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Although we have a birthday every year and enjoy a birthday cake with family or friends on that day, do you still remember your first birthday?
On that day, there is an interesting custom(习俗)called “zhua-zhou”. Zhuazhou is one of the most important customs on a child’s first birthday. The earliest record(记录)of this custom is in the Song Dynasty(朝代). The one-year-old child’s parents don’t even send out invitations, their aunts and uncles will come to celebrate his or her first birthday. Gifts from them on this day are something to eat or play with for the child.
Parents will put the baby in the middle of some things and see which thing they will pick up. If the baby picks up a coin(硬币), then he or she might be rich when they grow up. Or if the baby picks up adoll, maybe he or she will have many children. If the baby picks up a soccer ball, then he or she may be a soccer player in the future. In the great Chinese book,Hong Lou Meng, Jia Baoyu picked up some girls’ things when he was a child. As a result, he likes playing with girls very much. Qian Zhongshu, a very famous writer in China, took a book during his zhuazhou. His father gladly named him Zhongshu, it means “book lover”, and he showed his talent in writing later in his life.
The custom of zhuazhou predicts baby’s future, and make parents think about how to educate the child, so even though some parents may not be so interested in Chinese tradition, they will not refuse the custom.
31. The interesting custom “zhuazhou” is on child’s ________ birthday.
32. Which of the following is TRUE about zhuazhou? ________
A.The earliest record of zhuazhou is in the Tang Dynasty. |
B.If parents don’t send out invitation, the baby’s aunts and uncles won’t come. |
C.Young Parents in China still have the custom of zhuazhou. |
33. The word “doll” means “________” in Chinese.
34. Why did Qian Zhongshu’s father name him Zhongshu after zhuazhou? ________
A.Because he picked up a coin. | B.Because he picked up a soccer ball. | C.Because he picked up a book. |
35. The passage mainly tells us about ________.
A.how Chinese celebrate child’s first birthday. | B.why Chinese celebrate child’s first birthday. | C.when Chinese have the custom of zhuazhou. |