《中职公共基础课程 基础模块 英语3》unit 1 Festivals Around the World 阅读理解专项练习（含答案与解析）

中小学教育资源及组卷应用平台 Unit 1 Festivals Around the World 阅读理解专项练习 姓名：_____班级：_____ A The Spring Festival is the Chinese Lunar New Year’s Day. It is people’s favorite festival in China and in many Asian countries, just like Christmas in the West. No matter how far away from home, people try to get back home before Lunar New Year’s Eve. A week before the festival, people begin to clean houses, prepare Chinese traditional food, get new clothes for children, hang up red lanterns in the yard, paste colorful paper-cuts on windows and Spring Festival couplets on both sides of gates or doors. On Lunar New Year’s Eve, with the whole family together, people share happiness and great joy, having delicious food, playing games, singing and dancing and watching wonderful TV programs for the Spring Festival on CCTV. At midnight, people have some jiaozi and set off crackers and fireworks to welcome the coming new year. On the first morning of the Lunar New Year, people get up early, dress up and go to show respect to the senior members of the family. People also express good wishes to friends, neighbors and relatives. Children are always very happy to receive the “lucky” money from the senior. （ ）1.The Spring Festival is _____. A.Chinese people’s favorite festival B.similar to Christmas in the West C.celebrated in many Asian countries D.all of the above （ ）2.What does Paragraph 2 mainly tell us A.What preparations people make for the Spring Festival. B.Why people celebrate the Spring Festival. C.How people celebrate Lunar New Year’s Eve. D.What people do on the first morning of the Lunar New Year. （ ）3.People usually eat dumplings _____ from the passage. A.on Lunar New Year’s Eve B.at midnight C.on the first morning of the Lunar New Year D.a week before the Spring Festival （ ）4.Which of the following about the Spring Festival is NOT TRUE A.Children can get the “lucky” money from the senior. B.People try to get back home after Lunar New Year’s Eve. C.People express good wishes to friends and relatives. D.People set off crackers and fireworks to welcome the new year. （ ）5.This passage develops in the order of _____. A.place B.logic C.time D.events B St. Patrick’s Day is an Irish festival that is celebrated on March 17th every year. On St. Patrick’s Day, Irish families would traditionally attend church in the morning and celebrate in the afternoon. People would dance, drink and eat the traditional meal of bacon and cabbage. Nowadays there is usually a St. Patrick’s Day parade. The first St. Patrick’s Day parade took place not in Ireland, but in the United States. Irish soldiers serving in the English army marched through New York City on March 17, 1762. Along with their music, the parade helped the Irish soldiers to remember their homes and families, and to meet other Irishmen serving in the English army. There have been St. Patrick’s Day parades ever since and today more than 150,000 people take part in the New York p ... ...