China is a large country. The population is over 1.3 billion. It has a special culture with a very l

  Passage 33(2018邵阳)
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 favorite 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 twelve­year 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 2018 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 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.
(  )2. The underlined “dialects” probably means “________” in
Chinese.
A. 交际     B. 对话     C. 方言
(  )3. According to the passage, what's one  of the main foods in China?
A. Tea.  B. Rice.  C. Meat.
(  )4. The year that begins in 2018 isn't the year of the monkey, is it?
A. Yes, it is.  B. No, it isn't.  C. I don't know.
(  )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.
【主旨大意】本文是一篇说明文。从食物、节日习俗、生肖和语言等方面介绍了中国悠久的文化。
1B【解析】细节理解题。题干意为:中国的人口是多少?根据第一段第二句“The population is over 1.3 billion.”可知选B。
2C【解析】词义猜测题。题干意为:划线单词“dialects”的汉语意思可能是“ ”。根据本段最后一句“Besides Putonghua, Chinese people speak six other forms of the language, and there are many kinds of dialects.”可知,除了普通话,中国人还说这种语言的六种其他形式,并且有许多种方言,故选C。
3B【解析】细节理解题。题干意为:根据短文,在中国一种主要的食物是什么?根据第二段倒数第二句“One of the main foods in Chinese culture is rice.”可知选B。
4A【解析】细节理解题。题干意为:2018年开始的这一年不是猴年,是吗?根据倒数第二段最后一句“For example, the year that begins in 2018 is the year of the monkey.”可知2018年开始的这一年是猴年,故选A。
5C【解析】主旨大意题。题干意为:这篇文章的主旨大意是什么?分析整篇文章可知,全文主要介绍了中国历史悠久的文化,故选C。
 
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