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【題目】 Little New Year (Chinese: Xiaonian), usually a week before the lunar New Year. It is also known as the Festival of the Kitchen God. Here are six things you should know about the Little New Year, another sign of the start of spring.

Offer sacrifices to Kitchen God One of the traditions of the Little New Year is the burning of a paper image (畫像) of the Kitchen God, dispatching (派遣) the god's spirit to Heaven to report on the family's conduct (行為) over the past year. The Kitchen God is then welcomed back to the home by putting up a new paper image of him beside the stove. And people think the Kitchen God will protect the whole family for another year. The sacrifices to the Kitchen God include pig's head, fish, fruit, boiled dumplings, barley sugar, and Guandong candy.
House cleaning Between Laba Festival, on the eighth day of the last lunar month, and Little New Year, on the twenty-third day, families throughout China undertake a thorough house cleaning, sweeping out the old in preparation for the New Year.
Eat Guandong candy Guandong candy is a traditional snack that Chinese people eat on the Festival of the Kitchen God.
Paste (粘貼) paper-cuts to windows In the Little New Year, old couplets (對聯(lián)) and paper-cuts from the previous Spring Festival are taken down, and new window decorations, New Year's posters, and decorations are pasted up.
Bath and hair-cut As the old Chinese saying goes, whether they're rich or poor, people often have a haircut before the Spring Festival. The activity of taking a bath and haircut is often taken on the Little New Year.
Preparations for Spring Festival People start to stock up (貯備) necessary preparations for the Spring Festival since the Little New Year. Everything needed to make offerings to the ancestors (祖先), entertain(招待) guests, and feed the family over the long holiday must be prepared in advance.

【1】When is the Little New Year?

A.A week before the New YearB.On the eighth day of the last lunar month

C.A week after the New YearD.On the twenty-third day of the last lunar month

【2】What is the Chinese meaning of the underlined word “sacrifices”?

A.食物B.祭品C.禮物D.貢獻

【3】Why do Chinese people burn the old paper image of the Kitchen God?

A.Because they want to get good luck in the coming year.

B.Because they want to sweep out the old in preparation for the New Year.

C.Because they want Heaven to know the family's behaviors over the past year.

D.Because they want to put up a new paper image of the Kitchen God.

【4】Which is not the tradition in the Little New Year?

A.Offer sacrifices to ancestors.B.Do house cleaning.

C.Put up paper-cuts to windows.D.Eat Guandong candy.

【5】Which sentence is FALSE according to the passage?

A.The Little New Year is also known as the Festival of the Kitchen God.

B.Chinese people put up the paper image of the Kitchen God on the stove.

C.In the Little New Year, New Year's posters and decorations are pasted up.

D.People start to stock up necessary food for the Spring Festival since the Little New Year.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】C

【4】A

【5】B

【解析】

本篇介紹中國的小年習俗。拜灶君、大掃除、吃關東糖、貼窗花、洗澡理頭、準備過春節(jié)時祭祖、招待客人和家人吃的一切東西。

【1】推理判斷題。根據文中“Little New Year (Chinese: Xiaonian), usually a week before the lunar New Year”可知農歷臘月二十三是小年，故選D。

【2】詞義猜測題。文中“The sacrifices to the Kitchen God include pig's head, fish, fruit, boiled dumplings, barley sugar, and Guandong candy”根據中國的習俗可知豬頭、魚、水果、水餃、大麥糖、關東糖等是祭拜爐君的貢品，故選B。

【3】細節(jié)理解題。根據文中“the burning of a paper image of the Kitchen God, dispatching the god's spirit to Heaven to report on the family's conduct over the past year”可知燒舊的灶君像為了讓他向上天匯報一家人前年的所作所為，故選C。

【4】推理判斷題。根據文中“ Everything needed to make offerings to the ancestors, entertain guests, and feed the family over the long holiday must be prepared in advance”可知祭祖是春節(jié)的習俗，故選A。

【5】推理判斷題。根據文中“It is also known as the Festival of the Kitchen God”可知小新年也被稱為灶君節(jié)，所以A表述正確；根據文中“The Kitchen God is then welcomed back to the home by putting up a new paper image of him beside the stove”可知中國人在火爐旁貼上了灶神的紙像，不是貼在爐上，所以B表述錯誤；根據文中“new window decorations, New Year's posters, and decorations are pasted up”可知在小年里，新年的海報和裝飾品都被貼上了，所以C表述正確；根據文中“People start to stock up necessary preparations for the Spring Festival since the Little New Year”可知自從小年以來，人們開始為春節(jié)儲備必需的食物，所以D表述正確；故選B。

本篇是閱讀單選，考查細節(jié)理解、推理判斷能力。解答前要先快速閱讀全文，理解大意；再閱讀題干，正確理解題干的要求；然后回歸原文，尋找有用信息作答；題3是細節(jié)理解題，解答時要在原文中找出題干包含的信息部分作答；題1都要根據文本信息a week before the lunar New Year做時間推算；題5要根據文本的表層信息排除表述正確的選項。