《2025年中考复习指南江苏人民出版社英语》

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The Lantern Festival, also called Shangyuan Festival, is a traditional Chinese festival. It usually falls in February or March. It marks the last day of the traditional Chinese New Year celebrations. The Lantern Festival came from ancient times. People got together in the field holding torches (火把) to keep bad animals away. They wished for a good harvest. As time went by, it became a festival for people to get together.
Eating tangyuan is an important tradition of the Lantern Festival. Tangyuan is also known as “yuanxiao”. Tangyuan looks like small balls made of rice flour with sesame (芝麻), peanuts or something else. People eat tangyuan during the Lantern Festival because eating it shows reunion (团圆) and happiness for the family.
Enjoying lanterns and solving lantern riddles (灯谜) have been important and popular activities during the Lantern Festival since the Song Dynasty. People usually hang big or small red lanterns all over the houses, parks, streets and some other public places. They write some riddles with lucky answers and wishes on paper and then put them on the lanterns that are hanging up in the air. If visitors have answers to the riddles, they can pull the paper out and go to the lantern owners to check their answers. If they are right, they will get gifts.
It is very important for Chinese people to spend the Lantern Festival with their family members. So many people choose to return to their work after this festival.
66. When is the Lantern Festival?
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67. Why did people hold torches in the field?
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68. What is an important tradition of the Lantern Festival?
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69. How long have enjoying lanterns and solving riddles been popular?
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70. Who do people spend the Lantern Festival with?
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答案： 66. In February or March. 67. To keep bad animals away. 68. Eating Tangyuan. 69. Since the Song Dynasty. 70. Their family members.