Question

    Chinese Farmers' Harvest(收获) Festival is the first festival in China for farmers. The festival starting from 2018, falls on the Autumnal Equinox(秋分) each year, during the country's harvest season.

As we all know, China has the largest population all over the world. It was difficult to feed the largest population in the past. With the development of modern agriculture (农业), people's life is getting better and better, and their living conditions have improved a lot. Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival shows that our government is paying more attention to agriculture and farmers' life. It will greatly encourage farmers to farm and develop further modern agriculture. China has a long history of agriculture. Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival, the cultural symbol, helps to show China's long farming culture to the world. It also connects the excellent traditional Chinese culture to modern civilization(文明) and improves the cultural self-confidence and national pride.

Since the festival is especially created for farmers, they are encouraged to think of their own ways to celebrate harvest. Some activities are held across the country, but most of the celebrations will take place at a local level that comes from local customs. Also, local government usually hosts all kinds of activities for the festival, such as folk culture performances, food tasting and so on.

Some people think the festival is the happiest time of a year, even better than the Spring Festival, because food gives people a sense of safety and hope. The harvest festival is a time to look back at the past and look forward to the future.

1、2题完成句子；3题简略回答问题；4题找出并写下全文的主题句；5题将文中画线句子译成汉语。

1.The Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival falls on the Autumnal Equinox each year, during the ____________.

2.Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival shows that our government is ____________ agriculture and farmers' life.

3.What kinds of activities does the local government host during the festival?

______________________________

4.______________________________

5.______________________________

Answer

1.country's harvest season

2.paying more attention to

3.Folk culture performances, food tasting and so on.

4.Chinese Farmers' Harvest(收获) Festival is the first festival in China for farmers.

5.丰收节是一个回顾过去，展望未来的节日。

【解析】

主旨大意：本文是一篇说明文。主要从日期、庆祝原因以及庆祝方式等方面介绍了中国的农民丰收节，旨在让学生了解和学习中国文化，增强学生对优秀中华文化的认同感。