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Do you know about the Grain in Ear? It is one of the 24 Solar Terms. When the weather gets 1, the rain starts to fall and grain gets ripe(成熟的), we know the Grain in Ear is just around the corner. This year, it falls on June 5.
The arrival of the Grain in Ear means 2 time is coming. Wheat becomes ripe, and so do plums(梅子). 3 the day of the Grain in Ear, people will boil and eat green plums. It is said that this tradition started 4 two famous people Cao Cao and Liu Bei. There is a famous story. Cao and Liu 5 the heroes of their time while boiling and eating green plums with warm wine.
When the plums are ripe, the plum rains come. After the Grain in Ear, the 6 in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River will enter the plum rain season. Long periods of 7 and cloudy weather will last 8 June and July.
The plum rain season is a good time for 9 rice, vegetables and fruit, but it also means the falling of flowers. During the Grain in Ear, people have ceremonies to say 10 to the Flower Goddess.
With its busy harvests and natural beauty, the Grain in Ear is really a good period.
( ) 1. A. drier B. cooler C. hotter D. colder
C
( ) 2. A. harvest B. tour C. hope D. joy
A
( ) 3. A. For B. On C. At D. In
B
( ) 4. A. instead of B. in order to C. in front of D. because of
D
( ) 5. A. protected B. recorded C. discussed D. advised
C
( ) 6. A. areas B. plans C. numbers D. seasons
A
( ) 7. A. foggy B. snowy C. sunny D. rainy
D
( ) 8. A. across B. through C. with D. before
B
( ) 9. A. selling B. saving C. growing D. collecting
C
( )10. A. hi B. fine C. hello D. goodbye
D
