Question

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.

within 在…之內  funeral 葬禮  pregnant 懷孕的  ancestor 祖先

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.B

2.A

3.D

【解析】

这篇短文给我们介绍了台湾文化中关于婚礼的一些习俗，例如一个家庭不能在四个月、六个月或者一年内连续结婚等。这些文化是台湾特有的，体现了祖先的生活智慧。

1.词义猜测题。根据划线单词所在的上下文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，上句话说的是“一个家庭不能….”，所以taboo指的是人们不能做的事，是“禁忌”的意思，故应选B。

2.细节理解题。根据短文中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，在台湾文化里，新婚夫妇在四个月内不能去参加别人的婚礼，尤其是孕妇，如果你这样做了，将来你在教育孩子上就会有问题。由此可知应选A。

3.主旨大意题。这篇短文给我们介绍了台湾文化中关于婚礼的一些习俗，这些习俗是台湾特有的，因此D选项的题目符合文意，选D。