《2025年课堂作业武汉出版社九年级英语上册人教版》

The Chinese New Year is now popularly known as the Spring Festival because it starts from the beginning of spring, which is the first of the twenty-four solar terms in coordination(协调) with the 1 of nature in Chinese lunar year. Its origin is too old to be traced(追溯). Several 2 are hanging around. However, all agree that the word Nian, which in modern Chinese only means “year”, was originally the name of a beast that 3 to prey(猎食) on people the night before the beginning of a new year.
One legend 4 that the beast Nian had a very big mouth that would swallow a great many people with one 5. People were very scared. One day, an old man came to their rescue, 6 to subdue(征服) Nian. He said to Nian, “I hear that you are very 7, but can you swallow the other beasts instead of people who are by no means your worthy opponents?” Nian did so. It did swallow many of the beasts on earth that also harassed(骚扰) people 8.
After that, the old man disappeared riding the beast Nian. He 9 out to be a god. Now that Nian had gone and 10 beasts were also scared into forests, people began to enjoy their peaceful life. Before the old man left, he had told people to 11 red paper decorations on their windows and doors at each year’s end to scare away Nian 12 it sneaked back again, because red was the color the beast feared the most.
From then on, the tradition of celebrating the conquest of Nian is 13 on from generation to generation. The term Guo Nian, which may mean surviving the Nian, becomes today’s celebration of the New Year 14 the word Guo in Chinese has both the meanings of pass-over and celebrate. The custom of putting up red paper and setting off firecrackers to scare 15 Nian should it have a chance to run loose is still around. However, most people today have almost forgotten why they are doing all this, except that they feel the color and the sound add to the excitement of the celebration.
1. A. changes B. characters C. symbols D. forms
2. A. suggestions B. explanations C. answers D. causes
3. A. started B. hoped C. preferred D. seemed
4. A. writes B. reads C. goes D. speaks
5. A. time B. hit C. beat D. bite
6. A. providing B. offering C. serving D. asking
7. A. possible B. energetic C. powerful D. special
8. A. from time to time B. once upon a time C. for the time being D. at all times
9. A. became B. picked C. came D. turned
10. A. another B. the other C. others D. other
11. A. put on B. put up C. take up D. take on
12. A. in the way B. in that case C. in case D. on the way
13. A. past B. carried C. taken D. pushed
14. A. because B. but C. though D. so
15. A. of B. out C. away D. up

答案： 1.A 2.B 3.A 4.C 5.D 6.B 7.C 8.A 9.D 10.D 11.B 12.C 13.B 14.A 15.C