题目内容
Winter solstice, as the name shows, means the coming of winter.
As an important solar term in the traditional Chinese calendar, it is also a traditional holiday for Chinese, which is also called “冬节”, “长至节”, “亚岁”, etc. Generally, winter solstice occurs between December 21st and 23rd. According to the traditional Chinese calendar, five days constitutes a pentad and three pentads constitutes a solar term. One year is divided into twelve periods and twelve climates which are regarded as twenty-four solar terms. The Winter Solstice is one of twenty-four solar terms. On this day, in the Northern Hemisphere the period of daytime is the shortest of the year and the period of night is longest. In Northern China during winter solstice there is a custom of eating dumplings.
1.There are_________solar terms in a year.
A、twelve B、five C、twenty-four
2.People often eat_________during winter solstice
A、mooncakes B、dumplings C、noodles
3.Winter solstice is in __________.
A、December B、September C、October
4.On winter solstice the period of night is ________in China.
A、the longest B、the shortest C、darkest
5.Which day has the longest daytime in China?
A、The beginning of spring
B、Summer solstice
C、Grain full
词语运用
根据所提供的语篇内容，用方框中所给出的词的正确形式填空，使短文意思通顺、正确、连贯。方框中有两个词是多余的。
angry，invite，however，with，please，from，visitor，celebrate，taste，soup，fine，he |
One day a visitor came to Nasreddin’s house. “I am your cousin 1. Konya,” he said, “and I have brought you a duck to 2. the visit.” Nasreddin was 3. . He asked his wife to cook the duck, and served the visitor a 4. dinner.
The next day another visitor arrived. “I am the friend of the man who brought you the duck,” he said. Nasreddin invited him in and gave 5. a good meal. The next day another visitor arrived, and said he was the friend of the friend of the man who had brought the duck. Again Nasreddin invited him in for a meal. 6. , he was getting a bit angry. 7. seemed to be using his house as a restaurant.
Then another visitor came, and said he was the friend of the friend of the friend of the man who had brought the duck. He was 8. in. Nasreddin’s wife brought some 9. to the table and the visitor tasted it. “What kind of soup is this? It 10. just like warm water.” “Ah!” said Nasreddin. “That is the soup of the soup of the soup of the duck.”