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【题目】

Chinese Farmers' Harvest (收获,收割) Festival is the first festival in China for farmers. The festival starting from 2018, falls on the Autumnal Equinox (秋分) each year. The Autumnal Equinox is one of the 24 solar terms(节气) of the Chinese lunar calendar and usually falls between September 22nd and 24th, during the country's harvest season.

As we all know, China has the largest population all over the world. It was difficult to feed the largest population in the past. After reform and opening (改革开放)，with the development of modern agriculture (农业), people's life is getting better and better, and their living conditions have improved a lot. Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival shows that our government is paying more attention to agriculture and farmers' life. It will greatly encourage farmers to farm and develop further modem agriculture. China has a long history of agriculture. Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival, the cultural symbol, helps to show China's long farming culture to the world. It also connects the excellent traditional Chinese culture to modem civilization (文明) and improves the cultural self-confidence and national pride.

Since the festival is especially created for farmers, they are encouraged to think of their own ways to celebrate harvest. Some activities are held across the country, but most of the celebrations will take place at a local level that comes from local customs. Also, local government usually hosts all kinds of activities for the festival, such as folk culture performances, food tasting and so on.

Some people think the festival is the happiest time of a year, even better than the Spring Festival, because food gives people a sense of safety and hope. For other people, the harvest festival is a time to look back at the past and look forward to the future.

【1】We probably celebrate the Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival on ______________.

A. September 20thB. September 23rdC. September 25thD. October lst

【2】The main purposes that Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival was created don't include _______.

A. showing the long history of farming culture of China

B. improving Chinese cultural self-confidence and national pride

C. encouraging Chinese farmers to give up local customs

D. connecting the traditional Chinese culture to modem civilization

【3】We can learn from the third paragraph that ______________________.

A. the celebrations will be differently based on local customs

B. western countries also celebrate the Fanners' Harvest Festival

C. the Farmers' Harvest Festival is one of the Chinese traditional festivals

D. The Farmers' Harvest Festival is created for both farmers and workers

【4】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. The Farmers' Harvest Festival falls on different days in different areas in China.

B. The Farmers' Harvest Festival is the best time to harvest crops（庄稼）in the world.

C. The Farmers' Harvest Festival has been celebrated twice in our country so far.

D. China's modem agriculture has greatly developed because of reform and opening.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】A

【4】D

【解析】

本篇文章难度适中，主要介绍中国的“收获节”的时间以及收获节的意义。

【1】细节理解题。根据The festival starting from 2018, falls on the Autumnal Equinox (秋分) each year. The Autumnal Equinox is one of the 24 solar terms(节气) of the Chinese lunar calendar and usually falls between September 22nd and 24th, during the country's harvest season可知，这个节日从2018年开始,在秋分。秋分是中国农历24节气之一,通常介于9月22日和24日是我国的收获季节。故选B。

【2】细节理解题。根据It will greatly encourage farmers to farm and develop further modem agriculture. China has a long history of agriculture. Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival, the cultural symbol, helps to show China's long farming culture to the world. It also connects the excellent traditional Chinese culture to modem civilization (文明) and improves the cultural self-confidence and national pride以及Some activities are held across the country, but most of the celebrations will take place at a local level that comes from local customs可知，这将极大地鼓励农民耕种和进一步发展现代农业。中国的农业历史悠久。中国农民丰收节作为一种文化符号，向世界展示了中国悠久的农耕文化。它还把优秀的中国传统文化与现代文明联系起来，提高了文化自信和民族自豪感。一些活动在全国举行，但是大部分庆祝活动在当地举行，这源于当地的风俗习惯。所以并不鼓励中国农民放弃当地的文化，故选C。

【3】推理判断题。根据Since the festival is especially created for farmers, they are encouraged to think of their own ways to celebrate harvest可知，因为这个节日是特别为农民创造的，所以他们被鼓励用自己的方式来庆祝丰收。所以，根据当地的文化，庆祝活动应该是不同的，故选A。

【4】细节理解题。根据The festival starting from 2018, falls on the Autumnal Equinox (秋分) each year. The Autumnal Equinox is one of the 24 solar terms(节气) of the Chinese lunar calendar and usually falls between September 22nd and 24th可知，这个节日从2018年开始,在秋分。秋分是中国农历24节气之一,通常介于9月22日和24日是我国的收获季节，所以这个节日全国统一，排除A；根据The Autumnal Equinox is one of the 24 solar terms(节气) of the Chinese lunar calendar and usually falls between September 22nd and 24th, during the country's harvest season可知，秋分是中国农历24节气之一,通常介于9月22日和24日是我国的收获季节，所以是我国的收获季节，而不是全世界的，排除B；根据The festival starting from 2018, falls on the Autumnal Equinox (秋分) each year可知，这个节日是2018年秋分开始的，今年是2019年，还未到秋分，所以已经举办了一次，排除C；根据After reform and opening (改革开放)，with the development of modern agriculture (农业), people's life is getting better and better, and their living conditions have improved a lot可知，改革开放后，随着当代农业的发展，人们的生活变得越来越好，他们的生活水平得到了很大的提高，所以由于改革开放，中国的农业已经取得了巨大的发展，故选D。

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