Question

【题目】 Laba Festival

In China, the twelfth-fifth of the lunar calendar（阴历）is called layue. The month is full of interesting festivals and customs.

Laba Festival, which falls on the eighth day of layue, is the first festival in this month. From this day on, people begin to get ready for the Chinese New Year.

On Laba Festival, people often eat hot Laba porridge. There are usually eight things in the porridge: rice，red beans, peas, dried lotus seeds（莲子），dates（红枣），and some different kinds of Bruits and nuts. The porridge is not just good for your health, but best wishes for the coming of the Chinese New Year.

Laba porridge is not the only tasty food in layue. Laba garlic（蒜）is popular in the north. People begin to soak（浸泡）garlic in vinegar（醋)from that day on, and have it with dumplings during the Chinese New Year. While in the south, people like making sausages.

【1】When is Laba Festival?

A.On the 12th of December.B.On the 8th of December.

C.On the 12th of layue.D.On the 8th of layue.

【2】How do people celebrate the festival according to the passage?

A.They clean the house.B.They sing and dance.

C.They eat Laba porridge.D.They have dumplings.

【3】What does the underlined word "it" in Paragraph Four refer to（指代）?

A.Laba garlic.B.Laba porridge.C.Rice.D.Vinegar.

【4】Which of the followings is True?

A.People in the south like to make Laba garlic on Laba Festival.

B.When Laba Festival is over, the Chinese New Yea ris coming.

C.Chinese people have the same customs on Laba Festival.

D.Laba Festival is the last Chinese festival in layue.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】A

【4】B

【解析】

本文介绍了中国的腊八节，腊八节这一天，人们会喝腊八粥。

【1】细节理解题。根据“Laba Festival, which falls on the eighth day of layue, is the first festival in this month.”可知，腊八节是在农历的腊月初八。故选D。

【2】细节理解题。根据“On Laba Festival, people often eat hot Laba porridge.”可知，人们通过喝腊八粥来庆祝腊八节。故选C。

【3】词义猜测题。根据前半句“People begin to soak（浸泡）garlic in vinegar（醋)from that day on”可知，人们在腊八节那天用醋泡蒜，也就是腊八蒜，所以此处是“在新年的时候，人们就着腊八蒜吃饺子”，所以代词it代指的就是上文中的腊八蒜。故选A。

【4】细节理解题。People in the south like to make Laba garlic on Laba Festival.南方的人们喜欢在腊八节的时候做腊八蒜。根据文中“Laba garlic（蒜）is popular in the north.”可知，腊八蒜在北方很流行，而不是南方，所以A项表述错误；When Laba Festival is over, the Chinese New Year is coming.当腊八节结束的时候，中国新年就要到了。根据文中“From this day on, people begin to get ready for the Chinese New Year.”可知，从腊八节开始，人们开始准备中国新年，也就说腊八节结束，新年就来了，所以B项表述正确；Chinese people have the same customs on Laba Festival.在腊八节，中国人有相同的习俗。根据文中“Laba garlic（蒜）is popular in the north.”和“While in the south, people like making sausages.”可知，在腊八节，北方的人们喜欢做腊八蒜，南方的人们喜欢做腊肠，由此可见习俗不一样，所以C项表述错误；Laba Festival is the last Chinese festival in layue.腊八节是腊月里最后一个中国节日。根据句中“Laba Festival, which falls on the eighth day of layue, is the first festival in this month.”可知，腊八节是腊月的第一个节日，所以D项表述错误。故选B。