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The Lantern Festival is a Chinese festival celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Here is one legend (传说) about the start of the festival.
During the Han Dynasty, Dongfang Shuo was a favorite adviser of the emperor. One winter day, while walking in the garden of the emperor’s palace, he saw that a maid (侍女) was ready to kill herself. He stopped her and asked why. She said she was Yuan Xiao and that she had never had a chance to see her family. Dongfang decided to help them get together.
After leaving the palace, Dongfang made everyone believe there would be a huge fire on the night of the fifteenth lunar day. People were all worried.
The emperor asked Dongfang for advice. Dongfang said the God of Fire liked to eat sweet dumplings (tangyuan). Every family should prepare tangyuan. Also, every family should hang red lanterns and set off fireworks. Lastly, everyone should go out to watch the lantern decorations and fireworks on the street. Then the city would look like a city on fire and might avoid the huge fire.
The emperor happily followed the plan. That night Yuan Xiao’s family went to watch the lantern decorations and saw Yuan Xiao. Everyone spent the night safely, so the emperor said people should do the same things every year. Since Yuan Xiao cooked the best tangyuan, people called the day the Yuanxiao Festival.
阅读短文，完成下列各题。
1. Who did Yuan Xiao miss very much?
2. When is the Lantern Festival celebrated?
3. What did people do on the street that night?
4. What was Dongfang Shuo’s real purpose in making people believe there would be a huge fire?
5. What cultural value can we learn from the legend of the Lantern Festival?
The Lantern Festival is a Chinese festival celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Here is one legend (传说) about the start of the festival.
During the Han Dynasty, Dongfang Shuo was a favorite adviser of the emperor. One winter day, while walking in the garden of the emperor’s palace, he saw that a maid (侍女) was ready to kill herself. He stopped her and asked why. She said she was Yuan Xiao and that she had never had a chance to see her family. Dongfang decided to help them get together.
After leaving the palace, Dongfang made everyone believe there would be a huge fire on the night of the fifteenth lunar day. People were all worried.
The emperor asked Dongfang for advice. Dongfang said the God of Fire liked to eat sweet dumplings (tangyuan). Every family should prepare tangyuan. Also, every family should hang red lanterns and set off fireworks. Lastly, everyone should go out to watch the lantern decorations and fireworks on the street. Then the city would look like a city on fire and might avoid the huge fire.
The emperor happily followed the plan. That night Yuan Xiao’s family went to watch the lantern decorations and saw Yuan Xiao. Everyone spent the night safely, so the emperor said people should do the same things every year. Since Yuan Xiao cooked the best tangyuan, people called the day the Yuanxiao Festival.
阅读短文，完成下列各题。
1. Who did Yuan Xiao miss very much?
Her family.
2. When is the Lantern Festival celebrated?
On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
3. What did people do on the street that night?
They watched the lantern decorations and fireworks.
4. What was Dongfang Shuo’s real purpose in making people believe there would be a huge fire?
To help Yuan Xiao reunite with her family.
5. What cultural value can we learn from the legend of the Lantern Festival?
The cultural value of the family reunion.
答案
【主旨大意】本文介绍了关于元宵节的传说。
1. Her family.
2. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
3. They watched the lantern decorations and fireworks.
4. To help Yuan Xiao reunite with her family.
5. The cultural value of the family reunion.【点拨】传说的核心情节是Dongfang Shuo帮助Yuan Xiao与家人团聚，而这一情节直接关联元宵节的起源，体现了中国人重视“家庭团圆”的传统文化价值。
1. Her family.
2. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
3. They watched the lantern decorations and fireworks.
4. To help Yuan Xiao reunite with her family.
5. The cultural value of the family reunion.【点拨】传说的核心情节是Dongfang Shuo帮助Yuan Xiao与家人团聚，而这一情节直接关联元宵节的起源，体现了中国人重视“家庭团圆”的传统文化价值。
解析
【分析】本题为任务型阅读题，需结合短文内容逐一解答各问题：第1题定位袁晓的表述，找到她想念的对象；第2题直接查找元宵节的时间；第3题提取人们在街上的活动；第4题分析东方朔的真实意图；第5题总结传说体现的文化价值。
【解析】1. 根据短文第二段“She said she was Yuan Xiao and that she had never had a chance to see her family.”可知袁晓想念她的家人；2. 根据短文第一句“The Lantern Festival is a Chinese festival celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.”可知元宵节在农历正月十五；3. 根据短文第四段“everyone should go out to watch the lantern decorations and fireworks on the street.”可知人们上街看灯笼装饰和烟花；4. 结合短文情节，东方朔制造“大火将至”的假象，真实目的是帮助袁晓与家人团聚；5. 从传说核心情节可知，体现了重视家庭团圆的文化价值。
【答案】1. Her family.
2. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
3. They watched the lantern decorations and fireworks.
4. To help Yuan Xiao reunite with her family.
5. The cultural value of the family reunion.
【知识点】任务型阅读、细节理解、主旨大意
【点评】本题以元宵节传说为载体，考查学生提取细节信息和理解主旨的能力，渗透了中华传统文化教育，难度适中。
【难度系数】0.6
【解析】1. 根据短文第二段“She said she was Yuan Xiao and that she had never had a chance to see her family.”可知袁晓想念她的家人；2. 根据短文第一句“The Lantern Festival is a Chinese festival celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.”可知元宵节在农历正月十五；3. 根据短文第四段“everyone should go out to watch the lantern decorations and fireworks on the street.”可知人们上街看灯笼装饰和烟花；4. 结合短文情节，东方朔制造“大火将至”的假象，真实目的是帮助袁晓与家人团聚；5. 从传说核心情节可知，体现了重视家庭团圆的文化价值。
【答案】1. Her family.
2. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
3. They watched the lantern decorations and fireworks.
4. To help Yuan Xiao reunite with her family.
5. The cultural value of the family reunion.
【知识点】任务型阅读、细节理解、主旨大意
【点评】本题以元宵节传说为载体，考查学生提取细节信息和理解主旨的能力，渗透了中华传统文化教育，难度适中。
【难度系数】0.6
