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【題目】Festivals and celebrations

Festivals of the Dead

【1】, who might return either to help or to do harm. For the Japanese festival Obon, people should go to clean graves and light incense in memory of their ancestors. They also light lamps and play music because they think that this will lead the ancestors back to earth.

【2】

Festivals can also be held to honour famous people. The Dragon Boat Festival in China honours the famous ancient poet, Qu Yuan. In the USA, Columbus Day is in memory of the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the New World. India has a national festival on October 2 to honour Mohandas Gandhi, the leader who helped gain India's independence from Britain.

Harvest Festivals

Harvest and Thanksgiving festivals can be very happy events.【3】 . In European countries, people will usually decorate churches and town halls with flowers and fruit, and will get together to have meals. Some people might win awards for their farm produce, like the biggest watermelon or the most handsome rooster. China and Japan have mid-autumn festivals, when people admire the moon and in China, enjoy mooncakes.

Spring Festivals

The most energetic and important festivals are the ones that look forward to the end of winter and to the coming of spring.【4】 , fish and meat and may give children lucky money in red paper. There are dragon dances and carnivals, and families celebrate the Lunar New Year together. 【5】, usually in February. These carnivals might include parades, dancing in the streets day and night, loud music and colourful clothing of all kinds. Easter is an important religious and social festival for Christians around the world. It celebrates the return of Jesus from the dead and the coming of spring and new life.

People love to get together to eat, drink and have fun with each other. Festivals let us enjoy life, be proud of our customs and forget our work for a little while.

A. People are grateful because their food is gathered for the winter and the agricultural work is over.
B. Some festivals are held to honour the dead or to satisfy the ancestors.
C. Some Western countries have very exciting carnivals, which take place forty days before Easter
D. Festivals are meant to celebrate important times of year.
E. Festivals to Honour People
F. Different countries have different festivals.
G. At the Spring Festival in China, people eat dumplings

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】E

【3】A

【4】G

【5】C

【解析】本文主要介紹了一些節(jié)日和慶祝活動(dòng)。

【1】根據(jù)本段的描述，尤其是對(duì)日本的Obon 節(jié)people should go to clean graves and light incense in memory of their ancestors.可知本段主要是討論祭祀和緬懷祖先的一些節(jié)日，故選B。

【2】本題屬于主題句的選擇。本段第一句是主題句Festivals can also be held to honour famous people.再結(jié)合后面的例子，可知本段是關(guān)于紀(jì)念那些偉大的人的一些節(jié)日，故選E。

【3】本段第一句和標(biāo)題句都說(shuō)到了關(guān)鍵詞Harvest and Thanksgiving festivals，收獲節(jié)，收獲感恩節(jié)，表達(dá)感恩感激，以及對(duì)收獲的喜悅，莊稼都已歸倉(cāng)，人們也基本上都閑下來(lái)了，正好可以好好舉辦節(jié)日慶祝，故A項(xiàng)符合。

【4】本段的主題句是Spring Festivals，以及前一句提到的……the coming of spring講述中國(guó)的春節(jié)的，故選G。

【5】空格后一句提到了一個(gè)關(guān)鍵詞carnivals，狂歡節(jié)，還有一個(gè)節(jié)日Easter，一般都在3,4月份，往前數(shù)四十天，一般都在2月份，符合空格后一句的usually in February.故選C。