专题05 假日活动

2023中考英语阅读理解专项练习（常考+热门话题）

专题05 假日活动

一、阅读单选

I think April Fool’s Day is a very unusual holiday. On April Fool’s Day, you have to watch out for practical jokes. You also can’t trust everything you hear on April 1st. Even some main newspapers will put fake news to fool people. I heard a story about how on April Fool’s Day, a London newspaper printed an article about how aliens landed in England. This caused many people to be afraid and the local police were not very pleased with the newspaper. 

It can be interesting to play tricks, but you’d better not to go too far. One April Fool’s Day, I called my mother from the university I attended. I told her that I failed all of my exams and because of this, I wasn’t able to graduate. She was so upset that she started to cry. I felt really bad about making her sad and tried to tell her it was just a joke. After I told her it was only an April Fool’s Day’s joke, she got angry with me that she hung up the phone. I had to call her back and apologize before she would talk to me again. 

April Fool’s Day’s jokes can be funny, but you should be careful not to hurt people’s feelings by embarrassing them too much. Before you act, you should always make sure to put yourself in someone else’s shoes and think about how they might feel. 

根据短文内容，选出最佳选项。

1．What can’t be trusted on April fool’s day?

A．Everything you hear. B．Strangers’ jokes.

C．Friends’ jokes D．Everything on TV.

2．What was the writer when he called his mother on April Fool’s Day?

A．A worker. B．A student. C．A teacher. D．A reporter.

3．What does the underlined word “fake” mean in Chinese?

A．可怕的 B．过时的 C．最新的 D．虚假的

4．Which is the following is TRUE?

A．Once aliens landed in England.

B．April Fool’s Day is a usual holiday.

C．The mother felt worried when she got the call.

D．You can do anything to fool your friends on April Fool’s Day.

5．What does the passage mainly tell us?

A．Don’t play jokes on your friends.

B．It’s bad for newspapers to put fake news.

C．Children shouldn’t play jokes on their mothers.

D．Don’t go too far when playing jokes on April Fool’s Day.

The Spring Festival is one of the most important festivals in China. During the festival, Chinese people have many activities. They paste Spring Festival Couplets (春联), greeting the New Year and saying goodbye to the old year. On the first day of the Spring Festival, people hang out, wearing new clothes. Nowadays, children get red pockets from their parents and their relatives. It is a good time for people to visit relatives and friends. More importantly, the Spring Festival is celebrated in other parts of the world. 

The spring Festival was celebrated in the UK from 1980. Every New Year, people also get together and have lots of activities. They sing songs and share photos with friends or watch movies in the cinema. Besides the Spring Festival has become a key time for Chinese living in the US. They join in a large evening party to welcome the traditional New Year. The Chinese New Year will be welcomed with three week f celebrations across Australia. Thousands of people come to Sydney’s Chinatown. They enjoy fireworks and lion dances. The family dinner on New Year’s Eve is an important tradition for Chinese whether they were born in Singapore or moved there from China. They usually hold it at home because having it in a restaurant takes away the meaning of the tradition.

6．According to Paragraph (段落) One, children can get red pockets from their ________ on the first day of the Spring Festival.

A．friends B．parents and relatives C．teachers D．classmates

7．Which activity is NOT mentioned (提到) in Paragraph One?

A．Hold a New Year party. B．Hang out, wearing new clothes.

C．Visit relatives and friends. D．Paste Spring Festival Couplets.

8．The underlined word “fireworks” in the second paragraph means “________” in Chinese.

A．火炉工 B．消防员 C．烟花表演 D．畅销书

9．Which of the following is TRUE?

A．The Spring Festival is the most important festival in China.

B．The Spring Festival is celebrated only in China.

C．The Spring Festival was celebrated in the US from 1980.

D．Chinese living in Singapore usually hold the family dinner on New Year’s Eve at home.

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