Question

The Spring Festival is the biggest festival for Chinese people all around the world.. The celebration usually lasts for 15 days. There is a lot to do.

On the eve of the Spring Festival, family members get together and have big meals. Their favourite dish on this day is dumplings.

Days before the Spring Festival, families will clean their homes. People think cleaning sweeps away bad luck. It makes the house ready for good luck.

The colour red is everywhere during the Spring Festival. People think red is a happy colour and will bring them a bright future. People wear red, too. They decorate (裝飾) their homes with pieces of red paper. Kids get a lot of “hong bao”. It is a red paper bag with money in it. Usually, older people give younger ones hong bao. They think it brings good luck.

The Spring Festival is the time to make everybody happy. So don’t say any bad words or do anything that will bring unhappiness to other people.

For instance, you’d better not say any bad words like “death”. Don’t break anything. People think that it means your luck is running out.

Also, don’t borrow or lend money on these days. If you have borrowed money, return it before the Spring Festival.

根據(jù)短文，選擇最佳答案：

1.What do most people do on the eve of the Spring Festival?

A. Family members gather for a big meal.

B. Friends eat dumplings together.

C. They borrow money from friends.

D. They give each other hong bao.

2.Why do people clean their houses days before the Spring Festival?

A. Because they enjoy being clean.

B. Because it is believed that cleaning will sweep away bad luck.

C. Because they think it will bring happiness to others.

D. Because it is thought that cleaning brings in money.

3.Which of the following things is not supposed to happen during the Spring Festival?

A. Returning money before the Spring Festival.

B. Saying words that have to do with death.

C. Wearing red clothes.

D. Decorating houses with red paper.

4.The underlined phrase “running out” probably means “____”.

A. 跑出去 B. 打碎 C. 耗盡 D. 離開

5.We can tell from the story that the Spring Festival is ____.

A. a time of harvest and fun

B. celebrated for one whole month

C. only celebrated in China

D. a time for families to get together

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.B

3.B

4.C

5.D

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文主要介紹中國的傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日——春節(jié)。文章介紹了春節(jié)前的各項準備工作，中國紅的含義以及春節(jié)的各種忌諱。

1. the eve of the Spring Festival, family members get together and have big meals”的描述可知，在除夕夜一家人聚在一起吃團圓飯。故選A。

2.短文“Days before the Spring Festival, families will clean their homes. People think cleaning sweeps away bad luck. It makes the house ready for good luck.”的描述可知，春節(jié)前打掃屋子是因為人們相信打掃會掃掉晦氣。故選B。

3.細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文倒數(shù)第二段“For instance, you'd better not say any bad words like ‘death’”的描述可知，在春節(jié)期間不要說一些不吉利的話，如與“死”有關的字。故選B。

4. break anything”可知，人們認為打碎了東西，運氣就沒有了，即耗盡了。故選C。

5.主旨大意題。通讀全文可知，春節(jié)是全家人團聚的日子。結合選項可知應選D。

考點：文化類短文閱讀。