专题16 节日的由来

2023中考英语阅读理解专项练习（常考+热门话题）

专题16 节日的由来

一、阅读单选。

（2022·河南·镇平县基础教育教学研究室模拟预测）There are many traditional Chinese festivals. Among them, the Spring Festival, the Tomb-Sweeping Day, the Dragon Boat festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival are the main ones. The fifteenth day of the eighth lunar (农历的) month every year, people celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival.

In ancient China, festival time was mostly related to the moon’s movement. The moon symbolizes (象征) softness and brightness, and brings joy to people.

The moon is the most beautiful of the year on Mid-Autumn Festival. Autumn is a harvest season. There are good harvests across China. The crops (庄稼) that the farmers get makes them very happy. 

On the Mid-Autumn night, families will get together, admire the moon, taste the mooncakes and enjoy the happy family reunion (团聚). The Mid-Autumn Festival has lasted for over thousands of years and formed a tradition of life. _________It goes more than a festival and is given rich cultural connotations (内涵). Reunion is the theme of the Mid-Autumn Festival and gives endless inspiration to the ancient and modern poets. There are a lot of popular poems left and read through the ages.

“As the bright moon rises above the sea, everyone far away enjoy the same moment.” “When will the moon be clear and bright? Holding a cup of wine, and I ask the blue sky.” The two poems express people’s expectations of perfection (对完美的期望).

“Looking up, I find the moon bright. Bowing, in homesickness, I’m drowned.” The full moon on the Mid-Autumn night makes people miss their family and loved ones.

1．How did the writer begin the text ?

A．By giving examples. B．By asking a question.

C．By telling a story. D．By showing some poems.

2．What does the word “harvest” mean in the third paragraph?

A．The way of bringing the crops together. B．The time to plant something in the field.

C．The time of year when the crops are brought together. D．The time to catch a number of animals or fish.

3．Which of the following sentences can be put in ____▲____?

A．What a wonderful time! B．It’s not just a sign of time.

C．You can have a great time. D．Enjoy yourself with your family.

4．How many poems about people’s expectations of perfection are mentioned in the text?

A．One B．Two. C．Three. D．Four.

5．What’s the best title for the text ?

A．How to Celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival.

B．Enjoy Your Day on the Mid-Autumn Festival.

C．Popular Poems about the Mid-Autumn Festival

D．A Traditional Chinese Festival—the Mid-Autumn Festival.

（2022·福建省南平市教师进修学院（南平市教育科学研究院、南平市普通教育教学研究室）模拟预测）On May 11, Academician Zhong Nanshan said in an International Nurses’ Day blessing video: “I have been engaged (从事) in clinical (临床的) medical work for more than 60 years, and I have always firmly believed that medical treatment can’t be separated from nursing.” Nowadays, nurses and doctors are called “angels in white” together.

Ms. Florence Nightingale, the founder of nursing, was born in Italy on May 12, 1820. 

She got the nickname “The Lady with the Lamp” during the Crimean war. Every night, Nightingale would make rounds through the hospitals to check on the men with a small lamp in her hands.

Today, “Nightingale” has become a symbol of the spirit of nurses who burn themselves and illuminate (照亮) others. So Nightingale’s birthday became International Nurses’ Day in 1974.

Nurses account for more than half of all the world’s health workers. Historically, as well as today, nurses are at the forefront (最前线) of fighting epidemics (传染病) and pandemics (全球大流行病)-providing high quality and respectful treatment and care. 

The Covid-19 pandemic reminds everyone what a vital role nurses play. They are safeguarding the lives of thousands of people on the front line of the fight against the novel coronavirus (新冠病毒) with their own lives. They have deep dents(凹痕) in their skin due to the tightly fastened (紧束) masks, but in fact, the covering couldn’t hide their beauty. Without nurses and other health workers, we will not win the battle against outbreaks.

Salute (向……致敬) all the nurses who protect life in the name of love.

6．What does Zhong Nanshan really want to tell us in paragraph 1?

A．Nursing is as important as medical treatment. B．Doctors are more important than nurses.

C．He’s an experienced doctor. D．Nurses are more important than doctors.

7．When is International Nurses’ Day?

A．On May 11. B．On May 12. C．On May 13. D．On May 15.

8．Which of the following is TRUE?

A．The covering of masks could hide the nurses’ beauty.

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