任务一 完形填空
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
Do you know about Grain in Ear (mangzhong)? It is one of the 24 Solar Terms. When the weather gets
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, the rain starts to fall and grain gets ripe(成熟的), we know mangzhong is just around the corner. This year, it falls on June 5.
The arrival of mangzhong means
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time is coming. Wheat becomes ripe, and so do plums(梅子).
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the day of mangzhong, people will boil(煮) and eat green plums. It is said that this tradition started
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two famous people Cao Cao and Liu Bei. There is a famous story. Cao and Liu
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the heroes of their time while boiling and eating green plums with warm wine.
When the plums are ripe, the plum rains come. After mangzhong, the
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in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River will enter the plum rain season. Long periods of
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and cloudy weather will last
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June and July.
The plum rain season is a good time for
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rice, vegetables and fruits, but it also means the falling of flowers. During mangzhong, people have ceremonies(仪式) to say
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to the Flower Goddess.
With its busy harvests and natural beauty, mangzhong is really a good period.
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) 1. A. drier B. cooler C. hotter D. colder
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) 2. A. harvest B. tour C. hope D. joy
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) 3. A. For B. On C. At D. In
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) 4. A. instead of B. in order to C. in front of D. because of
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) 5. A. protected B. recorded C. discussed D. advised
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) 6. A. areas B. cities C. plants D. seasons
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) 7. A. foggy B. snowy C. sunny D. rainy
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) 8. A. across B. through C. with D. before
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) 9. A. selling B. saving C. growing D. collecting
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)10. A. hi B. fine C. hello D. goodbye
