五、阅读下面短文,在空白处填入一个适当的词,或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式
Falling leaves and cold wind show the coming of another season. This year, Start of Winter starts 1. 7th November. It 2. (be) one of the 24 solar terms(节气).
To celebrate Start of Winter, people have many colourful 3. (activity). One of the most popular customs(习俗) is to have 4. big meal. Eating well helps people have energy to spend the cold 5. (snow) days in winter, and prepare for the coming spring. In the north, people enjoy 6. (have) dumplings. The Chinese word for dumpling—jiaozi has a similar pronunciation(发音) to the word "change" (jiao). It 7. (mean) celebrating the change from autumn to winter. While in the south, people 8. (usual) eat chicken, duck and fish. Start of Winter reminds people that winter has begun, and it is time 9. (keep) warm. This solar term is part of 10. (China) ancient calendar(古代历法), showing the harmony between nature and life.
读后词汇拓展 猜出第四大题中画波浪线单词的词性和中文意思,并收入自己的小词典。
awful

1. on 2. is 3. activities 4. a 5. snowy
6. having 7. means 8. usually 9. to keep
10. China's
读后词汇拓展
1. adj.糟糕的

【分析】
这是一篇关于立冬的英语语法填空题，需结合语境、固定搭配、语法规则逐一填空。解题思路：1. 具体日期前用介词on；2. 主语it为第三人称单数，一般现在时be动词用is；3. many后接可数名词复数；4. 结合固定搭配“have a big meal”；5. 修饰名词需用形容词；6. enjoy后接动名词；7. 第三人称单数主语的一般现在时谓语动词变形；8. 修饰动词需用副词；9. 固定句型“it's time to do sth”；10. 修饰名词需用名词所有格；词汇拓展需判断单词词性和词义。
【解析】
1. 具体日期前用介词on，故填on；
2. 主语it是第三人称单数，一般现在时be动词用is，故填is；
3. many后接可数名词复数，activity的复数为activities，故填activities；
4. 固定搭配“have a big meal”（吃一顿大餐），故填a；
5. 修饰名词days需用形容词，snow的形容词是snowy，故填snowy；
6. enjoy doing sth是固定搭配，have的动名词为having，故填having；
7. 主语it是第三人称单数，一般现在时谓语动词用第三人称单数形式，mean的第三人称单数是means，故填means；
8. 此处修饰动词eat，需用副词，usual的副词是usually，故填usually；
9. 固定句型“it's time to do sth”（到做某事的时间了），故填to keep；
10. 修饰名词calendar需用名词所有格，China的所有格是China's，故填China's；
读后词汇拓展：awful是形容词，意为“糟糕的”。
【答案】
1. on 2. is 3. activities 4. a 5. snowy 6. having 7. means 8. usually 9. to keep 10. China's；读后词汇拓展：adj.糟糕的
【知识点】
介词的用法、动词的正确形式、名词所有格
【点评】
本题考查英语基础语法知识，涵盖介词、时态、词性转换、固定搭配等，是常见的语法填空题型，需学生掌握基础语法规则和固定表达。
【难度系数】
0.7