江苏省无锡市2023-2024学年高三上学期期中教学质量调研测试英语试卷.pdfVIP

江苏省无锡市2023-2024学年高三上学期期中教学质量调研

测试英语试卷

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学校姓名：班级：考号：

一、阅读理解

ThetraditionalChinesesolarcalendardividestheyearinto24solarterms.Startof

Autumn,the13thsolarterm,reflectstheendofsummerandthebeginningofautumn.The

fruitfulseasonisapproaching.Thefollowingareseveralthingsyoushouldknowaboutit.

“AutumnTiger”

AlthoughStartofAutumnindicatesthebeginningofautumn,hotweatherwon’tcometo

anend.TheperiodofhotdaysafterStartofAutumn,iscalled“AutumnTiger”.Becauseof

decreasingrainfall,itisevenmoresweltering()duringthisperiodthanduringMajor

闷热的

Heat.

Eatinglongans

TheStartofAutumnperiodisharvesttimeforTaiwanlongan.Peoplebelievethateating

longanwillhelptheirchildrenbecomeseniorofficials.

Eatingredbeans

StartingfromtheTangDynastyandtheSongDynasty,peopleinYiwu,Zhejiang

province,haveeatenredbeansonStartofAutumnday.Theytake7to14littlebeans,

swallowingthemwithwellwater.Whentakingthebeans,onemustfacewest,itissaid,soas

nottogetdysenteryduringtheautumn.

Eatinggourds(葫芦)

DuringtheQingDynasty,peoplewouldputgourdsoutsideforadaybeforetheStartof

Autumn,andeatthemonStartofAutumndaytodriveoffthesummerheat.Todaypeoplein

Tianjinstillkeepthiscustom,believingthateatingmelonssuchastowelgourd,whitegourd

andbittergourdcanpreventdiarrhea(腹泻)inautumn.

1Whatcauses“AutumnTiger”accordingtothepassage?

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A．Thereducingrainfall.B．Theendingofsummer.

C．Theapproachingautumn.D．Thebeginningofthesolarterm.

2Wh