《2025年一遍过初中英语九年级全一册冀教版》

You may have already forgotten the days when you had to learn how to use chopsticks. Every Chinese kid manages to use them for some time. But chopsticks are not just simple tools to pick up food. They come with their own special rules and traditions. Generally, people should not make a noise with chopsticks. Playing with chopsticks is seen as bad manners, just as playing with forks and knives in a Western country would be rude.
There are also some superstitions (迷信) related to chopsticks. For example, some people believe that chopsticks should not be left standing upright in a bowl. It looks like the incense (香) that Chinese use to honor the dead. Doing it at the dinner table is believed to bring bad luck.
You should not tap chopsticks on the edge of the bowl either, as beggars (乞丐) do this to ask for food. Parents might get angry if children do this as they don’t want their children to be as poor as beggars in the future.
Besides, chopsticks can also be a great gift. In Chinese, “chopsticks” are known as “kuaizi”, so newly-weds (新婚夫妇) feel happy to receive chopsticks as a wedding gift. Skilled craftsmen (手艺人) paint beautiful pictures on chopsticks to make them look like fine artworks. Today, even people from Western countries are learning to use chopsticks and like to collect them as souvenirs (纪念品).
1 What is the text about?
A. The history of chopsticks.
B. Stories behind chopsticks.
C. Ways of making chopsticks.
D. Rules and traditions of using chopsticks.
(D)
2 What is Chinese people’s opinion of playing with chopsticks?
A. It is all right.
B. It is not polite.
C. It is funny.
D. It is common.
(B)
3 What does the underlined word “honor” mean?
A. Save.
B. Forget.
C. Show respect.
D. Miss.
(C)
4 Chinese parents don’t like their children tapping chopsticks on the edge of the bowl because they don’t want their children to ____.
A. get ill
B. be poor
C. become lazy
D. be unhappy
(B)
5 Giving newly-weds chopsticks is welcome because it means ____.
A. having a baby soon
B. having good meals
C. being rich quickly
D. being healthy forever
(A)
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答案： 1 D 主旨大意题。通读全文可知，本文主要介绍了使用筷子的礼仪及相关传统。2 B 细节理解题。由第一段中的“Playing with chopsticks is seen as bad manners”可知，玩筷子是不礼貌的。3 C 词义猜测题。根据画线词后的“the dead”及选项可推知，画线词应表示“表达敬意”，故选C。4 B 细节理解题。由第三段中的“Parents might get angry if children do this as they don't want their children to be as poor as beggars in the future”可知，父母不喜欢孩子用筷子敲碗边，是因为他们不想让孩子长大后像乞丐一样穷。5 A 推理判断题。由最后一段中的“‘chopsticks’ are known as ‘kuaizi’, so newly-weds（新婚夫妇）feel happy to receive chopsticks as a wedding gift”可推知，送给新婚夫妇筷子是希望他们早生贵子。
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