Unit 2 Home Sweet Home 第5课时拓展阅读
The Dragon Boat Festival
The Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional Chinese holiday. It's on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. It's also known as the Duanwu Festival. During the festival this year, my family and I went on a wonderful trip. Let me show you some photos.
This is the first one. My family is making zongzi together with the local people.Zongzi is a traditional food for this festival. We usually make sweet zongzi in my hometown. This time, we tried making and eating zongzi with pork, and it was yummy!
I really love this photo! We are watching the dragon boat race. You can see long and colourful boats. They look like dragons. On each boat, players are working hard to the beat of the drum.On the river bank, people are cheering and waving flags. Everyone is excited!
Here is a photo of me in Zigui（秭归）, the hometown of Qu Yuan. I admire QuYuan very much. He was a great poet and he deeply loved his people and his country. My grandma told me his story when I was young. I'm happy to visit his hometown and pay my respect to him. I am proud of our history and culture.
A.Vocabulary
Put the right word in each blank. These are new sentences for words in the text.
beat proud admire local race admire wave
I am _________ to be a member of this class.
We often buy fruits from the __________ market.
I __________ my English teacher for her kindness.
I will take part in the running _________ tomorrow.
The flag is __________ in the wind.
His heart was __________ fast when he saw the big dog.
drum cheer poet pork traditional respect
We __________ loudly when our team scores.
We can buy fresh__________at the local market near our school.
The _________ wrote many beautiful poems about nature.
We should __________our teachers and parents.
We have a big dinner on __________ festivals.
He plays the ________ in the school band.
B.Questions
1.When does the Dragon Boat Festival fall
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2.What new kind of zongzi did the writer try during the festival
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3.What do the dragon boats look like in the race
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4.Why does the writer admire Qu Yuan
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5.How does the writer feel about Chinese history and culture
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C. Comprehension: Multiple Choice
1.What is the traditional food for the Dragon Boat Festival mentioned in the passage
A. Dumplings B. Zongzi C. Mooncakes D. Noodles
2.Where is Qu Yuan's hometown according to the passage
A. Beijing B. Shanghai C. Zigui D. Guangzhou
3.What were the people on the river bank doing when watching the dragon boat race
A. Making zongzi B. Telling Qu Yuan's story
C. Cheering and waving flags D. Playing the drum
4.What kind of zongzi did the writer try this year
A. Sweet zongzi B. Zongzi with beef C. Zongzi with porkD. Zongzi with vegetable
D. Fill in the blanks with the right words
1.The Dragon Boat Festival is also called the ________ Festival.
2.The writer usually makes ________ zongzi in his/her hometown.
3.When watching the dragon boat race, the players work hard to the beat of the ________.
4.On the river bank, people are ________ and waving flags.
5.The writer's ________ told him/her Qu Yuan's story when he/she was young.
E. Rewrite the sentences as required
1.We usually make sweet zongzi in my hometown.（改为一般过去时）
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2.Players are working hard to the beat of the drum.（改为否定句）
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3.My grandma told me his story when I was young.（对划线部分提问）
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I am proud of our history and culture.（改为同义句）
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F. What is the main idea of the passage
A. To tell readers how to make delicious zongzi with pork.
B. To introduce the Dragon Boat Festival and share the writer’s wonderful trip during the festival.
C. To describe the exciting dragon boat race and the people watching it.
D. To talk about Qu Yuan, a great poet, and his hometown Zigui.
