2023-2024学年湖南省高一下学期3月大联考英语试题（解析版）.docx

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湖南省2023-2024学年高一下学期3月大联考英语试题

第一部分听力（略）

第二部分阅读（共两节，满分50分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

A

TheSpringFestivaltravelrush,witnessedbytensofthousandspeoplegoinghome,getsmoreandmorefrighteningeveryyear.Firecrackersaremoreextravagant.TheSpringFestivalevedinnergetsevenmoredelicious.However,mostChinesepeoplefeelthattheatmosphereofSpringFestival,orNianwei,isfading.Now,let’slearnsomecustomsoftheSpringFestival.

Cleaning

InChinese,thepronunciationof“尘”(dust)and“陈”(stalethings)arethesame,socleaningthedustbeforetheSpringFestivalevemeanskickingpovertyandbadluckoutofthehouse.Thetraditionshowspeople’shopetobidfarewelltotheoldandgreetthenew.

SpringFestivalcouplets

ThetraditionofpastingSpringFestivalcoupletsonthedoorsoriginatedduringtheSongDynastyandbecamepopularduringtheMingDynasty.Thecoupletsarecomposedofneat,antithetic,compactandingeniouswordstodescribesocietyandexpressgoodwishes.ItisauniqueChineseliteraryform.

Stayingupthewholenight

ThetraditionofstayingupthewholenightonNewYear’sevehadtwomeaningsinancienttimes.Theoldstayeduptobidfarewelltotheoldyear,whichremindsthemtocherisheverymomentoftime.Whilefortheyoung,stayingupwasanacttoshowtheywishtheirparentsalonglife.Inmoderntimes,peoplestayupthewholenighttowardoffdiseaseanddisastersandtowishforgoodluckintheNewYear.

Firecrackers

Firecrackersdatebackover2,000years.Thecrackingsoundstheymakeareperfectforcreatingajoyousatmosphere,andthusexplodingfirecrackershasbecomeanimportantpartofcelebrations.Theyarealsothoughttobringhappinessandgoodluck.

21.What’sthemeaningofcleaningbeforetheSpringFestivaleve?

A.Itmeansdrivingpovertyandbadluckoutofthehouse.

B.Itisthoughttobringhappinessandgoodluck.

C.