Question

1.

You may have already forgotten the days when you had to learn how to use chopsticks. Every Chinese kid struggles with them for some time.2. They come with their own special rules and traditions.

3. Playing with chopsticks is seen as bad manners, just as making noise with forks and knives in a Western country would be rude.

There are also some superstitions （迷信） related to chopsticks. For example, some people believe that chopsticks should not be left standing upright in a bowl. It looks like the incense （香）that Chinese use to honor the dead.4.

You should not tap chopsticks on the edge of the bowl either, as beggars do this to ask for food. Parents may get mad if children do this as they don't want their children to be as poor as beggars in the future.

Apart from being tableware, chopsticks can also be a great gift.5.Newlyweds（新婚夫妇）sometimes receive chopsticks as a wedding gift. Skilled craftsmen paint beautiful images on chopsticks to make them look like fine artworks.

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

A.How Chinese kids learn to use chopsticks

B.People should not make noise with chopsticks

C.Learn the rules and traditions behind chopsticks

D.Doing it at the dinner table is believed to bring bad luck.

E.But chopsticks are not just simple tools to pick up food

F.We should learn the traditional culture behind forks and knives well.

G.In Chinese, “chopsticks” reads “kuaizi”, which means to have babies soon.

Answer

1.C

2.E

3.B

4.D

5.G

【解析】

本文主要介绍了筷子背后的传统和规则。

1.

根据“Playing with chopsticks is seen as bad manners,”和“There are also some superstitions （迷信） related to chopsticks. ”可知，本文想要我们了解筷子的传统和规则。故选C。

2.

根据“ They come with their own special rules and traditions.”可知，此处表示筷子背后有它们的规则和传统，因此它们不只是夹起食物的工具，故选E。

3.

根据“Playing with chopsticks is seen as bad manners, just as making noise with forks and knives in a Western country would be rude.”可知，人们不应该用筷子发出噪音，故选B。

4.

根据“For example, some people believe that chopsticks should not be left standing upright in a bowl. It looks like the incense （香）that Chinese use to honor the dead.”可知， 有些人认为筷子不应该竖着放在碗里。它看起来像中国人用来纪念逝者的香。因此在餐桌上做这样的事会带来厄运，故选D。

5.

根据“Newlyweds（新婚夫妇）sometimes receive chopsticks as a wedding gift.”可知，给新婚夫妇送筷子作为结婚礼物，是因为“筷子”有“快子”的意思，故选G。