类型11-风俗文化--中考英语.docx

类型11-风俗文化--中考英语
　专项训练十一
　化 风俗文化
　时间：8～10 分钟/篇
　分值：2 分/小题
　 Passage 1( 邵阳) China is a large country. The population se culture.
　Passage 2( 黄石) Are you an eating-lover? Do you want to eat every delicious food in the world? Then do you watch the popular program A Bite of China? It"s a TV program on Chinese delicious food which has been produced by CCTV. Is there any holiday that isn"t celebrated with special festival food? Here are several traditional Chinese foods：
　Noodles are a symbol of long life in Chinese culture. They are as much a part of Chinese birthday celebration as a birthday cake with its candles lit in many western
　countries. Since noodles mean long life, it is considered very unlucky to cut it off. Although westerners sometimes may be very sorry to see fish lying on the plate, in China a whole fish is a symbol of richness. In fact, at a party it is a tradition to serve the whole fish last, pointed towards the most valued guest. Fish also has a special meaning because the Chinese word for fish,
　yu, sounds like the word for richness
　or plenty, and it is believed that eating fish will help your wishes come true in the year to come. A very popular dish during the Dragon Boat Festival
　is Zongzi. This tasty dish is made of rice dumplings with meat, peanuts or other delicious food in bamboo leaves. The tradition of Zongzi is meant to remind us of a great man, Qu Yuan in Chinese history. (
　)1. A Bite of China is ________． A. a magazine
　B. a newspaper
　 C. a film
　D. a TV program (
　)2. According to the passage, in traditional Chinese culture, people will eat ________ on their birthdays. A. eggs
　 B. noodles
　 C. fish
　 D. cakes (
　)3. Fish has a special meaning in Chinese culture mainly because ________．
　A. it is served last at a party B. it is pointed to the valued guest C. it sounds like the word yu in Chinese D. it is so delicious that all Chinese people like it (
　)4. ________ in the Dragon Boat Festival make(s) us think of