Test 1
[2019·洛阳许昌第一次检测] Filial piety (孝心) is China's most important morality and involves strong deference (顺从) to one's parents. Thus, filial piety is an important value when it comes to treating one's immediate family, elders and superiors in general.
Origins
Filial piety was originally mentioned in the Western Zhou Dynasty, __1__.
Meaning
Filial piety is a general attitude of offering love, respect, support, and deference to one's parents and other elders in the family, such as grandparents or older siblings. __2__. Besides, it involves working hard in order to provide material comforts for parents.
The idea stems from the fact that parents give life to their children, and subsequently support them throughout their developing years in terms of providing food, education, and material needs. __3__.
Chinese character
By looking at the Chinese character for filial piety, you will learn a lot about the term's definition.
__4__. The character is a combination of the character lao, which means “old” and zi, which means son. The top half of the character lao forms the top half of the character xiao, whereas the character that represents son forms the bottom half of the character.
__5__. The character xiao shows that the older person or generation is being supported by the son, or children in general.
A．let me tell you the definition of filial piety
B．Filial piety is clarified by the Chinese character xiao
C．Filial piety is one of the most important Chinese traditions
D．This placement is symbolic and tells of what filial piety
means
E．which includes carrying on the family line and respecting the elders
F．Acts of filial piety include obeying parents' wishes, taking care of them when they are old
G．Extending beyond one's family, filial piety also applies to all elders like teachers, professional superiors, or anyone who is older in age
体裁：说明文 题材：传统文化 主题：孝心
【语篇解读】 本文是一篇说明文，对中华传统美德孝心的起源和含义进行了简要的介绍和分析。
1．答案与解析：E 结合本段的标题Origins可推知，此处介绍了孝心的起源及其基本内容，与选项E呼应，所以选E项。
2．答案与解析：F 根据空后“Besides, it involves working hard in order to provide material comforts for parents.”此外，孝心也包括努力工作来为父母提供物质上的舒适条件，可推知，空处应是表述孝心的具体行为，故F项符合语境，衔接上下文。
3．答案与解析：G 空处上文主要阐述了孝心在家庭中的具体实践和体现，由此可推知空处应是表述孝心对除个人家庭外的长者也适用，故G项符合语境。
4．答案与解析：B 空处是本段的主题句。通读全段可知，本段主要是对“孝”字的字形进行分析，并联系本部分的标题Chinese character可知，选项B符合语境。
5．答案与解析：D 承接上段对“孝”字的字形分析，此处对孝进行了总结和意义分析，所以选D项。
