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【題目】According to present Taiwan wedding culture, one family cannot marry sisters in a row within 4 months, 6 months or one year. People in Taiwan believe it is taboo, and the taboo will bring bad things to the marriage. Also in Taiwan culture, new marriage couples cannot join others’ wedding or funeral within 4 months, especially for those pregnant women, they should avoid this kind of cases. If you do so, you will have problem to teach your coming baby in the future.

These rules are not from China, but are from people moved from China to Taiwan. People do not follow these rules in China. It is something special in Taiwan and full of wisdom for life experience from ancestors.

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【1】What does the word “taboo” mean?

A. Something that people like to do. B. Something that people are afraid to do.

C. A place that people in Taiwan like to visit. D. An activity happens at a wedding.

【2】Shu-fen has a five-month baby in her belly, and she wants to join her best friend’s wedding. Her mother in-law is so angry about it. Shu-fen can’t make sense of it. Could you tell her the reason? belly 肚子

A. Her mother in-law is scared that the baby can’t do well when parents or teachers teach him/her.

B. Her mother in-law is scared that her marriage is going to be over.

C. Her mother in-law is scared that they can’t go sailing from China to Taiwan.

D. Her mother in-law is scared that Shu-fen’s sister can’t be married.

【3】Which is the best title of the reading?

A. Things that woman can’t do.

B. China rules, Taiwan follows.

C. Marriage in Taiwan.

D. Taiwan special culture.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】D

【解析】

這篇短文給我們介紹了臺灣文化中關于婚禮的一些習俗，例如一個家庭不能在四個月、六個月或者一年內連續(xù)結婚等。這些文化是臺灣特有的，體現了祖先的生活智慧。

【1】詞義猜測題。根據劃線單詞所在的上下文one family cannot marry sisters in a row within 4 months, 6 months or one year. People in Taiwan believe it is taboo, and the taboo will bring bad things to the marriage.可知，上句話說的是“一個家庭不能….”，所以taboo指的是人們不能做的事，是“禁忌”的意思，故應選B。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據短文中Also in Taiwan culture, new marriage couples cannot join others’ wedding or funeral within 4 months, especially for those pregnant women, they should avoid this kind of cases. If you do so, you will have problem to teach your coming baby in the future.

可知，在臺灣文化里，新婚夫婦在四個月內不能去參加別人的婚禮，尤其是孕婦，如果你這樣做了，將來你在教育孩子上就會有問題。由此可知應選A。

【3】主旨大意題。這篇短文給我們介紹了臺灣文化中關于婚禮的一些習俗，這些習俗是臺灣特有的，因此D選項的題目符合文意，選D。

這篇短文給我們介紹了臺灣文化中關于婚禮的一些習俗，文章比較短小易懂。后面的題目設置有詞義猜測題、細節(jié)理解題和主旨大意題。猜詞的題目必須從上下文的語境中尋找線索，如taboo這個單詞，它所在的上文one family cannot marry sisters in a row within 4 months, 6 months or one year.說的是“在臺灣文化里，一個家庭不能….”，因此taboo指的就是人們不能做的事情，如果做了，就會給婚姻帶來不好的事情，所以人們害怕去做這樣的事情，故B選項符合文意。第2小題在做的時候，要注意先讀懂題干的內容，然后依據原文的相關信息解答，在短文中If you do so, you will have problem to teach your coming baby in the future這句話可以告訴我們答案。