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根据短文内容及所给首字母提示写出所缺单词,使短文意思完整,每空一词。
The Chinese life is colourful with many interesting folk ways. The Lantern Festival is on the 15th day of the first lunar month. It has a Chinese name—Yuanxiao Festival. Yuanxiao comes from the 1. f that people call the first lunar month Yuan Month and the night Xiao. The night of the 15th day of the first lunar month 2. m the first full moon night. At the
Lantern Festival, the Chinese people have the custom of 3. e lanterns and eating glutinous rice(糯米) dumplings.
The custom started during the Han dynasty, and has a 4. h of more than 2,000 years. On that night, every place is decorated with lanterns and streamers(装饰彩纸条) and there is a bustling(熙熙攘攘的) atmosphere. As the night 5. f, people go in crowds to the sea of colourful lanterns: palace lanterns, wall lamps, figure lanterns, flower lanterns, animal lanterns, and toy lanterns, of all types and 6. c. Some lanterns have riddles on them, which encourage people to try to be the 7. f to find the answer.
It is also a 8. t custom to eat glutinous rice dumplings at this time. As early as the Song dynasty, there was such a kind of food, a round ball 9. m from glutinous rice flour with a filling of sugar and kernels(仁,核). Since it is eaten at the Lantern Festival, people call it yuanxiao. The Chinese people hope that 10. e is satisfactory(yuanman in Chinese), and eating glutinous rice dumplings on the first night with a full moon in a year is to wish that family members would remain united, happy and satisfied.
英语嗨吧

1. fact 根据 that people call the first lunar month Yuan Month and the night Xiao 可知,这是一个同位语从句,阐明“元宵”由来事实。
2. means 农历正月十五的晚上意味着第一个满月之夜。所填写词作谓语,由句意及所给首字母可知,这里填写 means。
3. enjoying 所填写词与 eating 并列作 of 的宾语,用动名词。enjoy lanterns 意为“赏灯”,故填写 enjoying。
4. history 由 The custom started during the Han dynasty 可知,这一习俗始于汉代,已有2000多年的历史。故填写名词 history。
5. falls 夜幕降临时人们才能观灯,所填写词作谓语,又是一般现在时,故填写 falls。
6. colours 所填写词与 types 并列,为名词。根据首字母及句意可知填写 colours。
7. first 由上文可知,有些灯笼上有谜语,所以人们试图成为第一个找到答案的人,故填写 first。
8. traditional 元宵节吃汤圆是一种传统习俗,所填写词作定语,用形容词,故填写 traditional。
9. made 这种圆球状的食物是由糯米粉制成的。这里是过去分词短语作后置定语,故填写 made。
10. everything 人们希望一切令人满意,故填写 everything。
本文主要介绍了中国元宵节的习俗。

【分析】
本题为根据短文内容及首字母提示填词的题型，解题思路是：先通读全文理解短文主旨（介绍中国元宵节的习俗），再结合每个空的上下文语境、首字母提示，同时考虑句子的语法结构（如词性、时态、非谓语形式等），逐一确定每个空应填的单词，确保符合句意和语法要求。
【解析】
1. fact：根据后文that引导的同位语从句（解释“元宵”名称由来的内容），结合首字母f，可知填fact。
2. means：句子主语为“正月十五的晚上”，是单数，一般现在时，结合句意“意味着第一个满月之夜”，首字母m，填means。
3. enjoying：此处与eating并列作介词of的宾语，需用动名词形式，结合“赏灯”的语境，首字母e，填enjoying。
4. history：根据前文“习俗始于汉代”，结合“有2000多年的历史”，首字母h，填history。
5. falls：句子描述夜幕降临，主语night是单数，一般现在时，首字母f，填falls。
6. colours：与types并列，结合“各种类型和颜色的灯笼”，首字母c，填colours。
7. first：根据“猜灯谜时想成为第一个找到答案的人”，首字母f，填first。
8. traditional：修饰名词custom，需用形容词，结合“传统习俗”，首字母t，填traditional。
9. made：此处是过去分词短语作后置定语，修饰round ball，表“由…制成”，首字母m，填made。
10. everything：结合“希望一切令人满意”，首字母e，填everything。
【答案】
1. fact 2. means 3. enjoying 4. history 5. falls 6. colours 7. first 8. traditional 9. made 10. everything
【知识点】
英语词汇运用；固定搭配；语法运用
【点评】
本题围绕中国元宵节的主题，考查学生对词汇的掌握、语境理解及语法结构的运用能力，题型常规，难度适中，有助于学生了解传统节日文化。
【难度系数】
0.5