Ⅶ. Read and choose.（阅读短文，选择正确答案。）
Do you know Earth? There are many interesting facts about Earth.
Earth is not round. Do you think Earth is round? No! Earth is not completely(完全地) round.
Earth is really old. Grandpa and Grandma are old, but Earth is much older. Scientists(科学家) think that Earth is over 4.6 billion(十亿) years old.
Much of Earth's surface is water. Over 70% of Earth's surface is oceans, and less than 30% of Earth's surface is land(陆地).
（）1. Is Earth completely round?
A. Yes, it is.
B. We don't know.
C. No, it isn't.
（）2. Earth is years old.
A. 4.6 billion
B. over 4.6 billion
C. 7 billion
（）3. From the passage(文章), we know less than of Earth's surface is land.
A. 70%
B. 30%
C. 40%
（）4. How many facts are mentioned(被提到) in the passage?
A. Three.
B. Four.
C. Five.

1. C 2. B 3. B 4. A

【分析】本题为英语阅读理解选择题，需根据短文内容定位各问题对应的关键信息，逐一匹配选项得出答案。第1题需查找地球是否完全圆的描述；第2题查找地球年龄的相关表述；第3题查找地球表面陆地占比的内容；第4题统计短文提到的事实数量。
【解析】1. 短文第二段明确说明“Earth is not completely(完全地) round.”，对应选项C；2. 短文第三段指出“Scientists(科学家) think that Earth is over 4.6 billion(十亿) years old.”，对应选项B；3. 短文第四段提到“less than 30% of Earth's surface is land(陆地).”，对应选项B；4. 短文共提到三个事实：地球不是完全圆、地球年龄超46亿年、地球表面水与陆地的占比，对应选项A。
【答案】1.C 2.B 3.B 4.A
【知识点】英语阅读理解、细节信息提取
【点评】本题考查学生从英语短文中提取细节信息的能力，题目设置直接，难度较低，适合基础阶段学生巩固阅读技巧。
【难度系数】0.8

Ⅷ. Read and finish the tasks.（阅读短文，完成下列任务。）
I'm Lulu. I'm eleven years old. I'm from China. My favourite months are January and February . People also call it the Spring Festival. I like the Spring Festival.
People clean their houses and buy a lot of food before the festival. They put up Spring Festival couplets(贴春联). On Chinese New Year's Eve, they go home and get together with their family. They have a big dinner. They also like watching the Spring Festival Gala after dinner.
During this festival, people wear new clothes and visit their relatives(亲戚) and friends. You can see lion dances and dragon dances too. Children love this festival, and they can get lucky money with good wishes.
People usually celebrate this festival from Chinese New Year's Eve to the Lantern Festival. They can enjoy great happiness during this festival.
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. What is the best title of the passage?
A. New Year's Day
B. The Spring Festival
C. Chinese New Year's Eve
（）2. Which can we put in " ▲ "?
A. because I love it so much
B. because Chinese New Year usually comes in January or February
C. because my birthday is in them
任务三：根据短文内容，回答问题。
1. What do children get during the Spring Festival?

2. When do people usually celebrate the Spring Festival?

任务一：1. Lulu 2. January and February
3. buy a lot of food 4. have a big dinner
5. like watching
任务二：1. B 2. B
任务三：1. Lucky money with good wishes.
2. People usually celebrate the Spring Festival from Chinese New Year's Eve to the Lantern Festival.

【分析】本题为英语阅读理解题，包含信息卡填写、选择、问答三类任务。解题思路：①先通读全文，明确文章核心是介绍春节相关内容；②针对任务一，需定位原文对应细节，提取关键信息完成信息卡；③任务二选择题，第1题需结合全文主旨选最佳标题，第2题需联系上下文逻辑补全句子；④任务三问答，需定位原文对应问题的语句，整理成规范答案。
【解析】任务一：1. 由原文开头“I'm Lulu.”可知姓名为Lulu；2. 由原文“My favourite months are January and February”提取；3. 由原文“People clean their houses and buy a lot of food before the festival”提取；4. 由原文“They have a big dinner”提取；5. 由原文“They also like watching the Spring Festival Gala after dinner”提取。任务二：1. 全文围绕“春节（The Spring Festival）”展开，A为元旦、C为除夕，均片面，故选B；2. 前文提到最喜欢一月和二月，后文说明这两个月是春节，逻辑为春节在一月或二月，故选B。任务三：1. 由原文“they can get lucky money with good wishes”整理；2. 由原文“People usually celebrate this festival from Chinese New Year's Eve to the Lantern Festival”提取。
【答案】任务一：1. Lulu 2. January and February 3. buy a lot of food 4. have a big dinner 5. like watching；任务二：1. B 2. B；任务三：1. Lucky money with good wishes. 2. People usually celebrate the Spring Festival from Chinese New Year's Eve to the Lantern Festival.
【知识点】英语阅读理解、细节信息提取、主旨大意理解
【点评】本题为基础英语阅读题，侧重考查学生从原文定位并提取关键信息的能力，题目设置贴合文章内容，难度适中，适合巩固英语阅读基础。
【难度系数】0.8