Unit 3 课时检测(3) Grammar and usage（word练习）-【新课程学案】新教材2023-2024学年高中英语必修第二册（译林版2020）

UNIT 3 课时检测(三) Grammar and usage Ⅰ.阅读理解 The Torch Festival (火把节) is a traditional festival which is celebrated among some ethnic groups in southwestern China, such as the Yi, Bai, Hani, Lisu, and Lahu, etc.It usually falls on the 24th or 25th of June, with three days of celebrations.The festival came from worship (崇拜) of fire by ancestors (祖先)．For some ethnic groups, it's a tradition in the festival for elders to share farming experience with young people and educate them about taking care of crops. During the festival, big torches are made to stand in all villages, with small torches placed in front of the door of each house.When night falls, the torches are lit and the villages are bright.At the same time, people walk around the fields and houses, holding small torches and placing the torches in the field corners.Inside the villages, young people are singing and dancing around the big torches that keep burning throughout the night.Other activities like horse races are also held during the festival. In a horse race of the Yi people in Yunnan, torches are used to form hurdles for riders to get through.The Hani people in Yunnan traditionally tie fruits to torches with strings.When the strings are broken after the torches are lit, people struggle for the fruits for good luck. For the Lisu people in Sichuan, the festival is an occasion for holding torch parades.Big torches are carried by teams of people, which is like a fire dragon.If different teams meet, it's a tradition to exchange the big torches with one another. 语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了火把节是中国西南地区一些少数民族的传统节日，并介绍了在节日期间不同民族的庆祝活动。 1．What can we know about the Torch Festival from the first paragraph? A．It has nothing to do with farming. B．Its celebrations usually last two days. C．It is a traditional festival of all China. D．It is a festival to show worship of fire. 解析：选D　细节理解题。根据第一段中的“The festival came from worship of fire by ancestors.”可知，火把节是一个展示对火的崇拜的节日。 2．What does the underlined word “them” in Paragraph 1 refer to