一、阅读材料，回答问题。
新情境·传统文化 建议用时：8分钟
Chinese people use twelve animals to name the year of a person's birth. Do you know why? One of the folk stories goes like this:
A long time ago, people didn't know their birth years and could not remember their ages. The Jade Emperor then wanted to choose twelve animals as the Chinese zodiac, one animal for each year. What would he do? He asked all the animals to join a race. The first twelve animals won the race. These animals are rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog, and pig. Now every Chinese person is connected to a zodiac animal.
1. Who decided to choose twelve animals as the Chinese zodiac?
2. Why did the Jade Emperor plan to choose twelve animals as the Chinese zodiac?
3. What did the Jade Emperor do to choose the twelve zodiac animals?
4. After the race, what may people begin to do according to the passage? ______
5. 开放问答 What is your zodiac animal?

1. The Jade Emperor.
2. Because people didn't know their birth years and could not remember their ages.
3. He asked all the animals to join a race. The first twelve animals won the race and they became the Chinese zodiac.
4. People may begin to use the twelve animals to know their birth years and remember their ages easily.
5. My zodiac animal is the horse.(答案不唯一,根据个人实际生肖作答)

【分析】
本题为英语阅读理解题，围绕十二生肖的民间故事设置问题。解题思路：1. 通读全文把握核心内容，明确玉皇大帝选十二生肖的缘由与方式；2. 针对细节类问题，定位原文对应语句提取答案；3. 针对推理类问题，结合文章开头提到的人们的困扰推导；4. 开放类问题结合自身实际生肖作答。
【解析】
1. 定位原文关键句“The Jade Emperor then wanted to choose twelve animals as the Chinese zodiac”，可知决定选十二生肖的是玉皇大帝；
2. 定位原文“A long time ago, people didn't know their birth years and could not remember their ages. The Jade Emperor then wanted to choose twelve animals as the Chinese zodiac”，可知选生肖的原因是人们不知道自己的出生年份且记不住年龄；
3. 定位原文“He asked all the animals to join a race. The first twelve animals won the race. These animals... became the Chinese zodiac”，可知玉皇大帝让所有动物参加比赛，前十二名获胜成为生肖；
4. 结合文章开头人们的困扰（不知出生年、记不住年龄）与生肖的作用，可推导人们开始用十二种动物知晓出生年、轻松记年龄；
5. 开放题，根据自身实际生肖作答即可，示例为马。
【答案】
1. The Jade Emperor.
2. Because people didn't know their birth years and could not remember their ages.
3. He asked all the animals to join a race. The first twelve animals won the race and they became the Chinese zodiac.
4. People may begin to use the twelve animals to know their birth years and remember their ages easily.
5. My zodiac animal is the horse.(答案不唯一,根据个人实际生肖作答)
【知识点】
英语阅读理解、细节信息定位、开放问答
【点评】
本题融合传统文化与英语阅读，既考查学生英语阅读的信息提取、推理能力，又传播了传统文化知识，题目设置贴合学生认知，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.6

二、☑对标KET能力 阅读美国“祖父母节”的故事，选择正确的选项。
新素养·文化意识 ⏱建议用时：10分钟 ★★★★★
In the US, Grandparents Day falls on the first Sunday after Labour Day (the first Monday of September). It was not created to sell cards or flowers. The holiday came from a strong-minded woman named Marian McQuade.
As a little girl, Marian visited her grandma on a farm. After housework, she and her grandma visited old neighbours with food and small presents. These days and her love for her grandma made her want to help old people all her life.
When she grew up, she married and raised a big family with children and grandchildren. She thought it meaningful for families to stay with their grandparents, so she hoped to set up a special holiday for family get-togethers. In the early 1970s, she began working towards this goal.
She made calls and wrote letters to government leaders for years. In 1973, a senator noticed her idea and put forward a bill in the Senate, but it failed. Marian never gave up. Finally on 3rd August, 1978, the US President turned Grandparents Day into a national holiday. He said people should respect grandparents and value family love.
The holiday has spread worldwide. Different countries have different dates: Germany celebrates it on the second Sunday of October, while Mexico uses 28th August. Kids there cook nice food or buy gifts for their grandparents.
()1. 生活运用 When is Grandparents Day in the US this year?

A. 2026年9月
一 二 三 四 五 六 日
1 2 3 4 5 ⑥
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30
B. 2026年10月
一 二 三 四 五 六 日
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 ⑩ 1
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31
C. 2026年9月
一 二 三 四 五 六 日
1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 ⑬
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30
D. 2026年9月
一 二 三 四 五 六 日
1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 ⑳
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30
()2. What made McQuade want to help old people all her life?
A. Her school lessons about the old.
B. Her childhood experiences with grandma and old neighbours.
C. Her life as a mother and a grandmother.
D. Her trip to different foreign countries.
()3. When did Grandparents Day become a national holiday in the US?
A. In the early 1970s.
B. In 1973.
C. On 3rd August, 1978.
D. On 28th August, 1978.
()4. Which is RIGHT about the holiday in other countries?
A. Germany has Grandparents Day on 28th August.
B. Mexico's Grandparents Day is in October.
C. Mexican kids may make delicious food for grandparents.
D. All countries celebrate it on the same day.
()5. What can we learn about Marian from the passage?
A. She gave up easily after her plan failed in 1973.
B. She never had any grandchildren.
C. She was a senator working in the government.
D. She kept trying for many years to make the holiday come true.

1. C 2. B 3. C 4. C 5. D

【分析】
本题为英语阅读理解题，共5道细节理解题，需结合原文内容逐一对应选项：1题需先明确美国祖父母节的定义，再结合2026年9月日历确定对应日期；2题定位Marian想帮助老人的原因；3题查找祖父母节成为美国国家节日的时间；4题对比其他国家祖父母节的信息；5题总结Marian的相关事迹。
【解析】
1. 由原文第一段可知，美国祖父母节是九月第一个周一后的第一个周日。2026年9月的第一个周一为9月7日，其后第一个周日为9月13日，对应选项C，故选C。
2. 由原文第二段可知，Marian童年与奶奶、老邻居的经历让她想帮助老人，对应选项B，故选B。
3. 由原文第四段可知，1978年8月3日祖父母节成为美国国家节日，对应选项C，故选C。
4. 由原文最后一段可知，德国日期为十月第二个周日、墨西哥日期为8月28日，墨西哥孩子会为祖父母做美食，A、B、D错误，C正确，故选C。
5. 由原文第四段可知，Marian从未放弃，多年坚持推动节日设立，对应选项D，故选D。
【答案】
1.C 2.B 3.C 4.C 5.D
【知识点】
英语阅读理解、细节理解、西方文化常识
【点评】
本题围绕美国祖父母节展开，考查学生对阅读文本细节信息的定位与理解能力，属于基础阅读题型，需学生仔细查找原文对应内容即可解答。
【难度系数】
0.6