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每周时事热点·冲刺中考英语重难题型考前突破(全国通用)【原卷版】
02 一年一端午,一岁一安康
农历五月初五,是中国民间的传统节日——端午节,又称端阳节、龙舟节等,是集拜神祭祖、祈福辟邪、欢庆娱乐和饮食为一体的民俗大节,与春节、清明节、中秋节并称为中国四大传统节日。赛龙舟、吃粽子、佩香囊、挂艾草等都是端午习俗。
民间流传着很多有关端午节来历的说法,如纪念屈原,纪念原子骨,纪念孝女曹娥以及古越民族图腾祭。其中,最为流传的还是纪念爱国诗人屈原的古老传说。屈原,是春秋时期楚怀王的大臣。他倡导举贤授能,富国强兵,力主联齐抗秦,遭到贵族子兰等人的强烈反对,屈原遭馋去职,被赶出都城,流放到沅、湘流域。他在流放中,写下了忧国忧民的《离骚》、《天问》、《九歌》等不朽诗篇,独具风貌,影响深远(因而,端午节也称诗人节)。公元前278年,秦军攻破楚国京都。屈原眼看自己的祖国被侵略,心如刀割,但是始终不忍舍弃自己的祖国,于五月五日,在写下了绝笔作《怀沙》之后,抱石投泪罗江身死,以自己的生命谱写了一曲壮丽的爱国主义乐章。传说屈原死后,楚国百姓哀痛异常,纷纷涌到罗江边去凭吊屈原。渔夫们划起船只,在江上来回打捞他的真身。有位渔夫拿出为屈原准备的饭团、鸡蛋等食物,“扑通、扑通”地丢进江里,说是让鱼龙虾蟹吃饱了,就不会去咬屈大夫的身体了。人们见后纷纷仿效。一位老医师则拿来一坛雄黄酒倒进江里,说是要药晕蛟龙水兽,以免伤害屈大夫。后来为怕饭团为蛟龙所食,人们想出用楝树叶包饭,外缠彩丝,发展成棕子。从此以后,在每年的五月初五,就有了龙舟竞渡、吃棕子、喝雄黄酒的风俗,以此来纪念爱国诗人屈原。
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一、阅读理解(阅读单选、阅读判断、阅读填表、阅读匹配/配对阅读、多任务混合阅读) 2/10/11/12
二、完形填空 13
三、语法填空 16
四、短文填空(首字母提示) 17
五、补全对话(填句子、7选5) 18
六、读写综合 20
七、书面表达(话题作文、材料作文、电子邮件、书信作文) 22/23/25/29
八、报纸杂志时文阅读(附) 32
【阅读单选·5题】
Zongzi is not just a food with rice and other delicious materials in it, but one of the symbols of the Dragon Boat Festival in China.
The festival is on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. It is to remember the famous poet Qu Yuan in Chinese history. Zongzi, or rice dumpling, also shows the tradition of home cooking in different places. There are different kinds of zongzi. Here are just several examples.
The most famous—Jiaxing zongzi
Jiaxing zongzi, named after the city Jiaxing in Zhejiang Province, is the most famous food during the Dragon Boat Festival thanks to Wufangzhai, the largest zongzi company here. More than 6,000,000 Wufangzhai zongzi are on sale in stores across the country during the festival Jiaxing also has the first and the only museum of zongzi.
The oldest—Xi’an zongzi
The cold honey zongzi has the longest history in Xi’an, a city in central China. Made with rice, cold honey zongzi without fillings(馅) is a great food for the hot summer.
The largest—Nanning zongzi
Each Nanning zongzi is about one kilogram. It is also called “pillow(枕头) zong” because of its large size and the mi