任务一 完形填空
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
Do you know about Grain in Ear (mangzhong)? It is one of the 24 Solar Terms. When the weather gets 1, the rain starts to fall and grain gets ripe(成熟的), we know mangzhong is just around the corner. This year, it falls on June 5.
The arrival of mangzhong means 2 time is coming. Wheat becomes ripe, and so do plums(梅子). 3 the day of mangzhong, people will boil(煮) and eat green plums. It is said that this tradition started 4 two famous people Cao Cao and Liu Bei. There is a famous story. Cao and Liu 5 the heroes of their time while boiling and eating green plums with warm wine.
When the plums are ripe, the plum rains come. After mangzhong, the 6 in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River will enter the plum rain season. Long periods of 7 and cloudy weather will last 8 June and July.
The plum rain season is a good time for 9 rice, vegetables and fruits, but it also means the falling of flowers. During mangzhong, people have ceremonies(仪式) to say 10 to the Flower Goddess.
With its busy harvests and natural beauty, mangzhong is really a good period.
() 1. A. drier B. cooler C. hotter D. colder
() 2. A. harvest B. tour C. hope D. joy
() 3. A. For B. On C. At D. In
() 4. A. instead of B. in order to C. in front of D. because of
() 5. A. protected B. recorded C. discussed D. advised
() 6. A. areas B. cities C. plants D. seasons
() 7. A. foggy B. snowy C. sunny D. rainy
() 8. A. across B. through C. with D. before
() 9. A. selling B. saving C. growing D. collecting
()10. A. hi B. fine C. hello D. goodbye

1-5 CABDC 6-10 ADBCD

1. 结合节气常识，芒种在6月，此时天气会变得更炎热，A更干燥、B更凉爽、D更寒冷均不符合芒种的气候特点，选C。
2. 后文提到小麦成熟，说明芒种到来意味着收获时节将至，harvest意为“收获”，符合语境，选A。
3. 八年级核心时间介词知识点：英语中表示在具体某一天时，时间介词要用on，此处指在芒种当天，选B。
4. 句意为这个传统是因为曹操和刘备这两位名人的典故而起源的，because of意为“由于、因为”，后接名词性成分，符合句意，选D。
5. 对应的传统典故是青梅煮酒论英雄，即曹操和刘备在煮青梅饮酒时讨论谁是当世英雄，discuss意为“讨论”，符合典故内容，选C。
6. 句意为长江中下游区域会进入梅雨季节，area意为“地区、区域”，符合语境，选A。
7. 梅雨季节的典型特征就是长时间多雨、多云，rainy意为“下雨的”，符合梅雨的气候特点，选D。
8. 此处表示阴雨多云的天气会一直持续，贯穿整个6月和7月，through有“自始至终贯穿”的含义，符合用法，选B。
9. 句意为梅雨季节雨水充足，是种植水稻、蔬菜和水果的好时机，介词for后接动名词growing（种植），符合语境，选C。
10. 前文提到芒种时节花朵开始凋谢，人们举办仪式向花神告别，say goodbye to...是固定搭配，意为“向……告别”，选D。