With more recognition than Halloween and less than Christmas, Valentine’s Day as an imported festival faces a dangerous situation in China, where it’s caught between forces of tradition and fashion. Valentine’s Day has a natural enemy in China. And it is not the Chinese equivalent, which falls on the seventh day of the seventh month on the lunar calendar, usually around half a year away from Feb. 14. It is the Spring Festival, also known as the Chinese New Year, that will influence the Feast of Saint Valentine.
The real disagreement between East and West probably took place over a century ago, when China’s door was forced open by Western powers and Chinese scholars supported westernization as a means to strengthen our nation’s ability to compete. The introduction of the solar calendar and Western measurements was both an acknowledgment of their influence and an effort to be accepted by the world order.
For a full century, we have had two systems running in parallel. When it comes to the eventual outcome, practicality usually beats all other concerns. Laws can help, such as the three traditional festivals of Tomb Sweeping, Dragon Boat and Mid-Autumn gaining legal status in 2008 and giving every Chinese citizen a day off, but laws cannot push what people have no feelings for. So, the celebration or boycott of imported holidays or homegrown ones should be no cause for worry. If they are irrelevant, no social media will change the public’s mind; and if they are accepted, there must be a need which they happen to satisfy.
Since we have no global Qin Shihuang to force one system on every country, we can always rely on a dual (双重) approach by which we share with the outside world on one hand but preserve our own ways of life on the other.
【语篇导读】本文是一篇说明文。作者讲述了两种纪年方式的产生和发展及相互影响。
24. What does the author think about Valentine’s Day in present China?
25. The underlined word “equivalent” in the first paragraph refers to ________.
26. According to the author, the leading factor to decide what to celebrate is ________.
27. The author believes that ________.
本题属于提取细节题，根据文章第一段“Valentine’s Day has a natural enemy in China.”可知，情人节在中国遇到了七夕节这一个自然对手。而其他三个选项，我们在文章里并没有出现，所以选择A选择正确。
事实细节题。根据文章第一段“Valentine’s Day has a natural enemy in China.”可知，情人节在中国有个自然敌人。从下文可知是我们中国的七夕，每年的7月初七。所以选A,选择正确。
上下文没有理解清楚。
本题考查属于词义辨析题，根据文章第一段“And it is not the Chinese equivalent, which falls on the seventh day of the seventh month on the lunar calendar, usually around half a year away from Feb. 14.”可知，作者指的是阴历七月七日，即七夕节，这个节日被称为中国情人节。所以选择D选择正确。
词义辨析题。根据文章第一段“And it is not the Chinese equivalent, which falls on the seventh day of the seventh month on the lunar calendar, usually around half a year away from Feb. 14.”可知，它在农历七月七日，通常在2月14日之后半年左右。在中国文化里搜寻一下就知道指的是七夕节。而七夕节和情人节的关系应该是“对等物”。所以选D,选择正确。
对文章理解不正确。
本题考查周末休闲的话题，属于主旨大意题，根据文章第三段“…but laws cannot push what people have no feelings for..”可知，法律不能改变人们的情感。根据下文可知，在选择庆祝节假日这个问题上，没有必要去担忧，人们不接受媒体也改变不了，人们接受了也有接受的需要。所以选择B选择正确。
逻辑推理题。根据文章第三段“…but laws cannot push what people have no feelings for.”可知，在两个系统的竞争中，法律会有一定作用，但是并不能让人们对什么没情感。所以到底要庆祝什么，还是要看人们个人的需要。所以选B,选择正确。
没有整体把握文章大意。
本题考查属于主旨大意题，根据文章最后一段“Since we have no global Qin Shihuang to force one system on every country, we can always rely on a dual (双重) approach by which we share with the outside world on one hand but preserve our own ways of life on the other..”可知，作者支持两种并存，所以选择C选择正确。
主旨大意题。根据文章最后一段“Since we have no global Qin Shihuang to force one system on every country, we can always rely on a dual (双重) approach by which we share with the outside world on one hand but preserve our own ways of life on the other.”可知，作者认为既然我们没办法像秦始皇那样在每个国家都使用同一个系统，那我们可以依赖双重。这就意味着作者是认可中西方两种节假日系统的并存的。所以选C,选择正确。
没有理解文章内涵。