一、根据首字母提示填空，补全短文
The Double Ninth Festival is a traditional festival in China. It takes place on the n
ninth
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day of the ninth month in the Chinese lunar calendar (农历). It is a good time to climb mountains and enjoy the natural b
beauty
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of the autumn season. People usually go mountain climbing with their elders or p
prepare
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some delicious food for them.
There are many other activities to do on this day. For example, people wear cornel (茱萸) leaves, eat Chongyang cakes, e
enjoy
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chrysanthemums (菊花) and drink chrysanthemum wine.
Traditionally, people wear cornel leaves on this day. They think the cornel plant can bring good luck and k
keep
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them from bad things.
In Chinese, gao (cake) sounds the s
same
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as the Chinese character (汉字) for “high”. People make Chongyang cakes and eat them, hoping that everything will go better.
In ancient times, Chinese people liked drinking chrysanthemum wine on the Double Ninth Festival. The great p
poet
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Tao Yuanming was famous for his poems about chrysanthemums. So enjoying the flowers and drinking the wine have become i
important
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activities on this day.
1.
ninth
2.
beauty
3.
prepare
4.
enjoy
5.
keep
6.
same
7.
poet
8.
important
解析：
【分析】这是一道结合中国传统节日文化的首字母填空题，解题思路为：首先通读全文理解短文大意，再结合每个空格的上下文语境、首字母提示，确定符合语义和语法的单词，同时注意单词的词性、形式（如序数词、动词原形等），确保填入后语句通顺合理。
【解析】1. 句意：重阳节在农历九月的第九天，结合首字母n，此处需填序数词ninth；2. 句意：享受秋天的自然美，natural为形容词，后接名词，结合首字母b，填beauty；3. 句意：人们通常和长辈爬山或为他们准备美食，prepare sth for sb是固定搭配，结合首字母p，填prepare；4. 句意：列举重阳节活动，与wear、eat并列，结合首字母e，填enjoy（欣赏）；5. 句意：茱萸能带来好运，让他们远离不好的事物，keep sb from sth是固定搭配，结合首字母k，填keep；6. 句意：“糕”和“高”发音相同，the same as是固定搭配，结合首字母s，填same；7. 句意：陶渊明是伟大的诗人，结合首字母p，填poet；8. 句意：赏菊和饮酒成为重要活动，结合首字母i，填important。
【答案】1. ninth 2. beauty 3. prepare 4. enjoy 5. keep 6. same 7. poet 8. important
【知识点】英语词汇运用；固定搭配；词形辨析
【点评】本题以中国传统节日重阳节为背景，既考查学生的英语词汇积累，又渗透了传统文化知识，解题时需结合语境和首字母提示，同时掌握相关固定搭配，难度适中。
【难度系数】0.7
