Question

    Chinese people call the Spring Festival “Nian”. But do you know that Nian is once the name of a monster(妖怪)?

The monster Nian lives in the mountains. It eats animals. But in winter, it can not find food. So it comes to villages and eats a lot of people.

People are so afraid of Nian that they close their doors before evening comes during the winter. One day, an old man comes to a village. He tells people there that Nian is afraid of three things — the color red, fire and noise. He tells people to play drums(鼓) and gongs(锣), make big fires and set off fireworks to make Nian go away.

On a moonless, cold night, Nian goes to the village again. As soon as it opens its big mouth, people make loud noise and make fire. Nian is really afraid and runs away. There is noise and fire everywhere.

When Nian is tired and can not run any more, people kill(杀死) the monster. After that, on the coldest day of winter, people play drums and gongs, and set off fireworks to celebrate the death of the monster of Nian. They put up red lanterns and have a big dinner without sleeping during the night. In the morning, people say Happy New Year to each other happily. So now we have the Spring Festival.

1.From the story, we know that Nian is a(an) __________.

A.ghost B.animal C.monster D.tortoise

2.Nian eat people in winter because it __________.

A.has no food to eat B.likes to live in a village

C.wants to make people afraid D.celebrates the Spring Festival

3.People kill Nian after __________.

A.it eats all the animals B.the old man comes to a village

C.people know what it is afraid of D.it is so tired that it can’t run away

4.What is the best title(题目) for the passage?

A.How the Spring Festival Comes B.What the Spring Festival Is

C.What People Do During Nian D.Why People Celebrate Nian

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.A

【解析】

本文讲述了春节的来历。中国人把春节叫做“年”。怪兽“年”住在山里。它吃动物。但是在冬天，它找不到食物。所以它来到村庄，吃掉很多人。一天，一位老人来到一个村庄。他告诉那里的人，“年”害怕三件事——红色、火和噪音。他告诉人们玩鼓和锣，让大火和燃放烟花爆竹让“年”消失。“年”累，不能动时，人们杀死怪物。在那之后，在冬天最冷的一天，人们敲锣打鼓，放烟花庆祝“年”的死亡。他们挂起红灯笼，晚上不睡觉吃一顿丰盛的晚餐。

1.细节理解题。根据“ But do you know that Nian is once the name of a monster(妖怪)?”可知“Nian”是妖怪的名字，故选C。

2.细节理解题。根据“It eats animals. But in winter, it can not find food. So it comes to villages and eats a lot of people.”可知是冬天没有食物吃，故选A。

3.细节理解题。根据“When Nian is tired and can not run any more, people kill(杀死) the monster”可知当Nian累了跑不动的时候，故选D。

4.最佳标题。根据“Chinese people call the Spring Festival “Nian””及“So now we have the Spring Festival.”可知本文讲述了春节的来历。故选A。