18 立冬、冬至 备战 2022 年英语中考中华传统节日专题 一、阅读回答问题 阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。 In China, there are 24 solar terms (节气) in a year. And there are six of them in winter. They are beginning of winter, light snow, heavy snow, winter solstice (冬至), lesser cold and greater cold. Beginning of winter usually falls on November 7th or 8th. After beginning of winter, most parts of the country can start to expect cold weather. On this day, after a year of hard work, people are happy to have a rest and spend time with family. The northern China celebrates beginning of winter as the “Small Spring Festival”. People usually have dumplings and mutton soup on that day. Light snow usually falls on November 22nd or 23rd and heavy snow usually falls on December 7th or 8th. When winter solstice comes, it brings the shortest days of the year and the longest nights. Many places around the country can expect the coldest weather yet. People often start counting “nine cold periods” starting from winter solstice. Every cold period has nine days. People believe that after these cold days, spring will come. Greater cold comes after lesser cold. The field is covered with snow. And all Chinese are very excited. They are ready to welcome the Spring Festival after it. Of course, a new round of solar terms will start. 1．Does the passage mainly talk about the solar terms in winter? ________________ 2．What do People in northern China usually have on beginning of winter? ________________ 3．When is the shortest day of the year and the longest night? ________________ 4．How many cold days are there during “nine cold periods”? ________________ 5．Why do all Chinese very excited after greater cold? ________________ 【答案】 1．Yes, it does. 2．Dumplings and mutton soup. 3．Winter solstice. 4．81./81 cold days. 5．Because they are ready to welcome the Spring Festival. 【分析】 这是一篇说明文，文章主要介绍冬季的六个节气。 1．根据第一段“And there are six of them in winter. They are beginning of winter, light snow, heavy snow, winter solstice (冬至), lesser cold and greater cold.”并结合全文可知，文中主要介绍了冬天的六个节气，所以使用肯 定回答。故填 Yes, it does. 2．根据第二段“People usually have dumplings and mutton soup on that day.”可知，人们通常吃饺子喝羊汤。 故填 Dumplings and mutton soup. 3．根据第三段“When winter solstice comes, it brings the shortest days of the year and the longest nights.”可知， 在冬至，白天最短，夜晚最长。故填 Winter solstice. 4．根据第三段“People often start counting ‘nine cold periods’ starting from winter solstice. Every cold period has nine days. ”可知，人们从冬至开始“数九”，一共是九个阶段，每个阶段九天，所以一共是 81 天。故填 81./81 cold days. 5．根据最后一段“They are ready to welcome the Spring Festival after it.”可知，因为人们准备迎接春节的到来， 所以都很激动。故填 Because they are ready to welcome the Spring Festival. 二、完型填空 Falling leaves and cold wind show the arrival of another season. November 7th is Lidong. It is a Chinese word for one of the 24 solar terms. It 6 the start of the winter. To welcome Lidong, people have many colorful 7 that light up the cold days. One of the most popular customs is to have a big meal. Winter is believed to be the season for storage(储存). 8 well helps people store energy to beat the cold in winter, and prepare for the growth in the coming spring. In the north, people prefer eating dumplings. The Chinese word for dumpling-jiao(饺) has a Eating dumplings means 9 pronunciation as the word ‘change’-jiao(交). 10 the change of autumn to winter, while in the south, eating chick, duck and fish is common. According to history, Lidong was 11 a time for people to store vegetables. There were not many fresh vegetables to eat in the winter. Therefore, around Lidong some people 12 lived in the north began to store vegetables like cabbages and green onions in the cellar underground. When it was time for cooking, fathers went down the cellar with a 13 tied to one end of a rope, kids were happy to wait beside the cellar holding 14 end of the rope. When fathers filled the basket with vegetables, kids helped to pull it out. However, nowadays some of the customs have 15 . Most people buy fresh vegetables in the supermarket. Instead, new winter customs are born in certain places. 6．A．means B．includes C．becomes D．sounds 7．A．clothes B．customers C．customs D．shapes 8．A．Sleeping B．Eating C．Exercising D．Drinking 9．A．different B．important C．careless D．similar 10．A．to celebrate B．celebrates C．celebrating D．celebrated 11．A．too B．also C．so D．either 12．A．who B．which C．whose D．what 13．A．basket B．chopsticks C．basketball D．bag 14．A．other B．another C．the other D．others 15．A．appears B．a