四、阅读短文,从方框中选出能填入文中空白处的最佳选项,选项中有两项为多余选项
In Chinese culture, red is a popular colour. It stands for luck, happiness, joy and many other good things. 36 Why?
In ancient times, red was the symbol of power. Not everyone could write with red pens—only emperors. 37 Their replies were known as zhupi (朱批).
38 In ancient China, the criminals (罪犯) who were sentenced (判刑) to death signed their names with red pens. 39 So remember not to do it when writing to friends and family.
40 Teachers mark students' homework with red pens. So do editors (编辑) who need to correct mistakes in newspapers and magazines. But writing names or letters with red pens is still a bad idea to many people.
A. Writing with red pens is also related to death.
B. Have you heard that red is also the colour of emperors?
C. But writing names or letters with red pens is usually avoided.
D. Therefore, it is thought to be unlucky to write names with red pens.
E. Nowadays, red pens are mostly used for correcting.
F. Nobody was allowed to use red pens during that time.
G. They would reply to officials' reports with red pens.
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五、根据首字母提示完成短文,每空一词
Did Chinese people in the p 41 have three meals a day as we do now? In fact, until the Qin and Han Dynasties, most people had two meals a day. They didn't have enough food b 42 there was not enough food at that time. Usually, people had breakfast b 43 7 and 9 a.m. Their breakfast, as their main meal, was nicer than their afternoon meal. It was r 44 in some records that some rich people had three meals a day. But poor people didn't u 45 do it.
Three meals a day became common d 46 the Sui and Tang Dynasties as agriculture (农业) developed and the country became richer. People had lunch instead of b 47 as the main meal of the day. We can see many records of lunch at that time. For example, Bai Juyi and Jia Dao b 48 wrote about lunch in their poems.
The number of meals people eat a day depends on many things, i 49 the financial (经济的) system, social status (地位) and customs. I 50 you lived hundreds of years ago, how many meals would you like to eat a day?
41. 42. 43. 44. 45.
46. 47. 48. 49. 50.