Singles Day (光棍节)falls on every November 11th, and as the name suggests, this holiday is one specially for people who are still living the single life. It’s surprising that China is the only country in the world that has set up a special day for singles to celebrate(庆祝) their lives. To find out more about this celebration, read on.

An old story goes that once there were four single men, leading very boring lives. None of them were married, or had lovers, or did anything exciting. They just sat around all day and played Mahjong(麻将).

One day they played Mahjong from 11 in the morning until 11 at night. During the game, no matter who won, the winning card was always the 'Sitiao' card. And that day happened to be November 11th. In order to remember the day, they called it Singles Day.

For breakfast on Singles Day, singles often eat four youtiao, which means the four "ones" in "11.11". Many singles also choose to say goodbye to their single lives on this day. So they take part in 'blind date' parties , trying to find someone they love and many people choose to marry on this day. Besides the meaning 'single', the four 'ones' of the date can also mean 'only one' as in 'the only one for me.' Some people will use this date and this meaning to tell their special someone that they are the only 'one' in their heart.

1.__________ first called November 11th Singles Day.

    A. The Chinese government      

B. People who have been married

    C. Four people playing Marjong    

D. People who don’t want to get married

2.The Chinese meaning of the word “'blind date' parties” in this passage is “________”.

    A. 盲人聚会     B.相亲会           C. 化妆舞会       D. 盲人党派

3.Singles often have ________ for breakfast on Singles Day.

    A. some bread       B. noodles        C. 4 youtiao            D. nothing

4.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

    A. Singles Day is on November 11th.

    B. Singles Day is celebrated by no countries but China.

    C. Singles Day is for people who don’t have lovers.

D. To celebrate Singles Day, people play Marjong from 11 in the morning

until 11 at night.

 

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