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阅读短文，回答5个问题。
词数: 254 体裁: 说明文 核心素养: 文化意识
话题: 中秋节 难度: 难 建议用时: 6分钟
The Mid-Autumn Festival has a history of more than 2, 000 years. During these 2, 000 years, lots of Mid-Autumn traditions have been thought up by Chinese people. All the celebrations show the happiness and excitement of people. The main celebrations during the Mid-Autumn Festival are enjoying the full moon, eating moon cakes together and making lanterns. These three celebrations have been passed from generation(一代) to generation. Chinese people may think the Mid-Autumn Festival is not coming if they don't do these three things.
In some places in China, people celebrate the festival in different ways. In Chaozhou, Guangdong Province, people eat taros(芋头) to
精题详解
celebrate the festival, because the taro harvest occurs(发生) at the same time as the festival. They eat taros and hope the harvest is good next year. In Nanjing, people cook duck with sweet-scented osmanthus(桂花), because they think sweet-scented osmanthus is a symbol of peace. In some places, people make fires inside towers to celebrate the festival, because they think the fire is a symbol of good business(生意).
In the literary history of China, many poets(诗人) wrote poems to praise(赞美) the pure moon of Mid-Autumn night and express their feelings. The following is one of the best poems.
Thoughts in the Silent Night
—Li Bai
The moonlight is shinning through the window.
And it makes me wonder if it is the frost on the ground.
Looking up to see the moon.
Looking down, I miss so much about my hometown.
Li Bai used his poem to express his homesickness at the Mid-Autumn Festival.
1. How long is the history of the Mid-Autumn Festival?
2. What do the Mid-Autumn celebrations show according to the passage?
3. How many ways of celebrations are mentioned in Paragraph 2?
4. Why do people make fires inside towers to celebrate the festival in some places?
5. 跨学科 古诗词理解 Who wrote Thoughts in the Silent Night?
阅读短文，回答5个问题。
词数: 254 体裁: 说明文 核心素养: 文化意识
话题: 中秋节 难度: 难 建议用时: 6分钟
The Mid-Autumn Festival has a history of more than 2, 000 years. During these 2, 000 years, lots of Mid-Autumn traditions have been thought up by Chinese people. All the celebrations show the happiness and excitement of people. The main celebrations during the Mid-Autumn Festival are enjoying the full moon, eating moon cakes together and making lanterns. These three celebrations have been passed from generation(一代) to generation. Chinese people may think the Mid-Autumn Festival is not coming if they don't do these three things.
In some places in China, people celebrate the festival in different ways. In Chaozhou, Guangdong Province, people eat taros(芋头) to
精题详解
celebrate the festival, because the taro harvest occurs(发生) at the same time as the festival. They eat taros and hope the harvest is good next year. In Nanjing, people cook duck with sweet-scented osmanthus(桂花), because they think sweet-scented osmanthus is a symbol of peace. In some places, people make fires inside towers to celebrate the festival, because they think the fire is a symbol of good business(生意).
In the literary history of China, many poets(诗人) wrote poems to praise(赞美) the pure moon of Mid-Autumn night and express their feelings. The following is one of the best poems.
Thoughts in the Silent Night
—Li Bai
The moonlight is shinning through the window.
And it makes me wonder if it is the frost on the ground.
Looking up to see the moon.
Looking down, I miss so much about my hometown.
Li Bai used his poem to express his homesickness at the Mid-Autumn Festival.
1. How long is the history of the Mid-Autumn Festival?
The Mid-Autumn Festival has a history of more than 2,000 years. /More than/over 2,000 years.
2. What do the Mid-Autumn celebrations show according to the passage?
All the celebrations show the happiness and excitement of people. /The happiness and excitement of people.
3. How many ways of celebrations are mentioned in Paragraph 2?
Three.
4. Why do people make fires inside towers to celebrate the festival in some places?
Because they think the fire is a symbol of good business.
5. 跨学科 古诗词理解 Who wrote Thoughts in the Silent Night?
Li Bai.
答案
1. The Mid-Autumn Festival has a history of more than 2,000 years. /More than/over 2,000 years.
2. All the celebrations show the happiness and excitement of people. /The happiness and excitement of people.
3. Three. 4. Because they think the fire is a symbol of good business. 5. Li Bai.
2. All the celebrations show the happiness and excitement of people. /The happiness and excitement of people.
3. Three. 4. Because they think the fire is a symbol of good business. 5. Li Bai.
解析
【分析】本题为英语阅读理解细节查找类题目，解题思路为：先明确每个问题的核心关键词，再带着关键词回到原文定位对应内容，最后提取符合要求的答案。具体来说，第1题找中秋节的历史时长，第2题找庆祝活动的意义，第3题数第二段提到的庆祝方式数量，第4题找塔内生火的原因，第5题找指定古诗的作者，均需通过原文定位提取信息。
【解析】1. 定位原文第一段第一句“The Mid-Autumn Festival has a history of more than 2,000 years.”，提取核心信息；2. 定位原文第一段第三句“All the celebrations show the happiness and excitement of people.”，直接提取；3. 阅读第二段，找到潮州吃芋头、南京吃桂花鸭、部分地方塔内生火共3种庆祝方式；4. 定位原文第二段最后一句“In some places, people make fires inside towers to celebrate the festival, because they think the fire is a symbol of good business.”，提取原因；5. 定位诗歌《Thoughts in the Silent Night》的作者标注，确定为Li Bai。
【答案】1. More than/over 2,000 years. 2. The happiness and excitement of people. 3. Three. 4. Because they think the fire is a symbol of good business. 5. Li Bai.
【知识点】英语阅读理解、细节信息提取、跨学科古诗词理解
【点评】本文以中秋节为话题，属于说明文阅读，题目均为细节查找类，考查学生快速定位原文信息的能力，其中第5题涉及跨学科的古诗词知识，体现文化意识的考查，整体难度适中，仔细阅读原文即可正确作答。
【难度系数】0.4
【解析】1. 定位原文第一段第一句“The Mid-Autumn Festival has a history of more than 2,000 years.”，提取核心信息；2. 定位原文第一段第三句“All the celebrations show the happiness and excitement of people.”，直接提取；3. 阅读第二段，找到潮州吃芋头、南京吃桂花鸭、部分地方塔内生火共3种庆祝方式；4. 定位原文第二段最后一句“In some places, people make fires inside towers to celebrate the festival, because they think the fire is a symbol of good business.”，提取原因；5. 定位诗歌《Thoughts in the Silent Night》的作者标注，确定为Li Bai。
【答案】1. More than/over 2,000 years. 2. The happiness and excitement of people. 3. Three. 4. Because they think the fire is a symbol of good business. 5. Li Bai.
【知识点】英语阅读理解、细节信息提取、跨学科古诗词理解
【点评】本文以中秋节为话题，属于说明文阅读，题目均为细节查找类，考查学生快速定位原文信息的能力，其中第5题涉及跨学科的古诗词知识，体现文化意识的考查，整体难度适中，仔细阅读原文即可正确作答。
【难度系数】0.4
