Question

(2015 •涼山) 閱讀理解。(20分) 

   China is a country with a long history. It has great tradition 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 the Chinese character 福 because “fu” also represents (代表) other Chinese characters that sound the same.

   “Fu” means blessing,good fortune,good luck. The 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 officials’ 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” “l(fā)u” “shou” “xi” “cai” “he”，are particularly loved by Chinese people.

() 1. We use to show how to read the Chinese characters.

   A. “pinyin”   B. letters   C. words   D. spelling

() 2. The upside down 福 “fu” means .

   A. coming   B. good luck comes   C. good fortune   D. “fu” is upside down

() 3. People in China most probably put up the Chinese character on the front door at their weddings.

   A. upside down “cai”   B. upside down “fu”   C. doubled “xi”   D. doubled “he”

() 4. Which of the following is Not true according to the passage?

   A. “Cai” is wealth or money.

   B. “Lu” is used to mean officials’ pay in old China.

   C. “Shou” means keeping thin.

   D. Things will be a lot easier if you have “he”.

() 5. The underlined word “character” means “”in this passage.

   A. 角色   B. 特征   C. 性格   D. 漢字

Answer 1

1. A 2. B 3. C 4. C 5. D

1. A  (題干意為:我們用____ 去表示怎樣讀漢字。由第一段第五句 We use “pinyin” here because “pinyin” is the Chinese spelling way for the characters 可知答案為 A.)

2. B  (題干意為:倒貼的福字意味著____。由第二段第四句“倒貼的福字意味著好運到來”，可知選 B. )

3. C  (題干意為：中國人在婚禮上最可能把漢字____貼在大門上。由第三段第四句和第五句可知答案為 C. )

4. C  (由全文可知，“壽意味著長命百歲”，故C是錯的.)

5. D  (題干意為:畫線詞“character”在文中含義為____。由第二段可知，該詞意為“漢字”。故選 D. )