Singles’ Day (光棍節(jié))falls on every November 11th, and as the name suggests, this holiday is one specially for people who are still living the single life. It’s surprising that China is the only country in the world that has set up a special day for singles to celebrate(慶祝) their lives. To find out more about this celebration, read on.
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（麻將）.
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 'Sitiao' card. And that day happened to be November 11th. In order to remember the day, they called it Singles’ Day.
For breakfast on Singles’ Day, singles often eat four youtiao, which means the four "ones" in "11.11". Many singles also choose to say goodbye to their single lives on this day. So they take part in 'blind date' parties , trying to find someone they love and many people choose to marry on this day. Besides the 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.
小題1:__________ first called November 11th Singles’ Day.
A．The Chinese governmentB．People who have been married
C．Four people playing MahjongD．People who don’t want to get married
小題2:The Chinese meaning of the word “'blind date' parties” in this passage is “________”.
A．盲人聚會B．相親會 C．化妝舞會D．盲人黨派
小題3:Singles often have ________ for breakfast on Singles’ Day.
A．some breadB．noodlesC．4 youtiaoD．nothing
小題4:Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A．Singles’ Day is on November 11th.
B．Singles’ Day is celebrated by no countries but China.
C．Singles’ Day is for people who don’t have lovers.
D．To celebrate Singles’ Day, people play Mahjong from from 11 in the morning until 11 at night.

小題1:C
小題2:B
小題3:C
小題4:D

試題分析：這篇短文主要描述了光棍節(jié)的又來及其在中國的發(fā)展情況
小題1:根據(jù)短文第四段描述，光棍節(jié)是由四個中國人打麻將時叫出來的，故選C。
小題2:聯(lián)系上文，他們決定在這一天對他們的單身生活說再見及下文試圖找到自己愛的人及許多人選擇在這一天結(jié)婚，可知這個短語指的是相親會，故選B。
小題3:根據(jù)For breakfast on Singles’ Day, singles often eat four youtiao, which means the four "ones" in "11.11".描述，可知選C。
小題4:根據(jù)短文最后一段描述，打麻將不屬于光棍節(jié)的慶祝活動之一，故選項D描述錯誤。
點評：本文淺顯易懂，各個小題都能在文中找到適當(dāng)依據(jù)。只要認(rèn)真閱讀短文，注意前后聯(lián)系，就能順利完成閱讀。文章所設(shè)試題主要考察細節(jié)查找，做題關(guān)鍵是找出原文的根據(jù)，認(rèn)真核查小題和原文的異同。
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