一、词汇运用
A. 请根据括号中的中文提示、英文释义或句意,写出句中所缺单词,使句子通顺。
1. I cannot think of his name at the ______(当时).
2. The ______(传统)of the Thanksgiving holiday began in 1621 when the first English settlers(移民)arrived in America.
3. My mother is ______(to make sth ready)for the dinner when I come home.
4. My family moved two ______(a group of buildings with streets on all sides)away in 1965.
5. We always get red ______from our parents at the Spring Festival.

1. moment 2. tradition 3. preparing 4. blocks 5. packets

1. "当时"对应英文"moment"，at the moment为固定搭配。2. "传统"的英文是"tradition"，由定冠词the修饰用名词。3. "to make sth ready"意为"准备"，对应单词"preparing"，be动词后接现在分词表进行。4. "a group of buildings..."描述的是"街区"，英文为"blocks"，two后接名词复数。5. 春节父母给的红色物品是"红包"，英文"packets"常用复数形式。

Most people think the Chinese New Year's celebration ^{(6)}(go)on for only one day,but in fact it ^{(7)}(last)for fifteen days,and some of these days have their own festivals. The most important of these is the festival on the ^{(8)}(fifteen)day,the Lantern Festival. It's also a very ^{(9)}(tradition)festival.
In many cities,people come together in parks with lanterns in ^{(10)}(they)hands,and it is a game to walk around and ^{(11)}(try)to solve each other's lantern riddles(猜灯谜). The one who can solve the lantern riddle will get good luck in the ^{(12)}(come)year.
When did the festival start? It's not very clear. But people say it may be over 2,000 years old. During the Lantern Festival,many people eat tangyuan or yuanxiao. Tangyuan and yuanxiao are similar. Some people even say they are the same food.
Of course,an important part of the Lantern Festival ^{(13)}(be)the lanterns themselves. Some ^{(14)}(city)try to have the largest,most beautiful lanterns around. During this time of year,streets are full of different lanterns and parks are like seas of lanterns,making everyone ^{(15)}(live)and happy.

6. goes
7. lasts
8. fifteenth
9. traditional
10. their
11. try
12. coming
13. is
14. cities
15. lively

6. 本题描述的是普遍真理，即中国新年的庆祝活动通常持续的时间，所以使用一般现在时，主语是第三人称单数，因此动词要用第三人称单数形式，填“goes”。
7. 同理，描述的是新年庆祝活动持续的时间长度，也是普遍情况，使用一般现在时，主语是第三人称单数，填“lasts”。
8. 空白处需要填入序数词来表示“第十五天”，因此填“fifteenth”。
9. 此处需要一个形容词来修饰名词“festival”，表示“传统的节日”，因此填“traditional”。
10. 空白处需要一个形容词性物主代词来修饰“hands”，表示“他们的手”，填“their”。
11. 动词“try”与“walk”是并列的动作，在不定式符号“to”后用动词原形，因此填“try”。
12. 空白处需要一个形容词来修饰“year”，表示“即将到来的年份”，因此填“coming”。
13. 主语是“an important part”，为第三人称单数，且描述的是一般情况，所以填“is”。
14. “some”后接可数名词复数形式，因此填“cities”。
15. “make sb + adj.”结构表示“使某人……”，此处需要一个形容词来描述人的状态，表示“使每个人生动起来”，因此填“lively”。

()1. Why not play some ______ music,cook some delicious food and enjoy the wonderful holiday together?
A.important
B.polite
C.lively
D.elder

C

本题考查形容词词义辨析。根据题干“Why not play some ______ music, cook some delicious food and enjoy the wonderful holiday together?”可知，此处需要选择一个合适的形容词来修饰“music”。A选项“important”意为“重要的”，与音乐类型无关；B选项“polite”意为“有礼貌的”，同样与音乐类型不符；D选项“elder”意为“年长的”，不能用来形容音乐；C选项“lively”意为“活泼的，轻快的”，常用来形容音乐，符合语境。因此，正确答案是C。