Ⅳ. Read and finish the tasks.（阅读短文，完成下列任务。）
The Lantern Festival is an important festival in China. It is on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. It comes at the end of the Spring Festival. The weather is usually cold. We can see a full moon in the sky.
Today is the Lantern Festival. I have a big dinner with my family. We eat yuanxiao for dinner. Yuanxiao is the typical(有代表性的) food for this festival.
After dinner, we go to the street. The shops in the street are bright and colourful. We see many beautiful lanterns in the street. Some children light the lanterns. It's lots of fun.
We like guessing the riddles(猜谜) on the lanterns. I get this riddle from a lantern.

任务一：根据短文内容，完成信息卡。

任务二：根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
（）1. The Lantern Festival comes at the end of .
A. the Spring Festival B. the first lunar month
C. the Dragon Boat Festival
（）2. The underlined word "light" means "".
A. 轻的 B. 光线 C. 点亮
（）3. Which is the right answer to the riddle?

任务一: 1. on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month
2. cold
3. yuanxiao
4. 示例: guess the riddles on the lanterns
任务二: 1. A 2. C 3. B

【分析】
本题包含两个任务，任务一需根据短文提取关键信息，解题时要定位原文对应语句填写内容；任务二为选择题，第1题考查细节查找，第2题考查词义猜测，第3题结合短文内容推断答案，解题核心是仔细阅读原文，匹配对应信息即可。
【解析】
任务一：1. 定位原文第一段第二句，可知元宵节时间为正月十五；2. 定位第一段“The weather is usually cold.”，可知元宵节天气；3. 定位第二段“We eat yuanxiao for dinner.”，可知元宵节特色食物；4. 定位第三段“We like guessing the riddles on the lanterns.”，可知元宵节活动。
任务二：1. 原文第一段明确提到“The Lantern Festival...comes at the end of the Spring Festival”，故选A；2. 结合语境“children...the lanterns”，此处light为动词，意为“点亮”，故选C；3. 按参考答案对应选项B。
【答案】
任务一: 1. on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month 2. cold 3. yuanxiao 4. guess the riddles on the lanterns；任务二: 1. A 2. C 3. B
【知识点】
短文阅读理解，细节查找，词义猜测
【点评】
本题为英语基础阅读理解题，侧重考查学生对短文细节的提取能力和简单词义推断能力，题目难度适中，适合巩固英语阅读基础。
【难度系数】
0.7