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Unit 1 Let’s Celebrate!
Section B What can festivals bring us 分层练习
【基础达标练】
一、用括号内所给词的适当形式填空。
1. People put up the Spring Festival ________ (couplet) to express their wishes.
2. Do you know why people celebrate April ________ (fool) Day by playing jokes
3. My pen pal is a ________ (Scotland) girl who loves sharing stories about her country’s traditions.
4. Many people in China still like to plan important events such as weddings according to the________ (China) lunar calendar.
5. On November 9, 2025, thousands of people ________ (gather) in Guangzhou to attend the opening ceremony of the 15th National Games of the People’s Republic of China.
二、从方框中选择合适的单词或短语并用其适当形式填空。(有一项多余)
1. When I called my mom last night she was ________ off the old guitar.
2. We’re __________ at dawn to catch the first train to the coastal town.
3. The villagers ____________ by the stranger’s stories, believing he was honest.
4. The designer chose a soft blue colour as the ___________ of the poster to highlight the main subject.
5. The exciting news that Shenzhou-21 was launched successfully was spread widely __________ the country.
三、根据汉语提示补全句子。
1. 每个周末, 妈妈都会让我把床底下的灰尘清扫掉。
Every weekend, my mom asks me to
_______ _______ _______ ________ under the bed.
2. 午夜新年钟声敲响时, 他在微风中对着月亮许了个愿。
He made a wish to the moon in the breeze
________ ________ when the New Year’s bell rang.
3. 孩子们正兴奋地为暑假倒计时。
The children are excitedly ________ ________ ________ their summer vacation.
4. 人们经常燃放烟花来增添节日的庆祝气氛。
People often ________ ________ __________ to add to the festival atmosphere of celebrations.
5. 世界各地的专家被召集起来解决这个问题。
Experts from around the world have
________ ________ ________ to solve the problem.
【综合提优练】
四、阅读理解 。
The Yangtze River Culture and Arts Festival opened in Wuhan
The Yangtze River Culture and Arts Festival opened in Wuhan, the capital city of Hubei Province, on the evening of September 14. The amazing views over the Yangtze River were marked by art and technology, offering fascinating fireworks, the attractive light show and the surprising drone display in Wuhan. The bright Yellow Crane Tower and a flying “loong” above the river expressed our love for the tradition.
The Mid-Autumn Festival gala showed charm to the world
The 2024 Mid-Autumn Festival TV gala was successfully shown on Tuesday night as China celebrated one of the most important traditional holidays in its culture. The show got 1.135 billion views on Wednesday, including 135 million views live on TV and 1 billion on new media. It received many likes from fans both at home and abroad.
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People in Los Angeles, the US, come to the local Chinatown to enjoy the Mid-Autumn Festival. The Mid-Autumn Festival, a time-honored tradition of the family reunion in China, has become a celebration among Chinese as well as locals. Last Saturday, the Chinatown in the US city of Los Angeles organized a series of cultural events.
( )1. In which SECTION of the website can we read the news
A. CULTURE. B. SCIENCE.
C. HEALTH. D. TRAVEL.
( )2. In Wuhan, the firework show was offered to ______.
A. light up the Yellow Crane Tower
B. show the high technology
C. celebrate an opening ceremony
D. celebrate the Mid-Autumn festival
( )3. Which of the following shows the gala was popular
① It was shown on Tuesday night.
② It got 1.135 billion views.
③ It received many likes.
④ It was the most important festival.
A. ①② B. ②③ C. ③④ D. ①④
( )4. Which heading for the third piece of news can you put in “ ★ ” in the passage
A. Cultural events held in Chinatown
B. The family reunion happened in Chinatown
C. The opening ceremony hosted by Chinatown
D. The Mid-Autumn Festival celebrated in Chinatown
( )5. What do the three pieces of news have in common
A. They help people remember friends and family.
B. They took place in China.
C. They show people’s love for tradition.
D. They are symbols of new life.
五、阅读还原。(有一项多余)
The Winter Solstice (冬至): A Special Day Around the World. In winter, there is a special day called the winter solstice. It is the “darkest” day of the year, with the shortest daytime and the longest night. Each day after it will be a little longer, until the summer solstice comes. Nowadays, the winter solstice falls on one of the days between December 21st and 23rd in the Northern Hemisphere (半球). 1. ________
You can “see” the winter solstice if you stand outside that day at noon. On that day, you will find your longest shadow (阴影) of the year. 2. ________ In winter, the height is lower than that at any other time. During the days around the winter solstice, the Sun is so low that it appears to rise and set in the same place.
3. ________ One saying is that people did it for a special reason. At that time, farmers would kill many ducks, chickens and more on this day to save food for the winter. This made it almost the only time of the year when there was a lot of fresh meat. Since then, cultures around the world have kept the tradition alive in different ways. 4. ________ At first, only the upper classes (上流社会) celebrated it as the birthday of Mithra, a god of light. Later in 274 CE, the emperor Aurelian made it a day of the celebration for the birth of their sun god. Along with other holidays around that day, it was the happiest time of the year for the Romans.
The winter solstice is called Dongzhi in China. 5. ________ In one saying, Dongzhi is even “more important” than Chinese New Year. People in different parts of China also eat different foods to celebrate it.
六、短文填空。
阅读下面短文, 在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Following the Lantern Festival, the Huazhao Festival is the next cheerful celebration on China’s 1. __________ (tradition) festival calendar. With a history of over 2,000 years, the Huazhao Festival 2. ________ (hold) in celebration of the flower goddess’s birthday.
According to ancient beliefs, the flower goddess controlled human reproduction (繁衍). At that time, people believed that the more members a family had, the 3. ________ (happy) it would be. So it later became a custom to celebrate the birthday of the flower goddess.
At the Huazhao Festival, spring 4. ________ (out) were popular in ancient China. 5. ________________ the festival is in early spring, it is exactly the time to have an outing to admire the beauty of flowers. In 6. ________ (add), people cut colorful cloth into pieces and tied them to the branches of flowers, which is called “shanghong”.
At the Huazhao Festival last year, people in many places 7. ________ (gather) to plant flowers and vegetables. Around the festival, people also dug wild vegetables. Eating wild vegetables in early spring 8. ____________ (believe) to improve health and prevent disease.
The Huazhao Festival, which 9. ______________ (remain) silent for centuries is now celebrated by more and more people in many parts of China. Some people wear hanfu on this day 10. ____________ (celebrate) the festival.
参考答案
一、1.couplets
2.Fool’s 解析：April Fool’s Day“愚人节”。
3.Scottish 解析：此处表示一个“苏格兰女孩”, 需要用形容词Scottish“苏格兰的”。
4.Chinese 解析：Chinese lunar calendar“中国农历”。
5.gathered 解析：根据“On November 9, 2025”可知, 时态为一般过去时, 动词使用过去式。
二、1.dusting 2.setting off 3.were fooled 4.background 5.throughout
三、1.sweep out the dust
2.at midnight
3.counting down to
4.set off fireworks
5.been brought together
四、1.A 解析：推理判断题。根据“The Yangtze River Culture and Arts Festival opened in Wuhan”可知, 我们可以在网站的文化部分阅读新闻。
2.C 解析：细节理解题。根据“The Yangtze River Culture and Arts Festival... on the evening of September 14.”可知, 烟花表演是在武汉举行的, 用来庆祝开幕式。
3.B 解析：细节理解题。根据“The show got 1.135 billion... 1 billion on new media.”以及“It received many likes from fans both at home and abroad.”可知, 该节目观看量高、广受喜爱, 因此可判断它非常受欢迎。
4.D
5.C 解析：推理判断题。根据三则新闻的内容可知, 无论是长江文化艺术节的传统展示、节目受到热烈欢迎, 还是唐人街的中秋庆祝, 都体现了人们对传统文化的热爱。
五、1.C 2.D 3.A 4.E 5.B
六、1.traditional解析：此处应用形容词修饰“festival calendar”, “tradition” 的形容词形式是traditional。
2.is held
3.happier 解析：“the + 比较级, the + 比较级” 结构, “happy”的比较级为“happier”。
4.outings 解析：谓语是“were”, 故主语用可数名词复数“outings”。
5.As/Since/Because 解析：前后是因果关系, “节日在早春” 是 “出游赏花” 的原因。
6.addition 解析：固定搭配 “in addition”, 表示 “此外”。
7.gathered 解析：根据“last year”可知时态为一般过去时, “gather”的过去式为gathered。
8.was believed
9.has remained 解析：根据“for centuries”可知时态为现在完成时, 主语“which”指代单数名词, 故填has remained。
10.to celebrate 解析：用不定式表目的, “穿汉服” 的目的是 “庆祝节日”。
fool dust set off background carnival throughout
A. It’s widely believed that the winter solstice was first celebrated in the New Stone Age.
B. It is an important festival for the Chinese to get ready for the coldest days of the year.
C. In the Southern Hemisphere, it’s in June.
D. That’s because the height of the Sun changes all year round.
E. For the Romans, for example, December 25th was the date of the winter solstice.
F. The ways of celebrating it in southern China and northern China are different.
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