15 二月二，龙抬头 中国传统节日-备战2023年中考英语热点材料真题题型专练

15 二月二，龙抬头 中国传统节日 备战2023年中考英语热点材料真题题型专练 相关材料：二月二为什么叫龙抬头？ 2023-02-21 08:43 　　今天农历二月初二，春回大地，万物萌发。这一天，民间习俗众多： 　　①剃龙头：寓意辞旧迎新，带来好兆头； 　　②吃龙食：这一天的饮食多以“龙”命名； 　　③踏青节：结伴到郊外游览赏花……二月二为什么叫龙抬头？戳图了解↓↓祝新的一年，好运当头！ 一、完形填空 Why do many Chinese people refuse to cut their hair during the first month of the lunar (农历的) year? Tradition says that doing so will ____1____ bring bad luck to your mother’s brothers . Although it’s not true, some people still ____2____ it. ____3____ , after a month’s wait, many people usually cut their hair on Dragon Head-Raising Day (longtaitou). It was once tradition to line up outside of barber shops (理发店) on this day. Dragon Head-Raising Day- the second day of the second lunar month, which falls on March 4th this year. It is an ____4____ traditional Chinese custom. Ancient people believed that ____5____ this day, rainfall would increase because the rain-bringing Dragon King would wake up from his winter sleep. So that day is the start of ____6____ and farming. A well-known saying goes, “On the second day of the second month, the dragon ____7____ his head.” Besides ____8____ their hair, there are also other ways to celebrate this holiday. For example, people eat food with “dragon names”. People call noodles dragon’s beard (longxu). Dumplings are dragon’s ears and spring rolls (chunjuan) are dragon’s scales (longlin). 1．A．certainly B．really C．probably 2．A．like B．believe C．record 3．A．And B．Until C．But 4．A．impolite B．international C．important 5．A．before B．with C．after 6．A．spring B．summer C．autumn 7．A．shakes B．lifts C．turns 8．A．making B．heating C．cutting 【短文大意】 本文介绍了中国传统节日二月二“龙抬头”的习俗。二月二标志着春天和农耕的开始，在这天，人们要理头发，吃与“龙”有关的食物。 【答案解析】 1．句意：传统上说这样做可能会给你母亲的兄弟带来厄运。 certainly当然；really真正地；probably可能；根据“Tradition says that”可知，此处表示“一种可能性”。故选C。 2．句意：虽然这不是真的，但有些人仍然相信这一点。 like喜欢；believe相信；record记录；根据“Although it’s not true” Although引导让步状语从句，后面内容表示转折，可知指“但有些人仍然会相信”。故选B。 3．句意：因此，经过一个月的等待，许多人通常在龙抬头的那天剪头发。 And和；Until直到；But但是；上文“虽然这不是真的，但有些人仍然会相信”；下文“after a month’s wait, many people