《2025年启东中学作业本八年级英语上册译林版宿迁专版》

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Dear Tina,

I'm writing to tell you my favourite season—spring. As a Chinese saying goes, “The whole year's work starts with _________1_________. ” For us Chinese, spring marks the beginning of a whole year's farming _________2_________ China is an agricultural(农业的)country. _________3_________, I like everything about spring, such as the Beginning of Spring.

In the last _________4_________ I told you there are 24 Solar Terms in China. The Beginning of Spring, also called Lichun in Chinese, is the first one. In 2024, it _________5_________ on February 4 and ended on February 19. Lichun marks the _________6_________ of winter and the beginning of spring. The weather becomes warmer, and plants start to grow _________7_________. Also we can find that the days are becoming _________8_________ and the nights are becoming shorter.

We often take part in some interesting activities to _________9_________ Lichun.

Welcoming spring

To welcome spring, people _________10_________ a picture of the God of Spring. It is said that the God of Spring has the _________11_________ of a human and the body of a bird.

Making eggs stand up

According to the Chinese folk(民俗的)culture, _________12_________ you can make an egg stand up on the first day of the Beginning of Spring, then you will have good luck in the new year. It's so _________13_________, right?

“Eating” spring

During Lichun, people eat different kinds of foods related(

A

B

D

C

B

A

D

B

C

C

D

A

C

B

D

)15. A. boring

B. expensive

C. terrible

D. popular

答案： 1. A
 【点拨】spring 春天；summer 夏天；autumn 秋天；winter 冬天。根据下文“For us Chinese，spring marks the beginning of a whole year's farming”可知，此处指“全年的工作从春天开始”。故选 A。
2. B
 【点拨】so 所以；because 因为；although 尽管；but 但是。根据语境可知，此处用 because 表原因。故选 B。
3. D
 【点拨】at least 至少；at first 起初；for example 例如；in fact 事实上。此处用 in fact 以表示递进语气。故选 D。
4. C
 【点拨】book 书；plan 计划；email 电子邮件；party 聚会。根据文章格式可知，此处指“电子邮件”。故选 C。
5. B
 【点拨】look 看；begin 开始；happen 发生；feel 感觉。根据语境可知，此处指“2 月 4 日开始”。故选 B。
6. A
 【点拨】end 结束；past 过去；time 时间；history 历史。根据“the beginning of spring”可知，此处指“立春标志着冬天的结束和春天的开始”。故选 A。
7. D
 【点拨】even 甚至；still 仍然；only 只有；again 又。根据“plants start to grow”可知，此处指“植物又开始生长了”。故选 D。
8. B
 【点拨】hotter 更热的；longer 更长的；bigger 更大的；smaller 更小的。根据后文可知，此处指“白天变得更长，夜晚变得更短”。故选 B。
9. C
 【点拨】watch 观看；protect 保护；celebrate 庆祝；save 保存。根据语境可知，此处指“参加一些有趣的活动来庆祝立春”。故选 C。
10. C
 【点拨】根据语境可知，此处用 put up 表示“张贴”。故选 C。
11. D
 【点拨】根据语境和常识可知，此处指“人的头和鸟的身体”。故选 D。
12. A
 【点拨】此处用 if 引导条件状语从句。故选 A。
13. C
 【点拨】terrible 可怕的；important 重要的；interesting 有趣的；strange 奇怪的。根据上文“We often take part in some interesting activities to 9 Lichun.”可知，这个活动是有趣的。故选 C。
14. B
 【点拨】根据语境可知，此处用 how 表示“怎样”。故选 B。
15. D
 【点拨】boring 无聊的；expensive 昂贵的；terrible 可怕的；popular 受欢迎的。根据“among people of all ages”可知，此处它们在各个年龄段都是最受欢迎的食物。故选 D。