1、Warm-up and Lesson 1Festivals即时检测一、根据句意及首字母提示填空1If she got a s next year,she would be able to go on studying in Canada.答案:scholarship2Wish you a m Christmas and a happy New Year.答案:merry3When he arrived in that country,he found that there were few o to speak Chinese.答案:occasions4Tea is more traditio
2、nal.But there seems to be lots of coffee shops opening n,so maybe things will change.答案:nowadays5The school was completely d by fire.答案:destroyed6The L Festival is the first important festival after the Spring Festival to Chinese people.答案:Lantern7It has already been December now,and we cant wait to
3、 d our Christmas trees.答案:decorate8If youve managed to build a fire,you can b the water,making it safer to drink.答案:boil9This glue lets you make all of your posters s,so they stay where you put them.答案:sticky10The boat race is held every year all over China and is a celebrated t.答案:tradition二、语法填空1T
4、raditional mooncakes are made bean paste.答案:with2The Mid-Autumn Festival is a special occasion family.答案:for3Dont leave the gas on,or you might burn the house .答案:down4Christmas Day falls December 25 every year.答案:on5People in the countryside still often decorate their doors and windows paper cuttin
5、gs.答案:with6Which event will you take part at the school sports meeting?答案:in7Control your time spent on text messages and phone calls if they are not related work.答案:to8People Shanghai are easy to understand Suzhou dialect,for Shanghai and Suzhou dialect have much common.答案:from;in9Its (tradition)in
6、 America to eat turkey on Thanksgiving Day.答案:traditional10There is no reason to carry the (dark)of the past with you into today.答案:darkness11The party was in (celebrate)of parents silver wedding.答案:celebration12On (graduate),he planned to travel around Asia.答案:graduation13We dont need to leave a ti
7、p for the waiter because theres a service charge (include)in the bill.答案:included14Because of her work in helping the poor,Mother Teresa (remember)by us forever.答案:is remembered15This question (discuss)at the meeting yesterday.答案:was discussed16A new cinema (build)here.They hope to finish it next mo
8、nth.答案:is being built17As the story (develop),the truth about the strange figure (discover).答案:develops;is discovered18Could I use your dictionary?Sorry,it (use).答案:is being used19In recent years many football clubs (run) as business.答案:have been run20He (regard) as a national hero for winning the f
9、irst gold medal for his country in the Olympics.答案:was regarded三、根据提示翻译句子1那所房子在半小时之内就被焚为平地。(burn down)答案:The house burnt/burned down in half an hour.2她喜欢用花朵来装饰自己的房间。(decorate.with.)答案:She likes to decorate her room with flowers.3语言与文化联系非常紧密。(be related to)答案:Language is closely related to culture.4欢
10、迎参加我们的讨论。(take part in)答案:Welcome to take part in our discussion.5所有的人都必须去,包括你。(include)答案:Everyone has to go,you included/including you.四、阅读理解The Chongyang Festival falls on the ninth day of the ninth month of the Chinese lunar calendar,so it is also known as the Double Ninth Festival.The festival
11、is held in the golden season of autumn,at harvest time.The bright clear sky and the joy of bringing in the harvest make for a festival happy atmosphere.The Chongyang Festival is usually perfect for outdoor activities.Climbing a mountain,carrying a spray of dogwood(茱萸)and drinking chrysanthemum(菊花)wi
12、ne have become the traditional activities of the festival.The dogwood is a plant with a strong fragrance(香气),and is often used as a Chinese herbal medicine.People in ancient times believed it could drive away evil spirits and prevent one from getting a chill(着凉)in late autumn.So its history as a med
13、icine goes back many centuries.But the custom of carrying a spray of dogwood during the Double Ninth Festival is slowly dying out and many people in the cities do not even know what a dogwood spray looks like.Early in Han dynasty,about 2000 years ago,people used to climb a high platform outside the
14、capital city of Changan on the occasion of the Chongyang Festival.For many,it was the last outing of the year before the onset of winter.The custom evolved(发展成)into present form,when people go climbing to get some exercise as well as enjoy the autumn scenery.But what about those people who live in p
15、lains far from any mountain?The problem is solved by going for a picnic and eating cakes.The Chinese word for “cake” is “Gao”,a homonym(同音异义字) of the Chinese word for “high”.Mountains are high,so eating cakes can,by a stretch of the imagination,take the place of going for a climb.1Why do people carr
16、y a spray of dogwood on the Chongyang Festival?A.Because the dogwood is a plant with a strong fragrance.B.Because the dogwood can be used as a Chinese herbal medicine.C.Because the dogwood has a long history as a medicine.D.Because people believed the dogwood could drive away evil spirits and preven
17、t one from getting a chill.解析:第三段简要介绍了茱萸这种植物,它具有浓烈的香味,可以用作草药,但这些都不是人们重阳节佩戴茱萸的原因。其中“People in ancient times believed it could drive away evil spirits and prevent one from getting a chill in late autumn.”说的正是这一风俗的原因。答案:D2People now climb mountains on the Chongyang Festival .A.to have a last outing of
18、the year before the onset of winterB.to get some dogwoodsC.to climb a high platformD.to get some exercise as well as enjoy the beautiful autumn scenery解析:第四段最后一句提到了重阳节发展到现在人们爬山是为了锻炼身体,同时欣赏秋天的风景。答案:D3People living in plains far from mountains eat cakes because .A.the Chinese word for “cake” is “Gao”B
19、.the Chinese word “Gao” for “cake” has the same sound as the Chinese word for “high”C.they often take cakes to go for a picnic on the festivalD.they like eating cakes解析:最后一段讲的是平原地区的人们过重阳节的习俗,他们远离大山,无法登高。由于在汉语中,“糕”与“高”同音,他们用吃糕的方式庆祝重阳节。答案:B4Which of the following is TRUE?A.The Double Ninth Festival is
20、 on September 9th.B.People climbed mountains to celebrate the Chongyang Festival in Han dynasty.C.People often celebrate the Chongyang Festival in the open air.D.Eating cakes is just like climbing mountains.解析:本题可以用排除法解答。重阳节在中国农历的九月初九,这一天并不是9月9 日;汉朝时人们只是登上高地,并不一定是爬山;吃糕点只是寓意如同爬山,并不是说两种活动相像。在第二段中则提到了“
21、The Chongyang Festival is usually perfect for outdoor activities.have become the traditional activities of the festival.”。故选C项。答案:C五、语篇填空阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。Every Thanksgiving my family and I,along with others,prepare and serve Thanksgiving meals for the people in our small mountain comm
22、unity.My husband and I also bring meals 1. the disabled.Last Thanksgiving we did the same.After 2.(deliver) them to some individual apartments,we went to the central dining room.We put the boxes 3.(fill) with turkey,ham,stuffing,yams,mashed potatoes,gravy and green bean casserole(砂锅菜) on the tables.
23、People invited 4. (we) to stay,and thanked us,5. we had other deliveries and had to leave.As we started to go out,I turned around and saw them all 6.(watch) us.Then,I asked,“Would anybody like a hug?”They lined up.There was so much 7. (warm) in each hug.My eyes were filled with tears and my heart wi
24、th love.I now visit 8.(occasion) to chat and,of course,hug.This year at my Thanksgiving delivery,when they line up 9. their hugs,I am going to have them turn around and hug each other.These people have no family at Thanksgivingwhat could be 10.(good) for them than hugs!答案:1.to2.delivering3.filled4.us5.but6.watching7.warmth8.occasionally9.for10.better