2019-2020学年高二英语寒假作业检测试题

2019-2020学年高二英语寒假作业检测试题一、阅读理解In Chinese customs, red is the main color for weddings. It is used in d

2019-2020学年高二英语寒假作业检测试题 一、阅读理解 In Chinese customs, red is the main color for weddings. It is used in different ways as it signifies love, joy and happiness. The bride’s wedding gown（女礼服）is often red, the wedding invitations, gift boxes and envelopes are red and the bride and the groom’s homes are decorated in red on the wedding day. Before the wedding, the married couples from the groom’s family visit the bride’s place with gifts in red baskets and boxes. One of those baskets has milk honey. Three days before the wedding, the women from the bride’s family bring return-gifts to the groom’s family. On the wedding day, the groom arrives at the bride’s place on his way to the chapel（佛堂）. The groom has to give gifts in cash wrapped in red paper to the bride’s friends for letting her go. The bride and the groom then leave for the chapel together. The wedding ceremony is attended only by the couple’s immediate relatives. Just after the wedding ceremony, the bride serves tea to her parents in-laws as atradition. The couples will then go to get wedding pictures. Then areception （宴会）will follow. In the reception, awele speech is followed by acake cutting ceremony. A Chinese wedding cake has many layers（层）, and each one represents astep to success for the newly married couples. So couples cut the cake from the bottom Travour. describes and provides information on the wedding traditions of the Chinese and around the world. Below are some wedding traditions performed in Italy. 1.This passage mainly talks about . A. some Chinese wedding traditions B. colors in Chinese customs C.wedding ceremonies in China D. preparations for aChinese wedding 2. What does the underlined word “signifies” in the first paragraph mean? A. brings B. connects C. means D. holds 3. What do we learn about the traditional Chinese wedding from the passage? A. Both the groom and the bride must wear red clothes B. The bride can not see the groom before the wedding C. The bride serves tea to her birth parents after the wedding ceremony D. The newly married couples usually cut the wedding cake from the bottom 4. What will the passage talk about next? A. Where the couples spend their honeymoon B. Some information on other Chinese traditions C. How atraditional wedding is performed in Italy D. How people get married in Italy today B