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 them-
selves. 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．eitherApril 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．atime for people to have fun
4. _____ activities aretalked 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 thepassage ? A．A Special Day B．PureBrightness Festival in China
C．What the Chinese Do onTomb-sweeping Day
D．A Chinese Traditional Custom
试题分析：这篇短文中作者主要讲述了中国的每年4月4日或4月5日的清明节以及清明节那一天所做的事情。
1:A 词义猜测题。联系上下文描述，可知此处指的是坟墓。故选A。
2:C 细节理解题。根据Pure Brightness Festival,falls on the 4th or 5th of
April each year.可知2014年清明节在4月4日或4月5日。故选A。
3:C 细节理解题。根据This day is also a time for peopleto enjoy them-
selves；Other activities include flyingkites, planting trees,可知清明 节不仅仅是祭拜祖先，故选C。
4:D 细节理解题。根据tomb sweeping；spring outing； flying kites；
planting trees,；tasting tea，故选D。
5:B 细节理解题。根据文章大意可以判断出此文章主要谈论的活动是清明节。 故选B。
