专题6.任务型阅读专练（湖南新中考地区）-冲刺2024届中考英语词汇、考点汇总与解题技巧（湖南中考专用）

任务型阅读专练（湖南新中考地区） 一 阅读下面短文，按要求完成各小题。 The Chongyang Festival is a traditional Chinese festival. It is celebrated on the ninth day of the ninth lunar (阴历) month. It’s also called the Double Ninth Festival. The festival started as early as the Warring States Period (475-221 BC). 4. It has a history of more than 1,700 years. Among the numbers from zero to nine, nine is the highest odd number (基数). People believe that two “ninths” meeting together stand for a long life. 5. 所以对中国人来说它是一个表达爱的特别的节日。They hold many kinds of activities in honor of old people to wish them good health and a long life. The festival comes during the golden time of the fall. On the day, people traditionally drink chrysanthemum (菊花) wine, eat Double-Ninth Cakes and climb mountains. They also carry a kind of plant, and its name is dogwood (茱萸). People in ancient times believed that the plant could drive away evil (邪恶的) spirits and prevent them from catching an illness in winter. 41. When is the Double Ninth Festival? ________________________________ 42. What do two “ninths” meeting together stand for? ________________________________ 43. Did people in ancient times believe that dogwood could prevent them from catching an illness in winter? ________________________________ 4-5 英汉互译。 44. It has a history of more than 1, 700 years. ________________________________ 45. 所以对中国人来说它是一个表达爱的特别的节日。 ________________________________ 二 [1]During the May Day holiday this year, Zha Liguo livestreamed (视频直播) five sunrises (日出) and sunsets over Huangshan Mountain in Anhui. A lot of people joined him by watching his livestreams on their phones. This is called “cloud tourism (云旅游).” [2]44-year-old Zha is a guide. During the five-day holiday, he would start his day with a livestream of the sunrise at the top of the mountain at 5:00 am. He then would walk more than 10 km in the mountain and wait for the sunset with his three phones. [3]COVID-19 makes it hard for many people to travel far away. Because of the livestr