B
There are 24 solar terms in a year. Start of Autumn is the 13th one. It starts on 7th August and ends on 22nd August this year. Here are some things about the solar term.
Start of Autumn means summer is over and autumn begins, but it's still hot during the first month of autumn. People call these hot days “Autumn Tiger”. It's even hotter than some days in summer because there is little rain.
On the first day of Start of Autumn, people often check how their weight changes. If they find that they are lighter than they were at the start of summer, they will eat many kinds of food to put on weight, especially meat. In Shandong, people eat dumplings on the day. They call it “Biting the Autumn”.
Start of Autumn is important for farmers. They work hard for months and look forward to the harvest (收获). They hope it rains on the first day of Start of Autumn, because they think it is a symbol of a good harvest.
( )15. When does Start of Autumn begin this year?
A. On 7th August. B. On 13th August.
C. On 23rd August. D. On 24th August.
()16. What does Paragraph 2 mainly talk about?
A. The culture of Start of Autumn.
B. The weather of Start of Autumn.
C. The history of Start of Autumn.
D. The celebration of Start of Autumn.
()17. ＜新考法 同义转换＞ In which of the following sentences, can we put the underlined word “check”?
A. She likes to her classmates with English.
B. Please the answer before you hand in your homework.
C. They plan to a new movie in the cinema this weekend.
D. He will a letter to his grandmother in Australia tomorrow.
()18. What do we know about Start of Autumn from the passage?
A. Farmers celebrate harvest on that day.
B. It is the seventh solar term of the year.
C. It is hot because there is not much rain.
D. People always lose weight during this time.

15—18 A B B C
15. A 细节理解题。根据“It starts on 7th August and ends on 22nd August this year. ”可知,今年立秋从 8 月 7 日开始。故选 A 项。
16. B 主旨大意题。根据“Start of Autumn means summer is over and autumn begins ... because there is little rain. ”可知,第二段主要讲的是立秋的天气。故选 B 项。
17. B 词义猜测题。check 在“On the first day of Start of Autumn, people often check how their weight changes. ”中的意思是“检查”。选项 B 代入 check 后,表示在你交作业之前请检查答案。符合逻辑。故选 B 项。
18. C 细节理解题。根据“It's even hotter than some days in summer because there is little rain. ”可知,立秋的时候热是因为雨水不多。故选 C 项。

【分析】
本题是关于立秋的英语阅读理解题，包含4道选择题，分别考查细节理解、段落主旨、词汇词义辨析和细节理解。解题时需先通读原文，再针对每道题的题干定位原文对应内容，逐一分析选项：15题定位立秋开始时间的原文信息；16题分析第二段核心内容；17题理解check的词义并匹配选项；18题定位原文中关于立秋的描述判断选项正误。
【解析】
15题：根据原文第一段“It starts on 7th August and ends on 22nd August this year.”可知，今年立秋从8月7日开始，故选A。
16题：第二段主要讲述立秋虽意味着秋天开始，但仍炎热，被称为“秋老虎”，原因是少雨，核心内容为立秋的天气，故选B。
17题：原文中check意为“检查”，选项B“交作业前检查答案”符合该词义；A项表示帮助同学学英语、C项表示看电影、D项表示写信，均不符合check的该含义，故选B。
18题：根据原文第二段“It's even hotter than some days in summer because there is little rain.”可知，立秋时炎热是因为雨水少，故选C。
【答案】
15—18 A B B C
【知识点】
英语阅读理解、细节理解题、词义辨析
【点评】
本题围绕立秋的相关知识设题，考查学生的英语阅读能力，涵盖细节查找、主旨概括和词汇运用，题型常规，需学生仔细研读原文，定位关键信息即可解答。
【难度系数】
0.6

Ⅲ.阅读还原(10分)

新素材素材话题:“回南天”气候
[2026 广东深圳期末] Do you know huinantian? Huinantian is a kind of weather in the south of China in spring when the weather gets warm. 19 After the cold air goes away, warm air quickly comes and then warm air gets cooler quickly. So there is lots of water vapour (水蒸气). You can see small water drops (水滴)
everywhere in the house. Is it good or bad? It is hard to say.
Bad Things
In the wet weather, food goes bad easily and clothes are always wet.
There can be some danger. Electrical devices (电器设备) may not work when they get wet.
20 People may have a cold because the weather changes quickly.
Good Things
It can be helpful. Plants can be better with so much water and warm air.
It is also good for animals. 21 22 Here are some tips for you.
First, we can close the door and windows. It is very important. Morning and night are important time to keep wet air outside the room.

23 In this way, it can help to take away water and wet air.
Finally, we can use different kinds of electrical devices to take away water from the air.
A. They can get lots of clean water.
B. It helps save clean water in a new way.
C. Wet weather also makes people feel tired.
D. What can we do when huinantian comes?
E. Second, we can put paper on the wall and at the door.
F. Before huinantian comes, there are usually some cold days.

19—23 F C A D E
19. F 根据“After the cold air goes away, warm air quickly comes and then warm air gets cooler quickly. ”可知,“回南天”来之前,会有冷空气,选项 F(在“回南天”到来之前,通常会有一些寒冷的日子。)符合语境。故选 F 项。
20. C 根据“People may have a cold because the weather changes quickly. ”可知,本段是在介绍这一气候带来的不好的事情,选项 C(潮湿的天气也会让人感觉疲惫。)符合语境。故选 C 项。
21. A 根据“It is also good for animals. ”可知,本段是在介绍这一气候对动物的好处,选项 A(它们可以获取大量清洁的水。)符合语境。故选 A 项。
22. D 根据下文可知,此处应是询问“回南天”来时我们能够做什么,选项 D(当“回南天”来临时,我们能做些什么?)符合语境。故选 D 项。
23. E 根据“First, we can close the door and windows. ”及“Finally, we can use different kinds of electrical devices to take away water from the air. ”可知,此处是在介绍第二点,选项 E(第二,我们可以把纸贴在墙上和门上。)符合语境。故选 E 项。

【分析】
做阅读还原题时，需先通读全文，明确文章围绕“回南天”这一生活话题展开，梳理文章结构（介绍回南天的形成、优缺点、应对建议）。再逐个分析每个空的前后语境，抓住关键词与逻辑关联，匹配对应选项：19空后提到冷空气离开，说明回南天到来前有冷空气，需匹配相关选项；20空属于“回南天坏处”板块，需选不良影响类句子；21空对应“回南天对动物的好处”，需匹配动物受益的选项；22空后是应对建议，需选引出建议的提问句；23空在第一点和最后一点建议之间，需选第二点建议的句子。
【解析】
19. 空后提到“After the cold air goes away”，说明回南天到来前有冷空气，选项F“在‘回南天’到来之前，通常会有一些寒冷的日子”符合语境，故选F。
20. 本段介绍回南天的坏处，空后提到人们可能感冒，选项C“潮湿的天气也会让人感觉疲惫”属于天气带来的不良影响，符合语境，故选C。
21. 本段介绍回南天的好处，空前说明对动物有益，选项A“它们可以获取大量清洁的水”是动物受益的表现，符合语境，故选A。
22. 空后是应对回南天的具体建议，此处需引出建议的提问，选项D“当‘回南天’来临时，我们能做些什么？”符合语境，故选D。
23. 空前是“First”（第一点），空后是“Finally”（最后一点），此处需填第二点建议，选项E“第二，我们可以把纸贴在墙上和门上”符合语境，故选E。
【答案】19—23 F C A D E
【知识点】阅读还原、语境推理
【点评】本题以“回南天”这一贴近生活的话题为载体，考查学生的阅读还原能力，要求结合上下文逻辑关系匹配选项，难度适中，易于学生理解。
【难度系数】0.7