新人教版高中英语必修三第一二单元综合试题

必修三第一、二单元综合试题

本试卷分第I卷(选择题)和第II卷(非选择题)两部分，满分120分，考试时间100分钟。

第一部分阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)

第一节(共15小题; 每小题2分，满分30分)

阅读下列列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

A

In Vietnam, Tet-Trung-Thu, or the Mid-Autumn Festival, is one of the most popular family holidays. It is held on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month.

Vietnamese families plan their activities around their children on this special day. In a Vietnamese folk story, parents were working so hard to prepare for the harvest that they left the children playing by themselves. To make up for that time, the parents would use the Mid-Autumn Festival as a chance to show their love and thanks for their children.

As a result, the Mid-Autumn Festival is also called the Children’s Festival. In the United States, this tradition continues in many Vietnamese-American families. Activities are often centered on children and education. Parents buy lanterns (灯笼) for their children so that they can take part in a candle and lantern parade at dawn. Lanterns mean brightness, while the parade means success in school. Vietnamese markets sell a variety of lanterns, but the most popular children’s lantern is the star lantern. Other children’s act ivities include arts and crafts（手工艺）in which children make face masks and lanterns. Children also perform traditional Vietnamese dances for adults and take part in contests for prizes. Unicorn（麒麟）dancers are also very popular.

Like Chinese people, Vietnamese parents tell their children folk stories and serve mooncakes and other special treats under the bright moon. A favorite folk story is about a carp (鲤鱼) that wanted to become a dragon. The carp worked and worked and finally changed itself into a dragon. Parents use this story to encourage their

children to work hard so that they can become whatever they want to be.

1. We can learn from the passage that Tet-Trung-Thu is celebrated ________.

A. in Asian countries

B. by Vietnamese-American families

C. all over the world

D. in the United States

2. In both Vietnam and China, during the Mid-Autumn Festival, people would _____ .

A. eat mooncakes

B. give lucky money in red paper

C. take part in contests

D. buy a carp

3.What is the focus of the Mid-Autumn Festival in Vietnam?

A. Family get-togethers.

B. Children and education.

C. Relaxation and fun in the middle of the year.

D. Parents having more time with their children.

4.The parents tell their children folk stories because ______.

A. children like listening to them in the evening

B. they want to show their love for their children

C. they want to encourage their children to work hard

D. they want to make up for lost time

B

Unlike most other holidays, the history of April Fools’ Day, sometimes called All Fools’ Day, is not totally clear. The only point in time that can be agreed on as the beginning of this tradition was 1582, in France. Before that year, the New Year was celebrated for eight days, beginning on March 25. The celebration reached the highest point on April 1. With the reform of the calendar under Charles IX, the Gregorian calendar (公历,阳历) was introduced, and New Year’s Day was moved to January 1.

However, because in those days communications were not as developed as they are today, many people did not receive the news for several years. Some people refused to accept the new calendar and continued to celebrate the New Year on April 1. These backward people were considered “fools” by other people. They were often sent on “fools’ errands”(徒劳无益的工作) or were made the targets of jokes.

This developed, over time, into a tradition of playing a trick on someone on the first day of April. The tradition eventually spread to England and Scotland in the