题文
Customs are social habits. They have been handed down through generations (代) among groups, social classes, etc. Customs can be described as ways of doing things. They are particularly (特别) strong in social practices on the occasions (场合) of births, marriages and deaths.In China, these days, some people in cities are learning from Western customs. For example, some brides dress in the long white dress that is usual bridal wear in many Western countries.
Every people (民族) has special customs for New Year. The Han people have many interesting Spring Festival customs. And now, quite a number of people living in the cities have followed the Western customs of sending New Year greeting cards for January 1st.
One interesting custom in China is that mothers wrap (包) up their babies tightly (紧紧的).This is not the custom in Western countries, where babies are usually dressed in loose garments.
6. It is true that customs .
A. have been formed during a short time
B. have been formed little by little
C. have been quickly formed and changed
D. have never been changed
7. In this passage, the word “garment” is .
A. a kind of food B. a bed
C. a sort of clothes D. a room
8. How do the Chinese young people learn from Western countries at their marriages?
A. The brides（新娘）have on the white clothes.
B. Men wear the white coats.
C. Their parents all have attended their marriages.
D. Their marriages are only held in the men’s homes.
9. From this passage we know .
A. the people all over China spend New Year in the same way
B. people in the villages and cities send New Year greeting cards to each other
C. each people has his special custom for New Year
D. most of Chinese people take Spring Festival seriously
10. The difference about clothing between Chinese and Western babies is that .
A. Chinese babies are usually dressed in new clothes
B. Chinese mothers are used to dressing their babies in colourful clothes
C. Western babies are dressed in bigger clothes while Chinese babies are usually wrapped
D. Western babies have more clothes than Chinese babies 题型：未知 难度：其他题型
答案
6-10 BCACC解析
6. 此题考查细节事实。从文章的第二句可知，风俗是慢慢形成并逐代流传的。7. 此题考查词义猜测。从该词所处的位置可知，此为介绍东西方在包裹孩子方式上的不同。中国一般是把孩子紧紧包起；西方应是给孩子穿一种宽松的衣服。
8. 此题考查细节事实。从文章的第二段可知，中式婚咽吸取了西式的风俗——新娘穿白色婚纱。
9. 此题考查细节事实。从第三段可知，每个民族都有其庆祝春节的特殊风俗。
10. 略
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