Qixi Festival. the Chinese equivalent of Valentine's Day that fell yesterday,was not only a disappointmentfor forgotten lovers. but also for businessmen left with empty pockets.

　　The cold reception has prompted cultural experts to seriously worry that the lovers' festival, marked for generations since the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220), is dying out. Some have even called for legislation to make the festival a legal "Chinese Lovers' Day." which falls on the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar year.

　　But the effectiveness of such a measure is in doubt, although efforts to preserve traditional festivals are highly commendable.

　　A growing number of traditional Chinese festivals, such as the Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival. share the same fate as the Qixi Festival.

　　Young people are showing less interest in traditional cultuce as symbolized by these festivals. Even if all traditional festivals are finally made legal, the risk of them becoming purely formalized celebrations with little meaning is not removed. If the younger generation fails to identify with the cultural significance of these holidays, there is little that can be done.

　　While complaining about traditional festivals' fading appeal decision-makers should reflect on cultural protection. Undeniably our country has done a bad job of preserving culture and traditional Festivals, compared to neighbouring Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK).

　　The 2,500-year-old Dragon Boat Festival falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. The traditional customs and rituals of the occasion. which originated in China, have been better preserved in the ROK.

　　Only a few years ago did China begin to realize the signiticance of preserving intangible cultural heritage when the ROK planned to apply to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization iolist its version of the Dragon Boat Festival as an important example of intangible culture.

　　Concern about traditional holidays also reminds people of che growing influence of foreign cultures as thecountry opens wider to the outside world.With traditional festivals waning and imports such as Christmas and Valentine's Day gaining widespread popularity, the public including cultural professionals have tended to measure traditional Chinese festivals in economic terms.

　　Business rather than culture has begun to play a dominant role. More and more people are preoccupied with how much money can be generated during the holidays.

　　In fact what makes traditional festivals unique and what keeps them alive is their cultural elements. After all, it is unique culture that contributes to the world's diversity amid globalization.

　　1.The public look at the effectiveness of the legalization of the Qixi Festival with a(n)______________attitude.

　　2.By saying that a growing number of traditional Chinese festivals "share the same fate as the Qixi Festival", the author is worried that such festivals would_______________someday.

　　3.In what aspect do Japan and ROK do a better job than China?

　　4.It is implied by the author chai traditional Chinese festivals should be measured in______________terms.

　　5.What makes the world diversified amidst the frend of globalization?

　　答案：

　　1.[doubtful]

　　[定位]根据effectiveness和legalization查找到第2段最后一句和第3段。

　　解析：原文第2段中的in doubt表明公众对七夕成为法定节日后可能产生的效果持有怀疑态度，回答本题时应将doubt改为其形容司形式doubtful。

　　2.[die out]

　　[定位]根据worry查找到第2段第1句，根据a growing number查找到第4段。

　　解析：原文开头三段以七夕为例说明中国传统节日正受到冷遇，并担心传统节日会最终消亡，题目事实上是对原文前四段观点的概括，根据would后用动词原形，可确定空白处应填写die out。

　　3.[In preserving culture and traditional festivals.]

　　[定位]根据ROK查找到第6段末句。

　　解析：原文该句中的比较点preserving...也是题目双方的比较点，由此可见，preserving culture and traditional festivals为本题答案。

　　4.[cultural]

　　[定位]根据traditional festivals查找到倒数第3段末句和末段第1句。

　　解析：倒数第3段提出了现在大多数人从经济角度考量中国传统节日的现象，但是末段用In fact来表转折，表明作者实际上认为“文化”(而非经济)才是最重要的，由此可推断，作者认为我们应从“文化的”角度考量中国传统节日，“文化的”可表达为cultural。

　　5.[Unique culture.]

　　[定位]根据globalization查找到末段末句。

　　解析：末段末句是一个强调句，表明是unique culture使世界变得多样化，即为本题答案。

（实习编辑：王晓晓）