Six Chinese Characters
Dear students,  our country has a long history.  Chinese characters usually have more than one meaning and some of them are particularly loved by Chinese people.  Here are the top six lucky ones.  Please note we use "pinyin" here because "pinyin" is the Chinese spelling system for the characters. For example, "fu" is the "pinyin" for good luck in Chinese.  "pinyin" "fu" is only the phonic   (語音的 )  part of the character and if you want to know the meaning of good luck "fu",  you must read the Chinese character福 because "fu" also represents  (代表)  other Chinese characters that sound the same.
1.福  "fu" means blessing,  good fortune,  good luck. Chinese character福 "fu" is one of the most popular ones used during Chinese New Year. It is often displayed upside down on the front door of a house or an apartment.  The upside down福"fu" means good luck comes since the character for upside down in Chinese sounds the same as the character for "come".
2.祿 "Iu" means prosperity.
It is used to mean official's salary(薪水 ) in feudal (封建的 ) China.
3. 壽 "shou" means longevity.
Chinese character壽  "shou" also means life,  age or birthday.
4.喜 "xi" is happiness.
The doubled character喜 "xi" means double happiness. It is usually displayed everywhere at Chinese weddings.
5.財(cái)  "cai" is wealth or money.
Chinese often say "money can make a ghost turn a millstone". It is to say money really can do a lot of things. But, still-money can’t buy everything.
6.和  "he" means harmomous.
People's harmony is an important part of Chinese culture. When you have harmomous
relations with others,   things will be a lot easier for you.
【小題1】 What does the word "character" mean in this passage?

A．性格 B．漢字 C．角色 D．特征 
【小題2】We use              to show how to read the Chinese characters.
A．"pinyin" B．spelling 
C．Chinese D．letters 
【小題3】 What does the upside down福  "fu" mean?
A． It means coming . 
B． It means that good luck comes . 
C．It means good fortune. 
D．It means that "fu" is upside down. 
【小題4】Which sentence is right according to the passage?
A．Money is a ghost.  
B．Money can buy everything. 
C．Money is everything.  
D．Money isn’t everything. 
【小題5】 After reading the passage,  can we say that sound "he" only means harmony?
A．No, we can't. B．Yes, we can. 
C．I know several words read as "he". D．Yes, you can. 


【小題1】B
【小題2】A
【小題3】B
【小題4】D
【小題5】A

解析試題分析：這篇短文中作者通過舉例來告訴我們，中國的漢字通常有不只一個(gè)意思。作者給我們介紹了六個(gè)漢字，福、祿、壽、喜、財(cái)、和。
【小題1】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)短文的大意可知，這篇短文中作者給我們介紹了一些中國漢字的意思，如福、祿、壽、喜、財(cái)、和等。這里的character的意思就是漢字。故選B。
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第二段中可知，作者在介紹這六個(gè)漢字的意思時(shí)，使用拼音來告訴我們這幾個(gè)漢字的讀音。如福，fu、祿，lu等。故選A。
【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第二段中作者關(guān)于福這個(gè)漢字的介紹中The upside down福"fu" means good luck comes可知，在中國的農(nóng)歷新年時(shí)，福這個(gè)字很受歡迎。而且它經(jīng)常倒著貼，意思是福到了，即好運(yùn)到了。故選B。
【小題4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文中作者關(guān)于財(cái)這個(gè)字的介紹中Chinese often say "money can make a ghost turn a millstone". It is to say money really can do a lot of things. But, still-money can’t buy everything.可知，中國人經(jīng)常說：有錢能使鬼推磨，錢真的可以做很多事情，但是也有錢買不到的東西。由此我們可知D選項(xiàng)money isn’t everything，錢不是一切，這句話是對的。故選D。
【小題5】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第一段中Chinese characters usually have more than one meaning可知，作者告訴我們，中國的漢字通常很有不只一個(gè)意思。因此和這個(gè)字也是有很多意思的，不只是和諧。故選A。
考點(diǎn)：文化類短文閱讀。

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