2022年中考英语时文阅读题型训练—传统节日（无答案）

2022年中考英语时文阅读题型训练———传统节日
一、语篇翻译
阅读下面的短文，将划线部分译成英文或中文。
The Double Ninth Festival is a traditional Chinese festival celebrated on the 9th day of the 9th lunar month. 1. It’s said that the celebration of the Double Ninth Festival began from the East Han Dynasty.
2. 在这一天，人们通常会去爬山并欣赏秋日的天空。 Climbing mountains also means “climbing to a higher position”. It means an increase in health, happiness and money in one’s life.
Enjoying the beautiful chrysanthemum (菊花) flowers, and drinking chrysanthemum wine, are also traditional things of the Double Ninth Festival. 3. The ninth lunar month is known as the “month of chrysanthemum”. Chrysanthemum wine is believed to have many benefits. The flowers and other things are mixed, and the wine-making process has begun. 4. 但是人们在来年的重阳节才喝这酒。
“Knowing that my brothers have reached the peak. All but one is present at the planting of dogwood.” People also carry sprigs (小枝) of the zhuyu (dogwood) plant on this day. 5. It’s a traditional way to carry people’s wishes to stop illness and protect their health and money. Dogwood is a type of evergreen, whose leaves have many medical benefits.
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阅读短文，将文中划线部分译成汉语或英语。
Chinese people have been celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival and enjoying moonackes for centuries. 1. Mooncakes are in the shape of a full moon on the Mid-Autumn night. They carry people’s wishes to the families they love and miss.
2. 这个节日流传着许多传统民间故事。 3. However, most people think that the story of Chang’e is the most touching. Chang’e was Hou Yi’s beautiful wife. After Hou Yi shot down the nine suns, a goddess gave him a magic medicine to thank him. Whoever took this could live forever, and Hou Yi planned to drink it with Chang’e. However, a bad man, Pang Meng, tried to steal the medicine when Hou Yi was not home. 4. 嫦娥不肯给他，把药一口吞下。 She became very light and flew up to the moon. Hou Yi was so sad that he called out her name to the moon every night. 5. One night, he found that the moon was so bright and round that he could see his wife there. He quickly laid out her favorite fruits and desserts in the garden. How he wished that Chang’e could come back!
After this, people started the tradition of admiring the moon and sharing mooncakes with their families.
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二、阅读单选
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Because of the history of Hong Kong, the city is influenced by a blend(混合) of Eastern and Western cultures. As a result, the people in Hong Kong celebrate some traditional Chinese festivals as well as some important Western festivals.
Generally speaking, the people in Hong Kong do not work on Sundays. Besides, they legally(合法地) enjoy public holidays. There are altogether 17 days’ public holidays each year, on which days the workers of banks, educational institutions(机构), social institutions and government departments are free from work. Usually, those so-called “white-collar workers” are also given public holidays. Workers from the other industries, or so-called “blue-collar workers” only enjoy 12 days off per year, which are called statutory(法定的) labor or factory holidays. However, this is not absolute. Some bosses of the blue-collar industries also give their workers 17 days off each year.
The 12 days’ statutory vacations include New Year’s Day, Chinese New Year(Spring Festival) and the two days following it, Qingming Festival, May Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day(香港特别行政区成立纪念日), the day following the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival, National Day, Chongyang Festival, Christmas Day or Winter Solstice(冬至). The public vacations include the above statutory days off and another five days.
Some bosses may give their workers a day off on the Winter Solstice instead of Christmas Day, which is legally allowed. If any of these holidays falls on a Sunday or another holiday, the workers can have a day off on the following weekday.
11．The people in Hong Kong celebrate festivals from both China and western countries because of _________.
A．population B．government C．history
12．On which day do people in Hong Kong not work according to the chart below
June
Sun. Mon. Tues. Wed. Thur. Fri Sat.
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
A．June 6. B．June 10. C．June 11.
13．What is the meaning of the underlined word “absolute”
A．温柔的 B．忙碌的 C．绝对的
14．Which of the following is NOT true
A．The workers of banks can enjoy 17 days’ public holidays in a year.
B．The people in Hong Kong usually have three days off during the Spring Festival.
C．Bosses in Hong Kong don’t allow their workers to have a day off on the Chinese Winter Solstice.
15．What’s the best title of the passage
A．Holidays in Hong Kong.
B．The history of Hong Kong.
C．Lives of the people in Hong Kong.
B
The Lantern 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 the red lanterns is one of the main traditions. Lanterns of different shapes and sizes are usually put on trees, or along river banks 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.
Another tradition is guessing lantern riddles（谜语）.The riddles are usually short, wise, a famous person’s name, or a place name.
The most important thing is to eat sweet dumplings with different tastes. In northern China, they are called yuanxiao while in southern part they’re 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 young people a chance to meet each other. A line from Xin Qiji, 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）.
16．When did celebrations and traditions of the Lantern Festival start from
A．The Han Dynasty. B．The Tang Dynasty. C．The Song Dynasty. D．The Yuan Dynasty.
17．What were sky lanterns first used for by Zhuge Kongming in ancient times
A．Making wishes. B．Celebrating birthdays.
C．Encouraging the soldiers. D．Asking for help.
18．Which of the following is NOT true about sweet dumplings
A．They have different tastes.
B．They are named “yuanxiao” all over the country.
C．People enjoy the process of making them.
D．At Lantern Festival people eat sweet dumplings.
19．The line from Xin Qiji in the passage shows the Lantern Festival was ________ in old times.
A．boring B．humorous C．romantic D．exciting
C
The Mid-Autumn Festival has a history of 2,000 years. During these 2,000 years lots of Mid-Autumn traditions have been thought up by Chinese people. All the celebrations show the happiness and excitement of people.
The main celebrations during the Mid-Autumn Festival are appreciating the moon, eating moon-cakes together and making Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival lanterns. These three celebrations have been passed from generation to generation. Chinese people may think the Mid-Autumn Festival is not coming if they don’t do these three things.
In some places in China people celebrate the festival in different ways. In Chaozhou, Guangdong Province, people eat taro(芋头) to celebrate the festival, because the taro harvest occurs at the same time as the festival. They eat taro and hope the harvest is good in the next year. In Nanjing, people cook duck with sweet-scented osmanthus (桂花), because Nanjing people think sweet-scented osmanthus is a symbol of peace. In some places people make fires inside towers to celebrate the festival, because they think the fire is a symbol of good business.
In the literary history of China, many poets penned praise to the pure moon of mid-autumn night and gave words to their delicate feelings. The following is one of the best of those poems.
Thoughts in the Silent Night
Li Bai
The moonlight is shinning through the window.
And it makes me wonder if it is the frost on the ground, Looking up to see the moon,
Looking down I miss so much about my hometown.
Li Bai used his lines to express his homesickness at the Moon Festival.
20．All the celebrations of the Mid-Autumn Festival show ________.
A．the happiness of people B．the differences of people
C．the importance of the festival D．the happiness and excitement of people
21．How many main kinds of celebrations are mentioned
A．One. B．Two. C．Three. D．Four.
22．Why do people make fires inside towers to celebrate the festival in some places
A．Because they think the fire is a symbol of peace.
B．Because they think the fire is a symbol of good business.
C．Because they hope the harvest is good in the next year.
D．Because they hope they will be healthier in the next year.
23．What does the underlined word “frost” mean in Chinese
A．霜 B．雾 C．影 D．光
24．What did Li Bai do to express his home sickness at the Moon Festival
A．A story of Moon. B．A poem named Thoughts in the Silent Night.
C．A song called Thoughts in the Silent Night. D．A joke.
D
The Qingming Festival, which usually falls between April 4 and 6 each year, on the 108th day after the Winter Solstice, is one of the 24 seasonal division points in the traditional Chinese calendar.
Qingming, strictly meaning “pure and bright”, shows rising temperatures and increased rainfall at the start of spring. It always rains around Qingming, providing a typical scene for the festival. Some 1,200 years ago, a Chinese poem written by the great Tang Dynasty poet Du Mu illustrated a scene of Qingming:
A drizzling rain falls like tears on the Mourning Day;
The mourner’s heart is going to break on his way.
Where can a wineshop be found to drown his sad hours
A cowherd points to a cot’s mid apricot flowers.
The Qingming Festival in spring is the occasion for visiting ancestral graves. Qing Ming is popularly associated with Jie Zitui, who lived in Shanxi province in 600 B．C．To mark Jie, the lord Chong Er ordered all fires in every home to be put out on the anniversary of Jie’s death. Thus began the “cold food feast”, a day when no food could be cooked since no fire could be lit. The “cold food” festival falls on the eve of Qing Ming and is often considered as part of the QingMing festival. As time passed, the Qing Ming festival replaced the “cold food” festival. Whatever practice is observed, the basic observation of Qing Ming is to remember one’s elders by making a special effort to visit their graves, ashes or ancestral tablets.
One of the most important activities on this day is to tend graves to honor ancestors, dead relatives and friends. On Tomb Sweeping Day, thousands of Chinese families will head to cemeteries to clean and sweep the tombs of dead family members.
People in different places enjoy different food. For example, Qingtuan, or green rice balls, are widely popular in China’s Jiangnan area-the region south of the Yangtze River-on Tomb Sweeping Day. The seasonal delicacies are usually made from glutinous rice mixed with pounded mugwortan edible wild herb thought to prevent toxic insect bites.
25．The poem “A drizzling rain falls like tears on the Mourning Day, The mourner’s heart is going to break on his way.” refers to ________.
A．望君烟水阔，挥手泪沾巾。 B．清明时节雨纷纷，路上行人欲断魂。
C．无为在歧路，儿女共沾巾。 D．落花时节近清明，东风料峭雨难晴。
26．Qing Ming is popularly associated with ________.
A．Jie Zitui B．Du Mu C．Chong Er D．Qu Yuan
27．In China’s Jiangnan area, Qingtuan is usually made from glutinous rice mixed with pounded mugwort ________.
A．just for fun B．to prevent toxic insect bites
C．with good wishes D．to remember one’s elders
28．According to the passage ________.
A．Qing Ming is an important time to harvest
B．people in the north of China enjoy Qingtuan on Tomb Sweeping Day
C．one of the most important activities on Qingming is to tend graves
D．Jie Zitui wrote a poem to illustrate a scene of Qingming 1,200 years ago
三、短文语境提示填空
The Qingming Festival, also known as Tomb-sweeping Day, is a traditional Chinese festival. It falls on either ____29____ 4th or 5th. It is also one of the Chinese Twenty-four Solar Terms. From that date on, temperatures begin to ____30____ and rainfall increases. It has a close relationship ____31____ farming. However, it is not only a seasonal symbol, ____32____ a time for paying respect to the dead, a spring outing, flying kites and other activities as well. Every year, many Chinese people volunteer to sweep the tombs of national heroes ____33____ have given up their lives fighting for China’s independence and power as a country. It is an important part of the Chinese traditional culture, too.
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