1、Unit 2 Lets celebrate Using Language 一、单词拼写1.The classroom was _(装饰) with balloons and colourful ribbons on New Years Eve.2.Dave is a nice _(男子) when you get to know him.3.Tom was laughed at because of his _(花哨的) shoes bought by his mother.4.Besides watching _ (灯笼) and guessing the answers to riddle
2、s, there are many other traditions for the festival.5.Every time he left for school, his parents would stand at the gate, _(挥手) goodbye to him.6.Shaking hands with others is one of the most common ways of greeting others on some _(正式的) occasions.7.Statistics _(表明) the citys urban and rural residents
3、 save the most amount of money.8.If you dont know how to behave yourself at table in a foreign country, you should copy the _(主人).9.In this sense, children and _(成年人) have equal rights.10.None of these people will _(承认) responsibility for the attacks.二、翻译题11.The letters were also beautifully illustr
4、ated_(每封信一定花费了它真正的作者托尔金很长时间才完成).12.Letters from Father Christmas tells us that _(除了能欣赏到.的冒险) of Father Christmas, Polar Bear and other characters at the North Pole, we can all share the true spirit of giving at Christmas time.13._(取决于当地的风俗), it may be acceptable to be 15 to 30 minutes late.14.We hav
5、e eaten out for the Spring Festival family dinner for the last three years, and we have enjoyed it _(不亚于在家里吃).15._(我真的认为不值这个努力) of spending so much time preparing for a single meal, and then another hour cleaning up the mess after its over.三、阅读理解 The winter solstice (冬至) is an important solar term i
6、n the traditional Chinese calendar, and means the coming of winter. It generally occurs between December 21st and 23rd. According to the traditional Chinese calendar, one year is divided into twenty-four solar terms. On this day, in the northern hemisphere the period of daytime is the shortest of th
7、e year and the period of night is the longest. In northern China there is a custom of eating dumplings during the winter solstice. The tradition of eating dumplings during the winter solstice has its origin in early times. It is said that dumplings were invented by Zhang Zhongjing, a well-known doct
8、or in the Eastern HanDynasty. One winter, he noticed that many peoples ears were frozen, which made him sad. In order to prevent and cure the freezing injury caused by cold, he asked his followers to boil mutton, chilies and other ingredients with medicinal properties in a pot for fending off cold.
9、After these were boiled, they ladled (舀取) the mutton and other ingredients out of the pot, cut them into pieces, and then wrapped them in dough skins in the shape of ears. Afterwards, they put these into the pot to boil again. On the day of the winter solstice, people whose ears were frozen were sen
10、t to eat the dumplings. People who ate dumplings felt warm from head to toe and had their cold injury healed. Thereafter, every winter solstice people ate dumplings. Then there became a saying that if you eat dumplings during the winter solstice, your ears wont get frostbitten. Afterwards, Zhang Zho
11、ngjing died on the day of the winter solstice. In order to honour him, every year on the day of the winter solstice every household makes dumplings.1.Which of the following should be the best title of the passage?A.The Custom of Eating DumplingsB.The Inventor of DumplingsC.The Importance of Eating D
12、umplingsD.The Origin of the Winter Solstice2.According to the passage, which of the following description is TRUE?A.The winter solstice is the most important among twenty-four solar terms.B.Australia in the southern hemisphere has the longest period of daytime on the winter solstice.C.If people dont
13、 eat dumplings, they will have their ears frostbitten.D.China has the longest period of daytime on the winter solstice.3.According to the passage, people make dumplings on the day of the winter solstice because _.A.they want to honour Zhang Zhongjing, who invented dumplings to cure peoples freezing
14、injuryB.they want to celebrate the important solar term in the traditional Chinese calendarC.dumplings boiled with mutton, chilies and other ingredients with medicinal properties taste deliciousD.they can feel warm from head to toe and have their freezing injury healed四、七选五 Like many other holidays,
15、 Halloween has developed and changed throughout history. Over 2,000 years ago people called the Celts lived in what is now Ireland, the UK, and parts of Northern France._ They believed that the night before the New Year (October 31st) was a time when the living and the dead came together. More than
16、a thousand years ago the Christian church named November 1 All Saints Day (also called All Hallows). This was a special day to honor the saints(圣人) and other people who died for their religion. The night before All Hallows was called Hallows Eve._ Like the Celts, the Europeans of that time also beli
17、eved that the spirits of the dead would visit the earth on Halloween._ So on that night people wore costumes that looked like ghosts or other evil(邪恶的) creatures. They thought if they dressed like that, the spirits would think they were also dead and not harm them. The tradition of Halloween was car
18、ried to America by the immigrating(移民) Europeans. Some of the traditions changed a little, though. For example, on Halloween in Europe some people would carry lanterns made from turnips(芜菁). _ So people began putting candles inside pumpkins and using them as lanterns. That is why you see Jack-O-Lant
19、erns. These days Halloween is not usually considered a religious holiday._ Children dress up in costumes like people did a thousand years ago. But instead of worrying about evil spirits, they go from house to house. They knock on doors and say trick or treat. The owner of each house gives candy or s
20、omething special to each trick-or-treater.A. It is mainly a fun day for children.B. The lanterns can look funny or scary.C. November 1st was their New Years Day.D. Later the name was changed to Halloween.E. In America, pumpkins were more common.F. Wearing costumes was said to be a good way to defeat
21、 evils. G. They worried that evil spirits would cause problems or hurt them.答案以及解析一、1.答案：decorated2.答案：guy3.答案：fancy4.答案：lanterns5.答案：waving6.答案：formal7.答案：indicate8.答案：host(s)9.答案：adults解析：句意: 从这个意义上说, 儿童和成年人享有平等的权利。 10.答案：admit解析：句意: 这些人都不愿意对这些袭击负责。 二、11.答案：each must have taken its true author, To
22、lkien，a long time to complete12.答案：as well as enjoying the adventures13.答案：Depending on regional customs14.答案：no less than eating at home15.答案：I really dont think its worth the effort三、答案：1-3.ABA解析：1.主旨大意题。本文主要讲述在冬至那天吃饺子的习俗。所以A项是最合适的标题。2.推理判断题。根据第一段最后一句可知,在冬至这一天,在北半球白天的时间是一年中最短的,夜晚的时间是最长的。而澳大利亚在南半球,
23、所以冬至这一天白天时间最长。故选B项。3.细节理解题。根据最后一段可知,人们在冬至这一天包饺子是为了纪念张仲景,故选A项。 四、答案：CDGEA解析：根据下文They believed that the night before the New Year (October 31st) was a time when the living and the dead came together.可以推知,空白处描述的是新年所在的日子。故选C。 根据本段中More than a thousand years ago the Christian church named November 1 All
24、Saints Day (also called All Hallows).及The night before All Hallows was called Hallows Eve.。再结合上文提到Like many other holidays, Halloween has developed and changed throughout history.可以推知,空白处描述的是万圣节的发展变化。故选D。根据下文So on that night people wore costumes that looked like ghosts or other evil(邪恶的) creatures.表
25、示一种结果。由此可知,空白处要描述为什么人们穿像鬼或其他邪恶生物的服装的原因。选项G.They worried that evil spirits would cause problems or hurt them.和下文形成了因果关系的作用,符合题意。故选G。根据上文The tradition of Halloween was carried to America by the immigrating(移民) Europeans. Some of the traditions changed a little, though. For example, on Halloween in Eur
26、ope some people would carry lanterns made from turnips.(万圣节的传统被移民的欧洲人带到了美国。不过有些传统有所改变。例如,在欧洲的万圣节,有些人会提着用芜菁制成的灯笼)举例提到,在欧洲人们过万圣节的方式是提着灯笼,而在美国是有所改变的。据此可知,空白处接下来描述的是在美国的万圣节的形式。故选E。根据上文These days Halloween is not usually considered a religious holiday.及下文Children dress up in costumes like people did a thousand years ago.可推知,空白处指这一天孩子们很喜欢,也就是主要是孩子们的节日。故选A。
