词语运用(一) 人物故事+传统节气
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A
because excite start she read warn surprise unless early one final page
It was Monday afternoon. Pointing to the blackboard, Mr. Hayes reminded his students, “You should hand in
your book report next Monday.”
Katy said in a low voice, “I haven't started yet.”
Tom looked 1. , “I've already finished reading mine.”
“We still have a whole week,” Katy said. “There's plenty of time. I 2. reading it tonight right after the
soccer practice.”
But Katy was too tired to read after the soccer practice. “I'll start the book tomorrow,” she told 3. .
Tuesday came. Katy watched TV for a few hours, and then worked on her coin collection until bedtime. “It's too
late 4. now,” Katy decided. “Tomorrow, I'll start it for sure.”
On Wednesday,Katy 5. by Tom not to leave things until the last minute.
“It's not the last minute,” Katy told him. “I still have four whole days left.”
Unfortunately, she had to clean up her messy room 6. . Then, she was too tired to read. So Katy put off
starting her book until Thursday.
Katy finally began reading her book on Thursday. It was so hard that she had read only a few 7. by
bedtime.
On Friday night, Katy gave up watching her favorite video, 8. she had to read her book. Then on
Saturday morning, she went on reading it.
“At least I have the whole weekend,” she thought. However, she forgot her soccer game! So she lost several
hours to read, which made her even more worried.
Katy read for the rest of Saturday, and she thought to herself, “I wish I'd started it 9. , like Tom!”
Katy 10. finished reading her book on Sunday morning and stayed up writing her book report until
midnight. She looked tired and nervous, thinking to herself, “I think this project has taught me an important lesson.”
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B
with way make while main time valuable mark tradition protect they kind
Falling on March 5 this year, jingzhe, or the “awakening of the insects” is one of the 24 solar terms (节气) in the
Chinese lunar calendar. These terms were 1. used in ancient China to keep record agricultural cycles.
The beginning of March brings some unusual weather, as temperatures rise and rainfall comes
2.___________thunderstorms (雷暴). According to classic Chinese writings, this thunder would wake up insects that
had been hibernating (冬眠) for the winter. They would rise up from the earth and many other animals would also
make 3. first appearance of the year. Soon, peach blossoms would be in full bloom (开花), 4.
birds would sing from tree branches.
Chinese farmers place great importance on jingzhe, since it 5. the start of spring plowing (春耕), one
of the busiest times for farmers. With insects buzzing, it is time 6. crops from pests.
Spring is considered to be 7. time of the year for agriculture. At the beginning of the year, farmers
plow (犁) the soil, giving crops the best possible environment and more nutrition.
Another jingzhe 8. is eating pears. It is thought to be healthy to do so when the weather is changing.
People have different 9. of preparing pears, although it is easiest to just take a bite of the fresh, crisp fruit.
They can 10. into juice, baked, steamed with Chinese wolfberries (枸杞) and crystal sugar, or boiled.
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7. 8. 9.
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【参考答案】
A 1.surprised 2.will start 3.herself
4.to read 5.was warned 6.first 7.pages
8.because 9.earlier 10.finally
B [主旨大意]本文是一篇说明文。惊蛰是中国农历 24 个节气之一。根据中国的经典著作记录,惊雷声将唤醒
冬眠过冬的昆虫、桃花将盛开,而鸟儿会在树枝上唱歌。惊蛰标志着春耕的开始,这是农民最忙的时候之一。吃
梨也是惊蛰的一个传统,这样做被认为是健康的。
1.mainly 2.with 3.their 4.while
5.marks 6.to protect 7.the most valuable
8.tradition 9.ways 10.be made
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