Question

Do you know what family instructions are? They are common beliefs(信仰)that family members follow. In ancient China, people passed down their family instructions from generation to generation.

Some schools in Zhejiang are encouraging students to learn more about their own family instructions. At Hangzhou Gongyi Middle School and Hangzhou Xuejun High School, it was part of students’ winter vacation homework to learn about their family instructions.

Meng Yaohan, 16, from Hangzhou Xuejun High School, looked at her family instructions. One of them is “Don’t take the wrong way”, a piece of advice that has been passed down for 100 years. Her father told her how her grandfather stuck to his “right way”—to become an engineer.“It encouraged me to pursue what I love,” she said.

Shen Duanjie,14,from Hangzhou Gongyi Middle School, has got good from his family instructions—“democratic”(民主的) and “equal”. In his own words, they have helped him get along with his parents.

The school has also published(出版) books about two classic collections of family instructions—The Family Instructions of Zhu Xi and Family Instructions of Yan Clan. The books include dialogues and pictures drawn by students.

Gong Zhenyue, 14, drew pictures for one of the instructions in Family Instructions of Yan Clan. She was impressed(留下深刻印象) by the instruction, which says that parents should not only love their children, but also educate them. “It made me understand my parents’ strictness with me,” she said. She made it her own family instruction.

1.What are family instructions?

A.The words of one’s grandparents.

B.Dialogues between family members.

C.Common beliefs that family members follow.

D.Books which were passed down from the past.

2.Which of the following is TRUE about Meng Yaohan?

A.She knows nothing about her family instructions.

B.“Democratic” and “equal” are her family instructions.

C.Her family instructions helped her get along with her parents.

D.“Don’t take the wrong way” is one of her family instructions.

3.What does the underlined word “pursue” mean in Chinese?

A.创造 B.追求 C.选择 D.感受

4.Who drew pictures for Family Instructions of Yan Clan?

A.Gong Zhenyue. B.Zhu Xi.

C.Shen Duanjie. D.Meng Yaohan.

5.Learning family instructions helps Gong Zhenyue 　　　.

A.study better at school

B.draw pictures for other books

C.understand her parents better

D.learn to publish books by herself

Answer 1