彝族火把节的热闹事儿（完形填空）
彝族火把节的热闹事儿（完形填空）

Yunnan is charming not only for its natural beauty but also for its ethnic customs. The Yi people, one of its 25 ethnic groups, have a special festival — the Torch Festival.
The Yi love fire very much and even call ___1___ “the fire people”. They believe fire can keep bad things ___2___. The Torch Festival is their ___3___ celebration, held around the 24th day of the sixth lunar month.
Before the festival, women make nice clothes for the family and prepare ___4___ food. Men get ___5___ for fun activities like wrestling and bullfighting. During the festival, people put torches in front of their houses. Villages build big torch towers, over 20 meters ___6___, with pine branches and firewood, decorated with flowers and fruits.
___7___ night comes, everyone wears their best clothes and goes to the square. They light the torches and towers. The bright flames light up the night. Young people sing and dance ___8___ the fire. People throw rosin powder on the torches, ___9___ colorful flames. This shows good ___10___: young to old for long life, old to young for care, and young men to women for love.
A legend says a hero named Duoarezi beat an evil god. The god left pests, so people lit torches to kill them. This started the festival. The Torch Festival shows the Yi’s courage and joy for life.
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1.1.

A themselves

B ourselves

C yourselves

D itself

解析：选A。A 根据语境可知，彝族人民非常热爱火，甚至称“自己”为“火的民族”。主语是“The Yi”，指代彝族人民，应用themselves，故选A。

2.2.

A out

B away

C up

D down

解析：选B。B 根据语境可知，他们相信火能让不好的东西远离。“keep...away”是固定短语，意为“使……远离”，故选B。

3.3.

A smallest

B biggest

C oldest

D newest

解析：选B。B 根据常识及后文内容可知，火把节是彝族重要的节日，应是“最大的”庆祝活动，故选B。

4.4.

A terrible

B boring

C tasty

D cheap

解析：选C。C 根据语境可知，节日里准备的食物应是“美味的”，故选C。

5.5.

A ready

B angry

C calm

D bored

解析：选A。A 前文描述“节日前，女性为家人做漂亮衣服、准备食物”，明确体现了节日前的“准备行为”。该句与前文的“准备”形成并列关系，共同描述节日前男女各自的筹备动作，因此空格处需体现“准备”的含义，故选A。

6.6.

A long

B wide

C high

D deep

解析：选C。C 村庄建造巨大的火炬塔，超过20米“高”，由松枝和木柴搭建而成。描述塔的高度用high，故选C。

7.7.

A When

B Which

C Where

D Why

解析：选A。A 结合语境可知，此处填入的连词引导时间状语从句：当夜晚来临时，人们……。故选A。

8.8.

A under

B around

C above

D behind

解析：选B。B 根据语境可知，年轻人围着篝火唱歌跳舞。“around the fire”表示“围着篝火”，符合节日活动场景，故选B。

9.9.

A breaking

B finding

C hiding

D making

解析：选D。D 根据语境，撒松香粉的结果是产生彩色火焰，“making”在此处表示自然而然的结果，符合句意，故选D。

10.10.

A problems

B stories

C questions

D wishes

解析：选D。D 根据后文列举的内容，都是美好的“愿望”，故选D。