Unit 3 Extended reading, Project, Assessment 能力提升练-2022-2023学年高中英语牛津译林版（2020）必修第二册

Unit3  Part 3　Extended reading, Project, Assessment

能力提升练

Ⅰ.课文语法填空

It is just past five o’clock on the Chinese New Year’s Eve, and the dinner table is already covered with white china plates and bowls, full of all sorts of 　1　(dish): chicken, duck, pork, fish and vegetables.  

Many people have settled in big cities, far away from their hometown. Every year,they travel back for the Spring Festival, for 　2　 dream of “three generations under the same roof”. The high-speed train has made it much 　3　(convenient) for them to go back home.  

Already their home 　4　(decorate) for the joyous occasion. From the neat designs of the paper-cuttings on the windows, 　5　 the Spring Festival couplets on the door, and to the New Year paintings on the wall, everything 　6　(represent) joy, luck and happiness. 

After dinner, the hours until midnight go 　7　(slow) by. The whole family are going to stay up late on the Chinese New Year’s Eve. They gather around the television 　8　(watch) the Spring Festival Gala, while eating snacks, chatting with each other and making dumplings, 　9　 they will eat at the very start of the new year. 

As midnight approaches, people begin to set off firecrackers. All over the country, people　10　(celebrate) their good fortune, celebrating their family’s togetherness, and celebrating their nation’s strength. 

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Ⅱ.阅读理解

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It goes without saying that many Western wedding customs are completely different from those of Asian cultures. Some are so rooted in history that many Westerners have no idea whether they even exist.

Traditionally, June has been the most popular month for people to get married. One reason is that June 1 was the date of an ancient Roman festival celebrating the marriage of the god Jupiter and his wife Juno. Another reason will likely astonish you. Centuries ago, taking a bath was not as common as it is today. Some people took a bath only once a year, typically in May. Since June was a time most wedding guests would not be too smelly, that month was preferred.

Another wedding custom is for the bride to “wear something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue.” Wearing something old is said to protect newlyweds’ future baby, while the new item shows optimism for the future. Meanwhile, something borrowed is meant to bring good luck, and something blue is a promise of being faithful. What is less known is the fact that the bride is also supposed to have a sixpence in her shoe for prosperity(兴旺). Interestingly, in Sweden, brides are given two coins before getting married—one gold from her

mother and the other silver from her father—also to put in her shoes. These fascinating customs show just how important certain wedding traditions are in Western cultures.

The concept of the “white wedding”, at which the bride wears a white wedding dress, is a familiar one. It is thought, mistakenly though, that this is a tradition that developed in ancient times and originated from the belief of white being a symbol of purity. Actually, the custom of brides wearing this color dates back less than 200 years and is attributed to the wedding of Queen Victoria. The queen’s choice of white for her wedding was unusual for the time as other colors, especially red, were much more common.

After the news of Victoria’s highly publicized wedding to Prince Albert spread, not just around the United Kingdom, but to other nations including the United States, women began following in her footsteps and wearing white dresses at their wedding ceremonies. With white being the choice of a powerful royal figure like Queen Victoria, the color became associated with wealth, nobility, and the fashion.

1.Based on the text, June has been a popular month to get married probably because 　　　. 

A.Queen Victoria married Prince Albert in June of 1840

B.June is the month in which Romans recall the soul of gods

C.some people didn’t take a bath until May in ancient times