Unit8 The seasons and the weather
Topic3 Let's celebrate! SectionD同步练习
一、 单选。
1. （2016·咸宁）—Michael, how much do you know about _________?
—people usually eat rice dumplings to remember Qu Yuan.
A . the Mid-Autumn Festival B . the Spring Festival
C . the Dragon Boat Festival D . the Lantern Festival
2.Good news! We'll have ____ one-day holiday in order to celebrate the 70th annzversary（纪念日）of the victory in World War II.
A . a B . an C . the D . /
3. At __________we eat mooncakes and on__________ we make pumpkin lanterns.
A . Dragon Boat Festival, Christmas
B . Mid-autumn Festival, Halloween
C . Chinese New Year, Thanks Giving Day
D . Dragon Boat Festival, Halloween
4.______ National Day, people usually raise our national flag in front of the house.
A . On B . At C . In D . Of
5. I often see David ______TV. Just now when I walked past his room, I saw him _____ TV again.
A . watch; watch B . watch; watching
C . watching; watching D . watching; watch
二、 情景对话。
A. It's on lunar January 15th.
B. The Lantern Festival means the end of the Spring Festival as well.
C. What would you like to know?
D. Where do you want to go?
E. Is there anything else?
F. They celebrate it on the evening of that
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day.
G. They eat rice dumplings, too.
A: Hello, Michael!
B: Hello, Kangkang! Can you tell me something about the Lantern Festival?
A: Sure. ____________
B: Well, when is the Lantern Festival?
A: ____________
B: What do people usually do on this day?
A: ____________ They eat sweet dumplings for good luck.
B: Great!____________
A: Yes. People watch lantern shows and guess riddles on lanterns. ____________
B: How interesting! I learn a lot today. Thank you.
A: You're welcome.
一、 阅读。
Januany 1st is New Year's Day. People all over the world celebrate this festival. On New Year's Day there is a one-day holiday in most countries all the time. The real celebrations for New Year always happen on the night before called New Year's Eve. There are a lot of interesting customs in the west, and there are a lot of differences from country to country.
In China the spring Festival is a family get-together. And so is Christmas in many western countries. But New Year for some families is a time to get together with their friends, too. Most people often have parties to welcome New Year. At these parties, there are all kinds of food and drink, and people often sing and dance until the time nears for the coming of New Year.
On New Year Eve when midnight comes, people often say “Happy New Year” to each other. Champagne （香槟酒） is a favorite drink for New Year. In many western countries frieworks（烟火）are let off at midnight, and many people like to make a noise, maybe they want to drive away bad spirits（幽灵）.
At New Year people often sing one important Scottish (苏格兰）song with the name
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Auld Lang syne (Good times long ago).
（1）People usually have great celebrations for New Year on_________.
A . New Year's Day
B . the night before New Year's Eve
C . the night of New Year's Day
D . the night before New Year's Day
（2）In the West, New Year is also a time when_________.
A . friends get together
B . friends write to each other
C . people can have a week's holiday
D . people can go from country to country
（3）In the passage the word“customs”means _________.
A . 习俗 B . 聚会 C . 饮食 D . 活动
（4）People in the west often _________at midnight on New Year's Eve.
①hold parties to welcome New Year
②make a noise to drive away bad spirits
③drink with friends or families
④say“Happy New Year” to each other
⑤sing one important Scottish song
⑥let off fireworks
A . ①至⑥ B . ②至⑥ C . ③至⑥ D . ①至⑤
（5）This passage mainly talks about _________.
A . western people drink together on New Year's Eve
B . what western people do on New Year's Day
C . how western people spend their New Year's Eve
D . western people have a good time on New Year's Day
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