《2025年教与学课程同步讲练九年级英语全一册人教版》

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阅读下面材料,从方框中所给的选项中选出正确选项(其中一项是多余选项),并回答第29小题。
With a history of more than 2,000 years,the Dragon Boat Festival,also known as the Duanwu Festival,is a traditional festival in China. 25. A The dragon boat race may be the most wonderful thing of the day,but eating zongzi is a close second. Zongzi is made of sticky rice wrapped in bamboo leaves. There are more fillings for them than you can imagine—meat,dates(枣)and salted egg yolks are among the most popular choices.
There are many stories behind the festival. One famous story goes that Chinese poet Qu Yuan,who lived in the state of Chu during the Warring States Period,loved his country so much that when another state,Qin,beat Chu,he lost hope. He jumped into the Miluo River in Hunan Province on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month of the year 278 BC. 26. B Other people threw rice into the river for fish to eat to keep them from destroying Qu's body. From then on,every year on this day,people eat zongzi and race dragon boats to remember Qu Yuan.
27. D In ancient times,people believed that May was a time when the weather got warmer and diseases would spread. Drinking the wine was thought to protect them from illness.
During the holiday,people also make perfume sachets(小香囊). 28. E They are meant to bring good luck and fight off bad spirits and insects.
A. It falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month every year.
B. Local fishermen searched for his body by sailing down the river.
C. Many people,especially girls and women,like sachets very much.
D. Another tradition of the Dragon Boat Festival is drinking realgar wine(雄黄酒).
E. They are made of cloth,five-colored ropes or paper with traditional Chinese medicine inside.
29. Do you like the Dragon Boat Festival? What do you usually do during this festival?(答案不超过15个单词)Yes. I usually eat zongzi and watch dragon boat races.

答案： 25. A 26. B 27. D 28. E 29. Yes. I usually eat delicious zongzi and watch dragon boat races with my family.（答案不唯一，言之有理即可）