There are many Chinese festivals in Hong Kong. The Western New Year starts on the first day of January but the Chinese begin New Year on the first day of the first moon of the Chinese calendar. Before New Year’s Day comes, people clean and decorate their house. (51) _________ a lot of traditional food and go shopping for presents and new clothes. New Year’s Eve is the time (52) ________ every family gathers its members together for dinner.

People (53) ________ the New Year with a music performance and a firework display to light up the sky.

On New Year’s Day, they visit their friends and relatives. The children get lucky money in red envelopes. Many people go to the (54) ________ to wish for good health and good luck. Chinese people in Hong Kong celebrate the New Year with (55) _______ and happiness.

1.     A. take                    B. bring                     C. cook                    D. sell

2.     A. when                   B. after                     C. before                 D. during

3.     A. meet                    B. see                       C. end                       D. celebrate

4.     A. houses                 B. pagodas                C. family                   D. camps

5.     A. hopeful                 B. hopeless               C. hope                     D. hoping