Unit 4 time to celebrate part 2-配套主题快乐阅读2024-2025学年外研版（2024）七年级英语上册

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主题：节假日

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People celebrate festivals in different seasons. All over the world, people celebrate the end of the (1). The harvest is over, and now it is the time to enjoy all that good food.
In China, the Mid-Autumn Festival takes place when the moon is (2) during the eighth month. Families gather together. Everyone enjoys eating moon-cakes .
In India, the festival of Diwali is very important for the local people. It is also a time for (3). Every house is lit up with lamps. All the family enjoy special meals.
In Europe, Halloween is when big fires are lit. Children go from (4) asking for sweets. It is also a time when people remember their dead relatives.
After these festivals, the days get shorter and (5). October is when you remember the summer and (6) for the winter . It's also very important.

1.A. spring B. summer C. autumn D. winter

2.A. small B. big C. full D. bright

3.A. lights B. sweets C. friends D. harvest

4.A. school to school B. city to city
C. house to house D. day to day

5.A. warmer B. wetter C. hotter D. colder

6.A. prepare B. ready C. celebrate D. enjoy

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主题：节假日

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Maple Syrup Festival（枫糖节）

It is spring, but it is cold in Canada.Many people (1) to celebrate a sweet festival. It is

the Maple Syrup Festival. There are many maple leaves（枫叶） in (2). People call it "the country of the maple leaves".Some maple leaves have (3) juice inside.People put some bottles in the trees.They use (4) to hold（装，容纳） the sweet juice from March to April.
On the day of Maple Syrup Festival,my parents take me to a big farm (5) a cold morning.The (6) is big and clean.
An old man gets some juice from the maple tree first,then he boils（煮） it. After a long (7)，the juice becomes a little yellow.The old man pours（倒） it on a piece of ice,and it turns to sugar.
It is time to (8)! The sugar is very nice.I feel excited to eat it. It is cold but sweet. Many people eat the sugar. We have a good time. This is a natural（天然的） gift in(9). It is healthy.It is interesting to eat in this way.I think I will (10) forget（忘记） the festival. I want to come to Canada again next year.

1.A. come B. buy C. carry D. bring

2.A. America B. Britain C. Japan D. Canada

3.A. little B. sweet C. bad D. many

4.A. him B. her C. them D. it

5.A. in B. at C. with D. on

6.A. house B. home C. school D. farm

7.A. time B. hours C. minutes D. trip

8.A. drink B. stop C. sell D. eat

9.A. spring B. winter C. autumn D. summer

10.A. always B. never C. often D. sometimes

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主题：节假日

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Many years ago，I lived in Greece，on a very beautiful island.During my first year，I（1） ______ to the beach for the Labour Day holiday.Greek people celebrate Labour Day on 1st May，and it is also a festival to celebrate the beginning of （2）

______ .The sun was shining（3） ______ and the sea was clear blue.I was sitting in a small restaurant by the sea while the cook（4） ______ fish over a fire for lunch.It smelled delicious.There were a lot of local people（5） ______ some tourists.The girls and women（6） ______ flowers in their hair.Someone gave a circle of flowers to me.In the afternoon，people played traditional Greek （7） ______ to dance with it on the beach，and I also danced with them（8） ______ the evening.（9） ______ a wonderful day!All the people（10） ______ themselves.I will remember it for ever.

1.A. made B. went C. left

2.A. winter B. autumn C. summer

3.A. brightly B. carefully C. heavily

4.A. is cooking B. will cook C. was cooking

5.A. as soon as B. as well as C. such as

6.A. wore B. washed C. held

7.A. tennis B. football C. music

8.A. after B. before C. until

9.A. When B. What C. How

10.A. enjoyed B. took C. helped

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主题：节假日

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Christmas is an important festival. All the people in Western countries   (1)   it. And some people enjoy the hard work before that day   (2)   it’s very interesting. Before Christmas, we must get everything   (3)   for it. For example, on the   (4)  before that day, we often have dinner by the Christmas tree. We often make cakes and   (5)   some cola or beer. In my family , my mother usually  (6)   a big cake for us. My old grandfather usually buys the Christmas  (7)  . My father and I usually   (8)   it . We cover it with lights and put the  (9)  under it. Everyone shouldn’t   (10)  his present until