《2025年亮点给力大试卷八年级英语上册译林版》

五、(2025·南京市江北新区期末改编)首字母填空。(12分)
The Winter Solstice, also known as “Dongzhi” in Chinese, is the point at which the path of the sun in the sky is farthest south. On the Winter Solstice, the sun travels the s 1 path through the sky resulting in(导致) the day of the year with the least sunlight.
Dongzhi means the start of the f 2 weather in winter. It is one of the 24 solar terms in China. It has long been celebrated on the Winter Solstice when the night is longest, and the day is shortest in the Northern Hemisphere. It always c 3 on December 21, 22, or 23. It begins this year on December 21.
Chinese people celebrate Dongzhi Festival in many ways. The most popular ones are c 4 the Nines of Winter, making rice wine, eating dumplings and so on. Dumplings have been the most traditional food in the north of China for a long time, w 5 some people in southern China make and eat a meal of tangyuan.
Generally speaking, the Winter Solstice, once as important as the Spring Festival, is still m 6 for many Chinese people today.

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2. frozen
3. comes
4. called
5. while
6. meaningful