完形填空It was the first day of Chinese Spring Festival. And there were thousands of people in the streets 1 the traditional lion dance. Chen Dong found himself standing next to a boy with curly golden hair. "Hi, my name is Sam," said the boy. "Can you tell me 2 this festival is all about? I have 3 seen anything like it before."
"It is our New Year celebration," said Chen Dong.
"But this is not the beginning of the 4 ," said Sam. "It is the end of January. In England we celebrate the start of the New Year on the first of January. And we do not have a colorful 5 like this. In my hometown, many grown-ups have parties the night before, on New Year's Eve, and sometimes they set off fireworks (烟花) at midnight, which 6 the sky with colorful lights."
"Our Spring Festival is for the 7 family," said Chen Dong. "We all got together for a big meal yesterday evening, and today we will 8 our relatives and friends in the town. The celebrations will go on 9 several more days after
this."
"Is it a religious (宗教的) festival?" asked Sam.
"Not really," replied Chen Dong, "10 some of the customs have to do with driving bad spirits away, for example, that's why we set off firecrackers (鞭炮)."