Passage 22

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It is a Chinese traditional custom that people eat mooncakes at the time of the Mid-Autumn Festival. One s 1 about it is almost 700 years old. In the 14th century, the Chinese planned a surprise attack against their enemies at the time of the festival. The messages for the attack were put into cakes. The cakes were passed from one person to a 2 . Each person read the messages and knew when and where the attack would h 3 . At last the Chinese won the victory.

Mooncakes are still eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival now. However, the fillings （馅） of the mooncakes now are not messages, but food such as meat, fruit and duck eggs. O 4 the fifteenth day of the eighth month of each lunar year,f 5 and friends come together and enjoy the beautiful moon. Shops are crowded with people and the smell of mooncakes f 6 the air.Many people go to a place where they can see the moon clearly. Large parks and the seaside are popular places. Once there, people have a picnic dinner, eat mooncakes and w 7 the moon rise.

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高频词汇

traditional adj. 传统的

surprise n. 意想不到的事物

attack n. 袭击

enemy n. 敌人

enjoy v. 欣赏

crowded adj. 拥挤的，挤满人的

clearly adv. 清楚地，明白地

popular adj. 受大众喜爱的，受 欢迎的

rise v. 上升，升高 /d/MvzCAW1mcwKRnS4ih7uZtDXpKrjtrMJtnV1i7OlAD2dK2WGb0ScnewY3LNnDV