1、第 1页（共 9页） Unit3Celebrations Section A topic talk 一、将下列句子变为定语从句 1.There is a castle.It has a long history. There is a castle. 2.Yesterday I bought a computer.It was made in America. Yesterday I bought a computer. 3.The meeting was very important yesterday.You have missed the meeting. The meetingwas
2、very important. 4.The student is our monitor.Our headmaster praised him at the meeting on Friday. The student is our monitor. 5.Do you know the boy over there?His mother is our maths teacher. Do you know the boy over there? 二、用适当的关系代词填空 第 2页（共 9页） 1.The boymother is ill is staying at home now. 2.Tho
3、sehave no bikes can go there by bus. 3.The manyou saw just now is a doctor from Beijing. 4.This is the bookwill give you a lot of knowledge. 5.This is the roomJohn once lived in. 三、阅读理解 In 1947 a group of famous people from the art world headed by an Austrian conductor decided to hold an internation
4、al festival of music,dance and theatre in Edinburgh.The idea was to reunite Europe after the Second World War. It quickly attracted famous names such as Alec Guinness,Richard Burton,Dame Margot Fonteyn and Marlene Dietrich as well as the big symphony orchestras(交响乐团).It became a fixed event every Au
5、gust and now attracts 400,000 people yearly. At the same time,the “Fringe” appeared as a challenge(挑 战) to the official festival.Eight theatre groups turned up uninvited in 1947,in the belief that everyone should have the right to perform,and they did so in a public house disused for years. 第 3页（共 9
6、页） Soon,groups of students firstly from Edinburgh University,and later from the universities of Oxford and Cambridge,Durham and Birmingham were making the journey to the Scottish capital each summer to perform theatre by little-known writers of plays in small church halls to the people of Edinburgh.
7、 Today the “Fringe”,once less recognized,has far outgrown the festival with around 1,500 performances of theatre,music and dance on every one of the 21 days it lasts.And yet as early as 1959,with only 19 theatre groups performing,some said it was getting too big. A paid administrator(行政人员) was first
8、 employed only in 1971,and today there are eight administrators working all year round and the number rises to 150 during August itself.In 2004 there were 200 places housing 1,695 shows by over 600 different groups from 50 different countries.More than 1.25 million tickets were sold. 1.What was the
9、purpose of Edinburgh Festival at the beginning? A.To bring Europe together again. B.To honor heroes of World War . C.To introduce young theatre groups. D.To attract great artists from Europe. 第 4页（共 9页） 2.Why did some uninvited theatre groups come to Edinburgh in 1947? A.They owned a public house th
10、ere. B.They came to take up a challenge. C.They thought they were also famous. D.They wanted to take part in the festival. 3.What does the “Fringe” mean in the third paragraph? A.Unpopular groups. B.Non-official groups. C.Foreign groups. D.Local groups. 4.We may learn from the text that Edinburgh Fe
11、stival. A.has become a non-official event B.has gone beyond an art festival C.gives shows all year round D.keeps growing rapidly 四、阅读七选五 The first World Friendship Day was proposed for July 30,1958 by the World Friendship Crusade,an international civil organization to foster a culture of peace throu
12、gh friendship. 1Just as in the US and several other countries,the festival has been greatly commercialized(商业化). 第 5页（共 9页） Days before the festival,card and gift companies launch a large campaign(活动) to attract people into buying cards and gifts for their friends.Streets and stores are filled with
13、advertising programs aimed at young people.2This marketing strategy(策略) has been severely criticized(批判) by many people.Many feel that such crazy commercialization has damaged the meaning of Friendship Day. 3especially the pink and yellow ones.The day is observed with great pleasure and merry.A high
14、ly popular thing connected with the day is the well-known friendship bandthe modern day symbol of friendship that friends give to one another to form an everlasting bond.Friendship bands are the favorite items for youngsters and available in stores all over the country.Friendship poems and Friendshi
15、p Day gifts are exchanged between best friends to renew the bond of friendship and express gratitude and love for each other.4 Since its beginning in 1935,Friendship Day celebrations have come a long way.5Friendship Day remains the time when you acknowledge your friends contribution in your life,exp
16、ress love for them,cherish their presence in your life and pay them a salute.Today,Friendship Day is being celebrated around the globe,across diverse cultures and social periods. 第 6页（共 9页） A.The popular customs of Friendship Day include handing over roses, B.The idea of honoring friendship was adop
17、ted by a few countries in Asia. C.Restaurants offer special discounts to make the most of the time as well. D.These days,however,it is celebrated with a lot of showing off and expenses. E.These are new ways of celebration of this day that have grown in popularity. F.The original idea for a day of fr
18、iendship came from Hallmark cards in the 1930s. G.But however much the ways of celebration have changed,the basic idea behind the occasion remains the same. 五、应用文写作 李华，你校英文广播站征集关于节日的稿件，请根据以下要点写 一篇文章。 内容要点： 1纪念祖先和名人。 2庆祝丰收，感恩农事结束、食物收获。 3期盼冬天的结束和春天的到来。 4聚在一起，吃、喝、娱乐、享受生活。 第 7页（共 9页） 注意：1.开头已给出，不计入总词数；
19、2可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯； 3词数 80 左右。 Festivalsaremeanttocelebrateimportanttimesof year.Different countries have different festivals. 第 8页（共 9页） 一、将下列句子变为定语从句 1.which/that has a long history2.which/that was made in America3.that you have missed4.(who/that/whom) our headmaster praised him at the meeting on Fri
20、day5.whose mother is our maths teacher 二、用适当的关系代词填空 1.whose2.who3.that/who4.that/which5.that/which 三、阅读理解 1.A2.D3.B4.D 四、阅读七选五 1.D2.C3.A4.E5.G 五、应用文写作 Festivalsaremeanttocelebrateimportanttimesof year.Different countries have different festivals. Some festivals are held to honor the dead or to satis
21、fy the ancestors.Others are in memory of famous people.Besides, there are some harvest festivals, when people are grateful because their food is gathered for the winter and the agricultural work is over.The most energetic and important festivals are the ones that look forward to the end of winter and the coming of spring. Festivals bring people together, let them enjoy life, be proud of their customs and forget their work for a little while. 第 9页（共 9页）
