七、任务型阅读。传统文化
阅读短文，回答下列问题。
The Dragon Boat Festival is a fun Chinese festival. Usually it is in June and in a few years it is in late May. Both children and adults(成年人) like this festival.
There are dragon boat races during the festival. Dragon boats are very long in bright colours. In each boat, there are many people rowing. There is also somebody beating a drum(击鼓). The winners of the races can get a lot of money.
During the Dragon Boat Festival, people also eat a special kind of food—rice dumplings. To make these rice dumplings, people prepare many things. Then they can make rice dumplings of different flavours(味道). Some are sweet, and some are salty. They all taste good. People give them to friends.
On the evening of the festival, family members have a big meal together. I think the Dragon Boat Festival is a great time for everybody.
注：每题答案不超过6个词。
1. When is the Dragon Boat Festival?

2. What are dragon boats like?

3. What do Chinese people eat during the Dragon Boat Festival?

4. How many kinds of flavours of rice dumplings are mentioned(提及) in the passage?

5. What do you think of the Dragon Boat Festival?

1. It's in May or June.
2. They're long in bright colours.
3. Rice dumplings. 4. Two.
5. It's a great time for everyone.(答案合理即可)

【分析】
本题为任务型阅读题，解题思路为：先通读短文把握主旨，再针对每个问题，带着疑问回到原文定位相关语句，提取符合“答案不超过6个词”要求的关键信息。具体步骤：1. 找端午节时间，定位第一段相关描述；2. 找龙舟特征，定位第二段对应内容；3. 找节日食物，定位第三段相关表述；4. 找粽子味道种类，定位第三段提及的味道；5. 找对节日的看法，定位最后一段作者观点。
【解析】
1. 定位原文第一段：“Usually it is in June and in a few years it is in late May.”，提取关键信息为May or June；
2. 定位原文第二段：“Dragon boats are very long in bright colours.”，提取关键信息为They're long in bright colours；
3. 定位原文第三段：“people also eat a special kind of food—rice dumplings.”，提取关键信息为Rice dumplings；
4. 定位原文第三段：“Some are sweet, and some are salty.”，提及两种味道，故答案为Two；
5. 定位原文最后一段：“I think the Dragon Boat Festival is a great time for everybody.”，提取关键信息为It's a great time for everyone。
【答案】
1. It's in May or June.
2. They're long in bright colours.
3. Rice dumplings.
4. Two.
5. It's a great time for everyone.
【知识点】
任务型阅读，信息提取，英语阅读理解
【点评】
本题为初中英语基础任务型阅读题，侧重考查学生快速定位并提取文本关键信息的能力，所有答案均来自原文直接表述，难度较低，适合巩固英语阅读基础。
【难度系数】
0.8