Question

Modern Chinese use the solar calendar（陽歷）as English people do . But at the same time, they use their own lunar calendar. Each lunar year is given the name of one of these animals : the rat , the ox , the tiger , the hare , the dragon , the snake , the horse , the goat , the monkey , the chicken , the dog and the pig . This list lasts for 12 years and then starts again.
Each Chinese month starts on the day of the new moon. And the full moon comes on the 15th day of the month. The New Year always starts between January 21 and February 20. On the last day of the lunar year, there is a big family dinner. All members of the family except married daughters try to be present at this meal, even of they have to travel many miles to reach the home of their parents. Old quarrels are forgotten, and everybody is happy. After the dinner, the children keep awake to welcome the New Year.
The New Year celebrations last for 15 days, from the new moon to the full moon. On the first day, children and unmarried people go to visit their elder
小題1: If next year is the year of the dragon, what was the name of last year?

A．It was the year of tiger.	B．It was the year of the hare.
C．It was the year of snake.	D．It was the year of the ox.

小題2: Suppose that next Chinese New Year’s Day is on 15th February, when will people have their big family dinner?

A．On February 15	B．On February 16
C．On February 14	D．On February 17

小題3: The family usually have their big family dinner at the home of _______.

A．the married son	B．the married daughter
C．the unmarried son	D．the parents

小題4: People celebrate the New Year ________.

A．for 15 days

B．from the new moon to the full moon in the first month of the lunar year

C．from January 21 to February 20

D．both A and B

小題5: From this selection we know that each Chinese month is measured by __.

A．the sun’s revolutions（旋轉）

B．the moon’s revolutions

C．the earth’s revolutions

D．both the earth’s and moon’s revolutions

Answer 1

小題1:A
小題2:C
小題3:D
小題4:D
小題5:B

試題分析：短文大意：本文介紹了中國的農歷。每年農歷年給出了一個這些動物的名稱：鼠，牛，虎，兔，龍，蛇，馬，羊，猴，雞，狗和豬。這個列表會持續12年，然后再開始。中國的每個月從新月開始的一天。和滿月出現在每個月的第十五天。
小題1:細節理解題。根據第一段中Each lunar year is given the name of one of these animals : the rat , the ox , the tiger , the hare , the dragon , the snake , the horse , the goat , the monkey , the chicken , the dog and the pig .可知選A。
小題2:細節理解題。根據東二段中On the last day of the lunar year, there is a big family dinner.可知選C。
小題3:細節理解題。根據第二段中All members of the family except married daughters try to be present at this meal, even of they have to travel many miles to reach the home of their parents.可知選D。
小題4:細節理解題。根據第三段首句The New Year celebrations last for 15 days, from the new moon to the full moon.可知選D。
小題5:細節理解題。根據第二段首句Each Chinese month starts on the day of the new moon. And the full moon comes on the 15th day of the month.就可推知選B。