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 favorite dish on this day is dumpling.

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 color red is everywhere during the Spring Festival. People think red is a happy color and will bring them a bright future. People wear red， too. They decorate(装饰) their homes with pieces of red paper. Kids get a lot of “hongbao”. It is a red paper bag with money in it. Usually， older people give younger ones hongbao. 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(例如)， 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 in these days. If you have borrowed money， return it before the Spring Festival.   

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

A. Family members gather(get together) for a big meal.

B. Friends eat dumplings together.

C. They borrow money from friends.

D. They give each other “hongbao”.

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” may means ________.

A. 跑出去              B. 打碎             C. 耗尽   D. 离开

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.A

2.B

3.B

4.C

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文介绍的是春节是全世界中国人最大的节日，春节，家庭成员聚在一起吃丰盛的饭菜。春节是每个人都很快乐的时光。春节前后可以做的事情和不可以做的事情。

1. 由On the eve of the Spring Festival， family members get together and have big meals.可知春节前夕，家庭成员聚在一起吃饭。故选A。

2. think cleaning sweeps away bad luck. It makes the house ready for good luck. .可知人们认为这样能把坏运气扫走，从而做好准备迎接好运气的到来。故选B。

3. don’t say any bad words or do anything that will bring unhappiness to other people. For example， you’d better not say any bad words like “death”.可知所以不要说任何脏话或做任何会带来不幸的人。例如，你最好不要说任何脏话“死”。故选B。

4.词义猜测题。根据Don’t break anything and people think that it means your luck is running out.可知不要打破任何东西，人们认为这意味着你的运气用完了。故选C。

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考点：习俗文化类短文阅读。