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The Lunar Calendar（阴历）

Modern Chinese use the solar calendar（阳历）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 elders .

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 .

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

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

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

5.From this selection we know that each Chinese month is measured by _______ .

A. the sun’s revolutions（旋转）

B. the moon’s revolutions

C. the earth’s revolutions

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

 

Answer 1

1.A 2.C 3.D 4.A 5.B 分 析： 这篇短文为我们介绍的是中国的农历纪年。按照中国的农历，每个农历新年都有一只动物的名字，一共是12个生肖。文章中还给我们讲了中国的人们是怎样庆祝农...