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【题目】Colorful lanterns are lighting up China’s night sky, as activities begin across the country to celebrate Lantern Festival today.

【1】 (date) back to the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 25), the Lantern Festival is held on the 15th day of the first lunar month【2】(mark) the first full moon of the lunar new year.

You Guoqing, 【3】folk custom expert in Tianjin, said the Lantern Festival was about going out for a colorful celebration rather than a family get-together. 【4】watching lanterns, 【5】 is also a day to appreciate the full moon, solve lantern riddles, watch art 【6】(performance) and eat tang yuan.

The festival was once also a time for romantic encounters. In feudal times, young women were not allowed to go out【7】(free), but Lantern Festival was an exception, 【8】 young men and women could meet up.

Some aspects of the festival, such as its romantic atmosphere, 【9】 (fade), but people 【10】 see the Lantern Festival as a day to rejoice and a chance to wish for happiness.

【答案】

【1】Dating

【2】to mark

【3】a

【4】Besides

【5】it

【6】performances

【7】freely

【8】when

【9】are fading

【10】still

【解析】本文主要介绍了元宵节的内涵及其一些习俗，比如赏月、看灯、猜灯谜、看艺术表演、吃汤圆。

【1】考查非谓语动词。与主语是主动关系，故现在分词形式作时间状语，故填Dating。

【2】考查非谓语动词。句意：元宵节在农历正月第十五日举行，以纪念农历新年的第一个满月。动词不定式表目的，故填to mark。

【3】考查冠词。天津的一位民俗专家。第一次出现用不定冠词修饰，故填a。

【4】考查介词。句意：除了看灯，元宵节也是赏月、猜灯谜、看艺术表演、吃汤圆/元宵的好时候。Besides“除……之外还……”，故填Besides。

【5】考查代词。指代前一句提到的the Lantern Festival，故填it。

【6】考查名词。performance是可数名词，表演不只一项，故填复数形式performances。

【7】考查副词。修饰动词用副词，故填freely。句意：在封建时期，年轻女子不能随便出门。

【8】考查非限制性定语从句关系词。句意：元宵节是个例外，青年男女可以在那时候相会。先行词是Lantern Festival，在定语从句中作状语，故填when。

【9】考查谓语动词的时态。本句用现在进行时表示正在进行，指元宵节的浪漫气息在渐渐淡化。故填are fading。

【10】考查副词。句意：虽然元宵节的一些元素（比如浪漫气息）已经渐渐淡化，但人们仍然把它当做庆祝、祈福的节日，故填still。

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