Ⅶ. 首字母填空(10分)
The Lantern Festival falls on the 15th day of the first lunar month. This day is always the first full moon in the new year. People also c1 it Shangyuan Festival. Celebrations and t2 on this day began from the Han Dynasty (朝代) and became p3 in the Tang Dynasty. Watching the red lanterns is one of the main traditions. Lanterns of different s4 and sizes are usually put on trees, or along river banks on show. It is said that sky lanterns were first used by Zhuge Kongming to ask for help when he was in trouble. Today, when the lanterns slowly r5 into the air, people make wishes.
Another tradition is g6 lantern riddles(谜语). The riddles are usually short, wise, and sometimes humorous(幽默的). The answer to a riddle can be a Chinese character(汉字), a famous person's name, or a name of a place.
The most i7 thing is to eat sweet dumplings with different tastes because they are symbols of reunion and wishes for good luck. In northern China, they are called yuanxiao while in southern p8 they're named tangyuan. Because making sweet dumplings is like a game or an activity, they are usually done happily by a group of f9 or family members.
In old times, the Lantern Festival was also romantic(浪漫的). W10 lanterns gave young people a chance to meet each other. A line from Xin Qiji, a poet during the Song Dynasty, shows this: Hundreds and thousands of times I searched for her in the crowd. Suddenly I turned, and there she stood in the dim.