The joyous Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated on the fifteenth
# Z% P6 I7 t, h( n; ]$ bday of the eighth moon, around the time of the autumn equinox（秋分）.$ E! v) g, O8 y# g; d
Many refer it simply as the "Fifteenth of the Eighth Moon". This day ___1____) W/ l5 v2 t n6 g/ Y, h C) R
is also considered a harvest festival because that fruits, vegetables and ___2____
% ` Q) d- @4 J/ n/ R4 M& vgrain have been harvested by this time and food is unabundant. With ___3____
/ }( r4 u! A' f# N$ V" [* g4 |delinquent accounts settled prior to the festival , it is a time for relax ___4___
0 q# G( g: l. S3 z/ Cand celebration. Together with the celebration there appears some ___5___
/ g8 F. n- \9 k# S" l9 z3 i* yspecial customs in different parts. However, the custom of playing under
1 i& ^0 t3 f* V3 U2 P W) e" R; g( ^the moon is not so popular as it used to be nowadays, and it is not less ___6___' l9 j+ m( `, T/ ^- {0 T
popular to enjoy the bright silver moon. Whenever the festival sets in,
3 y6 B! b. J4 A2 W5 Opeople will look up at the full silver moon, drinking wine to celebrate
, r: A' o# w' Y9 dtheir happy life or thinking of their relative and friends far from home. ____7___! M. A7 l" }) A' m$ L$ \% z) v
The round moon cakes, measuring about three inches in diameter and
, } H( Q9 I. B5 ^- w- m- Done and a half inches in thickness, resembles Western fruitcakes in taste ____8____
+ ^' u. ^7 M8 n7 f) z5 @: |and consistency. But nowadays, there are hundreds varieties of moon cakes __9___
1 X, i" A4 c: }7 don sale a month before the arrival of Moon Festival. For generations, moon% }) q. M9 ~" \
cakes have been made with sweet fillings of nuts, mashed red beans,
$ m# X# Y5 Y& _, C x/ Tlotus-seed paste or Chinese dates（枣子）, wrapped in a pastry.
. l" `& a Y$ Y, |Sometimes a cooked egg yolk can be found in the middle of the rich tasting
3 u: _+ T+ L& xdessert. People compare moon cakes to the plum pudding and fruit cakes ___10___
8 H! x4 t1 j+ t! e, E/ x4 Tare served in the English holiday seasons .
3 r$ x, K+ G( C/ O9 a% J# P参考答案及解析:
0 C: }7 K6 M9 p @7 E9 S. E) _+ |1. refer后加to/ l5 R, J) j% j0 b, x" }
固定搭配refer to…as…，意为“把…称作…”。" N7 `# h* p4 N; @8 j3 i
2. that -%26gt; /
6 R0 v& |6 s% N# H/ B. W& N: tBecause表示原因后接从句时不需加that。
+ z) g4 c$ X2 P3. unabundant -%26gt; abundant
/ c1 P) p& U9 j6 C! I9 r" }根据上文已经说了中秋节也被认为是丰收节，所以食物应该是很丰富的，故将unabundant改为abundant。- q: _0 _" H% \
4. relax -%26gt; relaxation
1 }7 W) A4 L9 ]' ?( ~# H: Crelax是动词，此处需要名词作for的宾语，所以将relax改成相应的名词relaxation。
, U" v7 R* @7 V5. appears -%26gt; appear
% [2 ~% A: {; f9 m这句话是倒装句，真正的主语是后面的some special customs，所以谓语动词要用复数形式。7 o5 k, K. q) h# v0 ]
6. and -%26gt; but
6 m9 p& Z! z' N G" n5 G3 N) x5 n
j ]( D) ~& l$ x" _' K$ W4 M7. relative -%26gt; relatives: B! F; K! w/ \ V: c/ i) G
8. resembles -%26gt; resemble
$ H; Y b+ T0 x0 L这句话的主语是the round moon cakes，所以将谓语动词resembles改为resemble。
+ @8 x- z: A' q4 A3 ~9 O ^, k9. hundreds后加of7 B' ~; Z3 k5 o1 t7 B+ S; k3 Q
固定搭配hundreds of“成百上千的”。
c G! }8 V! X10. cakes后加which或that
/ |( H5 c' v f这句话出现了compare和are served两个谓语，根据句子的意思compare才是真正的谓语，而are served….则应该是修饰cakes的定语从句，又因为从句缺少主语，所以加上that或which。 |
发表于 2012-8-14 10:46:58
