Question

The kindly “Chinese Fortune Grandpa” wearing Han Chinese clothing and holding a fortune bag debuted(亮相) at the Imperial Ancestral Shrine in Beijing on the day after Christmas. The final image of the Chinese gift-giver was selected through a global design competition that cost millions of yuan. Its debut seems to be a sign of competition against “Santa Claus”, according to a report by Guangming Daily.

Many Chinese cities have been filled with Christmas neon lights, Christmas songs, Christmas trees, and the images of “Santa Claus” in recent days. As a matter of fact, foreign festivals are becoming more popular than certain traditional Chinese festivals among the Chinese people, particularly the youth. “Certain traditional festivals have died out because people have forgotten their spiritual meanings,” said noted writer Feng Jicai. More and more Chinese people are beginning to exchange gifts on Valentine’s Day and Christmas. However, many of them know nothing about Chinese New Year pictures or sugarcoated figurines(小糖人), and have never heard suona music. Certain folk customs on the Dragon Boat Festival, Tomb Sweeping Day, and other traditional festivals have gradually disappeared. Under such circumstances, even the “Chinese Fortune Grandpa” is unlikely to defeat “Santa Claus”.

However, it is not a bad thing to some extent. It constantly reminds people to restore the “true face” of traditional festivals. China has listed traditional Tomb Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival as legal holidays, which brings more paid leaves to the public, and helps to awaken the public awareness of traditional festivals.

In modern society, festival is a carrier of culture and its meaning largely depends on their understandings and usages by people. Compared with foreign festivals, traditional Chinese festivals are not inferior(次于) in cultural meanings, but lack of fashion sought by modern people. If people do not appreciate the historical culture contained by traditional festivals, and only take pleasure-seeking as the most important, the significance of traditional festivals will fade away and the inheritance(繼承) of fine traditional culture will be cut off.

1.The second paragraph implies that______________.

A. traditional festivals should co-exist with foreign festivals

B. all the Chinese festivals are disappearing in the near future

C. western festivals are constantly impacting on our festivals

D. Chinese people have the public awareness of traditional festivals

2.We can learn from the passage that _________.

A. an image design by Chinese people will be displayed

B. many foreigners know nothing about Chinese Festivals

C. the Chinese gift-giver was intended to symbolize traditional culture

D. the Chinese are beginning to exchange gifts on the Mid-Autumn Festival

3.Many Chinese youth dislike traditional festivals because they think _________.

A. traditional festivals are out of fashion now

B. the historical culture is more difficult to understand

C. western festivals contain more cultural meanings

D. the inheritance will cut off their contact with western festivals

4.What would be the best title of the passage?

A. Gone are Chinese Traditional Festivals

B. True Face of Chinese Traditional Culture

C. Foreign Festivals Popular with Chinese

D. Chinese Fortune Grandpa VS. Santa Claus

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.C

3.A

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：北京，在圣誕節(jié)過后的第二天，一尊“中華福壽星”的塑像出現(xiàn)了。他身穿漢服，手持福袋，就像在散發(fā)禮物一樣。人們解讀此舉意在喚起人們保護中國傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日的意識，并弘揚中華民族的傳統(tǒng)文化。

1.

2.The final image of the Chinese gift-giver was selected through a global design competition that cost millions of yuan.可知，中國的送禮物的壽星形象是通過耗資數(shù)百萬元的一個全球設計比賽挑選出來的；所以A錯；本文主要講述中國人喜歡過圣誕節(jié)等西方的節(jié)日，沒有提外國人對中國節(jié)日的了解，所以B錯；文章講到，現(xiàn)在的年輕人更喜歡在圣誕節(jié)和情人節(jié)時送禮物，而不是中國傳統(tǒng)的節(jié)日如中秋節(jié)，所以D錯。文章提到設計這個形象意在象征中國的傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日和文化，就像圣誕老人的形象代表了西方的節(jié)日和文化一樣。 故選C。

3.

4.壽星”的塑像的事情，繼而引出關于年輕人對于外來節(jié)日和傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日的討論。故選D。

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