高考英语阅读理解(节假日活动)(含解析)

1、 （节假日活动）李仕才Valentines Day导读：瓦伦丁节，即情人节，是一个浪漫的节日。本文介绍了瓦伦丁节的来历及习俗。Every February 14, across the UnitedStates and in other places around the world, candy, flowersand gifts are exchanged between loved ones, all in the name of St. Valentine. But who is this mysterious saint, and where did these traditions

2、 come from?The history of Valentines Day isshrouded in mystery. But we do know that February has long beena month of romance. St. Valentines Day, as we know it today, contains vestiges of both Christian and ancient Roman tradition.One legend contends that Valentine was a priest who served during the

3、 third century in Rome. When Emperor Claudius II decided that single men made better soldiers than those with wives and families, he outlawed marriage for young men. Valentine, realizing the injustice of the decree , defied Claudius and continued to perform marriages for young lovers in secret. When

4、 Valentines actions werediscovered, Claudius ordered that he be put to death.Accordingto another legend, Valentine actually sent the firstvalentinegreeting himself. Whilein prison, it is believed that Valentine fell in love with a young girl- his jailors daughterwho visitedhim during his confinement

5、 . Before his death, it is alleged that he wrote her a letter,which he signed From your Valentine, an expression that is still in use today. Although the truth behind the Valentine legends is murky, the stories certainly emphasize his appeal as a sympathetic, heroic, and, most importantly, romantic

6、figure.Valentines Day is not a public holiday. Government offices, stores, schools and other organizations are open as usual. Public transit systems run on their regular schedule. Restaurants may be busier than usual as many people go out for an evening with their spouse or partner. Valentines Day i

7、s also a very popular date for weddings.The most commonValentines Day symbols are the heart, particularly in reds and pinks, and pictures or models of Cupid. Cupid is usually portrayed as a small winged figure with a bow and arrow. In mythology , he uses his arrow to strike the hearts of people. Peo

8、ple who have fallen in love are sometimes saidto be struck by Cupids arrow.瓦伦丁节每年 2 月 14 日，在美国，以及世界各地的一些地方，相爱的人互赠糖果、鲜花和礼物，这一切都是以圣瓦伦丁的名义。但是这个神秘的基督徒是谁呢？这些传统又是从哪里起源的呢？圣瓦伦丁节的历史是一个谜。但是我们确实知道二月一直就是一个浪漫的月份。圣瓦伦丁节，正如我们今天所知，既含有基督教又含有古罗马传统的痕迹。有一个传说认为瓦伦丁是公元3 世纪罗马的一位神父。当时罗马皇帝克劳迪乌斯二世认为单身男子比那些有妻子家庭的男人更适合作战士，于是剥夺了年

9、轻人结婚的权利。瓦伦丁，认为这项法令不公平，违抗克劳迪乌斯的旨意继续偷偷地为相爱的年轻人举行婚礼。当瓦伦丁的行为被发现后，克劳迪乌斯下令将他处死。根据另一个传说， 瓦伦丁实际上是第一个送出情人节礼物的人。 在狱中的时候， 人们认为瓦伦丁爱上了一个女孩典狱长的女儿在他被囚禁期间她常来看望他。据称，瓦伦丁死前写了一封信，署名是“寄自你的瓦伦丁” ，直到今天人们仍在使用这种说法。虽然关于瓦伦丁传说背后的真相令人困惑，这些故事却都强调了他作为一个有同情心、英勇、最重要的，浪漫的人物的吸引力。瓦伦丁节并不是一个公共假日。政府机关、商店、学校和其他机构照常开放。公共交通系统也照常运行。餐馆可能要比平时忙碌

10、些因为很多人会和配偶或者伴侣外出就餐。瓦伦丁节也是一个非常受欢迎的婚礼日期。瓦伦丁节最常见的象征物是心形， 尤其是红色或者粉色的心形， 还有丘比特的图片或者模型。 丘比特被描因绘成一个长着翅膀的小人儿，手拿弓箭。在神话故事中，他会用箭射中人心。因此陷入爱河的人经常被说成“被丘比特的箭射中了” 。重点单词 :shroud ?ra ?d vt . 覆盖contend k ?ntend vt . 主张priest pri ?st n. 牧师；神父decree d ?kri ? n. 法令defy d ?fa ? vt . 藐视；公然反抗confinement k ?nfa ?nm?nt n. 监禁a

11、llege ?led ? vt . 宣称，断言murky m?k? adj . 令人困惑的；含糊的；不明确的mythology m ? 0 ?l ?d? n.神话重点短语/亮点句式:in secret 秘密地；私下地。如：The two young lovers decide to marry in secret, which they do the very next day.这一对年轻的恋人决定秘密结婚，就在第二天他们就这么做了。qlien Mentinet actions were discovered, Gaudius ordered that he be put to deatli.

12、当瓦枪丁的行为被发现后克劳迪乌斯下令招他处死小这是一个复杂的主从复合句。尔如引导的是时间状语从句，主句中包含一个血引导的宾语从句，而且供 句使用了虚拟语气。在英语申，表示“命令、建议.要求”的动词后接宾语从句要使用虚拟语气形式会皿0 皿should可以省略。如：The general ordered that the soldiers (should) fire at once.将军命令士兵立即开枪射击。We suggested that he (should) go and make an apology to his teacher.我们建议他去向老师道歉。fall in love wit

13、h爱上。如：No one is perfect until you fall in love with them.直到你爱上了一个人才发现原来有人是完美的。in use在使用中。如：Many are loans from churches where they are still in use.许多作品是从教堂借来的，在那里它们仍在使用之中。名句背诵：Knowledge is power. (Bacon, British philosopher)知识就是力量。(英国哲学家 培根)【话题解读】节假日活动是高中英语新课标话题之一， 也是高考英语常考话题之一。 它包括世界各地的文化节日、 宗教节日、

14、个人的庆祝活动及其庆祝这些活动的经历和感受等。节假日活动作为一个有效的文化载体，在高考英语中常以阅读理解、短文改错和书面表达的形式出现，如2017年新课标卷I阅读理解C篇、2016年全国卷出阅读理解C篇、2016年四川卷和全国卷H的短文改错、 2015年全国卷 II 书面表达、 2013 年辽宁卷的书面表达等。【相关词汇】I .写作必记单词.award n. 奖品；奖；vt . 授予；给予.cheer v.& n.欢呼，喝彩cheerful adj.愉快的，高兴的.compete vi .比赛；竞争-competitive adj.竞争的；比赛的.eventn. 事件；大事.gatherv.

15、搜集；集合；聚集.mark n.记号；标志；v.标志；做记号于.match vt . 使相配，使成对； n. 比赛，竞赛；火柴.national adj.国家的；民族的；全国性的f nationality n.国籍.participate vi.参力口；参与fparticipationn.参力口.permission n.许可； 允许；n.许可证 permit vt .& vi .允许.prepare vt . 准备；预备.treat vt .& vi.招待；款待ftreatment n.治疗；处理n.阅读识记单词.adventure n. 冒险；奇遇.amusement n.娱乐famuse

16、 vt.以自娱，逗乐.balloonn. 气球.cancel vt . 取消.candle n. 蜡烛.cater vt .& vi . 提供饮食及服务.celebration n.庆祝；庆祝会 celebrate vt .& vi.庆祝，祝贺.ceremony n. 典礼；仪式；礼节.champion n. 冠军.concertn. 音乐会.criterion n. 标准；准则.couragen. 勇气；胆略.decorate vt.装饰，修饰f decoration n.装饰，装饰品.director n. 导演.Easter n. 复活节.feast n. 盛宴，宴会； (宗教的 )节日

17、.festivaln. 节日；庆祝活动.fireworkn. 焰火；( pl .) 烟火.firecracker n. 鞭炮.flame n. 火焰；光辉33.invitationn. 邀请；请柬 I .阅读理解 lanternn.灯笼；提灯.mass n.群众；民众；大量；adj.民众的；大规模的.medal n.奖章.perfect adj .完美的，极好的.preparation n.准备.programme n.节目；程序.reputation n.名誉，名声【常用短语】.be on holiday/vacation 在度假.date back to 追溯到.day and night

18、 日夜，昼夜，整天.dress up 穿上；盛装；打扮，装饰.fall on/upon（ 节日、生日等）正当；适逢.in memory of 为纪念；向表示敬意.look forward to 期望，期待，盼望.on special occasions 在特殊场合.take place 发生.up to now 直到现在阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。A （2017年新课标卷I）Someof the world s most famous musicians recently gathered in Paris and NewOrleans to celebr

19、ate the first annual International JazzDay. UNESCO（ United Nations Educational,Scientificand CulturalOrganization） recently set April 30 as a day to raise awareness of jazz music, its significance, and its potential as a unifying（联合）voice across cultures.Despite the celebrations, though, in the U.S.

20、 the jazz audience continues to shrink and grow older, and the music has failed to connect with younger generations.It s Jason Moran s job to help change that . As the Kennedy Center s artistic adviser for jazz, Moran hopes to widen the audience for jazz, make the music more accessible, and preserve

21、 its history and culture.Jazz seems like it s not really a part of the American appetite, Moran tells National Public Radio s reporter Neal Conan. What I m hoping to accomplish is that my generationand younger startto reconsider and understand that jazz is not black and write anymore. It s actuallyc

22、olor, and it sactually digital. Moran says one of the problems with jazz today is that the entertainment aspect of the music has been lost. The music can t be presented today the way it was in 1908 or 1958. It has to continue to move, because the way the world works is not the same, says Moran.Last

23、year, Moran worked on a project that arranged Fats Waller s music for a dance party, just to kind of put it back in the mind that Waller is dance music as much as it is concert music,says Moran. For me, it s the recontextualization. In music, where does the emotion（情感 ）lie? Arewe, as humans, gaining

24、 any insight（ 感悟）on how talk about ourselves and how something as abstract as a Charlie Parker record gets us into a dialogue about our emotions and our thoughts? Sometimes we lose sight that the music has a wider context, says Moran, so I want to continue those dialogues. Those are the things I wan

25、t to foster.Why did UNESCO set April 30 as International Jazz Day?To remember the birth of jazz.To protect cultural diversity.To encourage people to study music.To recognize the value of jazz.2. What does the underlined wordthat in paragraph 3 refer to?Jazz becoming more accessible.The production of

26、 jazz growing faster.Jazz being less popular with the young.The jazz audience becoming larger.What can we infer about Moran s opinion on jazz?It will disappear gradually.It remains black and white.It should keep up with the times.It changes every 50 years.Which of the following can be the best title

27、 for the text?Exploring the Future of JazzThe Rise and Fall of JazzThe Story of a Jazz MusicianCelebrating the Jazz DayB （2016年新课标卷III ）If you are a fruit grower - or would like to become one take advantage of Apple Day to see what s around. It s called Apple Day but in practice it s more like Apple

28、 Month. The day itselfis on October 21, but since it has caught on, events now spread out over most of October around Britain.Visiting an apple event is a good chance to see, and often taste, a wide variety of apples. Topeople who are used to the limited choice of apples such as Golden Delicious and

29、 Royal Gala in supermarkets, it can be quite an eye opener to see the range of classical apples still in existence, such as Decio which was grown by the Romans. Although it doesn t taste of anything special, it sstill worth a try, as is the knobbly（ 多疙瘩的）Cat s Head which is more of a curiosity than

30、anything else.There are also varieties developed to suit specific local conditions. Oneof the very best varieties for eating quality is Orleans Reinette, but you ll need a warm, sheltered place with perfect soilto grow it, so it s a pipe dream for most apple lovers who fall for it.At the events, you

31、 can meet expert growers and discuss which ones will best suit your conditions, and because these are family affairs, children are well catered for with apple-themed fun and games.Apple Days are being held at all sorts of places with an interest in fruit,including stately gardensand commercial orcha

32、rds（ 果园 ）. If you want to have a real orchard experience,try visiting the NationalFruit Collection at Brogdale, near Faversham in Kent.1. What can people do at the apple events?B. Visit fruit-loving families.A. Attend experts lectures.C. Plant fruit trees in an orchard.2. What can we learn about Dec

33、io?D. Taste many kinds of apples.A. It is a new variety.C. It is rarely seen now.3. What does the underlined phraseB. It has a strange look.D. It has a special taste.a pipe dream in Paragraph 3 mean?A practical idea.C. A brilliant plan.A vain hope.D. A selfish desire.What is the author s purpose in

34、writing the text?To show how to grow apples.To introduce an apple festival.To help people select apples.To promote apple research.CAfter Stewart and Debbie Wilder lost their son, Cameron, in 2013, the last thing on their mindswas decorating for the holiday season. “We haven t put anything up in thre

35、e years. It has all stayed boxed up, ” said Debbie.But in December 2016, the house was lit up for Christmas, with little lights cheerfully lining therood and eaves（ 屋檐 ）. It wasn t the Wilders but a stranger Carson Zickgraf, the founder of CZEnterprises LLC, who finally made the house shine. “ I sta

36、rted crying, ” Debbie says about seeing the lights for the first time.“ It was really special.”Zickgraf has been donating his light-stringingservices to brighten the lives of families affectedby losing their children, especially during the difficult holiday season since 2015 and has decorated the ho

37、uses of more than two dozen families so far.He started the project by chance. He was hanging lights on a home when the owner mentioned that some neighbors were having a hard time that holiday season because their son had recently died. Thenhe had an idea.I sent my crew there to decorate that house t

38、oo, ” he says. The family was delighted.In fact, he had two friends who had died young, and he d always wished he could ease the pain fortheir loved ones. Now, he s found a way.“There s something special about Christmas lights. They warm the spirit.” Zickgraf knows hisefforts can t completely remove

39、 the pain from these families, but he can make the holidays a little cheerier. “ I wish I had a bigger company so I could do more houses,” he says.How was the Wilders affected by the loss of their son?They didn t feel like decorati ng their house for Christmas.They were the last to put up some decor

40、ations at Christmas.They had no one to help decorate their house for Christmas.They had the belongings of their son boxed up at Christmas.Why did Zickgraf donate the light-stringing service?To make more houses brighter.To expand his own business.To relieve the victim family s pain.To memorize his de

41、ad friends.Which of the following words can best describe Zickgraf?B. Courageous and smart.D. Considerate and helpful.B.A person brightening housesD.A business hanging lightsDA. Enthusiastic and optimistic.C. Ambitious and generous.Which can be the best title for the text?Lights warming the spiritC.

42、 Families going through sufferingsQixi Festival, the Chinese equivalent of Valentine s Day that fell yesterday, was not only adisappointment for forgotten lovers, but also for businessmen left with empty pockets.The cold reception has prompted cultural experts to seriously worry that thelovers festi

43、val,marked for generations since the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220) ， is dying out. Some have even called for legislation to make the festival a legal Chinese Lovers Day, which falls on the seventh day ofthe seventh month of the lunar year.But the effectiveness of such a measure is in doubt, although e

44、fforts to preserve traditionalfestivals deserve highly praise.A growing number of traditional Chinese festivals, such as the Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival, share the same fate of the Qixi Festival.Young people are showing less interest in traditional culture as symbolized by these fes

45、tivals.Even if all traditional festivals are finally made legal, the risk of them becoming purely formalized celebrations with little meaning is not removed. If the younger generation fails to identify with the cultural significance of these holidays, there is little that can be done.While complaini

46、ng about traditional festivals fading appeal, decision-makers should reflect oncultural protection. Undeniably, our country has done a bad job of preserving culture and traditional festivals, compared to neighbouring Japan and the Republic of Korea(ROK).The 2,500-year-old Dragon Boat Festival falls

47、on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. The traditional customs and ceremonies of the occasion, which originated in China, have been better preserved in the ROK.Only a few years ago did China begin to realize the significance of preserving intangible(无形的 )cultural heritage when the ROK planned to

48、 apply to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to list its version of the Dragon Boat Festival as an important example of intangible culture.Concern about the traditional holidays also reminds people of the growing influence of foreign cultures as the country opens wi

49、der to the outside world. With traditional festivals becoming less important and imports such as Christmas and Valentine s Day gaining widespread popularity, the public including cultural professionals have tended to measure traditional Chinese festivals in economic terms.Business rather than cultur

50、e has begun to play a dominant role. More and more people are preoccupied with how much money can be made during the holidays.In fact, what makes traditional festivals unique and what keeps them alive is their culturalelements. After all, it is unique culture that contributes to the world s diversit

51、y with globalization. 1.What makes Chinese cultural experts worry that the lovers festival is dying out?A. The disappointment for both businessmen and lovers.The cold reacting of the public to Qixi Festival.The failure to make traditional Chinese festivals legal.The action to preserve culture and tr

52、aditional festivals.2.The public look at the effectiveness of the legalization of the Qixi Festival with a(n) attitude.A. indifferentB. positiveC. doubtfulD. hopeful.From Paragraph 5 we can learn that.traditional festivals are thought more highly of by the young people.legal celebrations reduce the

53、risk of disappearing of traditional culture.the significance of traditional festivals should be more identified with.young people value traditional culture more while they can do little.The writer s purpose for writing this article is to.remind us that the cultural elements make traditional festival

54、s live plain that Japan and ROK do a better job in preserving rm the public of the dying out of traditional Chinese festivals.warn people against business role in celebrating traditional festivals.密案懈斤A【话题解读】为提高人们对于爵士乐的重视程度，UNESCOE 4月30日定为国际爵士日，然而这一行为还是没能挽救爵士乐。Jason Moran认为时代在进步，为了将老一代人和

55、年轻一代人连接起来，爵士乐也应该不断进 步。LD1 解析】细节理解题根据第一段中的 UNLSOX United Nations Education： Scientific and CulturalOrganization) recently set April 30 as a day ta raise awareness of由由% itsand itspotsOral as a. unifying(联的嗝tBUnasgltoeg.可知UNESCO把4月JO日底为国际爵士日是为7让 人们重视爵士乐，意识到它的重要性以及它作为连接各文化的纽带之声的潜在动能，也就是为了让 人“值识到爵士乐的价值#

56、故选D.C【解析】推理判断题。根据前文Despite the celebrations, though, in the U.S. the jazz audiencecontinues to shrink and grow older, and the music has failed to connect with younger generations可知尽管UNESCO；爵士乐设了纪念日，但美国的爵士乐听众依然在减少，并且年龄在老化，爵士乐没能 将年轻一代人连接起来。再结合 It s Jason Moran s job to help change that（ 是 Jason Moran

57、的工 作是帮助改变那一情况）可推测that指代的是前文中爵士乐在年轻一代人中失去吸引力的现象。故选Co.C【解析】细节理解题。根据第五段中的The music can t be presented today the way it was in 1908or 1958. It has to continue to move, because the way the world works is not the same可知 Moran认为现在爵士乐不能以1908或1958年的方式来呈现，因为世界已经不同了，所以爵士乐必须不断进步，说明随着时代的发展，爵士乐也要跟上时代才不会被年轻一代所抛弃。故选Co.A 【解析】标题归纳题。通读全文可知本文主要讲UNESCO；提高人们对爵士乐的重视而设立爵士日，但实际收效甚微。有人认为爵士乐应随着时代的进步而进步，否则它将失去对人们的吸引力，因此本文主要是探