题目内容
【题目】 Our grandparents seem to have magic powers sometimes. Give them a Chinese lunar calendar and they will know what the weather will be like days or even months 【1】(以后).
What’s the 【2】 (秘密)? They are following the 24 Solar Terms(节气),which are an important part of Chinese culture.
The 24 Solar Terms began during the ancient 【3】 (时期). At that time,most Chinese people made their living on farms. So weather changes were 【4】 (重要的)for them. No one 【5】(怀疑)that they had no weather report or Internet to help them.
But people found a way. They studied the sun’s movement and also paid 【6】 to other natural changes, such as air temperature, water and plant growth. In the end, they worked out the 24 Solar Terms to 【7】 (做记号)the changes.
The terms became their guide to farming work. For example, the solar term jingzhe is when insects wake up from a long sleep in the cold winter. Farmers take it as a sign of warm weather and get busy 【8】 (劳动).
The 24 Solar Terms is【9】 (把视为)as China’s fifth great invention, after papermaking, printing, the compass and gunpowder. Now, it is still 【10】 (广泛地)used in daily life even in the age of technology-based modem farming.
【答案】
【1】later
【2】secret
【3】periods
【4】important
【5】doubted
【6】attention
【7】mark
【8】working
【9】regarded
【10】widely
【解析】
本文介绍了人类非物质文化遗产二十四节气。
【1】句意:给它们一个中国农历,他们就会知道几天甚至几个月后的天气是什么样的。
考查副词。“以后”为later,“几个月后”为months later,故填later。
【2】句意:秘密是什么?
考查名词。“秘密”为secret,前面谓语动词为is单数,此处用单数形式,故答案为secret。
【3】句意:二十四节气始于古代。
考查名词。“时期”为period,为可数名词,the ancient periods意为“古代时期”,故填periods。
【4】句意:所以天气变化对他们来说很重要。
考查形容词。“重要的”为important,在句中作表语,be important for意为“对…重要”,故填important。
【5】句意:没有人怀疑他们没有天气预报或互联网来帮助他们。
考查动词。“怀疑”为doubt,本篇文章叙述过去发生的事,故这里用过去时态,故填doubted。
【6】句意:他们研究太阳的运动,也注意其他自然变化,如气温、水和植物生长。
考查名词。pay attention to为固定搭配,意为“注意”,故填attention。
【7】句意:最后,他们制定了24个节气来标记这些变化。
考查动词。“做记号”为mark,句中to+动词原形表目的,故填mark。
【8】句意:农民们把这看作是天气暖和的标志,忙着干活。
考查动词。“劳动”为work,get busy doing sth意为“忙于做某事”,故填working。
【9】句意:二十四节气被认为是中国继造纸、印刷、指南针和火药之后的第五大发明。
考查动词。“把视为”为regard,be regarded as意为“被认为是、被视为”,故填regarded。
【10】句意:现在,即使是在以技术为基础的现代农业时代,它仍然广泛地应用于日常生活中。
考查副词。“广泛地”为widely,widely修饰动词use,故填widely。
【题目】书面表达
假设你是李华,你的英国朋友 Tony 对"中国红"一词很感兴趣,想了解"中国红"在中国人日常生活中的体现,请你根据以下表格信息写一封回信帮助他了解.
地位 | 最受欢迎的颜色之一 |
代表 | 幸福,可以带来好运 |
使用场所 | 婚礼,春节等 |
表达方式 | 剪纸,中国结,红包,灯笼 |
提示词:婚礼 wedding,中国结 Chinese Knot,红包 red packet, 代表 stand for
Dear Tony,
It's great to receive your letter. I'm writing to tell you something about Chinese red.________________________
I truly hope my letter will help you understand better about Chinese red.
Yours,
Li Hua