Question

Singles Day (光棍節(jié))falls on every November 11th, and as the name suggests, this holiday is one specially for people who are still living the single life. It’s surprising that China is the only country in the world that has set up a special day for singles to celebrate(慶祝) their lives. To find out more about this celebration, read on.

An old story goes that once there were four single men, leading very boring lives. None of them were married, or had lovers, or did anything exciting. They just sat around all day and played Mahjong（麻將）.

One day they played Mahjong from 11 in the morning until 11 at night. During the game, no matter who won, the winning card was always the 'Sitiao' card. And that day happened to be November 11th. In order to remember the day, they called it Singles Day.

For breakfast on Singles Day, singles often eat four youtiao, which means the four "ones" in "11.11". Many singles also choose to say goodbye to their single lives on this day. So they take part in 'blind date' parties , trying to find someone they love and many people choose to marry on this day. Besides the meaning 'single', the four 'ones' of the date can also mean 'only one' as in 'the only one for me.' Some people will use this date and this meaning to tell their special someone that they are the only 'one' in their heart.

1.__________ first called November 11th Singles Day.

A. The Chinese government

B. People who have been married

C. Four people playing Marjong

D. People who don’t want to get married

2.The Chinese meaning of the word “'blind date' parties” in this passage is “________”.

A. 盲人聚會(huì) B.相親會(huì)

C. 化妝舞會(huì) D. 盲人黨派

3. Singles often have ________ for breakfast on Singles Day.

A. some bread B. noodles

C. 4 youtiao D. nothing

4.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Singles Day is on November 11th.

B. Singles Day is celebrated by no countries but China.

C. Singles Day is for people who don’t have lovers.

D. To celebrate Singles Day, people play Marjong from from 11 in the morning until 11 at night.

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.C

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文主要描述了光棍節(jié)的由來(lái)及其在中國(guó)的發(fā)展情況。

1.根據(jù)文章第三段描述，During the game, no matter who won, the winning card was always the 'Sitiao' card. And that day happened to be November 11th. In order to remember the day, they called it Singles Day. 在打麻將的時(shí)候，無(wú)論誰(shuí)贏，都是以四條贏得。并且這一天是11月11號(hào)，所以他們稱(chēng)它為光棍節(jié)。光棍節(jié)是由四個(gè)中國(guó)人打麻將時(shí)叫出來(lái)的，故選C。

2.聯(lián)系上文，根據(jù)文中語(yǔ)句“So they take part in 'blind date' parties , trying to find someone they love and many people choose to marry on this day.” 他們決定在這一天對(duì)他們的單身生活說(shuō)再見(jiàn)及下文試圖找到自己愛(ài)的人及許多人選擇在這一天結(jié)婚，可知這個(gè)短語(yǔ)指的是相親會(huì)，故選B。

3.根據(jù)For breakfast on Singles’ Day, singles often eat four youtiao, which means the four "ones" in "11.11".描述，光棍節(jié)的早飯，單身的人們經(jīng)常會(huì)吃油條，它的意思是四個(gè)一�？芍�選C。

4.根據(jù)短文最后一段描述，打麻將不屬于光棍節(jié)的慶祝活動(dòng)之一，故選項(xiàng)D描述錯(cuò)誤。

考點(diǎn)：日常生活類(lèi)短文閱讀。