中秋節

Maybe the sweet smell of mooncakes has already reached your nose.

The festival is celebrated on the 15th of the eighth lunar(陰歷的) month every year when the moon is at its fullest. I think you really enjoy the round， moon-shaped food with different fillings (餡)， such as red beans or nuts.

Family members get together to enjoy the bright moonlight. But， do you know， Koreans also have a day known as the Mid-Autumn Festival? It’s called “Chusok”， and falls on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month of their calendar. As one of the most important holidays in Korea， they have three days off work! Chusok is a time to give thanks to family for their love and care. This is very similar to America’s Thanksgiving Day!

On Chusok， people also eat the delicious food served at the family get-together. They eat rice cakes named “Songphyun (蒸糕)” instead of mooncakes!

Early in the morning， they pay their respects to ancestors (祖宗) with rituals (儀式).

Do they enjoy the moon together like us in China? The answer is yes. In the evening， girls put on their favorite traditional clothes and dance in the moonlight in a large circle. When they dance， they normally wear masks (面具). It’s also time for games and songs. Everyone has fun!

Chooes the best answer according to the passage.

（ ）1. This passage mainly talks about ______.

A. the Mid-Autumn Festival in China B. the Mid-Autumn Festival in Korea

C. the history of Thanksgiving Day in AmericaD. how to make Korean rice cakes

（ ）2. Korean Mid-Autumn Festival and Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival are the same in ______.

⑴ mooncakes ⑵ Chusok ⑶ giving thanks ⑷ wearing masks

⑸ rice cakes⑹ traditional clothes ⑺ enjoying the moon ⑻ family get-together

⑼ the 15th of the eighth lunar month ⑽ paying their respects to ancestors

⑾ three days off work

A. ⑺⑻⑼ B. ⑶⑹⑽C. ⑸⑺⑻⑾ D. ⑴⑶⑼⑽

（ ）3. The passage was written to ______.

A. introduce mooncakesB. compare (比較) Korean and Chinese food

C. introduce a Korean festival

D. give information about Korean tourism (旅游業)

（ ）4. From the passage we can know that ______.

A. Chinese and Korean cultures are closely related

B. Chinese like Mid-Autumn Festival more than Koreans

C. traditions will never be forgotten

D. the Mid-Autumn Festival doesn’t interest Koreans

（ ）5. The best title for this passage is “______”.

A. Enjoying the moon B. Dancing with the moon

C. Korea’s Mid-Autumn FestivalD. Korea’s Thanksgiving Day