17.China is a country with a long history.It has great traditional culture,especially Chinese characters.Chinese characters usually have more than one meaning and some of them are very interesting.Here are six ones.We use"pinyin"here because"pinyin"is the Chinese spelling way for the characters.For example,"fu"is the"pinyin"for good luck in Chinese,"pinyin""fu"is only the phonic part of the character and
if you want to know the meaning of good luck"fu",you must read Chinese character福because"fu"also represents (代表) other Chinese characters that sound the same.
"fu"means blessing,good fortune,good luck.Chinese character"fu"is one of the most popular ones used during Chinese New Year.Chinese people often put up"fu"upside down on the front door of a house or an apartment.The upside down"fu"means good luck comes since the character for upside down in Chinese sounds the same as the character for"come"."lu"is used to mean official's pay in old China,"shou"means long life,age or birthday."xi"is happiness.The doubled character"xi"means double happiness.It is usually put up everywhere at Chinese weddings."cai"is wealth or money.Chinese often say"money can make a ghost turn a millstone".It is to say money really can do a lot of things.But,money can't buy everything,"he"is an important part of Chinese culture.It means good relations with other people,when you have"he",things will be a lot easier for you.
The top six lucky Chinese characters,"fu""lu""shou""xi""cai""he",are particularly loved by Chinese people.
51.We useA to show how to read the Chinese characters.
A."pinyin"
B.letters
C.words
D.spelling
52.The upside down福"fu"meansB.
A.coming
B.good luck comes
C.good fortune
D."fu"is upside down
53.People in China most probably put up the Chinese CharactersC on the front door at their weddings.
A.upside down"cai"
B.upside down"fu"
C.doubled"xi"
D.doubled"he"
54.Which of the following is Not true according to the passage?C
A."Cai"is wealth or money.
B."lu"is used to mean official's pay in old China.
C."Shou"means keeping thin.
D.Things will be a lot easier if you have"he".
55.The underlined word"character"means in this passage.D
A.角色
B.特征
C.性格
D.漢字.
分析 我國有著悠久的歷史和燦爛的文化,漢字也很特色,本文介紹了"福、祿、壽、喜、財、合"幾個有中國傳統(tǒng)文化特色漢字的用法及含義.
解答 51.A 細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)pinyin"is the Chinese spelling way for the characters.可知拼音是漢字拼讀方式.故選A.
52.B 細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)短文第二段的:The upside down"fu"means good luck comes 可知本題選B.
53.C 細節(jié)理解題.由文中的:The doubled character"xi"means double happiness.It is usually put up everywhere at Chinese weddings.漢字雙喜意思是幸福,在中國的婚禮上到處貼著.可知本題選C.
54.C 推理判斷題.由文中的:"shou"means long life,age or birthday(壽意思是長壽,年齡或生日)可知C錯了.
55.D 詞義猜測題.結(jié)合句意:Chinese character"fu"is one of the most popular ones used during Chinese New Year.中國chacacter福是中國新年期間用得最普遍的chacacter之一.可以推測出其含義是中國漢字.故選D.
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