1、和节日有关的英语阅读理解含答案 MrLee was in bed and was trying to go to sleep when he heard the bell ringHe turned on the light and looked at his clockIt was twelve oclockWho can it be at this time of night? He thoughtHe decided to go and find outSo he got up，put on his dressing gown(浴袍) and went to the doorWhen h
2、e opened the door，there was nobody thereThat is very strange Then he went back to his bedroom，took off his dressing gown，got back into bed，turned off the light and tried to go to sleep A few minutes later he heard the bell ring againMrLee jumped out of bed very quickly and rushed to the doorHe opene
3、d it，but again he found no one thereHe closed the door and tried not to feel angryThen he saw a piece of paper on the floorHe picked it upThere were some words on it：It is now after midnight(午夜)，so it is April Fools Day(愚人节)April fool to you! Oh，it was the English boy next door! MrLee exclaimed(惊叫)
4、and almost smiledHe went back to bed and felt asleep at onceThe bell did not ring again 根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。 ( ) 1When did MrLee go to bed? He went to bed _ Abefore twelve oclock Bafter twelve oclock Cwhen the bell rang Dwhen he saw the boy ( ) 2Why did he rush to the door when he heard the bell ring the
5、second time? AHe wanted to open the door for the visitor BHe wanted to find out who the visitor was CHe was afraid of the ring DHe was waiting for someone ( ) 3From this passage，we learn that we can _ on April Fools Day Asay Hello to each other Bdance and sing at night Cplay jokes on each other Dsen
6、d presents to children ( ) 4What did MrLee think about the English boy? He thought he _ Awas a good boy Bwas friendly with him Cshouldnt ring the bell at midnight Ddid a dangerous thing just now ( ) 5How about the English boy according to the passage? AHe is friendly BHe is nervous CHe was handsomeD
7、He was kind答案： 1A 文章第一段的前三个句子就告诉了此题的答案。 2B 文中“Who can it be at this time of night?”，说明 Mr.Lee 很想知道是谁在午夜时来敲门。 3C 在愚人节这天，人们可相互开玩笑。 4B 英国男孩和 Mr.Lee 开玩笑，说明他把 Mr.Lee 看成朋友，所以答案是 B。 5A 根据短文中男孩和 Mr.Lee 开玩笑，可以看出男孩很友好，所以选 A。二 Every year there is a Spring Festival in ChinaUsually it is in January or FebruaryIt
8、 is the most important festival in ChinaSo before it comes，everyone has to prepare thingsThey buy pork，beef，chicken，fruits and many other thingsAnd they often make a special kind of food dumplingsIt means come togetherOn the day before the festival，parents buy new clothes for their childrenChildren
9、also buy presents for their parentsOn the Spring Festival Eve(除夕)，all the family members come back to their hometownThis is a happy momentSome sing and dance，some play cards and others get the dinner readyWhen they enjoy the meal，they give each other the best wishes for the coming yearThey all have
10、a good time 根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。 ( ) 1Which is the most important festival in China? AThe Mid Autumn Festival BLantern Festival CChildrens Day DThe Spring Festival ( ) 2When is the Chinese Spring Festival usually celebrated? AIn March or April BIn May or June CIn January or February DIn December ( ) 3_ is
11、 the special kind of food for the Spring Festival in China AChicken BDumpling CFish DFried rice ( ) 4Whats the meaning of the food dumplings for Chinese people in the Spring Festival? ACome together BHelp yourself CLook up DCongratulate ( ) 5The family _ when they are having dinner together on the S
12、pring Festival Eve Agive each other the best wishes Bbuy each other presents Csing，danceDplay cards答案： 1D 根据短文中 It is the most important festival in China可以看出春节是中国最重要的节日，所以选 D。 2C 由文章中 Usually it is in January or February可知中国的春节是在一二月份举行的，所以选 C。 3B 根据短文内容 they often make a special kind of food dumpli
13、ngs，可知选 B。 4A 根据文中 It means come together，可以看出，Dumplings 是“come together”的象征，所以选 A。 5A 根据短文最后几句话可以看出，人们在吃饭时互相祝福，所以选 A。三 What is your favorite holiday? Here are some students opinions Sandy from Taiwan says： My favorite holiday is the Mid-Autumn festivalI always visit my grandfather and grandmother，a
14、nd we always go to the same restaurant on the mountain to hold jubilationAt night，we always have a barbecue，and watch the moon togetherI enjoy it a lot Zhenia from Ukraine says： My favorite day is New Years DayWe celebrate the new year on the 31st of DecemberFather Frost comes with his granddaughter
15、 on that nightHe puts his presents under the New Year TreeWe have a party and stay up until midnight to see the New Year in and the Old Year offWe cook delicious food for the partyPeople also celebrate Old New Year in our countryIt is on the 14th of January Yagna from India says： My favorite day is
16、Deepavali(屠妖节)，which is also called Festival of LightsPeople do some cleaning at home and light their oil lamps to thank for the defeat of the bad kingTo celebrate it，we also eat sweets and delicious food，wear new clothes，and give presents to our friends and relatives Pat from Thailand says： My name
17、 is PatMy favorite holiday is SongkranIt takes place from the 13th to 15th of AprilOn the holiday people pour water on each otherIt is a lot of funPeople also buy new clothes and they have big parties 根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。 ( ) 1What is Sandys favorite holiday? AThe Mid-Autumn festival BNew Years Day CDeepa
18、vali DSongkran ( ) 2The underlined word jubilation is closest in meaning to _ Ahope Bcelebration Cpresent Dexercise ( ) 3What does the underlined word Songkran probably mean in Chinese? A音乐会 B新年 C中秋节 D泼水节 ( ) 4In order to celebrate Deepavali，we can _ Aeat sweets and delicious food Bweal new clothes
19、Cgive presents to others Dall of the above ( ) 5Where does Zhenia come from according to the passage?ATaiwan BIndia CUkraine DThailand答案： 1A 根据第一个学生的话可以确定 Sandy 最喜欢的节日是中秋节，即选 A。 2B 根据 Sandy 的叙述可知，他们总是去同一个饭店，可以猜测是庆贺节日，所以选 B。 3D 根据 Pat 的介绍可知在 4 月 13 15 日，他们可以把水泼在别人身上，所以确定是泼水节，选 D。 4D 根据 Yagna 的叙述，可以确定
20、为了庆祝屠妖节，他们可以吃糖和佳肴，可以穿新衣服，可以送别人礼物，所以选 D。 5C 根据第四段的内容可以找出 Zhenia 是来自乌克兰，即 C。四 Around the world，people have different traditional foods to celebrate different festivalsTraditional foods also show a new year of good luck and good health： An English Christmas dinner has a meal of turkey，and it also inclu
21、des pies and plum puddings(李子布丁)In Germany，Christmas is celebrated with bread cookies and cakes，which are made like Christmas treesIn France，Christmas dessert is a cake filled with butter cream In southern parts of India，there is a three-day festival in mid-January called PongalIt includes rice and
22、a dish of rice cooked with sugar that is shared with families and friends Japan celebrates New Year with a seven-day festivalIt begins from January 1stFood is prepared before the festival so people dont need to cook during the festivalOn New Years Day，various dishes called Osechi ryori(御节料理) are ser
23、ved each dish is a wish for the New Year In most Asian countries，the New Year begins with the first full moon of the first Chinese Lunar(阴历的) monthEach place has its special food to welcome the coming year：People in China prepare their food ahead of time to avoid the possibility that using a knife d
24、uring New Years time might cut luck，Foods with lucky names are popular，such as fish，which sounds like surplus(剩余) 根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。 ( ) 1What do you learn from the passage? Apeople have different traditional foods to celebrate different festivals BNew Year begins from January 10th in Japan CIn France，C
25、hristmas dessert is a cake filled with butter DTraditional foods only show a new of good luck ( ) 2What did a three-festival in mid-January in southern parts of India? AChristmas BPongal CNew Year DLantern Festival ( ) 3In Japan，people all like eating _ on New years Day Aturkey Bdessert COsechi ryor
26、i Ddumplings ( ) 4The underlined word various in Paragraph 4 can best be replaced by _ Adifferent Bsame Cexpensive Dfew ( ) 5The underlined word possibility in Paragraph 5 probably means _ in ChineseA必须性 B必然性 C可变性 D可能性答案： 1A 由第一段的内容可知，人们用不同的传统食物来庆祝不同的节日，所以选 A。 2B 根据第三段的内容可知在印度南部地区连续三天的节日是 Pongal。 3C
27、 根据短文第四段的内容可知，在日本的节日里人们习惯吃御节寿司，所以选 C。 4A 根据第四段的内容可以确定 various 是“各种各样的，丰盛的”，所以选 A。 5D 根据最后一段内容可知，possibility 是名词，可以推断出是“可能性”，所以选 D。五 On Thanksgiving Day，most of us will sit down to enjoy a turkey dinnerThe bird also shows up on the table at ChristmasHow did we start with the tradition of savoring tur
28、keys during the holidays? They were fresh，cheap，and big enough to feed a group of peopleAmericans like having large poultry(家禽) for celebrations because they dont need to pay a lot for the birdsCows were more useful alive than dead，and beef wasnt widely offered until the late 19th centuryChicken was
29、 more highly regarded than it is todayVenison(鹿肉) would have been another choice，especially during the 17th and 18th centuriesEating turkey was also a British holiday custom(风俗，习惯) people brought to the New World Among the big birds，turkey is the most suitable for ThanksgivingTurkeys were born in the springThey spend about seven months eating insects on the farmBy Thanksgiving，they have grown to about 10 poundsTurkeys are cheaper than geese，which are more difficult to raise，and cheape
