Singles Day (光棍节)falls on every November 11th...

Singles’ Day (光棍节)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(庆祝) 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（麻将）.

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.

1.__________ first called November 11^th Singles’ Day.

A．The Chinese government                 B．People who have been married

C．Four people playing Mahjong              D．People who don’t want to get married

2.The Chinese meaning of the word “'blind date' parties” in this passage is “________”.

A．盲人聚会         B．相亲会            C．化妆舞会         D．盲人党派

3.Singles often have ________ for breakfast on Singles’ Day.

A．some bread        B．noodles           C．4 youtiao          D．nothing

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.

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Singles Day (光棍节)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(庆祝) 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（麻将）.

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.

1.__________ first called November 11^th 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

2.The Chinese meaning of the word “'blind date' parties” in this passage is “________”.

A. 盲人聚会     B.相亲会           C. 化妆舞会       D. 盲人党派

3.Singles often have ________ for breakfast on Singles Day.

A. some bread       B. noodles        C. 4 youtiao            D. nothing

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.

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Singles Day (光棍节)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(庆祝) 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（结婚）, or had lovers, or did anything exciting. They just sat around all day and played Mahjong（麻将）.

One day they played Mahjong from 11am until 11 pm. 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 of 'single', the four 'ones' of the date can also mean the 'only one' in one’s heart.

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

2.The Chinese meaning of the word “'blind date' parties” in this passage is “________”.

A. 盲人聚会    　　     B.相亲会

C. 化妆舞会        　　 D. 慈善晚会

3.Singles often have ________ for breakfast on Singles Day.

A. some bread　　 B. noodles

C. 4 youtiao　　　 D. nothing

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 are still living the single life.

D. Singles Day should be celebrated by playing Marjong from 11am to 11pm.

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Singles Day (光棍节)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(庆祝) 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（麻将）.

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.

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

2.The Chinese meaning of the word “'blind date' parties” in this passage is “________”.

A. 盲人聚会　 　　 B.相亲会

C. 化妆舞会　　 　　 D. 盲人党派

3. Singles often have ________ for breakfast on Singles Day.

A. some bread　　　　 B. noodles

C. 4 youtiao　　　　 D. nothing

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 from 11 in the morning until 11 at night.

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November 11th, also called “Guanggun Jie” in Chinese, began as a day for the singles, to celebrate the fact that they are proud of being single.

It’s said that it came from Nanjing University in 1993. A group of single male students got together to discuss how to get a reason to have fun while they couldn’t celebrate Valentine’s Day. It got the name "Singles' Day" because the number "1" looked like a person. After graduation（毕业）, these college students passed the university tradition to the society. Singles' Day has been largely popularized on the Internet and is now celebrated by young people in some areas outside China as well.

After 2009, Singles’ Day, also known as Double 11, became an online purchase festival. On this day, some shops’ owners in China would offer strong promotion online to attract (吸引) the singles to buy their products.

It quickly became a trend (潮流), and many companies took part in this big event by working with online sellers and offered attractive discounts（吸引人的折扣）. Actually, Singles' Day is similar to Black Friday in the United States and both of them are now large online shopping events in the world.

1.November 11 got the name “Singles’ Day” because ________.

A. it was created that day　　 B. the number “1” looked like a person

C. November 11 was a good day　　 D. people didn’t have to work that day

2.The Singles’ Day is now a large online shopping event like ________ in the United States.

A. Christmas　　 B. New Year’s Day　　 C. Black Friday　　 D. Thanksgiving

3.The Chinese meaning of the word “promotion” in this passage is “________”.

A. 促销　　 B. 促进　　 C. 升职　　 D. 保护

4.The best title of the passage may be “________”.

A. Big Sales on Singles’ Day　　 B. How to Create A Holiday

C. Singles’ Day’s Past and Present　　 D. Be Proud of Being Single

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My sister Kate is 13years old．Her birthday is on November 15th．Every year，on the morning of that day，my parents take us to Zig Zag's Clothes Store．There my mother buys some clothes for Kate．Then we go to Huaxing Bookstore．There I buy some CDs for Kate，and my father buys a book for her．

In the afternoon my parents have a birthday party for Kate at home．Kate's friends Frank，David and Grace come to the party．Frank brings some pens for Kate．David gives Kate some balls because she likes playing with them．Grace gives Kate a cake．Kate is very happy．

Oh，I am Kate's brother．My name is John．

1.Kate is　　　 years old．

A. eleven

B. twelve

C. thirteen

2.　　　 buys some clothes for Kate．

A. John

B. John's mother

C. John's father

3.David and Frank are Kate's　　　 ．

A. friends

B. classmates

C. brothers

4.Grace gives　　　 to Kate．

A. a book

B. a cake

C. some pens

5.下面哪项叙述是正确的？　　　

A. Kate is John's classmate．

B. Kate has a great time at the party．

C. Kate doesn't like to play with balls．

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Many people always buy things online on some special days, such as November 11th, June 18th and so on, because the prices are ______ on those days.

A.low B.lower C.lowest D.the lowest

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Pure Brightness Festival, also known as Tomb-sweeping Day in China, falls on the 4th or 5th of April each year. It was started in the Han Dynasty. On this day, whole families, young and old, with flowers visit the graves of their ancestors to pay their respects. Following the custom, tomb sweepers clean and tidy the graves, decorate them with flowers. They burn paper money made for the dead, set off firecrackers and bow before their ancestors’ tombstones. On this day, they don’t cook. Only cold food is served.

　　　 However, tomb sweeping is not the only activity during Pure Brightness Festival. This day is also a time for people to enjoy themselves. Other activities include spring outing, flying kites, planting trees, tasting tea and so on. In April, everything in nature takes on a new look. Trees turn green, flowers come out and the sun shines brightly. So it is a good time to be out to appreciate the beauty of nature. People fly kites not only in the daytime but at night. In the dark, some people fly kites with lanterns, which are called “God’s lanterns”. They plant trees because young trees which are planted during this period are easy to grow up. And they enjoy tea because the tea produced around the festival is said to have good quality.

1.The word “tomb” probably means the same as the word “______” in the passage.

A. grave　　　　　　　 B. tombstone　　　　　　 C. ancestor　　　　　　 D. custom

2.From the passage we can learn that Pure Brightness Festival in 2014 will be on ______.

A. April 4　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. April 5

C. either April 4 or April 5　　　　　　　　　　　 D. neither April 4 nor April 5

3.According to the passage, Pure Brightness Festival is ______.

A. a day full of sadness　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. Tree Planting Day

C. a combination of sadness and happiness　　 D. a time for people to have fun

4._____ activities are talked about in the passage above.

A. Two　　　　　　　　 B. Three　　　　　　　　 C. Four　　　　　　　　 D. Five

5.Which of the following do you think is the best title for the passage ?

A. A Special Day

B. Pure Brightness Festival in China

C. What the Chinese Do on Tomb-sweeping Day

D.A Chinese Traditional Custom

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—Why do many people buy things online on the 11th of November every year ？

—Because there are many sales.The prices are　 _____

A.much cheaper　 　 B.much lower

C.more expensive　　 D.much higher

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Singles’ Day （Nov. 11）is a good time to shop online. A lot of products are on sale at this time, and you can buy them more ______________.

A.cheaply B.easily C.directly

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