Unit 1 Festivals and Celebrations
Reading and Thinking
课时检测
Ⅰ. 语段填词
1. Armed with the information you have gathered (搜集), you can set out making a lantern (灯笼) by yourself. I think it will be full of joy (高兴).
2. As the people marched (行进) into the church (教堂), they heard a religious (宗教的) song being played.
3. It is typical (典型的) of him to decorate (装饰)a room with different colors, which range (包括) from red to yellow.
4. I figured (认为) that I would congratulate (祝贺) him on his success at the ceremony (典礼). However, the event was cancelled.
5. The harvest (收获) festival, an important agricultural (农业的) festival, is celebrated by people after all the crops (农作物)have been gathered in. It shows that people are grateful (感激的)for the food they are given.
6. The exhibition which is regarded as significant (有重大意义的) features (以……为特色)paintings by contemporary artists. Their works reflect (反映)their beliefs/faith (信任)in future life.
Ⅱ. 完成句子
1. He dressed up and went to the party yesterday as if he had been invited. 昨天, 他打扮得漂漂亮亮地去参加聚会, 好像已经被邀请过似的。 2. You should forgive him for his forgetfulness; after all, he is over seventy. 你应该原谅他的健忘, 毕竟他已经七十多岁了。
3. She has had a number of different jobs, ranging from chef to swimming instructor.
她做过许多不同的工作, 从厨师到游泳教练。
4. With the country disappearing, its own unique national culture faded away.
随着这个国家的消亡, 它的独一无二的国家文化逐渐消失。
5. In spite of the fact that doctors have even warned that it causes cancer, people still keep on smoking.
尽管事实上医生已经警告说抽烟会致癌, 但人们还是照抽不误。
6. If you have someone in your family that can do this, you should take advantage of their skills.
如果你的家人有人可以做这件事, 你应该充分利用他们的技能。 7. The two books have something in common. 这两本书有一些共同点。
8. No matter how busy or tired you are, your kids deserve this time with you.
无论你有多么忙或多么累, 这段和你在一起的时间是你的孩子应得的。 9. The change of weather makes it easy for many people to catch a cold in the springtime or fall.
天气的变化使得许多人在春秋时节容易患感冒。
Ⅲ. 结合课文主题, 使用本单元词汇与句型写一篇50词左右的短文 1. 春节前妈妈总为我买新衣服。在新年那一天我就可以穿上盛装(dress up)了。我非常感激(grateful)我的妈妈。
2. 另外, 我们总会买各种各样的(a wide range of)水果和蔬菜。
3. 每年除夕一家人聚在一起(gather)看春节联欢晚会, 期待看到一些著名的人物(figure)。
4. 尽管(in spite of)社会在变化, 但是我们会利用(take advantage of)这个有重大意义的(significant)节日。
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Before the Spring Festival, my mother always buys me some new clothes so that I’ll dress up on the New Year’s Day. I am grateful to my mother. Besides, we always buy a wide range of fruit and vegetables.
Every New Year’s Eve my whole family gather round watching the Spring Festival Gala and expecting to see some famous figures. In spite of the changes of society, we’ll take advantage of this significant festival.
Expressing feelings and emotions
The topic: to talk about one’s experience at the Dragon Boat Festival Positive feelings:
It is fantastic/amazing/very exciting. How wonderful! /How exciting! It is great to have family gather together. I’m really happy to enjoy delicious food. I’m pleased to stay with family members. Negative feelings: It was boring/tiring. It was annoying.
It was a pity that I didn’t take part in a boating race. What’s your experience at the Dragon Boat Festival?
At the Dragon Boat Festival, it is great to have family gather together and enjoy delicious food, especially zongzi made by my mother. I was pleased to stay with them. But it was a pity that I didn’t take part in a boating race.
Unit 1 Festivals and Celebrations
Reading and Thinking
同步达标训练
Ⅰ. 单句语法填空
1. Mr Smith, my former colleague, sent me a note of congratulation (congratulate) on my election victory.
2. I don’t share her religious (religion) belief. 3. Christmas is such a joyful (joy)time of year.
4. More agricultural (agriculture) land is being used for building.
5. The discovery of the new drug is significant (significance) for people suffering from heart problems.
6. There are many shops in the commercial (commerce) heart of the city. 7. All non-violent religious and political beliefs (believe) should be respected equally.
8. We can take part in a wide range of activities after school. 9. All the wheat had been gathered (gather) in before it rained. 10. The man was grateful to me for what I had done for him. Ⅱ. 完成句子
1. The children dressed up and went to attend the ceremony. 孩子们盛装打扮去参加仪式了。
2. I thought I would fail the exam, but I passed after all. 我原以为考试会不及格, 可我毕竟还是及格了。 3. The sizes of apples range from small to medium. 苹果的大小从小到中等不等。
4. The age of the students ranges from 17 to 21 with an average of 19. 这些学生的年龄在17岁到21岁之间, 平均年龄为19岁。 5. Hopes of reaching an agreement seem to be fading away. 达成协议的希望似乎正在消失。
6. In spite of wanting to see him again, she refused to reply to his letters. 尽管很想再见到他, 但她却不愿给他回信。
7. Ma Yun took advantage of the Internet and succeeded in the early 21st century.
马云利用网络在21世纪初取得成功。
8. On this problem, I have nothing in common with you. 关于这个问题, 我和你想法不同。
9. People who take these calls are trained to stay calm, no matter how strange the calls sound.
无论这些电话听起来多么奇怪, 接这些电话的人们都被训练得要保持镇静。
10. The Internet has made it much easier to learn a foreign language. 因特网已经使得学习一门外语变得容易多了。
Ⅰ. 阅读理解
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The Lantern Festival falls on the 15th of the first month of the lunar calendar. This day is always the first full moon in the new year. Ancient people also called it Shangyuan Festival. Celebrations and traditions on this day began from the Han Dynasty and became popular in the Tang Dynasty.
Watching the red lanterns is one of the main traditions. Lanterns of different shapes and sizes are usually put on trees, or along river banks on show. It is said that sky lanterns were first used by Zhuge Kongming to ask for help when he was in trouble. Today, when the lanterns slowly rise into the air, people make wishes. Another tradition is guessing lantern riddles. The riddles are usually short, wise, and sometimes humorous(幽默的). The answer to a riddle can be a Chinese character, a famous person’s name, or a place name.
The most important thing is to eat sweet dumplings with different tastes. In
《Unit 1 Festivals and Celebrations Reading and Thinking》同步练习及答案
