六、思维拓展 选择合适的选项完成短文。
A. Children's Day B. Double Ninth Festival C. twelve D. get together
E. in January or February F. climbing mountains G. New Year's Day
H. Mid-Autumn Festival I. in April J. look at the moon
There are 1.
months in a year. Do you know the festivals in each month? Let's see
together. In January we have an important festival—2. ______ . It is the beginning of the year.
Most people like it. Tomb Sweeping Day (清明节) is 3.
. On that day I often climb
mountains and go on an outing with my family. Which festival is for children? It's 4.
.
It is in June. Children can have a good time on that day. The 5.
is very important for
Chinese people. It's in September or October. People can get together. They always eat moon cakes
and 6.
at night. The 7.
is for old people. It's in October or November.
People like 8.
and eating rice cakes. The Spring Festival is the most important festival
in China. It comes 9.
. Children like this festival because they can get red packets and
watch fireworks. People 10.
to have a big dinner at this festival.
解析:
【分析】
解题思路:首先第一步先通读整篇短文,明确短文核心是介绍一年中的各类中外节日的时间、相关习俗,同时先把所有备选选项的含义全部梳理清楚:A儿童节、B重阳节、C十二、D团聚、E在一月或二月、F爬山、G元旦、H中秋节、I在四月、J赏月。接下来逐个空结合前后文给出的线索匹配选项:遇到描述数量的空结合生活常识匹配数词;遇到节日类的空,就结合后文给出的节日时间、专属习俗反向匹配对应的节日名称;遇到时间类的空,结合对应节日的实际日期匹配时间选项;遇到活动类的空,结合对应节日的传统习俗匹配动作短语,就能快速选出正确答案。
【解析】
我们逐个空推导验证:
1. 句意为“一年有______个月”,根据常识一年共有12个月份,对应选项C. twelve。
2. 句意为“在一月我们有一个重要节日——____,它是一年的开端”,作为一年开端、在一月的节日是元旦,对应选项G. New Year's Day。
3. 句意为“清明节是______”,根据常识清明节的公历时间在四月,对应选项I. in April。
4. 句意为“哪个节日是给孩子的?它是______,它在六月”,六月专属儿童的节日是儿童节,对应选项A. Children's Day。
5. 句意为“____对中国人来说非常重要,它在九月或十月,人们可以团聚,吃月饼”,吃月饼是中秋节的专属习俗,对应选项H. Mid-Autumn Festival。
6. 句意为“他们总是吃月饼,晚上______”,中秋节夜晚的传统活动是赏月,对应选项J. look at the moon。
7. 句意为“____是给老年人的,它在十月或十一月”,专为老年人设立的节日是重阳节,对应选项B. Double Ninth Festival。
8. 句意为“人们喜欢______和吃重阳糕”,重阳节的传统活动是登高爬山,对应选项F. climbing mountains。
9. 句意为“春节是中国最重要的节日,它在______到来”,春节的公历时间通常是一月或者二月,对应选项E. in January or February。
10. 句意为“人们在这个节日______享用一顿丰盛的晚餐”,春节的传统是全家人团聚吃年夜饭,对应选项D. get together。
【答案】
1. C 2. G 3. I 4. A 5. H
6. J 7. B 8. F 9. E 10. D
【知识点】
英语节日词汇,传统节日常识,情景选词填空
【点评】
本题属于节日主题的语篇选词填空题,将英语词汇考察和中国传统节日的常识结合起来,解题的核心技巧是抓住每个空前后的线索提示,比如节日的时间、专属习俗,就能快速排除干扰选项选出正确答案,既能巩固相关英语词汇,也能加深对传统节日的了解。
【难度系数】
0.8