Question

【题目】 A group of American students will come to Lingling’s school next Saturday. Lingling is going to introduce Chinese culture to them. She wants to talk about the following things.

In China, the tea drinking habit started from Tang Dynasty (618-907AD). It became a national tradition. Over the centuries, writers and artists wrote many wonderful articles in order to show their love to tea and Chinese tea culture. One of the best-known writers is Lu Yu.

	Traditional Chinese Medicine (also known as TCM) includes a lot of traditional medical methods beginning in China. TCM methods include treatments such as herbal medicine ( 中 草 药 ). Traditional Chinese medicine is very scientific through careful study of nature and the human body.
	In China, a whole fish means richness. At a party, it is a tradition to serve the whole fish last, pointed towards the most important guest. Fish also has a special meaning because Chinese word for fish, yu, sounds like the word for richness.
	The Chinese zodiac, known as Shengxiao, as follows a twelve-year cycle. Each year is named for an animal. Twelve animals are follows: rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog and pig. For example, the year 2020 is the year of the rat which also marks the new start of the cycle.

【1】The Chinese tea drinking culture started from .

A.the Tang DynastyB.the Song Dynasty

C.the Ming DynastyD.the Qing Dynasty

【2】A whole fish is a symbol of in China.

A.hopefulnessB.happinessC.richnessD.kindness

【3】The year 2020 is the year of the .

A.pigB.ratC.snakeD.monkey

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】B

【解析】

下周六一群美国学生将到玲玲的学校。玲玲将向他们介绍中国文化：饮茶，中药，饮食（餐桌最后一道菜整条鱼含义），十二生肖。

【1】细节题。根据第一个方框第一句“In China, the tea drinking habit started from Tang Dynasty (618-907AD).”可知“中国饮茶文化始于唐代”，故选A。

【2】细节题。根据第三个方框第一句“In China, a whole fish means richness.”可知“在中国，一整条鱼是富有的象征。”故为C。

【3】细节题。根据第四个方框最后一句“For example, the year 2020 is the year of the rat which also marks the new start of the cycle.”可知“2020年是鼠年。”故选B。