高考英语 大题提分练9 阅读理解之文章结构题.doc

考前顶层设计 英语 PAGE PAGE 9 大题提分练9　阅读理解之文章结构题 时间：30分钟　满分：30分 解题提示：请利用阅读得分技巧17—18巧解本练习中加黑的小题 提分阅读理解A　(2017·合肥三模)　体裁：说明文　话题：文化与风俗　难度：★★★☆☆ May Day, the first day of May, is celebrated as a Spring Festival in many countries. It marks the approach of summer. The English developed their May Day festivals from the Roman festival called Floralia. In the festival of Floralia, the Romans gathered flowers to honour the goddess of spring, Flora. In the Middle Ages, May Day became the favourite holiday of many English villages. People gathered flowers to decorate their homes and churches, sang spring songs and chose a king and a queen of May. Villagers danced around a tall pole fixed upright in the ground, called a maypole, each holding the end of a ribbon attached to the top of the pole. They tied the ribbons around the pole until it was covered with bright colors. They collected dew (露水) on May Day morning and washed their faces with it because they believed that the dew on the day had the magic power to regain youth. Nowadays in Britain people no longer attach great importance to the day, but in some towns and villages people still celebrate it by choosing the May Queen and dancing around the maypole. May Queen is a girl selected as being the most beautiful on May Day. She is usually crowned with flowers and often driven in procession through the street. In the United States, the day has never been celebrated with the same enthusiasm as in Britain. But in many American towns and cities, children celebrate the day with dancing and singing. They often gather flowers in handmade paper baskets and hang them on the doorknobs of homes of friends and neighbours on May Day morning. At May Day parties, children select May Queens, dance around the maypole, and sing May Day songs. 【语篇解读】　英国五月节，又称五朔节，是英国人迎接春天的日子。本文介绍了五月节的起源，中世纪英国人庆祝该节日的方式和现代英美两国庆祝该节日的不同方式。 词汇小得　①attach great importance to重视；②with enthusiasm热情地 1．What do we know about May Day in Britain in the Middle Ages? A. People wore br