任务一 完形填空
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
Do you know about Grain in Ear (mangzhong)? It is one of the 24 Solar Terms(节气). When the weather gets 1, the rain starts to fall and grain gets ripe(成熟的), we know mangzhong is just around the corner. This year, it falls on June 5.
The arrival of mangzhong means 2 time is coming. Wheat becomes ripe, and so do plums(梅子). 3 the day of mangzhong, people will boil(煮) and eat green plums. It is said that this tradition started 4 two famous people Cao Cao and Liu Bei. There is a famous story. Cao and Liu 5 the heroes of their time while boiling and eating green plums with warm wine.
When the plums are ripe, the plum rains come. After mangzhong, the 6 in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River will enter the plum rain season. Long periods of 7 and cloudy weather will last 8 June and July.
The plum rain season is a good time for 9 rice, vegetables and fruits, but it also means the falling of flowers. During mangzhong, people have ceremonies(仪式) to say 10 to the Flower Goddess.
With its busy harvests and natural beauty, mangzhong is really a good period.
() 1. A. drier B. cooler C. hotter D. colder
() 2. A. harvest B. tour C. hope D. joy
() 3. A. For B. On C. At D. In
() 4. A. instead of B. in order to C. in front of D. because of
() 5. A. protected B. recorded C. discussed D. advised
() 6. A. areas B. cities C. plants D. seasons
() 7. A. foggy B. snowy C. sunny D. rainy
() 8. A. across B. through C. with D. before
() 9. A. selling B. saving C. growing D. collecting
()10. A. hi B. fine C. hello D. goodbye
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
Do you know about Grain in Ear (mangzhong)? It is one of the 24 Solar Terms(节气). When the weather gets 1, the rain starts to fall and grain gets ripe(成熟的), we know mangzhong is just around the corner. This year, it falls on June 5.
The arrival of mangzhong means 2 time is coming. Wheat becomes ripe, and so do plums(梅子). 3 the day of mangzhong, people will boil(煮) and eat green plums. It is said that this tradition started 4 two famous people Cao Cao and Liu Bei. There is a famous story. Cao and Liu 5 the heroes of their time while boiling and eating green plums with warm wine.
When the plums are ripe, the plum rains come. After mangzhong, the 6 in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River will enter the plum rain season. Long periods of 7 and cloudy weather will last 8 June and July.
The plum rain season is a good time for 9 rice, vegetables and fruits, but it also means the falling of flowers. During mangzhong, people have ceremonies(仪式) to say 10 to the Flower Goddess.
With its busy harvests and natural beauty, mangzhong is really a good period.
() 1. A. drier B. cooler C. hotter D. colder
() 2. A. harvest B. tour C. hope D. joy
() 3. A. For B. On C. At D. In
() 4. A. instead of B. in order to C. in front of D. because of
() 5. A. protected B. recorded C. discussed D. advised
() 6. A. areas B. cities C. plants D. seasons
() 7. A. foggy B. snowy C. sunny D. rainy
() 8. A. across B. through C. with D. before
() 9. A. selling B. saving C. growing D. collecting
()10. A. hi B. fine C. hello D. goodbye
答案：1-5 CABDC 6-10 ADBCD
解析：
1. 结合常识，芒种在6月，此时天气会变得更热，A更干燥、B更凉爽、D更寒冷均不符合芒种的气候特征，选C。
2. 根据后文“小麦成熟”的提示，芒种的到来意味着收获时节即将到来，harvest意为“收获”，符合语境，选A。
3. 表示在具体的某一天，时间介词要用on，是英语时间介词的固定用法，选B。
4. 句意为“据说这个传统是因为两位名人曹操和刘备而兴起的”，because of意为“因为”，后接名词性成分，符合语境逻辑，选D。
5. 对应“青梅煮酒论英雄”的典故，曹操和刘备是在煮青梅饮温酒的时候谈论当时的英雄，discuss意为“谈论、讨论”，符合典故内容，选C。
6. 句意为“芒种之后，长江中下游的区域会进入梅雨季节”，areas意为“区域、地区”，符合语义，选A。
7. 梅雨季的典型特征就是长时间阴雨多云，rainy意为“下雨的”，符合梅雨季的天气特点，选D。
8. 此处表示阴雨多云的天气会持续贯穿整个6月和7月，through有“自始至终、贯穿”的含义，符合语境，选B。
9. 梅雨季降水充沛，是种植水稻、蔬菜和水果的好时节，grow意为“种植”，符合语义，选C。
10. 根据前文“芒种意味着花朵开始凋谢”的提示，人们举办仪式是向花神告别，say goodbye to是固定搭配，意为“向……告别”，选D。
2. 根据后文“小麦成熟”的提示，芒种的到来意味着收获时节即将到来，harvest意为“收获”，符合语境，选A。
3. 表示在具体的某一天，时间介词要用on，是英语时间介词的固定用法，选B。
4. 句意为“据说这个传统是因为两位名人曹操和刘备而兴起的”，because of意为“因为”，后接名词性成分，符合语境逻辑，选D。
5. 对应“青梅煮酒论英雄”的典故，曹操和刘备是在煮青梅饮温酒的时候谈论当时的英雄，discuss意为“谈论、讨论”，符合典故内容，选C。
6. 句意为“芒种之后，长江中下游的区域会进入梅雨季节”，areas意为“区域、地区”，符合语义，选A。
7. 梅雨季的典型特征就是长时间阴雨多云，rainy意为“下雨的”，符合梅雨季的天气特点，选D。
8. 此处表示阴雨多云的天气会持续贯穿整个6月和7月，through有“自始至终、贯穿”的含义，符合语境，选B。
9. 梅雨季降水充沛，是种植水稻、蔬菜和水果的好时节，grow意为“种植”，符合语义，选C。
10. 根据前文“芒种意味着花朵开始凋谢”的提示，人们举办仪式是向花神告别，say goodbye to是固定搭配，意为“向……告别”，选D。