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(繼承) of fine traditional culture will be cut off.
【小題1】The second paragraph implies that______________.

A.traditional festivals should co-exist with foreign festivals
B.a(chǎn)ll 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
【小題2】We can learn from the passage that _________.
A.a(chǎn)n 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
【小題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
【小題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


【小題1】C
【小題2】C
【小題3】A
【小題4】D

解析試題分析:北京,在圣誕節(jié)過(guò)后的第二天,一尊“中華福壽星”的塑像出現(xiàn)了。他身穿漢服,手持福袋,就像在散發(fā)禮物一樣。人們解讀此舉意在喚起人們保護(hù)中國(guó)傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日的意識(shí),并弘揚(yáng)中華民族的傳統(tǒng)文化。
【小題1】推理判斷題。第二段講了年輕人熟識(shí)并熱衷過(guò)“洋節(jié)”,但對(duì)自己本土的傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日所知甚少。外來(lái)節(jié)日對(duì)傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日造成了極大的沖擊。故選C。
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)The final image of the Chinese gift-giver was selected through a global design competition that cost millions of yuan.可知,中國(guó)的送禮物的壽星形象是通過(guò)耗資數(shù)百萬(wàn)元的一個(gè)全球設(shè)計(jì)比賽挑選出來(lái)的;所以A錯(cuò);本文主要講述中國(guó)人喜歡過(guò)圣誕節(jié)等西方的節(jié)日,沒(méi)有提外國(guó)人對(duì)中國(guó)節(jié)日的了解,所以B錯(cuò);文章講到,現(xiàn)在的年輕人更喜歡在圣誕節(jié)和情人節(jié)時(shí)送禮物,而不是中國(guó)傳統(tǒng)的節(jié)日如中秋節(jié),所以D錯(cuò)。文章提到設(shè)計(jì)這個(gè)形象意在象征中國(guó)的傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日和文化,就像圣誕老人的形象代表了西方的節(jié)日和文化一樣。故選C。
【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由“Compared with foreign festivals, traditional Chinese festivals are not inferior(次于) in cultural meanings, but lack of fashion sought by modern people.”可知年輕人認(rèn)為傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日已經(jīng)過(guò)時(shí)了。選A最佳。
【小題4】主旨大意題。文章是一篇介紹北京在圣誕節(jié)過(guò)后展出“中華福壽星”的塑像的事情,繼而引出關(guān)于年輕人對(duì)于外來(lái)節(jié)日和傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日的討論。故選D。
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It’s also a great chance to break social convention and eat using your fingers. Those same fingers are also the only way you can tell how much wine you’re pouring into your glass.
The happy atmosphere in the dining room also made the night memorable. You can’t really avoid talking to the person next to you at the long tables and guessing what the dishes are certainly provides adequate fuel for the conversations.
All will be revealed at the end of the meal when you are led back out into the lit bar. Not only do you finally get to see what you’ve just been eating but also who you’ ve been talking to for the last 90 minutes.
【小題1】What does the underlined word “intriguing.” in the first paragraph mean?
A terrible   B. interesting   C. expensive   D. new
【小題2】According to the text, “ Dans le Noir”__________.
A is far from London’s financial district
B has its first branch opened in Britain
C is very popular among blind customers
D has a dining room which can seat up to 60 people
【小題3】We know from the text that the customers in “Dans le Noir”_________.

A.a(chǎn)re forbidden to eat with their fingers
B.can talk to the strangers at table
C.will book the menu in a dark bar
D.can take their mobile phones into the dining room
【小題4】What’s the main purpose of the text?
A.To help blind people find a job in restaurants.
B.To show how to open a restaurant with a new idea.
C.To show how to enjoy the time in a dark restaurant.
D.To introduce and attract customers to “Dans le Noir ”.

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