This year, the National Day is not the only festival during the golden week in China. The seven-day holiday also includes another traditional Chinese festival called Double Ninth Festival, or Chongyang Festival.

This year, October 2 marked Double Ninth Festival, or Chongyang Festival which falls on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month. It is a traditional festival celebrated by Chinese people for the old people since long ago. People usually celebrate it with activities such as climbing mountains, and enjoying chrysanthemum flowers. People will also eat Double Ninth Gao (or Cake) on that day. In Chinese, gao (cake) has the same pronunciation with gao (height). People do so just to hope progress in everything they are engaged in. Since 2013, it has also become a legal festival for the elderly.

To celebrate the Double Ninth Festival for the elderly, Shanghai Post offered free postcards at 435 post offices citywide from September 25 to October 2. Its purpose was to let the members of the public to mail to seniors in their family.

The design of the postcards highlighted filial piety and it was the first time that Shanghai Post issued such kind of postcards. On the postcard, there were commemorative postmarks stamps and mailing was free. A total of 120,000 postcards were available.

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1.How many Chinese festival are there during the seven-day national holiday in China?

A One.

B Two.

C Three.

D Don’t know.

解析：选B。B 细节理解题。从文章第1段可知，今年国庆长假不仅包括国庆节，还包括重阳节，故选B。

2.When is the Chongyang Festival?

A October 2 every year.

B The ninth day of September every year.

C The ninth day of the ninth lunar month.

D The ninth day of October every year.

解析：选C。C 细节理解题。从文章第2段可知，中国重阳节在每年农历九月初九，故选C。

3.Which activity is NOT mentioned on the Double Ninth Festival?

A Flying kites.

B Climbing mountains.

C Enjoying chrysanthemum flowers.

D Eating Double Ninth Gao.

解析：选A。A 细节理解题。从文章第2段可知，重阳节活动包括登高，赏菊花，吃“重阳糕”等，文章并没有提及放风筝，故选A。

4.Why did Shanghai Post offered free postcards?

A To sell its commemorative postmarks stamps.

B To make it more well-known.

C To let the members of the public to mail to their friends.

D To let the members of the public to mail to seniors in their family.

解析：选D。D 细节理解题。从文章第3段最后一句话可知，上海邮政推出免费明信片旨为市民提供便利给家里老人送祝福。

5.How much should people pay for the mails to seniors in their family on the Double Ninth Festival?

A 2 yuan.

B 5 yuan.

C 10 yuan.

D Nothing.

解析：选D。D 细节理解题。从文章最后一段mailing was free，可知，故选D。