五、核心素养 中华优秀传统文化 阅读理解。
主题群:历史、社会与文化 子主题:文化习俗 语篇类型:说明文 难度:★★
[2026 扬州市宝应县期末]Start of Winter is one of the 24 solar terms in China. It is the start of winter. Chinese people usually have a big meal on that day. In the north, people love eating dumplings very much. In the south, people eat chicken, duck and fish. It is said that eating well can help people keep warm on cold days.
In the old days, the Start of Winter was also a time for people to store vegetables. At that time, there were not many fresh vegetables to eat during the winter in the north. There were no supermarkets like the ones we have today, either. People had no place to buy fresh vegetables in winter.
So around the Start of Winter people put lots of vegetables in a cellar, a room under a house often used for keeping things. They also made fresh tomatoes into tomato sauce(酱). It is delicious if you add some salt to it, and you can eat it together with noodles in winter.
()1. What does the solar term Start of Winter mean?
A. There are no leaves on the trees.
B. Winter begins from this day on.
C. We should eat a lot from this day on.
D. The new year is not far away.
()2. In the past, people in the north stored vegetables for the winter because .
A. it was too cold to go shopping
B. they didn't know how to store meat
C. there were not many fresh vegetables to buy
D. they didn't like to eat fresh vegetables
()3. Why do people build a cellar?
A. To put things there for later use.
B. To grow more fresh vegetables for winter.
C. To read their books by themselves.
D. To cook some delicious food to eat.
()4. What's the passage mainly about?
A. Why Chinese people eat well in winter.
B. How Chinese people kept vegetables in the past.
C. What Chinese people ate in the past during the winter.
D. What Chinese people usually do and used to do when the Start of Winter comes.

1. B 2. C 3. A 4. D

【分析】本题为结合中华优秀传统文化的英语阅读理解题，解题思路为：先通读全文把握主旨，做细节题时定位题干关键词到原文对应内容，对比选项得出答案；做主旨题时梳理各段核心内容，归纳文章大意。
【解析】1. 题干询问立冬的含义，定位原文第一段关键句“It is the start of winter.”，对应选项B“Winter begins from this day on”，故选B。2. 题干询问过去北方人冬季存菜的原因，定位原文第二段“At that time, there were not many fresh vegetables to eat during the winter in the north.”，对应选项C，故选C。3. 题干询问建地窖（cellar）的用途，定位原文第三段对cellar的解释“a room under a house often used for keeping things”，对应选项A“To put things there for later use”，故选A。4. 题干询问文章主旨，梳理全文：第一段讲立冬当下的饮食习俗，第二段讲过去存菜的背景，第三段讲过去存菜的方式，整体围绕立冬到来时中国人现在和过去的做法展开，对应选项D，故选D。
【答案】1.B 2.C 3.A 4.D
【知识点】英语阅读理解、文化习俗、细节与主旨理解
【点评】本题以二十四节气（中华优秀传统文化）为载体，考查英语阅读的细节查找和主旨归纳能力，难度适中，兼顾文化传播与阅读能力考查。
【难度系数】0.8