B 热考内容 本土文化
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Do you know a festival for fire? The Yi people celebrate the Torch Festival every year. It's usually from the 24th day to the 26th day of the sixth lunar month. The Yi people light torches to show they respect the fire.
The early Yi people lived in high and cold places in the mountains. They used fire for light, to stay warm, and to cook food. As the Yi people's old saying goes, "Everything you eat must 'see' fire." In the old days, people lit a small fire outside the door before they took animal meat into the home. They put the meat over the fire. They thought it could drive bad luck away. People also used fire to light leaves on the land to make it rich.
But the festival is more of a social event now. During the festival, both the Yi people and the visitors gather around the fire. They show and spread their happiness and thanks for a good life together. The Yi people want to get more people to learn about their life.
During the festival, each family has a big torch. But the children's torches are much smaller. The Yi children are very eager for this festival, because it means good food and a good time to stay with family. They even go out in different groups to pick flowers and bamboo branches to make their torches beautiful.
What an interesting and important festival it is!
()1. 新考法·开篇方式 How does the writer start the passage?
A. By telling a story.
B. By asking a question.
C. By listing numbers.
D. By using an old saying.
()2. In the old days, people put meat over the fire to before taking it home.
A. show their happiness
B. keep the meat warm
C. make bad luck go away
D. let animals stay away
()3. The underlined word "it" in the second paragraph refers to "".
A. a torch
B. a leaf
C. the land
D. the luck
()4. The underlined word "gather" in Paragraph 3 means "" in English.
A. stay up
B. take place
C. come together
D. find out

()5. What does the passage mainly tell us?
A. Why there are many old sayings about fire.
B. How important the fire is to the Yi people.
C. What visitors can do during the Torch Festival.
D. When the Yi people began to learn to use fire.
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B
本文主要介绍了彝族火把节的历史、现状以及一些庆祝活动。
1. B 推理判断题。根据第一段中的“Do you know a festival for fire?”可知，作者是通过询问一个问题来开始写这篇文章的。
2. C 细节理解题。根据第二段中的“They thought it could drive bad luck away.”可知，彝族人认为把肉放在火上烤一下可以驱赶坏运气。
3. C 代词指代题。句意：人们还用火来点燃土地上的叶子，使它肥沃。根据句意理解可知，人们把落在土地上的叶子点燃化为灰烬，这些燃烧之后留下来的灰烬含有丰富的营养，让土地变得更肥沃，此处代词it用来指代“土地”。
4. C 词义猜测题。句意：在节日期间，彝族人和游客们都聚集在篝火周围。根据第三段第一句中的“But the festival is more of a social event now.”可知，现在这个节日更多的是一个社交活动，再结合后句，他们展示并传播他们的幸福和对共同美好生活的感谢，故此处动词gather是“聚集”的意思，跟动词短语come together的意思相接近。
5. B 主旨大意题。通读全文内容，并根据第一段中的“The Yi people light torches to show they respect the fire.”和最后一段“What an interesting and important festival it is!”可知，早期彝族人用火来取暖、煮食物和驱赶厄运，现代彝族人用火来聚集游客，展示他们的快乐和对美好生活的感恩，说明火对彝族人来说非常重要。