Question

【题目】China is a large country. The population is over 1.3 billion. It has a special culture with a very long history.

Chinese food plays an important role for Chinese families. Different foods have special meanings. The main difference is that Chinese people eat their meals with chopsticks. One of the main foods in Chinese culture is rice. Tea is a favourite drink and it is popular in the market.

Chinese calendar is different from the one used in Western countries. New Year's Day is in late winter. It is also called the Spring Festival. It has a big celebration of ringing out the old and ringing in the new. It has special foods and traditions. For example, sweeping the floor before New Year's Day sweeps away all the old year's bad luck.

The Chinese zodiac(生肖), known as Sheng Xiao, follows a twelve cycle. Each year is named for an animal. These animal signs are the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog and pig. For example, the year that begins in 2016 is the year of the monkey.

Chinese is a complex(复杂的) language. Chinese writing developed almost 4，000 years ago and may even be older. Chinese writing has thousands of characters. A character(文字) stands for a word and also a meaning. Besides Putonghua, Chinese people speak six other forms of the language, and there are many kinds of dialects．

【1】What's the population of China?

A. Almost 4，000.

B. More than 1.3 billion.

C. 12 million.

D. About 13，000 million.

【2】The underlined “dialects” probably means “________” in Chinese.

A. 交际 B. 对话

C. 方言 D. 文化

【3】According to the passage, what's one of the main foods in China?

A. Tea. B. Rice.

C. Meat. D. Fruit.

【4】The year that begins in 2016 isn't the year of the monkey, is it?

A. Yes, it is. B. No, it isn't.

C. I don't know. D. Maybe.

【5】What's the main idea of the passage?

A. Different foods have special meanings in Chinese culture.

B. Chinese is a popular language.

C. Chinese culture.

D. Chinese population.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】B

【4】A

【5】C

【解析】

本文是一篇社会文化类短文。主要讲述了中国的文化，中国有13亿人口，具有悠久的历史，中国主要的食物是米饭，不同的食物具有不同的意义，中国用了和其他国家不一样的日历，春节是中国最重要的节日。每年都要用一种动物来命名，叫生肖。中国最主要的语言是普通话，还有很多的方言。

【1】细节理解题。根据短文开头的句子“China is a large country. The population is over 1.3 billion.可知中国的人口超过13亿。over=more than多于，超过。故答案为B。

【2】词义猜测题。根据全文最后一句Besides Putonghua, Chinese people speaks six other forms of the language, and there are many kinds of dialects.可知，除了普通话外，中国人还说其它六种形式的语言，都与“语言”有关，因此最后一句话的意思是“还有各种各样的方言。”答案为C。

【3】细节理解题。根据第二段倒数第二句“One of the main foods in Chinese culture is rice.”可知，中国人的主食之一是米饭。答案为B。

【4】细节理解题。本题是否定句的反意疑问句的回答。A不，它是；B是，它不是；C我不知道。D.可能。根据倒数第二段最后一句“For example, the year that begins in 2016 is the year of the monkey.”可知2016年是猴年。故答案为A。

【5】主旨大意题。本文讲了中国的人口、 历史、食物、日历、生肖、语言，这一切统称为“文化”。A.不同的食物在中国文化中有不同的含义；B.中文是一门很受欢迎的语言；C.中国文化。D. 中国人口。A,B,D选项只是文章的其中一部分。故答案为C。