课时作业9 B 素能提升（Word练习）-【优化指导】2023-2024学年新教材高中英语必修第一册（北师大版2019）

课时作业(9)　B卷　素能提升 Ⅰ.阅读理解 Winter solstice(冬至), an important solar term in the traditional Chinese calendar, as the name implies, means the coming of winter. It generally occurs between December 21st and 23rd. According to the traditional Chinese calendar, one year is divided into twenty－four solar terms. On this day, in the Northern Hemisphere the period of daytime is the shortest of the year and the period of night is the longest. In Northern China there is a custom of eating dumplings during winter solstice. The tradition of eating dumplings during winter solstice has its origin in early times. It is said that dumplings were invented by Zhang Zhongjing, a well－known doctor from the Eastern－Han Dynasty. One winter, he noticed that many people's ears were frozen, which made him sad. In order to prevent and cure the freezing injury caused by the cold, he asked his followers to boil mutton, chilies and other ingredients with medicinal properties in a pot for fending off cold. After these were boiled, they ladled(舀取)the mutton and other ingredients out of the pot, cut them into pieces, and then wrapped them with dough skins in the shape of ears. Afterward, they put these into pots to boil again. On the day of the winter solstice, the people whose ears were frozen were sent to eat the dumplings. People who ate it felt warm from head to toe and had their cold injury healed. Thereafter, every winter solstice people ate dumplings. Then there became a saying that if you eat dumplings during the winter solstice, then you won't freeze your ears off. Afterwards, Zhang Zhongjing died on the day of winter solstice. In order to honor him, every year on the day of the winter solstice every household makes dumplings. [语篇解读]　本文介绍了冬至华北地区习惯吃饺子的由来。“医圣”张仲景发明了“祛寒娇耳汤”来预防和治疗冻伤，以后就成了冬至吃饺子耳朵不会冻坏的习俗，后来人们为了纪念张仲景每年冬至就吃饺子。 1．Which of the following should be the best title of the passage? A．The Custom of Eating Dumplings B．The Inventor of Dumplings C．The Importance of Eating Dumplings D．The Origi