Question

【題目】Winter solstice, as the name shows, means the coming of winter. As an important solar term in the traditional Chinese calendar, it is also a traditional holiday for Chinese, which is also called “冬節(jié)”， “長至節(jié)”，“亞歲”, etc. Generally, winter solstice occurs between December 21st and 23rd. According to the traditional Chinese calendar, five days constitutes a pentad and three pentads constitutes a solar term. One year is divided into twelve periods and twelve climates which are regarded as twenty-four solar terms. The Winter Solstice is one of twenty-four solar terms. On this day, in the Northern Hemisphere the period of daytime is the shortest of the year and the period of night is longest. . In Northern China during winter solstice there is a custom of eating dumplings.

【1】There are _________ solar terms in a year.

A. twelve B. five

C. twenty-four D. thirty-one

【2】People often eat _________ during winter solstice

A. mooncakes B. dumplings

C. noodles D. chicken

【3】Winter solstice is in ____.

A. January

B. September

C. October

D. December

【4】On winter solstice the period of night is ________in China.

A. the longest B. the shortest

C. darkest D. brightest

【5】Which day has the longest daytime in China?

A. The beginning of spring

B. Summer solstice

C. Grain full

D. The beginning of autumn

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】D

【4】A

【5】B

【解析】

試題分析：冬至在中國傳統(tǒng)歷法中一個重要的節(jié)氣，也是中國的傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日。一般來說，冬至發(fā)生在12月21日和第二十三之間。冬至是二十四節(jié)氣之一。在這一天，在北半球白天是一年中最短的，夜晚是最長的。在中國北方，在冬至這天有吃餃子的習(xí)俗。

【1】C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。One year is divided into twelve periods and twelve climates which are regarded as twenty-four solar terms的描述可知，一年分為24節(jié)氣。故選C。

【2】B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。短文最后一句In Northern China during winter solstice there is a custom of eating dumplings的描述可知，冬至這一天人們通常吃餃子。故選B。

【3】D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文Generally, winter solstice occurs between December 21st and 23rd的描述可知，冬至在12月。故選D。

【4】A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。On this day, in the Northern Hemisphere， the period of daytime is the shortest of the year and the period of night is longest的描述可知，冬至這一天北半球晝極短夜極長。中國位于北半球，故選A。

【5】B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文中的句子On this day, in the Northern Hemisphere the period of daytime is the shortest of the year and the period of night is longest.在中國，冬至這天白天最短，可推知夏至這天白天最長，答案為B。