中秋节 中秋节是中国很重要的一个节日，在八月十五号。在节日来临的前几天，家庭中的每一个人都帮

性。中国的崛起，让他们充分认识到孩子掌握双语的好处——既能增加他们的就业机会，也能让他们接触和熟悉东西方两种不同的文化。

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双语：bilingual

院也成了人们学习中国语言和中国文化的首选之地。通过学习汉语，他们对这个和自己文化大相径庭的古老文明产生了浓厚的兴趣，而且有机会了解中国的哲学、艺术、医学、饮食文化，亲身体验这个文明古国的风采。

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孔子学院：Confucius Institute

饮食文化：catering culture

民族，它会逐渐传播到世界而成为人类的共同财富。武术的蓬勃发展，除得益于其项目本身的吸引力之外，早期移居海外的一代武术大师功不可没。

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武术：Wushu

大师：master

感到满意。离上海仅有几小时路程的苏州和杭州，是中国园林艺术的代表，被人称为“天堂”。北京是中国的政治、文化中心。在这里您可以游览万里长城中的一段——八达岭；明、清两代皇室居住的地方——故宫；清朝御花园——颐和园和北海；还可以品尝到正宗的北京烤鸭、涮羊肉。

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手工艺品：handicraft

小吃：snack

园林：garden

八达岭：Badaling

故宫： Gugong (Imperial Palace)

颐和园： Yiheyuan (Summer Palace)

北海：Beihai

在过去的一千年里，乌镇的水系和生活方式并未经历多少变化，是一座展现古文明的博物馆。乌镇所有房屋都用石木建造。数百年来，当地人沿着河边建起了住宅和集市。无数宽敞美丽的庭院藏身于屋舍之间，游客们每到一处都会有惊喜的发现。

What does the author think of the food people eat today?

A.Its quality is usually guaranteed.

B.It is varied, abundant and nutritious.

C.It is more costly than what our ancestors ate.

D.Its production depends too much on technology.

Passage Two

In agrarian(农业的),pre-industrial Europe, "you&39;d want to wake up early, start working with the sunrise, have a break to have the largest meal, and then you&39;d go back to work," says Ken Albala, a professor of history at the University of the Pacific, "Later, at 5 or 6, you&39;d have a smaller supper."

This comfortable cycle, in which the rhythms of the day helped shape the rhythms of the meals, gave rise to the custom of the large midday meal, eaten with the extended family, "Meal are the foundation of the family,&39; says Carole Couniban. a professor at Millersville University in

Peensylvania, "so there was a very important interconnection between eating together" and strength-eating family ties.

Since industrialization, maintaining such a slow cultural metabolism has been much harder. With the long midday meal shrinking to whatever could be stuffed into a lunch bucket or bought at a food stand. Certainly, there were benefits. Modern techniques for producing and shipping food led to greater variety and quantity, including a tremendous, increase in the amount of animal protein and dairy products available, making us more vigorous than our ancestors.

Yet plenty has been lost too, even in cultures that still live to eat. Take Italy. It&39;s no secret that the Mediterranean diet is healthy, but it was also a joy to prepare and cat. Italians, says Counihan, traditionally began the day with a small meal. The big meal came at around 1 p.m. In between the midday meal and a late, smaller dinner came a small snack. Today, when time zones have less and less meaning, there is little tolerance for offices&39; closing for lunch, and worsening traffic in cities means workers can&39;t make it home and back fast enough anyway. So the formerly small supper after sundown becomes the big meal of the day. the only one at which the family has a chance to get together. "The evening meal carries the full burden that used to be spread over two meals" says Counihan.

What do we learn from the passage about people in pre-industrial Europe?

A.They had to work from early morning till late at night.

B.They were so busy working that they only ate simple meals.

C.Their daily routine followed the rhythm of the natural cycle.

D.Their life was much more comfortable than that of today.

ls together?

A.It was helpful to maintaining a nation's tradition.

B.It brought family members closers to each other.

C.It was characteristic of the agrarian culture.

D.It enabled families to save a lot of money.

What does the author say about Italians of the old days.

A.They enjoyed cooking as well as eating.

B.They ate a big dinner late in the evening.

C.They ate three meals regularly every day.

D.They were expert at cooking meals.

What does "cultural metabolism"(Line 1 ,Para. 3) refer to?

A.Evolutionary adaptation.

B.Changes in lifestyle.

C.Social progress.

D.Pace of life.