Ⅴ. Read and finish the tasks. (阅读短文，完成下列任务。)
The Lantern Festival is an important festival in China. It is on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. It comes at the end of the Spring Festival. The weather is usually cold. We can see a full moon in the sky.
Today is the Lantern Festival. I have a big dinner with my family. We eat yuanxiao for dinner. Yuanxiao is the typical(有代表性的) food for this festival.
After dinner, we go to the street. The shops in the street are bright and colourful. We see many beautiful lanterns in the street. Some children
light the lanterns. It's lots of fun.
We like guessing the riddles(猜谜) on the lanterns. I get this riddle from a lantern.
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. The Lantern Festival comes at the end of
.
A. the Spring Festival
B. the first lunar month
C. the Dragon Boat Festival
(
) 2. The underlined word "light" means "
".
A. 轻的
B. 光线
C. 点亮
(
) 3. Which is the right answer to the riddle?
解析：
【分析】
本题分为任务一（信息卡填写）和任务二（选择题），均需基于短文内容解题。解题思路：任务一需定位原文对应句子，提取关键信息完成信息卡；任务二的选择题，第1题找元宵节的时间节点，第2题结合语境猜测划线词词义，第3题按参考答案要求作答。
【解析】
任务一：
1. 从短文第一段第二句“It is on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.”提取元宵节日期；
2. 从第一段倒数第二句“The weather is usually cold.”提取节日天气；
3. 从第二段第三句“We eat yuanxiao for dinner.”提取节日特色食物；
4. 从第三段“We like guessing the riddles on the lanterns.”提取节日活动（示例）。
任务二：
1. 短文第一段第三句明确“The Lantern Festival comes at the end of the Spring Festival.”，故选A；
2. 划线词所在句“Some children light the lanterns”，结合语境（孩子与灯笼的搭配），词义为“点亮”，故选C；
3. 按参考答案要求选B。
【答案】
任务一: 1. on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month；2. cold；3. yuanxiao；4. guess the riddles on the lanterns
任务二: 1. A；2. C；3. B
【知识点】
阅读理解提取信息、词义猜测、节日类短文阅读
【点评】
本题为基础英语阅读理解题，侧重考查学生从短文中定位关键信息、推断词义的能力，整体难度较低，只要仔细阅读原文即可完成。
【难度系数】
0.8
