Question

 Singles Day falls on every November 11th, and as the name indicates, this relatively new holiday is one specially for people who are still living the single life. I was a bit surprised when I googled “Singles Day” on the Internet, to find that China is the only country in the world that has set up a special day for singles to celebrate their lives.

     An old story goes that once there were four single men, leading very boring lives. None of them were married, or had lovers, or did anything exciting. They just sat around all day and played Mahjong. One day they played Mahjong from 11 in the morning until 11 at night. During the game, no matter who won, the winning card was always the “four columns” card (the card shows four independent, parallel columns in two lines). Even more of a coincidence, it was Nov. 11. In order to remind them of the day, they nicknamed it Singles Day.

Singles Day was first celebrated at various universities in Nanjing, capital city of Jiangsu Province during the 1990s. These college students carried their university tradition into society after they graduated. Singles Day is now a special day for all.

The main way to celebrate Singles day is to have dinner with your single friends, but it’s important that each person pay their own way to show their independence. People also hold “blind date” parties in an attempt to say goodbye to their single lives.

For breakfast on Singles Day, singles often eat four youtiao (deep-fried dough sitcks) representing the four “ones” in “11.11” and one baozi (steamed stuffed buns) representing the dot in between.

Many singles also choose to say goodbye to their single lives on the day. Many attend “blind date” parties and many people choose to marry on this day. In addition to meaning “single”, the four “ones” of the date can also mean “only one” as in “the only one for me”. Some people will use this date and this meaning to tell their special someone that they are the only “one” in their heart.

1.Which of the statement is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Singles Day has a long history.

B. Only men celebrate Singles Day.

C. Singles Day is only celebrated in China.

D. Students in Nanjing University started Singles Day.

2.People celebrate the festival mainly by       .

A. playing Mahjong              B. having dinner

C. getting married                         D. hanging out with friends

3.What is the best title of the passage?

A. Singles Day

B. Four Single Men’s Singles Day           

C. University Culture on Singles Day                    

D. Symbolic Food on Singles Day

4.Which of the following best shows the structure of the passage?

   (a-para.1  b-para.2  c-para.3  d-para.4  e-para.5  f-para.6)

A.  a         B.     a           C.   a         D.   a

b   c   d        b  c  d  f         b  d         b  c  d  e

e              e            c  e                    f

       f                                 f

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.B

【解析】

内容提要：本文讲述了光棍节的起源及人们的庆祝方式

1.细节考查题。由文章第一段的最后一句话可知答案

2.细节考查题。由文章第四段可知答案

3.主旨大意题。文章主要向读者介绍了光棍节

4.结构分析题。第一段是总体介绍；第二段介绍了和节日来源有关的故事；第三段介绍了节日的真实来源；第四、五段介绍了人们用吃东西的方式来庆祝节日；最后一段介绍了其他的庆祝方式