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(2023—2024·安康市汉阴县期中)Jiaozi, also known as Chinese dumplings, is a must-have during holidays in Northern China. It is said Chinese people probably began to have jiaozi more than 1,800 years ago.
Jiaozi is one of the most important foods in Chinese New Year. Since jiaozi is in the shape of ancient Chinese gold or silver ingots (金银锭), it is a symbol of wealth (财富). Traditionally, the members of a family get together to make dumplings on New Year's Eve. They may put a coin in one of the dumplings. The person who finds the coin will possibly have good luck. As the Spring Festival is the start of a new year, people choose to eat jiaozi in the hope of having a good future in the coming new year.
There are no rules about dumpling fillings. You can make different kinds of Chinese dumplings with different fillings according to your taste. They can be anything from vegetables, meat or seafood. No matter what kinds of the fillings are, the wrapping (包) skill needs to be excellent to make jiaozi good-looking.
As China is a country with a large land area, there are differences in different areas in ways of making jiaozi or even serving it. For example, dumpling wrappers are made with rolling sticks in Beijing and Hebei Province, while in some parts of Inner Mongolia, wrappers are made by hand-pressing.
33. When did Chinese people probably begin to have jiaozi?
They probably began to have jiaozi more than 1,800 years ago.
34. What is the shape of jiaozi?
It is in the shape of ancient Chinese gold or silver ingots.
35. Why do people choose to eat jiaozi during the Spring Festival?
They hope that they can have a good future in the coming new year.
36. What does the underlined word “They” in Paragraph 3 refer to?
It refers to dumpling fillings.
37. Which English words in the last paragraph mean “擀面杖”?
They are “rolling sticks”.

答案： 33.more than 1,800 years ago 34.gold or silver ingots 35.have a good future 36.dumpling fillings 37.rolling sticks