horse        the year of dog. ( 2 ) And this year is the year of dragon.
   Before New Year's Day, people are busy shopping and cleaning their houses. On New Year's Eve, there is a big family dinner. All the

families stay up late to welcome the New Year after dinner. On the first day of the New Year, people put on their new clothes and go to visit their friends and relatives. They say “Happy New Year and good luck.” and some other greetings（祝福）to each other. People usually

have a good time during Chinese New Year, the Spring Festival.
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    There are 24 solar terms (节气) in China, and the Grain Rain(谷雨) is one of them. It falls on April 19 this year.

    This solar term is called the Grain Rain because it is known for “rain” that helps the grain grow. From its name, we can guess it means a time of more rain. So if you go out in the next two weeks, you may need to bring an umbrella with you.

    But this is a great time for planting crops. If you miss the time for planting during the Grain Rain, you will feel sorry later. So maybe you can try to plant some flowers or vegetables in your garden. When the spring rain falls, farmers begin to grow crops (庄稼). Farmers often say, “Spring rain is as precious (珍贵的) as oil.” It brings farmers hope for a good year ahead.

    There are also many interesting customs during the Grain Rain. In the northern part of China, people like to eat Chinese toon (椿芽) mixed with eggs. The food made during the Grain Rain tastes wonderful and is good for your stomach. In the southern part of China, the tea leaves are picked during the time. They are called Grain Rain tea, which is famous for its freshness and sweet smell.

维生素对人体很重要，大家了解他们吗？请仔细阅读题中的五种维生素的介绍和A至F材料说明，匹配需要补充该种维生素的人。

A. Emily often feels tired and seems to be lack of energy.

B. Jeff spent his summer vacation on the beach and got serious sunburnt.

C. Kate has poor eyesight and she can't see clearly at night.

D. Tony sometimes feels pains in his bones and he has loose teeth.

E. Linda feel nervous before the new people.

F. Luke is so careless that he often gets hurt. And it takes a long time for his wound to heal.

    Do you know what is useful to stop a cold? It is your body working against the virus（病毒）that makes you uncomfortable when getting a cold, but not the virus Itself? So if you are strong and the virus is strong enough, too, you will feel terrible.

    Vitamin C won't stop a cold

    It is said that Vitamin C helps you beat the cold. However, many tests have shown that it does not stop colds. It only helps you feel a little bit better.

    Staying indoors won't protect you

    Cold viruses like to stay on your computer mouse or desk. A study found that 47%of the viruses Indoors are on the desks, 46%are on the computer mice, and 45%on telephones.

    Wearing more clothes won't keep you away from colds

    Colds are more common in autumn and winter. That's because the cool, wet and cold weather drives people indoors where viruses may more easily jump from one person to another. And the peak（高峰期）in colds is in September and early January, because students come back to schools after the summer and winter vacation.

    Old grandma's chicken soup is right

    Grandma's chicken soup is a traditional way to help you get well. Scientists say it is true. The chicken soup does help to beat a cold. Many canned（罐装）soups are just efficient（有效的）as homemade ones.

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    Have you ever counted the number of digits (数字) in your mobile phone number? Your number has 11 digits. You may sometimes find it hard to remember your number. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} Why is that?

    The 11 digits can be divided into three parts. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} The first three numbers tell you which mobile phone service provider you are using. For example, 135 is for the China Mobile Communication Corporation and 188 is for China Unicom. The fourth to the seventh digits tell you which area the number is recorded in. And the last four digits are random (随机的).

    {#blank#}3{#/blank#} We once had 10 numbers. But as our population grew, there were not enough numbers for us to use. So we began to use 11 digits starting from 1999.

    Eleven digits can be used to make tens of billions of mobile phone numbers, according to the Xinhua News Agency. That's enough for each person to have seven or eight phone numbers to use in China. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} Usually, the service provider will reuse a canceled number after three to six months. If you call a number that you haven't contacted (联络) for a long time, you may find that its owner has changed.

    Besides China, Britain and Japan also use 11-digit mobile phone numbers. But their numbers always start with. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} Countries like the United States, Australia and India use phone numbers with 10 digits. Canada's mobile phone numbers are perhaps the world's shortest: they use seven digits.

左栏是在外国学习期间中国留学生常遇到的五个问题的主题描述，右栏是常遇到的五个问题的具体描述，请为左栏的每个主题选择一个合适的描述。