贵州省贵阳市第六中学高三下学期第六次周测英语试题.docx

学必求其心得，业必贵于专精

学必求其心得，业必贵于专精

学必求其心得，业必贵于专精

第Ⅰ卷

第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

ChineseNewYearisthemostimportantandlongestofallChinesefestivals,celebratedinChinesecommunitiesworldwide。Thisfestivalisbelievedtogoasfarbackasprehistory,ItmarksthestartofthenewlunarcycleandiscalledtheSpringFestivalinthenorthernhemisphereasitfallsbetweentheDecembersolstice（冬至）andtheMarchequinox（春分).ChinafollowstheGregoriancalendar(阳历）fordailybusinessbutthedatesoftheChineseNewYearandotherimportantfestivalsaredeterminedbytheChinesecalendar。

TheChineseNewYear，whichisthefirstdayofthefirstmonth，intheChinesecalendarisgiventoananimal。Accordingtoonebelief，Buddhapromisedgiftstoallanimalsthatwouldpayhimrespect。Only12animalscametohonorBuddhasottofavorthese12animals,eachonewasgivenoneofthe12yearsoftheChinesezodiac。Peoplebornduringoneoftheanimalsyearsaresaidtohaveuniquecharacteristicsofthatanimal。Thesignsrepeatevery12years.

ChineseNewYearhasvarioussymbolsandtraditions。Forexample,flowersareanimportantpartofNewYeardecorations。TwoflowersthatareoftenassociatedwithChineseNewYeararetheplumblossomwhichmeanscourageandhope，andthewaternarcissusmeansgoodluckandfortune.Writingsthatrefertogoodluckareoftenseeninhomesandbusinessenvironments。Theyareusuallywrittenbybrushonadiamond—shapedofredpaper.Orangesarealsodisplayedinmanyhomesandstoresasasignofluckandwealth。

EnvelopeswithmoneywhichareusuallycalledHongBao，AngPao，orLaiSee，oftencomeinthecolorred,whichsymbolizehappiness,goodluck，successandgoodfortune，Thecolorredisalsousedontheseenvelopestowardoffevilspirits。Theseenvelopesaremainlygivenaspresentstochildren。

EachChineseNewYearisassociatedwithanani