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【题目】阅读下面短文，根据语境、音标或所给单词的提示，在每个空格内填入一个恰当的词，要求所填的词意义 准确、形式正确，使短文意思完整、行文连贯。

The Chongyang Festival is a Chinese traditional festival. It is celebrated on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month. It's also(call) the Double Ninth Festival.
The festival started as/':li/ as the Warring States Period (475—221 BC) . It has a history of more than 1,700 years. Among the numbers from zero to nine, nine is the(high) odd number (奇数). People believe that two "nines" meeting together stand for a long life. So it is a special holidayChinese people to show love and respect for their elders. They hold many(kind) of activities in honor of old people, wishing them good/helθ/ and a long life.
The festival comes during the golden time of/f:l/. On the day, people traditionally drink chrysanthemum (菊花）wine, eat Double-Ninth Cakesclimb mountains. They also carry a kind of plant named dogwood. People in ancient times believed that plant could drive away evil (邪恶的）spirits and prevent them from(catch) an illness in winter.

Answer 1

【答案】called；early；highest；for；Kinds；health；fall；and；the；catching
【解析】本文讲述中国传统节日——重阳节的起源和习俗。
⑴句意：它也被称作重阳节。be called被叫做。故填called。
⑵句意：这个节日早在战国时代就开始了。根据音标可知填early。
⑶句意：在零到九的数字中，九是最高的奇数。因为有范围限制，同时空格前有the，故用最高级highest。
⑷句意：所以这是一个特殊的节日，中国人向老人们表示爱戴和尊敬。句型：It is+adj/n+for sb+to do sth。故填介词for。
⑸句意：他们举行很多种活动来纪念老人。many+复数名词，故填kinds。
⑹句意：祝福他们健康长寿。根据音标可知填health。
⑺句意：这个节日是在秋天的黄金时间。根据音标可知填fall。
⑻句意：这这一天，人们根据传统饮菊花酒、吃重阳糕、登上。表示三个并列的动作，故用并列连词 and。
⑼句意：古人认为那种植物能够驱邪。这里的plant是前文提到的那个叫做山茱萸的植物，是特指，故填the。
⑽句意：防止他们在冬天生病。prevent sb from doing sth阻止某人做某事。故填catching。