高中英语Unit1FestivalsaroundtheworldSectionⅣGrammar&Writing练习试题新人教版必修3

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Period Three Grammar & WritingPart One Grammar用适当的情态动词填空1．He shall have the book when I finish reading.2．Even an experienced teacher can make mistakes.3．Let’s speed up。

They might be waiting for us now.4．You can’t be hungry already—you had lunch only two hours ago！5．Would you please post the letter for me？6．-Must I finish the work today？-No，you needn't.7．Drivers mustn’t drive after drinking。

Unit 1 Festivals around the world话题导入Several different stories are told about the origin of Saint Valentine’s Day.One legend dates as far back as the days of the Roman Empire.According to the story，Claudius，the Emperor of Rome，wanted to increase the size of his army.He knew that it would be easier to get young men who to join.Therefore he made a rule that no young man could marry until he had served a certain number of years in the army.A priest named Valentine secretly married(为……主持婚礼) a great number of young people.Finally，Claudius found out about Valentine and put the priest in prison，where he remained until his death on February 14.After his death，Valentine was made a saint，and the day of his death was named Saint Valentine’s Day.It became the custom for lovers to send each other messages on this day.Now Saint Valentine’s Day is a time for people to send one another greetings of many kinds.February 14，Valentine’s Day，is sweethearts’ day，on which people in love with each other express their tender emotions.People sometimes put their love message in a heartshaped box of chocolates，or a bunch of flowers tied with red ribbons.Words of letters may be written on the flower­covered card，or something else.Whatever the form may be，the message is almost the same，“Will you be my Valentine？〞根据上文完成如下各题1．Why is February 14 chosen as Valentine’s Day?Because people want to remember Valentine.2．Fill in the blank in Paragraph 1 with proper words.(no more than 3 words) were not married3．Why was Valentine put in prison？(no more than 10 words)Because he married many young people secretly.4．This passage mainly tells us about the origin of Valentine’s Day.Period One Warming Up & ReadingⅠ.单词1．v.harvest收获；收割starve饿死gain获得；得到gather搜集；集合award授予admire赞美；钦佩2．n.beauty美；美人celebration庆祝；庆贺hunter猎人origin起源；起因ancestor祖先feast节日；盛宴belief信任arrival到达independence独立agriculture农业produce产品custom习惯3．adj.religious宗教的seasonal季节的independent独立的agricultural农业的energetic充满活力的Ⅱ.短语1．发生take place2．纪念；追念in memory of3．盛装；打扮；装饰dress up4．诈骗；开玩笑play a trick on5．期望look forward to6．日夜day and night7．好似as though8．玩得开心have fun with1．Festivals are meant to celebrate important times of year.节日就是庆祝一年中重要的日子。

Section IV单元知识小结一、单元知识总结：（一）重点短语1. 发生，举行 ____________________________________2. 古代____________________________________3. 要么…要么… ____________________________________4. 纪念；追念 ____________________________________5. 盛装；打扮；装饰 ____________________________________6. 搞恶作剧；诈骗；开玩笑 ____________________________________7. 期盼；期待；盼望 ____________________________________8. 日夜；昼夜；整天 ____________________________________9. 好似 ____________________________________10. 玩得开心 ____________________________________11. 事实上 ____________________________________12. 而不是 ____________________________________13. 宁愿…而不愿… ____________________________________14. 擅长 ____________________________________15. 赢得…奖项 ____________________________________16. 出现；到场 ____________________________________17. 守信用；履行诺言 ____________________________________18. 屏息；屏气 ____________________________________19. 出发____________________________________20. 使…想起… ____________________________________21. 将悲伤沉浸在咖啡里____________________________________22. 擦桌子____________________________________23. 很明显____________________________________24. 爱上____________________________________25. 过桥____________________________________(二) 重点句型1. 做某事很难： ____________________________________________________2. with复合构造： ____________________________________________________3. 宁愿而不愿： ____________________________________________________4. 你认为会怎么样呢？ ____________________________________________________ 用上述句型翻译以下句子:1. 学英语不难。

Section Ⅰ & Section ⅡWarming Up & Reading Ⅰ.单词拼写1．When________(农业)work is over，people will hold various celebrations.2．Though he is over fifty，he is always active and________(精力充沛的)．3．During the busy________(收割)season，farmers get up early and don't stop working until dusk.4．After you've________(获得，得到)some experience，teaching will be no problem.5．You like Jazz very much，but do you know the________(起源，由来)of Jazz?6．Mr.Smith and I are good friends，but I don't share his________(宗教的)beliefs.7．We should follow the________(风俗)in a foreign country we are visiting.8．I really________(钦佩)people who can work in such difficult conditions.9．________(聚集)round，everyone，so that you can see the screen.10．Carlos was________(授予)first prize in the essay competition.答案：1.agricultural 2.energetic 3.harvest 4.gained5．origin 6.religious 7.custom 8.admire 9.Gather10．awardedⅡ.用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空1．Those English learners all have________(admire)for their teacher's fluent English.2．After being trapped in the cave for a long time，he is________(starve)for freedom outside.3．Christmas is a(n)________(celebrate)of Christ's birth.4．People used to hold the________(believe)that the earth was the center of the universe.5．The________(arrive)of the police prevented the situation from becoming worse.6．My younger brother likes living alone，which makes him more________(independence)．7．Tom regarded his wife as a(n)________(beautiful)though others don't think so.8．The________(poem)always works late into the night to create his poems.9．Michael put up a picture of Yao Ming beside the bed to keep himself________(remind)of his own dreams.10．________(gather)around the fire，the tourists danced with the local people.答案：1.admiration 2.starving 3.celebration4．belief 5.arrival 6.independent 7.beauty 8.poet9．reminded 10.GatheringⅢ.阅读理解ABesides entertainment and beautiful lanterns，another important part of the Lantern Festival，or Yuanxiao Festival is eating small dumpling balls made of glutinous(黏的)rice flour.We call these balls Yuanxiao or Tangyuan.Obviously，they get the name from the festival itself.It is said that the custom of eating Yuanxiao originated during the Eastern Jin Dynasty in the fourth century，then became popular during the Tang and Song periods.The fillings inside the dumplings or Yuanxiao are either sweet or salty.Sweet fillings are made of sugar，walnuts，sesame(芝麻)，osmanthus flowers(桂花)，rose petals，sweetened tangerine(橘子)peel，bean paste，or jujube paste(枣泥)．A single ingredient or any combination can be used as the filling.The salty variety is filled with minced meat(肉末儿)，vegetables or a mixture.The way to make Yuanxiao also varies between northern and southern China.The usual method followed in southern provinces is to shape the dough of rice flour into balls，make a hole，insert the filling，then close the hole and smooth out the dumpling by rolling it between your hands.In North China，sweet or nutmeat stuffing is the usual ingredient.The fillings are pressed into hardened cores，dipped lightly in water and rolled in a flat basket containing dry glutinous rice flour.A layer of the flour sticks to the filling，which is then again dipped in water and rolled a second time in the rice flour.And so it goes，like rolling a snowball，until the dumpling is the desired size.The custom of eating Yuanxiao dumplings remains.This tradition encourages both old and new stores to promote their Yuanxiao products.They all try their best to improve the taste and quality of the dumplings to attract more customers.本文主要介绍了中国节日元宵节的重要组成部分汤圆或元宵，及元宵的历史等。

Unit 1 Festivals around the world单元要览类别课程标准要求掌握的项目话题Festivals; how festivals begin; how to celebrate festivals词汇beauty n. 美; 美人award n. 奖; 奖品vt. 授予harvest n. & vt. & vi. 收获; 收割rooster n. 雄鸡; 公鸡celebration n. 庆祝; 祝贺admire vt. 赞美; 钦佩; 羡慕starve vt. & vi. (使)饿死; 饿得要死energeticadj. 充满活力的; 积极的origin n. 起源; 由来; 起因custom n. 习惯; 风俗religious adj. 虔诚的; 宗教上的clothing n. 衣服ancestor n. 祖先; 祖宗worldwideadj. 遍及全世界的feast n. 节日; 盛宴permissionn. 许可; 允许belief n. 信任; 信心; 信仰fool n. 愚人vt. 愚弄vi. 干傻事trick n. 诡计; 恶作剧; 窍门apologizevi. 道歉; 辩白arrival n. 到来; 到达; 到达者drown vt. & vi. 溺死; 淹死gain vt. 得到; 获得obvious adj. 明显的; 显而易见的independencen. 独立; 自主remind vt. 提醒; 使想起gather vt. , vi. & n. 集合;聚集weep n. 哭vi. 哭泣; 流泪agriculture n. 农业; 农艺; 农学forgive vt. 原谅; 饶恕短语take place发生turn up出现; 到场in memory of纪念; 追念keep one’s word守信用; 履行诺言dress up盛装; 打扮; 装饰hold one’s breath屏息; 屏气play a trick on搞恶作剧; 诈骗; 开玩笑set off出发; 动身; 使爆炸look forward to期待; 期望; 盼望remind. . . of. . . 使……想起……day and night日夜; 昼夜; 整天be proud of以……而自豪as though好像in the shape of以/呈现……的形式/形状have fun with玩得开心be covered with被……所覆盖重要句型1. . . . people would starve if food was difficult to find. (the subjunctive mood)2. The country, covered with cherry tree flowers, looks as though it iscovered with pink snow. (as though. . . )3. Finding that. . . , her grandmother finally decided. . . (the presentparticiple used as adverbial. )4. It was obvious that the manager of the coffee shop was waiting. . .(It is+adj. +that. . . )5. “. . . I don’t want them to remind me of her. ” So he did. (So+S.+do/does/did. )6. There was Hu Jin waving at him and calling, . . . (Inversion)功能 1. Making phone callsMay I speak to. . . ?Can I ring/call back later?Hold/Hang on, please.I’ll ring him/her up again.Just a moment, please.Sorry, he/she isn’t here right now.2. InvitationsI wonder if you are interested in. . . .I’d like to invite you to. . . .Would you like. . . ?Could/Would you please. . . ?I’m looking forward to. . . .I’d love to, but. . . .3. ThanksThank you so much.Thanks a lot.That’s very kind of you.You’re most welcome.Don’t mention it.It’s a pleasure.语法The use of can, could, may, might, will, would, shall, should, must, can’t1. can and couldJin can speak English well. (ability)Could you please show me the way to Beihai Park? (request)2. may and mightMay we see the awards for the teams? (permission; request)She might give you some new clothing. (possibility)3. will and wouldThe Spring Festival is the most fun. The whole family will come for dinner.(promise; agreement)Often he would dress up like a rich man. (past habit; custom)4. shall and shouldThe harvest festival begins on Sunday. We shall be there with our friends.(promise; agreement)You should arrive at the airport two hours before he goes. (advice)5. must and can’tWang Feng wins an award every year. He must be very strong. (speculation) You must be joking. That can’t be true. (guessing)教学重点1. Get students to know about festivals around the world.2. Have students learn some useful new words and expressions about festivals and customs and let them learn effective ways to remember English vocabulary.3. Enable students to grasp and use the expressions of request and thanks.4. Let students learn the new grammar item: the use of can, could, may, might, will, would, shall, should, must and can’t.5. Develop students’ listening, speaking, reading and writing abilities.教学难点1. Enable students to master the use of can, could, may, might, will, would, shall, should, must and can’t.2. Let students learn to write a different ending of a story.3. Develop students’ integrative skills.课时安排Periods needed: 7Period 1 Warming up and readingPeriod 2 Learning about language: Important language points Period 3 Learning about language: GrammarPeriod 4 Using language: Listening and speakingPeriod 5 Using language: Extensive readingPeriod 6 Using language: Speaking and writingPeriod 7 Revision: Summing up and learning tipPeriod 1 Warming up and reading整体设计教材分析This is the first teaching period of this unit. At the beginning of the class, the teacher can lead in the topic of the unit by having a free talk with students about their winter holidays and the Spring Festival.The Warming Up is intended to have students start thinking about the variety of events and festivals that are celebrated in China, and connect them with seasons of the year and reasons for the celebrations. The teacher can use this part to introdu ce information that Chinese students should have about their country’s cultural events.The Pre-reading is a continuation of the Warming Up and it moves the discussion to a more personal level. It is intended to help students enter imaginatively into a discussion of festivals and their importance to the society. It also directs their attention to the variety of events and activities those festivals include. The teacher should let students discuss the questions and predict what kind of information will be introduced in the Reading.The reading passage titled FESTIVALS AND CELEBRATIONS briefly describes the earliest kinds of festivals with the reasons for them, and then four different kindsof festivals that occur in most parts of the world. Encourage students to look at the pictures and the heading of each section to guess what the text might be about. Then let them skim for the general idea for each section, and scan for further understanding. Because this passage introduces a lot of useful new words and expressions which are only used for festivals, in order not to let students feel much difficult, the teacher should deal with any language problems while they are reading. After reading, students are required to do the four exercises in the Comprehending to see how much they have understood the reading passage. The teacher can first let them work in pairs or in groups to find the answers cooperatively, and then check their answers with the whole class.To consolidate the contents of the reading passage, students should be required to talk about festivals in their own words at the end of the class. In order to arouse students’ interest, the teacher can hold a competition between groups.教学重点1. Let students learn more about history and basic knowledge of festivals.2. Get students to learn different reading skills.教学难点1. Develop students’ reading ability.2. Enable students to talk about festivals and celebrations.三维目标知识目标1. Get students to learn the useful new words and expressions in this part: beauty, harvest, starve, origin, religious, ancestor, Mexico, feast, bone, belief, poet, arrival, gain, independence, gather, agriculture, award, rooster, admire, energetic, Easter, clothing, Christian, custom, take place, in memory of, dress up, play a trick on, look forward to, day and night, as though, have fun with2. Let students learn about history and basic knowledge of festivals both in and out of China.能力目标1. Develop students’ reading ability and let them learn different reading skills.2. Enable students to talk about festivals and celebrations.情感目标1. Stimulate students’ love for their own national culture and customs.2. Develop students’ sense of cooperative learning.教学过程设计方案(一)→Step 1 Leading-inHave a free talk with students. Ask them the following questions:Did you have a good time in your winter holidays?When did you feel most happy and excited? Why?(At the Spring Festival. Because it’s the most important festival in ourcountry. . . )→Step 2 Warming up1. Let students brainstorm the other Chinese festivals.(Lantern Festival, Pure Brightness Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, New Year’s Day, Chung Yeung Festival. . . )2. Let students read the information about Chinese festivals below and discuss another three Chinese festivals:When does the festival come?What do people celebrate?What do people do?Festivals Date Festivals DateNew Year January 1st Teachers’ Day September 10th InternationalWomen’s DayMarch 8th National Day October 1stArbor Day March 12th The Spring Festival Lunar New YearInternational Labor Day May 1st Dragon BoatFestivalthe fifth day of the fifthlunar monthInternational Children’s Day June 1st Mid-AutumnFestivalthe 15th day of the 8thlunar monthArmy Day August 1st Lantern Festival the 15th day of the 1stlunar monthChinese Youth Day May 4th Pure Brightness Day April the fifth3. Ask students to fill in the following form and ask some to share their opinions with the whole class. The first one is given as an example.Festivals Time of year/date What it celebrates What people doMid-Autumn Festival autumn/fall the beauty of thefull moon, harvest,time with familyand friendsgive/eat moon cakesand watch the fullmoon with familyand friends4. Talk about some foreign festivals with students.(Christmas, April Fools’ Day, Easter, Halloween, Valentine’s Day, Thanksgiving Day, . . . )→Step 3 Pre-reading1. Let students discuss the following questions:What festivals or celebrations do you have in your city or town? What part of a festival do you like best—the activities, the music, the sights, the food or the people who visit?2. Ask students to look at the pictures and title of the passage in Reading. Discuss in pairs what kind of information will be introduced in the passage.→Step 4 Reading1. Fast readingAsk students to skim the reading passage and then fill in the following chart.Kinds of Festivals Names of Festivals Countries FestivalsFestivalsHarvestSpring(Let students look through the chart and then read the text silently. Three minutes later, check the answers with the whole class. Show the suggested answers on the screen. )2. Intensive readingAllow students to read carefully this time to understand the main ideas of each paragraph and the important details, and then finish the following:1)Choose the best answer to each question or to finish each sentence according to the text.(1)Why do Japanese people light lamps during the Festival of the Dead?A. Because they want to make the festival colorful.B. Because they want to light up their rooms.C. Because they want to light up their way.D. Because they want to lead their ancestors to return to earth.(2)Which of the following was not mentioned as a famous person in the text?A. Mohandas Gandi.B. Christopher Columbus.C. Abraham Lincoln.D. Qu Yuan.(3)The place where people will usually decorate churches and town halls with flowers and fruits is ______________.A. IndiaB. AmericaC. EuropeD. China(4)Easter is held in memory of the return of Jesus for Christians and also celebrates ______________.A. the coming of springB. the autumn harvestC. the Lunar New YearD. the end of a yearSuggested answers: (1)D (2)C (3)C (4)A2)Use the information from the reading passage to answer the following questions.(1)What are festivals of the dead usually for?(2)What makes autumn festivals happy events?(3)What do people usually do at spring festivals?(4)What is one important reason to have festivals and celebrations?(5)Compare the festivals of the dead in Mexico, Japan and China. What things are similar? What things are different?3. Reading and discussionRead the text a third time and then work in pairs to do the following.1)Based on the reading passage, what do most festivals seem to have in common? Why do you think these things might be important to people everywhere? Talk with your partner and fill in the chart below.Three common things Reasons why they are important to people everywhere1.2.3.2)Discuss in pairs which festivals you think are the most important and which are the most fun. Then fill in the chart with your ideas.Type of festival Example of festival Reasons for yourchoiceMost importantMost fun(Let students have enough time to read the passage carefully and discuss the questions and charts with their partners. Encourage them to expand their answers according to their own experiences. )4. ExplanationHelp students analyze some difficult, long and complex sentences and guess the meanings of some new words. Encourage them to try to deal with the language points in the context.Discuss the following important sentences and phrases in the passage.1)Some festivals are held to honour the dead, or to satisfy the ancestors, who might return either to help or to do harm.2)in memory of3)India has a national festival on October 2 to honour Mohandas Gandhi, the leader who helped gain India’s independence from Britain.4)People are grateful because their food is gathered for the winter and the agricultural work is over.5)The most energetic and important festivals are the ones that look forward to the end of winter and to the coming of spring.6)The country, covered with cherry tree flowers, looks as though it is covered with pink snow.Suggested explanations:1)The sentence contains a non-restrictive attributive clause who might return either to help or to do harm. It means people hold some festivals either to show respect to the dead or to make their ancestors happy in case they might come back to do harm.2)in memory of: serving to recall sb. , to keep him fresh in people’s mindsHe wrote a poem in memory of his dearest wife, who died in an accident.in honor of: showing great respect or high public regard3)the leader who helped gain India’s independence from Britain: a noun phrase followed by an attributive clause as the appositive4)two clauses for reason5)energy n. → energetic adj. : full of or done with energylook forward to: “to” is a preposition here.I’m looking forward to hearing from you.be devoted to; be/get used to; get down to; stick to. . .6)covered with cherry tree flowers: a past participle phrase equal to “which is covered with cherry tree flowers”as though: as ifHe talks as though he knew all about it.He looks as if he had seen a ghost.5. Reading aloud and underliningAsk students to read the passage aloud to the tape and let them pay attention to the pronunciation of each new word and the pauses within each sentence. Tell them to pick out all the useful expressions or collocations from the passage while reading and copy them to the notebook after class as homework.→Step 5 ConsolidationAsk students to talk about festivals in their own words according to the text. Then let them complete the following passage with proper words or phrases.There are all kinds of festivals and ______________ around the world, which are held for different ______________. The ancient festivals were mainly held at three times a year—the end of the cold ______________, planting in spring and ______________ in autumn. Some festivals are held to ______________ the dead or ______________ the ancestors, who might return either to help or ______________, while other festivals are held to honor famous people or to the ______________, such as Dragon Boat Festival, Columbus Day, and so on. Harvest and ______________ festivals are happy events because their food is ______________ for the winter and the ______________ work is over, to which Mid Autumn Festival belongs. And the most ______________ and important festivals are the ones that ______________ the end of winter and to the coming of ______________ such as the Lunar New Year, at which people have a very ______________.Suggested answers: celebrations; reasons; weather; harvest; honor; to satisfy; to do harm; gods; Thanksgiving; gathered; agricultural; energetic; look forward to; spring; good time→Step 6 Homework1. Learn the useful new words and expressions in this part by heart.2. Read the reading passage again and again and try to talk about festivals both in and out of China.设计方案(二)→Step 1 Leading in the topic by learning vocabulary about festivals1. Make a circle on the blackboard and write the word “FESTIVAL” in it.2. Ask students, “We have learned ‘festival’. Can you name some festivals? ”3. Students list as many festivals as possible. Then the teacher adds somestudents can’t think of, such as Halloween, Easter, Thanksgiving, Valentine’s Day.4. Let students read them aloud and try to learn them by heart.→Step 2 Warming up by talking about festivalsWork in groups and list three more Chinese festivals that you know. Discuss when they take place, what they celebrate and what people do at that time. Then tell the group which festival is their favorite and why.Festivals Time of year/date What it celebrates What people doMid-Autumn Festival autumn/fall the beauty of thefull moon, harvest,time with familyand friendsgive/eat moon cakesand watch the fullmoon with familyand friends→Step 3 Predicting by looking and discussing1. Look at the pictures and title of the reading passage and discuss in pairs what the passage might be about.2. Two or three students are to give their opinions.→Step 4 Reading1. Give students 2 minutes, and ask them to skim the passage for information to tell if the following sentences are True or False.1)The ancient people needn’t worry about their food. (F)2)Halloween used to be a festival intended to honor the dead. (T)3)Qu Yuan was a great poet who people honor a lot in China. (T)4)The Mid-autumn Festival is held to celebrate the end of autumn. (F)5)Easter celebrates the birth of Jesus. (F)2. Give students 5 minutes to read the passage carefully, and complete the chart according to the passage.Festivals of the Dead Obon in Japan___________________HalloweenFestivals to Honor People ________________________________A national festival in____________ Harvest Festivals _________ in European countries_________ in China and Japan Spring Festivals ________________Carnivals in some Western countries________________________________ in Japan3. Listening and reading aloudPlay the tape of the text for students and let them pay attention to the pronunciation of each new word and the pauses within each sentence. Then ask them to read the text aloud to the tape.→Step 5 Closing down by spoken practice1. Have students get prepared in 3 minutes or so and then ask them to talk about festivals and celebrations.2. Ask as many students as possible to have a try in front of the class.→Step 6 Homework1. Go over the text and try to learn all the useful words and expressions in this part by heart.2. Finish the exercises in Comprehending on Page3.板书设计Unit 1 Festivals around the worldFestivals and celebrationsKinds of Festivals Names of Festivals Countries FestivalsFestivalsHarvestSpring活动与探究Group discussion & speechAs is known from the reading passage, festivals of all kinds are celebrated around the world. Most festivals have celebrations that include food, music, clothing and dances. These events originated from some similar ideas, but they take different forms in different regions and societies. What festivals and celebrations do you know all over the world? Have you ever taken part in them and enjoyed yourself? Discuss festivals in groups and then make speeches.Step 1: The teacher divides the class into four groups and gives the tasks to students in each group. Group 1 will list the festivals around the world as many as possible, and then categorize them according to the origins of these festivals. And they should prepare for a short speech. Group 2 will discuss two traditional Chinese festivals and prepare for their presentation. Group 3 will discuss two Western festivals and prepare for their presentation. Group 4 will discuss the differences between Chinese festivals and Western festivals, then contrast and compare their styles, celebrations, dates and so on. And they should prepare for a short speech.Step 2: Groups 1, 2 and 3 give their speeches on the festivals they have discussed. Group 4 gives their speech on the differences between Chinese festivals and Western festivals.Step 3: The teacher makes proper remarks about students’ speeches and sums up the different cultural practices between China and other countries according to them.。

Unit 1 Festivals around the worldThe Chinese Spring Festival2016 Chinese New Year falls on February 8.It is a great chance to experience the traditional Chinese folk customs!The Chinese New Year，also called the Spring Festival，has more than 4,000 years ofhistory.Being one of the traditional Chinese festivals，it is the most important festival for Chinese people.Starting in the Shang Dynasty (about 17th－11th century BC)，it celebrates family reunion and hopes the advent of spring.People from different regions celebrate it in their unique ways.It is said that the custom of the Chinese New Year started in the last month of the Chinese lunar calendar when people offered sacrifice to their ancestors.At that time，people prepared the sacrifice by doing thorough cleaning，having bathes and so ter，people began to worship different deities as well on that day.The sacrificing time changed according to the farming schedule and was not fixed until the Han Dynasty (202 BC－220 AD).The custom of worshipping deities and ancestors remains even though the ceremonies are not as grand as before.It is also the time that spring is coming，so people hold all kinds of ceremonies to welcome it.There are many legends about the Spring Festival in Chinese culture.In folk culture，i t is also called “guo­nian〞in Chinese.It is said that the “nian〞 was a strong monster which was fierce and cruel and ate one kind of animal including human beings a day.Human beings were scared about it and had to hide in the evening when the “nian〞 came ter，people found that “nian〞 was very scared about the red colour and fireworks.So after that，people use red colour and fireworks or firecrackers to drive away the “nian〞.As a result，the custom of using red colour and setting off fireworks remains.Notes1.advent n.(重要人物、事件等的)到来，出现2.sacrifice n.祭品；牺牲；v.牺牲；献祭3.worship vt.& n.敬奉(神)；拜神4.deity n.神5.legend n.传说，传奇6.monster n.怪物Task判断正(T)误(F)1.The Spring Festival in China dates back to the Tang Dynasty.(F)2.The custom of worshipping deities and ancestors remains today.(T)3.Nian，the monster，is afraid of red colour and fireworks in legend.(T)Period One Warming Up，Pre­reading & ReadingⅠ.单词检测1.harvest n.& vt.& vi.收获；收割2.celebration n.庆祝；祝贺celebrate v.庆祝3.starve vi.& vt.(使)饿死；饿得要死4.origin n.起源；由来；起因5.religious adj.宗教上的；信奉宗教的；虔诚的6.ancestor n.祖先；祖宗7.belief n.信任；信心；信仰8.trick n.诡计；恶作剧；窍门；vt.欺骗；诈骗9.arrival n.到来；到达；到达者arrive v.到达10.gain vt.获得；得到11.independence n.独立；自主independent adj.独立的；自主的12.gather vt.& vi.搜集；集合；聚集13.agriculture n.农业；农艺；农学agricultural adj.农业的；农艺的14.award n.奖；奖品；vt.授予；判定15.admire vt.赞美；钦佩；羡慕16.energetic adj.充满活力的；精力充沛的；积极的energy n.精力；活力；能量Ⅱ.短语检测1.take place发生2.in memory of 纪念；追念3.dress up穿上盛装；打扮；装饰4.play a trick on 搞恶作剧；诈骗；开玩笑5.look forward to期望；期待；盼望6.day and night日夜；昼夜；整天7.have fun with 玩得开心Ⅰ.阅读课文，判断正(T)误(F)1.Most ancient festivals were celebrated because of religions.(F)2.In Mexico，people celebrate the Day of the Dead，eating cakes with “bones〞 on them.(T)3.Japan’s Cherry Blossom Festival comes later than the Day of the Dead in Mexico.(F) Ⅱ.课文阅读理解1.What’s the main idea of the passage?A.Festivals have many origins.B.Festivals are held to honour the dead and famous people.C.Festivals are held for happy events.答案 A2.In ancient times，people would celebrate .A.when winter endedB.if food was difficult to findC.during the cold winter months答案 A3.Which of the following is NOT the festival to honour the dead?A.The Japanese festival Obon.B.The Western holiday Halloween.C.Japan’s Cherry Blossom Festival.答案 C4.Which of the following festivals is NOT mentioned in the passage?A.Columbus Day.B.Mid­Autumn Day.C.Christmas Day.答案 C5.What can we infer from the passage?A.People would have feasts，sing and dance at all festivals.B.People celebrate festivals because they don’t want to work.C.By celebrating festivals，people are developing the culture and customs. 答案CⅢ.课文阅读填空People are grateful because their food is gathered for the winter and the agricultural work is over.句式分析：本句是一个复合句。