题型:语法填空(语篇) 题类: 难易度:普通
湖南省岳阳市临湘市2023-2024学年九年级上学期期中考试英语试题
The Dragon Boat Festival has a history of more than two thousand years. It is also Duanwu Festival. There are many (activity) on the day.
Dragon boat race
The dragon boat race is important competition during the festival. People(hold) dragon boat races in the river to remember the poet, Qu Yuan. Now, the dragon boat race is a (tradition) activity for Chinese people.
Wearing sweet- smelling bags
During the Dragon Boat Festival, children usually wear sweet- smelling bags (avoid) bad things. Sweet- smelling bags are a kind of hand- made bags. In some areas of China, a sweet- smelling bag is also used a symbol of love between lovers.
Eating zongzi
Eating zongzi (be) also a custom for Chinese people. Zongzi is a of food with different designs and styles. For thousands of years, the custom of eating zongzi has been popular in China and has spread to Korea, Japan and countries in Southeast Asia. People usually have a great .
Every year thousands of students leave school for a few weeks or months and enjoy an unusual type of educational program. What they learn during this time does not come from books. They learn new skills by living in a different country and doing unusual jobs. There are several programs that help students to gain (获得) the experience they are looking for.
Country | Job | Time | Activities |
India | Teaching young children | Two months | * Teaching music and art * Helping children to learn how to communicate |
Ghana | Health care worker | Three months | * Seeing how doctors work in a less developed country * Helping care for sick people |
Thailand | Saving elephants | Three weeks | * Caring for elephants * Helping train elephants |
One interesting program is saving elephants in Thailand. Most people think of elephants as animals in zoos or circuses. However, many elephants are no longer kept in captivity (囚禁). Now, hundreds of them are homeless. These gentle animals are often found on the streets because they do not have owners to care for them. Although they may look well, they are often in poor health and don't have enough food to eat.
One center in Thailand cares for these elephants. It provides a safe and natural living space for them. When they are at the center, they stay in a building but are free to walk around. Students come from all over the world to help there. The students work with the elephant keepers and help then a train elephants. These keepers teach the students how to care for the elephants. In the morning, they go to the forest together and lead the elephants to the center. They clean them and give them food. In the afternoon, they take the animals back into the forest for the night. Helping at the center is interesting and the young people learn a lot.
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