1、Module 2 Public holidaysUnit 3Language in use. 用所给词的适当形式填空1Today is Susans _(fifteen) birthday. 2People all over the world celebrate New Years Day in _(difference) ways.3Its very _(noise) here.Please keep quiet.4How long did they spend _(play) basketball?5You always think about _(eat).阅读理解The Lanter
2、n Festival falls on the 15th of the first month of the lunar calendar(阴历). This day is always the first full moon in the new year. Ancient people also called it Shangyuan Festival. Celebrations and traditions on this day began from the Han Dynasty(朝代) and became popular in the Tang Dynasty.Watching
3、the red lanterns is one of the main traditions. Lanterns of different shapes and sizes are usually put on trees, or along riverbanks on show. It is said that sky lanterns were first used by Zhuge Kongming to ask for help when he was in trouble. Today, when the lanterns slowly rise into the air, peop
4、le make wishes.Another tradition is guessing lantern riddles(谜). The riddles are usually short, wise, and sometimes humorous. The answer to a riddle can be a Chinese character(汉字), a famous persons name, or a place name.The most important thing is to eat sweet dumplings with different tastes. In nor
5、thern China, they are called yuanxiao while in southern part theyre named tangyuan. Because making sweet dumplings is like a game or an activity, they are usually done happily by a group of friends or family members.In old times, the Lantern Festival was also romantic(浪漫的). Watching lanterns gave yo
6、ung people a chance to meet each other. A line from Xin Qiji, a poet during the Song Dynasty, shows this：Hundreds and thousands of times I searched for her in the crowd. Suddenly I turned, and there she stood, in the dim (昏暗的) light. ()1.The traditional festival talked about in this passage is calle
7、d “_” in Chinese.A春节 B元宵节C端午节 D重阳节()2.When did celebrations and traditions of the Lantern Festival start from?AThe Han Dynasty. BThe Tang Dynasty.CThe Song Dynasty. DThe Qin Dynasty.()3.What were sky lanterns first used for by Zhuge Kongming in ancient times?AMaking wishes. BCelebrating birthdays.CA
8、sking for help. DFor fun.()4.Which of the following is NOT true about sweet dumplings?AThey have different tastes.BThey are named yuanxiao all over the country.CPeople enjoy the process of making them.DIn southern part theyre named tangyuan.()5.The line from Xin Qiji in the passage shows the Lantern
9、 Festival was _ in old times.Aboring Bhumorous Cromantic Dinteresting.语法填空阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法结构和上下文连贯的要求，在空白处填入适当的词或用括号中所给词的正确形式填空，每空不超过两个词。Halloween is a strange holiday. It started several 1._(century) ago in Europe. At that time, November 1st was called “All Saints Day”(万圣日). People believed 2._ all
10、 the spirits(灵魂) of dead people were active 3._ the night of October 31st. So people would play all kinds of tricks on each other.Black is one of the 4._(tradition) Halloween colours, probably because Halloween festivals and traditions took place at night. Pumpkin is 5._ symbol of Halloween, so oran
11、ge 6._(become) the other traditional Halloween colour. Making lanterns out of pumpkins 7._ a Halloween custom.Halloween is great fun for children. They dress up as ghosts(鬼) or witches(女巫). Small children go “TrickorTreating”. They wear costumes, knock on doors 8._ shout “Trick or Treat！” People alm
12、ost always choose 9._ (give) them candy as a treat, instead of 10._ (choose) to receive a trick from the children. Adults sometimes “trick or treat” their friends, too. Usually the “treat” is a glass of wine or some small gifts.1.fifteenth2.different3.noisy4playing5.eating. 1B2.A3.C4B根据第四段的“In northern China, they are called yuanxiao”可知，并不是在全国，它们都被叫作元宵。5C辛弃疾的这两行诗译为“众里寻她千百度，那人却在灯火阑珊处。”再根据本段首句“In old times, the Lantern Festival was also romantic(浪漫的)”可知选C。.1.centuries2.that 3.on4traditional 5.a 6.has become7is8.and 9.to give10choosing
