Question

Lantern Festival（元宵节）

Lantern Festival is a China's traditional festival. It is celebrated ________ the fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar year.

Lantern Festival is one of ________ holidays in China. Several days before Lantern Festival, people begin to make lantern. Lanterns are made in the shape of different animals, vegetables, fruits and many other things. While ________  lanterns, people usually write riddles(谜语) on lanterns. On the eve of Lantern Festival, all the lanterns are hung up .

On Lantern Festival people go outside to have a look at the lanterns and ______ the riddles on the lanterns. Everything is very interesting and everyone is very happy.

The Mid-Autumn Day (中秋节)

August 15th in Chinese Lunar Calendar (阴历年) is the Mid-Autumn Day. It is one of the most important traditional festivals in China.

On that day people usually go back home to have family reunion (团聚). Each family will have the members get together to have a big dinner. The most popular food is mooncakes. They are round and ______the moon.

The moon is the brightest on the Mid-Autumn night. People________favorite fruits and deserts in their yard. People eat the delicious food while they ______ a beautiful full moon in the sky.  At this time, some old people would like to tell many past events and tell the children a story about the Chang’e and the rabbit. The children really ______ that there was a rabbit on the moon .  They want to go to the moon and have a look _______. 

________great festival!

1.A. at    B. in    C. on    D. for

2.A. big    B. bigger    C. the biggest    D. biggest

3.A. making    B. make    C. doing    D. to do

4.A. look    B. read    C. look for    D. guess

5.A. look    B. seems    C. look like    D. sounds like

6.A. call out    B. put on    C. lay out    D. turn on

7.A. were enjoying    B. are enjoying    C. admired    D. were admired

8.A. see    B. believe    C. hear    D. sure

9.A. some days    B. sometimes    C. in future    D. one day

10.A. How    B. What    C. What a    D. How a

Answer

1.C

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.C

6.C

7.B

8.B

9.D

10.C

【解析】

本文介绍了元宵节和中秋节的风俗习惯。

1.C

考查介词及语境的理解。A. at +钟点，表示在几点钟； B. in +年/月，表示在某年或某月； C. on+具体日期，表示在具体某一天； D. for+时间段，长达多长时间；句意：它在阴历年的第一个月的第十五天被庆祝。表示在第十五日，故用介词on，故选C。

2.C

考查形容词及语境的理解。A. big 大的； B. bigger 更大的； C. the biggest最大的； D. biggest最大的。句意：元宵节是中国最大的节日之一。one of+the+形容词的最高级+复数名词，表示“最…….的之一”，故选C。

3.A

考查动词及语境的理解。A. making 制作；B. make制作；C. doing 做； D. to do做；句意：人们在制作灯笼的时候，经常在灯笼上写着谜语。make lanterns制作灯笼，此处while引导的时间状语从句，省略的主语people与谓语are,结合句意，主语people与谓语make之间表示主动关系，故用现在分词making，故选A。

4.D

考查动词及语境的理解。A. look 看； B. read 读； C. look for 寻找； D. guess猜测；句意：在元宵节，人们外出看灯笼，猜灯笼上的谜语。此处表示猜灯谜，故选D。

5.C

考查动词及语境的理解。A. look 看； B. seems 似乎； C. look like 看起来像；D. sounds like听起来像；句意：他们是圆形的，看起来像月亮。根据They are round可知他们是圆形的，因此看起来像月亮，故选C。

6.C

考查动词短语及语境的理解。A. call out大声喊出来 B. put on 穿上； C. lay out 摆放；D. turn on打开；句意：人们在院子里摆上最喜欢的水果和甜点。根据后文的People eat the delicious food while they ___7___ a beautiful full moon in the sky.可知人们赏月吃最喜欢的食物，应是在院子里摆放食物， 故选C。

7.B

考查动词及语境的理解。A. were enjoying欣赏； B. are enjoying欣赏； C. admired 羡慕； D. were admired被羡慕。句意：人们欣赏空中美丽的圆月时，吃着美味的食物。此处主语they与谓语之间是主动关系，while引导的时间状语从句用进行时，根据动词eat可知此处用现在进行时，故选B。

8.B

考查动词及语境的理解。A. see 看见； B. believe 相信； C. hear 听见； D. sure确定；句意：孩子们真的相信月亮上有兔子。根据前文的At this time, some old people would like to tell many past events and tell the children a story about the Chang’e and the rabbit.可知孩子们听了老人们讲关于嫦娥和兔子的故事，故此处表示他们相信这个故事，故选B。

9.D

考查副词及语境的理解。A. some days 有些天； B. sometimes 有时；C. in future 在未来； D. one day一天。句意：他们想要有一天去月球上看看。此处句意，表示将来某一天，故选D。

10.C

考查副词及语境的理解。A. How如何； B. What什么； C. What a什么； D. How a如何；句意：多么重要的一个节日啊！感叹句的结构：How+形容词/副词=What+形容词+不可数名词=What+a/an+形容词+单数名词，此处修饰单数可数名词festival，故选C。