① 七年级上册英语阅读理解题或任务型阅读题
中考英语任务型英语阅读理解题解题技巧
[摘 要]
[关键词] 任务型阅读理解 失分分析 解题技巧
初中英语新课标倡导任务型的教学模式，让学生通过体验、实践、参与、合作、交流和探究等方式，学习和使用英语，完成学习任务，促进语言实际运用能力的提高。中考英语任务型阅读就是在遵循“课程标准”基础上，根据任务型教学设计而成的一种新题型。该题型要求学生在阅读理解的基础上，去完成一项任务或解决一个问题，它主要考查学生根据所提供语言信息具体解决实际问题的能力，即考查学生运用语言“做事”的能力；同时还注重考查学生的阅读理解、书面表达、归纳概括、分析理解、逻辑推理及社会生活知识的综合运用能力。
任务型阅读理解题题型丰富，近年来考查形式大致如下：回答问题型、判断正误型、阅读填空型、阅读排序型、阅读改写句子型、看图推断型。试题既可以按照其中一种形式出现，也可以混合出现。读写结合，既增加了试题的难度和区分度，又有效的促进英语学习朝着实用性方向发展，符合了新课改的要求。
考查近几年的中考英语任务型阅读理解试题后不难发现，阅读内容难度整体适中，易于理解，题目设计既不是很直接呈现答案，也不增添解题的弯度。但实际操作解题过程中，却很容易犯这样或那样的错误，从而导致了很多不必要的失分。因此，我们有必要让学生对任务型阅读有较全面的了解，熟练掌握任务型阅读的解题技巧。下面，笔者将结合学生答题常见错误进一步具体深入解析。
一、明确任务，关注题后要求
实例一：
（2009山东泰安）阅读下面的短文，并完成短文后的任务。
Waste can be seen everywhere in the school. Some students ask for more food than they can eat and others often forget to turn off the lights when they leave the classroom. They say they can afford these things. But I don’t agree with them.
Waste can bring a lot of problems. Although China is rich in some resources (资源), we are short of others, for example, fresh water. It is reported that we will have no coal or oil to use in 100 years. So if we go on wasting our resources, what can we use in the future and where can we move? Think about it. (3) I think we should say no to the students who waste things every day. Everybody should stop wasting as soon as possible.
In our everyday life, we can do many things to prevent (阻止) waste from happening, for example, turn off the water taps when we finish washing, turn off the lights when we leave the classroom, try not to order more food than we need, and so on. Little by little, everything will be changed. (4) Waste can be stopped one day, if we do our best.
任务1：根据要求答题。(请注意问题后的词数要求)
1. List the wastes mentioned in the first passage: (within 15 words)
_________________________________________________________________
2. What problems can waste bring? (within 20 words)
(1) ______________________________________________________________
(2) ______________________________________________________________
任务2：将短文中划线的句子翻译成汉语。
3. ______________________________________________________________
4. ______________________________________________________________
任务3：请给短文拟一个适当的标题：(within 5 words)
5. ______________________________________________________________
【答案】1. ask for more food，forget to turn off the lights
2. (1) We’ll be short of resources.(fresh water, coal or oil.)
(2) We’ll have nothing to use and nowhere to move./What can we use in the future and where can we move?
3. 我认为我们应该对那些天天浪费东西的学生说不。
4. 如果我们都尽力的话，将来有一天浪费就不会发生了。
5. Stop wasting/No more wasting
分析：这道中考题形式多样，在同一道题中出现了收集并整理信息、回答问题、翻译句子、拟标题等多项任务。因此，在未读材料之前，应仔细阅读所给任务，做到心中有数，避免答非所问，从而有效的提高做题的效率和准确率。另外，仔细阅读后不难发现，任务1和任务3题后还有额外的附加要求（within 15 words，within 20 words，within 5 words)，考生稍加马虎，答题字数就容易超出警戒线！如多于任务一的作答，考生很易写上: Some students ask for more food than they can eat and others often forget to turn off the lights when they leave the classroom.（共24词）
二、）对照原文，作答适当修改
（2009甘肃兰州）
…….At the same time, if you find you are wrong, be sure to correct yourself and apologize to those that you have offended(冒犯). ……
任务2. When you find you make a mistake in the chat room, what should you do?
_____________________________________________________________________
此题考生容易直接抄写原句，而忘记应将人称适当调整，答为：if you find you are wrong, be sure to correct yourself and apologize to those that you have offended..
附答案：I should correct myself and apologize to those that I have offended.
任务型阅读理解不但考查学生阅读理解的能力，还考查学生写的能力，所谓读写结合。所以在写的过程中就应特别注意书写规范：单词的首字母是否应大写，单词拼写无误，单词的词形、词性，句子的语法准确，时态语态正确，固定搭配等等。在翻译句子时尤其要慎重，结合语境，反复斟酌，努力做到万无一失。
下面是一道满分为10分的试题， 每题2分。
Do you think about your parents? “ Yes, of course.” You may answer, “ I buy a present for my mother on Mother’s Day. And I give my father a present on Father’s Day.?
Then what about the other days of a year? Always remember to think about your parents. Not just on some important days.
I have a friend. She lives alone. Her parents live in another city.
One day I went to see her. We had a nice chat. Then she wanted to make a call. She dialed( 拨打电话) the number, but then put the phone down. After ten seconds, she dialed the number again. “ Hi, mom…”
Later I asked, “ Why did you dial the number twice?”
She smiled, “ My parents are old. They can’t be quick to answer a call. (1)I always do so when I call them. I just want to give them enough time.”
My friend is a good girl. She is always thinking about her parents. You also want to be a good child, right? (2)why，her, learn ,So , not, from?
1. How should we really think about our parents?
答案一：Not just on some important days.
分析：回答不完整，不能完全覆盖答题的信息。 不能得分。
答案二：To always remember to think about your parents.
分析：问题是对方式状语提问，而答句则以目的状语形式出现，尽管意思表达明白，但只能得1分。因此，回答句子一定要依据问句的形式和内容答题。
答案三：We should remember to think about your parents.
分析：回归语境不难发现，答句漏掉一个关键词：always.只能得一分。
2. Why did the girl dial the phone number twice?
答案：Her parents are old. They can’t be quick to answer a call. She just wants to give them enough time.
分析：问题是一般过去时态，答句也必须在原文的基础上适当调整。这样的作答只能得一分。
3. What do you think of the girl?
答案：She is a good girl and care about her parents.
分析：答句是一个并列句，care 应使用第三人称单数形式，给一分。
4. 将文中划线的句子(1)译成汉语。
答案一：我总是这样做，当我打电话给他们时。
分析：答案不符合汉语正常语序，给一分。
答案二：当我打电话给他们时，我经常这样做。
分析：答案未将单词always准确译出， 扣0.5分。
答案三：当我打给他们时，我总是这样做。
分析：答案过于口语化，表达不清晰，给1分。
5. 将文中划线部分（2）连成一句话。
答案：So, why not learn from her.
分析：答句句末应为问号，扣0.5分。
② 初一上册英语同步阅读训练答案
，现在就要初一上册英语同步阅读训练第9单元的答案,非常急，帮帮我。快点
③ 初一上册英语阅读（附答案）10篇
Fox(狐狸) and Grapes(葡萄)
A hungry fox came to a vineyard(葡萄园) where a lot of ripe grapes（熟透的葡萄） were hanging. They were on a trellis（葡萄架）,but so high that he jumped(跳,jump的过去式) until(直到……） he was tired,the fox could not reach them.At last he turned away, saying,“Anybody who wants the grapes can have them.They are only green sour （酸）things ,so I will leave them alone.”
一.选择题:
1.Why did the fox come to the vineyard？（ ）
A.He wanted to eat some ripe grapes.
B.He was going to plant some trees under the trellis.
C.He wanted to water the ripe grapes.
D.He wanted to have a talk with another fox.
2.How were the grapes on the trellis? ( )
A.They were green ahd sour.
B.They were sweet and delicious.
C.They were small and green.
D.They didn't agree with the fox.
3.In order to get the frapes,the fox( )
A.climbed up the trellis
B.pushed down the trellis
C.did what he could
D.asked another fox to help him
4.This text minly tells us( )
A.not to wish for what you cannot have
B.not to sit on the backs of the people
C.not to till a lie
D.to know ourselves
二.问答题:
1.Why didn't the fox get the grapes?
__________________________________________________
Key:一: A B C A
二:The trellis was so high that the fox could not reach them.
The Farmer, His Horse, and His son
Once there was an old farmer, with a horse which was almost as old as himself.
He set out one morning with his son to sell the horse before it died. Father
and son walked, because the farmer did not want the horse to be too tired.
They met two men on the road who said, "Why are you walking, farmer? You have
a horse, It's a long way to market(市场). "The farmer know that this was true,
so he rode on the horse, while his son walked.
Then they met two old women, "What are you doing up there, farmer? Can't you
see how tired boy is?" So the farmer got down, and his son rode instead.\$
Next, three old men stopped them, one said, "Why are you walking, farmer?
Get up, It's too hot for an old man like you to walk today," So the farmer got
up behind his son, and they rode on.
Some time later, a young woman passed them, "Why aren't you walking?" she
asked, "It isn't far to the market. Give your poor horse a rest."
So the farmer, and his son, got down once again. It is a fact that you cannot
please all the people all the time.
1. The farmer wanted to sell the horse ____.
A. before it was dead
B. before it become too tired
C. before it market was over
D. before it was as old as he was
#A
2. The two men on the road ____.
A. asked how far it was to the market
B. said they thought the horse looked very tired
C. asked why the farmer was not riding on his horse
D. told the farmer's son to get off the horse and walk
#C
3. The two old women said it was wrong for ____.
A. the farmer to ride such a tired horse
B. the farmer to ride while his young son walked
C. the boy to ride instead of his father
D. only one person to ride such a long way
#D
4. The farmer got up behind his son because ____.
A. the old man said it was too hot for him to walk
B. the three old men stopped them on the road
C. he did not know why he was walking
D. his son could not ride the horse by himself
#A
Most people who work in the office have a boss (老板). So do I (我也是). But my boss is a little unusual. What's unusual about him? It's a big dog. Many men have dogs, but few men bring their dogs to the office every day. My boss's dog. Robinson, is big and brown. My boss brings him to work every day. He takes the dog to meetings and he takes the dog to lunch. When there is telephone call for my boss, I always know if he is in the office. I only look under his desk. If I see something brown and hairy (毛绒绒的) under it, I know my boss is somewhere in the office. If there is no dog , I know my boss is out.
（ ）6. People _________bring dogs to the office.
A. usually B. often
C. seldom (几乎不) D. sometimes
（ ）7. My boss is Robinson's ________.
A. boss B. master
C. classmate D. teacher
（ ）8. Robinson goes to meetings _________ my boss.
A. for B. without
C. instead of (代替) D. with
（ ）9. Robinson is always under the desk if the boss is _________.
A. in the office B. at meetings
C. out of the office D. out of work
（ ）10. The passage tells us the boss _________ the dog very much.
A. looks like B. hates (恨)
C. likes D. trust(信任)
C B D A C
6. 由日常生活的常识可知，很少有人带狗上班
7. 通读全文，我的BOSS 是个人，也就是说是狗的主人
8. with有“跟某人一起”的意思，例如：I go to see a film with my parents.”
10. 通过整篇文章的阅读，可以判断除了C外，其他的选项都不符合原文的意思．
(一)
Can You Tell Me?(你能告诉吗)
A father asks him son “How many letters are there in the Alphabet (字母表)?”“I don't know,”says his son. His father says, “You don't know? You are in school for many years and you don't know how many letters are there in the Alphabet?”He is very angry(生气).
His son says, “No. But let me ask you a question(问题), Dad. You often go to the post office(邮局), please tell me how many letters are there in the post office?”
( )1.From the story, we know the son is good at(擅长) English.
( )2.The son studies at school over (超过) one year.
( )3.The father gets angry because his son is not polite (有礼貌) to him.
( )4.The father knows how many letters there are in the post office.
( )5.There are twenty-six letters in the Alphabet.
(二)
Too Polite(礼貌过头了)
There are many people in the bus. Some have seats, but some have to(不得不) stand. At a bus stop, a woman gets on the bus. An old man hears the door and tries (试着) to stand up.
“Oh, no, thank you,” the woman forces (强迫) him back to the seat. “Please don't do that. I can stand.”
“But, madam(夫人), let me…,”says the man.
“I ask you to keep your seat(坐在你的座位上)，” the woman says. She puts(放) her hands on the old man's shoulder(肩膀).
But the man still(仍然) tries to stand up,“Madam, will you please let me…?”“Oh, no,”says the woman. She again(又) forces the man back.
At last(最后) the old man shouts(大声喊), “I wants to get off(下车) the bus!”
( )1.All the people have seats in the bus.
( )2.An old man gets on the bus at a bus stop.
( )3.The old man wants to give his seat to he woman.
( )4.The woman sits the old man's seat.
( )5.The old man wants to get off the bus.
(一)(1)× (2)√ (3)× (4)× (5)√
(二)(1)× (2)× (3)× (4)× (5)√
Jim is an English boy. He comes to China with his father and mother. They come here to work. Jim comes here to study.
He is in No. 5 Middle School. He gets up early every day. He isn’t late for school. He studies hard. He can read and write English well. He often helps us with our English, and we often help him with his Chinese. After class he likes playing football, swimming, running, jumping and riding. He makes many friends here. We are glad to stay with him. On Sunday he often helps his mother clean the house, mend something or do the shopping. He likes Chinese food very much.
He likes living here. He likes Chinese students very much. We all like him , too.
根据短文内容，判断以下句子的正误。对的在括号内填“ T ”, 错的填“ F ”。( 10 分)
( F )1. He gets up late every day.
( T )2. He often teaches us English.
( F )3. After class , he likes singing and playing basketball.
( T )4. On Sunday he often helps his mother clean the house.
( F )5. He doesn’t like Chinese food.
④ 初中七年级英语完型30篇，阅读60篇，带答案，急！
表示无能为力，初一的没有，有初二的......
拜托，自己买一本阅读做不就好了~
答案、翻译、解析都有~
完型30篇，阅读60篇就更不是问题了~
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⑥ 初一上册英语阅读
My family
I love my family, because I have a happy family.
My father is an English teacher. His name is Jacky. He is thirty-eight. He likes playing basketball. What’s my mother job? Is she a teacher? Yes, you’re right! My mother is very kind and nice, she is thirty-seven. My mother is always laborious work. I love my parents!
On Saturday and Sunday, I often go to the library and play the piano, My father go to play basketball. Sometimes, we watch TV and listen to music at home.
I love my family. Because I’m very happy to live with my parents together!
我的家庭
我爱我的家庭,因为我有一个快乐的家庭.
我的爸爸是一名英语教师,他的名字叫Jacky.他今年38岁.他非常喜欢打篮球.我的妈妈是赶什么呢?她是一名教师吗?是的.你说对了!我的妈妈是一个很亲切、友善的人,她今年37岁.我妈妈总是勤劳的干活.我爱我的父母.
在星期六和星期天里,我经常去图书馆和弹钢琴.我爸爸去打篮球.有时侯,我们都在家看电视和听音乐.
我爱我家.因为我和爸爸妈妈一起生活得很开心!
Lan and Fred
Lan and Fred were boys. They were both twelve years old, and they were in the same class in their school. Last Friday afternoon they had a fight in class, and their teacher was very angry. He said to both of them, “Stay here after the lessons this afternoon, and write your names a thousand times.” After the last lesson, all the other boys went home, but Lan and Fred stayed in the classroom with their teacher and begin writing their names.
Then Fred began crying.
The teacher looked at him and said,” Why are you crying, Fred?”
“Because his name’s Lan May, and mine’s Frederick Hollingsworth,” Fred said.
易恩和富雷得
易恩和富雷得都是男孩，他们都十二岁了。他们在学校里是同班同学。上周五下午他们在学校里打了一架。为此老师很生气。老师对他们说：“下午下课后留在着把你们的名字写一千遍。”
最后一节课下课，所有的学生都回家了。只有易恩和富雷得被他们的老师留在教师里抄写他们的名字。
接着富雷得哭了起来。
老师看了看他问：“富雷得，你为什么要哭呢？”
“因为他的名字是Lan May, 而我的名字确是Frederick Hollingsworth，”富雷得回答道。
Ann’s Diary
Today was Sunday. Today was September 30th, 2004. It was a boring day. It was hot. I was not a work.
I watched TV all morning. The shows were boring. Then I called my friend, Nancy. She wasn’t at home. I didn’t know where she was.
At twelve I was hungry. There was not any food in the fridge. I was lazy. I was tired. Then I ate lunch outside. At one o’clock. I was in bed. In the afternoon I was at the movies. The film was boring. I'm glad tomorrow is Monday. I can go to school and see my friends.
安的日记
今天是星期天，2004年9月30日。这是令人厌烦的一天。今天天气很热，我呆在家里，不用去上学。
我看了一上午的电视。电视节目和无聊。于是我给好朋友南西打电话，可她不在家。我不知道她去哪里了。
十二点我饿了，可是冰箱里什么食物都没有。我很懒惰，也很劳累，于是我出去吃了午饭。一点我上床睡觉。下午我去了电影院。电影很无聊。很高兴明天就是星期一了，我有可以返回学校见到我的好朋友了。
Notice
To all the teachers and students in Grade 7,
This afternoon, all the students in Grade 7 will go to the West Hill to plant trees. We'll take a bus there, and make sure to gather at the school gate at 2pm. Don't be late.
The school office
March 18th, 2006
告示
今天下午七年级全体同学要乘车去西山(West Hill)植树(plant trees).请2:00准时在校门口集合
或者
watermelon is many people's favorite. it is sweet and it has a lot of water. watermelon has two colors, green outside and red inside. people usually have watermelons in summer. but nowadays we can eat watermelon every season in the year.
西瓜
西瓜是很多人喜欢的食物。它很甜而且水量多。西瓜的颜色，外面是绿的里面是红的。人们以往通常在夏天才吃西瓜，但现在一年的每个季节我们都可以吃到西瓜了。
Inside the Russian Embassy in London a KGB colonel puffed a cigarette as he read the handwritten note for the third time. There was no need for the writer to express regret, he though. Correcting this problem would be easy. He would do that in a moment. The thought of it caused a grim smile to appear and joy to his heart. But he pushed away those thoughts and turned his attention to a framed photograph on his desk. His wife was beautiful, he told himself as he remembered the day they were married. That was forty-three years ago, and it had been the proudest and happiest day of his life.
在伦敦的俄国使馆，一位克格勃上校一边吞云吐雾，一边读着一张手写的字条，这已是他第三次在读这张字条了。便条的作者不必表示遗憾了，上校这样想着。纠正这个错误其实很容易。他只要一会儿工夫便会做到。想到这里，他的脸上不禁浮现出一种可怕的笑容，他内心深处既伤感而又快活。上校从沉思中游离出来，将注意力集中到桌子上的一个像框上，他的妻子是位美丽的女人，当想起他们成婚的那一天时他不禁自语道。那已是43年前的事情了，可却是他一生中最自豪最幸福的日子。
What had happened to all that time? Why had it passed so quickly, and why hadn't he spent more of it with her? Why hadn't he held her close and told her more often that he loved her? He cursed himself as a tear came from the corner of his eye, ran down his cheek, then dropped onto the note. He stiffened and wiped his face with the back of his hand. There was no need for remorse or regret, he told himself. In a few moments he would join her and at that time would express his undying love and devotion.
那些时候都发生了什么？为什么时光流逝得如此之快？为什么他没能将更多的时光用来陪伴她？为什么他没能将她搂紧，更多次地告诉她他爱她？他于是开始诅咒起自己，泪水也忍不住夺眶而出，流过面颊，最后滴落在字条上。这时，他板起了面孔，用手背揩去了眼泪。已经没有必要来自责与悔恨了，他对自己说道。很快他不就会与她团聚了吗？到那时，他将再向她表达他永恒的爱与忠心。
After setting the note ablaze he dropped it into an ashtray and watched it burn. For a time the names cast moving shadows on the walls of the darkened room, then they nickered and died out. The colonel dropped the cigarette to the floor and ground it out with his heel, then clutched the photograph to his breast, removed a pistol from his pocket, placed the barrel in his mouth and pulled the trigger. In the ashtray a small portion of the note remained. Where it had been wetted by his tear it had failed to bum, and on that scrap of paper were the words "died yesterday."
他点燃了字条，将它扔进了烟灰缸中，看着它慢慢地燃烧起来。在火苗的映衬下，这间漆黑的屋子里的四壁一时变得影影绰绰。不一会儿，火苗成了星星点点，渐渐地熄灭了。上校把香烟扔在了地板上，用后脚跟碾灭，随后抓起照片放在自己的胸前。他从衣兜中掏出了一把手枪，将枪筒放进自己的嘴中，接着扣动扳机。在烟灰缸中还残留着一小片字条，由于被上校的泪水浸湿而未能燃尽。在这块残片上有这样几个字“昨天去世”。
Five Fantastic Mascots 精彩绝伦五福娃
Five Olympic mascots were unveiled exatly 1000 days before the Beiling Olympic opening ceremony . The long--anticipated mascots feature four of China's most popular animals--the fish,the panda,the Tibrtan antelope and the swallow .The fifth mascot is the brightly burning Olympic flame.
Each of the mascots has a repeated two-syllable name. This type of name is a traditional way of showing affection for children in China.BeiBei is the fish,JingJing is the panda , HuanHuan is the Olympic flame,YingYing is the Tibetan antelope and NiNi is the swallow.When their names are put together---they say "Welcome to Beijing".
The five elements of nature,including the sea,forest,fire,earth and sky are found in the mascot's origins and headpieces. These special headpieces also display the uniqur folk and culture of China. Each mascot also symbolizes a different blessing ---prosperity,happiness,passion,health and good luck.
It is the first time more than three mascots will share the important ty of representing their host country .Han Meilin,chief of the mascot design team explained that ,"China has such a profound and diversified culture that no single mascot could possibly represent it !That is why we chose to proce five mascots instesd of one
翻译：
正值北京奥运会开幕式前整整一千天之际，五个奥运会吉祥物揭开了神秘的面纱。人们翘首以待的奥运吉祥物代表了中国最受欢觃的四种动物——鱼、熊猫、藏羚羊及燕子。第五个吉祥物是熊熊燃烧的奥运圣火。
每个吉祥物都有一个叠音名字。在中国，叠音名字是对孩子们表示喜爱的一种传统方式。贝贝代表鱼，晶晶代表熊猫，欢欢代表奥运圣火，觃觃代表藏羚羊，而妮妮代表燕子。把他们的名字放在一起就是“北京欢觃您！”
吉祥物的訽形及头饰充分体现了包括大海、蒧林、火、大地及天空在内的大自然的五大元素。这些特别的头饰也充分展示了中国的民间艺术及传统文化。每一个吉祥物也代表着不同的祝福——繁荣、欢乐、激情、健康和好运。
这是第一次有三个以上的吉祥物共同承担代表东道国的重任。吉祥物设计组组长韩美林解释说：“中国有如此博大精深的文化，不是一个吉祥物就能完全展示出来的。所以我们选择设计出五个而不是一个的吉祥物。
Keep Your Direction 坚持你的方向
What would you do if you failed? Many people may choose to give up. However, the surest way to success is to keep your direction and stick to your goal.
On your way to success, you must keep your direction. It is just like a lamp, guiding you in darkness and helping you overcome obstacles on your way. Otherwise, you will easily get lost or hesitate to go ahead.
Direction means objectives. You can get nowhere without an objective in life.
You can try to write your objective on paper and make some plans to achieve it. In this way, you will know how to arrange your time and to spend your time properly. And you should also have a belief that you are sure to succeed as long as you keep your direction all the time.
翻译：
如果失败了你会怎么做？很多人可能会选择放弃。然而，要想成功，最可靠的方法就是坚持你的方向和目标。
在通往成功的路上，你必须坚持你的方向。它就像一盏灯，在黑暗中为你指路，帮助你度过难关。否则，你很容易就会迷失方向或犹豫不前。
方向意味着目标。人生如果没有目标，将一事无成。
你可以试着把你的目标写在纸上，并制定实现目标的计划。这样，你就会懂得如何合理安排时间，如何正确地支配时间。而且你还要有这样的信念：只要你一直坚持自己的方向，你就一定可以成功。
⑦ 初一上册英语短文阅读
The Feast of Christmas
It is not easy to pin-point the origins of the Christmas feast, today the more important feast of the Christmas season in most western Christian churches. One can only say for certain that the birth of Jesus Christ was being celebrated in Rome by the year 336 A.D.; afterwards the feast was celebrated in other Christian churches throughout the world.
Why it was celebrated on December 25th is another question. No date for the birth of Jesus can be found in the New Testament, which is concerned more with the question "Who is Jesus?" than the date of his birth. Early Christian speculation about his birth date was influenced by the symbolism of the changing seasons, then popular in religious thought, which paid careful attention to the equinoxes and solstices of the sun. Christian scholars speculated that Jesus was conceived at the spring equinox (March 25th) and therefore was born on December 25th, the date of the winter solstice.
In many of the Christian churches, March 25th is still the Feast of the Annunciation, when the Angel Gabriel announced to Mary that she was to be the mother of Jesus.
Possible impluse for the feast of Christmas may have came too from the establishment of the pagan feast of the "Unconquered Sun-God" by the Emperor Aurelian in 274 A.D. to be celebrated on December 25, the day of the winter solstice in Rome and throughout the empire. In response, Christians could celebrate the feast of the "Sun of righteousness" (Malachi 4,2), Jesus Christ, who called himself " the light of the world."