《2025年亮点给力大试卷七年级英语上册译林版》

八、任务型阅读(每小题1分,满分5分)
Beginning of Summer, one of the Chinese 24 solar terms, usually falls each year on a day between May 5 and 7. For centuries, people of the Banshan neighbourhood in Hangzhou, Zhejiang hold a lot of events. Celebrations usually begin with a parade. After the parade, local people take part in some activities.
Eating black rice: A few days before Beginning of Summer, people begin cooking black rice. They mix rice and the juice of fresh-picked sea bilberry leaves. The culture started from the Tang dynasty. It is believed that children who eat black rice will not be bitten by insects the whole summer.
Weighing(称) people: Local people developed the interesting tradition to check the changes in their bodyweight over the past year. People of all ages take part in the activity. Locals believe that people who weigh themselves on this day will not only have good luck, but also guard against weight loss during the coming summer.
Egg fights: Children are undoubtedly crazy about this game. With a boiled egg, each child tries to break the egg of their competitor. Whoever's egg breaks first is the loser, and needs to eat the egg as a punishment. The champion in the game is awarded the title of "Egg King".

答案： 1. fun 2. celebrate 3. history 4. ages 5. eat