Unit1 Festival and celebrations Section A Listening and Speaking一、单词拼写1When the _(仪式) was over he was still excited.2It is a tradition to watch Chinese _(灯笼) during this festival.3She never wears_(化妆) and she still looks younger for her age.4At the party，many school pupils were wearing traditional _ (costume)5_(祝贺) on your being elected Chairman of the Students Union.二、单句语法填空1Christie advises us_ (practise) oral English as often as possible.2This device is practical but it is too expensive for most people _(buy)3_ festival do you prefer, the Spring Festival or the MidAutumn Festival? 4The school kids dressed_(them) as monkeys for the festival yesterday.5_ is known to all his friends , he likes popular music and dancing very much.6The study indicates _ it is humans activities that has resulted in the destruction of the village.三、阅读理解阅读理解India has many festivals,with some celebrations that last for weeks.However,none of them come even close to Holi,Indias most colourful and fun festival.Celebrated on the day following the full moon,this years festival happens to be on March 19th.As with most Indian festivals,this one also has many different folk stories.Most of them centre around the success of good over evil.The most popular one is about a king,who hates his son Prahlada for loving the creator of the UniverseLord Vishnu.When every attempt to stop him fails,his sister,Holika believed to be immune(免疫的) to fire,joins in the effort by inviting the young boy to sit with her inside a huge fire.Helped by the power of Lord Vishnu,Prahlada escapes safely,while the evil Holika is burned to death.To remember this event,huge outdoor fires are lit in the night before Holi in order to clean the air of evil spirits and to celebrate the death of the evil.So whats so great about this day?While there are some fun parades and folk songs and dance performances,the most fun of all is walking to the streets and splashing(泼洒) people with water guns and dry colours and even covering them with entire buckets of coloured water.On this day,everybody is fair game,no matter how old or how young.At about midday,the splashing comes to an end and people living close to oceans or rivers usually take a bath in the water to clean themselves before going home to a delicious home-made big dinner and a well-deserved short sleep,following this full day of fun and activities.1.Why does the king dislike his son Prahlada?A.Because Prahlada doesnt love him.B.Because Prahlada is rude to Holika.C.Because Prahlada loves Lord Vishnu.D.Because Prahlada concentrates on his own success.2.Prahlada gets out of danger .A.with the help of Lord VishnuB.because of his good luckC.by beating his aunt HolikaD.using his amazing talent3.The underlined phrase “fair game” in Paragraph 3 refers to a person who .A.fights against others fairlyB.enjoys splashing peopleC.plays a trick on othersD.is the aim of splashing water4.After the fun activities,people living close to oceans or rivers often take a bath because .A.they have got dirty with dry colours and coloured waterB.going home with coloured water means bad luckC.they believe clean water will bring good luckD.taking a bath shows their true love for Lord Vishnu四、七选五阅读理解Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving Day in the USA,falling on the Friday after the fourth Thursday in November.1Many people have a day off work or choose to take a day from their annual leave on Black Friday.Some people use this to make trips to see family members or friends who live in other areas or to go on vacation.Shopping for Christmas presents is popular on Black Friday.Many stores have special offers and lower their prices on some goods,such as toys.Publiclife2 Many people take a day off on the day after Thanksgiving Day.Many organisations also close for the Thanksgiving weekend.Public transit systems may run on their normal schedule or may have changes.Some stores extend their opening hours on Black Friday.3BackgroundBlack Friday,the day after Thanksgiving Day,is one of the busiest shopping days in the USA.4 One theory is that the wheels of vehicles in heavy traffic on the day after Thanksgiving Day left many black marking on the road surface,leading to the term “Black Friday”.The other theory is that the term “Black Friday” comes from an old way of recording business accounts.5Many businesses,particularly small businesses,started making profits before Christmas.Many hoped to start showing a profit,marked in black ink,on the day after Thanksgiving Day.More recently,Black Friday has been exported to nations outside of North America such as the United Kingdom by major online retailers like Amazon or Apple.In 2011,IBM reported online Black Friday sales were up by 24.3%,according to a study that includes 500 re