三、阅读理解 阅读下列短文, 根据短文内容选择最佳答案。(40分)
A
Traditional Chinese festivals are now getting their own logos(标识).Here’re logos for China’s seven important traditional festivals.
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.
Yuanxiao, Lantern Festival is on the 15th day of the first month in the Chinese calendar. People watch lanterns and eat sweet dumplings.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).
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.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.
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.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.
31. 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
32. What do Chinese people eat at Dragon Boat Festival?
A. Dumplings. B. Moon cakes.
C. Rice dumplings. D. Sweet dumplings.
33. Chinese version of Valentine’s Day is ________.
A. Lantern Festival B. the Night of Sevens
C. Spring Festival D. Tomb-Sweeping Festival
34. At Tomb-Sweeping Festival, people go to the graves in memory of ________.
A. Qu Yuan B. the elderly C. Chang’e D. the dead
35.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.
B
Chen Guangbiao was born in Jiangsu in July,1968. He is the chairperson of a company in Jiangsu. Now he is one of China’s richest men and he has donated a great amount of money to charity projects. He says he will donate everything he has to charity after he dies.
When people are in need of help, he will appear at once. He helped people during the Wenchuan earthquake, the Yunnan earthquake and the Taiwan earthquake. He also gave a helping hand in Japan’s earthquake. He has built many Hope Primary Schools to support the education in poor areas.
He doesn’t do charity for honour. He wants to encourage more people to make contributions to charity. After announcing he would donate everything to charity after his death, many businesses, overseas(海外)Chinese people and common people encouraged by him have also promised to do something for charity.
As a philanthropist(慈善家),he is asked for help every day. Sometimes he gets very tired, but he has never stopped caring.
So far, he has received a lot of awards, including Pioneer of the Year, and National May Day Labour Medal(全国五一劳动奖章).He is considered as one of china’s top philanthropists.
36. The article is probably taken from _______.
A. a newspaper B. a novel C. a detective story D. a science book
37. He says he will donate _____ to charity after he dies.
A. nothing B. some schools
C. everything he has D. his whole company
38. What does he do charity for?
A. He wants to do charity for money.
B. He wants to do charity for pleasure.
C. He wants to ask people to help him.
D. He wants to encourage more people to contribute to charity.
39. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A. He is from Jiangsu.
B. He has visited many countries.
C. He has helped people in need.
D. He has got a lot of awards.
40. Which do you think is the best title for the passage?
A. Earthquakes. B. Hope Primary Schools.
C. Pioneer of the Year. D. Philanthropist Chen Guangbiao
