高中英语阅读写作素材之中国传统文化
传统节日 清明节（素材+语法填空+书面表达）
第一部分 话题素材积累
The Qingming Festival ( also known as Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb-
sweeping Day) is a festival to worship ancestors and dead relatives in China,
which usually falls on either April 4 or 5 of the Gregorian calendar. It can be
traced back to the Eastern Zhou Dynasty (770 BC-256 BC),with a history of
over 2,500 years.
清明节在中国是祭祀祖先和已故亲人的节日，通常在公历的4月4日或5日。
它可以追溯到东周时期（公元前770年－公元前256年），有2500多年的历史。
The Qingming Festival is a time of many different activities,among which
the main ones are tomb-sweeping, spring-outing and kite-flying.It is a
combination of sadness and happiness.
清明节活动丰富多样，其中最主要的是扫墓、踏青和放风筝。这个节日既
有悲伤又有快乐。
The uniqueness of kite-flying during the Qingming Festival lies in that
people may cut the string to let the kite fly freely.People believe that this
custom can bring good luck and remove diseases.This is why you might
sometimes find paper kites lying on the ground in parks and fields.
清明节放风筝的独特之处在于人们会剪断风筝线，让风筝自由飞翔。人们
相信这一习俗能带来好运并除病消灾。这就是为什么有时你会在公园和田野里
发现地上有纸风筝。
The Hanshi (Cold Food) Festival was usually one day before the Qingming
Festival. As ouur ancestors often extended the day to the Qingming
Festival,they were later combined.过去寒食节通常是在清明节的前一天。由于我们的祖先经常把这一节日延
续到清明节，后来这两个节日就合并成一个了。
In the South of China, people like to eat qingtuan when going on spring
outings during the Qingming Festival. It is a seasonal snack made of a
mixture of glutinous rice flour and green plant juice, which is stuffed with
sweet mashed beans, dried meat floss and egg yolks. While in the North of
China, people eat cold snacks like date cakes and pastries prepared before the
Qingming Festival.
在中国南方，人们在清明节出游时喜欢吃青团。这是一种时令小吃，由糯
米粉和绿色植物汁混合制成，以甜豆沙、肉松和蛋黄为馅。而在中国北方，人
们会吃枣糕和油酥糕点等冷食，这些冷食是在清明节前做好的。
Words and Expressions
① worship vt.敬奉
② Gregorian calendar 格列高利历；公历
③ combination n.结合体；联合体；混合体
④ date n.枣
⑤ pastry n.油酥糕点
⑥清明节the Qingming Festival; Tomb-Sweeping Day
⑦清明（节气）Clear and Bright; Pure Brightness
⑧节气 solar terms
⑨扫墓 sweep the tombs
⑩踏青 spring outings; have an outing in spring
⑪甜豆沙 mashed sweet beans
⑫肉松 dried meat floss
⑬蛋黄 egg yolks
第二部分 话题语法填空
一、阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。Cold Food Festival is a 1 (tradition) Chinese holiday celebrated before
Qingming Festival, which usually falls 2 April 4 or 5.
Legend has it that Chong’er, a prince of Jin in the Spring and Autumn Period,
experienced many hardships while he moved around the warring states. Once, when
the prince suffered from 3 (starve), Jie Zitui, offered him food. Later, when
Chong’er became the duke of Jin, he ordered a search for Jie who had gone into
hiding in the remote mountains with his mother. The duke wanted Jie 4
( serve) as one of his ministers. Contrary to 5 many people might assume,
Jie, who preferred living a simple life in the Mianshan Mountain to 6
(become) a politician, refused the duke’s invitation. Chong’er ordered the mountain to
be burned down to force Jie out of hiding. 7 (fortune), Jie did not give in
and the fire ended up killing him and his mother. Feeling extremely sorry, Chong’er
required that the setting of fire 8 (forbid) on the anniversary of Jie’s death.
This meant all food was eaten cold. Therefore the festival is thus named.
Mianshan Mountain, 9 the tragedy happened, is now a famous tourist
destination in Shanxi Province. In many areas of Shanxi, locals still remember this
tradition. 10 cold food is not the only choice for people during the
celebration, the practices of making typical cold dishes for the event have been
preserved.
二、阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Tomb-Sweeping Day, also known 11 Qingming Festival, is a traditional
Chinese holiday that falls on April 4th or 5th each year. It is a time 12
families gather together to pay respects to their ancestors, by cleaning their tombs,
offering food, burning incense, and performing other rituals.
The holiday has a long history, 13 (date) back to the Tang Dynasty (618-
907 AD). Tomb-Sweeping Day is now 14 public holiday in China, and
many people take time off from work 15 (visit) their ancestral graves.
During the holiday, families will 16 (typical) bring offerings such as
fruit, flowers, and other food items to the gravesite. They will also burn incense andpaper money, and may perform a variety of 17 (ceremony).
In recent years, Tomb-Sweeping Day 18 (become) a more
commercialized holiday, with many companies offering products and services 19
(relate) to tomb-sweeping, such as online tomb-sweeping platforms, and other
products.
Despite these changes, Tomb-Sweeping Day remains an important 20
(culture) holiday in China, and a time for families to come together to remember and
honor their ancestors.
三、阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
The food commonly associated with Qingming Festival is Qingtuan, a glutinous
rice dumpling dyed green with mug-wort juice or wormwood grass. The tradition of
serving Qingtuan at Qingming Festival is believed 21 (date) back to the Zhou
Dynasty more than two thousand years ago, 22 the food was a common ritual
in memory of the ancestors.
Up till now, the practice 23 (stand) the test of time. Time-honoured
brands of Qingtuan have struggled to show off 24 (they) inventiveness. In
recent years, Chinese consumers have gone wild for time-honoured brands of
Qingtuan. Before Qingming Festival, customers stand in lines stretching down city
blocks, 25 (wait) to get a taste of these variations before they sell out. 26
their smallest similarity to the classic variety, many people still believe that the 27
(innovate) helps to keep the ancient food tradition alive by getting younger people
interested in them. Time-honored brands need to stay fresh by evolution and novelty.
Otherwise, they’ll get left behind by more 28 (creation) brands.
However, many Chinese people 29 (simple) aren’t interested in the
debate about 30 these novel products are appealing or objectionable.
Many are quietly used to eating Qingtuan the way they’ve been served for hundreds,
or thousands of years.
第三部分 话题写作最近，你的英国朋友约翰打算在本期班级墙报中开设“the Tomb Sweeping
Day”专栏，想请你给他写一篇文章介绍清明节。内容包括：
1. 介绍清明节以及人们开展的主要纪念活动；
2. 描述今年清明节你的经历和感受。
参考词汇：清明节：the Qingming Festival/the Tomb Sweeping Day
献祭和鞠躬: offer sacrifices and bow
祖先： ancestor
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【参考答案】
话题语法填空
一、
1．traditional 2．on 3．starvation 4．to serve 5．what 6．
becoming 7．Unfortunately 8．should be forbidden/be forbidden 9．
where 10．Although/Though/While【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章向读者介绍了寒食节的由来。
1．考查形容词。句意：寒食节是中国的一个传统节日，在清明节之前庆祝，通
常在4月4日或5日。空后面是Chinese holiday，要用形容词修饰名词，故填
traditional。
2．考查介词。句意：寒食节是中国的一个传统节日，在清明节之前庆祝，通常
在4月4日或5日。在具体到某月某日前，介词要用on。fall on固定搭配，意
为“适逢”。故填on。
3．考查名词。句意：有一次，皇子饿死了，介子推给他食物。空前是介词
from，后面要用名词starvation作宾语，为不可数名词。故填starvation。
4．考查非谓语动词。句意：公爵想让介子推担任他的大臣之一。此处是 want
sb. to do sth. 短语搭配，意为“想要某人做某事”。故填to serve。
5．考查宾语从句。句意：与许多人的想法相反，介子推宁愿在绵山过着简朴的
生活，也不愿意成为政治家，他拒绝了公爵的邀请。此空引导宾语从句且引导
词在从句中作宾语，指物，应用what引导宾语从句，故填what。
6．考查非谓语动词。句意：与许多人的想法相反，介子推宁愿在绵山过着简朴
的生活，也不愿意成为政治家，他拒绝了公爵的邀请。此处是prefer doing sth.
to doing sth短语搭配，意为“宁愿做……也不愿意做……”，故填becoming。
7．考查副词。句意：不幸的是，介子推没有屈服，大火最终烧死了他和他的母
亲。此处用副词修饰整个句子。根据下文“Jie did not give in and the fire ended
up killing him and his mother”可知，此处表示“不幸的是”，应用副词
unfortunately，位于句首，首字母大写，故填Unfortunately。
8．考查谓语动词。句意：重耳感到非常抱歉，要求在介子推的忌日禁止放火。
require表示“要求”，其后面的宾语从句中要用虚拟语气，即谓语动词用
(should) do，且the setting of fire和动词forbid是被动关系，故填(should) be
forbidden。
9．考查定语从句。句意：发生悲剧的绵山现在是山西省著名的旅游胜地。空处
引导定语从句，修饰先行词Mianshan Mountain，且从句中缺少地点状语，应用
关系副词where引导非限制性定语从句，故填where。
10．考查状语从句。句意：尽管冷食并不是人们在庆祝活动中的唯一选择，但
是为庆祝活动制作典型冷食的做法得到了保留。此句中缺少表让步关系的连词，应用although/though/while引导状语从句，句首单词首字母大写。故填Although
/Though/while。
二、
11．as 12．when 13．dating 14．a 15．to visit 16．typically
17．ceremonies 18．has become 19．related 20．cultural
【导语】本文为一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了清明节。
11．考查介词。句意：清明节，也叫做扫墓节，是中国传统的节日，在每年的
4月4日或者5日。此处意为“以……著名”，表达为(be) known as，故填as。
12．考查定语从句。句意：这是家人聚在一起纪念祖先的时候，给祖先扫墓，
供奉食物，烧香以及其他的仪式。此处引导限制性定语从句，先行词为a
time，关系词在定语从句中作时间状语，故应用关系副词when引导，故填
when。
13．考查非谓语动词。句意：这个节日有着悠久的历史，追溯到唐朝。不及物
动词短语date back to (追溯到)无被动，此处非谓语动词作定语，修饰the
holiday，date应用现在分词形式，主动表被动，故填dating。
14．考查冠词。句意：清明节现在在中国是一个公共节假日，很多人休假去祭
拜祖坟。此处“holiday节日”为可数名词，且此处泛指“一个公共节假日”，
且public以辅音音素开头，故应用不定冠词a，故填a。
15．考查非谓语动词。句意：同上。此处表示休假的目的是去祭拜祖坟，故应
用不定式作目的状语，故填to visit。
16．考查副词。句意：假日期间，家人通常会带水果、花和其他的食物作为供
品带到墓地。此处修饰动词bring，故应用副词“typically通常”作状语，故填
typically。
17．考查名词的数。句意：他们会烧香、烧纸钱，也会举行各种仪式。此处
“ceremony典礼，仪式”为可数名词，且空前有a variety of，故此处应用名词
的复数形式，故填ceremonies。
18．考查时态。句意：近几年，清明节已经成为了一个更加商业化的节日，很
多公司提供与扫墓相关的产品和服务，比如网上扫墓平台和其他产品。根据in
recent years可知，谓语动词become应用现在完成时，且主语Tomb-Sweeping
Day为单数，故填has become。19．考查非谓语动词。句意：同上。此处意为“与……相关”，表达为(be)
related to，且此处作定语，故应用过去分词related作定语，故填related。
20．考查形容词。句意：尽管有这些变化，但清明节在中国仍然是一个重要的
文化节日，是家人聚在一起纪念祖先的日子。此处修饰名词holiday，故应用形
容词“cultural文化的”作定语，故填cultural。
三、
21．to date 22．when 23．has stood 24．their 25．waiting
26．Despite 27．innovation 28．creative 29．simply 30．whether
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍的是与清明节相关的一种美食——青团
的相关信息。
21．考查非谓语动词。句意：清明节吃青团的传统被认为可以追溯到两千多年
前的周朝，当时这种食物是纪念祖先的一种常见仪式。分析句子结构可知，此
处为“sb./sth. be believed to do sth.”结构，意为“某人或某物被认为……”，由
此可知，此处应为不定式形式，且date back to 意为“追溯到”只能表示主动意
义，结合句意可知，此处描述的是现在的客观事实，所以使用不定式的一般形
式。故填to date。
22．考查定语从句。句意：明节吃青团的传统被认为可以追溯到两千多年前的
周朝，当时这种食物是纪念祖先的一种常见仪式。分析句子结构可知，此处为
连词引导的非限制性定语从句，先行词为“more than two thousand years ago”表
示时间，且从句中不缺少主语和宾语，所以使用关系副词when。故填when。
23．考查谓语动词。句意：到目前为止，这种做法经受住了时间的考验。分析
句子结构可知，此处应为谓语动词，根据时间状语“Up till now”可知，此处应
使用现在完成时态，结合句意可知，此处表示主动关系，且句子主语为第三人
称单数。故填has stood。
24．考查代词。句意：历史悠久的青团品牌一直在努力展示他们的创造力。分
析句子结构可知，此空后为名词，前面应为形容词性的物主代词，they的形容
词性物主代词为their。故填their。
25．考查非谓语动词。句意：清明节前，顾客们排起长队，排到城市的各个街
区，等着在卖光之前品尝这些口味各异的月饼。分析句子结构可知，此处应为
非谓语动词作状语，与句子主语customers之间为逻辑主动关系，且与谓语动词stand 同时进行。故填waiting。
26．考查介词。句意：尽管它们与经典品种的相似性最小，但许多人仍然认为，
这种创新有助于保持古老的食物传统，让年轻人对它们感兴趣。分析句子结构
可知，此处应为介词与后面的名词短语构成介词短语作状语，结合句意可知，
表示“尽管”为despite，且位于句首，首字母需大写。故填Despite。
27．考查名词。句意：尽管它们与经典品种的相似性最小，但许多人仍然认为，
这种创新有助于保持古老的食物传统，让年轻人对它们感兴趣。分析句子结构
可知，此处应为名词作主语，innovate的名词为innovation，且句子谓语为第三
人称单数，所以此处应为名词单数。故填innovation。
28．考查形容词。句意：否则，他们就会被更有创意的品牌甩在后面。分析句
子结构可知，此处应为形容词作定语修饰名词brands，creation的形容词为
creative。故填creative。
29．考查副词。句意：然而，许多中国人对这些新产品是吸引人还是令人反感
的争论并不感兴趣。分析句子结构可知，此处应为副词作状语，修饰谓语动词，
simple的副词形式为simply。故填simply。
30．考查宾语从句。句意：许多人已经习惯了几百年甚至几千年的青团吃法。
分析句子结构可知，此处应为连词，在介词引导的是宾语从句，从句中不缺少
主语和宾语，结合句意可知，此处表示的是“是否”应使用whether。故填
whether。
话题写作
One possible version:
Tomb Sweeping Festival is a traditional Chinese festival. It annually falls
on April 4th-6th。The festival was created in memory of our last beloved as
well as those respected patriotic heroes, who made great contributions to the
founding of China. Traditionally，people in China observe this holiday mainly
by visiting their ancestors’ tombs with home-made foods，some flowers ，
burn incense and paper money to offer sacrifices and bow.
From my perspective, Tomb Sweeping Festival keeps us reminded of the
true spirit of devotion and loyalty of the dead. What’s of equal importance isthat we appreciate the hope of Spring on this occasion.
【分析】这是一篇说明文。
【详解】第1步：根据提示可知，最近，你的英国朋友约翰打算在本期班级墙
报中开设“the Tomb Sweeping Day”专栏，想请你给他写一篇文章介绍清明
节。内容包括：1. 介绍清明节以及人们开展的主要纪念活动；2. 描述今年清明
节你的经历和感受。
第2步：根据写作要求，确定关键词（组），如：a traditional Chinese festival
（中国的传统节日）；in memory of our last beloved as well as those
respected patriotic heroes（纪念我们最后的爱人以及那些受人尊敬的爱国英
雄）；burn incense and paper money（烧香和纸钱）；等。
第3步：根据提示及关键词（组）进行遣词造句，注意主谓一致和时态问题。
第4步：连句成文，注意使用恰当的连词进行句子之间的衔接与过渡，书写一
定要规范清晰，保持整洁美观的卷面是非常重要的。
【点睛】本文内容完整，语言规范，语篇连贯，词数适当。另外全文中没有中国式英语的
句式，显示了很高的驾驭英语的能力。同时文中使用高级句子。The festival was created in
memory of our last beloved as well as those respected patriotic heroes, who made great
contributions to the founding of China.句中使用被动语态和定语从句；What’s of equal
importance is that we appreciate the hope of Spring on this occasion.句中运用主语从句和表语
从句。
