二、阅读短文，回答问题
Jiaozi are a traditional Chinese food. Eating jiaozi is also a cultural custom during the Spring Festival. On the Chinese New Year’s Eve (除夕夜), people make jiaozi. On the first day of the Chinese New Year, family members eat jiaozi together. Some people think that without eating jiaozi, you are not celebrating the festival.
In China, zishi refers to the hours between 11 p.m. and 1 a.m., and jiao means “cross”. It is said (据说) that people called the food jiaozi because they prepared it before midnight and ate it after midnight to celebrate the start of a new year.
People began to eat jiaozi about 1,800 years ago. Most Chinese can make them, and they use different fillings (馅料) — meat, vegetables, or both.
On the Chinese New Year’s Eve, families make jiaozi together. Sometimes they put sugar in a jiaozi to wish for a sweet life. They may also put a clean coin inside a jiaozi—if you find it by biting (咬) into it, you will have good luck in the coming year.
1. What are jiaozi?
Jiaozi are a traditional Chinese food.
2. When do people usually eat jiaozi during the Spring Festival?
On the first day of the Spring Festival/the Chinese New Year.
3. What does zishi refer to in China?
It refers to the hours between 11 p.m. and 1 a.m.
4. What fillings do people use to make jiaozi?
Meat, vegetables or both of them.
5. Why do people sometimes put sugar in a jiaozi on the Chinese New Year’s Eve?
To wish for a sweet life. / Because they wish for a sweet life.
解析：
【分析】
本题为英语阅读理解细节题，解题思路为：先通读短文理解大意，再针对每个问题，回到原文定位对应句子，提取关键信息，确保答案与原文表述一致，准确回答问题。
【解析】
1. 问题1询问饺子是什么，定位原文第一段第一句“Jiaozi are a traditional Chinese food.”，直接提取答案；
2. 问题2询问春节期间吃饺子的时间，定位原文第一段“On the first day of the Chinese New Year, family members eat jiaozi together.”，整理为对应答案；
3. 问题3询问子时的定义，定位原文第二段第一句“In China, zishi refers to the hours between 11 p.m. and 1 a.m.”，直接提取答案；
4. 问题4询问饺子的馅料，定位原文第三段“they use different fillings (馅料) — meat, vegetables, or both.”，提取对应内容；
5. 问题5询问放糖的原因，定位原文第四段“Sometimes they put sugar in a jiaozi to wish for a sweet life.”，提取原因作答。
【答案】
1. Jiaozi are a traditional Chinese food.
2. On the first day of the Spring Festival/the Chinese New Year.
3. It refers to the hours between 11 p.m. and 1 a.m.
4. Meat, vegetables or both of them.
5. To wish for a sweet life. / Because they wish for a sweet life.
【知识点】
英语阅读理解、细节理解
【点评】
本题为基础英语阅读理解细节题，侧重考查学生快速定位原文信息的能力，只要认真阅读短文即可准确作答，难度较低。
【难度系数】
0.9
