节假日活动练习题及答案-上海高中英语-组卷网

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庆祝活动说明文

文章大意：本文是一篇说明文，文章介绍了古代和现在人们举行庆祝活动的原因以及一些庆祝活动方式。

1 . People around the world take celebrating seriously, and many of them are willing to go to great effort and expense to plan and participate in public celebrations.

Exactly when and where human beings began coming together in public to celebrate as a group can date back to hunter-gatherer societies, when success in the never-ending search for food, clothing, and shelter must have aroused the need to celebrate together.

Besides the need for food and survival, there are records of religious parades dating back to 3000 B.C. Parades were also used to demonstrate military power and celebrate military victories; to attract customers to events such as the circus by giving the public a sample of the entertainment; or to celebrate ethnic (民族的) connection and holidays. The New York Times of October 28, 1917, summed it up by saying, “If you take the parades out of history, you have precious little history left.”

Of course, many modern celebrations are not connected to any religion. In the Internet era, electronic communication makes it possible to organize celebrations almost instantly. “Flash mobs” are a new way of gathering and celebrating. Secretly planned online, they bring together tens, hundreds, or thousands of individuals to perform some unusual or funny act in a public place. Flash mobs not only reflect the increased speed of communication but also a lighter attitude to celebration. No longer is public celebrating something necessarily linked to human survival, religion, or deep traditions.

This does not mean, however, that modern celebrations are not socially conscious. One striking image inspiring community spirit is Edwards’ photograph of crowds in Australia, who were gathering in the rain for a music festival to raise funds for wildfire relief. Throughout history, across countries and cultures, celebrations are always worth significant amount of time and money spent planning, preparing, organizing, and carrying out an event. The priority given to celebrating seems to put it alongside food, shelter, love, and freedom as a basic need of humanity.

1. According to the passage, which one of the following events can make celebrations happen?

A．A business has made a huge profit.	B．It has been sunny for a week.
C．Farmers harvest in the autumn.	D．A new museum opens in the city center.

2. What does the underlined sentence (paragraph 3) imply?

A．If there is no parade, human history will be more precious.

B．Students should be taught the importance of parades in history class.

C．Only parades can be recorded in history books.

D．Many significant historic moments featured a parade.

3. Which of the following best describes a flash mob?

A．Four strangers meet at a concert and then decide to perform together in a public square.

B．Someone announces openly a series of performances to take place at school.

C．An online group plans and performs a dance in a crowded train station.

D．The number of people watching a street performer grows to several hundred.

4. Which of these is the best title for the passage?

A．Why We Celebrate?	B．Celebration and Social Responsibility
C．Planning a Parade	D．The Origin of Celebration

2024-01-26更新 | 140次组卷 | 1卷引用：上海市上海市嘉定区2023-2024学年高一上学期1月期末英语试题

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22-23高三上·上海·阶段练习

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说明文假日活动海洋探险

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文章大意：本文是篇说明文。文章推荐了一个为期一周的海洋探险营，并详细介绍了相关信息和要求。

2 . Become an Atlantis Jr. Aquarist and spend 3 days working with marine life! Food prepping to feeding the animals to snorkeling (浮潜) and learning about coral reefs, it’s a week of marine adventure!

Marine Adventure Camp
June 24--28; Monday--Friday
July 8--12; Monday--Friday
July 29--August 2; Monday--Friday
August 12--16; Monday--Friday
5 days/4 nights Ages: 10 to 14 Price: $595 (not inclusive of room cost)	Camp Hours
	Monday: 5:45 p. m. to 7:30 p. m. Tuesday: 8:00 a. m. to 3:00 p. m. Wednesday: 9:00 a. m. to 5:30 p. m. Thursday: 9:00 a. m. to 4:00 p. m. Friday: Check out (or you may extend your stay on your own). *Please note: Programming subject to change based on weather conditions.
Package Components	Dress Code
1. Amenity(便利设施）Package —Camp Name Badge —Mask and Snorkel —Messenger Bag —Cap —Towel —Marine Life Guide —Water Bottle 2. Welcome Dinner 3. Lunch for 3 days (venue to be determined) 4. Behind the Scenes with our Sea Keeper Team 5. Behind the Scenes with our Marine Mammal Team 6. Fish food preparation and hand feeding 7. Ruins Snorkel 8. Stingray Snorkel 9. Blue Adventure Snorkel Trip 10. Shark Walk with Stuart Cove	T-Shirts Shorts Swimsuits Water Shoes (Since most water shoes are uncomfortable for the amount of walking they do, especially when wet, you are not allowed to change into water shoes when you prepare to swim.) Sun Block
	Important Notes
	All attendees must be able to swim without assistance. All attendees must speak fluent English. Camp name badge must be worn daily. Attendees must be at least 10 years of age.

1. You can get to know all the information about the Marine Adventure Camp EXCEPT _________.

A．camp hours

B．camp price

C．things to bring

D．daily schedules

2. The Marine Adventure camp is suitable for _________.

A．Tom, who has just graduated from high school

B．Jerry, who has saved up 600 dollars for summer holiday

C．Mary, a local 6 grader who likes swimming

D．Edward, who has been offered a position in an aquarium

3. Which of the following can be learned from the passage?

A．Attendees don’t wear water shoes when they go swimming.

B．All attendees must check out on the last day of the camp.

C．The programs are fixed and no minor changes will be made.

D．Attendees will have a 5-day experience working with marine life in the camp.

2023-02-26更新 | 141次组卷 | 5卷引用：上海市建平中学2022-2023学年高三上学期9月测评英语试卷

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23-24高三下·上海·开学考试

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个人庆典

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3 .

A．She doesn’t want to have a birthday party.	B．She doesn’t like the gift.
C．She wants to forget her birthday.	D．She doesn’t want to grow old.

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20-21高一上·全国·单元测试

阅读理解-阅读单选(约280词) | 适中(0.65) |

庆祝活动说明文直接理解语意转化逻辑推理

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4 . In 1947 a group of famous people from the art world headed by an Austrian conductor decided to hold an international festival of music, dance and theatre in Edinburgh. The idea was to reunite Europe after the Second World War.

It quickly attracted famous names such as Alec Guinness, Richard Burton, Dame Margot Fonteyn and Marlene Dietrich as well as the big symphony orchestras(交响乐团). It became a fixed event every August and now attracts 400,000 people yearly.

At the same time, the “Fringe” appeared as a challenge to the official festival. Eight uninvited theatre groups turned up in 1947, in the belief that everyone should have the right to perform, and they did so in a public house no longer used for years.

Soon, groups of students firstly from Edinburgh University, and later from the universities of Oxford, Cambridge, Durham and Birmingham were making the journey to the Scottish capital each summer to perform theatre by little-known playwrights(剧作家) in small church halls to the people of Edinburgh.

Today the “Fringe”, once less recognized, has far outgrown the festival with around 1,500 performances of theatre, music and dance on every one of the 21 days it lasts. And yet as early as 1959, with only 19 theatre groups performing, some said it was getting too big.

A paid administrator was first employed only in 1971, and today there are eight administrators working all year round and the number rises to 150 during August itself. In 2004 there were 200 places housing(给……提供场地) 1,695 shows by over 600 different groups from 50 different countries. More than 1.25 million tickets were sold.

1. What was the purpose of Edinburgh Festival in the beginning?

A．To bring Europe together again.

B．To honor heroes of World WarⅡ.

C．To introduce young theatre groups.

D．To attract great artists from Europe.

2. Why did some uninvited theatre groups come to Edinburgh in 1947?

A．They owned a public house there.

B．They came to take up a challenge.

C．They thought they were also famous.

D．They wanted to take part in the festival.

3. Who joined the “Fringe” after it appeared?

A．Popular writers.

B．University students.

C．Artists from around the world.

D．Performers of music and dance.

4. We may learn from the text that Edinburgh Festival　　　　.

A．has become a non-official event

B．has gone beyond an art festival

C．gives shows all year round

D．keeps growing rapidly

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2023·上海虹口·二模

听力选择题-短对话 | 适中(0.65) |

庆祝活动服饰穿戴

5 .

A．She makes efforts to organize the party.	B．She is going to be late for the party.
C．She designs the dress with care.	D．She is eager to attend the party.

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23-24高三上·上海·期末

听力选择题-长对话 | 适中(0.65) |

庆祝活动个人庆典

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6 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。1.

A．In the woman’s hometown.

B．In the man’s hometown.

C．Outside their hometown.

D．In a small town.

2.

A．Choose whichever friend can give the best toast.

B．Choose whichever friend can plan the reception.

C．Choose whichever friend knows all their in-laws.

D．Choose whichever friend knows a lot about weddings.

3.

A．The bride’s family.

B．A wedding planner.

C．The groom’s family.

D．The new couple.

4.

A．She doesn’t think it is a tradition.

B．She thinks her mother-in-law can plan the wedding well.

C．She thinks it will cost too much to have a wedding planner.

D．She doesn’t want her wedding to be in the charge of someone unknown to her.

2024-01-25更新 | 77次组卷 | 1卷引用：上海市育才中学2023-2024学年高三上学期期末英语试卷

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21-22高一上·上海杨浦·期末

选词填空-短文选词填空 | 适中(0.65) |

庆祝活动外国文化与节日

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7 . Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. opportunity B. invented C. marking D. exposed E. celebrated F. typically G. responsibility H. valuing I. represents J. assigned K. particularly

Celebrating Kwanzaa(宽扎节)

This past summer, I left home without my family for the first time to go to Ghana for two weeks in The Year of Return. The Year of Return is a year 1 400 years since enslaved Africans touched down on American soil.

I joined Pittsburgh Public School’s African American Center for advanced Studies Executive committee and was fully 2 to the tradition of Kwanzaa.

Much like a harvest festival, the holiday was 3 by the African-American professor Maulana Karenga with the purpose of celebrating, 4 and unifying the black community in the aftermath(余波) of the1965 Watts riots. It is 5 in the week of Dec 26 to Jan 1.

During the festival, we begin by reading up on the holiday, going through the seven principles 6 to the seven days of Kwanzaa. We then end the ceremony by pouring libation(祭酒) to those who have paved our way. During libation, we stand with our hands joined and our respects given. For the first time, the whole becomes one.

On each day of Kwanzaa, we light one of the seven candles. The candles come in three colors: black, red and green. We start with one black candle for the people. There are three red candles for their struggle and three green candles for their future. Each candle also 7 one of seven Swahili principles: Umoja, the first candle, stands for unity; Kujichagulia, self-determination; Ujima, collective work and 8 ; Ujamaa, cooperative economics; Nia, purpose; Kummba, creativity; and Imani, faith. After lighting each candle, we showcase our talents, whether they are spoken word, poetry, music, dance or performing a monologue.

Over the seven nights of Kwanzaa, people 9 tell stories. On the last night of Kwanzaa, following the candle-lighting, families give gifts to children and prepare a feast, ending the holiday as you begin a new year together.

For two continuous years, I’ve chosen Ujamaa as my principle of the day. It’s the principle of cooperative economics, and to me it means investing in and supporting black-owned businesses. My main reason for choosing Ujamaa is that it is also the name of the store in the Hill District that gave me the 10 to visit Ghana.

2021-01-21更新 | 213次组卷 | 1卷引用：上海市复旦附中2020-2021学年高一上学期期末英语试题

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21-22高二上·上海普陀·期末

语法填空-短文语填(约400词) | 适中(0.65) |

庆祝活动新型冠状病毒

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8 . Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

Best Time of Year

Depending on your in-laws or your uncles, this might be your best holiday season ever.

Fewer families plan to travel to spend Thanksgiving and Christmas together 1 the corona-virus pandemic. Even those who were originally planning large family celebrations are warier of doing so 2 they were last month, according to a recent poll. Nearly 71% of people in the United States now believe that there is a large or moderate risk 3 (associate) with “attending in-person gatherings of friends and family outside your household,” the Axios-Ipsos poll found. That’s a 9-point increase since this time last month.

There is a reason for their concern. Hospitalizations in several states are increasing rapidly, and much of the country is experiencing a surge in positive cases 4 cannot be completely explained by increased testing. And given recent studies that prove family gatherings contribute to the spread of the coronavirus, cautious people are right to downsize. This is a huge sacrifice for many, especially 5 who live across the country from their mother, father, brother, or sister and rarely get to see them. For others, it’s a mercy: no fights with your social-justice-warrior nieces, no embarrassment at Uncle Brad’s overindulgence (沉溺于) in merlot, and no awkward questions from Aunt Jennie about why you’re not dating anyone.

For those who 6 (decide) to celebrate Thanksgiving and Christmas as they normally would, don’t worry: The holidays have always been a dangerous time of year, even 7 a global pandemic. Binge-drinking (狂饮) incidents skyrocket around this time each year, and any medical professional 8 (tell) you that deep-fried turkey accidents make up a good chunk of the hospitalizations they see on Thanksgiving Day. So, what’s a little 9 (risky), right?

Either way, the holiday season is bound to be unforgettable. Those who choose to stay home and celebrate with immediate family only will experience a much more intimate setting that might just make this year’s Thanksgiving the most meaningful yet. And those who choose to gather with their loved ones for Christmas will do so, 10 (know) that familial (家庭的) connection is one of the best cures to this year’s many woes. As with anything, it’s all about perspective.