Question

The kindly “Chinese Fortune Grandpa” wearing Han Chinese clothing and holding a fortune bag debuted(亮相) at the Imperial Ancestral Shrine in Beijing on the day after Christmas. The final image of the Chinese gift-giver was selected through a global design competition that cost millions of yuan. Its debut seems to be a sign of competition against “Santa Claus”, according to a report by Guangming Daily.

Many Chinese cities have been filled with Christmas neon lights, Christmas songs, Christmas trees, and the images of “Santa Claus” in recent days. As a matter of fact, foreign festivals are becoming more popular than certain traditional Chinese festivals among the Chinese people, particularly the youth. “Certain traditional festivals have died out because people have forgotten their spiritual meanings,” said noted writer Feng Jicai. More and more Chinese people are beginning to exchange gifts on Valentine’s Day and Christmas. However, many of them know nothing about Chinese New Year pictures or sugarcoated figurines(小糖人), and have never heard suona music. Certain folk customs on the Dragon Boat Festival, Tomb Sweeping Day, and other traditional festivals have gradually disappeared. Under such circumstances, even the “Chinese Fortune Grandpa” is unlikely to defeat “Santa Claus”.

However, it is not a bad thing to some extent. It constantly reminds people to restore the “true face” of traditional festivals. China has listed traditional Tomb Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival as legal holidays, which brings more paid leaves to the public, and helps to awaken the public awareness of traditional festivals.

In modern society, festival is a carrier of culture and its meaning largely depends on their understandings and usages by people. Compared with foreign festivals, traditional Chinese festivals are not inferior(次于) in cultural meanings, but lack of fashion sought by modern people. If people do not appreciate the historical culture contained by traditional festivals, and only take pleasure-seeking as the most important, the significance of traditional festivals will fade away and the inheritance(继承) of fine traditional culture will be cut off.

1.The second paragraph implies that______________.

A. traditional festivals should co-exist with foreign festivals

B. all the Chinese festivals are disappearing in the near future

C. western festivals are constantly impacting on our festivals

D. Chinese people have the public awareness of traditional festivals

2.We can learn from the passage that _________.

A. an image design by Chinese people will be displayed

B. many foreigners know nothing about Chinese Festivals

C. the Chinese gift-giver was intended to symbolize traditional culture

D. the Chinese are beginning to exchange gifts on the Mid-Autumn Festival

3.Many Chinese youth dislike traditional festivals because they think _________.

A. traditional festivals are out of fashion now

B. the historical culture is more difficult to understand

C. western festivals contain more cultural meanings

D. the inheritance will cut off their contact with western festivals

4.What would be the best title of the passage?

A. Gone are Chinese Traditional Festivals   

B. True Face of Chinese Traditional Culture

C. Foreign Festivals Popular with Chinese   

D. Chinese Fortune Grandpa VS. Santa Claus

Answer

1.C

2.C

3.A

4.D

【解析】

试题分析：北京，在圣诞节过后的第二天，一尊“中华福寿星”的塑像出现了。他身穿汉服，手持福袋，就像在散发礼物一样。人们解读此举意在唤起人们保护中国传统节日的意识，并弘扬中华民族的传统文化。

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2.The final image of the Chinese gift-giver was selected through a global design competition that cost millions of yuan.可知，中国的送礼物的寿星形象是通过耗资数百万元的一个全球设计比赛挑选出来的；所以A错；本文主要讲述中国人喜欢过圣诞节等西方的节日，没有提外国人对中国节日的了解，所以B错；文章讲到，现在的年轻人更喜欢在圣诞节和情人节时送礼物，而不是中国传统的节日如中秋节，所以D错。文章提到设计这个形象意在象征中国的传统节日和文化，就像圣诞老人的形象代表了西方的节日和文化一样。 故选C。

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4.寿星”的塑像的事情，继而引出关于年轻人对于外来节日和传统节日的讨论。故选D。

考点：新闻类阅读。