备战2022年中考英语考前时事热点话题阅读+题型专练
热点04 端午节习俗及庆祝活动
一、阅读理解
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The Chinese Dragon Boat Festival is also known as Duanwu Festival. It is one of the three most important lunar(阴历的) festivals in China, along with Spring Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival. The date of the festival is said to be the date when Qu Yuan died—the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, so the date varies from year to year, such as it is June 20 in 2015, June 9 in 2016, May 30 in 2017, June 18 in 2018, June 7 in 2019, June 25 in 2020 and June 14 in 2021.
Although the date is different, the custom is the same. With a history of over 2000 years, people celebrate it with all kinds of activities on the day. They hold dragon boat racing, eat zongzi, drink realgar wine(雄黄酒), wear sachets(香囊) and so on. But dragon boat racing is t
he most popular activity during the Dragon Boat Festival.
1. Which of the following is NOT the most important lunar festival in China?
A. May Day    B. Dragon Boat Festival   
C. Spring Festival    D. Mid-Autumn Festival
2. Why do we celebrate Dragon Boat Festival on this day?
A. Because Qu Yuan was born on this day.    B. Because Qu Yuan liked this day.
C. Because Qu Yuan died on this day.    D. Because Qu Yuan hated this day.
3. Dragon Boat Festival is on ________ in 2020.
A. June 20    B. May 30    C. June 25    D. June 7
4. ________ is the most popular with people in the Dragon Boat Festival.
A. Eating zongzi    B. Wearing sachets
C. Drinking realgar wine    D. Dragon boat racing
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There is an interesting festival in China. On that special day, people in Hunan Province always have a dragon boat match. The dragon boat is quite long, like a dragon. There are pictures of dragons on each side. The front of the boat is like the head of a dragon. During the match, about twenty men in the boat make it move quickly. There is always a man standing in the middle of the boat. He beats a drum to make the other boat in the same rhythm. It’s an interesting match when they are reaching(到达) the end. The audience(观众) along the lake shout for their favourite team. From this match, we have the name of the festival –the Dragon Boat Festival.
This special day has another name—Duanwu Festival. About it we have a story. Long long ago, there was a famous poet(诗人) called Qu Yuan. He was famous not only for his poems, but also for thinking a lot for the people. After he died, people eat rice dumplings in memory of him on this special day.
5. What’s the name of this special festival? It’s called______.
A. Chinese New Year    B. Mid-Autumn Festival
C. the Dragon Boat Festival    D. Halloween
6. It’s also called Duanwu Festival in memory of ________.
A. a poet called Qu Yuan    B. a poet called Li Bai
C. a poet called Du Fu    D. a poet called Bai Juyi
7. In the match, there is always a man standing in the middle to______.
A. shout for them    B. help them shout
C. carry a dragon for them    D. beat a drum for them
8. On that day, people eat__________.
A. pumpkins    B. moon cakes    C. rice dumplings    D. Candies
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TRADITIONAL CHINESE FESTIVELS
Name
Lantern Festival
Tomb-sweeping Day
The Dragon Boat Festival
Mid-Autumn Festival
Date
Lunar January 15th
April 5th
Lunar May 5th
Lunar August 15th
How to celebrate
People eat sweet dumplings for good luck, watch a lantern show and guess riddles.
People sweep the tombs to remember the dead. Also they fly kites on this day.
People hold and watch dragon boat races in many places and eat zongzi to remember Qu Yuan.
Family members get together to eat mooncakes and enjoy the bright full moon.
[riddle字谜  tomb墓  lunar农历]
9. From above we know all these festivals are _____ traditional festivals.
A. Chinese    B. American    C. British
10. The Mid-Autumn Festival comes  _______than Lantern Festival.
special怎么读A. eight months earlier    B. eight months later    C. seven months later
11. People usually eat _____ and watch _______ at Dragon Boat Festival.
A. zongzi, dragon boat races
B. moon cakes, the moon
C. sweet dumplings, a lantern show
12. From the form we know people celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival to remember__________.
A. Chang’e    B. Qu Yuan    C. old people
13. Which of the following is not TRUE according to the information above?
A. People sweep tombs on Tomb-sweeping Day to remember the dead.
B. Family members often get together to guess riddles on Lantern Festival .
C. We can’t see the bright full moon both on Lantern Festival and Mid-Autumn Day.
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For Chinese, it's a time for dragon boat racing and Zongzi (粽子).  But across the Yellow Sea, South Korea, wrestling (摔跤) and swing play are thehighlights. However, both events go by the same name-the Dragon Boat Festival-which falls on May 5 of the lunar calendar. One festival, two cultures: does one nation have the right to call its own? It has been reported that South Korea will apply to the UNESCO (联合国教科文组织) to make the celebration its cultural heritage (文化遗产). If successful, people from other countries may s
ee the Dragon Festival as a Korean creation. As the birthplace of the yearly event more than 2,000 years ago, China is not happy with the situation. "It would be a shame if another country successfully made a traditional Chinese festival part of its own cultural heritage ahead of China," said Zhou Heping, deputy culture minister. The Ministry of Culture is even thinking of making its own application to UNESCO, covering all traditional Chinese festivals, including the Dragon Boat event. Over the years, the Dragon Boat Festival has spread throughout the world. In Japan and Viet Nam, as well as South Korea, the festival has mixed with and become part of local culture. With this in mind, some experts say that it is meaningless to argue about which country the festival belongs to. "No one can deny that it came from China," said Long Haiqing, an expert from Hunan Province. "But if all the countries involved can protect culture heritage together, they will all benefit. "

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