C)阅读短文,根据短文内容选择正确答案。
The Lantern Festival is one of the traditional festivals in China. It is on the fif-
teenth day of the first lunar month. People usually light lanterns at night and eat tan-
gyuan at the festival. Why do we light lanterns? Here is a story about it.
A big, beautiful bird flies over a village村庄. It is a pet of the Jade Emperor玉
皇大帝. Three men in the village see the bird and want to catch it. They run after the
bird and hurt it. The bird can't fly and falls into the mountains.
The Jade Emperor waits for his bird, but it doesn't come back. He looks down and
finds his bird. When he knows how the bird gets hurt, he becomes angry and decides to
punish the three men. He calls his daughter and asks her to burn烧毁 the village.
His daughter is kind. She goes to the village and says to the three men, "My father
is angry and he will burn your village on the fifteenth day of this month."
The three men don't know what to do. They ask a wise智慧的 woman. The
woman says, " You can light lanterns and fires. The village must be full of fire and
noise噪音. The Jade Emperor will think the village is on fire."
The three men do as the wise woman says. The Jade Emperor sees the fire and
hears the noise. He thinks the village is destroyed被破坏的. Then he forgets all a-
bout the village. The village is safe.
()1. The big, beautiful bird is the pet.
A. three men's
B. Jade Emperor's
C. Jade Emperor's daughter's
()2. The new word "punish" means "" in Chinese.
A. 奖励 B. 惩罚 C. 告诫
()3. The Jade Emperor is angry because .
A. the three men eat his pet
B. the three men hurt his pet
C. his daughter doesn't listen to him
()4. How does the three men save拯救 the village?
A. They run away.
B. They burn the village.
C. They light lanterns and fires.
()5. Which can be the best title标题 for the passage?
A. The origin起源 of the lanterns.
B. A story about the Jade Emperor.
C. Why we light lanterns at the Lantern Festival?

1.B 2.B 3.B 4.C 5.C

【分析】
这是一篇故事类阅读理解题，解题时可以按照以下思路进行：1. 先快速通读全文，明确文章核心是围绕元宵节点灯的缘由讲述相关传说故事，理清故事的人物和情节脉络；2. 针对每道小题的题干，带着问题回到原文对应段落定位信息，细节题直接匹配原文内容排除错误选项，词义猜测题结合上下文语境推断词义，主旨大意题抓住全文的核心主题，排除片面的干扰项，最终选出正确答案。
【解析】
1. 细节理解题：根据原文第二段中"It is a pet of the Jade Emperor"的描述，可知这只漂亮的大鸟是玉皇大帝的宠物，对应选项B，排除A（三个男人的）、C（玉皇大帝女儿的）两个错误选项。
2. 词义猜测题：前文提到三个村民弄伤了玉帝的宠物鸟，玉帝非常生气，后文还提到他命令女儿烧毁村庄，结合这个语境可知玉帝是要伤害这三个村民作为报复，因此"punish"的中文含义是“惩罚”，选B，A选项“奖励”和语境完全相反，C选项“告诫”不符合玉帝要烧毁村庄的行为逻辑。
3. 细节理解题：根据原文第三段"When he knows how the bird gets hurt, he becomes angry and decides to punish the three men"的描述，可知玉帝生气的原因是三个男人弄伤了他的宠物鸟，选B，A选项“三个男人吃了他的宠物”原文没有提及，C选项“他的女儿不听他的话”并不是玉帝最初生气的原因。
4. 细节理解题：根据文中智者给出的建议"You can light lanterns and fires. The village must be full of fire and noise. The Jade Emperor will think the village is on fire"，以及后文三人照做后村子平安的结果，可知三个男人是通过点灯笼和生火的方式拯救了村庄，选C，A选项“他们逃跑”、B选项“他们烧毁村庄”均不符合原文内容。
5. 主旨大意题：文章开篇就抛出核心问题"Why do we light lanterns? Here is a story about it"，全文的传说故事都是为了解释元宵节要点灯的原因，A选项“灯的起源”偏离主题，B选项“关于玉皇大帝的故事”过于片面，玉皇大帝只是故事中的角色并非核心主题，因此最佳标题选C。
【知识点】
阅读理解细节定位，词义猜测，主旨大意判断
【点评】
本题选取和中国传统节日元宵节相关的趣味传说作为阅读素材，大部分题目的答案都可以在原文中直接找到对应依据，整体难度偏低，既考察学生快速提取文本关键信息的能力，也能帮助学生了解传统节日相关的文化背景，做最后一道主旨题时要注意区分核心主题和故事里的次要元素，不要误选以偏概全的干扰项。
【难度系数】
0.8