山东省淄博市博山区2021-2023年中考英语二模试题分类汇编：阅读理解

山东省淄博市博山区 2021-2023年中考英语二模试题分类汇编 阅读理解 2023年山东省淄博市博山区中考二模英语试题 二、阅读理解（共16小题，满分32分） 阅读短文A、B，并做每篇后面的题目，从每小题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。 A Spring Festival, Chun Jie is the first day of the Chinese lunar calendar. The whole family gather to enjoy quality family time. Dumplings are essential to the dinner, because dumplings means reunion and goodwill. According to tradition, during the Qing Ming Festival, people put food in front of the tombs, add new soil on the tomb. Decorate the tombs with some fresh branches and knock head. Now it is a public holiday in China. Although ceremonies (仪式) have changed a little with time. Chinese still express their sadness for the dead. In ancient times, the great poet Qu Yuan couldn’t bear the pain when his motherland was invaded (侵略), so he drowned himself in the river. Local people drop the rice balls into the river to take away fishes’ attention from Qu’s body. Later people memorialized Qu’s patriotism (爱国精神) by rowing and making Zongzi on the Dragon Boat Festival, Duanwujie. That’s how the tradition of dragon boat racing and eating Zongzi were started. The Qixi Festival, also known as the Chinese Valentine’s Day, falls on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month on the Chinese calendar. It says that a fairy named Zhi Nv, who lived in heaven, fell in love with a cow herder named Niu Lang during her trip to earth. Zhi Nv decided to settle down on earth and lead an ordinary life with Niu Lang. Just like an ancient Chinese poem says, the moon was rising from the sea and all the people were sharing this moment … 11. What does the underlined word essential mean in paragraph 1? A. delicious B. meaningful C. reasonable D. necessary 12. What can you learn from the passage? A. Dumplings are the most important for people to celebrate the Spring Festival. B. People have to sweep the tomb at the Qing Ming Festival. C. Qu Yuan is the main story behind the festival of Duanwujie. D. The Qixi Festival is known as the Valentine’s Day, tel