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课时跟踪练(一) Warm-up & Lesson 1 — Pre-reading
Ⅰ.阅读理解
A
The Dragon Boat Festival in China
Chinese culture has many, many festivals commemorating (纪念) some unusual events. The Dragon Boat Festival is one such festival. The main thing to do on this day is to eat zongzi, the sticky rice dumpling.
In some places, people race boats that are colourfully decorated with dragon designs, but I have never seen such a race. I have, however, eaten lots of zongzi. You can buy them or eat homemade ones. They are commonly eaten as a snack food. The rice may be white, and it may have some red bean paste inside. Sometimes the rice is brown from a sauce and inside is a small chunk (块) of ham. In any case, each one is wrapped in reed leaves and steamed, I suppose, for a long time. At first, I thought they were rather tasteless, but I have developed a taste for them now, and I like to eat them, though once a year is enough.
The origin of zongzi is as strange as the food itself. There was a Chinese poet and official (Chinese officials in old times were always poets) named Qu Yuan. He was an official in the Kingdom of Chu. China has a tradition of ministers (大臣) who give advice to the king, and Qu Yuan was such a minister. Qu Yuan advised the king of Chu to prepare for war because the state of Qin was ready to destroy his state. But the king thought he was safe since the emperor of Qin seemed to be more interested in other weaker states. But, finally, Qin did attack Chu, and the Chu Kingdom was defeated.
Qu Yuan was so sad about this that he killed himself by jumping into the Miluo River. His countrymen, on learning of this, rushed to the scene in small boats and tried to find his body. They failed to find it, so they made the dumplings wrapped in reed leaves and threw them into the river so the fish would eat the dumplings and not Qu Yuan’s body. That day was the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. Later, it became a tradition to eat zongzi and to hold dragon boat races on that day every year.
1．What do people mainly do on the Dragon Boat Festival?
A．They eat zongzi
B．They all go boating.
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C．They swim in the river.
D．They all buy something to throw into the river.
解析：选A 细节理解题。由第一段中的“The main thing to do on this day is to eat zongzi ...”可以得知答案。
2．According to the text, which of the following is true?
A．The author likes to eat zongzi so much that he eats them once a month.
B．The tale of how zongzi came into being is even stranger than the food itself.
C．The king of Chu didn’t like Qu Yuan’s advice and killed him.
D．The Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated in commemoration of Qu Yuan.
解析：选D 细节理解题。由第三、四段可知，屈原力谏楚王，但不受重视，最后楚国被消灭，屈原悲愤投江，人们为了纪念他而过端午节。
3．Qu Yuan killed himself because ________.
A．the king of Chu didn’t take his advice, and as a result the Chu Kingdom was defeated by Qin
B．the Chu Kingdom was the weakest state
C．he couldn’t live a good life
D．he wanted to show his bravery in the face of danger
解析：选A 细节理解题。由第三段及第四段中的“Qu Yuan was so sad about this that he killed himself by jumping into the Miluo River.”可以得知答案。
4．What is the purpose of this text?
A．To tell the readers about different kinds of zongzi.
B．To give information about war in old times.
C．To tell the readers about zongzi as well as the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival.
D．To recommend that the readers eat more zongzi.
解析：选C 写作意图题。作者首先讲了粽子的美味可口，接着讲了粽子的来源以及端午节，目的是让读者了解粽子以及端午节的历史。
B
The Sahara Festival is a celebration of the very recent past. The threeday event is not fixed (固定的) to the same dates each year, but generally takes place in November or December. It is well attended by tourists, but even better attended by locals (当地人)．
During the opening ceremonies, after the official greetings from the government
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leaders, people who attend the festival begin to march smartly before the viewing stands, and white camels transport their riders across the sands. Horsemen from different nations display their beautiful clothes and their fine horsemanship. One following another, groups of musicians and dancers from all over the Sahara take their turn to show off their wonderful traditional culture. Groups of men in blue and yellow play horns (喇叭) and beat drums (鼓) as they dance in different designs. On their knees in the sand, a group of women in long dark dresses dance with their hair: their long, dark, shiny hair is thrown back and forth in the wind to the rhythm of their dance.
The local and visiting Italian dogs are anxious to run after hares. The crowd is on its feet for the camel races. Camels and riders run far into the distance, and then return to the finish line in front of the cheering people.
Towards the evening, there comes the grand finale of the opening day, an extremely exciting horse race. All the riders run very fast on the horseback. Some riders hang off the side of their saddles (座垫). Some even ride upside down — their legs and feet straight up in the air — all at full speed. Others rush down the course together, men arm in arm, on different horses. On and on they go. So fast and so wonderful!
5．The Sahara Festival is a festival which ________.
A．has a very long history in North Africa
B．is held on the same place on the same day
C．is attended mainly by the people in the Sahara
D．is celebrated mostly by travelers from different countries
解析：选C 细节理解题。由第一段最后一句话可知C项为正确答案。
6．Before the races begin, ________ take part in the activities during the opening ceremonies.
A．musicians, dancers, horses and hares
B．camel riders, musicians, Japanese dogs and hares
C．horsemen dancers, camels and Japanese dogs
D．musicians, officials, camels and horses
解析：选D 推理判断题。根据第二段的描述可以推断D项为正确答案，A项多加了hares；B项多加了Japanese dogs and hares；C项多加了Japanese dogs。
7．The underlined word “finale” in the fourth paragraph most probably means the ________ of the opening day.
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A.first part B．middle
C．last part D．whole
解析：选C 词义猜测题。根据前面的towards the evening可推知此处指开幕式的最后部分。
8．This passage mainly tells readers ________.
A．what happens on the opening day of the Sahara Festival
B．how people celebrate during the threeday Sahara Festival
C．what takes place at the closing ceremonies of the Sahara Festival
D．how animals race on the first and the last days of the Sahara Festival
解析：选A 主旨大意题。本文第一段简要介绍了Sahara Festival，第二、三、四段主要介绍开幕式第一天的活动，因此A项为最佳选项。
C
Cheating can happen in a lot of different ways. When people cheat, it’s not fair to other people, like the kids who studied for the test or who were the true winners of a game.
Many people like the action of cheating. It makes difficult things seem easy, like getting all the right answers on the test. But it doesn’t solve the problem of not knowing the material and it won’t help on the next test — unless the person cheats again.
Some people lose respect for cheaters and think less of them. The cheaters themselves may feel bad because they know they are not really earning that good grade. And, if they get caught cheating, they will be in trouble at school, and maybe at home, too.
Some kids cheat because they’re busy or lazy and they want to get good grades without spending the time studying. Other kids might feel like they can’t pass the test without cheating. Even when there seems to be a “good reason” for cheating, but cheating isn’t a good idea.
If you were sick or upset about something the night before and couldn’t study, it would be better to talk with the teacher about this. And if you don’t have enough time to study for a test because of swim practice, you need to talk with your parents about how to balance swimming and school. A kid who thinks cheating is the only way to pass a test needs to talk with the teacher and his or her parents so they can find some solutions together. Talking about these problems and working them out
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will be better than cheating.
语篇解读：本文是议论文。文章主要讨论了人们为什么喜欢作弊并分析了孩子们作弊的原因，最后给出了如何避免作弊的建议。
9．The author thinks that when kids cheat in class, ________.
A．it is unfair to other people
B．it does harm to their health
C．teachers should punish them
D．teachers shouldn’t stop them at once
解析：选A 细节理解题。根据第一段第二句“When people cheat, it’s not fair to ...”可知，作者认为作弊对于其他人来说是不公平的，故选A。
10．Many students like cheating mainly because ________.
A．the material in the test is very difficult
B．they want to do better than the others
C．cheating can make hard things seem very easy
D．they have little time to study their lessons
解析：选C 细节理解题。根据第二段第二句话“It makes difficult things seem easy ...”可知，许多孩子喜欢作弊主要原因是作弊使困难的事情看上去变容易了。故选C。
11．The fourth paragraph mainly tells us ________.
A．cheating isn’t a good idea
B．why kids cheat in the test
C．some kids can’t pass the test without cheating
D．some kids don’t spend the time studying
解析：选B 段落大意题。文章第四段讲到，孩子们作弊有以下原因，如忙、懒惰、想不花时间就能得高分，有些孩子甚至觉得如果不作弊就无法考试及格。因此B项为正确答案。
12．In the passage those cheaters are advised to ________.
A．spend more time on school than on sports
B．talk with the teacher or parents
C．try hard to be intelligent rather than lazy
D．ask their classmates for good methods of study
解析：选B 推理判断题。本文第五段作者给作弊者提出了一些解决办法，如同老师或家长进行交谈，A、C、D项均与原文不相符，故选B。
Ⅱ.阅读七选五
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
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Easter is a very popular holiday in Christian countries. __1__ Easter is a “movable” holiday, as it is celebrated on the first Sunday following the full moon after the vernal equinox (春分)．
Easter is known mostly as a Christian holiday. __2__ The holiday was first meant to celebrate the coming of spring and to welcome the birth of plants, animals and all the bright flowers. __3__ Then later the eggs were given as gifts. Sometimes the eggs were exchanged by lovers. Giving special eggs to those that they love is very similar to giving presents on Valentine’s Day.
Most countries celebrate Easter by decorating eggs, getting together with family, eating chocolate and sweets and playing egg hunts. Many children enjoy Easter because of egg hunts. __4__ Then the children run around searching for them. The most famous egg hunt is done every year on the lawn (草坪) of the White House in Washington D．C.
For many children, Easter and the Easter Bunny are second in popularity only to Christmas and Santa Claus. The Easter Bunny, a young rabbit, is a character that represents everything wonderful for spring: life and playfulness. The Easter Bunny first came from Germany and was brought to North America later. __5__ There are even Easter Bunnies made of chocolate!
A．It’s a very popular character for Easter.
B．It’s a holiday to celebrate Jesus Christ’s return to life.
C．Others have hidden eggs around the house, or outside.
D．During Easter in Germany, a lamb is a popular symbol.
E．The most interesting part of the holiday is looking for eggs.
F．The practice of painting eggs was first done to represent the coming of spring.
G．However, many celebrations during this time have nothing to do with Christianity.
答案：1～5 BGFCA
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