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【題目】 The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Grain Rain as the last term in spring, starts on April 19 and ends on May 4.

Grain Rain comes from the old saying, “Rain brings up the growth of hundreds of grains”, which shows that this period of rainfall is very important for the growth of crops.

Here is something that you may not know about the Grain Rain.

1. Grain Rain falls between the end of spring and the beginning of summer, and the temperature rises much higher than it does in March. With dry soil and heavy winds, sandstorms may happen more often.	2. There is an old custom in southern China that people drink tea on the day of Grain Rain. Spring tea during Grain Rain is good for the eyes. It is also said that drinking tea on this day would prevent bad luck.
3. People in northern China have the tradition to eat the vegetable toona sinensis during Grain Rain. An old Chinese saying goes “toona sinensis before the rain is as tender as silk (嫩如絲)”.The vegetable is good for the stomach and skin.	4. The Grain Rain Festival is celebrated by fishing villages in northern China. Grain Rain marks the start of the fishermen’s first voyage (航行）of the year. The custom dates back to more than 2000 years ago.

【1】When Grain Rain ends, starts.

A. springB. summerC. autumnD. winter

【2】The underlined word “crops” refers to .

A. plants in the fieldB. trees in the forest

C. fishes in the seaD. tea in the south

【3】The people in southern China on the day of Grain Rain.

A. drink teaB. eat toona sinensis

C. start the first voyageD. eat rice dumplings

【4】We can infer that “toona sinensis”must be a kind of vegetable which____.

A. can bring good luckB. is delicious and healthy

C. grows at the seasideD. is good for the old

【5】The right order of the titles from 1 to 4 should be .

a. Eating toona sinensis b. Sandstorms happen

c. Grain Rain Festival d. Drinking tea

A. b-a-d-cB. b-c-a-dC. b-d-a-cD. a-d-b-c

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】A

【4】B

【5】C

【解析】

本文是一篇說明文，主要介紹了24節(jié)氣中谷雨這個節(jié)氣。在谷雨時，雨水開始頻繁，促進作物的生長。北方的人們在谷雨期間吃香椿，南方的人喝茶。在北方漁村，人們會慶祝谷雨節(jié)。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Grain Rain falls between the end of spring and the beginning of summer. 可知，谷雨降落的時候是在春天的結尾，夏天的開始，所以谷雨結束的時候，下一個季節(jié)就是夏季，故選B。

【2】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)crops的前面的一句話Rain brings up the growth of hundreds of grains雨水會讓好幾百種谷物開始生長，因此可知crops就是指的前面這句話中的grains，我們知道grains“谷物”都是種在田地里面的植物，即莊稼。故選A。

【3】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)There is an old custom in southern China that people drink tea on the day of Grain Rain.可知，谷雨的時候，南方的人們有喝茶的習俗，故選A。

【4】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“An old Chinese saying goes”toona sinensis before the rain is as tender as silk（嫩如絲）". The vegetables is good for the stomach and skin."可知“toona sinesis”香椿這種蔬菜在谷雨時節(jié)很嫩，有健胃和潤膚之功效，所以"toona sinesis" 這種蔬菜很好吃，是健康食品，故選B。

【5】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)With dry soil and heavy winds, sandstorms may happen more often.可知，第一個的標題是暴風雨；根據(jù)There is an old custom in southern China that people drink tea on the day of Grain Rain．可知，第二個的標題是喝茶；根據(jù)People in northern China have the tradition to eat the vegetable toona sinesis during Grain Rain.可知，吃香椿是第三個的標題；根據(jù)The Grain Rain Festival is celebrate by fishing villages in northern China.可知，谷雨的時候要慶祝，這是一個節(jié)日，所以第四個的標題是谷雨節(jié)。結合給出的選擇項，所以這四個標題的順序是b-d-a-c，故選C。