Understanding cultures Special festivals around the world
Ⅰ.短文填空【主题:人与社会 腊八节】
It’s time to enjoy a special warm porridge of winter!
In China,the 12th month of the lunar calendar1. (call) layue.Chinese people celebrate Laba Festival on the 2. (eight) day of the month.After the festival,people begin to get ready 3. the Spring Festival.
On Laba Festival,people eat the hot laba porridge.To make the porridge nice,people would like
4. (cook) it with eight different things.It 5. (usual) has rice,red beans,dried lotus seeds (干莲子),some nuts 6. different kinds of dried fruits.And of course,you can put other
7. (thing) into the porridge,too.You will find it tastes 8. (good) than the ordinary (普通的) porridge.
At midnight,people start to cook the porridge,but they 9. (have) it until 10.
next morning.It usually 11. (take) a lot of time to make it delicious.
The porridge 12. (be) also called Eight Treasure Porridge.Most people like having the porridge 13. it is not only good for their health,but also a blessing (祝福) for the14.
(come) of the Spring Festival.
Does 15. (you) family make the porridge on Laba Festival
Ⅱ.阅读表达【主题:人与社会 父亲节】
Father’s Day
Father’s Day is on the third Sunday in June.It’s a day to show love and respect for fathers.
Mrs Dodd of Washington,the US,first suggested the idea of a Father’s Day in 1909.Mrs Dodd wanted a special day for her father,William Smart.Mr Smart’s wife died in giving birth to her sixth child.After that,Mr Smart had to bring up the newborn baby and his other five children by himself.Mrs Dodd realized her father’s selflessness as a single parent.She suggested that there should be a Father’s Day for all the loving fathers.
On 19 June,1910,people celebrated the first Father’s Day in Washington.After that,in a lot of cities across the US,many other people also began to celebrate Father’s Day.Finally in 1966,President Lyndon Johnson claimed(宣布) the third Sunday in June as Father’s Day.
Father’s Day has now become a day to honour(向……表示敬意) not only fathers,but also all men who act as fathers.Stepfathers,uncles and grandfathers are all honoured on Father’s Day.
On Father’s Day,some children give presents to their fathers to show their thanks.And fathers will certainly be happy to know that their children love them.
1.When is Father’s Day every year
2.Who first suggested the idea of a Father’s Day
3.Why did William Smart have to bring up the six children by himself
4.Where did people celebrate the first Father’s Day in 1910
5.How will you show your thanks to your father Why
【详解答案】
Ⅰ.1.is called 2.eighth 3.for
4.to cook 5.usually 6.and
7.things 8.better 9.will have
10.the 11.takes 12.is 13.because
ing 15.your
Ⅱ.1.On the third Sunday in June.
2.Mrs Dodd.
3.Because his wife died.
4.In Washington.
5.By giving him a present./By studying hard./By doing some housework.Because it can make my father happy.(答案不唯一,合理即可)