Do you like to eat mooncakes? Do you know that the history of mooncakes is related to two wars?
In the Tang dynasty, there was an emperor named Li Shimin. Once, his army won a war and returned on the Mid-Autumn Festival. While Li was celebrating with his army, a Tibetan trader (西藏商人) gave him some round cakes as a gift. Li was happy and sent these cakes to his soldiers. After that, these round cakes became popular. Many people ate them during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Later, the cakes were named as “mooncakes.”
Zhu Yuanzhang was the first emperor of the Ming dynasty. He ended the Yuan dynasty through an uprising (起义). When he organized the uprising, it was difficult to send messages secretly (秘密地). One of his friends came up with an idea. He gave mooncakes with a note hidden inside of them to other people. The note read, “Uprising on the fifteenth night of the eighth lunar (农历的) month.” After the successful uprising, Zhu gave mooncakes as gifts to his people. It became a custom to eat mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival from then on.
【小题1】Which day is mentioned in the passage above?| A．The first day of the first lunar month. | B．The fifteenth day of the eighth month. |
| C．The fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month. | D．The second day of the second lunar month. |
| A．How Mid-Autumn Festival comes. | B．How to spend Mid-Autumn Festival. |
| C．The history of the wars. | D．The history of mooncakes. |
| A．custom | B．geography | C．science | D．comic |
