《2025年初中英语阅读教程七年级英语上册外研版》

Classic
(经典美文)
The Spring Festival is the most popular holiday in China. The dragon dance is a traditional festival performance. People can see the performance in many cities in China.
In the old times, people believed that dragons could make clouds and rain, so in the dry season, they played dragon dances to ask for rain. Most people think the dragons are friendly and helpful. And dragons can bring good luck and let the monsters(妖怪)go away. When people play, they like the long dragons. In some places, the dragons are so long that twenty to thirty people are needed to do dragon dances. Generally, many people play the dragon dance with special stage props(舞台道具)in their hands. One person uses a pearl-like thing to lead the dragon. The dragon follows it going up and down, slowly or quickly. The scene looks like the dragon sometimes flies up to the sky, and sometimes hides under the water or jumps out of the water. The fire dragon is made with candles in each part of the dragon's body. When people perform at night, firecrackers(爆竹)are set off at the time.
Choose the best answer.
(B) 1. What do most people think of the dragons?
A. Dangerous.
B. Friendly and helpful.
C. Terrible.
D. Quiet.
(D) 2. What kind of dragons do people like when they play according to the passage?
A. Fat.
B. Tall.
C. Short.
D. Long.
(C) 3. The dragons can do everything EXCEPT ______ according to the passage.
A. making clouds
B. making rain
C. making snow
D. letting the monsters go away
(A) 4. What does the underlined word “it” refer to?
A. the pearl-like thing
B. the dragon
C. the stage prop
D. the dragon dance
(C) 5. What is the fire dragon made with according to the passage?
A. Paper.
B. Fire.
C. Candles.
D. Red clothes.

答案： Passage 1 本文介绍了与舞龙相关的一些事情。
长难句分析
In some places, the dragons are so long that twenty to
thirty people are needed to do dragon dances.
翻译：在一些地方，龙很长，需要二十到三十个人来舞龙。
讲解：该句是含有结果状语从句的复合句。在从句
twenty to thirty people are needed to do dragon dances 中，
twenty to thirty people 作主语，are needed 是一般现在时的被
动态。动词不定式 to do dragon dances 作宾语。
1.B 2.D 3.C 4.A 5.C