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2020高考英语时事新闻新冠病毒疫情期间的清明节云祭扫阅读理解
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清明时节雨纷纷，疫情期间云祭扫。
Tomb-sweeping
Day during the coronavirus outbreak
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The Qingming Festival is an
important traditional Chinese holiday. It is also
called
Tomb-sweeping Day, for on that day
Chinese people will offer sacrifices to their
ancestors
and sweep the tombs of the dead
family members. Because the weather is usually
clear
and bright at that time, it is also
called Pure Brightness Festival. As one of the
Chinese 24
solar terms, it is an important
seasonal symbol for agriculture. After the
festival, the
temperature rises up and
rainfall increases. So it marks a good time to
plow (耕地) and sow.
It is also a good time for
Chinese people to go outside to enjoy the greenery
of spring.
In 2020, the Qingming Festival
falls on April 4. To help control the epidemic,
many
Chinese cities have launched an online
service platform for this year’s Tomb-sweeping
Day.
Yang Ling, who works at the Nanjing
funeral management office, said that people can
ask cemetery (公墓) workers to sweep tombs for
them or honor their ancestors on
cemetery
websites.
Origin of the festival
The Qingming Festival dates back to the
Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC)
to
commemorate (纪念) a loyal official called Jie
Zitui. Jie cut a piece of flesh from his own
leg in order to save his hungry lord who was
forced to go into exile (流放). The lord came
back to his position as the emperor nineteen
years later and forgot Jie Zitui. But later he
felt
ashamed and decided to reward him.
However, Jie had blocked himself up in a mountain
with his mother. In order to find Jie, the
emperor ordered that the mountain should be set on
fire. Later Jie was found dead with his mother
under a willow (柳树). In order to
commemorate
Jie, the emperor announced that the day Jie died
was Hanshi (Cold Food)
Festival — the day that
no fire was allowed and only cold food could be
second
year after Jie died, the emperor went
to the mountain to honor him and found the willow
where Jie died beside revived. So he gave the
willow the name of “Qingming Willow” and
set
the day after Hanshi Festival to be the Qingming
Festival. Gradually, the two festivals
combined into the present Qingming Festival.
1. Why is the Qingming Festival called
Tomb-sweeping Day?
A. Because on that day the
weather is usually clear and bright.
B.
Because on that day Chinese people will meet their
ancestors .
C. Because on that day Chinese
people will sweep the tombs of the dead family
members.
D. Because it sounds beautiful.
2. What is the Qingming Festival called?
-sweeping Day b.
Dragon Boat Festival
c. Lantern Festival
Brightness Festival
B.
ac
C.
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did many Chinese cities do
during the Qingming Festival in 2020?
Chinese cities have canceled the Tomb-sweeping
Day.
Chinese cities have launched an online
service platform for this year’s
Tomb-sweeping
Day.
Chinese cities do nothing else as
before.
Chinese cities have advised people to
sweep tomb.
Qingming Festival is to
commemorate___?
Yu Zitui.
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