九年级英语阅读理解每日一练

China is famous for its delicious food. Especially during festivals, there are different traditional foods. Among them is niangao.  Niangao, a kind of Chinese New Year’s rice cake, is made of glutinous rice (糯米). It is very popular during the Spring Festival. The pronunciation of niangao sounds like “year” and “high”, which means higher incomes, better jobs, higher marks, the growth of children, and generally the promise of a better year. Niangao is usually made of glutinous rice flour (糯米粉), wheat starch (小麦淀粉), salt, water and sugar. The tastes can be divided into two main kinds: sweet niangao in northern China, while sweet or salty niangao in the south. Salty and sweet tastes are both fantastic. In Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas, people can put different things inside niangao, s