四、传统文化 阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
In China, the 12th month in the Chinese lunar calendar is called Layue. On its eighth day, Chinese people celebrate the Laba Festival by cooking and 1 (eat) a special kind of porridge. The porridge is popular 2 people of all ages.
The festival comes on 26th January 2026 this year. Many 3 (housewife) begin to cook the porridge from very early morning. They need 4 (get) at least eight things ready for it. They can put anything they like. That makes the porridge taste 5 (real) good. Most people like to put some sugar into the porridge to make 6 (it) sweet. It usually takes hours 7 (cook) the porridge. So, many people choose to go to a restaurant to enjoy it nowadays.
The porridge is also called Eight-Treasure Porridge(八宝粥). 8 do people like it? Because they think it brings good luck and 9 (healthy). Also, after having the porridge, it means that people must start to get ready for 10 Spring Festival.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

1. eating 2. among/with 3. housewives 4. to get 5. really 6. it 7. to cook 8. Why 9. health 10. the

【分析】
本题是围绕中国腊八节的语法填空题，需结合语境、语法规则及固定搭配解题。思路：先判断每个空格的词性/形式要求，再结合知识点推导答案：1. 介词后接动名词；2. 固定搭配；3. 名词复数；4. 非谓语动词；5. 副词修饰形容词；6. 代词指代；7. 固定句型；8. 疑问词搭配because；9. 词性转换；10. 冠词用法。
【解析】
1. 介词by表方式，后接动名词，故填eating；
2. 固定搭配be popular with/among（受……欢迎），故填among/with；
3. many修饰可数名词复数，housewife复数为housewives，故填housewives；
4. need to do sth（需要做某事）是固定用法，故填to get；
5. 修饰形容词good需用副词，real变副词really，故填really；
6. 指代前文porridge作宾语，用it，故填it；
7. 固定句型it takes time to do sth，故填to cook；
8. 由答语because可知问原因，用Why，故填Why；
9. and连接并列名词，healthy变名词health，故填health；
10. Spring Festival是专有名词，前加the，故填the。
【答案】
1. eating 2. among/with 3. housewives 4. to get 5. really 6. it 7. to cook 8. Why 9. health 10. the
【知识点】
固定搭配、名词复数、词性转换
【点评】
本题以传统文化腊八节为载体，考查初中核心基础语法，结合语境和固定搭配即可完成，难度适中，能有效检验学生基础语法掌握情况。
【难度系数】
0.6

五、传统文化阅读理解。
The Torch Festival is a traditional festival in China. The Yi, Naxi and Bai peoples in China celebrate it every year. It is usually on the 24th day of the sixth month in the Chinese lunar calendar and people often celebrate it for 2 or 3 days.
Why do they have this festival? There are many stories. One is about locusts(蝗虫). It is said that there are many locusts in the fields. All the farmers don't know what to do. A clever and kind man tells them to use torches to kill(杀死) the locusts. At last, they kill all of the locusts. Then they have the Torch Festival to celebrate it.
During the festival, people put torches up in front of every house. At night, everyone takes torches out and walks around the fields and the houses. Also, people have many activities like singing, dancing and horse racing.
The Torch Festival is a very exciting festival. It brings lots of fun to people. And every year many visitors come to enjoy it too.
()1. How long do people often celebrate the Torch Festival every year?
A. For one or two days.
B. For two or three days.
C. For three or four days.
D. For four or five days.
()2. What does Paragraph 2 talk about?
A. The way to use the torches.
B. The reason for killing the locusts.
C. The way to make the torches.
D. The reason for having the Torch Festival.
()3. What do we know about the Torch Festival?
A. Only the Yi people celebrate it every year.
B. People put torches up in front of houses.
C. The Bai people sing and swim to celebrate it.
D. It takes people two days to prepare food.
()4. What is the theme(主题) of the passage?
A. The festival.
B. The job.
C. Sport.
D. The hobby.

1. B 【点拨】根据“people often celebrate it for 2 or 3 days”可知,会持续两到三天。故选B。
2. D 【点拨】根据“Why do they have this festival?”和第二段内容可知,第二段讲述了人们庆祝这个节日的原因。故选D。
3. B 【点拨】根据“During the festival, people put torches up in front of every house.”可知选B。
4. A 【点拨】本文介绍了火把节。故选A。

【分析】做这类英语阅读理解题时，需先明确每个问题的核心，再带着问题回到原文对应段落定位关键信息：第1题问庆祝时长，定位第一段末尾；第2题问第二段主旨，定位第二段开头的设问句；第3题问火把节的细节，定位第三段；第4题问全文主题，需梳理全文内容。
【解析】1. 细节理解题：根据原文第一段最后一句“people often celebrate it for 2 or 3 days”可知，火把节通常庆祝2-3天，对应选项B。2. 主旨大意题：第二段开头以“Why do they have this festival?”引出内容，整段讲述庆祝火把节的原因，对应选项D。3. 细节理解题：根据原文第三段第一句“During the festival, people put torches up in front of every house”可知，选项B正确；A项与原文“Yi, Naxi and Bai peoples”不符，C项“swim”未提及，D项“prepare food”未提到。4. 主旨大意题：全文围绕中国传统节日火把节展开介绍，主题是节日，对应选项A。
【答案】1.B 2.D 3.B 4.A
【知识点】英语阅读理解（细节理解）、英语阅读理解（主旨大意）、传统文化阅读
【点评】本题是一篇介绍中国传统节日火把节的英语阅读理解，题目设置以细节理解和主旨大意为主，考查学生快速定位原文信息、把握段落及全文主旨的能力，内容贴近文化常识，易于理解。
【难度系数】0.7