Question

【題目】Mexico is a country with rich culture. It celebrates its new year with many traditions.(1) Mexican people connect colors with The New Year traditions. Each color has its own meaning. For example, red means love, yellow means happiness, and green means rich, white means good health. People decorate their houses with these colors.

The New Year party also plays a big role. It usually starts on the New Year Eve. And people play games together. They write down their good and bad events of the year. Then, at 12 o’clock in the midnight, all the people would throw papers in the fire. This tradition means a new beginning for the next year.

Besides the party, there is another popular New Year tradition in Mexico. People have to eat twelve grapes before the New Year Eve. Each grape means to have good luck in each month of a year. When they eat grapes, they should also make wishes for the coming New Year.

In Mexico, celebrating the New Year is a big thing. If you want to experience the traditions of this country, don’t miss the chance to visit Mexico during the New Year.

任務(wù)一：將（1）翻譯成漢語(yǔ)【1】

任務(wù)二：Why do people throw papers in the fire ?

【2】

任務(wù)三：What does the underlined word “ it” refer to ?

【3】

任務(wù)四：What’s the passage mainly about ?

【4】

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 墨西哥人把顏色與新年的傳統(tǒng)聯(lián)系起來(lái)。

【2】 Because people want a new beginning for the next year.

【3】 The New Year party.

【4】 New Year’s traditions in Mexico.

【解析】

不同的國(guó)家慶祝新年的活動(dòng)和風(fēng)俗是不一樣的，這篇短文給我們介紹了墨西哥這個(gè)國(guó)家慶祝新年的一些傳統(tǒng)活動(dòng)，讓我們來(lái)了解一下吧。

【1】這句話中使用了短語(yǔ)connect…with…把…和…聯(lián)系起來(lái)，主語(yǔ)是Mexican people墨西哥人；colors顏色；The New Year traditions新年的傳統(tǒng)。

【2】根據(jù)短文第二段中Then, at 12 o’clock in the midnight, all the people would throw papers in the fire. This tradition means a new beginning for the next year.可知，人們把紙扔進(jìn)火里，意思是新的一年的開始。由此可知答案。

【3】根據(jù)短文第二段中The New Year party also plays a big role. It usually starts on the New Year Eve.可知，新年晚會(huì)也扮演著重要的角色，它通常在新年前夜開始。代詞It指的是上句話中的The New Year party。

【4】根據(jù)短文的開頭Mexico is a country with rich culture. It celebrates its new year with many traditions.可知，這兩句話是文章的中心句，短文講述了墨西哥慶祝新年的傳統(tǒng)。

這篇短文給我們介紹了墨西哥慶祝新年的一些傳統(tǒng)風(fēng)俗。文章主題明確，層次清晰，內(nèi)容比較容易理解。題型是任務(wù)型閱讀，主要考查我們對(duì)文章細(xì)節(jié)的理解，題目設(shè)置有翻譯和回答問(wèn)題。做題時(shí)，應(yīng)先通讀短文，了解大意；然后根據(jù)題目所問(wèn)，定位到文章相關(guān)之處，搜索信息作答。例如第3小題，題目中文中劃線的It指代的什么，我們應(yīng)在短文中找到It的位置，并注意它的上文內(nèi)容，代詞It常代指上文提到的事物。因此根據(jù)上句話The New Year party also plays a big role. It usually starts on the New Year Eve.可知It代指的是上句話中的The New Year party。