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【題目】【改編】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】How long does the Spring Festival last?

A. About a week. B. Fifteen days.

C. Ten days. D. Five days.

【2】What is the favourite dish on the Spring Festival?

A. Bread B. Noodles C. Dumplings D. Fish

【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

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【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(xiàng)準(zhǔn)備工作，中國紅的含義以及春節(jié)的各種忌諱。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第一段“The celebration usually lasts for 15 days.”的描述可知，春節(jié)大約持續(xù)15天。故選B。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文“Their favourite dish on this day is dumplings.”的描述可知，春節(jié)最受歡迎的是餃子。故選C。

【3】細(xì)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(guān)的字。故選B。

【4】詞義猜測題。聯(lián)系前句“Don't break anything”可知，人們認(rèn)為打碎了東西，運(yùn)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(tuán)聚的日子。結(jié)合選項(xiàng)可知應(yīng)選D。