袁素萍
一、根据课文内容,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
There are all kinds of festivals and 1. ________ (celebrate) around the world, which are held for different reasons. Most ancient festivals were 2. ________ (main) held to celebrate the end of cold weather, planting in spring and harvest in autumn.
Today's festivals have many origins. Some festivals are held to honor the dead 3. ________ to satisfy the ancestors in case they might do harm, 4. ________ other festivals are held to honor famous people, such as the Dragon Boat Festival and Columbus Day. Harvest and Thanksgiving festivals are happy 5. ________ (event) because the food 6. ________ (gather) for the winter and a season of 7. ________ (agriculture) work is over, which mid-autumn festivals belong to.
The most energetic and important festivals are the ones that look forward to the end of winter and the 8. ________ (come) of spring, such as 9. ________ Spring Festival in China, at which people like to get together 10. ________ (eat), drink and have fun with each other.
二、课文短文改错。
Zhinu, whom was the granddaughter of the Goddess of Heaven, visited the earth secret. While
in earth she fall in love with the herd boy Niulang. After the Goddess of Heaven knew that her
granddaughter was married with a human, she became very angry and made the weaving girl to
return to Heaven. Finding that Zhinu was heart-broken, her grandmother final decided to let the
couple across the Milky Way to meet once a year. People in China hope that the weather will fine
on that day, because whether it is raining, it means that Zhinu is weeping and the couple wont be
able to meet.
Suffering is the most powerful teacher of life. 苦難是人生最伟大的老师。
Great hopes make great men. 伟大的希望造就伟大的人物。
You make the failure complete when you stop trying. 当你停止尝试的时候,你就完全败了。