The Lunar Calendar（陰歷）
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 elders .
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 15B．On February 16
C．On February 14D．On February 17
小題3:The family usually have their big family dinner at the home of ________ .
A．the married sonB．the married daughter
C．the unmarried sonD．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(zhuǎn)）
B．the moon’s revolutions
C．the earth’s revolutions
D．both the earth’s and moon’s revolutions

小題1:A
小題2:C
小題3:D
小題4:A
小題5:B

試題分析：這篇短文為我們介紹的是中國的農(nóng)歷紀(jì)年。按照中國的農(nóng)歷，每個(gè)農(nóng)歷新年都有一只動物的名字，一共是12個(gè)生肖。文章中還給我們講了中國的人們是怎樣慶祝農(nóng)歷新年的。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第一段中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，陰歷年都有一個(gè)動物的名字，他們按照順序排列，一共是12個(gè)，然后再重新輪回。根據(jù)題目問到的，如果明年是龍年，那么也就是說今年是兔年，那么去年就是虎年。故選A。
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第二段中On the last day of the lunar year , there is a big family dinner .可知，在陰歷年的最后一天，會有一個(gè)大型的家宴。那么如果新年是2月15日，那么家宴的時(shí)間應(yīng)該是它的前一天，即2月14日。故選C。
小題3:推理判斷題。根據(jù)短文第二段中they have to travel many miles to reach the home of their parents可知，離家在外的孩子也要趕回到父母的家里，由此可知，家宴應(yīng)該是在父母的家里舉行的。故選D。
小題4:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文最后一段中The New Year celebrations last for 15 days , from the new moon to the full moon可知，中國的新年要慶祝15天，從初一到十五。故選A。
小題5:推理判斷題。根據(jù)短文中Each Chinese month starts on the day of the new moon . And the full moon comes on the 15th day of the month .可知，在中國的農(nóng)歷中，一個(gè)月是在新月的那天開始的，滿月就是一個(gè)月的第15天。由此可知中國的月份是按照月亮的旋轉(zhuǎn)來計(jì)量的。故選B。
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