人教版Day 8-冲刺2020中考英语阅读理解七选五20天集训.doc

Day 8
Passage 1
The history of the Christmas tree comes as a shock to many countries. This famous symbolism（象征意义）of Christmas is displayed in homes in the United States, Europe, and in many other countries around the world.
1.______ The Druids in ancient England and the Romans in Europe both used evergreen branches to decorate their houses and public buildings to celebrate the Winter Solstice（冬至）. 2.______ Trees used to celebrate Christmas are mentioned in the early 1600s in Germany and surrounding countries. 3.______ As these people moved somewhere else or moved to other countries, they brought this tradition with them.
4.______ As the world moved into the 1900s, many trees were decorated with homemade cards and pictures, cotton, candies in all shapes and sizes. Candles were sometimes used, but often caused big fires. 5.______ Electric tree lights were first used just 3 years after Thomas Edison’s invention of electric lights in 1879. The early lights were handmade and quite expensive.
Today, Christmas tree decorations can be found in nearly every imaginable size, color, and shape, and they are used to decorate millions of Christmas trees used throughout the world.
A. The families would set up these trees in a significant position of their home and decorate them with colored paper, small toys, food, and sometimes candles.
B. It is a time for them to pray for the