高中英语人教Unit 1 Festivals and Celebrations 作业.doc

UNIT 1　Festivals and Celebrations
A组·基础巩固
Ⅰ. 语法填空
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The Spring Festival is the most important of the traditional Chinese festivals. It is often 1. ________ (call) “Lunar New Year”， because — as part of the lunisolar (阴阳的) Chinese calendar — the date is partially determined based on the lunar phase (月亮或行星的相位). The festival traditionally 2. ________ (begin) on the first day of the first month in the Chinese calendar and ends with the Lantern Festival 3. ________ is on the 15th day. Chinese New Year's Eve, a day when Chinese families gather for their annual reunion dinner, is known as chuxi. It literally means “Year­pass Eve”.
According to 4. ________ (tale) and legends, the beginning of Chinese New Year started with the fight against 5. ________ mythical (神话的) beast called Nian (年兽). Nian would come on the first day of New Year to devour (吞食) livestock (牲畜), crops, and even villagers, 6. ________ (especial) children. To protect 7. ________， the villagers would put food in front of their doors at the beginning of every year. It was believed that after Nian 8. ________ (eat) the food they prepared, it wouldn't attack people any more. One time, people saw that Nian was scared away by a little child wearing red. The villagers then understood that Nian was afraid 9. ________ the colour red. Hence, every time New Year was about to come, the villagers would hang red lanterns and red spring scrolls on windows and doors. People also used fireworks 10. ________ (frighten) away Nian. From then on, Nian never came to the village again.
【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了中国新年的来历。
1. called　考查语态。春节常被叫作“农历新年”，此处主语It与动词call之间为被动关系，故填called。
2. begins　考查时态。传统上来讲，春节开始于农历第一个月的第一天。此处是对客观事实的描述，故用一般现在时。
3. which/that　考查定语从句。分析句子结构可知，空处引导定语从句且在从句中作主语，修饰先行词the Lantern Festival，故填which/that。
4. tales　考查名词复数。tale为可数名词，前无限定词，且根据空后的legends可知，此处应用tale的复数形式与legends构成并列关系。
5. a　考查冠词。空处表示泛指，且mythical以辅音音素开头，所以用不定冠词a。
6. especially　考查副词。根据语境可知此处用副词作状语，表示“尤其”。
7. themselves　考查代词。为了保护自己，