reading 4 part 1

Question 1

lantern festival

(final event of the spring festival)

(15th of first month of the lunar calendar)

Answer 1

元宵节

(Yuánxiāojié)

Question 2

new year’s day

in the lunar calendar

Answer 2

正月初一

(zhēngyuèchūyī)

Question 3

to continue / to persist / to last

Answer 3

持续

(chíxù)

Question 4

first month

(either lunar or western calendars)

Answer 4

元月

(Yuányuè)

Question 5

night of the 15th of the first lunar month

Answer 5

元宵

(yuánxiāo)

Question 6

earth

Answer 6

大地

(dàdì)

Question 7

full moon

Answer 7

月圆

(yuèyuán)

Question 8

return of spring

Answer 8

回春

(huíchūn)

Question 9

to view as / to consider to be / to deem

Answer 9

视为

(shìwéi)

Question 10

upsurge / climax

Answer 10

高潮

(gāocháo)

Question 11

will / shall / to be going to

Answer 11

就要

(jiùyào)

Question 12

work / manual labor

Answer 12

劳作

(láozuò)

Question 13

to save bit by bit / to accumulate

Answer 13

积攒

(jīzǎn)

Question 14

to release / to set free

Answer 14

释放

(shìfàng)

Question 15

bright moon

Answer 15

皓月

(hàoyuè)

Question 16

to hang or suspend

Answer 16

悬

(xuán)

Question 17

each and every family (idiom) / every household

Answer 17

家家户户

(jiājiāhùhù)

Question 18

main point / essential

Answer 18

要点

(yàodiǎn)

Question 19

colored light (or lantern); illuminations

Answer 19

彩灯

(cǎidēng)

Question 20

to show / to reveal

Answer 20

示

(shì)

Question 21

to congralute / to celebrate

Answer 21

庆贺

(qìnghè)

Question 22

successive dynasties / past dynasties

Answer 22

历代

(lìdài)

Question 23

put up lanterns

Answer 23

张灯

(zhāngdēng)

Question 24

enjoy the lantern festival

Answer 24

观灯

(guāndēng)

Question 25

every time / on each occasion / whenever

Answer 25

每逢

(měiféng)

Question 26

to come / to arrive

Answer 26

来到

(láidào)

Question 27

great streets and small alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city

Answer 27

大街小巷

(dàjiēxiǎoxiàng)

Question 28

to hang up (a picture) / to hoist up (a flag)

Answer 28

挂起

(guàqǐ)

Question 29

riddle / conundrum

Answer 29

谜语

(míyǔ)

Question 30

slip of paper

Answer 30

纸条

(zhǐtiáo)

Question 31

bright and multicolored / (fig.) dazzling / glitzy

Answer 31

五光十色

(wǔguāngshísè)

Question 32

to edify / enlightenment

Answer 32

启迪

(qǐdí)

Question 33

wisdom / knowledge / intelligent / intelligence

Answer 33

智慧

(zhìhuì)

Question 34

to cater to / to pander to

Answer 34

迎合

(yínghé)

Question 35

atmosphere / mood

Answer 35

气氛

(qìfēn)

Question 36

to answer a riddle / to guess (i.e. form an opinion without much evidence)

Answer 36

猜谜

(cāimí)

Question 37

indispensable

Answer 37

不可缺少

(bùkěquēshǎo)

Question 38

custom / tradition / local tradition / convention

Answer 38

习俗

(xísú)

Question 39

riddles written on lanterns (e.g. for the Lantern Festival at the end of Chinese New Year)

Answer 39

灯谜

(dēngmí)

Question 40

to go out / to go on a journey / away from home

Answer 40

出门

(chūmén)

Question 41

to admire the full moon

Answer 41

赏月

(shǎngyuè)

Question 42

to light lanterns

Answer 42

燃灯

(rándēng)

Question 43

set off fireworks

Answer 43

放焰

(fàngyàn)

Question 44

flame

Answer 44

焰

(yàn)

Question 45

dragon dance

Answer 45

舞龙

(wǔlóng)

Question 46

lion dance

(traditional Chinese dance form)

Answer 46

舞狮

(wǔshī)

Question 47

Yangge, a popular rural folk dance

Answer 47

秧歌

(yāngge)

Question 48

lively; bustling

Answer 48

热闹

(rènao)

Question 49

collectively known as / to call sth as a group

Answer 49

统称为

(tǒngchēngwéi)

Question 50

colored lantern

Answer 50

花灯

(huādēng)

Question 51

to have a clear conscience / to feel no qualms

Answer 51

无愧

(wúkuì)

Question 52

carnival

Answer 52

狂欢节

(kuánghuānjié)