Question

Chinese people call the Spring Festival “Nian”. But do you know that Nian is once the name of a monster(妖怪)?

The monster Nian lives in the mountains. It eats animals. But in winter, it can not find food. So it comes to villages and eats a lot of people.

People are so afraid of Nian that they close their doors before evening comes during the winter. One day, an old man comes to a village. He tells people there that Nian is afraid of three things — the color red, fire and noise. He tells people to play drums(鼓) and gongs(锣), make big fires and set off fireworks to make Nian go away.

On a moonless, cold night, Nian goes to the village again. As soon as it opens its big mouth, people make loud noise and make fire. Nian is really afraid and runs away. There is noise and fire everywhere.

When Nian is tired and can not run any more, people kill(杀死) the monster. After that, on the coldest day of winter, people play drums and gongs, and set off fireworks to celebrate the death of the monster of Nian. They put up red lanterns and have a big dinner without sleeping during the night. In the morning, people say Happy New Year to each other happily. So now we have the Spring Festival.

1.From the story, we know that Nian is a(an) __________.

A.ghost B.animal C.monster D.tortoise

2.Nian eat people in winter because it __________.

A.has no food to eat B.likes to live in a village

C.wants to make people afraid D.celebrates the Spring Festival

3.People kill Nian after __________.

A.it eats all the animals B.the old man comes to a village

C.people know what it is afraid of D.it is so tired that it can’t run away

4.What is the best title(题目) for the passage?

A.How the Spring Festival Comes B.What the Spring Festival Is

C.What People Do During Nian D.Why People Celebrate Nian

Answer 1