五、阅读理解
Nobody can say no to a flower world in the real life. That's why more and more people start to celebrate the Huazhao Festival to enjoy the beautiful and busy party in spring.
The Huazhao Festival is the birthday of all flowers and it takes place on the 2nd, 12th or 15th day of February of the Chinese lunar calendar (农历). People started to celebrate the birthday of flowers before the Qin dynasty (朝代) and it became a festival during the Sui and Tang dynasties. In the Tang dynasty, it was one of the three important celebrations all over China.
The Huazhao Festival has lots of traditions. Young people wear hanfu, a kind of traditional Chinese clothes, and have outings. The festival is in early spring, so it's such a great time to have an outing to enjoy the spring time. Girls put colourful paper-cutting on the flower stems (花茎). They hope to be as young and beautiful as flowers. Also, people in different places of China plant flowers. They think that flowers planted on that day can grow well. At the festival, the flower fair (集市) is the most popular. There are lots of fun activities in the fair, such as making flower cakes and playing music.
The Huazhao Festival is an exciting party to see the beautiful spring and it also helps people learn more about Chinese traditions. It's really a wonderful celebration so you can't miss it.
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C
) 1. What can we learn about the Huazhao Festival from the passage?
A. It started in the Qin dynasty. B. It's on the same day every year.
C. It's a celebration for flowers. D. It becomes important in the world.
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D
) 2. What do people do at the Huazhao Festival?
A. They cut flower stems. B. They make traditional clothes hanfu.
C. They put paper-cutting on cakes. D. They join in activities of the flower fair.
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B
) 3. Why does the writer write the passage?
A. To tell the long history of the festival.
B. To introduce a special Chinese festival in spring.
C. To introduce different flowers at the festival.
D. To tell the meaning of celebrating the festival.
