八、用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空。
autumn climb door do pick sweet keep drink
The Double Ninth Festival is on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month.
How 1.
did
ancient Chinese people celebrate the festival? Let me tell you.
People in ancient China loved to 2.
climb
mountains. They thought it was nice to enjoy the beauty of nature in cool 3.
autumn
.
Ancient Chinese people loved to enjoy chrysanthemums (赏菊) and 4.
drink
chrysanthemum wine (酒). They usually 5.
picked
fresh chrysanthemums to make wine together with grains (谷物).
People in ancient China wore cornel (茱萸) at this festival. Its fruit and leaves are good for people's health. They put the plant in their hair or put it by windows or 6.
doors
to keep healthy.
Eating Chongyang cakes was also a popular custom (习俗) in ancient days. These cakes were soft and 7.
sweet
. They were made with rice and fruit. People ate them because the word for "cake" sounds like "high" in Chinese.
Today we Chinese people 8.
keep
many of the traditions of the Double Ninth Festival. This traditional festival is very important for our culture.
解析：
【分析】
这道题是用方框内单词的适当形式填空，解题思路为：先通读短文理解整体语境，再结合每个句子的时态、固定搭配、词性要求，逐一确定每个空的单词形式。需注意古代动作用过去式，并列结构用对应词性，固定短语要牢记。
【解析】
1. 句中“ancient Chinese people”表明动作发生在过去，需用一般过去时，助动词do的过去式为did，故填did。
2. 固定搭配“love to do sth”（喜欢做某事），“climb mountains”（爬山）是固定短语，故填climb。
3. 重阳节在农历九月初九，属于秋季，“in cool autumn”符合语境，故填autumn。
4. and连接并列动作，前面是enjoy，此处表示“喝菊花酒”，需用动词原形drink，故填drink。
5. 描述古代人的动作，用一般过去时，pick的过去式为picked，故填picked。
6. or连接并列名词，前面是复数名词windows，故用door的复数形式doors，故填doors。
7. 此处形容蛋糕的特征，需用形容词，sweet（甜的）符合语境，故填sweet。
8. 句中“Today”表明用一般现在时，主语是复数，谓语动词用原形keep，故填keep。
【答案】
1. did 2. climb 3. autumn 4. drink 5. picked 6. doors 7. sweet 8. keep
【知识点】
动词适当形式填空、一般过去时、固定搭配
【点评】
本题为基础词汇填空题，结合语境考查学生对时态、固定搭配、词性变化的掌握，需学生仔细分析句子的语法和语境要求，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.6
