Unit 1 Festivals around the world 知识点题库

—Our new teacher's English is difficult for me to __________.     

—Why don't you ask your brother __________ help?    

Mr. Baker __________ in his old clothes, while his wife __________ a very beautiful skirt.     

阅读理解

    Teachers' Day around the world is not celebrated on the same day.In some countries，Teachers' Day is celebrated on working days.However，in other countries，it is celebrated on holidays.

    Here we are giving you a list of countries that celebrate Teachers' Day on holidays.

China

    The Teachers' Day was proposed(提议)at National Central University in 1931.It was adopted(被采纳) by the central government of Republic of China in 1932.In 1939，the day was set on August 27，Confucius's birthday.People's Republic of China government called it off in 1951.It was reestablished in 1985，and the day was changed to September 10.Now more and more people are trying to celebrate the Teachers' Day back to Confucius's birthday.

India

    In India，Teachers' Day is celebrated on September 5，in honor of Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan，the second President of India.Because his birthday was September 5th.At schools on this day，students in India celebrate this day to show their respect and love to their teachers.

Russia

    In Russia Teachers' Day is on October 5th.Before 1994，this day was set on the first Sunday of September.

USA

    In the United States，Teachers' Day is a holiday on the Tuesday of the first full week of May.

Thailand

    January 16 was adopted as Teachers' Day in the Thailand by a resolution(决议) of the government on November 21，1956.The first Teachers' Day was held in 1957.

Iran

    In Iran，Teachers' Day is celebrated on May 2nd every year.It is in honor of the famous Iranian professor Ayatollah Morteza Motahhari who died on May 2，1980.

    Although different countries celebrate Teachers' Day on different days，the activities people take to celebrate it just stay the same.

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

    He wishes the holiday season would end already. His back aches, his red suit feels like a spacesuit, his cheeks have gone tight from smiling for 12 hours—and still the kids keep coming and coming, like ants at a picnic. As Christmas becomes more commercialized (商业化) across the U. S. and Canada, so must Santa Claus. As the holiday begins earlier each year, so must its spokesmen.

    The questions from children these days are harder than ever. Now, with thousands of children expecting a father or mother serving in Iraq or Afghanistan, the questions are as heart­breaking as they are unanswerable. For example, “Can you please bring Daddy home from the war in time for Christmas morning？”

    Santa Claus; also have a pretty good chance of getting sued (指控). A professional Santa Claus in Canada told a story: A Santa had a girl on his knee, and he commented, “You have nice eyes and nice hair.” The girl later said it was sexual harassment (骚扰). When a Santa feels anxious, he often shows it in the same ways ordinary people do. The Santa Claus were always seen to hang around at the dinner table when the show ended. Many of them just sleep in bed for several days and don't see other children again.

May the joy of New Year be with you the year. 愿新年的快乐一年四季常在。

The most important thing a father can do for his (child) is to love their mother. 父亲能够为孩子所做的最重要的事就是爱他们的母亲。

She was (award) the Nobel Prize for her contribution in medicine.

This is the first time we (see) a film in the cinema together as a family.

On the Dragon Boat Festival people usually eat zongzi Qu Yuan, a great poet.（纪念）

Ever since he lost his son, he has done nothing but weep (悲伤地) all day.

We need warm (衣服)for the winter.

我的大多数同学想去公园，然而我想去更好的地方。(while表示对比)

Most of my classmates wanted to go to a park .

语法填空

    The Mid-Autumn Day is a very important traditional festival in China. It takes its name from the fact that it(celebrate) in the middle of the autumn season. The Mid-Autumn Festival falls on the 15th day of the(eight) lunar month. The day is known as the Moon Festival, as at that time of the year the moon is at its roundest and(bright). It is an evening celebration infamilies gather together and eat moon cakes. Besides, (make) the house more beautiful, people will hang red lanterns in front of it. On that day, people look back on the past and look forward to the future together. Children will play with their own(toy) and enjoy themselves.

    The Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations date backmore than 2,000 years. The word "Mid-Autumn" first (appear) in the famous ancient book Zhou Li. However, it was not until the early Tang Dynasty that people celebrated the day as a traditional festival. It became an (official) established festival during the Song Dynasty, and has become as popular as the Spring Festival since the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Celebrations have continued ever since and more customs for (mark) this occasion have been formed.

假如你是李华，你的外国朋友Mr. Smith想要了解中国春节，请用英文写一篇介绍中国春节的短文。内容包括:

1）春节的时间;

2）庆祝春节的方式;

3）春节的习俗。

注意：

1）词数100左右；

2）可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

The great flood(淹没)many houses.

He held a party to his success and the lasted two days.(celebrate)

下周五有演唱会。(take place)

他们将建造一座纪念碑来纪念这位民族英雄。(in memory of)

Why does the woman make an early appointment?

听材料，回答问题。