Traditional Chinese festivals are now getting their own logos(标识).Here’re logos for China’s seven important traditional festivals.
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Chunjie, Spring Festival, China’s lunar new year, is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. People usually get together, watch fireworks and the lion dance, eat dumplings and put on new clothes. They pay New Year calls to their relatives and friends. Children usually get red packets. |
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Yuanxiao, Lantern Festival is on the 15th day of the first month in the Chinese calendar. People watch lanterns and eat sweet dumplings. |
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Qixi, the Night of Sevens is on the seventh day of the seventh month in the Chinese calendar. It’s Chinese version(版本)of Valentine’s Day(情人节). |
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Qingming, Tomb-Sweeping Festival is around April 5.People from home and abroad go to the graves(墓)of the dead in memory of(纪念)them. |
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Zhongqiu, Mid-Autumn Festival, is on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese calendar. Families enjoy moon cakes and tell the story of Chang’e. |
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Duanwu, Dragon Boat Festival is on the fifth day of the fifth month in the Chinese calendar. People eat rice dumplings and remember the poet Qu Yuan. |
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Chongyang, Double Ninth Festival is on the ninth day of the ninth month in the Chinese calendar. It’s the date to pay respect(尊敬)to the old. |
1.Mid-Autumn Festival is ________ in the Chinese calendar.
A. on 15th of August B. on 7th of July
C. on 15th of January D. on 5th of May
2.What do Chinese people eat at Dragon Boat Festival?
A. Dumplings. B. Moon cakes.
C. Rice dumplings. D. Sweet dumplings.
3.Chinese version of Valentine’s Day is ________.
A. Lantern Festival B. the Night of Sevens
C. Spring Festival D. Tomb-Sweeping Festival
4.At Tomb-Sweeping Festival, people go to the graves in memory of ________.
A. Qu Yuan B. the elderly C. Chang’e D. the dead
5.At Double Ninth Festival, what do people usually do?
A. They watch lanterns. B. They pay respect to old people.
C. They visit their relatives. D. They get together to tell stories.
An old farmer lived with his
grandson. Each morning, the 16 got up early and
read his Bhagavad Gita(薄迦梵歌).
One day the grandson asked, “Grandpa! I try to read the book like you 17 I can’t understand it, and I forget it easily. What’s the 18 of reading it?”
The grandfather said, “Take this coal(煤炭) basket down to the 19 and bring me back a basket of water.”
The boy did as his grandfather 20 ,but all the water ran 21 he got home. The grandfather laughed, “You’ll have to move faster next time.”
This time the boy 22 faster, but again the basket was empty. He told his grandfather that is was 23 to carry water in a basket. He wanted to use a bottle instead, but the old man said, “I just want a basket of water. You’re not 24 hard enough.”
The boy wanted to show his grandfather that the water would surely run. He again put the 25 into the river and ran hard. But there wasn’t anything in it again. He said 26 ,“Look, grandpa, it’s useless!”
“Watch the basket.” said the grandfather.
For the first time the boy 27 the basket was different. It had changed from a dirty old coal basket into a 28 one, inside and out.
“Boy, you might not understand or remember 29 when you read the book, but when you read it, you will be 30 ,inside and out. That’s what you got from it.”
1.A. son B. father C. grandfather D. grandmother
2.A. so B. but C. or D. and
3.A. time B. place C. use D. habit
4.A. house B. beach C. lake D. river
5.A. said B. saw C. liked D. did
6.A. as B. after C. until D. before
7.A. ran B. rode C. drove D. flew
8.A. difficult B. interesting C. impossible D. unimportant
9. A. hitting B. trying C. holding D. studying
10.A. hand B. bottle C. basket D. coal
11.A. sadly B. hopefully C. excitedly D. happily
12. A. forgot B. realized C. believed D. remembered
13. A. white B. clean C. new D. black
14.A. nothing B. something C. anything D. everything
15.A. different B. relaxed C. curious D. worried
—Could you tell me ____?
—It’s twenty minutes by underground.
A. how can I get to your school
B. how much it costs to get to your school
C. how far it is from your home to your school
D. how long does it take me to get to your school
—Remember to turn off the lights before leaving the classroom, children.
—______.
A. OK, we will B. Yes, we do C. It doesn’t matter D. You’re right
—How well do you know the Opera House?
—I know the place very well. I ____ Sydney many times.
A. have been in B. have been to C. have gone to D. have arrived in
—Have you finished your fashion design?
—Not yet. I’ll finish it if I ________ ten more minutes.
A. am given B. give C. will give D. will be given
