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浙江省丽水市龙泉市2023-2024学年九年级上学期期中考试英语试卷
Some interesting things about Start of Spring
The traditional Chinese solar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Start of Spring, the first solar term of the year, starts on Feb. 4th and ends on Feb. 18th this year. After that everything turns green and is full of energy; people clearly see that the daytime is becoming longer and the weather is becoming warmer. Here are some interesting things about Start of Spring.
weather is becoming warmer. Here are some interesting things about Start of Spring.
◆ Flying a kite
Spring is the best season for kite-flying. As a tradition, it has a history of more than 2, 000 years. It can help build one's health and prevent diseases.
◆ Erecting the egg (立蛋)
In China, it is said that the egg can be set upright on the first day of Start of Spring. It is believed that if someone can erect the egg on the first day of Start of Spring, he will have good luck in the future.
◆ Making a Spring Ox (做春牛)
This custom in Shaanxi is practiced right before the Start of Spring. The officers ask some artists to build an ox with bamboo, wood, paper and paint. When the paper ox is ready, people will worship (敬神) it and hope for a harvest year.
◆ Posting spring calligraphy and paintings (张贴春季字画)
The custom of posting calligraphy and paintings on one's door in the spring was first celebrated during the Tang Dynasty (618-907). People would do so to welcome spring and pray for good luck on the first day of Start of Spring.
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This year, Start of Springon Feb. 4th and ends on Feb. 18th. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Flying a kite | It can keep people and prevent diseases. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Erect the egg | People who succeed in erecting the egg will be . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Making a spring ox | People build and worship a spring ox for a harvest year. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Post spring calligraphy and paintings | People post calligraphy and paintings on theto welcome spring. |
What do you like to do on the Start of Spring and why?
When people are driving, they like listening to music on the radio in the car. Music makes the ride interesting. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}
There is a kind of wonderful road in Japan- melody road. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} When you drive on it, you can hear nice songs. There are three melody roads in Japan. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} When you drive on it, you can hear the song Memories of Summer. Lots of drivers like this road very much. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} Many people drive their cars to the road only because they want to listen to the nice song.
{#blank#}5{#/blank#} The designer (设计者) of this road says, "You can hear the beautiful song best when your speed (速度) is 50 kilometers an hour".
A. You must follow the traffic rules. B. They say the song keeps therm relaxed. C. It is a road with musical notations (乐谱). D. But do you know roads can play music too? E. But to hear the music, you can't drive too fast. F. One of them is near the city of Numata and it's about 175 meters long. |
Clever people always bring us new things. They make our life easy. Let's have a look!
Fast Shoes Do you want to walk fast? Are you tired after walking a long way? Try this pair of shoes. With this new kind of shoes on, you can walk 11 kilometers an hour. The shoes have a motor*, so they can" walk" by themselves. Cool! It helps you walk fast and easily. But it's a little expensive. | |
The Rotating* House Vojin Kusic, 72, is from Bosnia. To make his wife happy, he builds a house that can rotate. Now, his wife can rotate the house when she wants to see different things through the window. For example, she can turn the bedroom to face the sun. Kusic uses motors and the wheels of an old car. | |
Mushroom Chips* Mushroom is not only delicious food. Now, scientists use a kind of mushroom to make the computer chips. They say it is good for the environment*. We usually use plastic* for computer chips. People throw them away and it brings 50 million tons of e-waste each year. Mushroom can help us in the future. |
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