六、阅读理解。跨学科
Do you know the Lantern Festival? It is a traditional Chinese festival. When thousands of lanterns light up the city at night, the Chinese Lantern Festival is coming. It is celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month in the Chinese lunar calendar.
Several days before the Lantern Festival, people begin to make lanterns. All kinds of lanterns shine in the sky against the dark night. Some of the lanterns are small, and others are really big. Some look like beautiful flowers and lovely animals.
The lanterns are made of different materials. There are plastic lanterns, silk lanterns, and paper lanterns. While making lanterns, people usually write riddles on them. During the Lantern Festival, people go outside to have a look at the lanterns and guess the riddles on them. Usually, people can get a prize as long as they give the right answer. People together with their family walk happily in the crowded streets, looking at many kinds of amazing lanterns. While some people are enjoying the beautiful lanterns, others are watching traditional Chinese lion dance performances.
People prepare delicious rice dumplings for their family and friends to enjoy in the evening. The sweet smell makes everyone hungry. Everything is very interesting and everyone is very happy.
()1. What do people do before the Lantern Festival?
A. People begin to make lanterns.
B. People guess the riddles.
C. People enjoy the beautiful lanterns.
D. People have delicious rice dumplings.
()2. Which kind of the following lanterns is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A. Plastic lanterns.
B. Silk lanterns.
C. Paper lanterns.
D. Glass lanterns.
()3. The underlined sentence in the passage probably means that .
A. people can get a prize though they give the wrong answer
B. if people guess the riddle correctly, they can get a prize
C. people can get a prize unless they succeed in giving the right answer
D. people can get a prize before they give the right answer
()4. In which part of a magazine can you read the passage?
A. Health.
B. Sports.
C. Culture.
D. Travel.

1. A 【点拨】根据“Several days before the Lantern Festival, people begin to make lanterns.”可知,在元宵节的前几天人们开始制作灯笼。故选 A。
2. D 【点拨】根据“The lanterns are made of different materials. There are plastic lanterns, silk lanterns, and paper lanterns.”可知,文章中提及塑料灯笼,丝绸灯笼和纸灯笼。故选 D。
3. B 【点拨】根据“people can get a prize as long as they give the right answer”中 as long as 为“只要”之意可猜测其同义句为条件状语从句,而“give the right answer”与“guess the riddle correctly”同义,所以选项 B“如果人们正确地猜出灯谜,他们能得到一个奖励”符合语境。故选 B。
4. C 【点拨】根据全文可知文章介绍了我国的传统节日,属于我们文化的一部分。故选 C。

【分析】
这是一篇介绍中国传统节日元宵节的跨学科阅读理解题，解题的整体思路是先通读题干划出每道题的核心关键词，再带着关键词返回原文定位对应内容，逐一比对选项排除错误项：第1题抓取关键词"before the Lantern Festival"回原文找节日前的对应活动；第2题抓取灯笼材质的相关描述，排除文中提到的类型选出未提及的选项；第3题先拆解划线句的核心短语含义，结合上下文匹配同义表述；第4题结合全文介绍传统节日的属性，判断文章所属的杂志板块。
【解析】
1. 细节定位：原文第二段明确提到"Several days before the Lantern Festival, people begin to make lanterns"，说明元宵节前夕人们就开始制作灯笼，而猜灯谜、赏灯、吃汤圆都是元宵节举办期间的活动，因此选A。
2. 细节排除：原文第三段列举了不同材质的灯笼：塑料灯笼、丝绸灯笼、纸灯笼，全文没有提及玻璃灯笼，因此选D。
3. 语句理解：划线句中核心短语"as long as"意为"只要"，整句含义是人们只要给出正确答案就能获得奖品，等价于猜对灯谜就可以拿到奖励，其余选项的逻辑均和原句不符，因此选B。
4. 内容属性判断：全文围绕中国传统节日元宵节的习俗、活动展开介绍，属于传统文化相关内容，不属于健康、运动、旅行板块，因此选C。
【答案】
1. A 2. D 3. B 4. C
【知识点】
1. 阅读细节定位 2. 短语语义辨析 3. 传统节日文化
【点评】
本题属于低难度的跨学科阅读题，既考察学生英语阅读的基础信息查找能力，也融入了中国传统民俗文化的相关常识，引导学生在英语学习中加深对本土传统文化的了解，考点设置常规，只要能准确定位原文内容就可以顺利选出正确答案。
【难度系数】
0.8