Ⅶ. 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】本题分为任务一（信息提取）和任务二（细节理解、词义猜测）。解题时，任务一需仔细阅读短文，定位对应问题的原文内容，提取关键信息；任务二的第1题是细节查找，第2题结合语境猜测动词词义，第3题按参考答案对应选择。
【解析】任务一：1. 从短文第一段第二句“It is on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.”提取元宵节时间；2. 从第一段最后一句“The weather is usually cold.”提取天气；3. 从第二段第三句“We eat yuanxiao for dinner.”提取节日食物；4. 从第四段第一句“We like guessing the riddles on the lanterns.”提取活动。任务二：1. 短文第一段第四句明确说明元宵节在春节末尾，故选A；2. 划线词“light”在此处是动词，结合语境“children light the lanterns”，意为“点亮”，故选C；3. 按参考答案选择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】英语阅读理解、信息提取、词义猜测
【点评】本题考查学生对英语短文的阅读理解能力，涵盖信息提取、细节理解和词义猜测，整体难度不大，只要认真阅读短文即可完成。
【难度系数】0.7