(高中英语2019版)阅读理解(节假日活动)(含解析)(含答案)

1、（节假日活动）李仕才美女逊;卖Valentine's Day 导读：瓦伦丁节，即情人节，是一个浪漫的节日。本文介绍了瓦伦丁节的来历及习俗。 Every February 14, across the United States and in other places around the world, candy, flowers and gifts are exchanged between loved ones, all in the name of St. Valentine. But who is this mysterious saint, and where did the

2、se traditions come from?The history of Valentine's Day is shrouded in mystery. But we do know that February has long been a month of romance. St. Valentine's Day, as we know it today, contains vestiges of both Christian and ancient Roman tradition.One legend contends that Valentine was a pri

3、est who served during the third century in Rome. When Emperor Claudius II decided that single men made better soldiers than those with wives and families, he outlawed marriage for young men. Valentine, realizing the injustice of the decree , defied Claudius and continued to perform marriages for you

4、ng lovers in secret. When Valentine's actions were discovered, Claudius ordered that he be put to death.According to another legend, Valentine actually sent the first "valentine" greeting himself. While in prison, it is believed that Valentine fell in love with a younggirl his jailor&#

5、39;s daughter who visited him during his confinement . Before his death, itis alleged that he wroteher a letter, which he signed "From your Valentine," anexpression that is still in use today. Although the truth behind the Valentine legends is murky , the stories certainly emphasize his ap

6、peal as a sympathetic, heroic, and, most importantly, romantic figure.Valentine's Day is not a public holiday. Government offices, stores, schools and other organizations are open as usual. Public transit systems run on their regular schedule.Restaurants may be busier than usual as many people g

7、o out for an evening with their spouse or partner. Valentine's Day is also a very popular date for weddings.The most common Valentine's Day symbols are the heart, particularly in reds and pinks, and pictures or models of Cupid. Cupid is usually portrayedas a small wingedfigure with a bow and

8、 arrow. In mythology , he uses his arrow to strike the hearts of people. People who have fallen in love are sometimes said to be struck by Cupid's arrow.瓦伦丁节每年 2 月 14 日，在美国，以及世界各地的一些地方，相爱的人互赠糖果、鲜花和礼物，这一切都是以圣瓦伦丁的名义。但是这个神秘的基督徒是谁呢？这些传统又是从哪里起源的呢？圣瓦伦丁节的历史是一个谜。但是我们确实知道二月一直就是一个浪漫的月份。圣瓦伦丁节，正如我们今天所知，既含有基

9、督教又含有古罗马传统的痕迹。有一个传说认为瓦伦丁是公元3 世纪罗马的一位神父。当时罗马皇帝克劳迪乌斯二世认为单身男子比那些有妻子家庭的男人更适合作战士，于是剥夺了年轻人结婚的权利。瓦伦丁， 认为这项法令不公平，违抗克劳迪乌斯的旨意继续偷偷地为相爱的年轻人举行婚礼。当瓦伦丁的行为被发现后，克劳迪乌斯下令将他处死。根据另一个传说，瓦伦丁实际上是第一个送出情人节礼物的人。在狱中的时候，人们认为瓦伦丁爱上了一个女孩典狱长的女儿在他被囚禁期间她常来看望他。 据称， 瓦伦丁死前写了一封信，署名是“寄自你的瓦伦丁”，直到今天人们仍在使用这种说法。虽然关于瓦伦丁传说背后的真相令人困惑，这些故事却都强调了他作为

10、一个有同情心、英勇、 最重要的，浪漫的人物的吸引力。瓦伦丁节并不是一个公共假日。政府机关、商店、学校和其他机构照常开放。公共交通系统也照常运行。餐馆可能要比平时忙碌些因为很多人会和配偶或者伴侣外出就餐。瓦伦丁节也是一个非常受欢迎的婚礼日期。瓦伦丁节最常见的象征物是心形，尤其是红色或者粉色的心形，还有丘比特的图片或者模型。丘比特被描因绘成一个长着翅膀的小人儿，手拿弓箭。在神话故事中，他会用箭射中人心。因此陷入爱河的人经常被说成“被丘比特的箭射中了”。重点单词 :1. shroud ? ra ? d vt. 覆盖2. contend k ? n'tend vt.主张3. priest pr

11、i ? st n.牧师；神父4. decree d ? 'kri? n.法令5. defy d ? 'fa? vt.藐视；公然反抗6. confinement k ? n'fa ? nm ? nt n.监禁7. allege ? 'led ? vt.宣称，断言8. murky 'm ? ? k? adj .令人困惑的；含糊的；不明确的9. mythology m ? ' 0? l? d ? ? n.神话重点短语/亮点句式：1. in secret秘密地；私下地。如：The two young lovers decide to marry in s

12、ecret, which they do the very next day.这一对年轻的恋人决定秘密结婚，就在第二天他们就这么做了。2. HTiens actions were distovered. Claudius ordered that lie be put to death.当瓦伦丁的行为被发现后,克劳迪乌斯下令将他处死。这是一个复杂的主从复合句、由6引导的是时间状语从句，主句卬包含一个由成引导的宾语从句，而且从 句使用了虚拟语气。在英语中，表示“命令、建议、要求”的动词后接定语从句要使用虚抵语气形式由w：d do, should可以省略*如:The general ordered

13、 that the soldiers (should) fire at once.将军命令士兵立即开枪射击。We suggested that he (should) go and make an apology to his teacher.我们建议他去向老师道歉。3. fall in love with 爱上。如：No one is perfect until you fall in love with them.直到你爱上了一个人才发现原来有人是完美的。4. in use在使用中。如：Many are loans from churches where they are still in

14、 use.许多作品是从教堂借来的，在那里它们仍在使用之中。名句背诵：Knowledge is power. (Bacon, British philosopher)知识就是力量。（英国哲学家 培根）话版鲜液【话题解读】"节假日活动M是高中英语新课标话题之一，也是高考英语常考话题之一。它包括世界各地的 文化节日、宗教节日、个人的庆祝活动及其庆祝这些活动的经历和感受等。节假日活动作为一个有效的文化载体， 在高考英语中常以阅读理解、短文改错和书面表达的形 式出现，如2017年新课标卷I阅读理解C篇、2016年全国卷田阅读理解C篇、2016年四川卷和 全国卷II的短文改错、2015年全国卷I

15、I书面表达、2013年辽宁卷的书面表达等。【相关词汇】I .写作必记单词1 .award n.奖品；奖；vt.授予；给予2 .cheer v.& n.欢呼，喝彩一 cheerful adj .愉快的，高兴的3 .compete vi.比赛；竞争一 competitiveadj.竞争的；比赛的4 .event n.事件；大事5 .gather v.搜集；集合；聚集6 .mark n.记号；标志； v.标志； 做记号于7 .match vt.使相配，使成对；n.比赛，竞赛；火柴8 .national adj .国家的；民族的；全国性的一 nationality n.国籍9 .partici

16、pate vi.参力口； 参与fparticipation n.参力口10 .permission n.许可；允许；n.许可证permit vt.& vi.允许11 .prepare vt.准备；预备12 .treat vt.& vi.招待；款待ftreatment n.治疗；处理H .阅读识记单词13 .adventure n.冒险；奇遇14 .amusement n.娱乐amuse vt.以自娱，逗乐15 .balloon n.气球16 .cancel vt .取消17 .candle n.蜡烛18 .cater vt.& vi.提供饮食及服务19 .celebra

17、tion n.庆祝；庆祝会celebrate vt.& vi.庆祝，祝贺20 .ceremony n.典礼；仪式；礼节21 .champion n.冠军22 .concert n.音乐会23 .criterion n .标准；准则24 .courage n.勇气；胆略25 .decorate vt.装饰，修饰 decorationn.装饰，装饰品26 .director n.导演27 .Easter n.复活节28 .feast n.盛宴，宴会；（宗教的）节日29 .festival n.节日；庆祝活动30 .firework n.焰火；（pl.）烟火31 .firecracker n

18、.鞭炮32 .flame n.火焰；光辉1.1 invitation n.邀请；请柬1.2 lantern n.灯笼；提灯35 .mass n.群众；民众；大量;adj.民众的；大规模的36 .medal n.奖章37 .perfect adj .完美的，极好的38 .preparationn.准备39 .programme n.节目； 程序40 .reputationn.名誉，名声【常用短语】1 .be on holiday/vacation 在度假2 .date back to 追溯到3 .day and night 日夜，昼夜，整天4 .dress up穿上；盛装；打扮，装饰5 .fal

19、l on/upon（ 节日、生日等）正当；适逢6 .in memory of 为纪念；向表示敬意7 .look forward to 期望，期待，盼望8 .on special occasions在特殊场合9 .take place 发生10 .up to now 直到现在I .阅读理解阅读下面短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。A （2017年新课标卷I）Some of the world ' s most famous musicians recently gathered in Paris and New Orleans to celebrate the

20、first annual International Jazz Day. UNESCO（ United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization） recently set April 30 as a day to raise awareness of jazz music, its significance, and its potential as a unifying（联合）voice acrosscultures.Despite the celebrations, though, in the U.S. the

21、jazz audience continues to shrink and grow older, and the music has failed to connect with younger generations.It' s Jason Moran ' s job to help change that. As the Kennedy Center ' s artistic adviser for jazz, Moran hopes to widen the audience for jazz, make the music more accessible, a

22、nd preserve its history and culture.Moran tells"Jazz seems like it' s not really a part of the American appetite,"National Public Radio s reporter Neal Conan. What I m hoping to accomplish is thatmy generation and younger start to reconsider and understand that jazz is not black and wr

23、ite anymore. It s actually color, and it s actually digital. Moran says one of the problems with jazz today is that the entertainment aspect of the music has been lost. The music can t be presented today the way it was in 1908 or 1958. It has to continue to move, because the way the world works is n

24、ot the same,says Moran.Last year, Moran worked on a project that arranged Fats Waller s music for a danceparty, just to kind of put it back in the mind that Waller is dance music as much as it is concertmusic, says Moran. For me, it s the recontextualization.In music, wheredoes the emotion（ 情感 ） lie

25、? Are we, as humans, gaining any insight（ 感悟 ） on how talk about ourselves and how something as abstract as a Charlie Parker record gets us into a dialogue about our emotions and our thoughts? Sometimes we lose sight that the music has a wider context, says Moran, so I want to continue those dialogu

26、es. Those are the things I want to foster. 1. Why did UNESCO set April 30 as International Jazz Day?A. To remember the birth of jazz.B. To protect cultural diversity.C. To encourage people to study music.D. To recognize the value of jazz.2. What does the underlined word that in paragraph 3 refer to?

27、A. Jazz becoming more accessible.B. The production of jazz growing faster.C. Jazz being less popular with the young.D. The jazz audience becoming larger.3. What can we infer about Moran s opinion on jazz?A. It will disappear gradually.B. It remains black and white.C. It should keep up with the times

28、.D. It changes every 50 years.4. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?A. Exploring the Future of JazzB. The Rise and Fall of JazzC. The Story of a Jazz MusicianD. Celebrating the Jazz DayB （2016年新课标卷III）If you are a fruit grower or would like to become one take advantage of Appl

29、e Day to see what ' s around. It ' s called Apple Day but in practice it ' s more like Apple Month. The day itself is on October 21, but since it has caught on, events now spread out over most of October around Britain.Visiting an apple event is a good chance to see, and often taste, a w

30、ide variety of apples. To people who are used to the limited choice of apples such as Golden Delicious and Royal Gala in supermarkets, it can be quite an eye opener to see the range of classical apples still in existence, such as Decio which was grown by the Romans. Although it doesn ' t taste o

31、f anything special, it' s still worth a try, as is the knobbly（ 多疙瘩的）Cat ' s Head which is more of a curiosity than anything else.There are also varieties developed to suit specific local conditions. One of the very best varieties for eating quality is Orleans Reinette, but you' ll need

32、a warm, shelteredplace with perfect soil to grow it, so it ' s a pipe dream for most apple lovers who fall for it.At the events, you can meet expert growers and discuss which ones will best suit your conditions, and because these are family affairs, children are well catered for with apple-theme

33、d fun and games.Apple Days are being held at all sorts of places with an interest in fruit, including stately gardens and commercial orchards（果园）.If you want to have a real orchard experience, try visiting the National Fruit Collection at Brogdale, near Faversham in Kent.1. What can people do at the

34、 apple events?A. Attend experts lectures.B. Visit fruit-loving families.C. Plant fruit trees in an orchard.D. Taste many kinds of apples.2. What can we learn about Decio?A. It is a new variety.B. It has a strange look.C. It is rarely seen now.D. It has a special taste.3. What does the underlined phr

35、ase a pipe dream in Paragraph 3 mean?A. A practical idea.B. A vain hope.C. A brilliant plan.D. A selfish desire.4. What is the author s purpose in writing the text?A. To show how to grow apples.B. To introduce an apple festival.C. To help people select apples.D. To promote apple research.CAfter Stew

36、art and Debbie Wilder lost their son, Cameron, in 2013, the last thing on their minds was decorating for the holiday season. “ We haven t put anything up in three years. It has all stayed boxed up, ” said Debbie.But in December 2016, the house was lit up for Christmas, with little lights cheerfully

37、lining the rood and eaves（ 屋檐 ）. It wasn t the Wilders but a stranger Carson Zickgraf, the founder of CZ Enterprises LLC, who finally made the house shine. “ I started crying, ” Debbie says about seeing the lights for the first time. “ It was really special. ”Zickgraf has been donating his light-str

38、inging services to brighten the lives of families affected by losing their children, especially during the difficult holiday season since 2015 and has decorated the houses of more than two dozen families so far.He started the project by chance. He was hanging lights on a home when the owner mentione

39、d that some neighbors were having a hard time that holiday season because their son had recently died. Then he had an idea. “ I sent my crew there todecorate that house too,he says. The family was delighted. In fact, he had two friendswho had died young, and hed always wished he could ease the pain

40、for their lovedones. Now, he s found a way.“ There s something special about Christmas lights. They warm the spirit. ” Zickgraf knows his efforts can t completely remove the pain from these families, but he can make the holidays a little cheerier. “ I wish I had a bigger company so I could do more h

41、ouses, ” he says.1 .How was the Wilders affected by the loss of their son?A. They didn t feel like decorating their house for Christmas.B. They were the last to put up some decorations at Christmas.C. They had no one to help decorate their house for Christmas.D. They had the belongings of their son

42、boxed up at Christmas.2 .Why did Zickgraf donate the light-stringing service?A. To make more houses brighter.B. To expand his own business.C. To relieve the victim family s pain.D. To memorize his dead friends.3 .Which of the following words can best describe Zickgraf?A. Enthusiastic and optimistic.

43、C. Ambitious and generous.4.Which can be the best title for the text?A. Lights warming the spiritC. Families going through sufferingsB. Courageous and smart.D. Considerate and helpful.B.A person brightening housesD.A business hanging lightsDQixi Festival, the Chinese equivalent of Valentine s Day th

44、at fell yesterday, was notalso for businessmen left with emptyonly a disappointment for forgotten lovers, but pockets.The cold reception has prompted cultural experts to seriously worry that the lovers festival, marked for generations since the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220) ， is dying out.Some have ev

45、en called for legislation to make the festival a legal Chinese Lovers Day, which falls on the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar year.But the effectiveness of such a measure is in doubt, although efforts to preserve traditional festivals deserve highly praise.A growing number of tradition

46、al Chinese festivals, such as the Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival, share the same fate of the Qixi Festival.Young people are showing less interest in traditional culture as symbolized by thesefestivals. Even if all traditional festivals are finally made legal, the risk of them becomingp

47、urely formalized celebrations with little meaning is not removed. If the younger generation fails to identify with the cultural significance of these holidays, there is little that can be done.While complaining about traditional festivals fading appeal, decision-makers should reflect on cultural pro

48、tection. Undeniably, our country has done a bad job of preserving culture and traditional festivals, compared to neighbouring Japan and the Republic of Korea(ROK).The 2,500-year-old Dragon Boat Festival falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month.The traditional customs and ceremonies of the occ

49、asion, which originatedin China,have been better preserved in the ROK.Only a few years ago did China begin to realize the significance of preserving intangible( 无形的 )cultural heritage when the ROK planned to apply to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to list its ve

50、rsion of the Dragon Boat Festival as an important example of intangible culture.Concern about the traditional holidays also reminds people of the growing influenceof foreignculturesas the country openswider to the outside world.Withtraditionalfestivalsbecoming less important andimports such as Chris

51、tmasandValentine s Day gaining widespread popularity, the public including cultural professionals have tended to measure traditional Chinese festivals in economic terms.Business rather than culture has begun to play a dominant role. More and more people are preoccupied with how much money can be mad

52、e during the holidays.In fact, what makes traditional festivals unique and what keeps them alive is their cultural elements. After all, it is unique culture that contributes to the world ' s diversity with globalization.1 .What makes Chinese cultural experts worry that the lovers ' festival

53、is dying out?A. The disappointment for both businessmen and lovers.B. The cold reacting of the public to Qixi Festival.C. The failure to make traditional Chinese festivals legal.D. The action to preserve culture and traditional festivals.2 .The public look at the effectiveness of the legalization of

54、 the Qixi Festival with a(n) attitude.A. indifferentB. positiveC. doubtfulD. hopeful3 .From Paragraph 5 we can learn that.A. traditional festivals are thought more highly of by the young people.B. legal celebrations reduce the risk of disappearing of traditional culture.C. the significance of tradit

55、ional festivals should be more identified with.D. young people value traditional culture more while they can do little.4 .The writer ' s purpose for writing this article is to.A. remind us that the cultural elements make traditional festivals live on.B. complain that Japan and ROK do a better jo

56、b in preserving culture.C. inform the public of the dying out of traditional Chinese festivals.D. warn people against business role in celebrating traditional festivals.【话题解读】为提高人们对于爵士乐的重视程度，UNESCO把4月30日定为国际爵士日,然而这一行为还是没能挽救爵士乐。Jason Moran 认为时代在进步，为了将老一代人和年轻一代人连接起来，爵士乐也应该不断进步。I D 解析】细节理解题。根据第一段中的UNES

57、；CO（ Umted Nations Educational: Scientific and CiLttiral Organization） recentiy set April 30 is a day io raise awareness of jazz musi<. ns significance and its potential as a un*ingi：联合）across adtui、.可知UNESCO把4月及L定为国际爵士日是为了让 人们重视爵士乐，意识到它的重要性以及它作为连接管文化的纽带之声的潜在功能，也就是为了让 人们意识到爵士乐的价值口故选D。2 .C 【解析】推理判

58、断题。根据前文 Despite the celebrations, though, in the U.S. the jazz audience continues to shrink and grow older, and the music has failed to connect with younger generations可知尽管UNESCO为爵士乐设了纪念日，但美国的爵士乐听众依然在减少，并且年龄在老化，爵士乐没能将年轻一代人连接起来。再结合 It' s Jason Moran ' s job to help change that（ 是 Jason Moran 的工作是帮助改变那一情况） 可推测that指代的是前文中爵士乐在年轻一代人中失去吸引力的现象。故选 Co3 .C 【解析】细节理解题。根据第五段中的The music can ' t be presented todaythe way it was