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 government
B．People who have been married
C．Four people playing Marjong
D．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 Marjong 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

小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)文中第二三自然段的語句理解可知。
小題2:詞義理解推斷題，根據(jù)文中語句“So they take part in 'blind date' parties , trying to find someone they love and many people choose to marry on this day.”理解可知。
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)文中語句“For breakfast on Singles Day, singles often eat four youtiao, which means the four "ones" in "11.11".”理解可知。
小題4:理解歸納題，根據(jù)文中語句理解可知。
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