七、传统文化阅读理解。
Jiaozi, Chinese dumplings, is a kind of traditional Chinese food. It has a history of about 2,600 years. Chinese people like eating dumplings for their delicious taste and special meanings.
There are many kinds of dumplings, such as pork and cabbage dumplings, beef and carrot dumplings, mutton and onion dumplings and so on. So jiaozi is popular(受欢迎的) with almost all Chinese people, and even people around the world.
Time changes(改变) but the tradition doesn't change. Chinese people think a bowl(碗) of jiaozi is filled with the family's love and good wishes.
On the night before the Spring Festival, all the family members always get together to make dumplings. It's a happy time for them. When people make dumplings, they may put a coin(硬币) in one of them. The person will be lucky in the new year if(如果) he or she gets the dumpling with the coin.
▲ because it looks like yuanbao. Chinese people usually eat jiaozi at the beginning of the New Year because they want to get lots of money in the coming year.
()1. When did people start to make jiaozi?
A. About 180 years ago.
B. About 2,600 years ago.
C. About 1,500 years ago.
D. Hundreds of years ago.
()2. 创新考法—语篇逻辑题 Which of the following can be put in the ▲?
A. Jiaozi is a symbol of health
B. Jiaozi is easy and fun to make
C. Jiaozi is a symbol of money
D. Jiaozi has many different kinds
()3. 创新考法—篇章结构题 How is the text organized? (①=Paragraph 1, ②=Paragraph 2,...)

A.
B.
C.
D.

1. B 【点拨】根据第一段中“It has a history of about 2,600 years.”可知,人们是大约2 600年前开始包饺子的。故选B。
2. C 【点拨】根据“because it looks like yuanbao”可知,饺子的形状与钱有关。故选C。
3. A 【点拨】通读全文可知,第一段主要介绍中国饺子的历史;第二段介绍饺子的种类;第三段介绍饺子的寓意;第四、五段分别介绍饺子蕴含的美好祝福。故选A。

【分析】
这是一篇中国传统文化主题的英语阅读理解题，解题时可以按小题类型逐个突破：
1. 第1题是细节理解题，直接回到原文定位和饺子起源时间相关的语句，就能直接匹配答案。
2. 第2题是语篇逻辑补全题，需要结合空格后给出的解释“它看起来像元宝”，元宝是古代钱币，推导空格处的核心含义要和“钱/财富”相关，排除无关选项即可。
3. 第3题是篇章结构题，先逐段梳理每段的核心内容，理清段落之间的从属、并列关系：第1段是总起介绍饺子的基础属性，第2段单独介绍饺子的种类，第3段引出饺子承载美好祝愿的核心特点，第4、5段是并列的两个具体习俗内容，对应匹配给出的结构示意图就能选出正确答案。
【解析】
1. 定位原文第一段第二句“It has a history of about 2,600 years.”，可知饺子拥有约2600年的历史，也就是人们大约2600年前就开始制作饺子，对应选项B。
2. 空格后给出的原因是“it looks like yuanbao（它看起来像元宝）”，元宝是中国古代流通的钱币，说明此处要表达饺子是财富的象征，只有C选项“Jiaozi is a symbol of money”符合逻辑，其余选项的健康、制作难度、种类多均和“元宝”的属性无关，选C。
3. 逐段梳理行文逻辑：
①段：总述饺子是中国传统食物，介绍其历史和广受喜爱的特点；
②段：独立介绍饺子的不同品类；
③段：过渡说明饺子承载着家人的爱意与美好祝愿；
④段：介绍除夕夜全家包饺子、包硬币求新年好运的习俗；
⑤段：介绍饺子形似元宝，新年食用寓意招财的习俗。
其中④⑤是并列的两个具体习俗，从③段延伸出来，整体结构完全匹配选项A的示意图。
【答案】
1.B 2.C 3.A
【知识点】
阅读理解细节定位
语篇逻辑衔接
篇章结构分析
【点评】
本题选取饺子这一极具代表性的中国传统饮食文化作为阅读素材，贴合新课标对英语学科文化意识的考察要求，在常规细节题之外创新设置了语篇补全、篇章结构类题型，引导学生跳出仅翻译字面内容的惯性，主动梳理行文逻辑，难度设置梯度合理，兼顾基础能力考察和逻辑思维训练。
【难度系数】
0.7