02 中华传统文化篇（2）-备战2024年中考英语新热点时文阅读

初中英语时文阅读2 （中华传统文化篇） 文章导读 阅读理解 A篇： 放假、纳凉、外卖……古代人生活方式是如何的呢？ B篇：中秋节和感恩节，都是与家人团聚一起的节日。 C篇：火锅、东坡肉、餐桌礼仪 ...... 探寻中国饮食文化 D篇：国学故事。千金买马首。 E篇：国学故事。用人如器。 完形填空 Cloze 1 中国传统经典故事——闻鸡起舞。 Cloze 2中国传统经典故事——滴水穿石。 Cloze 3中国传统经典故事——仓颉造字。 语法填空 国学故事——见贤思齐焉，见不贤而内自省也 A 阅读理解 Weekends, air conditioners (空调), takeouts… are all common things for modern people. Have you ever wondered if ancient people enjoyed the same lifestyles? Let’s take a look. No weekends In ancient China, there were no weekends because people did not use a weekly calendar. But they could still relax after work. During the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220), officials (官员) took one day off every five days. During the Tang Dynasty (618-907), officials worked for 10 days and rested for one day. They usually bathed and washed their hair on their day off, which was called xiumu (休沐). There were also many public holidays in ancient times, such as Spring Festival, winter solstice and Mid-Autumn Festival. People like farmers and businessmen usually worked most of the year, but even the most hard-working people would take a few days off during Spring Festival. Smart ways of staying cool In modern times, we can enjoy cold drinks in air-conditioned rooms to stay cool. In ancient times, though people didn’t have these things, they had their own wisdom to get through the heated summer.  As early as the Zhou Dynasty, there was a special department (部门) called the “ice administration” whose workers were responsible for collecting ice blocks (冰块) in winter and storing them in an icehouse. When summer came, people could take the ice blocks home and use them to make their rooms cooler. The ice could also be used to make cold drinks. The “bingjian (冰鉴)” was a type of ancient fridge. It was a big box made of ceramic (陶), wood or metal (金属) filled with ice. People would put drinks inside and close the lid (盖子), and the drinks would become colder over time.  There was a kind of pillow made of porcelain (瓷器) that felt pleasantly cool. It is sa