高中英语真题-Unit1FestivalsaroundtheworldReadingTasksWor

Unit1FestivalsaroundtheworldReadingTasksW
ord
Pre-reading activities
Make a list of traditional Chinese festivals and Western festiv als that you know and share them with your partners.
Task II. Tell your group members what people usually do to c elebrate festivals.
Task III. How do Chinese people spend the Spring Festival? While-reading activities
Read the text and fill in the blanks in the chart.
T Task II. Read the text and find the supporting information fo r each of the topic sentences.
Topic Sentences Supporting information
1. Some festivals are held to honour A. Dragon Boat Fes tival honours the ancient
the dead. Chinese poet, Qu Yuan.
2. Some festivals are held to honour B. Chinese people hold carnivals and the whole
famous people. family celebrate the Lunar Ne w Year together.
3. Harvest festivals are happy events. C. They light lamps and play music, expecting to lead their ancestors back to eart
h.
4. Spring Festivals are the most energetic D. People might get awards in farm produce
and important ones. competitions.
Task III. Read the text and put the activities into the proper fe stivals according to the text.
A. clean graves and light incense
B. hold a national festival on October 2 to honour Moh
andas Grandhi
C. give children lucky money in red paper
D. offer food, flowers and gifts to the dead
E. admire the moon and eat mooncakes
F. hold parades, dancing carnivals with loud music and
colourful clothing
G. dress up, ask for sweets or play tricks
H. decorate churches and town halls with flowers and f
ruit
1. Festivals of the Dead ________
2. Festivals to honour people ________
3. Harvest Festivals ________
4. Spring Festivals ________
Task IV. Write a summary of the text.
Post-reading activities
Task I. Compare Chinese Lunar New Year with Christmas. Te ll your group members what is similar and what is different. Task II. Nowadays many Chinese people pay more attention t o Western festivals than traditional Chinese festivals. What’s your opinion on that?
Task III. Try to find some material about Chinese Lunar New Year and write a passage of about 120 words to introduce it t
o your group members.
参考答案
Pre-reading activities
Task I. 略
Task II．略
Task III．略
While-reading activities
1. weather
2. ancestors
3. gifts
4. tricks
5. arrival
6. Moh andas Grandhi
7. Harvest 8. farm produce 9. parades 10. Easter Task II. 1-C 2-A 3-D 4-B
Task III．1. A, D, G 2. B 3. E, H 4. C, F
Task IV．
Most ancient festivals celebrated having enough food to eat. Festivals today are about many other things. Some, such as Obon in Japan and the Day of the Dead in honor people’s an cestors. During Halloween in the West children dress up and ask neighbors for sweets. Other festivals honor people, such as the poet Qu Yuan during the Dragon Boat Festival in China or the explorer Christopher Columbus during Columbus Day i n the . Harvest festivals are held to show people’s gratitude af ter food is gathered from farms for the winter. China and Japa
n have mid-
autumn festivals when people admire the moon and in eat m ooncakes. Many countries hold spring festivals, which look for ward to the end of winter and the coming of spring. Festivals allow people to not only celebrate their customs but also to ea t, drink, have fun together and forget work for a while. (By Ray Cama)
Post-reading activities
Task I. 略
Task II．略
Task III．略
Unit1FestivalsaroundtheworldReadingTasksW
ord
Pre-reading activities
Make a list of traditional Chinese festivals and Western festivals that you know and share th em with your partners.
Task II. Tell your group members what people usually do to celebrate festivals.
Task III. How do Chinese people spend the Spring Festival?
While-reading activities
Read the text and fill in the blanks in the chart.
T Task II. Read the text and find the supporting information for each of the topic sentences. Topic Sentences Supporting information
1. Some festivals are held to honour A. Dragon Boat Festival honours the ancient
the dead. Chinese poet, Qu Yuan.
2. Some festivals are held to honour B. Chinese people hold carnivals and the whole famous people. family celebrate the Lunar New Year together.
3. Harvest festivals are happy events. C. They light lamps and play music, expecting to le ad their ancestors back to earth.
4. Spring Festivals are the most energetic D. People might get awards in farm produce and important ones. competitions.
Task III. Read the text and put the activities into the proper festivals according to the text.
A. clean graves and light incense
B. hold a national festival on October 2 to honour Mohandas Grandhi
C. give children lucky money in red paper
D. offer food, flowers and gifts to the dead
E. admire the moon and eat mooncakes
F. hold parades, dancing carnivals with loud music and colourful clothing
G. dress up, ask for sweets or play tricks
H. decorate churches and town halls with flowers and fruit
1. Festivals of the Dead ________
2. Festivals to honour people ________
3. Harvest Festivals ________
4. Spring Festivals ________
Task IV. Write a summary of the text.
Post-reading activities
Task I. Compare Chinese Lunar New Year with Christmas. Tell your group members what is similar and what is different.
Task II. Nowadays many Chinese people pay more attention to Western festivals than traditi onal Chinese festivals. What’s your opinion on that?
Task III. Try to find some material about Chinese Lunar New Year and write a passage of ab out 120 words to introduce it to your group members.
参考答案
Pre-reading activities
Task I. 略
Task II．略
Task III．略
While-reading activities
1. weather
2. ancestors
3. gifts
4. tricks
5. arrival
6. Mohandas Grandhi
7. Harvest 8. farm produce 9. parades 10. Easter
Task II. 1-C 2-A 3-D 4-B
Task III．1. A, D, G 2. B 3. E, H 4. C, F
Task IV．
Most ancient festivals celebrated having enough food to eat. Festivals today are about many other things. Some, such as Obon in Japan and the Day of the Dead in honor people’s ance stors. During Halloween in the West children dress up and ask neighbors for sweets. Other f estivals honor people, such as the poet Qu Yuan during the Dragon Boat Festival in China or
the explorer Christopher Columbus during Columbus Day in the . Harvest festivals are held t o show people’s gratitude after food is gathered from farms for the winter. China and Japan h ave mid-
autumn festivals when people admire the moon and in eat mooncakes. Many countries hold spring festivals, which look forward to the end of winter and the coming of spring. Festivals al low people to not only celebrate their customs but also to eat, drink, have fun together and fo rget work for a while. (By Ray Cama)
Post-reading activities
Task I. 略
Task II．略
Task III．略。