness s________ quickly through the village. Everyone got gifts from him. 48. The high-speed train from Chengdu to Zigong makes our life more c________ . 49. I’m more confident than before. I d________ to sing a song in front of my class now. 50. When autumn comes, lots of l________ turn yellow. 51. I am glad that I can help you. It is my p________. 52. Tom failed the English test and he r________ wasting much time on playing computer games. 53. Learning to e________ your feeling is important in the conversation with your parents. 54. It is a p________ that he can’t go to the party because of the meeting. 55. To develop independence, teenagers should learn some b________ life skills like cooking. 第二节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 Supermarkets are big stores where you can buy different kinds of items. The first modern American supermarket was opened 94 years ago by a man ____56____ (call) Michael Cullen in New York City. Born in 1884, Cullen worked in stores for about 30 years. One day, he had some new ____57____ (idea) for selling more items and wrote a letter to his boss. He advised putting items on easy-to-reach shelves and selling some at lower prices ____58____ (make) people buy more. He also advised having more parking and advertising these stores ____59____ the radio and in newspapers. But his boss never replied to his letter ____60____ someone at the store didn’t like the idea. Later Cullen left the stores and moved to Queens, New York. In the summer of 1930, he opened the first supermarket in the US, called King Cullen, in an old garage. This store was special. It had different areas for different items at ____61____ (good) prices than before. What’s more, the customers could help ____62____ (they) to buy items from many stores at ____63____ same time. These things are still important for supermarkets today. Then more King Cullen stores like this opened, and ____64____ (final) by 1936, they were making $ 6 million a year across 17 stores. King Cullen ____65____ (start) on Long Island and it is now still a family-owned business with many stores. 第三节 书面表达（满分25分） 66. 2024年12月4日，“春节——中国人庆祝传统新年的社会实践”被成功列入人类非物质遗产代表作名录。假设你是李华，今年春节将邀请你的外国朋友 Sam来你家共度除夕，Sam写信询问除夕夜的传统食物和传统活动，以及中国的餐桌礼仪。请阅读以下邮件并回复。 To: Li Hua@ mail. Com Subject: The New Year’s Eve dinner Dear Li Hua, I’m happy that you invited me to the New Year’s Eve dinner with your family. Could you please tell me something about the food and activities? And I’m a little nervous, as I know little about Chinese table manners. Could you give me a hand? Many thanks. Yours, Sam 注意： 1.词数80 左右； 2.短文开头结尾已给出，不计入总词数。 Hi Sam, Knowing that you will have dinner with us, I feel so excited. I’m sure we’ll have a good time. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Hope this will help you. I am looking forward to your coming. Yours, Li Hua 2024—2025学年九年级上学期期末考试 英 语 试 卷 注意事项： 1.本试卷分第Ⅰ卷(选择题)和第Ⅱ卷(非选择题)两部分，共12页，试卷满分150分，考试时间为 120分钟。 2.答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、座位号、准考证号填写在答题卡上。答卷时，选择题部分必须使用2B铅笔将答案标号填涂在答题卡上对应题目标号的位置上。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。非选择题部分，须用0.5毫米黑色签字笔书写。在本试题卷、草稿纸上答题无效。 3.考试结束后，将试题卷和答题卡一并交回。 第Ⅰ卷（选择题 共100分） 第一部分 听力 （共两节，满分30分） 做题时，可将答案划在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。 第一节 （共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分） 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 1. What will the woman buy? A. B. C. 2. What will Lucy prepare for her father? A. B. C. 3. What time will the two speakers reach Shanghai? A. B. C. 4. What’s John like now? A. B. C. 5. What are people in the United States supposed to do when they meet for the first time? A. B. C. 第二节 （共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分） 听下面几段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有一个或几个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟。听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听下面一段材料，回答第6小题。 6. How are they going to the amusement park? A. By bus. B. By taxi. C. By subway. 听下面一段材料，回答第7小题。 7. What’s the relationship between the two speakers? A. Classmates. B. Teacher and student. C. Dad and daughter. 听下面一段材料，回答第8小题。 8. Where are the two speakers? A. At school. B. In the hospital. C. In Room One. 听下面一段材料，回答第9小题。 9. What does the man mean? A. He will wait. B. He won’t wait. C. He is not sure. 听下面一段材料，回答第10小题。 10. When are they going to the mountain? A. This Saturday. B. Next Monday. C. This Sunday. 听下面一段材料，回答第11-12题。 11. Which class did Alan have yesterday morning? A. Music. B. P. E. C. Math. 12. Who taught the boy how to run fast? A. Mr. Brown. B. Mrs. Green. C. Tina. 听下面一段材料，回答第13-15题。 13. Where did the man go on his second trip to Beijing? A. The Great Wall. B. Tian’anmen Square. C. The Palace Museum. 14. What’s Jim’s favorite food in Beijing? A. Peking duck. B. Bean juice. C. Fried ring. 15. Which is the best way to travel around China as Jim says? A. Ride a bike. B. Take a slow train. C. Take the high-speed train. 听下面一段材料，回答第16-20题。 16. How old was Sun Yingsha when she began to practice table tennis? A.4 years old. B. 5 years old. C. 6 years old. 17. Why did Sun practice table tennis in the beginning? A. To make money. B. To follow her parents’ dream. C. To have something to do after school. 18. Who is Sun Yingsha’s idol in table tennis? A. Deng Yaping. B. Wang Liqin. C. Zhang Yining. 19. What did Sun Yingsha do before the Tokyo 2020 Olympics to prepare? A. She practiced alone every day. B. She watched old matches on TV. C. She kept in touch with her idol and asked for advice. 20. What can we learn from Sun Yingsha? A. Talent alone is enough for success. B. Hard work is more important than talent. C. Both talent and hard work are important for success. 第二部分 基础知识运用 （共两节，满分30分） 第一节 单项填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） 从A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。 【1题答案】 【答案】A 【2题答案】 【答案】B 【3题答案】 【答案】A 【4题答案】 【答案】C 【5题答案】 【答案】B 【6题答案】 【答案】C 【7题答案】 【答案】B 【8题答案】 【答案】A 【9题答案】 【答案】C 【10题答案】 【答案】A 第二节 完形填空（共15小题；A篇每小题2分，B篇每小题1分，满分20分） 阅读下面A、B两篇短文，掌握其大意，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案。 A 【11~15题答案】 【答案】11. A 12. C 13. A 14. B 15. B B 【16~25题答案】 【答案】16. B 17. A 18. C 19. B 20. A 21. B 22. C 23. B 24. C 25. A 第三部分 阅读理解 （共两节，满分40分） 第一节 阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳答案。 A 【26~28题答案】 【答案】26. C 27. C 28. C B 【29~32题答案】 【答案】29. B 30. C 31. B 32. C C 【33~36题答案】 【答案】33. A 34. B 35. B 36. B D 【37~40题答案】 【答案】37. C 38. C 39. A 40. C 第二节 阅读填空（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分） 【41~45题答案】 【答案】41. C 42. E 43. D 44. F 45. B 第Ⅱ卷（非选择题 共50分） 注意事项：必须使用0.5毫米黑色签字笔在答题卡上题目所指示区域内作答，答在试题卷上无效。 第四部分 综合知识运用（共三节，满分50分） 第一节 单词填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） 根据句意及首字母提示写出所缺单词的适当形式，并把单词完整地填写在答题卡上。 【46题答案】 【答案】(i)mprove 【47题答案】 【答案】 (s)pread 【48题答案】 【答案】(c)onvenient 【49题答案】 【答案】(d)are 【50题答案】 【答案】(l)eaves 【51题答案】 【答案】(p)leasure 【52题答案】 【答案】(r)egretted 【53题答案】 【答案】(e)xpress 【54题答案】 【答案】(p)ity 【55题答案】 【答案】(b)asic 第二节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分） 【56~65题答案】 【答案】56. called 57. ideas 58. to make 59. on 60. because 61. better 62. themselves 63. the 64. finally 65. started 第三节 书面表达（满分25分） 【66题答案】 【答案】例文 Hi Sam, Knowing that you will have dinner with us, I feel so excited. I’m sure we’ll have a good time. On New Year’s Eve, we traditionally eat dumplings, as they symbolize wealth. We also have fish for prosperity, rice cakes for a higher income, and spring rolls for wealth and happiness. As for activities, we usually watch the Spring Festival Gala on TV, enjoy setting off fireworks, and give red envelopes to children for good luck. Regarding table manners, remember to wait for the elder family members to start eating before you do. It’s polite to try a bit of everything that’s offered to you, and avoid pointing your chopsticks at anyone. Hope this will help you. I am looking forward to your coming. Yours, Li Hua 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$