外研版九年级英语上Module 2 Public holidays单元检测及答案

2019九年级英语上Module 2单元检测
(时间：90分钟 分值：90分)
班级__________ 姓名__________ 分数_____________
一、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Qingming has been an important festival since ancient times in China. According ? (1) its literal interpretation (字面解释) in Chinese, “Qingming” means “clear and bright”, which marks（表示） that a warmer season with more rain is coming. And after that day, (2) ?start growing their crops（庄稼）. This year, the festival falls on April 4th.
It is said that Qingming has a history about 2,500 years. The most important activity on this day is to honor ancestors and remember (3) ?family members. Chinese families will sweep the tombs and (4) ??the grass around them. Then they burn paper money and put flowers and fruit and now even a paper iPhone in front of the tombs. They hope the dead can enjoy (5) ?and bring the family good luck.
Drizzling rain (细雨) and sad feelings helped (6) ?plenty of poems describing the festival. One of the most famous (7) ??is Du Mu’s Qingming, translated by Xu Yuanchong as follows?A drizzling rain falls like tears on the Mourning Day;
The mourner’s(哀悼者) heart is going to break on his way.
Where can a wine shop be found to drown his sad hours?
A cowherd（牧童） points to a cot’mid apricot flowers.
However, Qingming is not all about (8) ?emotions. It is also the time when the sun shines soft and bright, the trees and grass become green, and flowers blossom(开花). People
(9) ?spring outing or “taqing” during the festival. Swinging（荡秋千）, eating sweet green rice balls, drawing paintings on eggs (10) ?knocking boiled eggs against each other are all fun activities.
So Qingming is not only a time of sadness for many, but a poetic and energetic festival for mid-spring.
1.?A. of B. on C. to
2.?A. farmers B. workers C. doctors
3. A. brave B. lovely C. dead
?A. go away B. clean away C. take off
?A. them B. him C. you
A. get B. share C. create
A. songs B. poems C. music
?A. quiet B. good C. sad
A. have B. tell C. fly
A. so B. or C. and
二、阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
第一节 阅读下面短文，根据短文内容判断其后面所给句子的对错，并在答题卡上将所选的对应选项涂黑，选Right涂A，选Wrong涂B。
Millions of people across China will crowd onto trains and buses next February, hurrying home to be with their families for the country’s most important holidays, Lunar New Year, or the Spring Festival. February 15 marks the end of the Year of the Rooster and the beginning of the Year of the Dog.
History of the Holiday
According to an ancient legend, Buddha（佛祖）asked all the animals to meet him on Lunar New Year. Twelve animals came, and Buddha named a year after each one.
The Year of Good Luck
Buddha announced that people born in each animal’s year would have some of that animal’s personality. If you were born in 1970, 1982, 1994 or 2006, you were born in the year of the Dog. In ancient times, the dog is considered the best symbol for honesty and loyalty(忠诚). People who were born in these years are believed to be honest, brave and filled with good luck and strength. They are said to get along best with people born under the year of the Tiger, Rat or Horse.
Festivals, Lions and Feasts（筵席）
On Lunar New Year’s Eve, the Chinese celebrate with fireworks, family gatherings and festivals. One of the most popular ways to celebrate the holiday is with the lion dance. During celebrations, dancers dressed as lions perform. The dancers are supposed to bring good luck to people. People often wear red. Legend has it that red can drive away bad luck.
The 15-day New Year season is celebrated with firecrackers, dragon dances and visits to friends and family. The celebrations end with the Lantern Festival, when brightly colored lamps are hung in parks around China.
11. Uncle Li was born in 1970, so his animal zodiac（属相）is Dog.
A. Right B. Wrong
12. January 1st, 2018 marks the beginning of the Year of the Dog.
A. Right B. Wrong
13. People who were born in the year of the Tiger are believed to be brave and honest.
A. Right B. Wrong
14. During the Spring Festival, people wear red in China because they think red can drive away bad luck.
A. Right B. Wrong
15. People can play firecrackers in the 15-day New Year season according to the passage.
A. Right B. Wrong
第二节 阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个能回答所提问题或能完成所给句子的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Different countries celebrate the New Year in different ways. Many countries still follow the lunar calendar, meaning that their new year often starts in late January or in February. New Year celebrations for some countries (like China, Vietnam, and Korea) last not one day, but up to two weeks!
In the US, many people attend New Year parties. They drink, dance, and cheer at midnight. In the southern US, many people eat black?eyed peas for good luck in the new year. In Mexico and Venezuela, many people wear red or yellow for good luck. In Brazil, people wear white clothes for good luck, and in China, they wear red clothes and give children red envelopes with money in them. In Iran, people wear brand new clothes on the first day of the New Year.
In Scotland, people open the front door at midnight to let in the New Year, and open the back door to let out the old year. In Switzerland, people kiss each other three times at midnight. In Japan, they ring a bell 108 times to get rid of(除掉) the 108 bad desires. In Korea, they ring a bell 33 times for 33 old soldiers(士兵).
All the following countries celebrate the New Year for two weeks except________．
A. Korea B. Brazil C. Vietnam D. China
17. People in ________ wear red for good luck.
A. Brazil and China B. Brazil and Venezuela
C. Mexico and China D. Iran and Venezuela
18. People in Switzerland kiss each other ________ times at midnight of the New Year.
A. three B. eight C. ten D. thirteen
19. People in Scotland ________ at midnight of the New Year.
A. eat black?eyed peas
B. ring a bell many times
C. wear white clothes for good luck
D. open the front and back doors
20. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. There are many different countries in the world.
B. People like to do different things at midnight of the New Year.
C. Different countries celebrate the New Year in different ways.
D. People like to wear different clothes to celebrate the New Year.
B
October 31st is Halloween．During this holiday, people wear special costumes（戏装） with masks．You can see pumpkin lanterns everywhere．It is not very easy to carve(雕刻)a lantern out of a pumpkin．
First you have to wash a pumpkin because there is dirt on it．Then open the top and scoop out(舀出)the inside．It is not an easy job．It may take you two hours to take out all the inside with a big knife．What you do next is to cut three triangles(三角形)in the side．Two triangles will be eyes, and the other for a nose．And at the bottom cut out a mouth．At last you can put a candle or a lamp inside and take the lantern outside．
These days a lot of houses don't carve lanterns．They just buy fake(假的)ones．They are cheap and a fake lantern doesn't go bad．However, I never buy one, because I think it fun to make the real thing．
People can often see pumpkin lanterns ________．
A. at Christmas B. during Halloween
C. in China D. in the park
22. Before you open the top of the pumpkin, you ________．
A. scoop out the inside B. wash the pumpkin
C. cut three triangles D. cut out a mouth
23. The three triangles are for ________．
A. two eyes and a nose B. two eyes and a mouth
C. two noses and an eye D. two noses and a mouth
24. People buy fake lanterns because ________．
A. they look more beautiful
B. they are not dear and do not go bad
C. they are more interesting
D. they don't like the real ones
25. When you carve a pumpkin lantern, you don't ________．
A. clean the pumpkin B. open the top
C. cut triangles D. use a candle

C
January 1 is New Year's Day, the first day of the year. It is a legal (法定的) holiday, and all banks, stores and schools are closed. Many people invite their friends to come and visit them in the afternoon or evening.
The only legal holiday in February is Washington's Birthday. Although Washington was born on February 22, his birthday is now celebrated on the third Monday of February. Some states also celebrate Lincoln's birthday on February 12. These two, the United States' most famous presidents, were both born in February.
The last Monday in May is Memorial Day (纪念日). This holiday remembers the Union Civil War soldiers, who died for their country. Americans celebrate Memorial Day with services in cemeteries (公墓) and churches.
America's great national holiday, Independence Day, falls on the fourth of July. It celebrates the birth of the United States. It was on this day that the colonists (殖民地居民) announced their independence from England. They had to fight hard for the next seven years to win this independence.
The first Monday of September is Labour Day (劳工节). This holiday honours (向……表示敬意) the working people of the United States. There are sorts of celebrations and speeches on this day too. People go to all kinds of places to enjoy the fine weather at the end of summer.
This passage mainly tells us something about ________.
A. Independence Day B. America's holidays
C. Memorial Day D. New Year's Day
27. Which festival is NOT a public holiday?
A. Labour Day. B. Valentine's Day.
C. Washington's Birthday. D. Independence Day.
28. The American people celebrate ________ on July 4th every year.
A. New Year's Day B. May Day
C. Memorial Day D. Independence Day
29. From this passage we know ________.
A. American people do not work on New Year's Day
B. Memorial Day falls on the first Monday of February
C. Labour Day comes on May 1st in the United States
D. Americans celebrate Independence Day on June 14th
30. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Americans celebrate Memorial Day in order to remember their dead friends.
B. On New Year's Day Americans usually go shopping.
C. Washington and Lincoln were born in the same month.
D. Americans celebrate Labour Day to remember the dead workers.
三、语法填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处按要求填入适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。每空一个单词。
The Double Seventh Festival, also known as the Qixi Festival, is a 31 (tradition) Chinese festival. Here is a beautiful story behind it.
Long, long ago, there was a young man 32 (name) Niulang. One day, he met?a beautiful girl－Zhinu, the Goddess’s 33 (seven) daughter. She had just run away from the boring heaven to look for fun on Earth. Zhinu soon fell in love with?Niulang, and they got married without 34 (tell) the Goddess. They lived a happy life on Earth and gave birth to two children. 35 (Luck) the Goddess soon found out the fact and ordered Zhinu to retrun to heaven. 36 (介词) the help of his magic cow, Niulang flew to heaven with his children to look for his wife. The Goddess discovered this and was very angry. Taking out her hairpin, the Goddess created a wide river in the sky to separate the two 37 （love）. From then on, Niulang and Zhinu had to live apart on the two sides of the river. 38 ,（连词） their true love touched all the magpies(喜鹊) in the world, so once a year tens of thousands of magpies would fly up to heaven to make 39 （冠词）bridge(the bridge of magpies) for the couple to meet each other. At last, the Goddess allowed them?to meet each year on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month. That’s how?the Double Seventh Festival started. Today, it is a great day for Chinese young people to express 40 (them) love.
阅读表达（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
Almost all cultures celebrate the end of one year and the beginning of another in some way. Different cultures celebrate the beginning of a new year in different ways, and at different times on the calendar(日历）.
在西方国家，人们在12月31日和1月1日的午夜庆祝新年。 People may go to parties, sometimes dressed in formal(正式的) clothes, and they may drink champagne(香槟) at midnight. During the first minutes of the new year, people cheer and wish each other happiness for the year ahead. But some cultures prefer to celebrate the new year by waking up early to watch the sunrise. They welcome the new wear with the first light of the sunrise.
Many cultures also do special things to get rid of(摆脱) bad luck at the beginning of a new year. For example, in Ecuador, families make a big doll from old clothes. The doll is filled with old newspapers and firecrackers. At midnight, these dolls are burned to show the bad things from the past year are gone and the new year can start afresh(重新). Other common traditions to keep away bad luck in a new year include throwing things into rivers or the ocean, or saying special things on the first day of the new year.
Other New Year traditions are followed to bring good luck in the new year. One widespread Spanish tradition for good luck is to eat grapes on New Year’s Day. The more grapes a person eats, the more good luck the person will have in the year. In France, people eat pancakes for good luck at New Year. In the United States, some people eat black-eyed peas for good luck—but to get good luck for a whole year you have to eat 365 of them!
将文中划线的汉语句子译成英语。

42. 将文中划线的英语句子译成汉语。

43. 回答问题：What do they watch to get up early on the New Year?

44. 回答问题：Why people throw things into rivers or oceans?

45. 从文中找出与下面所给句子意思相同的句子。
There are different ways and times to celebrate the New Year in different cultures.

五、书面表达（满分20分）
假设你是王伟,你的美国朋友Mike想通过你了解中国的传统节日。请你根据提示，给他写电子邮件，向他介绍我国传统节日春节的情况。
春节是中国最重要的传统节日。
2.春节期间人们的主要活动。（春节前，除夕，节日期间）





















参 考 答 案
一、完形填空
1-5 CACBA 6-10 CBCAC
二、阅读理解
11-15 ABBAA 16-20 BCADC 21-25 BBABD 26-30 BBDAC
三、语法填空
31. traditional 32. named 33. seventh 34. telling 35.Unluckily
36. With 37.lovers 38. However 39.a 40.their
四、阅读表达
41. In Western countries, people usually celebrate New Year at midnight on December 31st-January 1st.
42. 人们吃的葡萄越多。在新的一年里好运就越多。
43. They watch the sunrise.
44. Because they want to keep away bad luck.
45. Different cultures celebrate the beginning of a new year in different ways, and at different times on the calendar.
五、书面表达
Dear Mike,
How are you？I’m really glad that you are interested in traditional Chinese festivals.There are many traditional festivals in China, such as the Spring Festival， the Dragon Boat Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival. I’d like to introduce the Spring Festival to you. The Spring Festival is the most important traditional holiday in China. It usually lasts for 15 days.
Days before the festival， people clean their houses. They think cleaning sweeps any bad luck. They decorate their houses with paper cuts before the New Year comes. On the eve of the festival，family members get together and have big meals. Then they watch the Spring Festival Gala on TV. At midnight, they set off fireworks to welcome the New Year. During the festival， kids get lucky money from old people. People visit their relatives and friends. They wish each a happy year and good luck. How happy we are！ I think you’ll have a good time when you are in China.
Best wishes I
Yours
Wang Wei




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