五、短文填空。（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词或短语的正确形式。
People have different kinds of traditional foods to celebrate different festivals. Traditional food 1 the New Year shows good luck and health.
An English Christmas dinner has a dish of turkey. Germans celebrate Christmas with bread, cookies 2 cakes.
In the south of India, there is a three-day festival in mid-January 3 (call) Pongal. People have a dish of rice cooked with milk and sugar.
The Japanese usually celebrate the New Year with ______ 4 ______ seven-day festival. It usually ______ 5 ______ (begin) from 29th December. They cook food before the festival so people don't need ______ 6 ______ (cook) during the festival. On New Year's Day, people can have different ______ 7 ______ (dish)—each dish ______ 8 ______ (be) a good wish for the New Year.
People in China get their food ready ahead of time. They 9 (not want) to use a knife during the Spring Festival because they think it might "cut luck". Food with a 10 (luck) name is popular, like fish. It sounds like "surplus(剩余)" in Chinese.
1. 2. 3.
4. 5. 6.
7. 8. 9.
10.
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词或短语的正确形式。
People have different kinds of traditional foods to celebrate different festivals. Traditional food 1 the New Year shows good luck and health.
An English Christmas dinner has a dish of turkey. Germans celebrate Christmas with bread, cookies 2 cakes.
In the south of India, there is a three-day festival in mid-January 3 (call) Pongal. People have a dish of rice cooked with milk and sugar.
The Japanese usually celebrate the New Year with ______ 4 ______ seven-day festival. It usually ______ 5 ______ (begin) from 29th December. They cook food before the festival so people don't need ______ 6 ______ (cook) during the festival. On New Year's Day, people can have different ______ 7 ______ (dish)—each dish ______ 8 ______ (be) a good wish for the New Year.
People in China get their food ready ahead of time. They 9 (not want) to use a knife during the Spring Festival because they think it might "cut luck". Food with a 10 (luck) name is popular, like fish. It sounds like "surplus(剩余)" in Chinese.
1. 2. 3.
4. 5. 6.
7. 8. 9.
10.
答案：五、1. for 2. and 3. called 4. a 5. begins 6. to cook
7. dishes 8. is 9. don't want 10. lucky
7. dishes 8. is 9. don't want 10. lucky
六、传统文化 阅读表达。(共5小题;每小题2分,满分10分)
阅读下面短文,用英语回答短文后的问题。
The Spring Festival couplets are a representation of Chinese cultural heritage. Putting up the Spring Festival couplets is also an important part of Chinese New Year customs.
The Spring Festival couplets came from Taofu, or peach boards in the Zhou Dynasty. People believed that hanging peach boards on the door frames of the houses could drive away bad things. The Spring Festival couplets didn't take shape until the wooden boards were replaced by red paper in the Song Dynasty. Then in the Ming Dynasty, they became a kind of decoration and were popular all over the country. Zhu Yuanzhang, the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty, had a special love for writing the Spring Festival couplets. In order to spread this cultural activity, he ordered all people to put up the couplets during the Chinese New Year.
However, do you know how to put up the couplets? There are rules for both the time and the right order. Usually, they should be put up before the Chinese New Year's Eve, and the best time is from 1 p. m. to 3 p. m. on the 29th day of the twelfth Chinese lunar month. Each couplet is made up of three parts, known as the upper couplet, the lower couplet and the top scroll. The upper couplet is usually on the right side when you're facing the door and the lower on the left. The couplets also have special meanings, showing people's wishes for wealth, health and happiness in the new year.
1. What replaced wooden boards in the Song Dynasty?
2. Who made the Spring Festival couplets popular all over the country?
3. When is the best time to put up the couplets during the Chinese New Year?
4. Where is the lower couplet when you're facing the door?
5. Why do you think the couplets are important to Chinese people?
阅读下面短文,用英语回答短文后的问题。
The Spring Festival couplets are a representation of Chinese cultural heritage. Putting up the Spring Festival couplets is also an important part of Chinese New Year customs.
The Spring Festival couplets came from Taofu, or peach boards in the Zhou Dynasty. People believed that hanging peach boards on the door frames of the houses could drive away bad things. The Spring Festival couplets didn't take shape until the wooden boards were replaced by red paper in the Song Dynasty. Then in the Ming Dynasty, they became a kind of decoration and were popular all over the country. Zhu Yuanzhang, the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty, had a special love for writing the Spring Festival couplets. In order to spread this cultural activity, he ordered all people to put up the couplets during the Chinese New Year.
However, do you know how to put up the couplets? There are rules for both the time and the right order. Usually, they should be put up before the Chinese New Year's Eve, and the best time is from 1 p. m. to 3 p. m. on the 29th day of the twelfth Chinese lunar month. Each couplet is made up of three parts, known as the upper couplet, the lower couplet and the top scroll. The upper couplet is usually on the right side when you're facing the door and the lower on the left. The couplets also have special meanings, showing people's wishes for wealth, health and happiness in the new year.
1. What replaced wooden boards in the Song Dynasty?
Red paper.
2. Who made the Spring Festival couplets popular all over the country?
Zhu Yuanzhang.
3. When is the best time to put up the couplets during the Chinese New Year?
1-3 p. m. on the 29th day of the twelfth Chinese lunar month.
4. Where is the lower couplet when you're facing the door?
On the left side.
5. Why do you think the couplets are important to Chinese people?
Because they carry good wishes.(答案合理即可)
答案：六、1. Red paper.
2. Zhu Yuanzhang.
3. 1-3 p. m. on the 29th day of the twelfth Chinese lunar month.
4. On the left side.
5. Because they carry good wishes.(答案合理即可)
2. Zhu Yuanzhang.
3. 1-3 p. m. on the 29th day of the twelfth Chinese lunar month.
4. On the left side.
5. Because they carry good wishes.(答案合理即可)