Question

Dear Anne,

How are you? I had great fun last Wednesday,__1.__12^th,2013. It was a traditional Chinese festival called Dragon Boat Festival that day.

This festival is in memory of Qu Yuan, one of __2.__greatest Chinese poets. He killed himself by jumping into the Miluo River on May 5^th of the lunar calendar(陰歷) ，278 BC. People there rowed the boats to ___3.___him. But it was too late. They were very sad and then threw rice into the ___4.__to feed the fishes so that they would stay away from his body.

___5.___ then on, every year on this day, people enjoy ___6.___ Zongzi which is made of rice with meat, eggs and so on. In the past we ate it only ___7.___a year, but now we regarded it as our daily food. We can have it any time we like.

Have you ever ___8.___the dragon boat race on TV? It is another important part of this festival. Several teams row their dragon-shaped boats as ___9.___as they can. The first team to reach the finish line wins.

If you have a plan to visit China next year, would ___10.___like to spend this festival with us?

                                                         Best wishes,

                                                         Xiao Qiang

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.June

2.the

3.save

4.river/water

5.From

6.eating/having

7.once

8.watched/seen

9.fast

10.you

【解析】短文大意：作者在這封信中主要介紹了中國的傳統節日——端午節。其中重點介紹了端午節的由來和端午節期間的活動。

1.聯系后一句描述,可知此處指的是中國端午節的日期,故填專有名詞June,六月.

2.英語形容詞最高前必須加定冠詞the,表示特指,故填定冠詞the,特指某一個.

3.聯系上下文,可知此處指的是人們劃船去救他.本句中to是不定式符號,后面接原形動詞,結合語境可知填原形動詞save.救.

4.聯系上下文描述,可知此處指的是人們往江里面扔米飯來組織魚類吃屈原的尸體.結合語境可知填river/water,河,江/水。

5.聯系下文描述，可知此處指的是從那時起。結合語境可知填介詞From從。

6.聯系下文描述，可知此處指的是吃粽子。Enjoy后常接動名詞作賓語，表示喜歡做某事。結合語境可知填動名詞eating/having吃，作賓語。

7.聯系下文描述，可知此處指的是在過去我們一年只吃一次粽子。結合語境可知填副詞once一次。

8.聯系下文描述，可知此處指的是，你曾經在電視上看見過龍舟嗎？結合語境可知本句描述的是現在已經完成的動作，故用現在完成時態。結合語境可知填過去分詞watched/seen觀看/看見。

9.聯系后一句描述，可知幾個隊以盡可能快的速度劃船。結合語境可知填副詞fast快速地，做狀語。

10.聯系前文條件從句，可知此處指的是，你喜歡和我們一起過這個節日嗎？結合語境可知填人稱代詞you，你。