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传统文化 阅读表达。(共5小题;每小题2分,满分10分)
阅读下面短文,用英语回答短文后的问题。
The Spring Festival couplets are a representation of Chinese cultural heritage. Putting up the Spring Festival couplets is also an important part of Chinese New Year customs.
The Spring Festival couplets came from Taofu, or peach boards in the Zhou Dynasty. People believed that hanging peach boards on the door frames of the houses could drive away bad things. The Spring Festival couplets didn't take shape until the wooden boards were replaced by red paper in the Song Dynasty. Then in the Ming Dynasty, they became a kind of decoration and were popular all over the country. Zhu Yuanzhang, the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty, had a special love for writing the Spring Festival couplets. In order to spread this cultural activity, he ordered all people to put up the couplets during the Chinese New Year.
However, do you know how to put up the couplets? There are rules for both the time and the right order. Usually, they should be put up before the Chinese New Year's Eve, and the best time is from 1 p. m. to 3 p. m. on the 29th day of the twelfth Chinese lunar month. Each couplet is made up of three parts, known as the upper couplet, the lower couplet and the top scroll. The upper couplet is usually on the right side when you're facing the door and the lower on the left. The couplets also have special meanings, showing people's wishes for wealth, health and happiness in the new year.
1. What replaced wooden boards in the Song Dynasty?
Red paper.
2. Who made the Spring Festival couplets popular all over the country?
Zhu Yuanzhang.
3. When is the best time to put up the couplets during the Chinese New Year?
1-3 p. m. on the 29th day of the twelfth Chinese lunar month.
4. Where is the lower couplet when you're facing the door?
On the left side.
5. Why do you think the couplets are important to Chinese people?
Because they carry good wishes.(答案合理即可)
解析:
【分析】
本题为英语阅读理解细节题,解题思路为:先通读短文了解大意,再针对每个问题的关键词(如Song Dynasty、popular、best time等)回到原文定位对应段落,提取准确信息作答;第5题为开放题,需结合文本中春联的意义合理组织语言即可。
【解析】
1. 定位短文第二段关键句:“The Spring Festival couplets didn't take shape until the wooden boards were replaced by red paper in the Song Dynasty.” 可知宋代替换木板的是红纸,故答案为Red paper。
2. 定位短文第二段最后:“In order to spread this cultural activity, he ordered all people to put up the couplets during the Chinese New Year.” 其中“he”指明太祖朱元璋,故答案为Zhu Yuanzhang。
3. 定位短文第三段:“the best time is from 1 p. m. to 3 p. m. on the 29th day of the twelfth Chinese lunar month.” 直接提取时间即可。
4. 定位短文第三段:“the lower on the left.” 可知下联位置是左边,故答案为On the left side。
5. 短文第三段提到春联“showing people's wishes for wealth, health and happiness in the new year”,可总结为承载美好祝愿,故答案为Because they carry good wishes(合理即可)。
【答案】
1. Red paper.
2. Zhu Yuanzhang.
3. 1-3 p. m. on the 29th day of the twelfth Chinese lunar month.
4. On the left side.
5. Because they carry good wishes.(答案合理即可)
【知识点】
英语阅读理解、传统文化常识、信息提取
【点评】
本题结合中国传统文化(春联)考查英语阅读细节信息的提取能力,题型包含直接细节题和开放型问题,既考查文本理解,又渗透文化认知,整体难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.6