四、短文填空。
The Qixi Festival falls on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month. The story between Niulang and Zhinü 1.
has touched
our hearts for years. Niulang was a farmer while Zhinü was a 2.
goddess
. In the eyes of the Jade Emperor, they were not a good match. So he sent some gods 3.
to catch
Zhinü back to part with the couple. Seeing this, Niulang's cow, who used to be a god, asked Niulang to turn its hide (兽皮) into a pair of shoes after it died. Niulang ran after Zhinü at high 4.
speed
wearing the magic shoes. When he was finally close to Zhinü, the wife of Jade Emperor was 5.
angry
about this. She 6.
hurried
to take her hairpin (发簪) and cut the sky to create the Milky Way (银河), which kept the couple far away from each other.
7.
Moved
by their sad but beautiful love, the magpies (喜鹊) made a bridge over the Milky Way to help get the couple together. At last, even the Jade Emperor changed 8.
his
mind too. 9.
Finally
Niulang and Zhinü could meet once a year on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month.
Qixi later becomes a special day for lovers. 10.
Specially
for girls, It is also known as “Double Seventh Day” or “Chinese Valentine's Day”.