Chinese people have been celebrating the Spring Festival and enjoying dumplings for centuries. Dumplings are always a kind of popular food in Northern China and are often found on the table during the Spring Festival. Dumplings are in the shape of Yuanbao. They carry people’s wishes to the New Year. Eating dumplings during the Spring Festival means “Bring in health and treasure”. Dumplings are also a symbol of home and warmth.
There are many legends (传说) about the origin (起源) of dumplings, but no one knows who invented dumplings exactly. Nowadays, many agree that dumplings were first created by medical Saint Zhang Zhongjing in the Eastern Han Dynasty. At that time, dumplings were used for medicine. It is said that Zhang noticed that many people’s ears were frostbitten (冻伤) when he returned to his home-town one winter. He decided to help them. So he wrapped (包) mutton, pepper and some warming medicinal (药用材料) in dough (面) . Folding them into the shape of an ear. Then he boiled them in water before giving them to the poor. This food was first called “Jiao’er” for its shape, and later the name slowly became Jiaozi.
Nowadays, dumplings are popular around the world. Many people have regarded them as a symbol of Chinese culture.
【小题1】Dumplings are always a kind of popular food in western China.【小题2】Dumplings are in the shape of Yuanbao and also a symbol of home and warmth.
【小题3】Dumplings were used for medicine in the Eastern Han Dynasty.
【小题4】Zhang Zhongjing created dumplings to tell people the importance of ears.
【小题5】The article is mainly about dumplings’origin and culture.
If you are a visitor, you may look for the post office in a foreign country. Can you imagine (想像) how those people will tell you the way?
In the countryside of American Middle West, people will tell you, ‘Go north three miles. Turn east, and then go another two miles.’
While in Los Angeles, California, the American people have no idea of the distance on the map. ‘How far is the post office?’ you ask. ‘oh,’ they answer, ‘it is about ten minutes by taxi from here.’ But in fact, they don’t know how far it is.
In Greece (希腊), a Greek will often say, ‘Follow me.’ Then he’ll go with you through the streets of the city to the post office.
In many places, people usually say ‘Sorry, I don’t know’ when they can’t tell you the way. However, in Mexico (墨西哥), the people think ‘I don’t know’ is not polite (有礼貌的). They usually give an answer, often a wrong one.
So you must be careful of their habits (习惯) when you are asking the way in a foreign country.
【小题1】In ________, the people don’t tell you the direction but lead (引导) you to the post office.A.Japan | B.America | C.Greece | D.Mexico |
A.Japan | B.America | C.Greece | D.Mexico |
A.方向 | B.地方 | C.距离 | D.终点 |
A.Two | B.Three | C.Four | D.Five |
A.They lead you to the place. |
B.They give you a wrong answer. |
C.They say nothing. |
D.They say ‘Sorry, I don’t know.’ |
![]() | Some people celebrate Christmas. It’s on December 25. Before Christmas, people decorate a Christmas tree. They hang ornaments (饰品) on it. This tradition is about 400 years old. Some people also sing Christmas songs at Christmas. |
![]() | The Winter Solstice (冬至) is the shortest day of the year. After this, the days begin to have more sunlight. Some people celebrate the Winter Solstice at Stonehenge. It’s a famous ancient monument (古代遗址) in England. |
A.种植 | B.装饰 | C.移植 |
A.the UK | B.the USA | C.China |
A.People like singing Christmas songs before Christmas. |
B.The two holidays in the passage are both in winter. |
C.People celebrate the Winter Solstice only in China. |
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