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UNIT 1 FESTIVALS AND CELEBRATIONS 11

People like to climb mountains on this festival, so the Double Ninth Festival is also called

“Mountain-climbing Festival”. The ninth lunar month, with clear autumn sky and cool air, is a good time

for sightseeing. 2 It is really cheerful to climb mountains and enjoy the beautiful nature at this clear

time in autumn.

Climbing mountains also means “climbing to longevity(长寿)”. 3 Climbing mountains on the

Double Ninth Festival was already popular in the Tang Dynasty. A lot of poems were closely related to this
custom.

Drinking chrysanthemum flower(菊花) wine.

The chrysanthemum flower wine is made with special process. In ancient times, people usually

picked fresh chrysanthemum flowers and leaves on the ninth of the ninth lunar month, and made the

mixture of them and grains into the wine. 4 The wine is said to be good for the health and make

people live longer.
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The Double Ninth cake is also known as “flower cake”. It is from Zhou Dynasty. It is said that the

cake was originally prepared after autumn harvests for farmers to have a taste of what was just in season,

and it gradually turned into the present cake for people to eat on the Double Ninth Festival.
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A. Eating Double Ninth cake.

B. Making “flower cake” with friends.

C. So people love to go sightseeing this month.

D. It would not be drunk until the same day next year.

E. Here are some traditional customs of the Double Ninth Festival.

F. But few Chinese people are aware of the importance of the festival.

G. That s another reason why climbing mountains are valued by people, especially by the old.

三、 完形填空

Many western cultures measure their days with the solar calendar. Therefore, they 1 the coming

of the New Year on January 1. Cultures in Asia and the Middle East use other calendars and celebrate the

New Year at other times. Events and rituals 2 from country to country. But in each place, New Year

celebrations are a big 3 .

Most world cultures have been celebrating the New Year for centuries. The earliest New Year

celebrations took place during spring or 4 time. With 5 weather ahead, or plenty of food to eat in

winter, people 6 felt like having a party! As the days became longer and as nature renewed itself,

people also felt like they could have a new start. The New Year could bring better fortune, more

opportunities and new challenges. Such 7 themes remain the same today.

Some cultures have 8 New Year traditions. Italians throw old things out of their windows at

midnight, symbolizing the 9 of the old. Mexicans fire guns into the air to ward off 10 . Danes

jump off chairs exactly as the clock 11 midnight, so they can “ jump” into the New Year. Greek

children leave their shoes by the fireplace on New Year s Day. They hope “Santa Claus” will come and fill